I read 1079 and 1080 back to back last night
pretty much confirms Kuzan is Sword
which is excellent and exactly what I hoped for
and Sengoku is still leading them
99% certain Kuzan is the Blackbeard ship that showed up conveniently outside Egghead in 1979
or...unless these are happening simultaneously then I got no idea but at least it's not Blackbeard himself
I think the blackbeard stuff in this was a slight flashback though right?
like, he hears this and then heads to egghead
Koby revealing that was "earlier" so yes good
anyway give Law thanks Oda
but no lmao I'm definitely enjoying the Sword infodrop
it wasn't anything we didn't know but it's nice to have it written down
goddammit that's right, where's Law in all of this
Perona and Moria was not expecting so Law might be....around??
and Pudding??? didn't Kuzan kidnap her too?
but with how Kid was just like, insta-wiped out, I'm hoping the plan is not to do the same with Law
Kuzan quietly amassing his own pirate crew in the shadows
how bout also...proof that Tsuru fucks. or fucked.
the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced Blackbeard isn't going to be as boss a boss in the end because he's clearly too stupud to get where he is
that he doesn't immediately turn to Kuzan and go "wait, weren't YOU a marine?" upon learning about Sword
he's relying on sheer overwhelming power and it's going to bite him in the ass
yeah it's hard to know with him if he's just playing dumb and playing a long game, or just, dumb and brute force - but as Luffy's foil, dumb and brute force does make the most sense
when Luffy is the smart one lmao
or at least the empathetic one, haha