Recent Chapter Discussion

[Captain Cadaver]

So, Speed might be dead. I hope so, considering not only is she a character but the New World needs more than just a handful of character deaths to really display the danger and scale of these conflicts.

Chapter could've done without spending so much time on Luffy just hammering into Kaidou throughout most of it, but at least seeing Luffy getting oneshotted was satisfying. Probably the best chapter since the Reverie.

 

[SSJ2]

And then Kaido one shots him, lol. That was a good chapter. Once again, really can't see how they'll get out of this situation unless using Law's DF powers.

 

[SSJ2]

The kid is dead? Good.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

The kid is dead? Good.

Nah, horse bitch is (possibly) dead. Tama is likely still alive, since there was no body and I doubt Oda would have it in him to kill off a child character given his track record for character deaths. She's probably just hiding somewhere.

 

[SSJ2]

But doesn't it show her sprawled out on the ground as if dead on pg 6? She can survive a Kaidobeam? Lol

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Yeah, she was, though since it's in the forest area's borders, I doubt she was hit by the blunt of the blast. Most likely, she was just damaged by nearby debris.
I imagine she'll either be revived just in time with help from Law or it'll be an opportunity to introduce whatever new character will be pivotal to the arc (ie. whoever the guy Crocus was drinking with). I imagine this will open up the likely plot thread of Luffy being trained by him to develop some skill to counter Kaido.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

New chapter was a decent change of pace. Always good to be absent of Luffy, at least. It's pretty impressive that Moriah could take a hit from Shiryu and it looks like the eventual Straw Hat VS Blackbeard matchup of Nami VS Catrina Devon is more obvious than ever now. A shame we didn't have longer to spend on them and moved back to the Wano plot, despite the Reverie events that Blackbeard talked about being far more interesting than anything going on in Wano.

Also, the Calamity member King has a pretty cool design. Shame Queen is generic.

 

[SSJ2]

I thought the chapter was great. Not 10/10 but certainly one of the best of late. I feel like Oda's quality has been pretty good and getting better with every chapter. Wano looks exciting. Maybe Blackbeard will show up at the end to steal someone's DF??

King looks exactly like an Impel Down warden. I bet he is linked to that place in some way. Maybe he tortured kaido af some point? Lol. Also is Kings face black or is that some sort of armor?

 

[SSJ2]

Zoro vs King or Zoro vs Shogun?

 

[SSJ2]

I really dont know how Zoro and sanji could reasonably beat King or Queen. They look like absolute beasts.. and we haven't even seen their Zoan forms. I bet King is a mythical zoan. How the hell are they gonna beat these guys in a reasonable way?

We have Inuarashi and Neko who will likely end up tag-teaming someone. I bet they get revenge on Jack. The other calamities probably beaten by the SHC. And then that leaves Marco the Phoenix. Will he help fight Kaido? What will Gog Mom and her Sweet Commanders do?

God damn there is a lot of shit about to go down.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I highly doubt Zoro and Sanji will be taking on any of the Calamities without help if Zoro doesn't have an asspulled power up. With 2 equals to Jack around (Inuarashi and Shutenmaru), 2 of the Calamities can be checked and the other can likely be taken down by a team effort from many of the other notable characters.

I would bring up Nekomamushi, but with him being with Marco and Marco prioritising on Weevil right now, I don't see him making a move in this arc as too likely, at least not if they don't deal with Weevil by the end of it.

 

[SSJ2]

Oh. I thought Neo’s goal was to bring Marco to Wano?

 

[SSJ2]

And while they may be equal to Jack, didn’t they lose limbs? I don’t think they’ll be as effective now.not to mention I have a feeling King and Queen can stomp Jack based on how they were treating him.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Oh. I thought Neo’s goal was to bring Marco to Wano?

It is, but that's no guarantee Marco will comply when he considers Weevil a far more imminent threat to him at the moment.

And while they may be equal to Jack, didn’t they lose limbs? I don’t think they’ll be as effective now.not to mention I have a feeling King and Queen can stomp Jack based on how they were treating him.

Inuarashi's brief clash with Shutenmaru shows his fighting ability still hasn't waned, so he's likely skilled enough to adapt.
Even if King and Queen are far above Jack, Shutenmaru seems to be significantly above him as well given how quickly he wounded Jack. Also, it may very well just be brotherly respect as to why Jack acts in such a way.

 

[SSJ2]

Where 926?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

It doesn't usually drop until tomorrow iirc.

Either that, or maybe Oda's had to go on a hiatus this week.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I found the part with the Straw Hats gathering allies good build up. I do hope Sanji is actually making an effort in gathering allies and things aren't what they seem, otherwise he's really become a shadow of his former self after the timeskip. The designs of the newly introduced Kozuki allies seem good as well, with a decent fusion of Ukiyo-e and 80s Shonen.

Didn't really care much for the segment involving Luffy. Proper story structure would use this as a way to actually provide him some conflict and maybe even some development (even though the latter's basically impossible at this point when even Ace's death failed to do so). Instead, we have him and Kid still being the top dogs of the prison whilst in Kairoseki (despite every other instance Luffy was in them causing him to lose all his energy, even at serious points such as on Punk Hazard) and really undermines the threat of Kaido's crew when Luffy getting oneshotted by the big man himself seemed to be treat as such a pivotal plot point and meant to set up the Yonko as those who should never be met with. Having so many of his subordinates treat as jabronis doesn't do well in painting the picture of them being a big deal beyond Kaidou himself and the Calamities. Even the mediocrities within Big Mom's crew were treat with more respect.

Not too bad of a chapter but as always, the less we see of Luffy, the better.

 

[SSJ2]

Getting curious as to who the mystery prisoner is.

 

[SSJ2]

Also correct if wrong, but wasn’t Marco able to still move around and maintain his energy when he was cuffed at Marineford? Maybe Oda is just showing that Luffy and Kid are at that level?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Despite Luffy being defeated and captured by the strongest living character in the series, a few of the Straw Hats find it a good idea to just sit around and eat as if nothing has happened? It wouldn't have been bad if he'd been captured by a mediocre foe, but when it's Kaidou of all people..
It's almost as though they read the script and know Luffy's God level plot armour will make everything fine no matter what

10/10 tension as always.

I liked the plot line of a kid unwittingly acting as a spy and the top courtesan playing a role in the plot, though from what we've seen, this woman meant to be the most beautiful woman in OP probably won't live up to the hype, mainly due to Oda's art style making it so that most young females end up not too different in their faces from Nami or Robin, aside from Hancock. As long as she still manages to become quite the impressive player in this battle through either strategy or power, it will nonetheless be a fair stand out from most of the other female characters in the series.

Got nothing to really say about Orochi being a Hydra/Yamata no Orochi, since his name made such obvious from the start. It does make Kaidou's DF not stand out too much as I already mentioned though, since having two dragons as the main antagonists isn't exactly varied.

Getting curious as to who the mystery prisoner is.

I'm calling it as being Oden. After all, we never saw the body and it would only be the 100th or so time a presumably deceased character has been shown to be fine

Also correct if wrong, but wasn’t Marco able to still move around and maintain his energy when he was cuffed at Marineford? Maybe Oda is just showing that Luffy and Kid are at that level?

It'd work as an explanation for Kid, but not Luffy when he was shown to still lose all his strength whilst in Kairoseki as recently in-universe as Punk Hazard.