I know he's probably in a crunch to try to get this arc over with, but this just feels like a different kind of rushed. Kind of hard to describe, but it definitely doesn't feel in line with how Oda traditionally moves towards wrapping up an arc.
Like the people of the Flower STILL don't know they are in danger. Yet Queen and King are already done for? Somethings off here.
Yes. Something IS indeed off.
Maybe the fact that Oda is old as fuck, has a lot of mental and physical issues due to the workload and his aging, and is furiously addicted in putting more and more characters and plots inside a story that has already enough characters and plots to carry it until the end.
The dude, after years and years of stretching this story, simply doesn't know how the fuck to wrap things up anymore.
Oda is addicted in "starting" things, but he completely lost the ability of "finishing" things. He literally doesn't know how to follow up stuff.
Instead of creating a coherent sequence of events, every plot that happens in the story looks like a plot of its own.
Just look at Sanji. He vanishes looking for prostitutes, but GOTCHA! he is using the suit to rescue Momo. Out of NOWHERE, he goes with Luffy to the roof, BUT GOTCHA! he goes out of his way and gets captured. He has a Kalifa 2.0 moment, but GOTCHA! Now he asks for help and trusts the woman. He starts running after Kinemon, BUT GOTCHA! Now he needs to decide to go for Momo. He's going for Momo, BUT GOTCHA! Gotta take care of Zoro and go to the Live Floor. He surely will put the suit to fight Queen, BUT GOTCHA! His body's been feeling weird OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE. So Sanji is losing his emotions and even hit a woman, gets a cool moment from it. BUT GOTCHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS HIM, QUEEN! WHO HIT THE GIRL!
He just STOPS the normal sequence of events to just ADD stuff and just repeats it time after time after time after time.
And I'm just talking about Sanji during Onigashima.
That's just 1 character inside a part of the arc.
This problem comes from a loooooooooong way.