Honestly what is Oda's plan for Kidd and Law? Shanks is his golden boy and BB is endgame material so they're not losing. I can't see Kidd or Law dying either so what's next? :zorothink:
My assumption is they lose but in ways that matter to the plot. For Law itll be mainly due to his ties to the Rocky Port Incident w/ Koby and BB. For Kid itll be a means explain his prior clash with Shanks.
Both Kid and Law have had ties to them in the past, and now they will be used to characterize the 2 Yonko more.
At this point, I assume we'll go to Fullalead and Elbaf to even further characterize BB/Shanks, but their main downfall wont happen until Lodestar/Laugh Tale/Final War. Think of this like BM and her not losing at WCI. These 2 islands will have secondary plots I assume that help make BB/Shanks bigger characters than they already are.
Side note, honestly, good call on whoever called Shanks being tied to Elbaf at least in some capacity.