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Things I'm not seeing people talk about:

- Sanji wearing that Raid Suit is definitely gonna happen. Now that Whole Cake Island has transpired I can no longer comfortably say that Oda doesn't introduce plot points for no reason, but this one is WAY too big for him to not address again at some point down the line. The passion with which he denounces the Vinsmokes and any tie to them is not convincing me at all, I am calling it right now that circumstances will present themselves that cause Sanij to rely on this strength. It's a powerup that's awful for his character, but with how this last arc went for him, a power-up that he gets by doing absolutely nothing seems somehow fitting.

- If Zeus doesn't somehow turn out to be a way for Big Mom to track or spy on the Straw Hats, I will be quite surprised. I'm even more surprised that none of the Straw Hats feel this is worth bringing up. They understand her Devil Fruit well enough now to be wary of something with a connection to her soul.

- Bege, Brook, and Jinbe got trolled BAD on the whole bounty front. Bege was the mastermind of the plan to begin with. Regardless of the plan ultimately failing, his role in keeping the Straw Hat crew alive was absolutely pivotal. Jinbe's haki tanked a full swing from Napoleon and didn't move an inch, and later even knocked Big Mom off the Sunny single-handedly. He stood in front of Big Mom and showed zero fear whatsoever, declaring that she was a "MERE YONKO" compared to his future captain. Morgans personally witnessed this. He and his Sun Pirates then directly halted the advance of the Big Mom Pirates, which Morgans personally witnessed as well. SMH. Brook, I can't even list all his accomplishments this arc on one page. The man gets the One Piece MVP award for 2016, 2017, and 2018 gotdammit. To top the disrespect off, Sanji gets a bounty increase for being halfway decent this story arc. He had enough combat moments where I can't consider him totally useless this arc, but to get a bounty higher than Zoro's? C'mon son. If anything, I guess I would attribute the increase to a reputation boost, considering that he's been revealed to the world as a Vinsmoke. However Vinsmoke Judge set the previous conditions of "only alive" in the first place, so someone on the government side had to have already known that.

- A potential appearance by Kaido at the Reverie. Shirahoshi is going, and only one person outside of the Straw Hats are aware of her status as an ancient weapon: Caribou. As you know, Caribou was captured by Diez Drake, and I would presume brought to Kaido. What could Caribou potentially have that would save him from getting skinned alive by Kaido? Bingo. Now knowing this information doesn't of course mean that he'll decide to act on it by busting up the Reverie, but I imagine Mariejois is much more accessible to him than the depths of the ocean. In either case, I doubt Shirahoshi going bodes well in any kind of way.

- Crocodile was in a very well-furnished room, with a few soldiers off in the back. Assuming he hasn't been captured and detained by someone's forces, it appears that Crocodile has again amassed some kind of power. Very curious how this is gonna play out.

- Forgot this was Coby's first post-timeskip appearance. "Captain Coby" appeared in the movie where Luffy fought Commander  Bilic, and for some reason Coby's appearance this chapter didn't jump out to me because it's the exact same as the movie, rank and everything. It's nice to see how insane his Kenbunshoku Haki has become, to the point where he can power scale people upon first introduction. He's even developed a reputation, which is what I'm REALLY curious about here. He is said to have defended the people during the "Rocky Port Incident", the exact same incident that Trafalgar Law is said to have been the mastermind of. Rebecca caught on to his more than obvious adulation of Luffy, so I'm curious how their relationship will develop. People are shipping the two of them, which I can't say I'm surprised by given that they're actually about the same age. In either case, if the Luffy-aligned princesses/kingdoms are gonna end up needing a Marine save, I'm sure it's gonna be Coby.

- In the panel of Coby reading the newspaper, Dr. Vegapunk and Edward Weevil are listed. Weevil, with a "Warning" above his picture. This guy can' last in the Shichibukai, especially if it's necessary to warn civilians about the danger of his presence. I expect him to be a topic of discussion, especially if the Shichibukai system as a whole will be a topic. Vegapunk we know too little about to speculate a great deal, but I can only imagine it has something to do with the kids. They were previously reported as missing after all. On another note, that "Serious" backdrop as Coby read the paper was frickin hilarious.

- The island in which we see the silhouettes of the Blackbeard Pirates is eerily similar to the island in the New World that we saw Shanks on when Mihawk first arrived with Luffy's bounty. I could just be overthinking it, but I would have to imagine that at this point in the series, Oda is moving the Blackbeard Pirates closer to their end game. Luffy is almost at a status where he can seriously challenge ANY of the Yonko, so as the Anti-Straw Hat crew I expected them to be making some pretty big moves as well. I'd be surprised if his current target is anyone but Shanks. Regardless though, the way he seems to be monitoring Luffy's progress is hella sinister.