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The reveal that Robin is a terrible chess player? She's blocked off the path of her bishops, has set her knights to defend her pawns rather than the other way around, boxed in the Queen, and is sending her King out into battle instead of keeping him protected behind the wall of pawns. This is really going to damage the perception of her as a scholar.

Great chapter, Vegapunk is already dropping bombshells. Sanji and Bonney got to look really cool. My favorite was the panel of the Weak Trio against Saturn. This is the Usopp that I've been missing, the one that is scared and terrified of the situation, but when he sees Robin is afraid he doesn't hesitate to put himself between them. Chopper using his other points that aren't just monster point again. Probably the only time I can recall where Nami stepped in and made the save carrying someone away. We all know the Mid and Monster trio are fearless in situations like this, so it's cool to see the Weak Trio step up and be the brave ones against an opponent that has Robin shook.

Maybe a bit premature to try power scaling them, but seeing them in action, I'm sort of subscribing to the notion of the 5 Elders being ranked by proximity to the sun. I'd say Warcury, Mars, and Nusjuro definitely have more top 3 vibes going for them than the other two right now. 1. Topman Warcury : Strong vibes of the main muscle here, and was usually always front and center of Gorosei group shots with the most dialogue as well. He is the main one being pitted against Emperor Luffy right now, his haki was crazy enough to make Luffy freak out, and he's evidently a bigger durability freak than Kaido as Luffy hurt his hand trying to attack him. 2. Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro : Just seems to fit the mold to serve as lancer of the group, to Warcury's brute frontliner. Oda really seems to like the idea of the cool stoic swordsman being the number #2 guy among a group of fighters. 3. Marcus Mars : The brains and analyst of the crowd, less combat geared in his role so far and more the big...

Dorry and Brogy are a good taste of why Elbaf is considered the mightiest nation in One Piece. It really seems these two would have blown through all of Wano's forces outside of Momonosuke and Yamato, and I'm not expecting them to be the best Elbaf has to offer. I'm betting on Loki being above these two, and if there is an Odin on the island then he should stand above everyone. Seeing the extent of those two power really drives home just how much more hopeless Kid's predicament actually was.

The three week break is disappointing, but I felt this was a fun chapter to get before the break at least. Luffy's speed feat this chapter was pretty wild. Saturn shoots his venom and before it can reach the group Luffy is able to uproot a tree, nibble it down into a baseball bat, paint it black with a can of paint he manifested from nothing, and swing the venom before it reaches. Those balls shouldn't have been slow at all if they are an attack from Saturn. Lucci impresses, enduring the Zoro attack and the follow-up from Jinbe really helped solidify his stocks after last chapter threatened them. If he went down from that attack then I'd have to bump him down slightly on my list, but Oda is still treating him with respect.

Hajrudin speaking up those two as his idols was the first sign that those two were more impressive than the pre-skip let on. Dorry and Brogy you can chalk up a lot to early writing not capturing their full power because Oda didn't realize the scope of the series at the time. I don't think it's dumb to have been conservative with them since their power wasn't that strongly defined at the time, they were in a vague territory of probably stronger then let on, but no way to know how much. If Oimo and Kashii start doing anything impressive like face a Vice Admiral then I'm calling a retcon there since we saw them embarrassed by the Franky Family and Galley La, and there's no real way to spin that they were actually strong in EL.

Assuming Lucci doesn't get back up, the way he went down doesn't build me a lot of confidence that he's ahead of Katakuri or King. He just landed no offense the entire arc outside of the Seraphim who didn't bother to dodge, Atlas who is a scrub, and Stussy who dove in front of his attack. Lucci must have gotten some licks on Zoro off-panel since he's bleeding, but as far as what we actually saw on-screen he hasn't been able to connect with his offense. It's tough to see him being able to tag Katakuri reliably when Luffy and Zoro weren't pressed dodging what he was throwing out. Zoro definitely had to dig deeper into his bag for that win against King as well. Had to develop his new technique and use one of his highest level moves to secure it. It doesn't seem he was ever in serious danger against Lucci. I'd still say he's shown enough to warrant being placed on that level, but he's not above that like people were speculating and arguably brings up the low end of the spectrum...

