IF he shows up during this arc and does actually get redeemed (and it’s fantastic) would it then become a question of why his better portrayal could not have happened in Wano?
… Unless then it becomes a case of Too Many Characters and therefore it simply couldn’t be squeezed in? Or perhaps giving everyone Ws on the Strawhat side would be too unrealistic/ unsatisfying for the good guys.
I felt so bad for him, it even felt like he was the 1% man until it was Hawkins apparently in the end? I cant remember if he beat Scotch but Im glad he beat Caribou and captured him, an actual W for him lol.
I still hold out for a Red Drake Redemption from Oda later on somehow. Same for Kidd, I feel Oda wasted him a lot at Wano and aside from some impressive/cool feats, he was heavily underutilised and wasted given the massive setup with Kaido and him from early on.
I also really felt Drake was so sincere and desperate here and wished Luffy had been more trusting/accepting of him, I really wanted to see something like a revenge teamup of Drake vs Queen with Franky assisting or Chopper. Or Drake fights WhosWho instead and Jinbei gets Jack? WhosWho was just a random exposition machine in the end too sadly, sigh.