Like I could see the possibility of Zoro beating King, then the following chapter/chapters are plot movement for the crew/Yamato, then we see Luffy fighting Kaido. Who just scoffs at the idea his crew would lose because they can just get up again. Not counting on it, but an old theory if mine was that someone in the alliance side would come up with the idea to put Kairoseki on them, but only AFTER they are taken down a 2nd time. Again I'm skeptical due to the length of the arc, but I'd love that shit. Math also just works out with the crew and Yamato:
- Page 1 gets his fight against Usopp officially. And Chopper also helps.
- Or Chopper potentially could help Nami against Ulti (unlikely since Nami can wreck her now)
- Brook could have a legit fight against Black Maria
- Frank/Jinbe could have more difficult/tiring fights against Sasaki/WsW.
- Yamato could actually get a fight and be useful against Jack
- Like Franky/Jinbe, Sanji could at least struggle a bit more with Queen
- Zoro's already tough but i wouldn't complain if we got more
And I'm not saying these should last long at all, half to a whole chapter at most. Characters like Usopp/Chopper/Brook can actually shine. Yamato can actually fight someone. Franky/Jinbe/Sanji can actually struggle against their opponents, etc.
Again, entirely doubt it's happening, but the idea behind awakened zoans having high recovery and all of these being ancient zoans with high recovery on top of that makes me wonder....