@Wagomu:
And… no Hogsalom cover story! Oh, Oda, you tease, when are you going to give us the next cover story?
Heh, I've been waiting a coverstory ever since Oda completed all the regular "SH's plus Vivi and Karue covers with animals", the last of which was in Chapter 573.
Then comes Chapter 574, and Oda begins a new kind of cover, the "Group of Strawhats with animals". And then I was eagerly awaiting for all the Strawhats plus Vivi and Karue to appear so that we could begin a coverstory. Vivi and Karue came last in Chapter 579.
Okay! So we would get a new coverstory next, right?
Wrong. By chapter 580 we begin "Random Group with Animals" cover. First "Tashigi, Cobby and Helmeppo", then "Buggy and Shanks".
And now what appears to be the weirdest of them all "Absalom and Hogback". However, since the text in the cover is chinese, we can't confirm is this is another random cover, a "Where are they Now" cover or a coverstory… :sad:
Oda loves to tease us.
Edit:
@Aohige_AP:
No, it doesn't have the cover story subtitles.
So yes, it's another random two characters having fun pic like the ones we've been having for quite some time now.
So it's just another random cover. Oh well…
THe worst thing about these random covers is that we can't predict when a coverstory would come. Before, we could just wait for all Strawhats plus Vivi and Karoo to appear, and then we would get a coverstory or "Where are they now" cover. Now we can't possibly know what characters will appear next.