Disclaimer: This column contains spoilers for One Piece chapter 806 as well as predictions for things to come.

Welcome to One Piece Podcast‘s weekly column, “OPP Predicts!” Each Tuesday we have predictions from numerous members of The One Piece Podcast news, editorial, and podcast staff about thoughts on the latest chapter and where they think things may go in the next chapter, or even beyond that. Please comment below with your own predictions, and if you get yours right, we’ll feature it on the next column.

Let’s start out with a prediction from a fan last week regarding what they expected in this week’s chapter:

Kaido

As the great Admiral Ackbar once said, “It’s a trap!” Seriously, there’s no way Wanda would claim to treat Luffy without mercy and right afterwards treat him pretty well. This doesn’t mean Wanda is a villain, but I think she’s in service to the real villain, Jack. If he caused all this destruction, there’s a good chance he’s conquered the Minks, so Wanda may be following his orders in order to protect her people. Wanda also told the others where they should go to find their friends, and chances are she’s trying to trap them as well. The curly brow pirates are probably captured as well, but thankfully the other Straw Hats are headed right for Wanda and Luffy. Chances are they’ll team up with the Heart Pirates and go on a rescue mission

As the great Admiral Ackbar once said, “It’s a trap!” Seriously, there’s no way Wanda would claim to treat Luffy without mercy and right afterwards treat him pretty well. This doesn’t mean Wanda is a villain, but I think she’s in service to the real villain, Jack. If he caused all this destruction, there’s a good chance he’s conquered the Minks, so Wanda may be following his orders in order to protect her people. Wanda also told the others where they should go to find their friends, and chances are she’s trying to trap them as well. The curly brow pirates are probably captured as well, but thankfully the other Straw Hats are headed right for Wanda and Luffy. Chances are they’ll team up with the Heart Pirates and go on a rescue mission Firenight87

With the impending threat of a “Rain-ruption” I can imagine our groups getting even more split up. Luffy will get on Warney with Wanda and head to Rightflank, but Bepo and the others will be swept away. This will cause Law’s group to change course meaning they won’t all reunite immediately. I like the idea of Wanda leading everyone into a trap. To make a Star Wars comparison, Wanda is Lando Calrissian, Jack is Bobba Fett and Kaido is Darth Vader. Wanda will end up feeling bad about what’s going on and will come to assist the Straw Hats. One last note, when Wanda mentioned a “moonlit night” I immediately thought of the possibility of a Werewolf Mink.

With the impending threat of a “Rain-ruption” I can imagine our groups getting even more split up. Luffy will get on Warney with Wanda and head to Rightflank, but Bepo and the others will be swept away. This will cause Law’s group to change course meaning they won’t all reunite immediately. I like the idea of Wanda leading everyone into a trap. To make a Star Wars comparison, Wanda is Lando Calrissian, Jack is Bobba Fett and Kaido is Darth Vader. Wanda will end up feeling bad about what’s going on and will come to assist the Straw Hats. One last note, when Wanda mentioned a “moonlit night” I immediately thought of the possibility of a Werewolf Mink. 9872efr

The whole “Straw Hats being dead” thing is obviously a misconception brought on by Brook (wouldn’t be the first time), either that or she’s forced to lead Luffy into a trap like someone mentioned previously, but I’m more inclined towards the former. Hopefully the eruption and subsequently their escape from it will not last the entire chapter.

The whole “Straw Hats being dead” thing is obviously a misconception brought on by Brook (wouldn’t be the first time), either that or she’s forced to lead Luffy into a trap like someone mentioned previously, but I’m more inclined towards the former. Hopefully the eruption and subsequently their escape from it will not last the entire chapter. Artur

I’m genuinely scared that something might have happened to the Twirly Hats. What would be the point of doing something like this? Oda doesn’t simply do the “whoops, they’re dead but not really” on such a massive scale. This is genius writing as he makes you worry about some characters you know they can’t die.

Wanda is being honest about this but it doesn’t mean that the twirlies are actually dead, she just believes so.

We will probably get some more action by the Straw Hats (+Law) and Luffy and Wanda will reach the “corpses”, possibly leading to an epic cliffhanger of Luffy seeing their dead bodies (which will tie with something more complex about them being alive or not)

Were They Close?

