- [Narrator] Now there's this unfortunately common
idea floating around out there.
That Kaido just stop and flung himself off of Sky Island,
in order to see if he could end his own life.
I'm really sick of hearing this, it is blatantly not true,
and it is clearly shown in both the Manga
and the Anime that Kaido jumped off a Sky Island
in order to very dramatically
and quite literally smash the subscribe
button for the Grand line review.
Which has now resulted in Kaido receiving regular
One Piece content uploaded straight into his YouTube feed.
- [Narrator] Hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review
your source for everything One Piece and say,
we have one of those discussions
which happens every now and then,
which is the utter mystery of exactly
how our protagonist Mr. Monkey D.Luffy
is going to defeat the overwhelming presence, that is Kaido.
And right off the bat friend of mine only watches,
there will be no Manga spoilers in this discussion.
Everything we talk about here will be general enough
to not require Manga specifics,
but instead of doing what I usually do and ramble
on from the deep recesses of my thoroughly,
One Piece infected brain thing,
I decided to make this discussion a bit more democratic.
And a few days ago, I posed this question as a poll
to my audience, which received an honestly
staggering amount of responses.
At the time of this recording over 20,000 people
have cast their votes for this discussion.
And I find that to be absolutely insane.
I had no idea that random community polls
could generate that kind of response,
even one on a channel with 160,000 subscribers.
So thank you to everyone who took the time
to respond to the poll, which presented what I believe
to be the foremost likely outcomes
of this Luffy, Kaido conflict.
And we are going to go through the ideas here
in order of least popular to most popular.
I will also point out that I did place another category
in the poll, prompting people
to leave alternate responses in the comments,
and we will go through some of those ideas at the end.
But because YouTube only allows polls
to contain five responses at most.
I did have to significantly narrow it down
and generalized discussion.
But let's begin with, by far the least popular idea,
which garnered a total of 3 percent of the vote
being that Luffy will defeat Kaido
with the help of the vassals.
But just to be fair in a poll of 20,000 people
that still equates to roughly 600 of them,
who do believe in this idea,
so that is quite a following.
But basically this is the thought that Luffy is going
to team up with Kozuki Oden's Legion of vassals
led by Kin'emon to strike down Kaido.
And it might sound a bit absurd at first
because the idea that Kin'emom would be the deciding factor
of any fight is a bit hard to swallow.
However, the Samurai is much more powerful than I think
One Piece has ever given him credit for.
As prior to Wano, Kim was mostly used for comic effect.
And you know what, even during Wano,
that impression still kind of remains.
But the vassals are actually nothing to scoff at.
Remember the characters like, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi,
were able to fight on par with Jack.
And in fact, Ashura Doji made his entire entrance
into the Wano Ark by getting the better of Jack.
And the other vassals aren't exactly
far behind in this regard either together,
they are actually a pretty absurdly Supreme force
to be reckoned with that honestly,
any young co-commander position should really come
to fear facing as a collective.
So it's certainly not out of the realm of possibility
for the vassals to be integral
in this struggle directly against Kaido himself.
Now, to add to this, we also need to examine the idea
of Toki's prophecy, which to quite
the official translation is the following,
"You are the moon unaware of the Dawn.
May your purpose be fulfilled and cast nine shadows
on the night woven of 20 years.
And you shall know the brilliance of Dawn"
Which was interpreted by Orochi as stating that
on a moonlit night, 20 years from now,
nine Samurai ghost full emerged
to kill him and denounce their vengeance.
But personally, I would not take Orochi's interpretation
on the matter, because remember he's Orochi,
he is a fool and no way does this prophecy go and state that
these nine shadows will defeat Kaido personally.
And in fact, it honestly doesn't even confirm
that these shadows are referring to the vassals at all.
But it is highly likely.
In any case, I do bring up this entire issue because
Toki in her time travel wisdom is placing
a grand amount importance on nine figures.
By far the most paramount issue of this entire conflict
is obviously taking down Kaido.
Furthermore, narratively, the vassals
are intrinsically linked to Kaido,
and it has always been their quest to defeat him
more so than anyone else like Orochi.
However I do acknowledge that this idea
is something of a stretch,
because there have always been characters
like the vassals who aren't directly linked
to the main antagonists, like little with Doflamingo,
or Vivi with Crocodile,
and even way back when with Nami and Ala.
