User blog comment:Sithlord Andeddu/How will Totto Land end?/@comment-24850639-20170210215144/@comment-24850639-20170213143107

Yeah, Luffy didn't "lose" to Fuji, but he most definitely did not have any kind of advantage whatsoever, and most definitely wasn't winning. At the end of the day I have to say that you guys who don't think Luffy will fight her have a more logical case. When Luffy has a serious fight with an opponent of Big Mom's, or an Admiral's level, its gonna be one of those fights that goes for a very extended period of time. Like 20+ chapters at least. Anything less than that is doing the opponent's character a major disservice. As of now, it doesn't seem like THAT kind of fight is being set up. However one of the main reasons that I thought some kind of fight would happen period is because of all the subtle hints we've gotten at the SHs being capable of disabling her. The major deterrent to them is Big Mom's numbers, not necessarily their ability to fight Big Mom herself. If there was something else working for them that neutralized the numbers advantage, such as a massive Germa invasion and/or other allies stepping into the mix, she doesn't seem so impossible to beat. Their priority would still be running, but a part of me feels like Luffy's character wouldn't allow Big Mom to just rage against her own children. He wouldn't think it'd be right, and that woud thus create the confrontation. But even with that theory the Germa's involvement makes it all a huge clusterf***. I look forward to the chaos either way.

@SithLord - No you're fine! I meant that I'm upset at how hard it is to be able to confidently lean one direction or another. It's just really good storytelling, it has nothing to do with your blog or anything. Oda has done a superb job in making both cases that the StrawHats "aren't ready" for her, and that she needs to be dealt with in order for them to realistically advance towards their goals. So in order to really know how the arc will end, we have to be keep looking for details in the less obvious aspects of the arc up until now that might sway things one way or another.