Exactly what I expected. Oda won't openly tell the crowd when Teach will swoop in to take Imu's head.
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So do we agree Garling has a supreme grade blade ? Too much vacant spots, he can get one.
To me One Piece has always been (at least since Marineford) a sequence of 2 major conflicts brewing.
1. The battle over One Piece
2. The battle over the World
Pre-TS we didnt really know the WG had the God Knights or combative Gorosei or Imu, but we knew something past the Marines existed by virtue of Kong and Doflamingo receiving orders from high up to kill Moria.
So one can assume that the battle for One Piece are the main Yonko + Maybe Akainu, while the battle for the world is really just the World Government. However we dont entirely know structure yet with this endgame so theres multiple options:
Imo, Geography forces this to be very specific tthough. I think we have, at most, 2 options:
- The road to Laugh Tale has all Yonko and (maybe) Marines lose. Luffy gets One Piece (whatever combination you imagine happening here is fair game, too many options). Then somehow (Kuma?) sends everyone to face the WG on Mariejoa
- It all ends on Laugh Tale. Everyone loses before LT except the WG who ends up there to fight for control over One Piece.
Thinking about this more lately I feel option one is more likely over 2. Other people have made points (and even this chapter!) that the WG need to be booted from their metaphorical and literal high seat, which means Mariejoa makes the most sense for a final conflict, not Laugh Tale.
In that way though, neither option (to me) leave BB as the FV. He (along with Shanks) has always been that measuring point to Pirate King. Thats their role in the story imo, to lose to Luffy (plus Buggy; all Yonko) before anyone finds One Piece.
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@Paperchampion23 With Imu killing Saturn for failing to capture Luffy, you still think the WG isn’t going to intervene on Elbaf knowing Luffys there and Imus clear desire for his capture?
@Sir Yasheen no i still do not think Elbaf is a WG centric arc.