I am being 100% serious
luffy got knocked out a couple times and powered up through each one. it just felt dragged out after the last one and stakes just went below 0 for me after the last one where he died for half a chapter.
I loved the team fight and I personally believed if they all stayed together oda wont go through so many heaps to get luffy to take him down alone.
contrary to what people complain about
theres narrative reason for the scabbards to fight and beat kaido and not be on the sidelines. there was more emotion attached in every attack , felt more real, and it felt like something they deserved.
they are the ones that watched their friend executed, they watched their country put to shit for over 20 yrs, why shouldnt they contribute heavily to his defeat. its the same way I would have loved law to take down doffy .
and yeah I loved oden's character.
Yeah, but in the end, Kaido said they were weak and didn't even compare to Oden, and then completely shit on them.
After all the horror, the struggle, the sacrifices, in the end they needed Mr "I dont wanna be a hero" Hero to save them.
Feels like Tashigi all over again. Oda just completely clowned her in PH multiple times, humiliated her, been rubbing in her face that she's just a weakling and pathetic swordsman that can't do shit, despite she having an initial interesting dynamic with Zoro and saying she has a dream of retrieving all meito from pirates or whatever.
It's a beautiful story with 0 pay off.
I could get behind it if One Piece was a bitter sweet story, but, in reality, it's just Luffy's show, so these "side characters" can't have their moment.
Iirc, the only one who got something was Kyros defeating Diamante (which, in honesty, should have been Rebecca, who, from a gladiator, became a retarded crying baby).
Ok. Maybe Wyper got something as well. Beat Shura and almost defeated Enel.