Disclaimer
This is an extract of a section from another of my essays, but it's an important enough — and controversial enough — topic that it deserves its own thread.
This is NOT a ZKK thread. It exists solely to discuss if Kaido will die. How Kaido might die is tangential at best.
I'm on mobile, so pardon any mechanical blunders.
As usual, let me know your preferences regarding tags.
Acknowledgements
@Garp the Fist: deserves all credit. This is essentially plagiarism of his excellent thread (The Grand Kaido and Wano Death Compilation).
The Necessity of Kaido's Death
I'd like to briefly recap the evidence in favour of Kaido's death. If you've not read it yet, I recommend reading @Garp the Fist's "The Grand Kaido and Wano Death Compilation. It makes this argument at a much greater length.
Shimotsuki Yasuie
Scabbards
Oden
Yamato
Ace
Kaido
Conclusions
The necessity — you could even say the inevitability — of Kaido's death has been mentioned by at least SIX(!) separate (groups of) characters:
If there's any character in One Piece that is destined for death, then it is without a doubt Hundred Beasts Kaido.
This is an extract of a section from another of my essays, but it's an important enough — and controversial enough — topic that it deserves its own thread.
This is NOT a ZKK thread. It exists solely to discuss if Kaido will die. How Kaido might die is tangential at best.
I'm on mobile, so pardon any mechanical blunders.
As usual, let me know your preferences regarding tags.
Acknowledgements
@Garp the Fist: deserves all credit. This is essentially plagiarism of his excellent thread (The Grand Kaido and Wano Death Compilation).
The Necessity of Kaido's Death
I'd like to briefly recap the evidence in favour of Kaido's death. If you've not read it yet, I recommend reading @Garp the Fist's "The Grand Kaido and Wano Death Compilation. It makes this argument at a much greater length.
Shimotsuki Yasuie
At his execution, Yasuie's final words suggested that Wano would never truly be free until Kaido dies:
These words have yet to be vindicated.
Scabbards
The Scabbards expressed their desire to "take Kaido's head":
They stressed the need to "sever his windpipe":
They reiterated that the battle with Kaido is not over until he has been slain:
Oden
Oden himself has spoken of the need to kill Kaido.
He said that he came to cut off Kaido's head in his sleep:
He reiterated that he intends to behead Kaido:
He said that he came to cut off Kaido's head in his sleep:
Yamato
Yamato consented to Kaido's death:
Ace
Yamato said that Ace came to kill Kaido:
Ace himself stated that he's here to take Kaido's head:
Kaido
Finally, Kaido himself has repeatedly expressed his desire for (a glorious) death.
His introduction chapter is titled "Suicide":
He's searching for a place to die:
His hobby is suicide, and he laments that he survived his latest attempt:
He stated that because the Scabbards remind him of Oden, he could have let them kill him:
He believes that "death is what completes a person":
He declared that the world doesn't need two dragons:
Considering that Momonosuke is definitely not dying, the dragon that needs to be removed from the world is Kaido himself.
His introduction chapter is titled "Suicide":
He's searching for a place to die:
Considering that Momonosuke is definitely not dying, the dragon that needs to be removed from the world is Kaido himself.
Conclusions
The necessity — you could even say the inevitability — of Kaido's death has been mentioned by at least SIX(!) separate (groups of) characters:
- Shimotsuki Yasuie
- The Nine Scabbards
- Oden
- Yamato
- Ace
- Kaido himself
If there's any character in One Piece that is destined for death, then it is without a doubt Hundred Beasts Kaido.
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