In my opinion
Oda should've built up King as being a piece of shit around those parts Zoro was walking around
at the same time as Oda was building up Queen in Udon
maybe have King dropping off the smiles to the poor people, maybe killing some people that refused to eat it
or torturing Killer and Kid
he should've built up King a little bit more and tied him to Zoro
so then it would've worked as a final fight
maybe have King be the one that killed / defeated those Wano samurais that befriended Yamato on the flashback
I still think Hiyori killing Orochi by herself would be cool asf, better than Zoro or Denjiro
especially because we could've had like a 2 panels short flashback of Denjiro training Hiyori how to use a sword during all those years working in Denjiro's mansion, they had the time and resources to train her
I was expecting more from king too
Like him maybe killing ushimaru or back in the beginning of the arc him protecting orochi. Like queen had udon and his ties to mads, jack had the zou arc, and for most the arc king was just another smoothie (king x smoothie still a elite ship tho)
Like oda kinda made up for it a bit with making his race special but even that isn't something that specifically hypes him alone. Its likely ment to hype lunarians we meet in the future or maybe even vegapunks ssg
Him being the first to join kaido is cute tho
But yeah king just feels like a dude zoro fought only cause he was the second strongest. Which is fine usually but more would have been nice. Also weirdly enough the lunarian thing might somehow have more connections to sanji than zoro himself
As someone that has been advocating for a strong female swordwomen for idk how long + hiyori keeping enma instead of giving it away so she could master it
After act 2 hiyori being strong kinda flew out the window imo. While orochi isn't that strong himself he should be stronger than your average everyday person