Denjiro

He leaves an enemy alive as strong as Sasaki which he somewho will free himself and become nuisance. Isn't Oda familiar with the phrase " Cut the grass and clear the roots".There are many times that I feel Oda creates forced plots without any reason and rhyme. Many say is that isnt Oda's style to kill such strong characters too early without seeing them in action...Well then,why does he introduce them so early... I have seen similar situations before such as the appearance of the admirals when the straw hats were weak ( which doesn't make sense to put such an importance to a weak group) or the fight with crocodile (which doesn't make sense that luffy beat him )...I am sure that are many more that I dont remember.Although those two examples are little way off but again you know what I mean.We have seen many times enemies beaten and then reappearing (the other way is also true). I feel like the plot is kinda forced...it is tiring and makes no sense..

Where has he been? What's he been doing? It was so hype to see his reveal and he's clearly top-tier among the scabbards, but where the heck has he been? He has to make an epic return to the story some kind of way.

What if CP0 has Izo defeated like we saw with Drake and Denjiro appears and 2v1 CP0? That would be pretty epic imo

**Spoiler Alert if you are not up to date with the Manga**

We all are probably following the war arc very closely for a while, and I got my chance to read it from the beginning. I observed a couple of things that need to be addressed. Before we get into my observations, these are going to be or already decided major match-ups so far:

Ongoing Battles:

1. Kaido vs Yamato

2. Big Mom vs Law and Kidd

3. King vs Marco

4. Queen vs Sanji

5. Jack vs Inuarashi

6. Black Maria vs Robin and Brook

7. Sasaki vs Franky

8. Who's Who vs Jimbe

9. Raizo vs Fukurokuju

10. Killer vs Hawkins

Upcoming Battles:

1. Kaido vs Luffy

2. King vs Zoro (if Marco/Chopper heals Zoro)

3. Perospero vs Nekomamushi

4. X Drake vs Scratchman Apoo

Fighters who are down (for good):

1. Ulti

2. Page One

3. Kinemon

4. Ashura

5. Kiku

6. Kanjuro

People running around (free to look for battles):

1. Izo

2. Kawamatsu

3. Denjiro

4. Nekomamushi

5. Nami

6. Usopp

7. Hyogoro

Predictions:

After the Akazaya Nine (excluding Inu and Ashura) cut the heads of Orochi and left Raizo to deal with Fukurokuju, Denjiro disappears. The rest 6 get divided as follows:

• Neko - goes to look for Perospero to avenge Pedro

• Kiku and Kinemon - went to stop Kanjuro, but both are down.

• Kawamatsu and Izo - Just reached the live stage with Sanji, needs to be seen

• Denjiro - conveniently disappears?

We need to remember that Denjiro is a master strategist and would end up doing something really important. But what could it be? It's definitely not saving Momo, because Kinemon and Kiku were on it, and he'd have to follow them in that case. Other battles are mostly decided. He doesn't care much about CP0, because he doesn't know about their significance that much. My guess is that he'd help with one of the ongoing battles, or he'd try and stop a lot of fodder. Needs to be seen.

Another member of the alliance who is conveniently missing is Caribou. He's supposed to be present in the raid and I was surprised that I don't see him anywhere. Is he up to something shady again like stealing the weapons from the factory? Or is he just hiding to take out some other fodder? I know he's like fodder now, but I'd hate to think that a logia user who was pivotal in the Udon prison riot wouldn't do anything.

Usopp and Nami are definitely done with their large fights. They'll mostly subdue a lot of Pleasures and Waiters while helping Otama lead the Gifters. When Otama takes control, the numbers would be 7500 vs 9500, where these free main fighters should clear as much fodder as possible. Clearly, our protagonists outnumber the Kaido aliance in terms of strong fighters. We need to still see how it will go given the situation.

Thoughts?

But if Denjiro has something to do with Koushirou? They're so alike!

So I found this theory online and it's pretty long and comprehensive based on the little information that we have right now. So the theory goes that Denjiro and Koshirou are twin siblings of kozaborou the man who left wano I believe on a boat 50 years ago to the east.

Also tashigi is the daughter of Denjiro, explaining why kuina and tashigi look so similar. What also adds to this theory is that recently in the flashback with buggy and shanks jiro was shown to mean like second son, when buggy was called buggyjiro. This backs up the theory because koshirou would have been named after his father kozaborou, and Denjiro being the second son born being named Denjiro.

Now there are holes to this theory like koshirou being said to be from the east blue in the vivrie cards but these concepts can be bent a little. For instance he was born in wano but grew up in the east. Another hole would be the seperation of Denjiro and his family where in the flashback it states that he is a orphan in the capital. This can also be explained by kozaborou and his family for some reason leaving wano on the boat 50 years ago and for some reason not explained yet, that they had to leave denjiro behind.

Now the sword that he is holding which everyone is assuming is wano. Now the custom in wano is to be given a sword when born and be buried with that word when you pass away. Now kozaborou gave wado to kiyoshirou when he was born and gave another similar sword to denjiro.

Remember kozaborou is a renowned blacksmith, creating both enma and the wado ichimonji. He should have made other known swords but were of probably lower rank than owazomono grade.

So let me know what you guys think about this denjiro, koshirou, kozaborou, tashigi, and kuina theory and feel free to fill in any holes I missed.

Denjiro is koushirou. He went by denjiro because his dad, Kozaburo, left illegally. He went on and had a son and named him Kyoshiro. He then left Wano to find his father. He found him and he died after making a town prosperous or something like that at the same time he fell in love; which led Koushirou to stay and name the village Shimotsuki. Kyoshiro now resents his father and will fight Zoro after learning that his father took care of Zoro and not him.