User blog comment:Ghmorello/Chapter 923: In Soviet Russia, Dragon Rocks You/@comment-24850639-20181102162335

Luffy: I'M GONNA BE THE PIRATE KING!!

Kaido: Sit down.

Seriously, it's been a really long time since I've seen a protagonist's mojo get shut down this hard. That sigh Kaido let out before he got up said it all. Luffy got thrashed in the precise way I wanted him to, where he learned that G3 and G4 just aint gonna cut it against the Yonko, and for that matter, the Admirals. He's gotta get a LOT stronger if he seriously hopes to tango with the likes of Big Mom, Kaido, Blackbeard, or Sakazuki 1-on-1 someday, and I'm glad we're seeing what will be the beginning of the recognition of that gap in power. Whether it's Awakening, Gear 5th, improved Armament Haki or all the above, I'm super excited that we've finally reached the point where Luffy recognizes his timeskip training alone isn't enough (like Rayleigh actually said). I'd say 2 weeks is certainly enough time for Luffy to make some pretty serious strides at closing that gap, considering how strong we've seen him get in a matter of days in the past. There's a secret part of me that's hoping him and Kidd get to train together somehow if Law isn't able to get Luffy the hell outta there and he gets locked up.

Other things that will be prob be overlooked this chapter:

- There's a ninja doing the "rat" hand sign from Naruto in the 2nd panel

-  It took Kaido's power to finally knock that damn dango stick out of Luffy's mouth lmao

- Speed's developed a respect for Luffy due to their mutual care for Tama. I believe she used the last of her strength after the fight with Kaido to come inform him. I also think Luffy got her to safety first before he avoided Kaido's "borobreath". Kaido has discarded her due to perceived treachery and essentially left her to die. Speed for Nakama confirmed.

- Foolish as it was to think he could actually win, Luffy's reasons for fighting Kaido are perfectly sound. Kaido was coming to check out Oden castle regardless thanks to Hawkins, so someone needed to stall Kaido assuming they needed extra time to escape and gather up anyone who got injured after the blast.

- Even though Kaido clearly was just allowing Luffy to hit him (saw the attacks coming in time enough to dodge and simply chose not to), several witnesses still seemed rather suprised that Kaido was being hit at all. I'm sure this will eventually mean a lot more than it appears to now.