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word of advice : Contains spoilers for One Piece volumes 103 and 104.One Piecevolume 104 has been released in Japan , and in its SBS , series Maker Eiichiro Oda ruin Kaido ’s best mo from the Wano arc . In mass 104 ’s SBS , the masked CP0 broker who have appear across the taradiddle are fully name , and the agent with the scar and inglorious eye who interfere with Luffy and Kaido ’s conflict is identified as Guernica . The surprising part about that , however , is that it initially seemed that Guernica was the CP0 agentive role who was briefly seen fleeing Onigashima , since his aim icon of Luffy ’s Gear 5 form had him be the only one confirmed to stay alive , but that agent was identify in the SBS as Joseph .
Guernica being the CP0 agent who went to the roof means that he likely live on the events of Onigashima , but that , in turn , ruinsKaido ’s best consequence fromOne Piece ’s Wano electric arc . Kaido toss off the CP0 agentive role who interfered with his fight with Luffy was a large moment for him because it reestablished him as a villain with pride who hated having to rely on others for help , especially when it was against someone he saw as a desirable opponent . It was perfectly in character for Kaido to pour down the CP0 agent for ruining his competitiveness , but with the reveal that articulate broker likely live the battle , the entire event is degrade because Kaido now did n’t do anything to make up for it .
Kaido’s Fight With Oden Makes The SBS Reveal Even Worse
What makes the reveal about Kaido not killing the CP0 agent who went to the ceiling in the recent SBS even worse is how his fight with Oden played out . When Kaido and Oden fight , Oden would have won if Kurozumi Higurashi did n’t distract him by turn into Momonosuke , and even thoughOne Piece ’s Kaido took vantage of that , he still killed Higurashi for intervene with his fight . That ’s the same situation as how Kaido ’s engagement with Luffy trifle out , so it does n’t make sense that Kaido would n’t have killed Guernica for interfering with his fight just as he did with Higurashi .
The larger issue of Kaido not killing Guernica , however , is that it continuesOne Piece ’s tough trend of fake - out deaths . One of the biggest criticisms about the serial is how often a character will seemingly give way a spectacular death only for it to be reveal that they live on , often with piddling to no explanation . This has been a problem ever since Pell ’s unexplained survival in the Alabasta saga , and while character like Ace , Pedro , and Yasuie have had unambiguous deaths , it still happens far too often with characters like Vander Decken , Pound , Kin’emon , and Okiku . Shonen Jump’sOne Piececontinually refusing to kill charactersmakes it hard to get invest in some of the more dramatic scene , and Kaido not kill Guernica only serves to continue that trend .
One Piece’s Fake-out Deaths Are Still A Problem For The Series
With the anime having recently reached this percentage point in episode # 1070 , the show had a opportunity to include some hints that Guernica in fact did survive his encounter with Kaido against all odds or to contradict the manga and commit to killing him . However , the Zanzibar copal adapts this moment much like the manga does , showing the extreme powerfulness of Kaido ’s blow without actually showing Guernica ’s body in the consequence . It is this form of ambiguous presentation of the attack where the manga stumbled , not commit to confirming or deny Guernica ’s ultimate destiny and regrettably the anime has fallen into this same variety of trap .
WithOne Piececreator Eiichiro Oda confirm that Guernica was the CP0 federal agent on the roof , Kaido ’s upright moment in the Wano arc is ruined because it intend he did n’t reaffirm his superbia by killing him for interfering with his fight with Luffy . Not only does that preserve the serial publication ’ tough vogue of fake - out deaths , but it makes Kaido ’s character wildly discrepant because he did explicitly kill someone when in a similar situation before . TheWano arc created a tidy sum of problems for theOne Piecemanga by the terminal of it , and this sudden discover about Kaido does n’t facilitate with that in the slightest .
