One thing I've been thinking is Oda may be doing a weird order and then shifting in reverse.
Basically:
- 1017: Jinbe for a few pages (but let's count it)
- 1018: Jinbe
- 1019: Franky
- 1020: Robin
- 1021: Robin
- 1022: Robin/Brook (he defeats the fodder in a few attacks...)
- 1023: Franky
- 1024: Franky/Jinbe
- 1025: Jinbe/Something else
In that time we'd see Zoro/Sanji skirmishes for sure, someone Rooftop stuff and Luffy getting there, but also maybe better matches eventually for Brook, Chopper and Usopp.
Idk, it's a bit worrying but we'll see how this goes.