One issue with post-ts it’s from pure visual it doesn’t feel like characters got that much stronger in term of destruction
Only moments where I felt characters got massively stronger is when Luffy was sending Doffy flying kilometers across the city with boundman and Zoro cutting golem Pica
Even then, that shit didn’t even feel as serious as Luffy sending Crocodile through enough bedrock that Cobra thought it was impossible with the gum gum storm (which is still probably one of odas best drawn finishers to date)

And I think that’s what Oda lost was the feeling of when attacks are impactful. The “bigger fists” just feel lame since they never seem to do anything
 



Its ironic really, for such a light hearted, casual, free spirited,feel good adventure series that was never meant to be super serious, pre TS gave us the more charismatic, compelling, intimidating, terrifying villains with ACTUAL tension (despite Odas million fakeouts) and they were FAR more memorable than MOST post TS villains too. Oda even having to recycle pre TS characters because hes fucked up that badly and way out of his own league and below the immensely high he once set now.

Demon Slayer would have never been more popular than One Piece in its actual prime, just like prime Bleach maybe or especially prime Naruto definitely.

Its like we had a completely different writer pre TS. A completely different feel, way better stakes, drama, soul, heart and iconic, memorable storylines, arcs, characters, moments and such. I can list so many pre TS moments I still love dearly despite not seeing the arcs in decades but post TS? Most of it I've forgotten and wanted to forget deliberately, pre TS was like a gourmet meal but post TS is fast food but ironically the food isnt fast and its slow cooked after being preserved for months of waiting and baiting and then some marinating before cooking for further misdirections and waiting.

One Piece lost a lot of its soul for me when it started taking itself too seriously, becoming too politically focused, too emotional/dramatic/gritty and becoming something it wasnt, like someone going through their edgy era/phase. See Prince of Persia Sands of Time vs Warrior Within and Two Thrones for example.

By the time the timeskip came and we got into early post TS, One Piece already felt dead to me, missing its soul and I was clinging on bitterly to the memories of a series I once loved and its that faint ghost, that faded memory that stops me from letting go of this series entirely, even though I'm growing to hate even some of the characters I loved the most now too.
When did bleach and naruto become more popular than one piece? Nothing you say matters after this shit.
 
One issue with post-ts it’s from pure visual it doesn’t feel like characters got that much stronger in term of destruction
Only moments where I felt characters got massively stronger is when Luffy was sending Doffy flying kilometers across the city with boundman and Zoro cutting golem Pica
One piece suffer from shouen powercreep but less destructive like DBS as SSG is stronger than SSB meme.
 
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