All of the blame goes to Oda. He wrote her that way. That does not change the fact that she is what she is.
A character is what the creator makes them to be. If they are executed into the storyline as intended then the creator has succeeded.
If they are not executed into the storyline as intended then the creator has failed.
Oda failed hard with Linlin.
The problem is not that she is not “perfect” or “best”. The problem is that her character is not even objectively functional as far as the narrative is concerned.
Never have I witnessed a major series antagonist get outshined by their own subordinate in their own arc. That is straight up disgraceful for a major series antagonist, especially one that has been hyped by the author for hundreds of chapters in advance.
Hmm, it is almost like I already made a post that states that there is a fundamental difference between “liking” something and “objectively ranking” something.
Anyone can “like” anything for any superficial reasoning. One can “like” a character based on nothing but their design such as myself with Urouge. My own fondness for Urouge’s character design does not make him an objectively good character though.
If I thought long and hard about every single character in One Piece and ranked them all purely on objective quality then I highly doubt Urouge would even make it into the Top 150.
Kaido’s problem is not that he is not “perfect”. It is that he is a boring might makes right trope that was overly reliant on a raw intimidation factor and was handled poorly.
His portrayal will likely shoot through the roof during the Wano arc climax. That still will not fix his lack of personality though. Oda will have to address that issue specifically if he ever intends to fix it.
A character is what the creator makes them to be. If they are executed into the storyline as intended then the creator has succeeded.
If they are not executed into the storyline as intended then the creator has failed.
Oda failed hard with Linlin.
The problem is not that she is not “perfect” or “best”. The problem is that her character is not even objectively functional as far as the narrative is concerned.
Never have I witnessed a major series antagonist get outshined by their own subordinate in their own arc. That is straight up disgraceful for a major series antagonist, especially one that has been hyped by the author for hundreds of chapters in advance.
Hmm, it is almost like I already made a post that states that there is a fundamental difference between “liking” something and “objectively ranking” something.
Anyone can “like” anything for any superficial reasoning. One can “like” a character based on nothing but their design such as myself with Urouge. My own fondness for Urouge’s character design does not make him an objectively good character though.
If I thought long and hard about every single character in One Piece and ranked them all purely on objective quality then I highly doubt Urouge would even make it into the Top 150.
Kaido’s problem is not that he is not “perfect”. It is that he is a boring might makes right trope that was overly reliant on a raw intimidation factor and was handled poorly.
His portrayal will likely shoot through the roof during the Wano arc climax. That still will not fix his lack of personality though. Oda will have to address that issue specifically if he ever intends to fix it.
So many VA's die...
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I'm just happy S/A lasted so long. You took the very very dumb discussions held by the lot of us and transformed it into a really fun story.
