User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Big Mom Will Betray Kaido/@comment-78.134.17.43-20200525162624

Personally, (and having accidentally stumbled on an explanation of Kabuki plays and how acts are usually structured), I think that act 3 is almost finished, we will have an Act IV focused entirely on the battles of Onigashima and finally a conclusive act 5.

Personally, I do not believe that Big Mom would turn on Kaido yet, not with only part of her army with her. If you think about her personal vendetta against Elbaf, I think she'd like to siege the island of Giants with the Animal Kingdom Pirates (ugh), which would probably give her a chance to win.

I too don't think that Kaido will be defeated in this arc, as in beaten in combat: at most, I'd see him announcing that now that Smiles won't flow anymore and he has Big Mom's crew on his side, he will simply abandon Wano (I don't think he has a reason to stay any longer, not after 20 years of control and building up his forces) and leave Orochi on his own (at the bottom of a tower-sized pile of ****). It would be the most sensible option that saves both parties, in a manner of speech: the alliance "wins" but only because Kaido let them win, which would probably push Luffy to hunt him and Big Mom down for another climatic battle where this time they do fight for real (and so that he has more time to grow in strength). At most right now, I think the elite of the crew can face the Tobi Roppo and, with an heavy dose of "perhaps" and sheer luck, a Calamity, but not Kaido. I trust Oda, I guess something great is going to happen.

PS: funny noticing how in all these discussions, nobody seems to doubt Orochi's defeat... XD