The narrative has done nothing to say Kaido is awakening at this point (if he has not done so already with those buff attacks), nor set up any plausibility on the crew fighting him, nor Zoro magically getting up and killing him (not saying you are saying this).
Just read the dialogue guys
- Luffy is calling this his final attack, he's saying he's ending it now while Momo moves the island
- Eten has pointed out that Kaido probably has 1 last wisdom King move to use, and it'll probably be next chapter before he loses.
- The samurai have accepted death if Luffy at least wins.
- The lanterns are finally going up and the festival is practically over.
- Onigashima falling or Kaido losing grip on the island is symbolic to him losing. It's only been said a hundred times already.
I'd love to see more fighting but this is very clearly the end lol
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Because you guys are taking "Grim reaper" to mean more than it is. The page before, Chopper was worried about the medicine after effects. Then we see Zoro dealing with it. It's not a waste of paneling, it's payoff from the warning Zoro was given when he took the medicine.
It's literally not that difficult to see it was a hallucination of him being close to death.