Above all this a member of the Charlotte family has been kidnapped while another was frozen and we know the Big Mom Pirates don’t play about their kin being wronged. The oldest son is also dead so the family must really be writhing rn.
Katakuri’s MO has always been the protection of his family but now he has to step up as both the monarch of Totto Land and the Captain of the pirate crew…
Will Katakuri be forced to stay home and protect the land and majority of his blood from future invaders or will he set sail to rescue Pudding and seek vengeance?
His sister was in relatively good spirits and had faith Mama would save her if she were still alive.
Film Red also depicted Katakuri setting out on his own to save Brulee then teaming up with Shanks. I believe this might be a little hint from Oda regarding his future plans with the character.
Katakuri was purposely distracted by Germa then stalled by Caesar’s gas so he couldn’t confront Kuzan (in which Katakuri would’ve shut down the abduction and solidified himself as being Big Mom’s sucessor when he kills a former admiral, Oven being present guarantees Kuzans loss and its why Oda had him distracted too)
IMO Katakuri has everything going for him to show up stronger and as a key player in final saga. He never lost to Luffy in the first place. He’s a fan favorite. His arsenal is as complete as any Yonko having Conquerors Haki that could easily bloom/retcon to be advanced, it’s already colored the same way in some instances.
Unlike Law and Kid, Katakuri understands the importance of Haki so he can play with the big dogs, Shanks could never blitz him, even if Blackbeard took his df power he could still fight but he would never let it happen since he’d see it coming.