If we are seriously in the final saga, then Oda will need to consolidate a lot of plot points very quickly in order for the story to end in 1 Saga.
The VS Yonko saga had the following arcs:
Anyways. Egghead parallels Zou in that both set the stage for the given Saga.
Elbaf will likely parallel WCI. The goal of the arc will focus on getting a poneglyph. Luffy might have a 1v1 in this arc but it’s very likely that no big player falls here. Perhaps Luffy fights silhouette man. Idk.
I think Laugh Tale will honestly be reverie 2.0. It won’t be a full blown arc. We see the SHs reach laugh tale. We get the “he laughed” panel. And the rest is offscreened and revisited in the final arc: red line.
Lastly you have the red line arc. Why Red Line? That’s how you complete the circumnavigation of the world. You end at the red line. Hence it has to be the next step after laugh tale.
I think Red Line is going to be the Wano of the final Saga. It will be a multi act arc, where the SHs are spread across the red line over the span of a significant period of time. The final act of the red line arc takes place in mariejois, which will be like Imu’s onigashima.
Could the SH’s just sail straight to Mariejois? Yes but we’ve already sailed paradise before and you’re not going to be able to launch a sneak attack if you are scaling the red line like Kuma did. Luffy needs to reach the red line near reverse mountain and go to mariejois through the red line.
Anyways I think the Red Line arc could be the arc Teach falls. Teach said he wants to join the WG. Perhaps Imu, fearing Joyboy’s return, will let Teach do this.
Teach allies with Imu, creating the greatest power the world has ever known.
Luffy on the other hand builds his alliance with Shanks, Buggy, and Dragon. Paralleling the Wano alliance. Koby joins the alliance later, much like Kid did in wano.
Luffy’s final battle is against Imu with Luffy vs Imu being much like Luffy vs Kaido.
Teach on the other hand is never directly defeated by Luffy. Luffy bests him in elbaf by getting the 4th poneglyph. Much like how he bested BM in WCI but never 1v1ed her.
Teach falls to allies. With Kid and Law getting defeated and seemingly losing relevance, I think Buggy and Shanks 2v1ing Teach makes sense. If not him then Koby and Sabo/Dragon could do it.
Lastly Oda could have Shanks or Buggy get defeated by Teach in elbaf, with Kid and Law being Luffy’s ultimate allies in the final war. Really whatever Oda wants.
In any case. Teach will ally with Imu like the BM/Kaido alliance. The final arcs are:
Laugh Tale will be treated like reverie. Well only get a few chapters at the moment and most of the reveals as flashbacks during the red line arc.
Red Line = Wano 2.0
Luffy and his alliance vs Imu and the BBP alliance.
The VS Yonko saga had the following arcs:
- Zou
- WCI
- Wano
Anyways. Egghead parallels Zou in that both set the stage for the given Saga.
Elbaf will likely parallel WCI. The goal of the arc will focus on getting a poneglyph. Luffy might have a 1v1 in this arc but it’s very likely that no big player falls here. Perhaps Luffy fights silhouette man. Idk.
I think Laugh Tale will honestly be reverie 2.0. It won’t be a full blown arc. We see the SHs reach laugh tale. We get the “he laughed” panel. And the rest is offscreened and revisited in the final arc: red line.
Lastly you have the red line arc. Why Red Line? That’s how you complete the circumnavigation of the world. You end at the red line. Hence it has to be the next step after laugh tale.
I think Red Line is going to be the Wano of the final Saga. It will be a multi act arc, where the SHs are spread across the red line over the span of a significant period of time. The final act of the red line arc takes place in mariejois, which will be like Imu’s onigashima.
Could the SH’s just sail straight to Mariejois? Yes but we’ve already sailed paradise before and you’re not going to be able to launch a sneak attack if you are scaling the red line like Kuma did. Luffy needs to reach the red line near reverse mountain and go to mariejois through the red line.
Anyways I think the Red Line arc could be the arc Teach falls. Teach said he wants to join the WG. Perhaps Imu, fearing Joyboy’s return, will let Teach do this.
Teach allies with Imu, creating the greatest power the world has ever known.
Luffy on the other hand builds his alliance with Shanks, Buggy, and Dragon. Paralleling the Wano alliance. Koby joins the alliance later, much like Kid did in wano.
Luffy’s final battle is against Imu with Luffy vs Imu being much like Luffy vs Kaido.
Teach on the other hand is never directly defeated by Luffy. Luffy bests him in elbaf by getting the 4th poneglyph. Much like how he bested BM in WCI but never 1v1ed her.
Teach falls to allies. With Kid and Law getting defeated and seemingly losing relevance, I think Buggy and Shanks 2v1ing Teach makes sense. If not him then Koby and Sabo/Dragon could do it.
Lastly Oda could have Shanks or Buggy get defeated by Teach in elbaf, with Kid and Law being Luffy’s ultimate allies in the final war. Really whatever Oda wants.
In any case. Teach will ally with Imu like the BM/Kaido alliance. The final arcs are:
- Elbaf
- Red Line
Laugh Tale will be treated like reverie. Well only get a few chapters at the moment and most of the reveals as flashbacks during the red line arc.
Red Line = Wano 2.0
Luffy and his alliance vs Imu and the BBP alliance.
