User blog comment:Fintin/Wano vs Whole Cake/@comment-194.71.244.98-20181210082555

It is a huge difference that the Big Mom crew was the one who initiated the conflict, and therefore they were quite prepared, basically from the moment they SH crew landed, lured them in, and sent some heavy hitters (Brulee, Cracker, and later, the whole army) to deal with them.

However it seems that the isolationism effects not just the samurais, but most of the Beasts Pirates as well. Holdem had no idea who Luffy was for example, and it seems the guys at the mine are not either. They are comfortable locally, with an established power structure, and basically so confident in Kaido that they do not even try to improve. Also, for now it seems that the alliance has the possibility to decide the time and Place of the conflict, and that might be decisive.