General & Others One Piece General Discussion

Well, now that the Holy Knights are subdued, the demonized giants are slowly returning back to normal, but Imu himself has arrived, I feel pretty comfortable saying we're in the climax of the arc, especially remembering Oda saying he was planning on Lodestar next, at the Fiesta.

With Imu already coughing up blood the moment he arrived, and the proverbial smoking gun of the Pentagram he arrived from (which we know from Egghead, if the summoning is disrupted, they instantly vanish), I feel pretty confident in saying we're probably looking of a maximum of 10 chapters before Imu returns back, one way or another, then a wrap-up.

All in all, I'd say....November, give or take, as the maximum for everything being finished, and then they're off for Lodestar.
When did Oda say lodestar? Didn’t he say „that island“ like he always does?
 
The Amazon Lily arc is about Shakuyaku, former empress, too, because she was revealed and she met Luffy before Luffy arrived at the island.

Shakuyaku mentioned to Luffy that Garp chased her, and we got a flashback about it.

Boa Hancock is just a warlord, and the current empress but the former empress is more important.
 
You know, I just realized something. For those who think Blackbeard is simply meant to be the villain for a Laugh Tale Arc, or myself thinking his and Shanks' duel will be the latter stopping him from attacking Luffy on his way to the aforementioned island, or any combo or variation:

When the Straw Hats find the 4th Road Poneglyph....how would anyone even know about it, anyway? It's not like there is spycam Den-Dens on the Sunny, or anything.
 
I wonder if this panel is an early reference to Nika and the suffering of slaves. The Giant's fasting could be a remain of their wish to be saved.





I'm saying this because in the anime I saw one translation saying "the more we suffer, the more greatfull will will be to the Sun".
 
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