You know this is going to be a spicy chapter when you get tagged by 6 different users since the raws dropped, but you haven’t commented on the thread even once lol. Alright so let’s see what Oda decided to shit out this week.
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Okay so I just looked at the full spoilers.
1. This backstory is a piss poor justification for the inconsistencies in Kaido’s character. I already said back in 2020 that no backstory would redeem Kaido as a villain and this backstory doesn’t even come close. It looks like Oda’s ability to write a compelling character peaked at Doflamingo after all lol.
2. Kaido didn’t show awakening? That is a very bizzare choice from Oda. I would not be surprised if Kaido is not actually defeated here and actually revives himself via awakening for another finisher attack (as much as I want Wano to just Fucking end already).
3. This “defeat” (if it even is one) was even more lame than the Big Mom defeat lol. You would think after 4 years that Oda would’ve tried harder to really make this moment feel like the climax of the longest manga arc of all time, but I suppose we already knew that Oda is abysmal at actually satisfying the excitement he creates within readers.
I’ll wait to confirm whether or not Kaido is actually defeated here to give my final thoughts on Wano as an arc, but needless to say that for now, my verdict has not changed that this is by far the worst One Piece arc. If you would’ve told me back in 2017 that Wano would actually make me miss Punk Hazard, I would’ve slapped you with a white glove and challenged you to a duel, but here we are in the bad timeline lol.