Interesting confirmation that Wano was already taken over by Orochi/Grandma/Grandpa plot by this point when Oden left
Kaido really used that plot to take advantage of an internally ruined country
Emphasizing more and more the original impression I had back when Wano first started: Kaidou being more of a hired thug enforcer than actually running Wano. Turns out now that all the shit the place has gone through was because of Orochi and grandma.
Other than helping prop up Orochi and defeating Oden, Oda going out of his way to imply that Kaidou wasn't responsible for how Wano turned out. He's maintaining the status quo sure, by backing Orochi. But the environmental degradation was started by Orochi before - Kaidou didn't build any factories lol
So the factories were built by Orochi rather than by the Beast Pirates, interesting.
Oda clarifying that even the so-called environmental hellhole that Wano has become was due to Orochi, not Kaidou. Just like him takingover as Shogun, feeding the towmsfols smiles, hoarding the food farms, killing Yasuie. Almost like Kaidou isn't necessarily the villain of the arc
Just some target for luffy to beat up just because...
Aye seems so.
Kaido's hype is becoming more and more questionable.
When we see Orochi poisoning Oden so that Kaido can win it's gone.