My predictions:
- Buildup to Blackbeard becoming a particularly huge threat for the final war.
- Cross Guild getting more members.
- Reveal of the man with the burn scar.
- Reveal of the Holy Knights.
- Reveal of Imu?
- Stuff involving the Revolutionary Army.
- Stuff involving Coby.
- Most importantly, Luffy meeting Shanks again.
> Usopp will gets tested or something happens to him.
I do not know if Shanks will be there, but if he is.. there will most likely be a storyline between Usopp and his father. Maybe a conflict even.
> I talked about that a while ago. The giant's story is all about the notion of pride. And this is the same thing for Usopp story. Indeed: Usopp wants to be a brave warrior as proud as Elbaf warrior.. most likely because he is trying to cope with the absence of his father when he was young and the death of his mother.
It would be logical to think that Usopp has been trying to find an excuse for his father leaving their side to go at sea. And thus he developped this extra personnality of the proud pirate.
Chances are that when he really meets his dad and if the expectations are not met... Usopp will not take it well.
> AND its possible that a similar thing happens between Shanks and Luffy.
Now, that's how I would write this story, but its possible that this is not what Oda is planning at all.
> At the same time, I also talked about the fact that Broggy and Dory stopped their duel and came back to Elbaf. So there is a mystery there.... what happened ? Did the duel stopped ? Did one of them won ? Did they decided to stop ?
And if so.. what about their "pride" ?
> Last thing that could be interesting... Still on the subject of pride and expectation... Usopp is expecting a LOT of the Giant Warrior village of Elbaf. What happens if - let's say - Giants are not at all as proud or as cool as he intend them to be ?
