- Main villains are almost always reserved for the strawhats.
As every one piece arc involving the strawhats usually goes. Ofc, there are exceptions. Kyro's vs Flag Guy(He killed his wife), dressrosa matchups.
People who received highlighted fights in dressrosa became a part of the strawhat grandfleet.
Well Onigashima is different from a lot of arcs seen in the past, we have a lot of different parties not necessarily affiliated to SHs
In a scenario of full war, I expect someone like Drake to shine more than Brook (to make an example) cause Drake
really has some business to close with the Beast Pirates
- The Supernova will fight Kaidou together
The nine shadows, the nine pirates that Oden speaks of that will be capable of taking down Kaidou will all have their hand in defeating him. Xdrake is one of them as well. His purpose along with the other supernova is to take down Kaidou not his lackey's.
I'm not sure that Drake/Hawkins/Apoo will go to the rooftop tbh:
- Drake said that he has to control the Live Floor
- Apoo is on the Live Floor too
- Hawkins is MIA
Is like Oda is setting them for having relevant roles
inside the dome
Maybe I'm wrong but the 9 Shadows were probably the Scabbards starting the battle against Kaido
- Queen has left his initial place and he is not fight against Xdrake & Co
In fact, If Queen was going to fight Xdrake, this would've been the perfect time to show Queen's location at the moment. Take a look at the layout of Onigashima. Queen was on the second floor on the stand that sits above the live floor. Queen would've only had to jump down to engage Xdrake and the others. But as we've seen this chapter, he's nowhere to be found. There is a clear reason why Oda kept Queen on the second floor which coincidentally is the same floor that the scabbards were sent by Law and also coincidentally where the shadowy figure(Hiyori) is.
That's something I considered and made me go 'meh', Queen disappearing is not a good sign for my Drake vs Queen matchup
Do not ignore subtle hints by Oda. The judge connection will definitely be fleshed out. As we've seen so far within the matchups, there seems to be some familiarity between opponents. Sasaki & Franky are both identical grute defensive types and there could also be some connection between Chimney and Sasaki. Jinbei & Who's Who apparently have been acquainted before. Robin & Black Maria have multiple limbs, they're smart, Black Maria has had her eyes on Robin for some time.
Yeah the connection is there but as I explained in the thread post there are a lot of connections with Drake too (Vegapunk, weapons factories, boss/executive relationship and so on...)
So imo they
both have chances to fight Queen