Oh HELL yes too! The Marines are extremely fascinating and I want to see so much more of them especially Smoker, Tashigi, Hina, Garp, Sengoku, the Admirals and Kong ofc, Momonga, Chaton/Tokikake and Gion/Momousagi, Bogard (Ayyyyyy lmao) and so on! Still gotta see the goat himself Vegapunk for the first time too ofc!
Akainu has such insane potential my god, potential child soldier and or forced to kill to survive, apparent, even blatant links to Wano/heritage from there, same with Fujitora and Wano and why he blinded himself too, we need to see that. I kinda wanted it to be due to the state of Wano and even Oden's execution but since we don't know yet the actual reason he did it and where he is from, I'm hyped to see what made him permanently blind himself like that.
Ah fuck never mind, I just looked it up and he's from the Grand Line lmao, maybe hes just linked to Wano by heritage like Zoro is blatantly but wasn't born there but lives somewhere else with samurai who left Wano or something? Ryokyugu's location of origin and age are unknown so far too.
Yeah, I think Kong is a potential fight for at least a major revolutionary member, maybe Sabo at least or something? This is assuming we don't get Dragon vs the Gorosei or Imu even ofc or maybe Blackbeard? I thought Dragon may fight the head of CP0 but that's a lost cause now by far ofc lol. In before Shanks is evil/corrupt and Dragon fights him lmao.
Seriously though, Dragon vs Kong does indeed have potential. Funnily enough, I was thinking of Godzilla vs King Kong hahahaha, but Wukong/The Monkey King fought and defeated a strong dragon or something at least? Mayne Kong could have the Wukong DF? Or King Kong fruit at least? I need both of those fruits to actually exist in OP, even if they are used for something non-canon like the games, movies, TV specials or something lmao.
This is definitely food for thought although this and Wukong are Chinese mythology ofc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_Guang
Ao Guang (
Chinese: 敖光;
pinyin:
Áo Guāng; or simplified Chinese: 敖广; traditional Chinese: 敖廣; pinyin:
Áo Guǎng[a]) is the
Dragon King of the
East Sea in
Chinese folklore. He featured prominently in different works including
Fengshen Yanyi and
Journey to the West.
In
Journey to the West, the monkey king
Sun Wukong obtained his
Ruyi Jingu Bang, a magically-expanding, gold-ringed iron rod weapon, from Ao Guang. This weapon was originally a tool for measuring the depth of sea water used by
Yu the Great in his flood control and treatment efforts; hence its ability to vary its shape and length. After Yu left, it remained in the sea and became the "Pillar holding down the sea", an unmovable treasure of the undersea palace of Ao Guang.
One of Wukong's senior advisors had told him to seek out the dragon-king in order to get a powerful weapon befitting his skill. In the dragon palace, he tried out several kinds of heavenly weapons, many of which bent or completely broke as he wielded them.
Ao Guang's wife then suggested the
Ruyi Jingu Bang, stating that some time prior the iron rod had begun to emit a strange heavenly light and that she believed the Monkey King was destined to obtain it.
When Wukong neared the pillar, it began to glow, signifying that the Monkey King was its true owner. It obediently listened to his commands and shrank to a manageable size so Wukong could wield it effectively. This awed the dragons and threw the sea into confusion, the Monkey King having removed the only thing controlling the ebb and flow of the ocean's tides. In addition to the magic staff, Wukong also forced Ao Guang to give him other magical gifts; including golden chain mail, a
phoenix-feather cap, and cloud-walking boots.
Wukong solicits Ao Guang's aid later in the journey to overcome
Red Boy, a demon that had captured Tang Sanzang. Ao Guang provides torrential rain in an attempt to stop Red Boy's fire but the fire could not be stopped by ordinary water. Ao Guang returns to the East Ocean unable to help Wukong defeat Red Boy. In a later adventures, Ao Guang again shows deference to Wukong and assists Wukong in a rain-making contest and creating an elixir.
As far as I know, at least in Chinese Astrology too, he is the
Azure Dragon, just like Kaido too!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Dragon
This dragon is also known as
Seiryū in Japanese,
Cheongnyong in Korean and
Thanh Long in Vietnamese.
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I saw a theory that Big Mom put Xebec's soul in Blackbeard somehow despite the apparent plot holes here. Certainly would be interesting it were possible though ofc. Oda drew sisters for Blackbeard as a "scrapped concept" or something, that were killed in the past? I saw a theory suggest he may have killed them and taken their souls somehow.
https://www.opfanpage.com/2019/12/15/blackbeards-two-younger-sisters-revealed/