I have a thing for chicks with mood swings for better or usually worst so more Ulti is a bonus for my senses.
Wow Iâm definitely worried for Luffy!
Summary
The fact that Luffy had to resort to his trump card Gear 4th to take on Ulti (granted Page One was also tagging in) doesnât bode well when it comes to Luffy to facing the upper echelon of Kaidoâs forces, let alone Kaido himself.
On top of that Kaidoâs son Yamato managed to one shot Ulti licketty split, showing that base level Luffy canât really cut the mustard at this level.
Itâs also interesting to see that even the Pleasures are made up of pirates who once sought to become Pirate King. Kaidoâs entire philosophy as a pirate is clearly to destroy the weak and break in the strong to add to his fold. Iâm sure this ties into his backstory somehow and explains why heâs virtually indestructible⌠Iâm getting some Doomsday vibesâŚ
As far as CQC-type combat goes, this arc has the potential to match Enies Lobby. If these higher level Zoans have the ability to access their Awakening without losing their senses this will be insanely challenging for the Monster Trio. We saw how insane the strength and amplified regenerative abilities of Impel Down Awakened Zoan guards were, just imagine how strong fully awakened Zoans with high level fighting skills and haki could be?!
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Iâm mostly worried about Sanji, for obvious reasons.
Zoroâs faced up with mostly melee combatants, them being fake zoans and all. It leans in to Zoroâs skill set, and even if he canât win he can probably hold out for a long time.
Luffyâs probably fine for a while, looks like the rebellion just landed another top tier ally (which they desperately need). I trust Luffyâs instincts on characters generally. And I only think he was going to gear 4 because he was pinned and wanted to end the fight quickly, it wasnât truly a case where he needed gear 4 just to compete.
I guess Kaidos son might train luffy or expose a possible kaido weaknessâŚ
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Obligatory next crew member question mark
Kaido is a team effort battle. It will take some interference to hurt him. Big Momâs Crew is that wild card. They already donât trust the alliance. This for them is a means to elevate their crew over the Beast Pirates
Perorin
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Iâm gettin the same vibe. Luffy might deal the final blow, but itâs gonna take a team to beat Kaidou, kinda like the Doflaminngo fight but on a bigger scale. Kidd is DEFINITELY involved with that final fight based on what Kaidou did to him
Yeah I figured that was the case from the jump, Oda has been hyping Kaido and Big Mom as basically end game level threats and they for what little we have seen have lived up to it most of the time. But for Wano to have a good ending they both have to be taken down. Which may mean they weaken each other and the team up of the worst generation knocks them off the board.
I still wonder how the Marines fit into this because I canât see them having someone that deep in the organization of Kaido and not wind up playing another role in this besides freeing Law.
well to answer that, you have to ask is X-Drake alone? The guy is strong but I seriously doubt heâs working alone undercover. Guy is either gathering intel or staging some kind of assassination? Who knows?
We need some jewellery bonney
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I wonder if Blackbeard Pirates will appear and capitalize on their defeat, by killing them while theyâre weakened from Battling Luffy and friends, and stealing their DF powers.
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BruhâŚ
You certainly have a point about Luffy wanting go Gear 4 to end the fight quickly, since heâs on a mission⌠but the fact that even when it came to trading haki-laden blows Luffy was acknowledging Ultiâs strength and felt noticeable pain before getting pinned down means that a solo fight wouldâve still likely resulted in him using Gear 4th at some point in my opinion. I donât believe Ulti was truly showing her full strength in the brief confrontation.
And yeah Luffyâs Haki has always been attuned to peopleâs emotions, which is why he freed Jinbei back in Impel Down after looking at him, and why Nami says Luffy can always ID the main bad guy behind everything to fight.
@Reiraku Even if I find this theory way off course I like the thought process at least. I personally think Kaido was just going to Marineford to raise hell since he desperately wants a world-ending battle. Also this would totally negate the emotional impact of Roger and Garpâs relationship as well as Roger meeting his love Portgas D. Rouge and the sacrifices that were made like her remaining pregnant with Ace for 2 years out of sheer willpower. (IIRC â she chose to name him Ace per Golâs suggestion) It just doesnât seem like Odaâs style to further meddle with such a finished plot thread.
Also, Ace formed the Spade pirates completely independently of any crew before joining Whitebeard, so I see that Odaâs way giving him his own branding.
What Iâm more interested in now are these horned âhumansâ that have popped up in the series from time to time that weâve just kind of accepted as a design choice but could be their own hidden race entirely. Ulti, Kaido, Black Maria, Oars/ Oars Jr., Hannyabal and possibly Whoâs Who display this rare physical trait.
Hereâs whatâs been catalogued so far â Humans, Skypeians/ Birkans/ Shandians, Three-Eyed, Giants, Merfolk, Fishmen, Snakenecks, Longarms, Longlegs, Dwarves and Minks
Thereâs also whatever the hell King is supposed to be, but yeahâŚ
For some of these I think the horns are just a cosmetic effect of their zoan DF.
I wouldnât put it past Kaido to drunkenly demand his folk wear fake horns or develop real horns via fruit shenanigans.
lol Itâs wildly inconsistent then. Ulti has the Pachycephalosaurus fruit and while these dinosaurs have horns, it isnât like the ones that she has in base form. Theyâre clearly real since Luffy grabbed them to toss her. Also, Black Mariaâs horns are clearly protruding from her forehead. I think it would be a cool way of showing a Zoanâs users Awakening though but I doubt that either since Queen should have it too.
It also wouldnât explain other characters like Hannyabal having horns. I just realized I forgot about Caesar Clown and possibly Avalo Pizarro tooâŚ
My hunch is that itâs less of a rule, and more of how Oda wants to characterize them during the design stage.
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