User blog comment:Fliu/Wano Country Arc Act 1 Thoughts/@comment-24850639-20181113222718/@comment-2600:1702:3C50:A6E0:5DC3:DD79:8E7C:2741-20181114055437

Luffy already got a taste of the difference when he clashed with Big Mom. He knew that he would be facing opponents much stronger then him even when he was only aiming to fight Shanks. Now that he has clashed with two of them, he can work his way upward to improving his Armament haki so that next time he won't face a predictable first round knockout. You are right in retrospect about Luffy facing him at least once before the end of the arc. I also agree that he is not supposed to beat a Yonko at this point. I assumed when his training ended that he would still not be able to beat the admirals and the Yonko. Vice-admirals and Yonko underlings yes, but not the elites themselves. He is strong, but they are stronger at this time. His progress is quite pleasing and now we will see how he will move forward from here. Hopefully Kid will be willing to help him considering that they both have a grudge against Kaido. Luffy has already gotten one town on his side and now we will see him continue to gather allies as he usually does by being himself. As for the plan, in my experience the best plans for Luffy to follow are ones where he is causing chaos while his crewmembers and allies work separately from him. This is why he is in the perfect place at the moment. If the attention of the beast pirates is divided their strength and cooperation will be halved and divided they will be conquered. In Big Mom's territory they were able to whittle away at her children and fleets while they separately chased their assigned prey. Now we might see something similar. Enies Lobby and Impel Down also showed that. Kaido and his elites cannot be everywhere at once. He has also put his crew in an ideal position because as I have mentioned in previous comments, Kaido now believes that the crew is dead and he has won. He won't be looking for enemies that he thinks no longer exist. I would like to see Law, Kid and Luffy's allies have an more active role and receive some credit then they have been getting as well. Your final point is the most important, luffy has proven that Kaido is not invincible. He did the same thing when he humiliated Big Mom and escaped, the Yonko are powerful but their greatest tool is fear. Fear of facing an unstoppable invincible enemy that cannot be defied. The problem with this image as has been proven with both Big Mom and the world government is that once this image is broken, it is very difficult to repair. Kaido thinks that Luffy will be a good subordinate because he is strong even if he cannot actually make the man feel pain. If he can accomplish this alone, then what can he achieve with others standing with him. Act one may have ended in Kaido's favor, but assuming that this is like a play Wano still has at least two more acts to go. Act one usually sets things up, but act two is where things really get started. This is just my assessment so far. We will see what comes next when the curtain rises for act two.