Aight, I’m really starting to think that even Oda himself doesn’t know what he’s talking about in these yearly missives…like, he knows he can say “the battle between THAT character and THAT character when Luffy goes to THAT place” and the fandom will (incorrectly) fill in the blanks because each instance of “THAT” can refer to a variety of people, places, and other plot points he’s tossed into the mix over the decades; he doesn’t actually have to envision anything specific, he’ll get there sooner or later in the creative process and we’ll accept the supposed “fact” that he had it all mapped out from the jump. Been writing this fucking story for close to 30 years and he still has to play coy, fuckin’ embarrassing…
