User blog comment:Ghmorello/Chapter 878 - Heroic Sacrifices/@comment-24850639-20170913151807

I'm still inconclusive on Pedro's death, not fully sure what Oda was going for in those panels where we see a figure emerge from the dust somewhat, and Nami thinks its Pedro. There's also Luffy saying "we could never face Pedro again", but perhaps that's a bad translation. Big Mom seems to be effectively stalled now regardless, between being blown off the Sunny and the Sunny itself getting a pretty considerable distance away from her now.

I'm not sure if I can get hype for Luffy vs. Katakuri. This effectively sets up practically another climax for the arc, and people are still somehow convinced that we're gonna fit the Reverie AND Wano in before the end of the year. Katakuri is way too much of a heavyweight for his fight with Luffy to be settled in anything less than 6-8 chapters. You also have the cake preparation, and hopefully some kind of redeeming moments for Sanji with some form of a fight. If JUST baking the cake is supposed to be his big payoff this arc.......I will let the Sanji haters have at him from this point on. Then there's still the whole resolution of Big Mom eating the cake and the falling action of the arc. I liked this chapter for sure, but it makes me feel like we've definitely still got a lot in store.