Yeah, Oda has a lot of creative control at this point, so I'll hold him accountable for bad decisions. Some early stuff (Shank's arm/Pell not dying) was more out of his hands, so I can forgive them, but the recent stuff is on him.
I hope the month off really allowed him to focus more on the pacing.
If the race for One Piece is paced like Wano, it's going to suck.