It's really disappointing that Brook is going to be fighting two SMILE users and a Number, but I'm happy that Robin vs Black Maria is going to be a 1v1 and not a 2v1.
Some people have some "decent" ideas to what might be going on, but who knows at this point. There is a pretty interesting questions left to be had about some of these fights:
- Why is it that, so far, only Jinbe and Robin were given Vs. Chapter titles? Franky oddly did not receive one last chapter.
- Subsequently, why is it that Robin's Vs. chapter did not end with her "winning" like Jinbe's allegedly does?
- Why is it that Brook was not included in this one?
- Is Inu meant to fight Jack as a full fight or is someone else supposed to handle him?
- Why has Oda transitioned away from both Jinbe and Franky's fights before we truly know the outcome?
It has led me to think of a few things based on some other user's ideas, but I'm not entirely sure at point. What if:
- Franky vs Sasaki is not finished? What if there is a chapter actually titled "Franky vs. Sasaki" in the coming chapters? He is now outside of the armor.
- What if Jinbe ended up breaking the floor between the 3rd and 4th floor? What if he and WsW land where Brook/Robin/Black Maria are? What if WsW recovers enough to fight again?
- What if, subsequently, Jack defeats or injures Inu and breaks the 2nd floor roof to the 3rd floor?
- Could this then in fact lead to "Brook vs Who's Who" and "Jinbe vs Jack" chapters since Jinbe would seem to be the only powerful Strawhat available to hold him off, if not Inu or a non-strawhat (Kid/Law are busy with BM and Killer/Hawkins seem to be as well).
- Could P1 and Ulti get back up and give Usopp and Nami vs Chapters at proper moments then?
Just a long shot guess as to something that may happen, but I wouldn't count Brook out yet from getting something eventually. Same with Chopper, there is good precedent for potentially him fighting a Number, particularly one that has some level of competence to them (there 4 more unknown still after this chapter).
Just to put it out there, I've had my thought that Yamato may get forced down to fight Jack at some point eventually, so the above really isn't an idea of where I think its going, but I dont mind rolling with it atm since things are so unknown.