As the title says, i decided to focus this topic around the question of who will defeat Big Mom, which i think is an important question to ask.
Now there are 2 opinions going around right now
- Big Mom will be defeated in Elbaf
- Big Mom will be defeated in Wano
I'd give my opinion though
First of all i think Big Mom will be defeated in Wano, and not in Elbaf for few reasons
- Kaido and Big Mom were part of the same crew before, with the return of the Rocks being hyped like no tomorrow by the marines until it actually happened
On the other hand, we are in an arc where multiple brats from the worst generation are involved(Luffy, Kid, Law, Hawkins, Drake and co), with them portrayed even before the arc started as potential rulers of the seas, with one of them potentially becoming pirate king(we know it'd be Luffy though)
Imo then, it makes sense for the remnants of the Rocks to be defeated together with the rise of the shining stars of the Worst generation
I also think the reason there is a Kaido - Big Mom alliance in the first place was in preparation of the Worst generation alliance indicated by the reaction Kid and Law had this chapter after hearing they allied
With Drake already involved in helping Law to escape at one point, and Hawkins also having a card that could potentially be used against allies
When we look at the difference in number and power(while discounting worst gen captains since they aren't really working for Kaido except Apoo maybe) between both camps it makes sense as well.
- Luffy should be superior to everyone not named Kaido and Big Mom right now
- Kid shouldn't be far off judging by his portrayal comparatively to Luffy
- Law, Zoro, Sanji are superior to anyone not named calamities
- Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kawamatsu are all portrayed to be able to clean house with everyone, not named calamities
If Marco and Izo comes, it will be worse. With the Yakuza army helping to clean out with the rest.
So when looking just at this, it's pretty clear that even Kaido will not be able to tip the balance against all this, which is where Big Mom is involved in and creating a situation of despair, which is detrimental to make the arc interesting, but with the other worst gen fighters involved in, it could somewhat create realistic chances to make it possible
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Now i know that Big Mom has a backstory in Elbaf, but imo it doesn't mean she has to be defeated there for few reasons:
- Elbaf is portrayed as a country out of her reach, evident by the fact that for decades, she never managed to ally with them despite wanting to be pirate king at all cost, and thus she can't truly rule Elbaf to be an Elbaf antagonist
- You don't need to go to Elbaf to become pirate king(Roger didn't go there on his way to Pirate king) and because of this then, it makes Elbaf less important. Outside of a source of inspiration for Usopp, it doesn't seem that relevant and we already saw a village of Elbaf in a flashback to boot, because of this then, i think either Oda will use Elbaf as a cover story or it'd be used as a short arc like Zou for the readers to have a short break after the destruction of the Rocks. Could also indirectly be used to redeem Big Mom and her backstory, but only after she'd be defeated in Wano
- One Piece writing also doesn't make it likely that Big Mom will get another arc. She already got her arc in WCI, is now involved in the Wano arc. Don't think Oda will really give her a third arc after all this when we're this close to end of serie, with the throne war battle between yonko, schibukai, revos, marines, worst generation already declared. And Luffy already got a copy of Big Mom's road poneglyph, making the purpose of their battle after Wano when we should be closer to become pirate king less relevant. By the end of Wano, Luffy will at least get 3 if not the 4 road poneglyph(1 from Big Mom, 1 from Zou, at least 1 from Wano), so it makes more sense imo that Oda will have a switch to stronger antagonists(World Government/Blackbeard).
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Thinking like this way then, it makes you question who would defeat Big Mom in that case?
