THE KEY PLAYER OF ONIGASHIMA'S BATTLE OF MONSTERS
Of course, it is none other than
Roronoa Zoro. The latest chapter has proved that Kaido is far tougher than anyone had imagined.
It is also questionable if LinLin is close to as tough as Kaido and if that happens to be so, the Supernovas will have trouble injuring both Emperors. All 5 characters, opposing the Rocks duo, ended up doing nothing in the opening of the battle, more or less as expected.
Law was affected by PIS the most, he decided to throw some rocks onto Kaido... I will turn a blind eye on that one for now.
Law's regular abilities should soon start showing their limits and some may stay out of the fight just because they wouldnt do much in the end, like personality switch...
Counter Shock should be completely ineffective on Emperors, the chopping will either not work or will be dodged. The only effective thing in his arsenal is Gamma Knife.
And even that will not do the job. It should certainly be significantly more effective than Luffy's cheap version of it but ultimately not enough.
Kidd ended up as the greatest disappointment. His whole strategy of bringing in more metal to crush Kaido resulted in a simple "Urgh!" and that is it...
Gotta say, I myself thought it would work to some degree but I was wrong, Kaido is way too tough to be crushed. Kidd can try to slam him, crush him all he wants, he is hopeless. He looked dumbfounded regarding Luffy's haki so that's a tell that his haki game is nowhere close to the required level. He is nothing more than a meat shield as it stands and I would trade him for a better meat shield - DR Pica's golem. I thought he would be the Pica of Wano but so far he looks worse.
Luffy's legendary long-awaited internal destruction haki in the first(exaggerated) hit ended up giving Kaido a bloody lip. Yes, that's all. When the first exaggerated hit ends up having such low effectiveness you know that it will be bad, cant say I didnt see it coming, wasnt hard knowing the pattern of Luffy's fights(countless hits required)...
Kaido decided to play with his food, tagged him despite FS and ends up mocking him that he is putting up a better fight this time around... Luffy isnt looking good here at all, he would have died already if not for others. He needed to be saved 2 times, by Zoro and Law, despite having FS... His G4 mode ended up doing nothing to Kaido...
Killer with his acrobatics probably can manage to avoid the attacks better than a FS user lol. He decided not to use Haki either it seems, just like Zoro. Excusable for 1st hit.
It is questionable to what degree haki would help him and if it would change anything. His chances are better if he tries to go after their eyes to gouge them out.
It is interesting that he attempted decapitation(wonder what is Oda hinting with that one lol), he certainly knows where to strike but will most likely remain not too effective as the battle goes on.
And we finally get to the key player, Roronoa Zoro. In the opening strike, his effectiveness was as low as that of the other 4 players, nothing significant was done.
Also decided not to use Haki, the excuse seems to be that he is restraining himself because of Enma. The interesting part is that he aimed for the spot where Oden's scar is.
The chapter ended with Kaido going into dragon form, which can mean only one thing - Zoro is about to cut him open. The dragon form helps with keeping the wound small in proportions to the huge dragon body. Just like in Oden's case, the wound that was of Oden's size in dragon form ended up being relatively small when in base form.
With Zoro opening an old wound or creating a new one, the effectiveness of the other 4 players drastically improves because they have a weak spot to target.
There are more reasons why Zoro is the key player other than just opening the wound to make others effective. Kaido needs to die and without Zoro that cannot happen.
Without Zoro, Borobreath and Prometheus are going to keep tormenting the other 4. Considering that Kaido, the guy who blitzed a FS user, tried to strike Zoro with the club and got outmaneuvered and tagged, Zoro looks like the most capable combatant among the Supernovas, by far. Without Zoro that battle is lost, good thing he is up there. Among all the creatures of the seas, Zoro's existence is the most terrifying one. Kaido will have to learn that the hard way, by facing the demon god Asura.
Will he be able to withstand some of Asura's hits or it will end him with one? Lemme know what you think.