User blog comment:Ghmorello/Chapter 925: The King And Queen Of Thanksgiving/@comment-24850639-20181126161025

So much hype this chapter, and due to being home for the holidays I didn't get to read or review it proper. Missed so much reading the chapter on my phone as opposed to a giant computer screen, but now that I have.....

- The "interesting topic" brought up at the Reverie is most certainly the abolishment of the Shichibukai system, and Vegapunk's new invention that will supposedly replace them. Mihawk's sense of honor basically makes him the Shanks of the Warlords, it's hard to imagine the Marines pursuing him too heavily. But we'll see I guess.

- Seeing Moriah alive surprises no one, we knew the guy escaped Marineford. What I didn't expect to see was him sailing Thriller Bark again. I imagined the ship was all but abandoned after the events of the Thriller Bark arc, Marineford, and the timeskip.

- Never expected to sympathize with Moriah. Just like Luffy, Moriah had the balls to pull up on a Yonko who had one of his crew, and went on a rampage. Seeing his genuine relief and happiness when he saw Absalom, only to find out that Oda actually killed him kinda got me. We saw what an impact it had on Moriah to lose his crew to Kaido, so to lose someone as important to him as Absalom....man. Not sure what this means for Moriah's future, but a Wano appearance seems to be a stretch now, and I wouldn't imagine he'd willfully serve Blackbeard. But I suppose a lot of pirates don't "willfully" serve Yonko at first lol.

- Catarina Devon's transformation abilities are spot-on, like perfect. They put Bon Kurei's to shame, and doesn't seem to require a mirror like Brulee's. I wonder if there are conditions for her transformation, and what they are, because so far her DF seems straight up broken. It's the 9-Tailed Fox, and the deceptive abilities are only one aspect of its powers considering it's mythical. Her infiltration abilities must be top-notch, and I still can't decide if she's more of an opponent for Robin or Nami.

- Blackbeard has become proficient enough with Whitebeard's DF now that it seems he can passively cause the ground to shake now with just speech. I continue to wonder just how the hell Shanks stands shoulder-to-shoulder with these monsters, but I suppose Shanks himself implied that Teach was a threat even before the devil fruits.

- Oda is sitll being rather secretive with Ryokugyu's design. The Revolutionaries clashing with the Admirals doesn't surprise me, it's what I DIDN'T see in that silhouette. Where are Dragon, Belo Betty, and Koala during all of this?

- Perhaps we can chalk this all up to just being a Yonko's information network, but Blackbeard's depth of knowledge is still rather interesting. For starters, it's somehow known that Luffy clashed with Kaido - when Luffy's using a fake name. It wouldn't surprise me that he knows about Kidd, Drake, Hawkins, and Apoo, but he seems to be aware of Law and possibly other Supernova coming too. We get our confirmation that Big Mom is definitely on the way, which I'm surprised isn't being talked about as much. Blackbeard's comments on it all seem to imply to me that he is content to just sit back and see how this plays out, just like the Marines. Can't wait until the pirate-y pirate of them all finally makes his move again.

- I'm starting to feel like that lady playing the shamisen to open the acts is gonna be important. Reminds me of the lady with the shamisen from Samurai Champloo towards the end who gave Jean & Mugen quite the run for their money.

- Not quite sure why Kaido didn't find Tama's ability useful to him. He claimed he heard a report, and then saw Speed attempt to fight him with his own eyes, so he should definitely be aware of it.

- Makes perfect sense that Ashura Douji isn't onboard right away, and I'd expect Kawamatsu and Denjiro to require some strong persuasion as well. It was Luffy's strength and attitude that piqued Ashura's interest, and due to Luffy's renegade actions he has no idea that Luffy is connected with these people. Kin'emon made a rather cryptic threat to convince him otherwise, curious how he intends to back it up.

- The tree at the summit of Mt. Atamayama appears to have black bark. Never seen that before, and wonder if it means anything.

- Something's up with King's appearance. I'm getting heavy Impel Down vibes, both from his similar appearance to Magellan, but also the skulls on his outfit match Shiryu's perfectly. He definitely used to be a Head Jailer or something, and Queen's comments on his nature imply he is basically a male Sadi. In either case, I will be rather surprised if Zoro and Sanji's final opponents of the arc are anyone but these 2 guys.