Not to put you on the spotlight but I kinda need to rant for a little bit.
Like what was even the point of creating Yamato in the first place other than Oda trying to be cute with his dumbass subversions?
Before people say, ”Yamato was needed to protect Wano from people like Green Bull”, why couldn’t Oda just make the scabbards Not pathetic fodder and actually make them strong enough to defend their country themselves? Completely skipping creating an entirely new character in the process.
All that panel time she got could have gone to actually developing the Scabbards. Because of how badly they were treated, I didn’t give a fuck when Ashura Doji or even Izo died.
Yeah, Yamato's character pretty much got ruined when she chose to stay behind. Saying how she was gonna travel with the Straw Hats from now on and hinting at it from the very beginning made it seem like a guaranteed win.
She even had a connection to not just Luffy but
ACE AS WELL! Keep in mind only 6 of the Straw Hats met him (not counting Vivi), yet she decidedly to stay behind in Wano and be one of Momonosuke's babysitters practically...
Like, living the way Oden did? She managed to trick herself into believing she was him and thought Momonosuke was referring to her when he said he was gonna surpass Kozuki Oden in Chapter 1057.
The Oden gag was a bit funny in the beginning but it lasted for the rest of the arc and it made me dislike her, especially when she went as far as to call Momonosuke her son when they first met. What was that disrespect and unnecessary confusion?
There's other ways her admiration could've been portrayed, but it ended up being in the worst way. This is one part of Oda's writing that I simply can't understand.
Her character ended up being a clown in the end, and there's no way to justify it. If she only comes back for the final arc then I'll find it difficult to care about her anymore. Just thinking about her and the outcome makes me upset.
