Despite being one of the earliest antagonists to be introduced in the story, Mihawk remains one of the most illusive characters when it comes to details being revealed about him.
Oda seems to intentionally avoid giving explicit information on Mihawk
So if there is very limited explicit information to go on, what can we learn from the implicit clues?
The following analysis will discuss all the things that may give us clues to the motives & mysteries of Mihawk.
This idea came to me whilst I was discussing the foreshadowing that can be found in Skypiea.
Looking back at Noland's flashback, the subject of the Shandorian's sacrifices to god stands out as something that seems like it may have deeper significance.
For 400 years after the destruction of Shandora at the end of the Void Century, the people of Shandora had believed that any misfortune that befell them was a curse from God.
The only way to prevent divine judgement was to make ritual human sacrifices at the alter of god.
We begin the chapter with the continuation of the cover story following Germa's escape from Whole Cake Island.
We see that Niji & Yonji were defeated by Big Mom.
The cover page title has an interesting implication
"A creature that science cannot overcome."
This title reminds us that Big Mom's story has had the constant underlying involvement in the separate plot line of the World Government's experiments.
The title seems to suggest to me that Big Mom will be overcome by science.