And each time Luffy stepped up to deal
with the main antagonist business.
So I guess that's why this option
of teaming up with the vassals
to be kind of only gone at 3 percent.
Still 600 people do believe this is the way to go.
So yeah, look, I would say
it's definitely technically possible.
Moving on though, to the next lowest
percentage of respondents and many people actually enjoy
the opposite idea that Luffy will defeat Kaido
on his own, which got 13 percent of the vote.
Now, this is an idea that I personally
don't find implausible.
However, it does make sense in terms of one aspect,
which is pure storytelling trends.
Luffy has a tendency to defeat the main antagonist
of an Ark in what is ultimately a one-on-one showdown.
And as much as I don't like the idea as things stand,
One Piece is still a turn of Manga.
And so it is always going to be possible
that a one-on-one defeat ends up happening.
The main problem is that Luffy is just ill equipped
to take on Kaido in every way, shape and form.
Which we have already seen in their initial confrontation,
where Luffy threw everything he had at the emperor
and was swiftly one shot into the realm of unconsciousness.
For this option to work Luffy would need an insane upgrade,
like more than anything gear forth could possibly provide.
We're not just talking about some new form like snake man
to give Luffy a slightly more balanced tray of abilities.
It would be a straight up super same kind of thing,
or like the fabled give fifth.
And to be fair on this option, Luffy has had the time
to develop such thing.
And without spoiling out of my only watches,
he has also made a certain development
in the world of hockey.
However, even with that in mind,
there is no way that that latter feature is going
to be enough to so much as skirmish with Kaido
in a one-on-one setting and Oda has laid down various hints
that this may not be the way the fight
is going to play out as well.
I mean, firstly Kaido's introdution,
the narrator made the statement
that in a one-on-one match always bet
on Kaido or they sound, so people say.
Plus there's also the fame statement
from One Piece Great Newspaper Volume two
that Oda himself does not yet know how Kaido
is going to be beaten.
And he added that he doesn't know if Luffy
can defeat such a strong character yet,
and then very adorable that he and Luffy would have
to find and a solution.
And we'll also say that the statement
was made three years ago now,
and Oda almost certainly has a plan in place
to implement by this stage.
And contrary to popular internet belief,
this doesn't simply imply that Luffy will never be able
to defeat Kaido one-on-one it more or less just says
that he couldn't right then and there,
which was a very reasonable statement then,
but I would argue is still very much the case now.
I mean, I just don't know what else Luffy
could do on his own.
Kaido, isn't the kind of character who is going
to be put down by some sort of clever attack strategy.
His royal physicality is just too much and to compete
at all with that, Luffy could only invoke an upgrade,
a very particular upgrade mind you,
because I don't even think that awakening his Devil Fruit
would give him enough strength, speed,
or tactical advantage to make this option work.
So with that in mind, let's move on
to the next most popular option,
which took a whopping 20 percent of the vote.
And that option is very grimly
that Luffy will not defeat Kaido.
And I think it's just absolutely fascinating
that almost twice as many of the people surveyed
think that this is far more likely of an outcome
than Luffy defeating Kaido one-on-one.
And I have to say that if I do like magically
forget that one piece that run in series.
I can see where this train of thought is coming from.
Kaido is a very unique enemy.
And honestly, I can't see Luffy ever really living up
to that kind of power, not even by the end of the series.
That doesn't mean that Kaido won't be defeated though.
And just because that might be a given outcome
doesn't necessarily mean that Luffy
has to be the one to do it.
And there's quite a few options
available out there to explore here.
The first of which might be very unconventional,
which is that Kaido might defeat himself mostly because he
is an emotional wreck and his hobby is suicide.
He has no fear of death.
In fact, he seems to actively seek out and embrace it.
And due to that failure,
he seems to want to plunge the entire planet into war
so that they can feel the same level
of pained existence as he does.
But for Kaido to just give up would require something
of a mental beat down very much akin
to the Luffy versus Katakuri fight
where despite being physically outmatched,
Luffy prevailed in the mental arena
and completely changed Katakuri's entire
guiding philosophy on life, that could happen with Kaido,
and we might find ourselves in a situation,
but he decides to give up on everything
and finally just end his own life somehow.
