There are lots of people who think blackbeard is going to kill shanks for luffys character development as well as to further hype blackbeard before his fight with luffy. I've always disagreed with that theory, however after the most recent chapter I don't find it unlikely that blackbeard will kill garp. It won't make as much of an impact on luffys character as Shanks death would but it could make quite a bit of difference in kobys character development as well as add more hype to blackbeard vs luffy.



