u/ReusMan

If this is a fake Stone Ocean leak then it's a really good one, this is exactly what anime guard Westwood would look like.

And if it's real... would you be able to share a bit more, OP?

What's even better: apparently there is a hard mode available.

Can't wait to get my ass kicked by this game

Excellent post. It got me thinking, Joseph apparently worked for the Speedwagon foundation, and Lucy was researching the Rokakaka. So that might be the reason why Holly (Joseph's daughter) was also researching the Rokakaka: she might have been doing it for the Speedwagon foundation!

Maybe the foundation will have a larger role in part 9?

The only things I really want an answer to are the flash forward and the bite marks (and a resolution to the Holly situation). Personally I never really cared about the flashback man or the "bling baby" because of how briefly these things were mentioned. And so many characters were already brought back that Karera would just be a bonus.

Although I would have liked another arc where Jobin is somehow brought back, but by now I have accepted that this won't happen unfortunately

Yeah rip my theory then. The alternative is that the chapter ending is just that corny and I'm not sure if I like that...