User blog comment:Observer Supreme/914 Review and Thoughts/@comment-24850639-20180817195710

This thought that Luffy won't fight Kaido is absolutely preposterous. Luffy has one too many bones to pick with Kaido for this fight to not happen.

Direct Reasons

- The simple fact that he is a Yonko, and in his way for the title of Pirate King. Luffy even announced to another Yonko his intention to fight this guy.

- Is directly involved in oppressing the people of a country. Tama's situation is a direct result of Kaido's actions in Wano.

- Caused the worst grief possible to one of his good friends, killing Momo's dad.

- HAS FOOD that he isn't sharing

Indirect Reasons

- Fate. Garp's accolades against the Big Mom/Kaido duo weren't mentioned for no reason. It is literally Luffy's destiny to outdo his grandad.

"Monkey D...........YOU'RE GARP'S GRANDSON!" - Big Mom. C'mon now. Luffy can't live in Garp and Dragon's shadows forever, eventually he needs a feat that puts his strength on par with their monstrous legends.

- Plot. It is simply time. Fuck all this "Luffy isn't ready" shit. Literally everything that has happened since the beginning of Punk Hazard has been for this eventual confrontation. How is Luffy going to open the borders of Wano and free the country from tyranny if both Orochi and Kaido are not defeated this arc? Come now. Luffy's goals this arc directly align with freeing the country. Wasn't the case in Whole Cake.

- Hype. Oda's camp has hyped up this arc for god knows how long, claiming it will make Marineford look "cute". Please tell how that's even remotely possible if the main Yonko in question doesn't even get his hands dirty?

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Not sure what you guys are smoking, I haven't even addressed how early we are in this arc. Gee whiz. Let's also not forget that Luffy and Zoro alone have made contact with several Beast Pirates, so word getting back to Kaido is inevitable now, despite Hawkins attempt at keeping this on the hush.

In any case, shit's about to go down in the Bakura district. I have a hunch that Kiku is like ridiculously strong, she was willing to break in even without Luffy and Zoro's help. At the same time, I'm hoping these Headliners don't get fodderized too bad. We know they're a step down from the Calamities, and a step above the Gifters, so it'd look pretty bad if Luffy and Zoro have too much trouble with them. At the same time, we expect them to be comparable in strength to Big Mom's crew, so it'll look bad as well if they get tossed like ragdolls by 3 people. Curious how Oda is gonna play this.