User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 875: Thunderstruck/@comment-24850639-20170817145030

I love and hate that there's still this much suspense when we know things are ending soon. Even though it was predictable, I loved knowing that the final showdown between the Straw Hats and the arc antagonists was bound to happen. Here, you're not allowed to set your hopes on any specific showdown, because of how ridiculously outnumbered the Straw Hats are. Sure, Germa can easily pop up in mass numbers and help turn the tide somewhat, but the Straw Hats weren't here for full scale war, and we don't have time for that. Also, Germa would be screwed without the Straw Hats help fighting the entirety of Big Mom's forces. Luffy can't take Big Mom, and I have my doubts he can even handle Katakuri without support.

However, this is where Oda and his wild cards come in to save the day in the most epic way a manga-ka can. Who knows what the fishman thing may lead to - I was never comfortable with the thought of Sun Pirates leaving Jinbe and never looking back, and with Chopper and Brook never having met the Sun Pirates, not recognizing them if it is one of them doesn't surprise me at all. Let's be real here, water seems to be extremely effective against quite a lot of the Big Mom Pirates' powers, and Brook/Chopper definitely need a save. Not to underestimate them (Brook fought Big Mom 1v1, which NO ONE ELSE has done yet this series) but I definitely don't see them beating the first and second sons of the Charlotte Family alone. I bet Oda is just having buckets of fun with Pudding, can't wait to finally find out if Bitch Pudding is really her, or is some form of schizophrenia she can't control, and may be associated with the Three-Eye race in general. Either way it looks like Sanji is going to be involved in this like we all thought. Great setup, I'm excited for next week.