- Possible setup for a definite Luffy vs Big Mom.
- Kid hasn't had any remarkable feats at the roof top.
- The only feat he had was pushing off Big Mom with Law, which Oda takes back iiiimmediately.
- I have garnered respect for Kid for that moment. And I still maintain that. I think it was a moment of Character Development. He got fucked over before by Hawkins and Apoo, but realizing Luffy and Co. are good people that has his and Killers backs no matter what, changed his focus from Kaido to Big Mom. That was great. Him expressing gratitude to Zoro was great for his character. I fully respect Kid as a character but not as a combatant.
I think Oda has difficulty giving shine to folks that are not Luffy, Zoro, or Top Tiers, and certain strawhats. Oda has also said before characters that are dunked on by the larger fanbase, he will make them look Goated, as is the case with Apoo and Killer. Apoo is a fat tank and Killer dunked on Kaido. Eustass Kid never ever had this problem. I may be speaking from my focal point, I hardly see Eustass Kid disrespect in larger platforms like Reddit or YouTube, even Twitter. Majority opinion holds that Luffy and Eustass Kid are equals and whatnot. This is why Oda never got the rush to make Kid look great and instead coasted on prior glories and the resolve to get back up.
Back to Big Mom vs Luffy. This
has to happen now. This is the second or third time Oda has "teased" or brought this issue up. OLin is a kind person albeit fucked up in the head. Oda has to finally make Luffy bring this out of her permanently to finish Big Moms character arc. Eustass Kid is not capable of bringing this out because the story is heavily tied to Luffy and given Tama's role, Luffy will definitely intercept sooner or later. (Just as soon as Zoro heals up).
If Luffy defeats Big Mom and Kaido. Followed by Zoro kills Kaido. What would Eustass Kid have contributed?
Will he earn this clout by naught?