With the final page, the giant hand waiting above the ship to smash it and then Garp on the ground saying that justice will prevail, I’m expecting 2 things to happen:
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A cliffhanger and a different location next chapter, just to be cruel to the reader.
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Someone will intervene. Could be Marines sending reinforcements, as they know where Garp went, could be SWORD people, could also be Blackbeard coming home and ending the fighting, taking all Marines prisoner and delaying further events. But with the last page showing so obviously what is going to happen next, I’m expecting exactly these obvious things will not happen. It would be boring to just continue straight forward like that.
So there are options where Garp will survive (for now).
I am almost a 100% sure they will be saved somehow. Either another marine drops by and intervenes (smoker?), Gap will get up or ajoki will save them with the argument that they are worth more alive than dead. Keep in mind that garps status and fame is quite important to the marines and by some extent to the world government as it would be a big blow to their reputation if garp would be killed, so I think they could use them as bargaining chips and Blackbeard always has a bigger goal as he is quite cunning.
