Spoilers One Piece Chapter 979 Spoilers

[Captain Khan]

So the number of possible turncoats of Beast Pirates and unexpected allies of the Pirate-Samurai-Ninja-Mink Alliance increased a lot . Or that the supposed challenge will engage most of the Heavy Hitters , damn still the Alliance is highly unmatched against Kaido and Big Mom .

Who will challenge the All Stars ? (a very bad pun) . Seriously though the Tobi Roppo are hyped . Where do Numbers fit in and when will they be introduced ?
Hope we get to see Kaido's son whatever his name is .

 

[Nessos]

Who will challenge the All Stars ? (a very bad pun) . Seriously though the Tobi Roppo are hyped . Where do Numbers fit in and when will they be introduced ?

Because of the Tobi Roppo hype Zoro vs King and Sanji vs Queen doesn't seem far fatched anymore. Both got a buff and we already saw Sanji being easily able to Deal with Page One while using his RS. (It reminds a me a bit at the EL situation)

Than we have Jack and Smoothie. Jack vs Nako & Inu is for me a must have. They were able to fight with him without using their Sulong mode.
And then only Smoothie vs Jinbei left.

So we have Kidd, Law and Luffy to deal with BM and Kaidou.


About Numbers I expect that they will play in the same league as Compote, Perospero, Daifuku and Oven.

About the outnumbered thing don't forget Neko will return with a few WBP remnants (Izo for sure).
And we have X Drake who is going to betray Kaidou and Hawkins will most also pop up once again.

 

[novaselinenever]

Because of the Tobi Roppo hype Zoro vs King and Sanji vs Queen doesn't seem far fatched anymore. Both got a buff and we already saw Sanji being easily able to Deal with Page One while using his RS. (It reminds a me a bit at the EL situation)

Than we have Jack and Smoothie. Jack vs Nako & Inu is for me a must have. They were able to fight with him without using their Sulong mode.
And then only Smoothie vs Jinbei left.

So we have Kidd, Law and Luffy to deal with BM and Kaidou.


About Numbers I expect that they will play in the same league as Compote, Perospero, Daifuku and Oven.

About the outnumbered thing don't forget Neko will return with a few WBP remnants (Izo for sure).
And we have X Drake who is going to betray Kaidou and Hawkins will most also pop up once again.

Yeah Neko and the remaining WBP should be able to swing the tide again in the favor of the alliance. Hopefully the Samurai in the alliance step up, so many of them look so cool

Who do you think is going to take care of Apoo? Kidd probably wants his ass lmao

 

[Nocvius]

Who do you think is going to take care of Apoo? Kidd probably wants his ass lmao

I predict that some of the alliance members will at least participate in 2 different fights, which parallels Luffy's feat in WCI, before they earn a massive bounty increase post-war.
So Kidd has a chance for payback against Apoo, before moving on to either Kaido or BM.
Zoro will fight either Who's Who or Sasaki, before moving on to King.
Sanji will take on PageOne, before moving on to Queen.

 

[Ghidorah Guy]

Brainstorming a couple ideas:

- I don't think any of the Tobi Roppo will end up challenging the All Stars. Rather, someone will end up posing as Page 1 and maybe even Ulti to launch a surprise attack on the Beast Pirates. The fact that P1 and Ulti wears face masks, with P1 especially covered up, would certainly facilitate this. Besides which, quite a few major Japanese heroes of lore are known for cross-dressing to take their opponents, and this is Oda we're talking about as well, so I could see a male character posing as Ulti in hilarious fashion, barring someone like Kiku pulling it off much more convincingly, but then I'd expect someone more powerful to play the role to take on an All Star. We'll see.

- Still banking on the Raid failing. Reinforcements from Whitebeard Pirate remnants, the Strawhat grand fleet, and maybe even Shanks will arrive at some later point, but before Luffy and Co. suffer a defeat. That said, I don't see Neko missing out on the action either, so one possibility is that the Number's gift to Kaido is a tied-up Nekomamushi and crew they captured along on the way to Onigashima.

Anything's possible though. I could easily just as well see a scenario where the Numbers found some kinda Trojan Horse in the form of a ship full of sake barrels or something which is hiding Neko and whatever WB pirates he could find. Again, we shall see.

