#chapter 1105

It never fails to make me giggle seeing how it's always Nami or Sanji the ones making sure Zoro doesn't get lost.

Okay so somebody's on their way to Egghead right now. Needless to say I'm curious as to who the fuck that could even be

A) Blackbeard and/or his crew I mean one of BB's ships is already there. On one hand, it could be just a vague reminder to us that the ship is there meaning those crew members could be making their way to the island. On the other hand, we know the ship is already there, so why be so vague about it? Alternatively, it could about BB himself, that he could be on his way to see what the fuzz is about and/or to try to bargain with the Marines with Garp's bounty? (Wild but okay)

B) Strawhat Grand Fleet Saw a few people suggest this, and like, sure, if you wanted to have a giant battle between the Grand Fleet and the Marines, why not. I'm not entirely sure what this would achieve aside from protecting Egghead from getting wiped out (which wouldn't be bad mind you, especially considdering a considderable portion of the island is literally just Vegapunk's fucking BRAIN) (Like??? IS HE GONNA DIE IF HIS BRAIN GETS DESTROYED???), but it's an option

C) Cross Guild The absolute wild card option? I think it would be funny as hell if those idiots somehow showed up there? But I'm not entirely sure when Buggy started his mutiny (like was the day before or like a few days ago??), depending on when that took place then it could make no sense for CG to arrive on Egghead that soon. Also why would they come to Egghead? Like unless one of the needless of the Log Pose from Emptee Bluffs happened to point to Egghead then. Yeah, how and why would they ever get there. I dunno man, I think it could be the funniest option for who could be on their way to the island. Especially if Crocodad Real. (Also this would give us an opportunity to see Caribou fall into Crocodile's hand and leak the info on the Ancient Weapons to him but I'm still more convinced Caribou's working for BB) But yeah this is the most unlikely option.

D) Dragon and/or the Revs Narratively speaking, this is without a doubt the most logical conclusion. Kuma's backstory was heavily about his ties to the Rev Army, so the gang coming to his aid at his time of need (and when the Government is about to wipe out an entire island after already killing most of its innocent inhabitants (who attempted to flee)), yeah, the Revolutionaries would make sense. Plus it's been kind of set-up already, with both that phone call Vegapunk made to Dragon as well as Dragon speculating with Iva-chan about where Kuma might've gone to. Like, Dragon pursuing Kuma to Egghead would make sense.

Only problem is that Dragon and the Revs are in fucking Paradise on Momoiro Island. They are literally the furtherst away from Egghead from any of our alternatives. So how the fuck could they even get there??? Like unless Dragon (or some other Rev we don't know about) just happens to have an ability that allows the Army to literally fly massive distances at the same speed as Kuma, if not faster... Yeah. There's no way they should be able to get there. To be fair if Dragon is a Wind Logia as many speculate then. I mean even if he couldn't load the army onto a ship and fly them there, he could probably fly to Egghead himself. Maybe. I dunno.

Like Dragon would make the most sense to me. He'd make the most sense narratively, but only if he has a trick he can use for fast travel. Which remains to be seen.

E) Someone else IDK it could be someone else but I can't imagine who else could be on their way. Red Haired Pirates? Kuja Pirates? We know it can't be Law nor Kid at the very least since those two got nuked.

ODA WHEN I CATCH YOU ODA

Have I ever mentioned how much I love the Half-Life series? Come to think of it, HL2 does kinda play with the Urashima Taro setup for Gordon Freeman a lot like the future-flung five doesn't it? It's a common enough starting point. But I love how they do the first one. Half-Life shows you the main story of the hero of the Black Mesa Incident then you get two more games, Opposing Force and Blue Shift that put you in an alternate POV. I've always loved stuff like this, and the serious potential for it stapled to a great character like fair Okiku is a big reason I started to fall for Wano harder than most One Piece arcs. I really didn't think we were gonna top Whole Cake...

I'm rambling. Because unless you're new here you probably know how I feel about this chapter and I don't want to just wave the big finale around unguarded for spoiler purposes. Welp, we all ready?