Or if he does have to be defeated straight up,
then we also shouldn't forget
that pretty much the only character
in this world who can equal Kaido
in terms of power is also present on Wano being Big Mom,
even with current events, their relationship
is volatile at best, and it's not hard
to imagine a conflict breaking out between the two
and having these emperors more or less defeat each other.
And you know Luffy would just so happen to be that,
to take credit for it,
by being the instigator of all of the anarchy.
Then they're also very left field ideas
like Blackbeard pooling a Marine food
and showing up to dispatch Kaido
having seen an opportunity to rid the world
of yet another emperor.
So there are definitely options
for Luffy list defeat of Kaido.
But what I will say against the idea
is that it would be very, very difficult
to pull off in a satisfying way
to say the least the entire new world era of
One Piece has been building up to this particular battle.
And to not have the main character take victory
with his own hand somehow, it is a very tricky proposition,
not impossible at all,
but also not really in keeping with One Piece.
And with that, I would like to move on
to the most popular idea presented in the poll,
which received an overwhelming victory with 57 percent,
which is that Luffy will defeat Kaido
by teaming up with the rest of the Worst Generation members.
Those present to Wano anyway, which is almost everyone
being Trafalgar Law, Eustass Kid, killer X.Drake,
Basil Hawkins, Scratchmen Apoo.
And technically, yes, you should also throw Zoro
into the mix, which you know it makes a lot of sense given
some long good developments.
And this is definitely the option that I subscribed
to the most because it just makes the most sense
to me on every level.
Individually, the Worst Generation members
are incredible powerhouses,
I forget the vassals entirely.
These guys are on a completely different level
and not only that, but each and every one of them shares
a wavelength of generation of pirates that wildly ambitious.
And if they sense a chance to change the world
then they are going to take it.
It would be the first showing of these figures
in full force to make a grand statement
of their claim on this world.
Plus most of them do have direct grudges against Kaido
or agendas that involve having him out of the picture.
So it just as everything going for it.
Narrative reasoning, character reasoning
and with all of them combined,
yes I do you think you could make a satisfying argument
for power reasoning and you know what there are currently
eight members of the Worst Generation present on Wano.
And that is just one away from matching Toki's prophecy
of nine shadows, and so I know that Bonney
and Capone Bege doing their own thing,
but a photo could maybe find a way to work a rouge
or Blackbeard into the mix.
Then these could be out prophesied figures,
very, very, very, very, very unlikely,
but something with pondering, in my opinion,
But now as promised, I will also explore
the other category and some unique idea
is that my viewers brought up.
I also want to note that this other category got 6 percent
of the vote, which is double the idea
that Luffy will team up with the vassals.
So it seems like we really do not like that one,
but one idea that did catch my eye
was someone proposing the Kaido
will be effectively defeated by Tama
just by feeding him some of her self-generated
kipitango and effectively taming him because I guess
he is a creature, which is a really, really cute idea.
But I imagine that the fanbase would absolutely explode
if 10 years of storytelling culminated in
that particular outcome.
Many viewers also lumped all of these ideas together
then suggested that it would literally be kind
of versus everyone so Luffy with the Strohun
the Worst Generation, the vassals,
and whoever else have not shows up, which yeah,
I could see being possible one gigantic piece of teamwork.
And there was some murmuring of Gekko Moria
coming to Wano and assisting Luffy since Mario
was the one time rival of Kaido.
Once again, though, I'm just not sure this story
has been told for so long now to have it end
in Moria being the pivotal element.
The most of the other ideas were very mini,
like having Buggy arrived to one shot Kaido
or ideas that are just generally
out of the realm of possibility,
like having the revolutionary army show up
or even soccer Sakazuki himself.
Very unlike Wishful and Fanfic thinking.
But yeah, it's been quite an interesting exploration here
and I'm happy to, I know exactly where the fanbase
seems to stand on this question or at the very least my view
as I can't speak for everyone.
But as a result, I am hoping
to do more polls in the future.
So if you have an idea for a question to be asked on mass,
that ideally could only have five responses,
then please do leave it in the comments.
But for now, what do you guys think of Luffy versus Kaido?
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