User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 908: Imminent, Imbalanced, Improbable Whims/@comment-24850639-20180615165048

I expected Reverie to be a bunch of info drops, since this is in fact the invisible force that's moved the world throughout the series, but Oda is seriously outdoing himself chapter by chapter. Good god there's so much to talk about.

- At this point, I don't think anyone will really give a damn if Kyros just mysteriously has his leg back. Oda's notorious for this goof, and he made the blunder this chapter yet again.

- This chapter highlights that there is some sort of hierarchy within the Celestial Dragons..... but I specifically mean a hierarchy within the Family Names of the original 20 Kings. With all the romanization issues that have been going on lately, I decided to just trust the folks that actually know how to translate the Katakana. Life-changing stuff. Last chapter, the characters used in the description of the Gorosei translates to: "The World's Most Powerful Individuals: The Tenryubito Who Have The Most Power". It's always made sense to me that the Gorosei would be Celestial Dragons themselves, given the sheer scope of their power and responsibility within the Holy Land. However this would mean that they belong to one of these original 20 names, and would make sense why Oda STILL hasn't given us their names after all this time. Mjosgard appeared to exert some form of authority over Charloss, and Roswald doesn't seem too keen on getting payback necessarily. It will be interesting to see how far exactly Mjosgard's influence reaches, and it's quite ironic that the Riku Family and Tontatta find themselves under the protection of a Donquixote.

- It's probably blatantly obvious that Fujitora wanted to talk to Cobra and Riku about Luffy, and gain their support for the abolishment of the shichibukai system. It's over now, since we see them at the table when the Reverie starts, but I wonder what else Issho may have said about Luffy.

- Bonney just keeps getting more interesting. It was revealed that Kuma was the former King of the Sorbet Kingdom, and Bonney is initially introduced to us this chapter as "Dowager Connie". Dowager is a term for a widow......making her potential connection to Kuma even more......interesting. Clearly the Sorbet Kingdom is a real thing, otherwise Bonney masquerading as the Queen wouldn't have worked for her to get in the Reverie at all. But is it REALLY a facade? Is that Bonney's actual age, and she really is the Queen but just uses her Devil Fruit for the Tsunade effect? Is she truly Dowager Connie, and "Jewelry Bonney" was a name she came up with for herself as she went on a mission to rescue her husband that she disguises as a pirate career?

- Speaking of, Kuma's history continues to get more interesting as well. Sabo described the guy as a gentle giant, and we can certainly see that now that we knew who he truly was deep down, but what got him called a "Tyrant" in the first place? Someone even described him as being the "cruelest pirate on the seas" at some point. When did he became a pirate with a bounty? How/When did his time in the Revolutionaries even play into this at all? Sabo seems to imply that his move to the World Government wasn't something that was prompted by Dragon or the Revos. So then, what made him choose to undergo the Pacifista project? And through all this, he's still a current Shichibukai! Typical Oda, giving us answers that only make us ask even more questions!

- Another interesting use of katakana: Im's name is spelled with the katakana for "Adam" and "Eve". I think you guys were right, and we might have another potential Kaguya on our hands. Whoever this guy/gal/genderfluid being is, they truly hold the reigns of the world and have potentially since Joy Boy's time. For even the Gorosei to hold this Im character in such high regard, they must have some power/ability, or some kind of accomplishment that gives them the right to be King of it all. People have already forgotten this, but when Sakazuki was yelling at the Gorosei about how the Doflamingo situation was handled, it was stated that the orders came from "higher up". Everyone thought wait, "higher up" than the Gorosei? All makes so much sense now. I wonder just what else we'll find out Im was secretly responsible for.

- Finally, the pictures on the floor. This is a soft confirmation that the other bounty poster that Im was holding was Blackbeard's. It makes sense too now, considering that if Im truly is the Celestial Dragon of all Celestial Dragons, then Luffy and Blackbeard's rise to legendary status as members of the D. Clan is certainly keeping Im up at night. Makes me wonder how they feels about Dragon, but I get the feeling that might be coming (speaking of where is Dragon?). Again, with Im being who they are, of course he knows the Mermaid Princess is Poseidon. Makes me wonder if the move to Mariejois 800 years ago was also a means to avoid the potential destructive power of Poseidon and Pluton should they be harnessed again. Speaking of, things aren't looking good for Alabasta. We knew Cobra was in the crosshairs as soon we saw him on the way to the Reverie wondering what his ancestor saw that repulsed him so. We knew he had intentions to get to the bottom of it, and the Gorosei confirmed that they definitely had something to hide this chapter. But why also then the interest in Vivi? Is Im truly willing to erase one of the original 20 families from history, or is there something else to it? Can't wait!

Edit: Luffy and Blackbeard's posters weren't "torn". They were cut, with a rather nice degree of precision. So this Im characater is somewhat proficient with a blade.