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Law and Kid prove they’re Monkey D. Luffy’s rivals.

I said it before. I’ll say it again: Trafalgar Law and Eustass Kid had to defeat Big Mom in order to join Luffy on the top-tier plateau of current pirates. No other way around it. And, it looks like they succeeded.

Quite the feat, actually. Big Mom’s a physical force of nature with an extremely powerful and versatile devil fruit, the Soul-Soul fruit. Makes sense it’d take the combination of Law’s almost equally powerful and versatile Op-Op fruit along with the raw power of Kid’s Magnet-Magnet fruit to win. Definitely a more technical fight than Luffy and Kaido’s slug fest. If this is indeed the end of their fight, I’m very pleased.

Are there anymore big fights left other than Luffy VS Kaido? There’s Yamato’s fight with Kazenbo, but I feel that’s just a way give the strong Yamato something to do. That said, there’s a really good chance that armory is blowing up eventually. I’m curious to where Oda’s taking that sub-plot.

…get out of the floating pirate castle.

Kaido’s castle’s still on fire and not a firefighter in sight. This happens when you don’t pay property taxes, kids. Worse, Kazenbo entered the armory but Yamato’s there to put the ice power kibosh on its plans. Now he just needs to find a way to promptly deal with it. Dose it with water? Freeze it directly? Not sure how he’ll beat this monster, but don’t underestimate the power of a good bribe, Yamato!

Zoro, meet Death. What does Zoro seeing the Grim Reaper mean? Even MORE bandages, of course! Not like he’s dying or anything. Franky’s looking for him and Chopper and his medical mink friends, along with Marco, will do whatever they can to save him. Dare I say, in addition to bandages, Chopper will use…rubbing alcohol? Welcome to the true world of pain, Zoro.

Luffy VS The Most Powerful Drunk In The World. No, not Winston Churchill. The other guy.

Lots of talk about devil fruit awakening this arc. I’m talking about this chapter and learning both Law and Kid awakened theirs. Odds are pretty good Luffy awakens his own rubber powers to defeat Kaido. It’s pretty much the only fight card he’s yet to play. But enough about him; let’s talk about Zunisha.

It’s a bit confusing. The World Government (Yes, World Government. NOT Marine/Navy) ships are facing the floating Onigashima, but Zunisha is revealed to be behind the fleet. My guess is the Five Elders are talking about Zou, mistaking Kaido’s headquarters for the roaming island. Makes sense given Zunisha was probably alive during the Void Century and the Five Elders keep tabs on everything related to it.

Onigashima’s destruction is imminent, as well as my continued annoyance with Raizo’s fight.

Is the only point to Raizo VS Fukurokuju’s fight is keeping Fuku away from Orochi? I bet it is. Say? Where’s Denjiro? He’s the only member of the Akazaya Nine that’s both healthy enough and unaccounted for to show up and take down Orochi. But not before Komurasaki reveals who she really is. Oh, the look on Orochi’s face when that happens will be glorious!

Usopp got an unexpected character moment. I love his speech to Kin’emon and Kiku. And all while protecting them! Usopp’s a coward, but that doesn’t mean he’s stupid or weak. Yes, Oda considers him the weakest member of the Strawhats. But the weakest grizzly bear in a forest will still mess you up if you get him mad. Remember that on your next nature hike, kids.

Big Mom. I still say Law and Kid need to defeat her to remain Luffy’s rivals. The question is how? Their awakened devil fruit abilities could evolve, I guess. That plus a little strategy could do the trick. Rolling a 20 on their LUCK stats won’t hurt either.

Zoro finally crowned the King.

Last chapter, we saw Sanji’s victory over Queen. This time it’s Zoro’s takedown of King, real name Alber and the first member of Kaido’s crew.

Makes sense Kaido recruited King. Both are powerful non-humans feared by the government. I like the detail of them being locked up at Punk Hazard for a time. It gels with what we knew about the secret government facility. Although we still don’t know where either Kaido or King’s original home is. That may be something Oda’s saving for the Void Century flashback.