I'm not sure why people think another "Zou" style arc is happening lol, at least with Elbaf. It's the only arc of its kind pretty much in the whole series. We can't count early arcs before Alabasta because they were all that small fundamentally. I guess the closest thing was LRLL since it set up CP-9 in a way, but that arc was mainly used as a silly side arc to establish some more pirate shenanigans.
Also, Zou always was a pitstop. Law only mentioned that island because it was where they were supposed to meet Bepo. Then it became Kinemons goal too.
Elbaf is a heavily forshadowed arc with likely multiple plotlines converging. Nothing ridiculous like Wano, but it could be a 60-100 chapter arc depending on what Oda ends up achieving achieving it.
This is half the reason I think government facilities like Vegapunk's exist on the island. Its a good way to tie the Gigantification stuff into the same plot so we dont have to build it up again at a separate plotline
Also, Zou always was a pitstop. Law only mentioned that island because it was where they were supposed to meet Bepo. Then it became Kinemons goal too.
Elbaf is a heavily forshadowed arc with likely multiple plotlines converging. Nothing ridiculous like Wano, but it could be a 60-100 chapter arc depending on what Oda ends up achieving achieving it.
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I want to add an element to this topic: people always refers to Elbaf as an island,or a country,but actually,some time ago i read an analysis that noticed that,every time Elbaf was nominated in the manga,it was called "the VILLAGE of Elbaf",and never "the country of Elbaf". So,i think Elbaf might actually be just a village in the country of the giants,but not the only village of the country of the giants. Another example is Sauro,the marine friend of Robin. He says "I am not a barbarian like the ones of the village of Elbaf",this is another hint to the fact that Elbaf might be the village of the pirates,while there might be other villages with different characteristics.