Oda is building up the fact that Luffy is going to be immune to getting knocked out
Luffy’s haki is supposedly constantly active even when he is knocked out. It has happened twice this arc that his CoC doesn’t shut down. This is a Whitebeard feat btw. Whitebeard defeated Ace while he was asleep so Whitebeard’s haki was active even when he was unconscious
Also Luffy keeps getting up very quickly after being knocked out. It has also happened twice now with Apoo and Kaido... This is ANOTHER Whitebeard feat where severe injury that should at least cause shock and then unconsciousness just DOESNT. People walking and fighting and talking with half their brain matter missing from their skulls... that sort of shit... That’s another Whitebeard thing that Luffy is slowly approaching
guys, Luffy is fine. At this point, I seriously believe that if Luffy isn’t DEAD. Then nothing is going to stop him. And Kaido very clearly hasn’t kill him so Luffy will just snap out of it and be back in a sec if no one saves him
Sure lol, I'm just saying to wait cause Luffy either saves himself or someone. The fact that it ends on a cliffhanger to me means that this "break" in their fight will be used to characterize Kaido with Yamato. It is something we do in fact need first.
Luffy is winning, and tbh I think he is still winning solo eventually, but there's clearly 30-40 chapters of below the dome material that needs to be resolved, that's why i don't care if Luffy is up or not. If the BMP come through, even longer.
Tldr: removing Luffy vs Kaido as a scene allows for other shit to happen. I.e. all the fights below without any interruptions, Kaido's past or how Luffy is going to win in the first place.