Not to be a hater, but the worst part of this chapter is Sanji. I'd rather have those two pages added to the fight. And it makes the last chapter a little less satisfying with the conclusion cut off. I guess it's to keep the audience guessing but it was mostly 70/30 on Queen being defeated last chapter.
Excellent chapter all around. Arbel or Albert (gotta see what VIZ does with it) got a different feel to him than King. Seeing that emoting is just a whole new vibe. I wish Oda hit on this earlier but I can understand how the pacing of the fight might not allow it. Arbel/Kaido was a solid mini flashback. I like the friendship they have and that Kaido is the one who rescued and called Arbel King. Very reminiscent of Luffy saving Zoro and Teach "saving" Shiryuu.
The combat and all is very cool. So even in his speedy form, Arbel took two lower end CoC attacks just fine and required a three sword style, advanced CoC blow to finish him off. A massive upgrade over the version Linlin was afraid of 20 chapters ago. Arbel's flame attacks are also a tier above regular fire and that's just his innate abilities, not even a DF thing. It's also amazing seeing Arbel make his ultimate attack in Kaido's image. Again, I get a feeling that these two connect on a deeper level.
I'm a big fan of Arbel taking so much damage at the end. His wing is completely cut off and the cut region looks further bisected. His sword is done for and his arm might even be cut off at the elbow. That level of fidelity in a fight fucking rules. Nothing's worse than seeing someone beat up with a few lumps on their head and that being that. Scars and consequences from the battle >>