A few things I realized/hope for:
- Denjiro and Kinemon should be meeting up with the 7 scabbards (including Izo) at this rear entrance. Neat! We should get a double spread of all 9 soon!
- Chopper/Usopp (in the tank) and Franky/Brook (with the cycle) should meet up at this same entrance as well to make General Franky! (Franky mentions this to chopper In like 979). My guess is they'll take that 2nd rear entrance towards the bottom.
- Before this however, both groups may or may not encounter Who's Who and/or Sasaki.
- Nami/Carrot/Shinobu about to end up directly on the main stage being chased by BM, gonna be Chaos
- Jinbe/Robin of course were the last to leave, yet the first to arrive and infiltrate lol.
- That mystery shadow following them has not been seen since oddly enough.
- Sanji is definitely going to save Momo. He's been MIA and I feel like this is why he's been MIA for so long already.
- Where the fuck are Caribou, X Drake, Hiyori, Tama and Tengu? The later 3 not being present is leading me to believe this "New Onigashima" tactic will mean transforming mainland Wano into something worse and bringing the fights back there.
- The person talking to Marco/Neko in 982 might have not been Izo. This person had a striped pattern jacket, while Izo's jacked is solid black with a different design on the back. We need to see more of Izo. This jacked, very interestingly matches the person talking to Crocus at the twin capes.
- Consequently, Marco ONLY took Izo and Neko to the rear entrance. The Guardians were left on the ship, so they will arrive late (as with the rest of Law's crew), but what if that mystery person is with them and arrives late too? Umpteenth hour sort of arrival. We'll see.
- Marco going back to inspect the "shadow" he saw probably means he will encounter something else aside from Pero. Perhaps the BMP following after him or some other unknown force.
- I sort of still hope an "Ace" exists within the crew. Longshot but we'll see.
- I'm also very much in the mode that Oda will do a massive triple join by the end of the arc: Jinbe, Carrot and Yamato. We need to see how the later 2 fight and receive focus in this arc, but I'm feeling the crew will be complete and it will be 12 members (maybe 13 if Vivi joins again later). At worst, Jinbe and Yamato. Yamato definitely is giving off next crewmate vibes.