#chapter 968

Firstly, 3 weeks is too long a wait -_- I’ve came down every week expecting a new chapter and then BAM delayed, I’ve been dying here after 967 I have a theory post circulating after this but I thought to make this brief - Shanks crying over what Roger said can be as simple as him admitting he’s dying or maybe what he did tell Shanks is the reason the WG are reluctant to stand against him, maybe something beyond Laugh Tale. There could be a similar thing later to what he said to Rayleigh - The ‘One Piece’ may not actually be Roger’s treasure at all, it seems to be a WG buzzword to put a bigger target on Roger’s back and shy away from having to detail what they found. I know Oda said that the ‘One Piece’ is a thing but maybe it’s not Roger’s treasure, seems a bit odd that he’d dump it on Laugh Tale, the island is the treasure. Probably why Roger got a kick out of the bystander asking where the Treasure was. - Young T Bone spotted, been seeing T Bone a lot over the course of One Piece haven’t we? - Who is this ominous ‘he’? I’m guessing Poseidon since they both will be born in 10 years but Shirahoshi is 16, not 15, she demonstrated the ability much earlier and properly awakened it in Fishman Island Arc. But in the next page, Roger says that someone will be born and succeed him, so far no male character was born 15 years ago, only Carrot, Flampe and some of the Alabasta duck squad. - Roger immediately thinks his ‘son’ will succeed him, but Ace isn’t born yet, Rouge carried him for 20 months but that’s still at least a few months before Ace would be conceived. True, Roger could simply be thinking ahead but there is an alternate option of Roger having other children. - Roger to be the first to leave the crew is strange...and a little ominous, would Luffy repeat this gesture? This also makes you wonder, who has the Oro Jackson? The last person off the ship is probably the one who parked it, and I doubt it was Crocus or Rayleigh. Maybe Scopper? - Those shipwrecks on the rapids could be important - Until Joyboy reappears!? This is a key part of the aforementioned big theory I’ve yet to write so I won’t hop on that yet - Kuri natives all having patches on their clothes was an immediate red flag for me, Doji and Denjiro disappearing is odd though. The fate of Denjiro is still questionable but Oda is playing coy. - It would seem that Orochi got flanked by Kaido early and they’ve been making weapons for decades, which is a worrying thought with the scale Kaido wants his war to be - Oh they pushed all the wrong buttons, trying to go after Momo and scarring Toki. It’s a surprise that Orochi only went for it the once actually. But Oden is now in full fury right in the palace. - We end with Oden rushing at Orochi, but I wonder if it actually is Orochi. Next chapter will surely depict either Kaido’s scarring, Oden’s death or both. I can see Oden scarring Kaido out of retribution for his wife being scarred but I wonder if the Orochi Oden may cut down is the old hag using the Clone-Clone fruit for some basking. Either that or somebody is gonna stop him; Kaido or a young Kyoshiro, there’s one more piece of this puzzle yet and we are done waiting