He does this everytime, both times Luffy was defeated against Crocodile he was saved in the very next chapter. By then everyone bought the tension but not now eh?
I’ll tell you why...
In both cases with Crocodile... WE SAW with our own eyes... ON PANEL where his hook stabbed Luffy from one side.. came out from the other side...
2nd defeat.. we saw him dehydrate Luffy and turn him to mummy
So the panels selled it out for us....
with Kaido... first defeat was good, not gonna lie... which is why EVERYONE liked it that time
but this 2nd one was OFF screened... we just saw Luffy in white eyes without seeing the finishing move Kaido did in this second win...
The point is... there is a difference between just making it off screen and on panel...
Another thing is Zoro scene of having 20 broken bones by Kaido/Big Mom attack... the good old Oda I know WOULD draw a panel specifically to show Zoro’s bones are being shattered.. similar to Hajuruudin... or Usopp nose breaking or Sanji’s leg cracking..
It’s such a missed oppurtunity to highlight such intense scene without showing a panel of his bones getting crushed