User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 818: Stepping Stones to One Piece/@comment-24850639-20160303182434

I said pretty much everything you said in the chat, so I'm not going to say it all again here. In either case, I'm not comfortable with the translation around Oden's death, it's wayyyy too important to fuck up. I want clarification on wheither Kaido killed Oden AS the Shogun of Wano, or WITH the Shogun of Wano. Makes a huge difference whether Kaido actually was the Shogun at that time, or if he plotted with someone else that was. The Kozuki clan's influence in Wano hasn't been made clear enough to me. If all the Deimyo of Kuri business is just another way to refer to the Shogunate, then why not just say that? I've seen Lords and Feudal Lords referenced in anime before in relation to countries, but I don't really get where the position falls in the power structure.

Either way, time and time again I have referenced this strange Samurai character that Crocus met with on the cover of 631, and its been driving me even more crazy since 816 came out. We've always known that there were important Samurai characters in One Piece, but now Oda has fully blown the gates open. Ryuuma and his past with Wano/connection to Zoro were a big enough draw, but now you're telling us that they not only made the indestructible poneglyphs, but created the language of them as well? In other words, whatever message the WG was intending to hide all those years ago, the Samurai of Wano were a BIG part of what happened. They have to HAVE to some kind of connection with O'hara. Not to mention all the people we know already who may have a connection to Wano: Fujitora, Koshiro, Shiryuu, Izo. We might even learn more about Ace! Man I'm fangasming all over the place right now. Now that we know Kaido is on Wano at least though, it helps sorta lay out the next steps more clearly. The Wano Arc is happening! I've waited so long for this