Thats an excellent point damn. I'd love to see Garp and Vegapunk interact in the past now too. Unless they both get death fakeouts since its Oda ofc /s. Garps most likely a hostage atm anyway ofc, maybe setup for either blackmail/negotiation or Blackbeard is gonna have him publicly executed Ace style lmao.
I'm about to do a full read through of Egghead now that I got the VIZ subscription before I do my 1,109 predictions.
This has been a very enjoyable arc, IMO. Lots of good narrative set up.
At this point, my ideal ending would be this:
-Laffitte and York kill Edison, and steal the Seraphim and Kaku. York deactivates the Dom Shoes so the Straw Hats/allies wearing Dom Shoes can't move, like Shaka did when they met him.
-York rigs the Mother Flame to explode, to destroy everyone left on the island
-Kuma becoming Nika through Bonney's Distorted Future, and teleports everyone present away from the blast, including the Marines.
-Kuma dies afterwards in Bonney's arms, his last act saving everyone (besides Saturn fuck that old dick-ass-spider-cunt) on Egghead, just like he tried to in God Valley.
BECAUSE KUMA
IS
THE
KING