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Blackbeard? Well, isn’t this a surprise?

Was not expecting to not only see the Heart Pirates and Blackbeard Pirates, but we’ve got confirmation of several of Team Blackbeard’s devil fruits! Doc Q’s Sick-Sick fruit makes sense. Jesus Burgress’ Strong-Strong fruit is the perfect power for a muscle head like him. Stronger’s Pegasus Horse-Horse fruit works too. And woo-baby! We see Van Augur rockin’ the Warp-Warp fruit! That’s the perfect devil fruit for a sniper! I’m so excited for the destined Van Augur/God Usopp sniper fight. More than any other Blackbeard VS Straw Hat battle. Yeah, you heard me. I want to see Usopp master observation haki and whoop Augur’s ass. Just thinking about how insane their fight will be has me shaking with anticipation!

*sniff!* *sniff!* Aw, yes. Nothing like the smell of a new One Piece arc forming.

Six Vegapunks?! Well, seven if you count its original body. And it’s probably an older body at that. I don’t see OG Vegapunk being less than 50 years old. That’s probably another reason he split himself up besides the lack of proper help.

I wonder what Punk-01, Shaka The Good wants with the Straw Hats? Could it have something to do with Luffy’s Gear 5? Oda has stated Vegapunk’s an expert on devil fruits. They could know the whole truth about Luffy’s uber duper devil fruit. And maybe “hire” the new Emperor and his crew to help the genius scientist in exchange for all his devil fruit knowledge. Or at least, offer info on the location of the final Ponegliff? I can’t wait to see where this goes!

Light Pressure Gloves. My foreshadow senses are tingling! Maybe Franky will use that tech to upgrade the Thousand Sunny to withstand laser fire. Or allow a Straw Hat crewmember to fight Admiral Kizaru. The possibilities are almost endless.

Dr. Vegapunk, I presume?

Yes, and no. Is that a Vegapunk? Yes. Is it THE Vegapunk? Maybe. Okay, look. There’re tons of ways this can go. From the female Vegapunk being an android controlled by the real Vegapunk to a clone of the doctor. From what little we know of the genius scientist, he’s a master of robotics, genetics, and devil fruits. Basically, what she, he, or they can do is limited only to Oda’s imagination. And we all know Oda’s got that in spades.

• Evil Empire? Check!
• Palpatine? Check!
• Death Star? Check!

The World Government owns Uranus! Okay, we don’t know if it was officially Uranus that destroyed Lulusia, but come on! It was Uranus. If destroying an entire island isn’t a clue, I don’t know what is. Scary, huh? I wondered what the World Government would do when backed into a corner. What their trump card could be? Well, we know now. If the promise of “peace” can’t keep the countries in line, then fear will do the job. Fear of this battle station ancient weapon. We really are in the endgame, Y’all.

How the hell did Sabo learn about Im? He’s one of the biggest kept secrets by the WG. Was he protecting Vivi from him? Did Im kill King Cobra? In any case, Sabo had to die after learning something as huge as that. …Of course, he’s not really dead, mind you. I wonder what Sabo will do now? The Revolutionary side plot is getting real juicy. Gimme more, Oda!

Blackbeard’s in the chapter. Instant 10 out of 10.

Well hello there, Blackbeard! How’s you and you’re 3.996 billion berri bounty? Geez, that’s high! Almost like you’re gonna be the final antagonist or something. So, why did Blackbeard kidnap Koby? Or did Koby go with Blackbeard willingly? Maybe the plucky naval officer wanted to speak with ex-admiral Kuzan? Hmm…

Why does Blackbeard want Hancock’s power? Does he want to give it to a member of his crew? Or, is it simply too broken a power for anyone not on his team to wield? I’d say it’s the second reason. Can’t have instant KO devil fruits like that putting Teech’s plans at risk. Basically, Boa Hancock is a liability who had to be taken off the board.

And, what’s the current pirate empress gonna do now? Where will she go? I guess she could find Luffy or someone who might know where he is. Maybe she’ll track down a member of the Straw Hat Fleet. That would be a fun way to bring them back into the story.