I dont either, but lets put cards on the table:
- Egghead is pitting him against Kizaru or Saturn. This is essentially guaranteed.
- Elbaf will likely have its own conflicts and issues. But sure, it does not "need" to happen (villain-wisw) unless Oda deems it so.
- 4th RP (wherever it is) obviously is grounds for conflict sonce its likely not on Egghead or Elbaf now. If the Burned Man is bad, either Luffy is defeating him or BB/Shanks are.
- Luffy is obviously fighting Blackbeard for sure. Im also in the boat that Blackbeard cannot fundamentally defeat Shanks (storywise, this is not a powerscale) because of Shanks' importance to Luffy and their own rivalry. I do think, currently, this is a 3 way fight (rather 4 of you include CG, but really just Mihawk) on and between Lodestar and Laugh Tale, if not during at the 4th RP plotline.
- Then you have Akainu and Imu. I cannot, in any semblance, seen anyone but Luffy fighting these 2. The former is extremely personal, the latter is being currently hyped as the potential engame villain.
You take the "Big 4" above (Blackbeard, Shanks, Akainu and Imu), and put them in any order, and I still cant see anyone but Luffy defeating them. Maaaaaybe Shanks is omitted if he's actually an ally, but the rest obviously fall on the MCs lap.
I agree that itll be a lot of fighting, but fundamentally Luffy should be the one fighting these characters. Anyone else doing them same just doesnt work in context (again, save for Shanks maybe, im not THAT much of a wanker lol)
- Egghead is pitting him against Kizaru or Saturn. This is essentially guaranteed.
- Elbaf will likely have its own conflicts and issues. But sure, it does not "need" to happen (villain-wisw) unless Oda deems it so.
- 4th RP (wherever it is) obviously is grounds for conflict sonce its likely not on Egghead or Elbaf now. If the Burned Man is bad, either Luffy is defeating him or BB/Shanks are.
- Luffy is obviously fighting Blackbeard for sure. Im also in the boat that Blackbeard cannot fundamentally defeat Shanks (storywise, this is not a powerscale) because of Shanks' importance to Luffy and their own rivalry. I do think, currently, this is a 3 way fight (rather 4 of you include CG, but really just Mihawk) on and between Lodestar and Laugh Tale, if not during at the 4th RP plotline.
- Then you have Akainu and Imu. I cannot, in any semblance, seen anyone but Luffy fighting these 2. The former is extremely personal, the latter is being currently hyped as the potential engame villain.
You take the "Big 4" above (Blackbeard, Shanks, Akainu and Imu), and put them in any order, and I still cant see anyone but Luffy defeating them. Maaaaaybe Shanks is omitted if he's actually an ally, but the rest obviously fall on the MCs lap.
I agree that itll be a lot of fighting, but fundamentally Luffy should be the one fighting these characters. Anyone else doing them same just doesnt work in context (again, save for Shanks maybe, im not THAT much of a wanker lol)