What I dont understand is when did fighting over One Piece and the Pirate King mean anything less than it is? Weve known for 10+ years that it was just a means to an end. Even Luffy's secret dream requires the title before being able to do it.
It entirely suggests more story comes after LT, but I dont get why BB losing at LT is all of a sudden an insult to his character
To me it seems to be a number of things:
1) The usual powerscaling nonsense. When some people could think 1 mere Yonko crew could match the entirety of the WG’s forces, it’s no surprise they think 1 crew would somehow be greater to overcome than the ruling forces of 800 years.
2) Some people believe that a story can’t change and evolve.
3) The inane: “it’s a pirate manga, so only a pirate can be the final villain”
As if pirates weren’t the outlaws against ruling empires in the real world who were always the dominant forces anyway.
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Nothing has really changed, or I should say that there’s nothing to surprising about the most recent chapter. The situation is still the same.
Blackbeard simply doesn’t have enough forces to be the final antagonist against the worldwide alliance the Strawhats will lead.
1 defeated Admiral could threaten his core crew by himself…and the Navy has 4 of those while being subordinate to the WG itself.
It seems that all this time I took it for granted, but it was actually a minority position to think the WG was the final antagonist.
I’ve believed that was a given since Ennies Lobby.
**NARUTO SPOILERS**
At best, BB in the scenario a lot of people are asking for would be like the end of Naruto where Sasuke & Naruto fight after everything is already done and Kaguya is defeated. It would just feel…frivolous, like an extended afterword