 Hello my nakamatachi, this is your girl and I want to talk about Yusta's kid. Yusta's captain kid as a character to me has always been interesting and this interest only increased after my attendance at the 9th reverie because during the reverie I was surprised to find out that there was quite a divide when it comes to people's opinion of kid's role and his future in the story. A popular thought seems to exist that whilst kid may have initially been set up to be an important figure, this is now a discarded thread and cannot be picked up due to how much Luffy has developed so that the straw hat captain now stands in a league of his own and the rivalry that Oda has been portraying between the two supernova captains is no longer relevant. And so there seems to be a group within the one piece fan base who believes that kid's time at Wano will not be an eventful one and to that I disagree. And this video is my attempt to convince you why Yusta's kid is a name to watch and how he will defeat big mum thereby restoring and solidifying the rivalry between him and Luffy. And before we get into kid and his role at Wano this is a good time to point out that there is a clear difference in the rivalry relationship between Luffy and kid and Luffy and Blackbeard because Blackbeard also comes up as a reason why Luffy's rivalry with kid is no longer relevant but I have to disagree. It's true that Blackbeard has been portrayed to be the flip side of Luffy's coin, his polar opposite but this is not the same as the rivalry showcased between Luffy and kid. Think of the relationship between Roger and Whitebeard versus Roger and Rocks. So with that clarified let's talk about kid. From his initial appearance kid's portrayal screams a promise that this character will be a part of something big later on in the story. As part of the most highlighted trio within the supernovas during the cell body arc kid received a focus that is arguably more hype compared to his contemporaries. Kid had the highest bounty of all the supernovas introduced and the only one higher than Luffy's. So from the get go Oda intended for us to be hyped up about and anticipate more from kid's character and yes his high bounty was a result of pillaging and harming regular innocent citizens so they're not necessarily good character traits but the fact remains that there was nonetheless a certain focus given to kid's character and Oda intended to draw some attention to kid. The extent to which kid is actually presented to us to be a focal character was obvious during his initial introduction. Back in cell body when the supernova trio were standing outside the auction house prepared to take on the marines it was kid who was standing in the middle instead of Luffy. In saying that we also saw lore alongside Luffy and kid at cell body but as the story progressed it was clear that lore was less of a rival and more of an ally whilst kid's rivalry with Luffy only amplified because unlike lore kid's goal demands a rivalry with Luffy. It really seemed like Oda wanted kid to be perceived as Luffy's rival being one of the few major characters in the series who shares the same dream as Luffy of becoming the pirate king and since the time skip it has been suggested that the two are following a similar path in the pursuit of this shared goal. When Luffy entered his alliance with lore in punk hazard we were shown kid also forming an alliance with other fellow supernovas Hawkins and Apu and similar to Luffy's plan to take down all the yonko in his quest to become pirate king kid has also journeyed this path in confronting the emperors of the sea. Both Luffy and kid entered bigbombs territory defeated or injured one of her commanders and then escaped without defeating the yonko herself. This rivalry between the two has only received more emphasis during the 101. Act one ended with the reveal that the two are both imprisoned at the udon prison mines the panel literally showed us the two side by side in exactly the same position equally defeated by Kaito then in the second act we witnessed their rivalry in udon prison. The two are portrayed trying to one up each other and arguing about who is stronger and who will be the one to take Kaito down and now the two have converged at Onigashima to take down Kaito together all the while squabbling over who'll be the one to take this victory. This rivalry has been highlighted so much in wano to the point that in chapter 109 both Luffy and kid were seen getting hit by Kaito and big mom respectively each receiving a blow from the yonko that they have now been set up to fight in the coming chapters and to be fair lore was also shown comically stooping solo to join in on this childish competition but his alliance and relationship with Luffy has been pretty much solidified now and it's not one of rivals in any case lore's character only further supports my idea that kid will receive a greater focus as did lore in the Dressrosa arc. I believe this is the reason lore's story was shown first whilst there's also the fact that lore's surprising popularity affected things showing lore's story first now leaves room for Oda to build up for kids development in one piece one way to instantly hype up a character is to give them the initial D and another is to give them conqueror's haki both are very rare character traits both of which make Luffy extra special and it seems Oda split this between kid and lore by giving lore the initial and kid conqueror's haki for me seeing how much attention and dedication went into lore's character who was given more time due to his popularity I believe that kid whom Oda set up for significance will receive this same treatment if not more so there are a few things I'm expecting to see from kid during the war first is his backstory kid's backstory is one that has intrigued me ever since I saw the supernovas as children in sbs volume 64 here kid and killer in particular caught my eye the fact that these two are connected being in the same crew I was immediately drawn to what sort of information I could gather pointing to the relationship between them and what intrigued me was the contrasting images I saw between the two kid almost looked like a child who grew up in the great terminal ragged and dirty playing with a robot toy he seemed to have made himself whereas killer is stuffing himself with food eating at a proper table suggesting that he was being cared for which caused me to ponder about the history between these two and how they found each other as it seems like they've come from different backgrounds when we got to one oh the relationship between the two only became even more intriguing despite his rough and brutal exterior it became very clear that kid deeply cared for killer his anger at kaito and orachi for what happened to his partner suggested that