Egghead lacks as of now a very important detail:
What I noticed is that Luffy is actually only trying to hold off Kizaru, nothing more. He made sure that the admiral was occupied, while his crew and Vegapunk did their thing (preparing to leave). He is not actively attacking Kizaru, because: He has no reason, yet.
And Luffy will not attack him as long as he sees no reason to do so. He will only make sure that Kizaru stays off of Vegapunk and his crew, nothing more.
For Luffy to go actively against the admiral, with the intention to actually hurt and defeat him, he needs a reason.
In previous arcs there was always a reason for Luffy to fight his main antagonist:
- Kaido: Luffy wanted for everyone in Wano to eat as much as they wanted
- Katakuri: He was about to anhiliate his crew, if not stopped
- Doflamingo: He beat Bellamy and this was the last straw for Luffy
- …
With every fight, Luffy had something he wanted to archive with beating his opponent. And he realized just how important this something was often times just before he started fighing or within their fight. Because it was then, when something major happened, which made him angry and realise he had to seriously fight now.
On Egghead however, we see a Luffy, who still has not come across this small detail/something, that makes his blood boil.
So, what we can assume is: Something major is going to happen in the next few chapters, which will make Luffy realise that he has to take his fight with Kizaru serious, else something bad will happen to the people around him.
The next little detail, that did not go unnoticed was that although the Vegaforce was destroyed, the SHP and Vegapunk are continuing their plan to flee as if nothing happened. Here we see Jinbe and Sanji bringing cargo to the place where they wanted to meet. Strange is: No one seems to make a change in their plan altought they do not have the Vegaforce anymore to carry them away from Egghead. This means that they have probably either another plan, they are following and do not need the Vegaforce, or they have an alternative to the Vegaforce.
Also, the behaviour of the SHP is getting more and more strange, since their communication amongst them has very much improved throughout the arc. They are all using a Den Den Mushi and everyone gets to know when something happens. This is a stark contrast to their approach in previous arcs. Someone/something must have happened during that time skip for them to change their general communicational approach that much.
Also, I begin to think that Bonney is not really her age Oda draws her in. The way Vegapunk talks about her, lets room for the possibility of her actually being in her teens or even younger. Interesting to note is that Saturn and Lucci also talked about her as if she was still a child.
Also, the Stellar’s main reason to come down to the Fabrio-Phase was to safe Bonney, not to change the command, the Pacifistas are currently following. He will at least try to do that in the next few panels, if he is able to.
