Aye it is too. Blackbeard is cunning and pragmatic and won't go rushing after people alone stupidly like Ace did to him ironically lol.
Ace should have brought his crew or even some WB pirates, especially his division or something.
WB could have sent help after him too but didn't either, he should have known better since BB killed one of his own men, a commander at that too and he already lost Oden too.
But yeah this might be Oda setting up to show BB and Shanks winning a 1v1 fight onscreen with their opponents OR alternatively Kidd and Law winning a 1v1 especially against a top tier each too.
Knowing Oda, we're gonna have yo wait months at least to find out who won, as it will be offscreened as Law vs BB already is and apparently Kidd vs Shanks is too now.
Gotta milk those shock reveals/twists and suspense!
At least Oda gave us Kidd and Law vs Big Mom onscreen but won't do the same for Law vs BB (except 1 chapter) and Kidd vs Shanks lol.
The people who insist OP still has many years left too, this means Oda could drag this out for years for us too potentially. Egghead is already getting to be a long/fuller arc with around 20+ chapters now I think?
I'm so tired of waiting for Shanks and BB arcs. Have we waited not long enough? Literal decades? Smh.
I thought we'd go straight into them post Wano but it's just teases/setup for them much later on instead.
Guess they're having their own saga within this final saga, as opposed to the "Yonko Saga", which was only for Kaido and BM lol. I guess Luffys rise to becoming one too ofc.