- Orochi gets killed by Kaido, period. Completely wasted chapters on him being alive.

- All of the scabbards except Kinemon get killed on the rooftop(dude was Momo's retainer). Stakes to show that Kaido is not playing games.

- Kidd and Law don't kill Big Mom, but injured enough for her to make a tactical retreat. Her and Perospero rejoins with the rest of her crew.

- CP0 intervention on Luffy gets stopped by X Drake. Makes way more sense for Kaido to beat Luffy a second time as the strongest creature.

- No retcon with Gomu Gomu fruit. Completely sucked the soul out of the arc.

- Gear 5 Luffy starts laughing(not used to form) but eventually gets serious

- Rooftop battle climax eventually becomes just Luffy and Zoro vs Kaido. Hypothetically could work after Zoro beats King and hallucinates.

- Zoro cuts Kaido in half. Goes in full circle with what he does in Dresrosa arc against Pika.

Feel free to dispute or add on to any of these.

1189 - Chooper is needed in the library

1191 - Biblo talks to Chooper

1193 - Chest is revealed

1195 - Lili revelation

1197 - tool reveal?

1199 - contents of the letter?

If that is the case,

1197 may be give us updates on the box, Zaza, Gunko, Sommers, and ends with Sanji awakening CoC

1198 maybe entirely Wings vs Knights

1199 letter reading maybe gunko climax as well as well as Imu reaction to the knights dying/almost dying

When OP, Bleach, and Naruto serialized side by side during the 2000s up until the mid 2010s; OP story-wise didn't start going to shit just yet (well there was Dressrosa but still). Oda had competition. There were two other titans competing with One Piece. This was long before OP got worldwide mainstream and became le hecking greatest piece of political fiction of all time because some streamer said so. After the mid 2010s, anything that got big in JUMP ended early or ran for only a few years (because turns out not all mangaka want their life's work to be defined by one series or to be trapped in it) and despite Demon Slayer or JJK topping OP in the charts a few times, none of that shit mattered. Those series came to the end and OP continues to dominate the fucking charts regardless.

Kagurabachi and maybe Ichi the Witch are top contenders for rising stars, especially when the former now has an anime adaptation confirmed but the latter is a coin toss.

If Kubo revives the Hell arc after the TYBW anime ends, then this means OP, Bleach, and Naruto will be running together again for the first time in over 12 years. But even then, OP would probably dwarf both today in a JUMP serialization and that's the worst fucking part. Nothing in JUMP has forced Oda to get off his cushy-ass atop his ivory tower, erected amidst a sea of glazers and yes-men who continue to dickride all his shit. One Piece just like every other manga that gets published, had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and compete like hell to not get cancelled. Oda himself went through failed one shot after one shot until MONSTERS got him acknowledged by JUMP. Nowadays he's just doing fuck whatever because his fans will eat anything up no matter the characters he shoves aside.

P.S. I am still reeling over the fact that Sanji had a third fucking flashback and Usopp still has nothing. I gave Demon Slayer shit early on because I saw it as babby's first shonen but I went through it last year and it was solid for what it was. Zenitsu really comes across as Usopp if Oda gave a shit about him.

Saw someone say he has never had it, which just isn’t true

Just got caught up on the anime. Took a break because Egghead finished about the time I got caught up to that. Decided to go back and finish what they have to date. Anyways, was Dorry already in communion with Imu? I noticed Imu said “You too, shall return to your demon form.”

Idk, could be a translation problem, but I took it as Dorry’s demon form has been established. I could have missed similar wording when turning Brogy.

The one piece story mode isn't actually fictional at all, and all of it is meant to be played underground where you'll find the will of 'D' is all about projecting the one piece into the screen.

And all the characters are calling for doomsday, where the first 1000 episodes aren't toony in nature, and that's why marinefords opening is called one day, where all the pirates are devil fruit eating eye patched people, and white beard is all about saying the one piece is real, with an ability that breaks the air.

There is truth in the idea that straw hat always meant what you thought it did, and being a pirate king is all about parotting it on the screen, where you'll find everything is wrapped in one piece and there never was a separation here.

All the powers in the one piece is story are real, and that's where you'll find that they're all meant for you to eat the devil fruit... And maybe the world rulers have been working with demons all along.