Artur seems to be the closest in terms of predictions. Most everyone else pegged Wanda to be something of a villain, and while that still might be the case, the evidence so far seems to indicate otherwise. There doesn’t seem to be any ill will from our dog-lady friend, and if Nami’s reaction is any indication, they seem to be on relatively good terms after they saved the Minks from Kaido’s men. Rather than split up, the Straw Hats have come back together. There are only a few missing Straw Hats, and save for Sanji, I imagine we’ll be seeing them pretty soon.

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As an additional disclaimer: these are just predictions and are just the opinion of each individual member and not the podcast as a whole.

Without further ado, here are this week’s OPP staff predictions:

Jammer

Editor-in-Chief

A part of me hopes that the reveal at the end isn’t misleading. It’s not that I want Sanji to die, but if there was a Straw Hat to be sacrificed, he may very well be the one I’d choose to take one for the team. But we all know that’s not gonna happen. Oda wouldn’t kill a Straw Hat, and he sure as hell wouldn’t kill a Straw Hat offscreen, so the only other option is that he is either captured or presumed dead.

Previous predictions of Minks mistaking Brook for a dead Straw Hat also seem out of the question at this point, as Nami would likely be able to tell the difference between a normal skeleton and a member of the crew (Chopper may still, however, make that mistake).

As far as the actual next chapter predictions, I predict a soft flashback of what happened while Luffy and company were in Dressrosa (the kind with the gray borders, not black). It may take about half the chapter or so, and in that flashback, we’ll see why everyone thinks Sanji is dead. We’ll be led to believe this, but within several chapters, we’ll find out he’s alive. We may also get a reveal as to why Sanji is wanted alive, though Oda will likely save that piece for later on in the arc.

Chao

Editorial Writer, “Chao Time”

Oh! Who lives in a pineapple over the Zou?

A mystery concerning one of the Straw Hats in a city that sustains itself from seawater really brings the CP9 saga to mind. Like Dressrosa containing similarities to both Alabasta and Skypiea, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that Zou will have some resemblance with Skypiea and Water 7. Sooner or later, the Straw Hats would hop off to the next island for their next opponent and catch up to Sanji. We all know he’s not dead and his current situation involves his bounty, so they might as well prepare themselves after finding some leads. Anywho, there’s still the question on the whereabouts of the other two perverts (and Caesar), as well as that mystery girl. Team Wano being the next CP9 would be one hell of a plot twist…

Given the current pacing, Law should be meeting his crew in the next chapter or two, but he would have to settle some stuff with the keeper. I still want my reunion full of rib-crushing hugs and waterfall of tears. Considering Bepo’s connection to Zou, Law’s crew would surely be involved. Besides, Jack is associated with Kaido and being hyped up in the story recently, so that connects them to their goal even more. There’s also the deal with Wano, so we may be getting there sooner than expected. Perhaps Wano would be the equivalent of Enies Lobby for this arc and Jack would be Spandam, only with actual strength…

Whatever happens, it should be interesting. Sanji could use some focus. He’s been missing a lot of character development, compared to the rest of the crew and Law…

Kyle Lesniewicz

Editorial Writer, “Piece Out!”

I have no idea what a Cat Viper looks like, but I expect an introduction in the next chapter. Perhaps s/he will even interrupt Nami midsentence to thank the Straw Hats on behalf of the Minks for aiding them in their hour of need and to ask forgiveness for allowing whatever has befallen the missing Straw Hats to occur.

As for Sanji, Brook, Caesar, and Momo’s whereabouts … I think it’s most likely that Jack has them in tow. It’s difficult to imagine a scenario that this would have happened under. It can’t be as simple as giving themselves over in exchange for securing the safety of the minks, because Jack, we are led to believe, is a crazy person even by One Piece standards. But since I fully expect Jack to return to Zou, it would make the most sense for Sanji & co. to come back into the story around the same time.

Alternatively, I would prefer that Sanji and Caesar’s absence has something to do with Big Mom, since the Twirly Crew’s encounter with her ship has seemingly been swept under the rug. I doubt it, but it would tie that loose end up a little neater. Another possibility could involve Sanji’s relation to a royal family, but I’m hoping for that not to be the case.

One long-term prediction I’d like to mention beyond the next chapter is that a rain-ruption will negate one of the crew’s Devil Fruit powers at a crucial moment, perhaps prolonging a fight long enough for some enemy to escape when they would have otherwise been finished off.