The OL is really calling this an anti-feat for Kizaru and a terrible performance. Did we not see giant G5 Luffy stretch out Kaido and use him as a jump-rope last arc, someone who would be deemed stronger than Kizaru by any impartial reader? What were they expecting Borsalino to do here if that's what they consider an anti-feat? Flex out of Luffy's grip? There's a very slim list of characters who should be contesting Nika in pure physical strength, and Kizaru is not on that list. Even Blackbeard will have to rely on Gura destructive power and being able to cancel the form to compete.

If Van Auger ends up having any sort of parity with Yasopp then him being able to destroy the biscuit knights makes sense, since Yasopp > Cracker should be the logical conclusion of Brannew saying the RHP commanders are above average. That said, I wouldn't put stock in that anime feat since the actual manga had Jean Bart tanking those bullets and he's set to be a future Usopp opponent whom at this point I have doubts will reach Yasopp level with how little Oda has developed him as a fighter post-skip.

Dorry and Brogy have feats that are still impressive in the post skip era. Moving a mountain sized skeleton and blowing clean through the island eating goldfish are feats that still hold up next to a lot of high ranking officers of the New World. The fact guys like Hajrudin still revere them after so much time and they wiped the Kid pirate remnants who should be on level with Jean Bart, Penguin, and Shachi... I could see them being a match for the non-RT5 Supernova, but with potential to end up in the Yonko Commander range if Oda really wants to drive home Elbaf being a stronger nation than Wano.

Life is better without spoilers anyways.

2024 in the OL is off to a real hot start. The worst take I've seen of the new year so far, but only because ShWanks comparing Sanji to the Flash came at the tail end of 2023.

Potential very big stock increase for Kuma who has been one of the less impressive Warlords simply because he hasn't been given any very powerful opponents to prove himself against. If he can even make Saturn at least struggle then he's already performing better than Sanji who is high commander level. Also great hype for Ivankov if that's the case, because he was kind of slapping Kuma around at Marineford and implied to be at least his peer back when Kuma had his mind. If Kizaru did give Luffy the food then I can't imagine him taking another swing at Luffy, it's clear he has a lot of remorse for how this situation is turning for Bonney and Sentomaru, as well as probably Kuma now that he's involved. As far as I see the food must have come from either him or Caribou. I don't see any of the Strawhats giving Luffy food then just bailing without doing more, it doesn't make sense for it to be one of the Vice Admirals, and the Blackbeard's don't have much to gain from helping Luffy.

One thing that seems apparent is that the Government tends to recruit Warlords during their rise with the expectation that they'll continue growing while in their ranks. They tried to scout Ace early on in his career, took the gamble on Blackbeard seeing the momentum behind him, and were quick to snatch Hancock after her first bounty. Sure enough, it didn't take long after leaving the Warlords for Law to become a 3B pirate who was half of a Yonko slaying duo, so if he remained in the program and it didn't get disbanded then he would have become one of their most valuable assets.

Will be interesting to see if Kuma accomplishes anything against Saturn, a massive increase in his stocks if so considering Sanji is currently looking worthless against him. If Kizaru is the one responsible for giving Luffy that food then he came ahead in their exchange. Being able to move around and operate while your opponent is still incapacitated would be a victory in a battledome setting, and that behavior should imply that he was sandbagging in his attempts against Saturn.

The Warlords don't miss.

Also a Gecko Moria feat Lest we not forget who is responsible for the damage within that bubble :char

To be fair to Dragon, that dialogue was a flashback from before Bonney was born. Kuma probably related to those words because he himself was afraid to bring a child into the world knowing they would be hunted for sharing his bloodline.

Bonney has shown some pretty decent physicals outside of her hax. Pre-skip Bonney intercepted Zoro before he could cut down Charloss, and post-skip Bonney intercepted Luffy before he could strike the Pacifista. She's also tough enough to get kicked through the laser grid by Kizaru, something that did moderate damage to Luffy. She hasn't shown much in the way of attack power, but as long as she's fast enough to land a hit and isn't a glass cannon then her hax offsets the need for that. Now Oda has given her a G5 styled move, so if that turns out to be a heavy hitting attack for current Bonney then she's looking like a very solid all-rounder. I would still side with Doflamingo and Yonko top brass over her, but she's set to beat allegations of being the weakest Supernova, which it seemed most people had pegged her as once upon a time.

Bonney's Distorted Future can mimic other Devil Fruits and that's some busted hax. She basically just has to envision an alternate timeline and it happens, she used a Distorted Future earlier this arc where she seemed to become a Buccaneer. Though in terms of her Nika feats, she only defeated Alpha who should rank between Nero and Wanze in power on basis of being CP8.