Not exactly an amazing chapter in any way. Oda needs to stop with trying the scabbards relevant, that ship sailed long ago.
Also, when Oda said that Red Hair was going to make his move, I thought it would be against Blackbeard or even Luffy. But no...it is against Barto. Once again Oda is like: "Here is the edgy pirate that our MC adores, someday he is gonna do something, I assure you, he will do something. But till then, take this panel to remember him by". It has become really stale at this point.
But Oda is still on point with Sakazuki. I know Oda will try to gas up Blackbeard as the final be all end all villain, but Sakazuki is just so much better at it. His philosophy and his attitude is perfect for a endgame villain. Too bad, Oda wants this to be a Pirate vs. Pirate manga.
Aramaki being a CD fanboy was unpredictable but good. He is one step ahead of Sakazuki when it comes to being evil, but that's good. However, his philosophy should had been revealed against a Straw Hat, not the Scabbards. And it didn’t need to be a shouting episode. May be Aramaki has some CD blood in him like Doffy and thus thinks that way?! Would be fine, if Shichibukai, Admirals and Yonkos all had that one guy with CD blood.
If Oda is sensible, Momo does nothing useful and Yamato loses. Then in the final war, Yamato can finally take him down. Luffy vs. Sakazuki, Zoro vs. Issho, Sanji vs. Borsalino (?) and Yamato vs. Aramaki. Anyway, very unlikely.
I still hate Yamato. If Oda wanted representation for the LGBTQ+ community, it should had been Bon Clay. He is a fantastic character and actually provides a great representation of that community. Ivankov is just annoying, but fine. Yamato makes it look that they are mentally challenged. I wish Oda would discard Yamato and bring back Bon Clay, but that's not gonna happen.
Oh well...110 more chapters to go.