So ultimately I like this chapter. Oda is a big picture writer mostly as his arcs are better collected, but scene by scene this works well.
- Yamato is badass in taking on an enemy who can't be beaten and has killing intent
- Tama isn't actually on the live floor. That helps because the eight years old thing in the middle of a battlefield was hard to swallow. Usopp switches roles here from being the one who defeated Sugar to becoming Tama's own Trebol.
- Nami lampshades the fact that Zeus as a sentient weapon is annoying. But having an extended mace and a living lightning bolt are both crucial steps for her self defense competencies
- that samurai with the ball and chain is also cool. Bludgeon weapons showing out in this arc
- I thought Bao Huang was a bit of a dead horse after Momo's announcement, as long as Kaido and the calamities are still fighting then the morale should be fine among the Beasts. Her saving throw, too, was in not announcing Big Mom's hand in their defeat. That would have really fucked them up.
- why is Sasaki back to being human?
And again
Don't look away