Disappointed but not because he’s weak. He’s actually stronger than I thought and raised the Admiral level for me. I have serious Kizaru > Nika.
Disappointed because Oda has sandbagged him all arc. Lol
But I’m really enjoying Egghead actually. My favorite post TS arc with the exception of Nika who is absolute garbage as always. But once you resign yourself to the fact that Oda has ruined his manga, OP becomes much more enjoyable in the way that watching trash that you used to love and had potential get violated is fun lol.
Character wise he exceeded expectations. I thought he was just a soldier who didn’t have any real emotion in his job
Power wise? Underwhelmed. He really hasn’t done anything new outside of show a very solid level of endurance and durability. However I was expecting logia awakening and Kizarus use of his fruit so far has not been all that impressive.
I'm tired of saying it.
Admirals ain't weak , it's agenda piece which is making them weak.
Yes they lack feats , argument goes like shanks vs mihawk only because mihawk has no on-screen feat.
Kizaru
- Outlasted Gear 5 , luffy managed to pull One punch only that too a distracted Kizaru who wasn't even planning to fight.
- Got sneaked attack multiple times.
- mentally restrained right now. Like tell how is Luffy gonna fight after ace death even if he was recovered?
- Kizaru onscreen has barely used any named attack or haki.
If you remove agenda you will what oda is doing.
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Full summary when?
This chapter discussion thread is dead.
With 150+ pages of zoro discussion.
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All depends on his ending
I'm not satisfied with the fact that Oda uses mental cuffs to hold him back. Saturn mentioned how it's unprecedented for Kizaru to be this inefficient during a mission and that was after he passively outlasted G5 without even trying.
I'm satisfied with his performance considering the nerf put on him, but if this arc ends without Kizaru going all out on someone I'll be super fucking dissapointed.
I don't care anymore against who, Zoro, Luffy or Gorosei
I understand your thoughs and i'll say my thoughs.
I won't deny, i'm dissapointed let me explain:
- Character wise: He exceeded expectations. Oda did a good job showing the guy who had a "I don't give a fuck about anything" vibe also had feelings and friends.
- Power wise: that's the problem. Kizaru is one of the most hyped characters in OP since 2010. Pika Pika No No is one of the coolest and strongest fruits of the series. The OP fandom has always waited to see the true extent of Kizaru's potential.
And then in Egghead:
- Kizaru fights with Luffy, a horrible fight in my opinion
- Kizaru doesn't fight seriously, the same Laser beams/Light sword attacks and didn't show anything new, besides the clones.
- Self-nerfed the entire arc
Self-nerfed Kizaru makes sense for character development, but hurts Kiz's potential.
The arc isn't over yet but if Kizaru doesn't show his full potential, it will be disappointing.