Yamato not joining after all that, after all the toxicity within the fandom, is genuinely hilarious.

Yamato not joining after all that, after all the toxicity within the fandom, is genuinely hilarious.

That was… pretty quick.

@MagneticMonkey:

Have you guys considered that Kaido coming back from that monster punch is also bad/problematic? How much more can Kaido continue being a tank overlord? He is dwarfing every opponent luffy had by far. Nobody else has anything left to throw at kaido and you guys consider him coming back?

Kaido is getting back up for sure IMO, there's still stuff to resolve, and we need to see how exactly Oda deals with him. It's just that I wouldn't say it's necessarily for him and Luffy to go for yet another round.

It appears to be finally over. Crazy.

@Zhenja:

So, we're gonna act like Kaidou didn't hear Higurashi, turned Momo, calling Oden father?

https://manga4life.com/read-online/One-Piece-chapter-970-page-13.html

A scene where the both of them are clearly in the heat of battle is pretty easy to explain away tbh

I don't get the complaints about Luffy shrugging off Blast Breath when he already did that twice in Gear 4…

@fana:

The fight has been awesome since the G5 reveal. I especially love how Kaidou is more than keeping up with the crazyness of G5.

The fight ending without the people at the festival noticing the danger they were in is basically guaranteed IMO (that Otoko panel sealed it). I can see a magnificient spread of the final hit happening in the middle of the lanterns flying in the skyes. It will be glorious.

Besides Denjiro finishing the last head of Orochi and some pages explaining how Hiyori came to the island, all is left is the final fight sequence and Momo making his clouds to prevent the crash (I'm still holding some hope that that will somehow revert his aging).

No idea if we'll actually get more from Kaidou (awakening and/or flashback). I'll enjoy the ride and see what happens.

I disagree, I think the lanterns are setup to let them see what's happening

@tenchu:

How do you know he hasn’t shown his awakening, he has to announce it?. And no I don’t think he has to show it, he has shown to be OP already and so has Big Mom. Did Whitebeard show his awakening?. We don’t know, he probably did. The thing is that he showed that he was op just like the other 2 emperors.

On Blackbeard third fruit, that’s his thing, trying to get stronger which he would with Kaido’s or another third fruit, so yes there’s a big point to it, besides everybody has theorized that he will get a third fruit.

Doflamingo and Katakuri showed it, if Luffy's biggest opponent yet has it, Oda will make it clear to us.

@K.:

At this point, it's not about what could be or what not. Elemental powers, bla bla bla. People want to see it explicitly stated.

Oda has done so for everything else Kaido has, the biggest surprise being him having Future Sight. I don't see it not being clear to readers that he's awakened when the time comes

@Ivotas:

Thanks for reminding me of those guys. Kaido's "Awakening is what happens when your mind and body catch up to your power" makes absolutely no sense with those mindless buffoons.

That could easily be explained as them having been experimented on in the past. Which is an even easier theory to buy depending on if you believe Chopper's Monster Form is actually his Awakening.