What I find odd is that Oda literally properly introduced the VAs a few chapters ago, having f them go back to the island with their names and all.
if it ends like this with SHs going to the giant ship what was even the point?
Lol and its the 3rd time he's "shown" them in a lineup that feels like they should be fighting properly.
Call it cope or whatever Im really still holding out hope that Oda still intends to have some of the VAs and Kizaru to have objective fights, but he also wanted to showcase the Gorosei within the same arc.
Frankly that depends now on either:
- People fighting and defending Bonney before VPs broadcast (assuming they feel betrayed by the WG)
- it happening after provided the Marines are in denial or confused.
Im REALLY just hoping Oda has been focusing a fuck ton on Luffy to move the plot forward until that point, because of all of these hypothetical chess pieces that need to be in place (Kuma's arrival/Flashback, Getting Zoro away from Lucci, Crew coming down on the ship, AR awakens and use, VPs broadcast, etc) before he can spend 10 chapters or whatever on anyone not Luffy like he did in Wano after about 30+ chapters of running around.
We are at 50 chapters with no true fights or matchups yet, so heres to hoping if they even exist still.