Amazing chapter, you really feel the threat of a Yonkou's power.
Big Mom shirking off a Gear 4th punch like it was nothing, bloody hell.
Seeing that panel of Katakuri holding up a defeated Ichiji just seconds after they initiated the fight was insane too.
I'm happy Big Mom will seemingly be a recurring villain. Her crew is interesting (Katakuri has one of my favourite designs in the series) and it'd have been a shame to have wasted them on a 50 chapter arc. We need build up for a Yonkou and that seems to have been Whole Cake Islands job which I'm more than happy with. I guess we'll be seeing their full power come Elbaf.
I assume the Tamatebako will be the diversion they need to escape. Oda really portrayed the damage it inflicted well, the explosion was massive.
I still don't get CP0's purpose on the story. Hope we have some more Robin payback on Spandam.
It is interesting and Oda does seem to be building up to something. My initial thought was they'd serve as powerful enemies for the Strawhats in the final war against the Marines. I feel Oda's comment on the last battle surpassing Marineford is one he's committed to, and is building up different characters so the conflict has that much more meaning.
It was cool seeing Whitebeard's allies, but it'd be even cooler if every character present in the last battle was someone we knew beforehand.
With Stussy's ties to the Underworld they may serve as the antagonists for an arc surrounding such a place too. Crocodile's due a comeback and I couldn't think of anywhere better he could pop up, plus the brokers have been foreshadowed for a while now. Either way I'm hyped to see what they're capable of.