Disclaimer: This column contains spoilers for One Piece chapter 810 as well as predictions for things to come in One Piece chapter 811 and beyond.

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 (810):

Kaido

This pacing is killing me, as I’ve overshot my past two predictions. Anyways…Jack fights Nekomamushi, who has the advantage most of the fight…then comes the gas weapon. Unable to stay back while Jack uses this, Inuarashi leaps into the fray, but his poor relationship with Nekomamushi severely hinders their counterattack. Jack’s forces gain the advantage and tie Inuarashi to the post to torture him as they wreck the Mokomo Dukedom.

Were They Close?

I appreciate the specificity that Kaido offered in the last OPP Predicts. The general idea of the fight you got down okay, but the hindering of the fights between Dogstorm and Cat Viper wasn’t something that happen, and their tradeoff between days and nights seemed to go off without a hitch. But at the end of it all, you were right about the torturing and such. Ironically enough, this time around we got a bit more in the chapter than you predicted. Looks like Oda picked up the pacing a bit this time around just to screw you over. But overall, you were pretty on point.

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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 for One Piece Chapter 811:

Chao

Editorial Writer, “Chao Time”

The epidemic of severed limbs continues…

All right, Sanji’s back and we’ve finally reached the part where they arrived in Zou. The mysterious girl is confirmed to be Tristan, which means you can all forget about all those times I referred to her as a deer. So now, that leaves how they recovered and what happened to Sanji. Given that Caesar is with them, Sanji would have likely forced him to absorb the poisonous gas in the air, so that Chopper can approach the Minks and treat their injuries. After that, he would go ahead and distract Jack’s subordinates, perhaps dressing as a ninja to lure them away.

Now, let’s speculate on the Heart Pirates. Not counting Law, the Heart Pirates should at least have fifteen crew members. For this chapter, there were nine unnamed members who appeared: the only girl, 80’s hair, Saitama bald dude, black sombrero, those two guys behind, curly brunette, pointy hood, and axe-crazy masked man! Other than them, there were also twin swords and pointy-head in Chapter 808, as well as other crew members with indistinct features. Well, the crew could use a couple more women, but we have yet to see any of them fully introduced. I especially want to see the girl with the afro and the guy with the creepy mask.

Erin

Editor

So, I was definitely off about Jack being hilariously small. Him big. Very big. And also apparently very dead…or is he?

I have a sneaking suspicion that Oda wouldn’t introduce a character like him only to kill him off-screen. Either way, it seems like Luffy and company dodged a one billion berry bullet. We also still haven’t met Cat Viper in the present; I hope that we’ll get a scene switch soon to check out what the Heart Pirates are up to and maybe encounter him there. A surgeon like Law might be just what Cat Viper and Dogstorm need.

Like Chao said above, Sanji probably bullied Caesar into absorbing the poisonous gas on the island in order to help the Minks. However, it looks like Jack’s men were still running rampant at that time and I don’t think they would miss the opportunity to try and snatch Caesar away from the Straw Hats. Or Caesar might have run off to try and join them himself. My bet is that — considering 2016 is officially “The Year of Sanji” — we can expect that One Piece chapter 811 will start off the new year with a bang and we’ll finally find out what happened to him. I’m thinking Jack’s men got a hold of Caesar and Sanji chased after them alone. Luffy and Zoro don’t seem particularly worried, but they might not yet grasp how dangerous Jack’s men are. I’m thinking we’ll have one more chapter to catch everyone up to the present before cutting away to wherever Sanji is. Here’s hoping for some much needed character development for our favorite cook!

James Ristig

Editor

So Jack is dead? That’s an anticlimactic end to what seemed to be a crazy strong villain. Even Luffy was impressed by the Drought’s strength. This begs the question, who’s the villain of the Zou arc?

There is a possibility that Ceasar could come back as the main bad, but he has become cemented as a comedic character so I wouldn’t hold my breath. Though I’m predicting it was his weapon that turned the tide of the battle for Zou and enabled Jack to defeat the country’s leaders. The fact we haven’t seen him is a good indication he is locked up somewhere safe (though the possibility he was captured by Kaido’s forces is a terrifying prospect).

My prediction is that the Minks are planning on killing Ceasar, and the Straw Hats must do their best to protect the crazy scientist. It’s no secret that Ceasar is a bad dude, so this could create a huge moral dilemma for the Straw Hats. On one hand, they don’t want to go killing Ceasar now that he’s pretty much harmless. However, he has done some terrible things to people and will most certainly do it again if he ever gets loose. The Straw Hats also need Ceasar since Kaido is most certainly after the method for creating SMILE and Ceasar is pretty much the only person that knows the formula.

This also begs the question of where the samurai and Wano fit into the Zou arc’s story. The Minks hate samurai but that’s only after Jack showed up. What is Kin’emon’s true purpose on Zou, and is it possible he could be the main villain? One thing is for certain, I’m enjoying this arc and I’m eagerly awaiting what happens next. Wait, Jammer just told me there is no One Piece next week. Excuse me, I’m going to go cry in a hole for the next week. Happy Holidays!