This text was originally written for Arlong Park forums’ discussion thread.

Yeah, this was a fairly transitional chapter, which surprised me, given that I was expecting the end of volume 94. We’re getting an 11 chapter volume then, I guess.

There’s not much here to discuss since it’s all cooldown and groundwork. Love that Kawamatsu is back in the fray so soon, and curious to see what his connection to Gyukimaru is, because I also love his design. Kaido VS Big Mom is, I think, the most important ongoing happening for Wano. I made a post in the Wano thread talking about how there’s even chance of it resolving in them becoming allies or remaining enemies and how that will decide the direction of the rest of the arc. I would be surprised if Oda doesn’t wrap it up in the next chapter or two (possibly for the end of the volume), because something really does need to happen to up the stakes at this point.

The single hair out of place in Big Mom’s fight panel is a touch I liked. Both her and Kaido have that crosshatched bruising/dirt to show how legitimate the battle is. Interesting that this is the point where Kaido first shows anything resembling battle damage. Even against another Emperor, I wasn’t expecting his apparent invincibility to be undermined so soon and by anyone other than Luffy.

Queen’s joke bit was actually pretty funny.

Babanuki is back in one piece, as expected. Chopper really knows what he’s doing, huh? Brings to mind an old webcomic…

And yeah, that’s prettymuch it. The yakuza guys look interesting, but there’s not much else to judge them on based on a single panel. There should be one more, right? Wonder if he’s anyone we’ve met already.

Glad we’re not getting a break. It’d be rough to wait after such a lightweight chapter.