Oh shit my guys, I strongly believe how that I know how Wano will end. I will have to do a larger post on this because there are many thoughts I want to articulate.
So in
this post, I talked about Akainu’s tattoo and vegetation symbolism and all that stuff. Reread this post for context. In that post, I talked about how I believed that Green Bull will be a symbolic extension of Akainu’s own philosophy on Justice as Green Bull seems to be an Absolute Justice type.
Well, I was thinking about the end of Wano, and do you guys remember exactly what event was stated in-canon to be the symbolic marker of Kaido’s defeat?
A volcanic eruption. And what happens after that volcanic eruption?
Vegetation starts to spread across Wano (via Green Bull).
There is no way this is a fucking coincidence.
This is where Oda will start to give Akainu character development once again. And so, I think Green Bull will actually successfully annex Wano into the World Government, but that this event will cause rebellion and anger across the world (or will backfire in some other way) and that Wano’s annexation will be a bittersweet victory for Akainu who will not really feel pride from annexing Wano.
The main reason I think this, is because post-timeskip has been all about Oda deconstructing Akainu’s own world-view and philosophies. For Oda to do this fully, he can’t just hand Fleet Admiral Akainu Ls left and right, he has to give him victories too, but then have those victories themselves feel empty and backfire. This is how Oda will truly give Akainu real development (if this is what Oda is trying to do, I’m almost positive that it is).
This also mirrors Japan opening it’s borders irl, the old Japanese villains being represented by Kaido (the Dragon and the Oni), Orochi (the hydra), etc…and the new Japanese villains being the rest of the world (represented by the Marines and the WG).
So does this mean Green Bull will defeat the alliance? Not necessarily, moreso I think when Green Bull shows up, the Straw Hats will believe they need to leave Wano on their own in the same way they left Alabasta, because they’re just criminals after all, most of Wano didn’t even know Orochi was evil or that Kaido was a bad guy or that the Kozukis are good lol.
So yeah. Green Bull annexes Wano, Akainu still cries, the alliance leaves with neither Green Bull defeating them or Vice versa. I’ll do a bigger more detailed post when the chapter drops.
This post may appear incoherent but I was so hyped when I thought of this that I had to share lol. More coherent post inbound when the chapter drops I guess lol.
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