Current Events Buster call on Egghead means destroying the Mother Flame factory. Stupid Villain trope strikes again

#1
Kizaru was told to be careful when arriving at Egghead because the government still needs the Factory working… Saturn gets punched once and he’s so scared that now it’s fuck the government and fuck the factory and they don’t even have York in custody so the buster call might kill her too but Fuck her too now.

In a better story, when the villain starts doing shit the goes against their stated goals, we the readers are expected to think it’s happening for character reasons. But this is one piece where tropes just happen for plot.

Are we expected to just think Saturn is an idiot?

Or are we expected to think he’s just scared, and this is like a legit character moment demonstrating his fear?

Maybe he’s just being selfish and has decided his life is worth more to himself than Imu getting his Mother flames?

No no no, the answers to all of the above is that Oda hasn’t thought of any of that… This is just plot nonsense for fake tension as per usual with Goda.
 
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#7
You might be speaking too soon on this one, the Buster Call was JUST announced, things can change next chapter. Kizaru can be the voice of reason, Saturn can change his mind, the other Gorosei can call and remind him of their true objective on the transponder snail, etc.
 
#8
I think it just makes it inevitable the strawhats win.

There's simply too much evidence.

1. Bonney and Kuma need closure for Ginny. Hence Saturn loses.
2. Kizaru realizes the error of his ways. Just like when he danced for Nika.
3. The punk archives are needed.

It's all Oda setting up a strawhat victory.
 
#10
It’s not about his life; Egghead has become genuinely too concerning of a place for them to fight with kid gloves.

There are too many major threats to the WG on this island that sacrificing the mother flame is just an acceptable loss. The death of luffy Vegapunk and kuma is way more important.
 
#16
Oh? Did his order to hustler call the island also implicitly include a “Do not target where York is even though no one knows where she is”
It pretty easily could be an inclusion in as soon as the next chapter. Imu needs that shit more than the anyone and the elders cannot override his desires.

Chapter ending the way it did here doesn't permanently exclude the possibility of accounting for the York situation later, you're overreacting
 
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