That's what I was thinking too, I can see only see Shanks fighting Luffy to test him, to see if he is worthy of Laugh Tale, the One Piece and Pirate Kingship but Kidd has way too personal stakes vs Shanks now and wanted to take him down first, so I can see a potential major conflict between him and Luffy over this, especially with Kidd most likely openly wanting to and trying to kill Shanks in front of Luffy, declaring he will do it or so and this will piss Luffy off naturally.
I can't see Kidd becoming an ally of Luffy like Law has but he will work together with him when necessary though. A sort of friendly but still somewhat hostile rival. Frenemy or whatever lol. Sort of like Luffy's equivalent of Grimmjow from Bleach but more equal in strength to him than Grimmjow and Ichigo and with more role and importance ofc.
Shiki is mad underrated imo and I regard Kidd as Luffy's Shiki and like Shiki, Kidd is underappreciated and still will be in future imo sadly. Oda wasted Shiki but he was still iconic/memorable, entertaining/fun, funny and badass. I hope he does appear properly in the story in some form, along with Zephyr and Tesoro.
I think Kidd has a few arcs to come like Law had so far and is Luffy's direct rival for PK aside from BB ofc, but I can see Kidd focusing on PK but BB will want to go for Imu's position, King of the World or so and thus also try to be the next Xebec too ofc, so Luffy and Kidd can focus on Shanks and also Laugh Tale, the One Piece and Pirate King and Blackbeard can focus on taking down the Marines, WG and especially Imu and the Gorosei ofc, most likely the Celestial Dragons too naturally. Also trying to take over or even destroy as many countries as he can too.
I'm honestly surprised Wapol isn't an official ally of Blackbeard too, especially with his surprising comeback and success and the black theming he has now too.
Law is probably going to die at some point unfortuantely at least temporarily due to the Eternal Youth Surgery Chekovs Gun so this might happen soon and lets Kidd get more spotlight too but I think Law will die more towards EOS with Imu if he does die. There's also if the Eternal Youth Surgery requires awakening in the first place or if its affected by his awakening if it doesn't require it to use it originally.
People who slander Kidd don't even realise the blatant parallels Oda has been setting up with him and Luffy in this arc as well as some subtle ones before that and also some in Stampede. I also think he's gonna play a major role in Film Red as he was in Stampede too ofc and a Red themed film surely must have Kidd in it too?
I can't see Kidd becoming an ally of Luffy like Law has but he will work together with him when necessary though. A sort of friendly but still somewhat hostile rival. Frenemy or whatever lol. Sort of like Luffy's equivalent of Grimmjow from Bleach but more equal in strength to him than Grimmjow and Ichigo and with more role and importance ofc.
Shiki is mad underrated imo and I regard Kidd as Luffy's Shiki and like Shiki, Kidd is underappreciated and still will be in future imo sadly. Oda wasted Shiki but he was still iconic/memorable, entertaining/fun, funny and badass. I hope he does appear properly in the story in some form, along with Zephyr and Tesoro.
I think Kidd has a few arcs to come like Law had so far and is Luffy's direct rival for PK aside from BB ofc, but I can see Kidd focusing on PK but BB will want to go for Imu's position, King of the World or so and thus also try to be the next Xebec too ofc, so Luffy and Kidd can focus on Shanks and also Laugh Tale, the One Piece and Pirate King and Blackbeard can focus on taking down the Marines, WG and especially Imu and the Gorosei ofc, most likely the Celestial Dragons too naturally. Also trying to take over or even destroy as many countries as he can too.
I'm honestly surprised Wapol isn't an official ally of Blackbeard too, especially with his surprising comeback and success and the black theming he has now too.
Law is probably going to die at some point unfortuantely at least temporarily due to the Eternal Youth Surgery Chekovs Gun so this might happen soon and lets Kidd get more spotlight too but I think Law will die more towards EOS with Imu if he does die. There's also if the Eternal Youth Surgery requires awakening in the first place or if its affected by his awakening if it doesn't require it to use it originally.
People who slander Kidd don't even realise the blatant parallels Oda has been setting up with him and Luffy in this arc as well as some subtle ones before that and also some in Stampede. I also think he's gonna play a major role in Film Red as he was in Stampede too ofc and a Red themed film surely must have Kidd in it too?