[Predictions] One Piece Manga Chapter 997 Discussion and 998 Predictions

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One Piece Manga Chapter 997 Discussion and 998 Predictions

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The Sanji and Zoro fanboys are apparently in a big hissy fight lol.

Sanji getting hamstringed by a woman is his Luffy's "I'm getting stuck someplace." Zoro was pretty badass this chapter. But I do feel like we're killing time unti 1000 and that's when stuff will really start popping off.
 

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Zoro didn't even say the name of his technique...that's a whole new dimension of being pissed off.

On the last panel you can see a ship falling down. It's probably just a random ship from Kaidou's fleet, but it would be hilarious if thats BM's ship again xd
 

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Seems like Oda still not fixed whether or not to give a powerup to Zoro. Dem almost thought he gained Conqueror Haki lol.
Felt the chapter lil slow.
So the way the final arc is getting set up it looks like Kid n Luffy will team up against big mom n Kaido. And prolly Zoro will somehow give finishing touch up at the end. Most prolly to prove citizens of Zou that Ryumma did gave him his blade(u know slaying the Dragon n stuff).
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Seems like Oda still not fixed whether or not to give a powerup to Zoro. Dem almost thought he gained Conqueror Haki lol.
Felt the chapter lil slow.
So the way the final arc is getting set up it looks like Kid n Luffy will team up against big mom n Kaido. And prolly Zoro will somehow give finishing touch up at the end. Most prolly to prove citizens of Zou that Ryumma did gave him his blade(u know slaying the Dragon n stuff).
Will rate the chapter 3/5.
I think there's little doubt he's going to 'raise' a level of at least one of his swords, if not more. It would have been kind of pointless of Oda to introduce this concept, especially in the context he did it, and then not use it.
 

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I think there's little doubt he's going to 'raise' a level of at least one of his swords, if not more. It would have been kind of pointless of Oda to introduce this concept, especially in the context he did it, and then not use it.
Do u think he would loose Shusui?
Since it was his go-to sword, I feel it becomes pointless if he return it back.
As he didn't stole it rather earned it from Ryumma himself.
Also it gives him a purpose to cut Kaido as he needs to prove to citizen of Wano that he rightfully deserves Shusui.

I don't know if Oda will increase a lvl of his sword. I mean Enma was wit Oden n that sword didnt become black neither was Wadi Ichimonji who was in the family of Kuina. Both the swords were from Wano n prolly used by some big Samurais.
And Zoro definitely don't want to lvl up Sandai kitetsu - The cursed one as it brings terrible death to its owner. It might overpower his luck.
 

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Do u think he would loose Shusui?
Since it was his go-to sword, I feel it becomes pointless if he return it back.
As he didn't stole it rather earned it from Ryumma himself.
Also it gives him a purpose to cut Kaido as he needs to prove to citizen of Wano that he rightfully deserves Shusui.

I don't know if Oda will increase a lvl of his sword. I mean Enma was wit Oden n that sword didnt become black neither was Wadi Ichimonji who was in the family of Kuina. Both the swords were from Wano n prolly used by some big Samurais.
And Zoro definitely don't want to lvl up Sandai kitetsu - The cursed one as it brings terrible death to its owner. It might overpower his luck.
He already lost Shusui and was given Enma in return. It would have been rather pointless to give Zoro Enma, to let him master it, use it in their fight against Kaidou, to in the end have him return it and be given back Shusui. The fact that there were no issues for him to wield Enma, Oden's sword of all people, but everyone flipped out about Shusui, speaks volumes.

And as I said why would Oda introduce this concept now of all times? But then not use it?

The explanation of this concept and the process behind it are still vague. However, most likely the higher the rank of a sword is, the higher the threshold is to raise it even more. Shusui is already a 'Black Blade', raised by Ryuuma. As Shuusui is part of the 21 Great Grade Swords, it probably was of a lower rank before Ryuuma. There's currently only one rank above that (12 Supreme Grade Swords). So for Wado Ichimonji & Enma, which already have the rank of Great Grade Sword, it's far more difficult to raise it and it requires a swordsman of an extraordinary caliber.

Currently, there's only one existing character that comes to mind that could/has pulled this off: Mihawk.

Zoro is the character whose reaction on a sword that drains its wielder spirit in an instant was 'I like it'. So, I'm pretty sure he has no reservations about potentially raising Sandai Kitetsu.
 
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