he truly cared about him as a close friend providing us with layers to his character and for me more intrigue as to their past which is why I believe that this backstory is something we'll be seeing a greater glimpse into and because one is already a massive arc with other significant characters whom we are also waiting on backstories for I wouldn't be surprised if we don't receive a full backstory and we just get some information or clues into their relationship for example I could imagine it just being told to us through way of exposition during a fight scene but most of all I am fully expecting to see some great showings from kid in terms of his strength and abilities much of the reason why people seem to have the opinion that they do about kid currently is because of how underwhelming he's been so far on ikishima some even say that killer has been more impressive which goes to show how high the expectations have been for kid especially because of how he's been set up but unlike the group who has given up on their expectations I am still keenly anticipating these moments the fact that kid has been underperforming so far only leads me to believe that odor is biting his time waiting for the perfect moment to shock us with kids abilities and I think having kid go against big mom is a fitting and logical way to achieve this kids redirected focus onto big mom confused many in the fan base as it seemed to be quite random and unfitting given that kid has made clear of his goals to take down kaito himself from the outset but the more I considered kid his character and his role him fighting big bum actually makes a lot of sense first let's consider the motivation from a character standpoint though kid has been portrayed to be quite similar to luffy in his ruthlessness and at times rashness he is in no way near as reckless as the straw hat this was first made clear to us in saubaldi where he was shown shocked at luffy hitting a celestial dragon and an onigashima even though he too eventually let his emotions take over kid disapproved of luffy and zoro's impulsiveness to draw attention to themselves amidst the sea of enemies whilst the relationship between kid and killer seems to mirror luffy and zoro's at times kid simply isn't as careless he's shown to be someone who keenly keeps up with what's happening in the world around him so that he can plan his next move quite unlike our happy go lucky protagonist so kid's decision to go after big mom isn't that uncharacteristic he recognized in that moment that it would be impossible to defeat kaito so long as both the yonko remained as a combined threat and acted accordingly and i actually thought this was a great showing of maturity and strategizing on kid's part in terms of story whilst it's true that kid may not have a personal vendetta he needs to settle against big mom unlike his grievances against kaito it's equally true that kaito has no personal reason to fight kid but big mom does so this fight against big mom isn't that random after all because oda planted the seeds for this at totoland by having kid infiltrate and injure one of her officers and steal something from her which hasn't been revealed yet this fight is an opportunity to show us the details of what really happened at totoland as for the fight itself kid fighting and then defeating big mom would make a lot of sense and achieve a lot for his character to understand this we have to look at law's role in the series again in punk hazard and dress rosa law had two big wins against vergo and treble both of whom were very significant and high-ranking officers of doflamingo and also played a role in helping luffy take doflamingo down which is why i initially expected kid to get a match up against one of kaito's calamities or tobi roppo before getting involved in the fight against kaito himself but seeing as that didn't happen it makes perfect sense for kid to fight big mom who is a huge threat at wano to match the same level of hype that was given to law for his role against doflamingo which then of course leads us to the all important question of whether kid will actually be able to defeat big mom because during the reverie many people seem to think this was highly unlikely again partly due to how disappointing kid is being and of course because of what a terrible big mom is she's been a true powerhouse and no one has really ever managed to deal any lasting damage but onigashima is actually the perfect playground for kid what with the island being full of weapons and armor and given his magnetic devil fruit ability i can't think of a better place for kid to show off than at wano taking advantage of his playing field the extent of kid's magnetism hasn't been shown yet and if we were to have an awakening onigashima would be the perfect place to do so he probably could and would lift that giant sword at the entrance of onigashima and use it against big mom if he wanted to amongst other things so i do think big mom will be brought down here but in saying that i don't expect this to be a clear black and white win big mom may not be rendered completely immobile so that she poses zero threat in the series i still think she could be seen later especially if we do get to elba where then she'll make a brief appearance to be used to showcase luffy's growth and he will easily defeat a somewhat weakened big mom showing his progression but staying on topic even if it's not a definite win i think it will be enough for people to be convinced that kid and law won that fight and i think having this ambiguous victory would be even more fitting as it would continue the trend we've been seeing for kid whilst luffy has racked up legitimate wins kids hype has been more to do with reputation he had a huge bounty at his introduction but not because of huge significant wins he fought and survived a yonko but lost his arm he infiltrated and escaped toto land whilst injuring a commander but didn't defeat big mom having this gray win over big mom would fit with this trend so in my opinion i do think big mom will be brought down by kid of course with law's help so far we've been discussing kid but let's not forget that this is now a two on one fight i expect law's wits to play a big role in this fight and with proper teamwork between the two they will be able to take big mom down but with kid getting that final spotlight delivering the final blow similar to what i imagine will be seen from luffy against kaito which will then reaffirm the rivalry between luffy and kid let me know what you think by leaving comment below don't forget to like and share the video and join our joy fleet discord server for more fun discussions and games and please do subscribe if you haven't already thank you to our patrons who help support the channel this is joy girl and i'll see you again soon