Yeah, I think he did say something like that. Oda does shit so backwards, I swear and Wano is just a microcosm of that. He literally drags out the story for 25 years and NOW he wants to rush it? Like bro you already made us wait this long, at least make the important parts good and not fucking half-assed. Same shit he did all of Wano. 3 years of slow-ass bullshit and then, boom, arc is over. 5 pages of Kaido's flashback. No Zoro, no nothing.