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Also interesting how all the Gorosei join the fray, but no word on the Holy Knights. Antagonists usually escalate in powerlevel, so this seems sketchy.

The giants are already providing a means of escape and a solid transition to Elbaf, so we either have a meaningful sacrifice to allow the SHs escape, or someone to even the odds a bit, and I guess Shanks is now a loose end, considering he was last seen with the giants, so he's probably the...

I'm a bit confused on the timelines. I thought the Shanks vs Kid stuff was happening at the same time as the straw-hat arrival on Egghead, so how can the giants be here already?

I'll guess Germa is the new unknown party heading for Egghead. Vegapunk could stick around for the next few arcs and eventually meet up with them, but Judge/Caesar and neo-MADS need some closure, and they're tied to Stella, so it feels right to have the Garuda and Clown motifs joining the...

This backstory was quite dark and impactful, I liked it very much! It's interesting because there were some inklings about something like this being brought to light (the celestial dragon part), and I'm quite sure it was even discussed in some character thread, but the assumption/prediction was...

Obviously, expectations are personal, but I've been wrong about numerous developments and still found the narrative very cool. These two just feel kinda meh.

So God Valley was just a random location chosen by the Celestial Dragons and Kuma has giant blood in him? What a way to subvert expectations on two exciting plot points...

I'm surprised we get to see Saturn in action before any of the Holy Knights. We'll get to see the theme Oda went for in terms of Gorosei DFs, so it seems like an exciting chapter.

Wait, are all spoilers from reliable sources? Shaka and Pythagoras are dead? That easily? I was expecting a lot more from Shaka. The pacing is so weird I still can't wrap my head around some of it, but this seems like a pretty good chapter overall.

I can't think of clear path for Cross Guild to enter the fray, so I'm going to guess that Buggy declaring they'll be aiming for the One Piece means that it will eventually be revealed that he knows who the "man marked by flames" is.

Well, I'm not a big fan of powerlevels, but in terms of narrative, Oda clearly wants Shanks to be a tier above the rest of the piracy pack, considering Blackbeard struggled at least a little bit against Law, while Shanks destroyed both Kid and Killer in a single shot, and Wano painted them as...

I wasn't much of a Wano hater, as I expect us to revisit it in the near future, and that'll be the real climax to all this build up, but as time goes by I really can't help but feel like that arc broke One Piece's cohesiveness, at least to some degree. Seems like Oda suddenly realized just how...

I mean, I think the key thing here is aknowledging that past and present work in a cycle, and at this point it gets frustrating to even have to argue in favor of that type of narrative. Just like the ancient kingdom was actually the technologically developed nation that went to ruins, we're...

It is a real life epidemic, but you replace "aging fruit" with "makeup". I recall saying she was a kid because the warm eddy she was found on would probably negate her powers and show her real age, but I'm not sure if that's how her fruit works. Too many weird loopholes for any conclusive evidence.

I guess this is cool. I assume that any information we're being given on Lulusia is most likely a hint at an event of the past. I'm still expecting a trip to "hell", so hopefully this is just a prelude.