You guys are funny. You complain about no tension or consequences, then say it's a "post-timeskip" trait.
Yet:
- Pell nor Chaka died in Alabasta. Pell survived a fucking bomb
- Cobra? Alive
- Igaram? Survived a fucking bomb
- Every named victim that Enel attacked, lived.
- Every SINGLE Franky Family member survived in Enies Lobby.
Absolutely ZERO major casualties pre-timeskip save for Ace and Whitebeard. If you are going to downplay Kaido/BM and this arc, you might as well just shit on the entire manga lmao
Edit: Some of you are VERY clearly getting the wrong message out of my comment lol