Saturn isn’t that guy, he’s completely irrelevant to Luffy and we’re in the climax part of the arc. No interaction, no colorspread, no cover, nada…
Even the awaited moment of Bonney realizing Nika is real happened when Luffy attacked Kizaru. He’s closer to a Spandam than to a Lucci.
Only reason why this fight even gets pushed at this point is because Kizaru being Luffy’s arc opponent makes people irrational for some reason
I called Yamato not joining back when I was getting laughed at by everyone in the nakama thread because a few things about her were off, and I’m as confident with Saturn not being Luffy’s fight.
It doesn’t mean Luffy can’t stomp on him like an insect at some point though.
Wiwi please.
I have nothing against Kizaru, if Saturn didn't land on Egghead or if we didn't get Kuma's flashback, I would have defended Luffy vs Kizaru round 2 or I would be pushing the escape route.
However, that's not the case.
Saturn landed on Egghead and we saw whole Kuma's flashback how he is the real villain of the arc, how he oppressed everyone in the island: Kuma, Bonney, Kizaru, Sentomaru, Vegapunk...
You can't seriously believe that there is no buildup to him, he is already a greater villain than Kaido.
You can't seriously say that he's completely irrelevant to Luffy when Luffy is called the warrior of liberation.
You literally saw Kuma, Bonney, Kizaru, Sentomaru, Vegapunk dance to Nika.
Come on now.