One Piece Chapter 921 – Shutenmaru

Kaido has such an amazing character design, in both his human and Dragon forms. Oda-sensei completely succeeded in conveying Kaido by just his image as being someone incredibly brutal, regal and inhuman. Kaido’s sheer design demands attention and beckons the reader to take note of what he as a character does. We know next to nothing about Kaido and yet as readers we find ourselves entranced by him. Kaido’s introduction definitely set him up perfectly as a Yonko to fear. With such a terrifying character now targeting the Straw Hat Pirates, the stakes have been raised and the movements of the Straw Hat Pirates have become significantly more important. Will Luffy really encounter Kaido this early in the Wano Kuno arc?

One Piece Chapter 817 – The Kouzuki Clan

So the Mink and Kouzuki Tribe are connected to the Void Century

Momonosuke’s real identity has finally been revealed. And like most of the reader’s expected, Momonosuke is the Lord of Wano Kingdom, well the heir of it. Kine’mon revealed his lies and confessed that Momonosuke and he were not father and son. He only manufactured that lie to keep Momonosuke’s identity safe from the unsavory sort looking to capitalise on such information (seems like Doflamingo knew the worth of Momonosuke). Just like Kine’mon, Kanjuro and Raizou, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi  swore loyalty to the Kouzuki Clan and by extension to Momonosuke.

One Piece Chapter 806-810 – The Battle Of Zou

What an awesome colour spread

Looks like many major events were happening around the One Piece world concurrently. For Luffy defeating Doflamingo to have ultimately, albeit indirectly, saved a nation from one of Kaidou’s “calamities”, I find myself wondering what other rippling affects the Straw Hat Pirates feats since entering the New World have been caused within the New World, especially ones with lasting and major implications. By removing Jack from Zou, the Mink tribe were given the opportunity to survive and over time, drive the remnant forces of Kaidou/Jack away. Still the question remains, why is Jack so passionately after Raizou?