User blog comment:Mejiaj1/Which yonko is the strawhats and the heart pirates aiming for?/@comment-24.41.3.2-20120918233813

There are four yonko, so only 4 options, all of them with reasons why/why not.

Shanks: I personally think Luffy would have smiled earlier if it was Shanks. There was a moment between when law said the name and Luffy smiled. Even if you argue that Luffy would team up with Law to take down Shanks (Which he wouldn't, he'd want to have a friendly battle with Shanks on his own) there would not be that pause. So Shanks can be rounded off.

Blackbeard: This possibility isn't impossible, but I still believe it's highly unlikly. I think that Luffy would definetly be much more darker or serious if it was Blackbeard. Blackbeard also seems like a character who would have a lot leading up to his battle. He also seems too strong for the crew at the moment, but they can do a lot building up to it, so it's not entiely impossible.

Big mom and Kaido seem like the highest possiblities in my opinion

Big Mom: Luffy already has decleared war on her, so it seems like an obvious choice, which seems to bother a lot of people. If it's so obvious, why hid it? Well, it might be to mess with us, but there could be more. If everyone remembers (possible spoilers) Kid, Apoo and Hawkins are talking about an alliance against Big Mom. If it works out, Law and Luffy could team up with them. That would be 7 of the supernovas (Kid, Law, Luffy, Hawkins and Apoo + Zoro and Killer) against one of the Yonko, so the odds seem like it would in Luffy+allies favor. After the defeat of big Mom Luffy's bounty would go way up AND Jinbei could finally join the crew. This seems highly possible and what's most likely.

Kaido: It seems a little out of pace to introduce him this close to introducing Big Mom, but who knows. One Piece tends to like surprising us. The only reason I'm really considering Kaido is because we don't know how much Law told Luffy. He could have said Kaido and explained that his crew has been taken. This would explain the absence of Bepo and the other Heart Pirates. Luffy, knowing what it's like to not be able to save nakama, would happily help Law get them back. X Drake is also after Kaido, so they could make a three person alliance like Drake, Hawkins and Apoo might.

So far it seems like there's a 5% chance it's Shanks 15% chance of Blackbeard 50% chance of Big Mom 25% chance of Kaido and 5% chance of an unforseen wildcard.


 * This is just my opinion, feel free to disagree*