- We need something to play the role of the pheasant to complete Tama's trinity of Momotaro animals, so another thought that came to mind is that the Number may've found some kinda egg belonging to a Roc/Ho-o/phoenix/some special bird. A Roc played a prominent role in proto-One Piece oneshot Romance Dawn, and exotic animals and their eggs are sure to encompass significant plot elements soon enough as well, what with Kaido possibly being an actual dragon according to some theories, the mysterious giant egg on Roger's ship....I foresee Tama and other young characters such as Toko engaging in a stealthy rescue mission to rescue Luffy and Co. if they're captured post-Raid failure, so maybe Tama will make friends with whatever hatches out of said hypothetical egg along the way. Needless to say, pretty sure the Numbers are getting pacified by some handy dandy kibi dangos during it all, thus further weakening the Beast Pirates for the real climax down the line.

Just some thoughts.

 

[seven]

Holy shit... this chapter ain't out yet??

 

[Tv-Crimes]

Holy shit... this chapter ain't out yet??

Unfortunately not.

On topic: this is really interesting, really curious to see if any of the flying 6 will turn on Kaido and join Luffy /the alliance.
Not to mention there's Big Mom too so they definitely need all the firepower they can get.

 

[novaselinenever]

I predict that some of the alliance members will at least participate in 2 different fights, which parallels Luffy's feat in WCI, before they earn a massive bounty increase post-war.
So Kidd has a chance for payback against Apoo, before moving on to either Kaido or BM.
Zoro will fight either Who's Who or Sasaki, before moving on to King.
Sanji will take on PageOne, before moving on to Queen.

Yeah that was my initial thoughts, but I'm having trouble seeing how it's going to happen when everyone is situated together. Usually in those kind of setups, Luffy encounters enemies one after the other on his way. Like the Blueno fight before reaching the EI main Tower, or Cracker in the woods before reaching the castle.

Holy shit... this chapter ain't out yet??

Nope the spoilers were just extra early. It's normally a break week this week, so the chapter can drop anytime between now and the usual Friday scan release next week.

French Scan Team usually put updates when they start translating scans, it hasn't happened with this chapter, so I wouldn't expect it in this weekend.

 

[Ghidorah Guy]

Another thought: if the Tobi Roppo presumably occupy card slots #'s 10 thru 5, that still leaves spots 4 thru 2 unassigned in the standard French playing card deck. Makes me wonder if there isn't some other as yet unrevealed sub-group amongst the Beast Pirates.

Kaido's top three are thought to be based off the Three Great Calamities from Buddhist belief, but as it turns out, there's actually a set of Three Greater AND Lesser Calamities ( in addition to 7 Disasters ). Don't wager there's anyone above the Tobi Roppo ( but below the Calamities ) in power, so perhaps the top three amongst the Shikuchi or Numbers? Numbers seem to have their own playing card numbering system going, so maybe they got their own respective mongoloid versions of King, Queen, and Jack; powerful enough to be considered ( Lesser ) Calamities in their own right, but probably not the kind of...people...whose positions the Tobi Roppo would be looking to usurp?

Or do the Beast Pirates possess their own version of Sword and Aegis, ie a secret espionage unit unbeknownst to the vast majority of Kaido's crew, Tobi Roppo included? I'm personally convinced Karasu's a BP spy, so maybe he's one of the top three of a covert unit akin to Orochi's Oniwabanshu in Kaido's forces?

Then there's the question of Apoo and Hawkins' placement in the overall hierarchy; where do these guys fit in? One could argue Hawkins is too recent an addition to the BPs to be sorted anywehere as of yet, but Appo's apparently been working for Kaido for a longer ( if indeterminate ) while. If there truly is some kinda black ops unit whose power rankings exist outside the conventional box, perhaps this could then account for Apoo getting left outta the loop at least.

Just some musings. Oda keeps springing new surprises on us, so I expect we're due a few more.

 

[Quindale22]

Sooo the Beast pirates are gonna nerf themselves before the war lmao I guess

 

[#1 tako]

Seems to be confirmed now.

