Really @playa4321 ? I mean it's so obvious Oda doesn't give a fuck about others things than SH. Robin vs Black Maria took 2 or 3 chapters when dukes vs pero/jack, just two pages lol. When you look at jack hybrid, it's so clear Oda didn't give a fuck about those fights. He just wanted Inu to take Jack for Zou and Neko for Pedro's death. Next week, Raizou vs Fuku in one or two page, Apoo and Hawkins probably the same.
The off paneled fights are easier for Oda to move the plot and finish it.
The off paneled fights are easier for Oda to move the plot and finish it.
• Bringing Perospero to Onigashima and hinting at multiple times that he would significantly impact the outcome of the main stage fights, and ultimately defeat him offscreen;
• Preventing Jack from being killed at the top by Neko and Inu, potentially being the moment that should actually have been introduced to Jack's hybrid form with more impact than it actually was, only to eventually be murdered outright as a character and calamity without relevance or weight.
Like, what sense is there in keeping these characters within the core narrative of Onigashima and giving them such a ghastly, poorly written ending when you could have gloriously taken them out of the current narrative in earlier moments that made more sense?