Paper, are you expecting anything good out of this Ace rerun
That’s my only qualm. It’s Chapter 998/999 but we’re getting Ace stuff when we could’ve literally got anything else
I don't think the Ace stuff is coming exactly next chapter. Oda tends to tease things a few chapters ahead so my guess is its a tease for the near end of the act and it will covered in Act 4.
Put it this way, I dont think Yamato is going to randomly reminisce about Ace and Oda will break the action flow right now. It'll happen if, lets say, Yamato confronts Kaido over it or brings it up to someone who is relevant. Then we'll see the flashback.
Its why I dont expect any more flashbacks till the beginning of Act 4 because at least by then, the pacing for the action was already broken by the Act closing.
Still actually hopeful for an Act 3 ending next chapter OR Chapter 1000 just has a big surprise/twist for Wano. That i can also see.