cant believe oda waited so long to introduce a character like Imu

S*** is literally insane...then again a story that takes 25+ years to write is insanity too

Can't even think about Imu or else I'mma just spin out and end up wanting time watching a bunch of theory videos

I bet when wano is over we'll get some devastating news about the revolutonaries....things were not looking that good for em

also the reveal of the og kuma being a slave of the celestial dragons was sad af

I'm shook

Luffy/Straw Hats for sure coming out of Wano with a huge W but it might be to only to get pincered by multiple Ls

Sabo/the Revolutionaries, Boa, Vivi and King Cobra

Blackbeard for sure lurking to take advantage of the devastation of Wano and the Reverie too

Shanks might stop trying to pull strings behind the scenes and pull up and take a massive L before he gets to see Luffy

SH most important OG reduced to a smashed up slave/guinea pig

thats why I said a couple days ago that wano should end in tragedy for transitioning purposes

the greatest arcs did

sabaody archipelago
impel down
marineford

all of the above ended like that and then switched to greatness

I like boa but I'd hate it if anything happened to sabo or vivi expecialy...like, luffy already lost one brother, dont this to him, oda

shanks is a total boss bruh, he's the only ''normal'' yonko....meaning he's not a dragon like kaido, not a huge overpowered middle aged woman like BM, not a walking calamity like Whitebeard, nor a DF inventory like Blackbeard......I expect Shanks to get done in by the world govt at some point cause of his ''normalcy''

shanks got the most intimidating crew in one piece tho

like all of em look normal but nobody wants them hands

Impel Down love
Might be my favorite arc

you mentioning tragedy transitioning to greatness makes a lot of sense with the idea that Sabo gets captured and he's the brother that Luffy manages to save/the fact that Luffy and the SH are gonna emerge from Wano as a massive threat to the WG/current world order (don't see how Wano resolves without Kaido dying)

And nah, Shanks and co. way too strong for that
If/when he gets done in it's either gonna be because of Blackbeard cooking up a crazy ass scheme/taking advantage of an opportunistic situation or because the WG drops the hammer on him (need this connection fleshed out so bad)

sabo being the brother luffy manages to save didnt occur to me as a possibility

I dunno about shanks tho, i think blackbeard is too much of a coward to even look at shanks sideways. I can def see Imu ordering a large scale attack on him plus there's the huge straw hat that (i guess) is somehow tied to shanks.....I think shanks knows a bit too much about something like the void century. Otherwise why would the elders even listen to him without some kind of leverage?

both of your points make sense tho

I spend way too much time thinking about this story daily and got caught up in a bunch of theory videos too (glad I basically stopped this though)

Sabo being the brother that Luffy manages to save makes so much sense to me:

Mirroring/inverting the story is one of Oda's go to storytelling devices and Luffy's failure to save Ace was one of the biggest things to spurn him on to this level of strength so why not use it to actually save his remaining brother

Straw Hats being positioned more and more to challenge/upend the WG/current world order + Vivi/Boa being in trouble too

Dragon gonna get involved too and what better a time to meet his son then when he's angling towards the same enemy and after he's established himself as one of the most powerful forces in the world

And nah, I don't think Blackbeard is scared of Shanks or anyone. At this point, it's all just caution and strategy.

Blackbeard got an insanely strong crew, two of the strongest devil fruits, decades worth of scheming, a whole fleet/home base behind him and is watching most of his competition tear itself apart. Man has also clashed with Shanks in the past, scarred him and did not show him anything beyond caution at Marineford.

The transition to Act Two of Wano was literally all about how he and his crew are sitting pretty and just getting stronger by the day.

Luffy above yonkos

you're probly right about blackbeard it's just that in my mind he defeated both ace and WB with underhanded methods so I automatically labeled him as a coward

I dont remember if it's been confirmed that dragon has a DF or not but I think he's on par with Shanks or at least just below him so whoever is able to f*** with dragon must be an ''immovable force'' type of person like an admiral, maybe a revamped lucci or someone along those lines

I dont think boa is as important as vivi is....vivi is an unofficial SH while boa is an ignored love interest....but knowing luffy, he's the type of guy to stick out his neck for whoever helped him in the slightest and boa did just that

I can see aegis zero f***ing with dragon, failing to kill him (sinCe they're govt assassins so that could be their goal) and sabo taking one for the team and getting captured

edit:

^SKETCHY AF

Blackbeard was for sure underhanded/cowardly as hell in how he went about getting the Yami Yami no mi and killing Whitebeard but I disagree about his fight with Ace. Ace pulled up on him and got his ass beat, that's all.

I've see speculation on whether Dragon has a DF or not but if you've read the most recent chapter I saw someone mention in a stray comment that there was a clue to his potential DF and when I go back to:

(Wind filler aside)

I agree with everything you said in the last part about Boa and Vivi I just mentioned them all together with Sabo as one big potential mess of trouble for Luffy/Straw Hats because they're all in trouble due to the Reverie and as a whole provide a lot of reasons for the Straw Hats to get wrapped up with the WG post Wano.

Where that third picture from

Just read it, Oda def still holds the rule intact that nobody can outshine Luffy in strength. Yamato’s showcase had ppl putting her over Luffy. Interested to see how Oda will handle that now that it’s only them two that’s on the rooftop and Momo leaving to stop Onigashima.

One of the producers said the ending of Wano will shock people

I thought it would take a bit but once I saw that panel it was a wrap

I mean if Yamato is really as likely as she is to join the crew it makes sense. People have wondered multiple times how Zoro is not the captain of the crew/has CoC and has even told Luffy that he needs to continue to outpace him in strength for him to continue to serve under him.

Why would that be any different for Yamato?

With the level that panel has established Luffy at and Yamato being battered as s***, I think there's a good chance it's basically just Luffy v Kaido from here on out (maybe some assist from whatever Yamato, Zoro might go crazy to help finish him off too, the way he's been built up all arc - not just strength wise but his connection to Wano in general - makes me think there's a good chance of that).

Shanks crew vs Blackbeard crew is 100% coming

It was basically previewed in Marineford

Easy to believe that - Blackbeard and his crew showed Shanks and his crew no fear, just caution in knowing that wasn't the time to fight.

Plus we already know Shanks is going to be on the move soon and Blackbeard and his crew/fleet have just been growing stronger and stronger while sitting back taking note of world events/the race for the throne.

I love Oda's portrayal of Blackbeard

A true pirate, dude just a scumbag and swoops in when the enemy is weak

And nah, I think he knew his crew was nowhere near ready to take on Shanks crew

Even with having two devil fruits he was a bit shook

Edward Teach (alternatively spelled Edward Thatch, c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard

Thatch...Oda with the f***ing flip once again

Teach was a shrewd and calculating leader who spurned the use of violence, relying instead on his fearsome image to elicit the response that he desired from those whom he robbed.

And yeah, s/o the rum/flint lock pistols he always got in his belt even though he got crazy ass powers

And nah, I'm trying to say the same thing as you. He knew they'd get outclassed then so being the scheming MF that he is he knew he had to step back so that he and the crew could get stronger. That's not being scared to me, just smart. Plus he clowned Shanks on the scars he gave him right there to his face, you don't do that if you're shook.

Luffy the GOAT

im only reading the weekly manga these days. where do you guys watch the latest episodes?