I think one of the main misconceptions that I see in the One Piece fanbase is that every member of the crew gets to do something big or play a major role in every arc and this changed after the timeskip
I urge everyone that loves pre timeskip to go back and reread it and see how the crew was handled
In Baratie Usopp did nothing, in Drum Island Zoro was in a corner frozen for half the arc while Nami also barely did anything (though she was sick so I give Oda a pass in this regard), in Jaya only Luffy Zoro and Nami got major focus, in Thriller Bark Chopper and Robin took the backseat until the end of the arc, from the beginning of Amazon Lily to the end of the ASL flashback the Strawhats weren’t in the manga
This isn’t a new thing. The split has never been even in every arc. Some characters will have more to do than other characters and that’s just how it goes
I urge everyone that loves pre timeskip to go back and reread it and see how the crew was handled
In Baratie Usopp did nothing, in Drum Island Zoro was in a corner frozen for half the arc while Nami also barely did anything (though she was sick so I give Oda a pass in this regard), in Jaya only Luffy Zoro and Nami got major focus, in Thriller Bark Chopper and Robin took the backseat until the end of the arc, from the beginning of Amazon Lily to the end of the ASL flashback the Strawhats weren’t in the manga
This isn’t a new thing. The split has never been even in every arc. Some characters will have more to do than other characters and that’s just how it goes
When arcs last +100 chapters, some straw hats can last years without getting anything.