Why do WB think that this era is going to end? He seems to have understanding of the will of D like Kureha.
Is it just me? Garp and the old lady are portrayed to be stronger than the admirals to me.
After the introduction of revolutionaries like Ivankov and Inazuma, I am beginning to think that there are going to be a lot more characters that are going to be introduced later on who right now are not presented and portrayed to have important roles, and I think introducing another main plot is going to be similar to the introduction or the beginning of the set-ups or introduction to new character and plots for the current war. Remember how Doflamingo, Kuma and Sengoku were introduced? They were introduced because of the absence of a spot on Shichibukai, and the main antagonist for this war, Blackbeard was introduced. Oda probably set-up or thought of all the steps when he first introduced the Shichibukais, Blackbeard and Ace. I don't know what Oda is going to do after this big war, but there will definitely be huge character introductions like the remaining Yonkous, revolutionaries, pirates, hopefully pirate hunters, 5 elder stars and other high ranked world goverment officers.
In other words, One Piece is really like a good TV show that has the main big plot and all the minor episodes that some how link to the main big plot of the series. From entering the GL to the current arc, the minor episodes linked themselves eventually entering this war.
Though Blackbeard has played and will play some roles for few future arcs, I don't think the next main plot is going to contain Blackbeard as the main problem maker. Rather just a side fight leading towards the main plot.
Well, this war is the beginning of that set up of the next main plot, like the conflict between Blackbeard and Luffy, so I must say that I am quite disappointed with the way how Oda introduce these new characters in this war and how they are relevant (except for few). Perhaps towards the end of this war, there are going to be some extra stuffs to develop this new main plot.
I can't wait.