User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 928 Thoughts/@comment-24850639-20181228154737/@comment-7614831-20181229204408

We'll have to agree to disagree about Shanks cutting off Kidd's arm: I see your point about there being other swordsmen in Shanks' crew, but to cut the left arm off, the same arm that Shanks himself lost, feels like a much more personal gesture on Shanks' part. That, and I'm sceptical that anyone who hadn't got Haki down to an absolute T would be able to get close to Kidd with a metal sword, let alone cause that kind of damage with it.

For Kidd's part, I find the fact that he's still gunning for Shanks as an individual, even after sustaining such a major injury, to suggest that he still thinks he has a pretty good shot at taking Shanks down, an idea I doubt he'd entertain if he'd lost his arm to one of Shanks's (currently) unnamed sword-wielding subordinates. But, you know, I won't deny it's not 100% certified it was Shanks who cut off his arm; hoping we see the relevant bit of backstory sometime in this arc, as I'm sure Luffy will at least want some kind of context when he hears what Kidd plans to accomplish.

I agree with you that a reveal later on that Komurasaki has indeed been Hiyori all along, and that she only placated her enemies as a means to get some kind of chance at the big bad ruler, is getting to be one of those tired tropes we keep seeing in the One Piece world. I'm sure there'll be a cover story in a year or two where Vivi, Violet and Hiyori have started a support group for this sort of thing.