If we look at what kind of opponents Blackbeard has so far, there is a clear pattern;
The pattern is clear, it's almost always the "good" / helpful or "neutral" people that related to SH Pirates. He took out Magellan before as well, but not when it work for Luffy's favor.
So Oda usually choose to pick battles with that theme for Teach. Oda wants Teach clean up Luffy's allies or friends, not directly putting him against the World Government or other Pirates without an ambush, or without making them wait to land the finishing blow.
Oda doesn't want Teach to take out guys like Akainu, Holy Knights, Greenbull, Kaido so those can be Luffy's opponents, Oda wants him to take out the guys that Luffy might hesitate to take out.
If there will be a confrontation between Teach and Imu, it could indirectly or it could be when Imu is weakened so he can land the finishing blow.
To set up even more confrontation, now Caribou will deliver the info about Ancient Weapons, once again Luffy's "friends" on Wano or Fishman Island will have to confront BB Pirates.
Possible next confrontations based on the theme;
- Fishman Island (probably can send two of his crewmembers there)
- Fujitora (Luffy literally said he doesn't want to take him out while fighting him)
- Wano (Yamato and Samurai)
- Other worstgen members
- Rayleigh or Boa Hancock again
- Koby again
- Shanks again
- Revolutionaries again (Dragon or Sabo or others)
- Cross Guild (also has ties with Luffy but not strong ties like the others)
What you think about the next opponent of BB Pirates?
- Shanks (wounded his eye)
- WB Pirates (Thatch, Ace, WB)
- Garp and Sengoku
- Bonney pirates
- WB Pirates again (Marco, Jozu, Vista)
- Aokiji (small confrontation ended with Aokiji joining him)
- Used Koby and Trafalgar Law as distraction to take over Pirate Island
- Revolutionaries (Sabo vs Burgess, continued at Headquarter Baltigo)
- SHawk (Mihawk copy, Mihawk is also now related to SH Pirates)
- Boa Hancock
- Silvers Rayleigh
- Captured Pudding
- Koby, then Garp
- 3 billion Trafalgar Law
The pattern is clear, it's almost always the "good" / helpful or "neutral" people that related to SH Pirates. He took out Magellan before as well, but not when it work for Luffy's favor.
So Oda usually choose to pick battles with that theme for Teach. Oda wants Teach clean up Luffy's allies or friends, not directly putting him against the World Government or other Pirates without an ambush, or without making them wait to land the finishing blow.
Oda doesn't want Teach to take out guys like Akainu, Holy Knights, Greenbull, Kaido so those can be Luffy's opponents, Oda wants him to take out the guys that Luffy might hesitate to take out.
If there will be a confrontation between Teach and Imu, it could indirectly or it could be when Imu is weakened so he can land the finishing blow.
To set up even more confrontation, now Caribou will deliver the info about Ancient Weapons, once again Luffy's "friends" on Wano or Fishman Island will have to confront BB Pirates.
Possible next confrontations based on the theme;
- Fishman Island (probably can send two of his crewmembers there)
- Fujitora (Luffy literally said he doesn't want to take him out while fighting him)
- Wano (Yamato and Samurai)
- Other worstgen members
- Rayleigh or Boa Hancock again
- Koby again
- Shanks again
- Revolutionaries again (Dragon or Sabo or others)
- Cross Guild (also has ties with Luffy but not strong ties like the others)
What you think about the next opponent of BB Pirates?
