Future Events ACT 3 the Raid, ACT 4 the War

[mosaab]

there's is two directions the onigashima plot will go. either the threat is gonna be will we win before onigashima crush the flower capital? or will onigashima get there quickly and kaido commands his forces to subdue wano?
the second choice would be where I hope the story is going because the potential is great.

think about the amount of forces arayed at either side :
30.000 kaido henchmen
5.000 ninja
5.000 police samurai
10? Antiant giants
but do you honestly feel the weight of such numbers? Onigashima is an amazing location and I am glad oda is using the chaos to show every facet of it. but the dommed aesthetic is really constraining oda's ability to show the massive conflict occuring.

now imagine kaido moving the island in like one or two chapters, suddenly the script is flipped. suddenly instead of starting fires in enemy teratory they are running around putting fires out.

they thought they beerded the lion (Dragon) in his den (Lair) but now kaido flipped it on them and now they are on the defensive. this could be the Tragedy of ACT 3 every one is waiting for.
imagine it, fighting in the desert of udon. fighting in the forest of kuri.
in hakumai, Ringo....etc.
oda spent 50 chapters building Wano, returning there to see all fights happening is great. there every one can stretch and you could feel the weight of numbers, the size of the "NUMBER'S".
this is also where the Akazaya nine can shine after their defeat. leading the resistance fighting.

now that's WAR that could make Marinford look small.

p.s. I don't think making Marinford look small was ever oda's intention with wano. I think he just was ex cited to do his version of a old japan arc. and every one enterprited that as hyping for fights, character development for the strawhats, massive world changing clash of forces......etc.
I never liked how for years the fandom would make up their own promises about wano that oda never made, and got salty when oda didn't make wano the "let's wank the strawhats arc".



sorry for the spelling,punctuation & grammar mistakes.

 

[Akai2]

The “Making Marineford look cute” comment as I understand was not in reference to Wano but to the lurking legend. Which is probably Imu. Or Xebec. But the fandom took it and ran with it in reference to Wano.

I agree that If the Onigashima transport is just an arc calamity device/ticking time bomb device it’d limit potential developments. If the alliance manages to save the citizens from getting crushed, I’d prefer the final fights occurring in the already explored areas of Wano main land.

 

[mosaab]

The “Making Marineford look cute” comment as I understand was not in reference to Wano but to the lurking legend. Which is probably Imu. Or Xebec. But the fandom took it and ran with it in reference to Wano.

I agree that If the Onigashima transport is just an arc calamity device/ticking time bomb device it’d limit potential developments. If the alliance manages to save the citizens from getting crushed, I’d prefer the final fights occurring in the already explored areas of Wano main land.

Exactly. it also justifies the time we spent exploring wano proper.
it also allows oda to focus his atention completely on one location and then backtrack a little in time and do the next location fights. this is something that other mangaka's do all the time (Kingdom is when it's done right,Bleach karakura aizen invasion is when it's done wrong, Naruto 4th Shinobi war had the right idea but writing was sloppy & unfocused where the enemy army was literally a mass of faceless fodder) that I never felt was ever justified in one piece because the scope was never wide enough to justify it.

 

[Akai2]

Exactly. it also justifies the time we spent exploring wano proper.
it also allows oda to focus his atention completely on one location and then backtrack a little in time and do the next location fights. this is something that other mangaka's do all the time (Kingdom is when it's done right,Bleach karakura aizen invasion is when it's done wrong, Naruto 4th Shinobi war had the right idea but writing was sloppy & unfocused where the enemy army was literally a mass of faceless fodder) that I never felt was ever justified in one piece because the scope was never wide enough to justify it.

One Piece hasn't had a real war yet. Even Marineford wasn't a true large scale war in the sense that it spanned multiple terrains and days. That's probably saved for the final war.

This one has potential to be really huge though. As I expect new factions to arrive later (probably marines, Weevil, Katakuri, Blackbead, etc)

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

Act 4 will be about the flashback of Kaido and Big Mom during the Rocks era.