@Jabra:
It's possible that not every Flying Six will fight a Straw Hat (maybe Robin fights Mont'dor or something), but I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that a lot of them will.
I guess it all depends on where you mark the "too random line", main looks like these;
People getting actual versuses; Calamities, Tobi Roppo, Big Mom's Children, Oniwabanshu.
the "Too Random Line"; Mimawarigumi, Gifters, Pleasures, Waiters, most of other headliners, Numbers.
And I think you people aren't counting the Oniwabanshu as probable versuses which will make your math never fit, the alliance outnumbers them horribly if you only count Calamities, Tobi Roppo and Big Mom's children, you gotta at least add one more group, and if we go by exposure, the Oniwabanshu is next in line.
Drake - I don't see him turn until the fights are almost over. I think it's even more likely that he has a skirmish with a member of the alliance before he does.
Oh Com' on, Drake has more going for him to switch parties than Kyoshiro and Yamato had before learning of their intentions.
he already freed Law, he's pro alliance all the way, that's minus one Tobi Roppo, you're at 5.
Marco - Way too powerful for a Flying Six. If he fights then he will fight a Calamity / Sweet Commander, but I assume he will be used for something else entirely. Something only he can do because of his ability to fly.
Agree, pretty much the Sabo of this arc.
Killer - As with Kidd, I believe his only purpose is to let Luffy & gang stand out among the Worst Generation. Whatever they do, whoever they fight, they will lose. And the Straw Hats will succeed where they failed. So yeah, maybe Killer gets fodderized by Sasaki or Who's Who to hype them up some more, but I'm not expecting a proper fight on panel.
I'm not entirely sure about Killer, but Kidd is going to fight and defeat whoever ends up being his rival, he's not Bellamy.
The Scabbards - I didn't change my mind in this regard, they will mostly fight Orochi's forces because that's where their emotional link is. The only outliers are Neko and Inu in regards to Jack, I guess. But he's not a Flying Six.
Initially I thought so as well, but after seeing how the Minks, Samurais and Pirates mixed all over the place instead of going separate ways, I don't think is possible to writte the Scabbies all fighting one certain group in particular, also since Nami and Carrot are with Shinobu, they all could end up facing Oniwabanshus, since they're right there in the castle and Ninjas are pretty good at spoting troublemakers.
Yamato - No idea to be honest. But he seems way too strong for them as well. I could see him being lectured by Kaido himself, maybe even chained up in preparation for an arranged marriage or something.
Nah, she just suprised attack Ulti, couldn't take her down actually, she's good for a Tobi Roppo, specifically a female, #OdaIsNotMysoginistButYouKnowHowThisWorks
@Candide:
How about opening a new thread about who's gonna fight who? After the reveal of Yamato we should by now have the main fighting parties.. I like to see what others are thinking, but the discussion takes part in too many different threads (spoiler, chapter … final villain lol). I don't know if that's entertaining enough to be a thread, but maybe it's an interesting enough topic? On the other hand I don't want to drain the actual chapter threads of any discussion (these days are already dire days and the bi-weekly schedule isn't helping). So what do you think? Is it worth opening a new thread?
I think this is a fantastic idea, mostly because is like we would be playing lottery trying to guess among all of the options we have.
it would be more about showing our lottery ticket than actual discussion.