User blog comment:Wariwariparty/Who's gonna fight Blackbeard?/@comment-78.134.14.18-20200508205934/@comment-78.134.14.18-20200511131939

[I agree with most of this but Blackbeard is stronger than Luffy right now, he has one of the strongest logias and strongest paramecia ] - Of course, Teach is still stronger than Luffy, but compared to the others, he's the one he could defeat, not easily.

[ As for Kaido, I can see him leaving Wano without a defeat by the Strawhats to be fought at a later time although I am sure that would disappoint much of the fanbase ] I agree, but on the other hand, I'd be disappointed to see Kaido being defeated after all the hype he got: I like Luffy, but I don't think the training he did is enough to let him fight an Emperor. His last opponent was Katakuri, basically the second strongest warrior of the Big Mom Pirates, but wasn't an easy victory, and I'm afraid the Lead Performers could be even thougher, if anything becaue of their Ancient, possibly Awakened Zoans. My latest Gut Feeling is: Luffy will fight King, but the fight ends in a draw, as in Luffy is unable to gain the advantage but King thinks he has to conserve his energy for the future war Big Mom and Kaido intend to wage (maybe by conquering Elbaf and forcefully hire the giants?) and so lets him go.

[ Regardless I do hope to see Orochi get what is coming to him ]: of course, Kaido is the "Oni" invader, but Orochi is the biggest, more personal plague afflicting Wano, and by taking him down the Kozuki can rule again and avenge Oden. That being said though, both his Oniwabanshu and Mimawarigumi looks far below the Strawhats' league, so I feel they'll be disposed by the Akazaya Nine (well, now eight, but I do hope Kanjuro turns good) and their Yakuza allies, while the thougher Animal Kingdom Pirates fight the pirates. As for Orochi himself, for a Mythical Zoan user he looks pretty useless in combat.