User blog comment:Ghmorello/Chappter 883: My, What Big Dogteeth You Have!/@comment-24850639-20171027153711

Every passing chapter just makes me laugh harder and harder at the folks who swore up and down that the Reverie and Wano were happening before 2017 was over. Katakuri's chacter quirks were pretty funny, and it's nice to see that Oda is still keeping his same formula for the character development of villians, even though we're strictly dealing with the strongest side of the Pirate World now. See, Katakuri having a thing for sweets, or having a merienda at the exact same time everyday aren't all that weird or funny now in the world of One Piece. But to see someone who's always so composed because he knows the future, always so articulate when he does decide to speak, so mature compared to his siblings going "mmm yummy yummy donuts!"? I absolutely lost my shit. Knowing that there is such an undignified and uncouth side of him, I just couldn't keep a straight face reading it. His appearance doesn't surprise me in the least, I think it was pretty obvious from the beginning with the ridiculously huge scarf and scars lining up to where his actual mouth was that he was hiding something. What I really want to know, is if he's 100% human. Jack's mask was to show that he was at least part fishmen, and I think Dellinger's Fighting Fish DNA was hidden pretty well too until he opened his mouth. This brings up the important question in the One Piece world of why people keeping fucking fish, but I'll digress. More interesting in my opinion:

- Katakuri's method for bypassing armament haki. What did he mean, "there are ways"? Why did Luffy need to blow his hands, and why where they swollen as a result of clashing with Katakuri's haki?

- What did Luffy figure out exactly? He didn't land the kick before figuring it out, he figured it out after he landed the kick. We learned during the Skypeia arc that Observation Haki is impaired if the user is flustered mentally/emotionally, which would definitely be the case with people discovering his secret. But that shouldn't be it, Luffy should already know that. Also, Luffy shouldn't be counting Katakuri's haki as his "powers", as it's not something that's exclusive to him. I think Luffy learned something about how the Mochi Mochi no Mi works, and he's keeping it to himself. Even though Katakuri can tell the future he can't read minds, so it will give Luffy an edge on him if he doesn't know precisely how Luffy is pulling his card.

- It appears Katakuri essentially tanked that Kong Gun. He was wary enough of Gear 4 to know to try to end Luffy before he could use it, but he didn't go flying despite the fact that he blocked the Kong Gun like Doflamingo did. Doffy blocked it and still flew through the air like a nerf football. Glad to see that this will still be a real fight even with G4 activated.