This is EXACTLY what I want and have predicted and discussed with my friends before too. I'm definitely completely on board with this!
This would be as close to perfect as the story could be for me with these topics, it would be the legit most amazing arc of OP imo. It would really encompass the spirit, the adventure, the fun of OP it had from the beginning. With Oda giving us more lore on the Davy Back Fights with the reveal of Beehive Island being the origin of DBFs and thus the OP equivalent of Tortuga and Portal Royal (lol Portal, I've been playing way too much Portal lately!
) I mean Port Royal, I am absolutely loving the potential of where this can go and how suddenly much more important and canonical Foxy's arc has and will become.
It's similar to how I had to argue with idiots who called Skypeia and Thriller Bark "filler arcs" and said to skip them as they're "irrelevant to the story/lore".
I think Xebec even formed his crew through Davy Back Fights and this is part of the reason why they had such chaotic chemistry and didn't get along so well supposedly, why they were so turbulent as a crew. Not just their egos ofc but how and why they were formed. I also think Xebec probably had the most CoC users in a crew, which would make complete sense imo, but Luffy might just challenge that amount and thus will most likely surpass it too. (But I was to go completely crazy, I would be giving half the SHs CoC at least or even all of them maybe somehow LOL!)
Since the RHP seem to be just a regular (but extremely strong and tightly knit) crew with no fleet by the looks of it, it would be extremely fitting to set up those Enies Lobby style fights as you said and give both crews the shine they deserve, especially individually.
I would really like Zoro to face Shanks and see how the rival of the WGS fares by comparison, especially due to losing his arm and yet becoming a Yonko despite that. It would make Mihawk seem all the more silly and ironic for refusing to duel Shanks depending on that then. I can see why Mihawk would refuse to duel Shanks but I don't necessarily agree with it either.
But also more importantly, I would love Mihawk to show up with Shanks again and maybe even declare himself an official ally of Shanks, especially after losing his Warlord status and ironically being the hunted one now., by the WG and Marines ofc.
And thus as you said, it would be the perfect opportunity for Zoro vs Mihawk, imagine Zoro rocking up to Mihawk and telling him he took on 2 Yonkos, tanked their combo attack and is still here completely fine to tell him all about it!? And Luffy also gets to tell Shanks he took on those 2 Yonkos and won leading to both Enel faces from Shanks and Mihawk simultaneously?! LMAO
I also do worry that not only Shanks has death flags but also Mihawk. I think Yasopp should and will die though. I also think Garp will die sooner or later before the story ends. But man, I do fear that Shiryu will get a cheap kill on Mihawk somehow and thus Blackbeard will get one on Shanks too. Proper dirty pirate style murders/executions like he and his crew did to Whitebeard too. Mihawk's and Shanks' honourable natures might be used against them here somehow. The RHP may have to make a final stand against the BB pirates to let the SHs escape and go to Laugh Tale too, to buy them time as well.
Completely agree with what you said anyway man, great post!
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