*8 chapters in and barely anything has happened so far, its just been exposition and and stalling/padding, with lots of random plotlines being thrown at us still and just ignored, whilst Oda moves on with his ADHD writing and expects us to go along with it, because he's been doing it all this time and refuses to change.
Not to mention the shameless recycling of storylines and Oda thus abusing his own cliches of Bonney being another damsel in distress, immediately taken out by bugs and helpelss, no combat capabilities and failing to be a threat to Vegapunk, even with her broken as fuck DF, having her being another princess whose father got screwed over by the and WG too and thus adding to the ongoing harem of princesses who will end up befriending/supporting or at least being indebted to the SHs.
I've really wanted to defend and enjoy this arc but its getting worse already as I feared. Oda cant stop his shameless habits or worse, doesn't want to, which fits given the message he made before this saga started, about being able to write/do what he wanted and not caring about satisfying his readers/audience.
Some people will defend anything no matter how bad it gets though, honestly. Denial is strong or just lacking awareness. This arc is a joke now and not in a good way.