User blog comment:Darkbrownevil/Whom do you think will be the first major opponents The Straw Hats will face when they get together again......./@comment-845858-20100826231027

My guess is that it will be something related to the World Nobles - the crew will be reuniting on Shabondy, unless Kuma had anything to say about that, and the World Nobles vowed to get revenge on the Straw Hat Pirates, so that's probably going to come into play at some point. Whether it's Marines or bounty hunters, they're going to get someone to try to beat the Straw Hats, though they'll likely wind up as fodder to demonstrate the crew's new abilities.