User blog:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 916: One Round in the Ring to Rule Them All

Wano is undoubtedly going to be one of, if not the biggest arc in One Piece up to this point. Luffy and his allies are going after the strongest creature in the world, in one of the world's most legendary nations. And this massive-scale conflict will be triggered by...a sumo match. Who'd've thunk?

I've appreciated the ability of this arc to start small and slowly build up to the epic scale we'll eventually be on while developing Wano's rich culture, and so this sumo fight was a lot of fun for me. Just getting to watch Luffy cut loose and be himself was a nice pace that can sometimes be lost when an arc gets into the thick of things, and I think Oda was having a lot of fun with it as well. Luffy barely knows Kiku and so doesn't give a shit about her, he just wants fights and now that we've had the fights, he's dug quite a bit of a hole for himself that's caused Holdem and Hawkins to close in on him. And eventually, this will probably progress to the point where the beast Kaido himself is getting involved. Eager to see how the dominoes will fall here.

How was the chapter? A kingpin among chapters A powerful force, like the jaws of a lion An interesting case that gets confused sometimes but is trying its best A disgrace to its family and status A Staw