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Intrigued about what Raizou's preparation is?
Orochi is about to die, again. Which death was better? I find you could have done so much more with the motif of trying to pretend to be the last samurai. His cowardice. Although this last event seems underwhelming as it was an accident.
Izo did a damn good job against the CP0 agents, and now we will see Drake having his revenge.
Law saying he is done, but we know better. I like the flashback with Big Mom, I am pretty sure we will still see her coming back in a future arc. I absolutely love how some things never change. Like Luffy’s reaction to anyone claiming to become the pirate king or getting one piece. As soon as Kaido says that, his expression changes, he goes full into attack mode.
I'd imagine that with the implementation of conqueror's haki, that Luffy's 'King' series would get an added oumpf. I do hope to see Luffy going from a different version of gear fourth to another and we see Luffy comboing Kaido while switching forms, with Tankman allowing him to keep going through Kaido's attacks.
In terms of which fruit the government is worried about. It would be a shame if it is the rubber fruit, but there aren't many other options that lead to the conclusion of killing Luffy on the spot.
So, which fruit, why kill Luffy? The reason I do not like it being the rubber fruit is because unless they bring an excuse about how, even though Luffy was becoming infamous they ignored the fruit user because he was still “too weak to make a difference”. It just brings to question why not target Luffy before? Like did they fall for their own switch in the naming of the fruit? What happened?
Because if it is Luffy’s fruit, then you could revisit previous arcs to emphasize this even more. Like, make it a talking point during Water 7, with Lucci referencing Who Who. CP9’s targets could have been Robin, Iceburg and Luffy.
Something to keep in mind is, why rename the fruit? Most likely, so whoever eats it does not grasp the entire scope of abilities the fruit could have. But the renaming has to be similar enough that the user believes the naming is adequate. For example: Switching the fire fruit to be called water fruit. Once the user unlocks their abilities they will notice something is wrong. Not to mention, this whole plot point has to resolve with the order to kill Luffy. Because of this, I will go through some of the options presented by posters, but ultimately the options for me amount to two people. Now for the list of devil fruits:
For Luffy’s fruit, well, what would the new name be? What abilities that are similar to rubber would Oda want to unlock?
Kaido’s. We have never been confirmed if Kaido is awakened. We also confirmed that Momo’s fruit, although a failed fruit, pretty much seems to be a clone of Kaido’s. Not to mention the government has already tried killing Kaido many times in the past. They know, they cannot do it. Because they couldn’t kill Kaido and retrieve the fruit the natural way. They could have tried to clone it instead.
We also have the naming of the fruit. Because of the developments where the Straw Hats against all odds are winning against two emperors, there is a chance that Kaido’s fruit finally awakens in battle. This could be symbolic in the sense of Kaido getting his “final epic battle”. So what do you do? Try to kill Luffy, the one that may achieve the impossible.
These last candidates do not make the cut:
Zunesha: The Elders Stars did talk about renaming a fruit as soon as Zunesha appeared. And now we know Zunesha was Joy Boy’s companion. However, what is the name of Zunesha’s fruit, if any?
Tama’s: For starters this would be weird because her fruit has not even been mentioned in the story. Or am I wrong? Tama’s fruit being a plot point moving forward, although interesting, would feel out of place. But sure, it was a fruit no one knew about because it was in Wano (closed borders), it is powerful if it also involves animals like Zunesha or sea kings. But again, because I have not seen the name in-story, the Elders Stars talking about renaming the fruit leads to the implication that we as readers already know the name of the fruit.
Chopper’s: Disqualified because the order does not involve him. Ignoring that fact, well, considering devil fruits have mythical figures like Buddah, or phoenix, etc. Maybe the human human fruit is not really that, but involves the fruit being someone in specific. Jesus would be a bit funny, but with the entire premise of cloning, could Chopper’s fruit be the Joy Boy fruit? Cringe. Joy Boy maybe was a giant(awakening), bla bla. Anyways, again, not an option because of the kill order. In terms of timing, the government did believe Chopper was a pet for the longest time until Wano where everyone saw monster point.
I don't know why but since the Gorosei mentioned the misteryous DF, I keep thinking at Brook DF. A fruit that can connect you with the underworld can be very powerful is awakened.