- Oda already implied Luffy would be the one to defeat Kaido
- For Big Mom though, i think the one who will defeat her is Kid because Kid already has history with her, with her lying about the events in WCI and thus Kid ultimately wanting for Big Mom to pay for this
Furthermore than this, Kid is a character Oda originally meant to play a huge role in the manga, the biggest role since his creation of SNs in Sabaody, and i think that big role could be him ending up highlighted as taking down one of the yonko
Could also be seen as a compensation after all the lie that was spreading over his head
Of course this is just my opinion, so with that said, i'd just tell you to give your thoughts on the comment below
Now there are 2 opinions going around right now
- Big Mom will be defeated in Elbaf
- Big Mom will be defeated in Wano
I'd give my opinion though
First of all i think Big Mom will be defeated in Wano, and not in Elbaf for few reasons
- Kaido and Big Mom were part of the same crew before, with the return of the Rocks being hyped like no tomorrow by the marines until it actually happened
On the other hand, we are in an arc where multiple brats from the worst generation are involved(Luffy, Kid, Law, Hawkins, Drake and co), with them portrayed even before the arc started as potential rulers of the seas, with one of them potentially becoming pirate king(we know it'd be Luffy though)
Imo then, it makes sense for the remnants of the Rocks to be defeated together with the rise of the shining stars of the Worst generation
I also think the reason there is a Kaido - Big Mom alliance in the first place was in preparation of the Worst generation alliance indicated by the reaction Kid and Law had this chapter after hearing they allied
With Drake already involved in helping Law to escape at one point, and Hawkins also having a card that could potentially be used against allies
When we look at the difference in number and power(while discounting worst gen captains since they aren't really working for Kaido except Apoo maybe) between both camps it makes sense as well.
- Luffy should be superior to everyone not named Kaido and Big Mom right now
- Kid shouldn't be far off judging by his portrayal comparatively to Luffy
- Law, Zoro, Sanji are superior to anyone not named calamities
- Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kawamatsu are all portrayed to be able to clean house with everyone, not named calamities
If Marco and Izo comes, it will be worse. With the Yakuza army helping to clean out with the rest.
So when looking just at this, it's pretty clear that even Kaido will not be able to tip the balance against all this, which is where Big Mom is involved in and creating a situation of despair, which is detrimental to make the arc interesting, but with the other worst gen fighters involved in, it could somewhat create realistic chances to make it possible
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Now i know that Big Mom has a backstory in Elbaf, but imo it doesn't mean she has to be defeated there for few reasons:
- Elbaf is portrayed as a country out of her reach, evident by the fact that for decades, she never managed to ally with them despite wanting to be pirate king at all cost, and thus she can't truly rule Elbaf to be an Elbaf antagonist
- You don't need to go to Elbaf to become pirate king(Roger didn't go there on his way to Pirate king) and because of this then, it makes Elbaf less important. Outside of a source of inspiration for Usopp, it doesn't seem that relevant and we already saw a village of Elbaf in a flashback to boot, because of this then, i think either Oda will use Elbaf as a cover story or it'd be used as a short arc like Zou for the readers to have a short break after the destruction of the Rocks. Could also indirectly be used to redeem Big Mom and her backstory, but only after she'd be defeated in Wano
- One Piece writing also doesn't make it likely that Big Mom will get another arc. She already got her arc in WCI, is now involved in the Wano arc. Don't think Oda will really give her a third arc after all this when we're this close to end of serie, with the throne war battle between yonko, schibukai, revos, marines, worst generation already declared. And Luffy already got a copy of Big Mom's road poneglyph, making the purpose of their battle after Wano when we should be closer to become pirate king less relevant. By the end of Wano, Luffy will at least get 3 if not the 4 road poneglyph(1 from Big Mom, 1 from Zou, at least 1 from Wano), so it makes more sense imo that Oda will have a switch to stronger antagonists(World Government/Blackbeard).
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Thinking like this way then, it makes you question who would defeat Big Mom in that case?
- Oda already implied Luffy would be the one to defeat Kaido
Furthermore than this, Kid is a character Oda originally meant to play a huge role in the manga, the biggest role since his creation of SNs in Sabaody, and i think that big role could be him ending up highlighted as taking down one of the yonko
Could also be seen as a compensation after all the lie that was spreading over his head
Of course this is just my opinion, so with that said, i'd just tell you to give your thoughts on the comment below