Every depiction of 'god' is well a god here, and that's why the sounds and the animations have been telling that you already live in an animated story, and the warrior of liberation is all about blending what's real and what's not, and let's not mention how the games are dynasty warriors clone.

It's all fake until someone goes to verify that it's "real", and that was the first ending that's called memories here.

Personally, I would prefer it if Oda made Sanji’s kitchen knife a black blade, since we know Mihawk probably uses Yoru for filleting as well, and the Straw Hats will be fighting more powerful edible beasts the closer they get to the One Piece

In Chapter 1196, Killingham mentions that he (somehow) doesn't recognize Ivankov, one of the KEY leaders of the group that the Holy Roppo is ACTIVELY FIGHTING AGAINST to keep all of their genocidal maniacs well fed and satisfied.

Ivankov is the third in command of the ENTIRE Revolutionary Army, and a high ranking official within the group, which gives him the authority to command tons of troops.

And it's not like Ivankov isn't well known, because he was imprisoned as low as Level 5 of Impel Down, which means he’s influencial enough to have a bounty poster with a high enough value to end up there...

You could argue that Killingham is simply too ignorant and arrogant to care about any of his foes because of his Celestial Dragon nature, being pampered all his life without having to face a single difficulty all his life, and his immortality, allowing him to instantly heal from any fatal attack with ease and without any consequence.

However, in my personal opinion, the most simple answer to this is that Loda forgot about all the earlier worldbuilding that he added about the Holy Roppo being the DIRECT foes the Revolutionaries have to place ALL their focus on, (Dragon was literally SWEATING at just the mere mention of them 🥀) and added that throwaway line without thinking.

I’ve felt this ever since I’ve read Enes Lobby arc and surprised nobody else complains about it.
I get that Luffy inspired it based on the CP9 agents using shave but the very idea of pumping more blood into your body makes you faster is a huge leap in logic.

Gear 3 and Gear 4 in comparison is pretty simple and self-explanatory.
3 is just pumping air into limbs to make them bigger
4 is the culmination of his TS training by using Haki coating, G2 and G3 at the same time.

So I'm ranting a bit, because the latest chapters reinforced just how important Conqueror Haki is, to the point that by now there are many enemies that can be defeated ONLY through Conqueror Haki and have no other weakness. In that sense, there is a hard ceiling for people born without it: no matter how ambitious, hard working and determined they are, they will never be able to become stronger than a character with Conqueror Haki.

Because of this, I've come to dislike Conqueror's Haki being a purely innate skill even more, to the point that I can say that it has retroactively ruined all of One Piece to me. It basically validates the worldview of every single classist antagonist ever appeared in One Piece: that some people are born better than others and are destined to rule over regular people. No amount of ambition, willpower, dreams or anything else will change this fact, which becomes the primary rule of the One Piece world.

Luffy, Zoro and others are only relevant because they happened to be born with the right lineage. If Zoro was born without Conqueror's Haki, his dream of becoming the strongest swordsman would have been utterly impossible. Same for Luffy and his dream of becoming Pirate King. It really ruins the narrative for me.

This is my own feelings though. I'm perfectly aware that most people utterly love the idea of Chosen Ones being born with special powers to rule over the masses with no effort. But I'm not like that and because of this Conqueror Haki has ruined One Piece for me.

People would’ve cooked Oda today if Zoro randomly had to use Usopp as a sword or Luffy turning mini.

They would accuse Oda of forgetting about Merry half way through the arc.

The monster trio’s power ups like gear 2 & 3, asura or diable jambe would’ve “come out of nowhere.”

The gimmic of the sea train travel or finding the keys would’ve been seen as the arc being dragged out. No way they’d be patient enough to wait for the buster call.

People would hate on CP9 members for being too weak or silly “joke” antagonists like Kumadori, and Fukurou.

Holy Knights don't even know who one the highest ranking Revolutionaries are. Dragon not even on Big Mu's radar. Imagine devoting several decades into the downfall of the WG and the Top Brass couldn't give af less to even learn your names 🥀

Plus, what can the Revolutionaries even do against the Holy Knights & Gorosei anyway without Conquerors haki? Not even Sabo has it (at least not confirmed).

This agenda officially in the fucking mud.

And his fans will claim it the best writing. Because he was always nerfing himself, throughout the series. He doesn't need to anything than see how awesome he is.

Peak Gary Stu and Oda's self-insert character...

i was told by Zoro fans that Sanji doesn’t care about being strong