Speculations Luffy will save Duke Inuarashi.

[Celestial D. Dragon]

So back in chapter 811, after Luffy and Co. learn what happened to Zou from Duke Inuarashi, he makes the proclamation that one day he's going to "whup him".

Many people wonder when and how that was going to happen since Luffy had seemingly been setup to fight Kaido in a 1 v 1 one the roof. That has all changed now that Luffy has been thrown off the Island, and Kaido is now downstairs in Onigashima running rampant. One thing we do know though, is Luffy is not going to stay out of the fight for too long, and is going to make his way back up there eventually.

Right now Duke Inuarashi is currently fighting Jack on his own. We already know that even at 100 percent strength, Duke is not strong enough to take Jack down, and with both of them being injured, it stands to reason that Jack still holds the advantage over Duke. There is no way Duke can defeat Jack on his own, but at the moment, there is no one who can join him in this fight.

When Luffy does enter back into the fight, he's going to have to go back in the same hole Big Mom created. Duke and Jack are fighting somewhere in the general vicinity. I'm predicting that when Luffy makes it back to Onigashima, he'll come across Duke and Jack fighting. Duke might even be on the cusp of losing his life, and Luffy will make his dramatic re-entrance to the battlefield by taking out Jack, and saving Duke.

It's a pretty nice touch the way Oda set this up with Duke being the one to tell Luffy about Jack, which is what pissed Luffy off, and now Oda has setup Duke fighting Jack on his own.

What do you guys think, will Luffy save Duke and deliver on his word about how he was going to beat him, or is someone else going to step in to assist Duke?

 

[Kromage911]

Luffy comes to Kaido dragging an already defeated Jack and throws him at the dragon, lol.

 

[Master OF Haki]

Luffy might save him but Jack's opponent is Jinbe.

Just for the sake of dragging the plot, which Oda loves to do. Eventually, Franky will replace Jinbe in the fight against WsW after Sasaki realizes that Franky is Kokoro's friend.

This is what's going to happen: Franky and Sasaki will become friends, Franky will convince Sasaki that Luffy is capable of defeating Kaido and then Sasaki will join the alliance against Kaido. Inuarashi will lose to Jack and Jinbe will rush there to save him, WsW will pursue Jinbe but Franky will stop him, allowing Jinbe to save Inuarashi and confront Jack. The fact that WsW vs Jinbe is fully off screened is the biggest proof that it's not Jinbe's main fight/much up; just like Jack vs Inuarashi is not Jack's main fight for this arc, hence it's off screened. I've said it many, many times in the past and I'll say it again: Kaido is going to be defeated by Luffy, King is going to be defeated by Zoro, Queen is going to be defeated by Sanji, Jack is going to be defeated by Jinbe. What's so difficult about that for god's sake?

Jack vs Jinbe is the perfect much up for these characters, you have to be an absolute imbecile to not see this.

• Jack is a Fishman just like Jinbe.
• Jack's epithet is "the drought" while Jinbe's epithet is "the son of the seas."
• Jinbe's fighting style is perfect for damaging big tough guys, and Jack is a big tough guy.
• Jack is the third strongest fighter in Kaido's crew just like Jinbe is the third strongest fighter in Luffy's crew.

How the fuck can you not see this? I've said for fucking 1000th time and people still wonder who is going to defeat King, Queen, Jack.

 

[Cinera]

There is no way Duke can defeat Jack on his own

Not really. If the narrative demands it, Inuarashi will prevail.

What do you guys think, will Luffy save Duke and deliver on his word about how he was going to beat him, or is someone else going to step in to assist Duke?

Inuarashi will win. If he doesn't, then it's probably Yamato that takes down Jack.

Luffy fell inside the seas of Wano, and Onigashima has reached the Wano mainland. Luffy may not return before Jack is defeated.

 

[Rivaille]

That is a possibility now. I hope Oda will let the Duke end Jack by himself tho

 

[sanjikun]

Man give it a rest with that Jack line. Zoro said he'll gather the Samurai too. Oda just writes shit and forgets.

We already know that even at 100 percent strength, Duke is not strong enough to take Jack down

Baseless assumption.

 

[nik87]

Jack should have a full fight so I dont think Luffy will be dealing with him.
Luffy might save Inu from Jack and knock Jack down temporarily.
However, Jack will be back up and fight someone else. I think Inu will lose.

 

[Luffy is the mc]

I'd like for Inu to defeat him but Jack is probably stronger, especially knowing he still hasn't used his hybrid.

I'm not sure Luffy will save Duke because I expect his comeback to be spectacular, Oda is going to have make a big entrance, most likely stopping Kaido from doing something in front of everyone.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

It’ll probably be Yamato at this point. I doubt Luffy is hopping back up just to.... two hit Jack? There’s really no satisfaction with that.

Yamato gets more time to share her history with a Beast Pirate, she’s actively leaving the area Kaido was so that’s being put on hold too. Shinobu even exclaims she wants to fight badly, the only worthwhile opponent is Jack rn.

 

[Fuckthis3]

Why will luffy goin back to roof? kaido gone and no guarantee jack and inu still goin be in that same area

 

[Cinera]

It’ll probably be Yamato at this point. I doubt Luffy is hopping back up just to.... two hit Jack? There’s really no satisfaction with that.

Yamato gets more time to share her history with a Beast Pirate, she’s actively leaving the area Kaido was so that’s being put on hold too.

I find it kinda funny that everyone read the same chapter and took it as confirmation for two completely different outcomes.