I have to remember that Yamato is a reference to either the Japanese period/clans or the literal definition of great or harmony, as opposed to what immediately comes to my mind which is the famous Japanese WWII Battleship Yamato.

Also seeing Oda hasn't lost any of his talent for not giving up information before he wants to haha.

 

[Nessos]

Who do you think is going to take care of Apoo? Kidd probably wants his ass lmao

I was totally hyped for Apoo vs Kidd, but how story progressed I think Kidd will Play a huge Part in fighting the Yonkous themselves.

Hawkins would definetly be an Option cause he was betrayed ba Apoo like Kidd. But for now I am going with the one who hold back Kidd it would give more depth. Thats why I would go with Killer vs Apoo.
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Hopefully the Samurai in the alliance step up, so many of them look so cool

The Samurais main part will be to Deal with Orochis Samurai amd the Oniwabanshu.
But some of the scabbards might Deal with Numbers or Flying 6.
How about a siblings battle?
Ulti & Page One vs Kiku and Izo

 

[novaselinenever]

I was totally hyped for Apoo vs Kidd, but how story progressed I think Kidd will Play a huge Part in fighting the Yonkous themselves.

Hawkins would definetly be an Option cause he was betrayed ba Apoo like Kidd. But for now I am going with the one who hold back Kidd it would give more depth. Thats why I would go with Killer vs Apoo.

Hmmm yeah that'd make sense. Like I said I can't see anyone having several fights with how it's going down, unless there are other developments.

The Samurais main part will be to Deal with Orochis Samurai amd the Oniwabanshu.
But some of the scabbards might Deal with Numbers or Flying 6.
How about a siblings battle?
Ulti & Page One vs Kiku and Izo

What were the Orochi's Samurai called again? I remember them a bit, it'd be nice if both sides get fleshed out a bit 'cause I kind of want to have some cool local Samurai stuff.

Lol siblings tag team matches, that sounds cool. Hmm Scabbard taking care of them could be interesting

 

[Shottie]

This is starting to look like a deep fake spoiler...

 

[Nessos]

This is starting to look like a deep fake spoiler...

You mean the panels are faked?!?
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What were the Orochi's Samurai called again?

Mimawarigumi, but they seem to be below Oniwabanshu.

 

[Captain Khan]

Because of the Tobi Roppo hype Zoro vs King and Sanji vs Queen doesn't seem far fatched anymore. Both got a buff and we already saw Sanji being easily able to Deal with Page One while using his RS. (It reminds a me a bit at the EL situation)

Yeah that goes the other way too meaning Beast Pirates would be much stronger than anticipated .

So we have Kidd, Law and Luffy to deal with BM and Kaidou.

Nah that's just wishful thinking . If Big Mom is not neutralised somehow by losing her memories or other shit,not possible for those three . But Oda has already done that, we will see her fighting in full power . Maybe all SNs combined . Now that's something .

About the outnumbered thing don't forget Neko will return with a few WBP remnants (Izo for sure).
And we have X Drake who is going to betray Kaidou and Hawkins will most also pop up once again.

That can turn the tide . But I don't think everyone will join . Marco will leave if he gets someone else to guard Whitebeard's village, most likley some of the other commanders . It would be a good setup for Marco v Weevil ,if the village falls in his absence . I am considering this because Blackbeard will most likely help some of the Shichibukai and he most likely knows the location of the village, he can trade that for Weevil's loyalty .
Bakkin most likely was a part of the Rocks , letting her son in the newer iteration is possible .

But Marines can change that . I don't think Akainu will sit on his ass on the Kaido-Big Mom Alliance .
By Law's shock of Big Mom-Kaido's Alliance, we get to know Drake did not inform him of that . Why didn't he inform Law about it ? Was he thinking that Law might have withdrawn from the attack ? Or is there something else to this ?
Drake most likely also knows about Shirahoshi through Caribou. I am waiting to see if Kaido or any of the top Marines know of it, then only can we figure out his loyalty .
He is privy to many secrets

We need something to play the role of the pheasant to complete Tama's trinity of Momotaro animals

Aokiji !!!

 

[#1 tako]

This is starting to look like a deep fake spoiler...

