User blog comment:Sithlord Andeddu/How will Totto Land end?/@comment-24850639-20170210215144

I'm so torn on this, and it upsets me. Lets get a few things out of the way:

1) The wedding HAS to happen. Big Mom's Tea Parties, and their rumored guests have been hyped up for way too long, and it can't happen if Sanji isn't there to play his role as the groom.

2) We HAVE to see the Tamatebako box be opened. It has served as plot point since the end of Fishman Island, and it's not going to be given to anyone else at this point.

3) The threat to Zeff HAS to be addressed. Sanji can't spend the rest of the series worried about the Baratie, and he isn't going to be leaving with the Straw Hats until he's comfortable that it's resolved. Going back to the East Blue is not an option, given how far the crew has come at this point.



So with that said, I'm torn because there are a lot of good reasons that defend why Big Mom should or shouldn't be fought at this point in the series.

Fighting her - First and foremost, Big Mom has made it clear that she doesn't forgive people for what the Straw Hats have done to her up to this point. Not only that, but despite her words to Sanji, she was planning on killing them anyway. And this is before even knowing about them stealing her poneglyph. The SHs have done literally nothing BUT piss her off, and we're far past a peaceful solution with her at this point. Everyone that thinks she may still be "good" somehow or could potentially befriend Luffy at this point need to put that to bed. As far as their chances go, even though it isn't the full crew, they've got hella potential allies, IF things go a certain way for them. Most notably of course, the Germa 66. Obviously they wont take well to an attempted assassination, so I don't really see this going any other way but them fighting back. They may not be direct allies to the Straw Hats, but the enemy of my enemy is my temporary friend in a case like this. Big Mom's forces easily trump the numbers of the Straw Hats and Sun Pirates together without the Germa, so I don't see them pulling this off without them taking action. We also have whatever scientific concoction Caesar is whipping up. If its supposed to make her kids giants, and he hasn't perfected it, I can see some of her forces being crippled by side effects. And finally of course, the threat to Zeff. She can hold Zeff over their heads at some point if they run away, but not if they kick her ass. Nami can disable her weather abilities, Brook can shut down most if not all the homies that aren't her "special 3".

Not fighting her - The feat of defeating a Yonko is something that still just doesn't feel right without the full strength of the crew. Beating Doffy was still monumental, but he's a shichibukai, which Luffy has already done twice. He also had what is now his Grand Fleet. However, my main reasons that they may not fight her (on WCI at least) revolve more around the chaos that's bound to ensue. It's been hinted at several times that Big Mom is gonna completely flip her shit if things don't go the way she has laid them out, which is basically guaranteed to happen. For starters she didn't count on Sanji finding out that he and the Vinsmokes are supposed to be killed. Her plan itself is also pretty foolhardy, thinking that Sanji's going to let himself get shot, or that the Vinsmokes are REALLY gonna be dropped by some damn special bullets. Furthermore there's the Tamatebako box, and whether it ruins the cake or not, she's not going to be happy about that. We've seen that Big Mom doesn't even recognize her own kids when she goes crazy, and even without her going crazy, she has no qualms about killing her children. They are blatantly lying and hiding shit from her, which is definitely not gonna go well for them. Ultimately, I think once Big Mom goes off, her kids will be a lot more preoccupied with trying to control her tantrum than worrying about the Straw Hats getting away. This would still not solve the Zeff problem however, and Fishman Island would still be in trouble due to Jinbe's trangressions.



Hard to say. Personally I want to see at least SOME kind of confrontation with Big Mom and Luffy, he's the only Straw Hat at this point (on the island at least) that still hasn't seen her in the flesh even, when he's the one who's picked a fight in several ways. Also, I'm tired of all this "not ready for a Yonko" shit. Just because Oda may have said that he doesn't know how he's gonna beat Kaido, doesn't mean that Luffy's gonna just keep running away. That won't be an option an Wano, so the fight is gonna happen one way or another people. Might as well take away the shock value by having him clash with Big Mom in some kind of way. Luffy said himself he's done running from this calibur of opponents. But as always, we'll see! Thanks for bringing up this topic, appreciate the blog.