The problem is that while people praise One Piece for how big the scale is and how developped the world is, having so many different characters and different plots in the same arcs make a lot of things feel rushed or messy because Oda would never be able to finish the series otherwise (Wano is already extremely long). Oda adding new characters every arc doesn't help either
Completely true. Overambition is dangerous and in a series all about ambition, Oda should really know better. Its like the same problem with these massive open world video games, they end up being a LOT of copy paste, extremely reptitive, empty, bland, tedious, boring, generic, lazy etc (you can tell I hate them lmao). I call them the fast food of video games in some ways, but there are other games that fit that metaphor or simile or whatever?
I really weep for the wasted potential of many, many parts and characters of One Piece. If other mangaka failed with MUCH less than what Oda has done, what makes him think he will succeed? Especially when he's proven already he can't handle it and realistically speaking, nobody should be able to, especially when so determinedly working alone on something ofc!
People value size over a lot of other things way too much in many aspects of life (Dont start with "the D jokes" lmao) but size really does matter in this world, WAY more than it ever should.
Expect a 100+ named giants in Elbaf
People thinking Elbaf will be 40 chapters long are delusional
They should expect 150+ chapters[/QUOTE
This is exactly what I'm scared of. In concept this might sound amazing but it almost makes me want to see Elbaf get skipped if this is gonna happen. I know Elbaf hypers and fans of Norse culture, giants, Usopp etc will potentially disagree, even disgaree strongly but I really cannot handle another arc of this length and pacing.
But this is exactly what I fear is going to happen too. Especially if it's Shanks arc too and maybe Blackbeards as well? Big Mom is bound to be involved too and god knows who else? We still have Weevil, The Revolutionaries, Urouge, Bonney, Mihawk, Vegapunk, CP0, Green Bull, SSG and so on, sigh.