It wouldn't surprise me since it's this early. Regardless we need something to occupy our OP fix until the next chapter drops haha.

 

[Nessos]

Nah that's just wishful thinking .

Pre Wano Luffy beat Katakuri a Yonkou First Mate now Luffy also mastered advance CoA. Kidd is portrayed to play in a similiar league as Luffy.

Luffy, Kidd and Law are the Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura of One Piece

And with Sanji having 0 Problems to Deal with Page One, Sanji and Zoro are destined to deal with Commanders. This for me another hint that Luffy is ready to deal with a Yonkou.

Marco will leave if he gets someone else to guard Whitebeard's village

Marco won't come. I am quite sure that we get to see former Spade Pirates(especially with the introduced Tama plot), Oars Jr (he most liekly was the former number 3 of the monsterous numbers, he is also connected to Ace) and Izo (for being a former scabbard).

and maybe we are lucky getting a few of the others? Like Squardo trying to pay back his depth.

Jozu, Vista, Whitey, Andre and Epoida could appear for hype

 

[Captain Khan]

Pre Wano Luffy beat Katakuri a Yonkou First Mate now Luffy also mastered advance CoA. Kidd is portrayed to play in a similiar league as Luffy.

Luffy, Kidd and Law are the Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura of One Piece

And with Sanji having 0 Problems to Deal with Page One, Sanji and Zoro are destined to deal with Commanders. This for me another hint that Luffy is ready to deal with a Yonkou.

The way Luffy got wrecked in the first round against Kaido ,that itself nullifies his achievement against Katakuri . The advanced CoA hyogoru taught him is meant for weapon based techniques, I don't think he will grasp it so quickly to be able hurt Kaido significantly . We are yet to see Kaido's hybrid form too.
If Kaido's son is old enough, i think a fight between him and Luffy will be a good way to justify Luffy's growth. Kaido's hardiness likely comes from his species ,so his son would have the same trait . If Luffy and co defeats Kaido and Big Mom,he will no longer be a underdog for his fight against Blackbeard . Not only that your namesake Big News will even further amplify taking full advantage of Wano's closed border .
Also that fight against Kata was very much stretched for Luffy to win . Considering how it was portrayed that a unstable Big Mom was too much for all other Big Mom pirates, that shows how much of a gap is there between her and them. They were afraid of even trying to pacify her . And this was considered with being certain Katakuri would get a easy win against Luffy so he was likely included .

Marco won't come. I am quite sure that we get to see former Spade Pirates(especially with the introduced Tama plot), Oars Jr (he most liekly was the former number 3 of the monsterous numbers, he is also connected to Ace) and Izo (for being a former scabbard).

and maybe we are lucky getting a few of the others? Like Squardo trying to pay back his depth.

Jozu, Vista, Whitey, Andre and Epoida could appear for hype

If that was the case Oda would not have allowed the Ace novel . But that's my view on how he makes things , eg: Shiki,Z . They will not form a major part of the plot . But we cannot say much about it .
iirc Ace said he learned to make the hat while he was in Wano, if they met in Wano would he have said that . But other way around could be true that he is now a part of it .

Also Nekomamsuhi has no idea of when the alliance's attack will take place or did he , I don't remember that . Will he reach in time ? I can forsee Inuarashi blaming him for their defeat .Act three has only started and from what I have heard the third act is tragic in a kabuki play .
So maybe not a defeat but a huge setback is awaiting the alliance .
Or that in my headcannon,the Wano and Kaido's species had a bad relationship and that will be the tragic thing happening in Act 3, the timing is great for Kaido's backstory . I almost thought that was not possible when Wano Arc gradually progressed . But now with Kaido's son appearing , this could mean a lot . Like an understanding between him and Momo ,both forgetting their predecessor/ancestor's mistake and starting a new era . Him and Kaido not having a good relationship might be a clue to this . Ah but this is too far fetched . I don't know whether this theory is making the rounds , haven't checked the theory section in a while .

 

[#1 tako]

Everyone be talking about how the battle will go, and I'm just over here by myself hoping that Luffy will recreate the scene Drake had breaking up a fight between Urouge and Killer, except with Big Mom and Kaido.