Bruh, this fucking hurts.... I wonder how Luffy will react when he hears about Kid. You know what would be crazy, if the Devil Fruit tree was on Elbaf and Luffy sees Kid's fruit there.
Shanks is the type of guy you want to piss off the least.
Literally ended a whole career in seconds. I like that he's protecting weaker pirates and it's not just for show. His fleet captains are kinda cute btw. When he saw the danger he didn't hesitate to end things in one lethal blow. Savage and good pretext to end the battle quickly; before it actually started. Dory and Brogy took care of clean up duty. Damn, talk about one sided. The result here also shows how Oda nerfed Big Mom.
The only thing Kid got was some "what if" panels. He never even got to show a single Conqueror's feat. Oda sacrificed ma guy to fuel the unstoppable hype train Shanks even more. I'm not even that surprised. I surely expected the possibility of Shanks one tapping for he is HIM, Oda's guy. So if Kid gets taken down here let him at least land and fight against the Officers, maybe Beckman. Beat a few of them before Shanks decides to turn up. Kid looking like a total clown after that big talk "Only if I lose" 😂 ..sigh.. Reality of no love and not having plot armor is when a Yonkou is making full use of his abilities. Future sight + Divine Departure = quick wrap. At least Shanks didn't underestimate Kid and you could say he got caught off guard(there's even an explosion) This was refreshing in a way to see a character act quickly without getting nerfed by plot contrivance or animanga reaction time which dictates that you have to wait until the the opponent showed their hand(although you could say it's contrived thag it only happens when it's convenient)
Quite the contrast to Blackbeard who's still a clumsy fool. And here I was thinking it was the end of the road for Law when he ran into Teach, lmao. In retrospect I would've liked to switch match ups. Blackbeard always offers a free hit at least.
Long story short. RIP Kid Pirates. The timing couldn't have been funnier after the latest anime episode. Now I'm kinda glad that Oda didn't put much focus on fleshing out Kid's ambition with a flashback, otherwise this chapter would've hurt more. Or maybe Kid getting wiped out like that is only the logical consequence of Oda not caring + limited time. Law already became a favorite, Kid was superflous. His crew also surrendered like that, but to be fair, they just wanted to save their captains life. So did Killer who tried to protect Kid to no avail. Remember when Zoro delayed Conqest of the Sea on the roof? Sad way to go out. The narrator box added was another Sabaody callback
And I mean the Kid Pirates had it coming for being so cruel. Interesting how I saw them as protagonists in this situation when they're the bad guys, while Shanks is imo a good guy, yet here he was like a monster. I think that made this clash even more shocking.
Ok I'm definitely interested to see a few BBP joining the Egghead party, preferably the ones not in action. We already saw who's with Blackbeard himself. I think Wolf is the only one we haven't seen post timeskip yet. Guys like Laffite and Pizarro didn't have any action. Maybe Shiryu is there too. This is also a good time to find out what happened to Moria. But most of all I would look forward to Kuzan since this is basically another Ohara and if he was the one to clash with Kizaru, only because it would be fun. Then again, it's pretty eh. The Strawhats don't need that kind interference, it would only belittle them and I rather have Kuzan ready for when Garp pulls up.
5/5
every time Wanks appears it's a banger chapter and this time we finally got to see him in action. The question was if he could live up to the hype. Well, he certainly did. Naturally Blackbeard is still on the radar, can't wait for this clash.
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