Mihawk joining Buggy makes 100% sense imo
he doesn't enjoy fighting weaklings all the time, so if a bunch of shitty marines keep coming at him all day, it would ge tiring
by joining Buggy and turning him into a Yonkou, Mihawk can just chill and only fight if they send actual threats, like an Admiral
so it's a win win for Mihawk
he gets to chill against the shitty enemies
and he also gets marines attention to send Admirals after that Yonkou crew
Tbh I thought of a potential ongoing gag where Mihawk is still confused and maybe bitter on why he couldn't cut Buggy at Marineford and he spends the whole time trying to cut Buggy, much to Buggy's annoyance and thus making Buggy his "target practice/sparring partner" unintentionally lmao.
Jozu and Vista have vanished completely post TS and I'm hoping they're gonna show up somehow too, maybe they could have ended up joining Buggy for some reason or idk. I just want to see them again as well as actually see Scopper and Vegapunk but it feels like we're never going to at this rate.
Also waiting for Crocodile and Enel to actually return to the story, for Urouge to actually get screentime and an arc etc. I fear he's gonna be like the Hawkins and Apoo of Blackbeard's crew, assuming he joined BB ofc.
I think Mihawk joining Buggy could make a hilariously ironic parallel to Shanks relationship with both of them? Both of them were closely associated with Shanks and Buggy may have been a "rival" to Shanks in a way during their Rocks pirates day and after they both went their seperate ways after Roger died too?
Oda might just be doing this to give Buggy and Mihawk a chance to show up and unite with Shanks too, purposely associating them this way for convenience?
Assuming this Buggy Mihawk shit is true ofc.