User blog:Fliu/Chapter 971: And the Flashback Goes On

So it seems that Oden is not dying just yet. Hopefully, this flashback will end in the next 1-2 chapters. The one thing I hate is Oda making Orochi's past tragic just so Orochi has reason to justify his actions. Well, I already decided a long time ago that I’m not going to have any sympathy for Orochi so this changes nothing.

Once again, it’s a shame that Oden was naïve. It's too bad he did not had anyone to point out the flaws of his thinking like Luffy did for Vivi back in the Alabasta Arc. I hope Oden really did not had any regrets, considering hundreds if not thousands will be joining him in the afterlife. Hyogoro and Yasuie had been reduced to pitiful states. Yasuie could not live happily with his daughter and Hyogoro had to endure 20 years of abuse before finally finding a chance to fight back. Hiyori grew up to be a woman that courted men in the red light district and had to swindle three scumbags to stop their criminal activities. I’m sure that's not the kind of life Oden would want for her. At least Oden could take comfort in the fact that he got to see the world, his retainers still live, and that his children still respect him, not like Ace, who never acknowledged Roger as his father.

Is this how Oden spent his last moments? Just showing everyone how long he could last in a boiling pot? At least we already knew that the Scabbards escaped somehow. I hope Oden went down fighting like it was shown in episode 910. I sure hate to be the guard that slipped into the boiling pot. That's a terrible way to go.