I think last chapter made Yamato vs Jack more likely, but:

• Someone needs to hold off Kaido or he'll decimate the alliance.
• Yamato and Law are the only unoccupied people that are strong enough to face Kaido.
  • Of those two, we need to see Yamato confront Kaido while Law has no such narrative with him.
  • Law's heading for Linlin, and Yamato was making her way towards Kaido before he headed below the Rooftop.

Yamato's in Jack's vicinity (both are on the 3rd Floor IIRC), so a confrontation is plausible, but on the other hand, the story needs someone (presumably Yamato) or something (whatever Momonosuke heard) to hold off Kaido.

Shinobu even exclaims she wants to fight badly, the only worthwhile opponent is Jack rn.

This was in the context of her heading to the Rooftop to assist Luffy:

At this point in time, I don't think Yamato gets a full fledged fight vs Jack. I suspect that Oda is saving her Devil Fruit for a reveal vs Kaido, so I don't see her using it ain a hypothetical fight gainst Jack(and expect that even if they do face off, he's not her main opponent).

 

[Luffy is the mc]

I find it kinda funny that everyone read the same chapter and took it as confirmation for two completely different outcomes.

I think last chapter made Yamato vs Jack more likely, but:

• Someone needs to hold off Kaido or he'll decimate the alliance.
• Yamato and Law are the only unoccupied people that are strong enough to face Kaido.
  • Of those two, we need to see Yamato confront Kaido while Law has no such narrative with him.
  • Law's heading for Linlin, and Yamato was making her way towards Kaido before he headed below the Rooftop.

Yamato's in Jack's vicinity (both are on the 3rd Floor IIRC), so a confrontation is plausible, but on the other hand, the story needs someone (presumably Yamato) or something (whatever Momonosuke heard) to hold off Kaido.



This was in the context of her heading to the Rooftop to assist Luffy:

At this point in time, I don't think Yamato gets a full fledged fight vs Jack. I suspect that Oda is saving her Devil Fruit for a reveal vs Kaido, so I don't see her using it ain a hypothetical fight gainst Jack(and expect that even if they do face off, he's not her main opponent).

If she were to encounter Jack, I doubt they would fight for long. For the scabbards, what matters now is that Momo survives, they are all ready to die. And even if Jack dominates the fight, Inu will ask her to go save Momo.

Best she would do might be one or 2 attacks to weaken Jack.

 

[Celestial D. Dragon]

Not really. If the narrative demands it, Inuarashi will prevail.


Inuarashi will win. If he doesn't, then it's probably Yamato that takes down Jack.

Luffy fell inside the seas of Wano, and Onigashima has reached the Wano mainland. Luffy may not return before Jack is defeated.

It's the perfect setup narrative wise. Duke is the one who informed Luffy of what happened to Zou, and Luffy proclaimed in front of Duke that he was going to whup Jack. Now Duke who is severely injured is fighting against Jack in the vicinity of the opening to get back into Onigashima.

And it's hard to fathom that Duke can defeat Jack right now from any narrative standpoint. Him and Neko tried for 5 days straight getting rest every 12 hours while Jack fought straight through the entire time.

Jack as an ancient Zoan has ridiculous recovering properties, and has been resting for a few hours now. Duke on the other hand got a quick patch job after getting demolished by Kaido, not to mention he's severely nerfed because of his missing leg.

I don't see this version of Duke standing any chance of defeating Jack.

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

Where is the option of Jack killing Inu?

 

[Celestial D. Dragon]

Man give it a rest with that Jack line. Zoro said he'll gather the Samurai too. Oda just writes shit and forgets.



Baseless assumption.

Baseless assumption, but him and Neko failed to do so after 5 days, while Jack got zero rest and they got to sleep every 12 hours? Lmao, please

 

[Jew D. Boy]

Hadn’t ever thought about it because I don’t care half as much about Jack OR the minks as some others, but yeah, this would be as good a reintroduction for Luffy as any. Wouldn’t hype him up unnecessarily since Jack should also be super diminished after everything he’s done in the raid (and he might still feel some lingering effects after getting trunkslapped by Zunisha), so it’s not like Luffy would be soloing a full-strength Calamity without breaking a sweat, and the resolve/determination factor could reasonably propel him to a better result in the next round of his fight with the guy’s boss.

 

[Patryipe]

Baseless assumption, but him and Neko failed to do so after 5 days, while Jack got zero rest and they got to sleep every 12 hours? Lmao, please

He thinks Jack used hybrid already off screen in Zou and couldn't get past them.

 

[Shiroyru]

Not really. If the narrative demands it, Inuarashi will prevail.


Inuarashi will win. If he doesn't, then it's probably Yamato that takes down Jack.

Luffy fell inside the seas of Wano, and Onigashima has reached the Wano mainland. Luffy may not return before Jack is defeated.

Inu would only win with Neko by his side. Having just 1 of the Dukes emerge victorious over Jack makes no sense when they both hold an equal grudge against him

 

[PurpleSwordsman]

I wanted him as hypetool for Luffy to see how much he improved with the Adv CoA, so I guess is still possible to happen (but now with Adv CoC).
But I highly doubt it.

 

[Paperchampion23]

Literally Yamato and Law can still join that fight. Where people "aim" to go vs where they may end up are 2 different things. Not saying they won't reach Yonko, but it doesn't mean they can't encounter Jack first. Both are directly above and below Jack atm. Luffy is entirely off the island


Edit: yes though I like the idea, however it would be sort of lame cause Luffy would clearly use Jack as a hypetool which means Jack doesn't properly show off his fighting prowess.