Speaking of Cobra talking about things he shouldn't (poneglypgh/Void Century), here's something else he could bring up that the WG wouldn't want revealed. Between Luffy being a hot topic for how big of a threat he is and the Shichibukai system (and the discussion amongst the royalties about whether it should be abolished or not), Cobra could let it slip that Luffy was actually the one who defeated Crocodile. The WG would be furious if that was revealed, especially with the events between Doflamingo and Bg Mom being very fresh in the minds of everyone.

@phoenix_fire:

Only to explain that their role from now on is to cheer for Soma like proper background characters. Really very awesome.
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Just as a related thought: People here had argued that we didnt need to see any of the fights from Alice&Co against the Elite10 for story reasons or because it would have been unneccesary or whatever. But wouldnt we care at least a bit more about the enemy fighters, if we had seen them before defeating and expelling the good guys? Or be a bit more hyped about the upcoming fight?

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Another thing: The reason that some of the former Elite10 join Team Soma is because they want their seats back.
For what reason? They didnt lose any shokugekis or any fights (or did I miss something??); they were just kicked out. What is stopping them from being kicked out again? Isnt the Elite10 in its current form completely worthless to measure ones worth or rank?

I believe the scenario is, if the rebels win and get the Elite 10 Seats (or rather 8), they can then vote Azami out as headmaster, just like what happened to Senzaemon when 6 of 10 voted him out and replaced him with Azami. Once Azami is out, they won't have to fear the new headmaster kicking them out just because they don't agree with the headmaster's ideals.

The stakes of this tournament remind me of Black and Zamasu's Zero Mortals Plan. First, Future Zeno destroyed at least Universe 7 in Future Trunks's timeline (and I think the other 11 as well, but I'm not sure) and now in this timeline, if thngs end up the way they sound, 12 universes (and at one point there were 18) will be reduced to 1. Even though the fused Zamasu was destroyed and Beerus killed Zamasu of this timeline, it kinda seems like their plan is still going on.

@Robby:

Also, are seriously all the strongest warriors in universe 7 from Earth? That seems off. They can't even grab good ol filler Pikuhan or something

Well Frieza, back in the Namek sage and prior to that, controlled many planets of the universe, was considered the strongest in the universe by many, and he was largely untouched even in his first form until the Namek saga; even the Ginyu Force were weaker than 1s form Frieza. At any rate, while we began to see many people stronger than Namek saga Frieza, those who are still alive amongst that growing group in Universe 7 do reside on Earth now.

It hit me when I saw the reunion between Goku and Future Yajirobe, but I would love to see, before Goku returns to the past, Goku meeting Future Chi-Chi, Ox-King, Master Roshi, Oolong, and Puar. We saw a glimpse of them in the History of Trunks special, but I think they would be ecstatic to see Goku (even if it's a Goku from a different timeline) for the first time in about 31 years.

@kouch_lee:

In that particular instance, Bellamy was presented as the character in the right, coming right off of the "I won't mock you anymore" scene which tried to show us that Bellamy, while still in the villain side, had changed a bit.

Facing him was a guy who just sold himself to Dagama and who shamelessly admitted that "money makes the world go around!".

That's why I said that Tank was made into a more simpathetic figure later in the game, as this uber serious Riku follower, but I highly doubt that was Oda's first intention when he created the character, otherwise he wouldn't have portrayed him as a greedy opportunist at first.

Yeah, but remember that Elizabello turned out to be close friends to Riku and Tank would have known about that friendship. It could be that Tank was lying about money being his motivation and instead his reason for agreeing to Dagama's strategy was so that he could help an old friend of Riku (Elizabello).

It's occurred to me that, with what we learned about the intel power the Yonko have the past couple chapters, Shanks and his crew could have figured out Sogeking's true identity a long time ago if they really wanted to know ASAP. Or they might have known Usopp was a part of Luffy's crew shortly after Mihawk told them about Luffy's first bounty and then did some digging into who his crew was at that point. Yasopp could have known all this time that his son was a part of Luffy's crew, not just recently with the new bounties.

@bepo:

i see some red flags in them(ryou and alice) losing this match. they got to much hype at the moment, while the flunkies still need to prove they are as strong as the top first years IMO

I think Ryou has this covered. If he was up against the big guy or the silent girl, I might be worried. But since he's up against one of the 2 that has been openly mocking people, I think he'll be fine. Of those 4 non-Elite 10 Central members in Venue D, I think the 2 that are more silent are much better than the 2 bigmouths.

@LordPerucho:

So we will never know how Tobirama lost to fodders in Kinkaku and Ginkaku and also the strength of Prime Hiruzen.

Did we ever learn even how Hashirama died? I don't remember it ever being said how specifically he died.

@Darth:

But from the other hand, I wonder what would Revolutionaries do if the country they liberated decided to throw in their lot with World Goverment…

Because, being honest here, considering the setting and time period, I'm getting reminded of French Revolution. And this one was nasty.

If any country, after being helped by the RA, decided to stay with the WG, then it woud probably be best for the RA to cut their losses and leave them be. It'd be better than them forcing them to side with the RA and risk getting stabbed in the back via the country setting a trap with the WG. They would obviously not make good allies anyway if they were willing to abandon the help they received from the RA and return to the WG.