Luffy Versus Crocodile Solo Duel Opens Rainbase

Status: pending · Technique: chekhov-explicit, arc-structure-load-bearing, captain-vs-arc-villain

The seed

First on-page protagonist-vs-arc-villain-Warlord solo combat-engagement.

The payoff

(Pending — forward-canon Crocodile-defeat at Alabasta-arc-finale.)

Why this matters

Pre-loads the entire forward-canon arc-villain-solo-duel grammar. The captain-vs-arc-villain pairing becomes the structural axis of every later arc resolution.