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Seeing as Shanks is the last of the original Emperors to still be active, I guess it’s kind of expected for him to back down soon (either by force or voluntarily, like Roger).

Im not entirely sure he will, though. But, if he does, who do you think would replace him as the Fourth New Gen Emperor?

Personally I think it’s going to be Boa Hancock, simply because she’s the only one who fits thematically. Law and Kid, powerful as they are, still aren’t nowhere near Yonko level, as they have demonstrated recently, and I feel like every other “powerful” character’s story is already complete (like Doflamingo or the Worst Generation) or just incompatible with the Yonko title (Mihawk and Croc for example, or Enel, who isn’t even a pirate and still needs to come down from the moon). If Impel Down ever gets broken out of, Weevil is there but I don’t think he’s fleshed out enough to be important. Same with Uruge).

I feel like Hancock’s battle prowess hasn’t really been showcased enough, not to mention her amazing Devil Fruit and Haki, and her character is more or less fleshed out but not really explored. I’d love to see her as a new Yonko.

What do you think?

So this is just a thought that I’ve had for a while and felt like sharing. Obviously, the Straw Hats are eventually going to face Blackbeard and his crew, and each of them will probably have to fight a sort of “counterpart” on the opposite crew. There are some obvious ones (Blackbeard vs Luffy, Zoro vs Shiryu, Chopper vs Doc Q, Usopp vs Van Augur) but Sanji doesn’t have a clear counterpart. Except, of course, Katarina Devon. Now, the Sanji we all know would never fight a woman. But what if that woman was intent on harming other women? Katarina Devon has spent years collecting the heads of other women. We’ve also seen Sanji fighting another face/shape-shifter before, with Bon Clay. Maybe Sanji will be presented with a moral dilemma, in which he has to fight a woman to protect other women.

Being unable to hurt Katarina, he might even go full Germa 66 mode. We’ve seen him activate it again in the latest Egghead episode so it will definitely continue to be important. Maybe when Sanji activates it to defeat Katarina Devon, Zoro will have to fulfill the death pact, though he obviously won’t and will instead save Sanji through other means. In fact, that might be the moment Zoro says Sanji’s name for the very first time, reminding him of his humanity.

As for the other Blackbeard vs Straw Hats matchups, here are my opinions:

Franky vs Sanjuan Wolf (both referred to as “Battleship”, Franky will maybe make a giant mecha similar to the Iron Giant?)

Robin vs Aokiji (symbolic connection, maybe Robin will get him to change sides as well)

Jinbe vs Jesus Burgess (both wrestlers/martial artists? Plus similar physique and natural strength)

Either Brook or Nami vs Lafitte (both make just as much sense, which is to say very little but there’s very little options. Nami and Lafitte are both navigators, but Brook and Lafitte have similar aesthetics and weapons)

Either Nami or Brook vs Vasco Shot (I honestly got nothing other than process of elimination)

I also have a different idea for Avalo Pizzaro, but thats for another day…

It’s just a thought though, what do y’all think about it?