This is legit what Piratefolk says a lot, a lot of OP glazers think OP is the 2nd coming of christ or better than the bible but also every series out there because OP is the only series they follow.
That absolutely cultist, echo chamber bubble of validation and superiority complexes. Its like people who worship the most famous celebrities despite how toxic or controversial the celeb might be and making that celebrity entirely part of their identity and life, living vicariously through them. Its like skinwalking indirectly.
Fuck man, I hate how much of a literal cult the fanbase is.
As Wiwi said too ofc:
I've been calling the fandom a cult since around Dressrosa at least, when the series really started to go downhill beyond redemption, when that boulder got rolling and it just keeps aging better and better unfortunately.
Oda has been said by his own staff to be "difficult" to talk to, to "reason with". They have to be agreeable, yes men with him, they have to walk on eggshells, appease him. Its his way or the highway (to hell). No wonder he cultivates such an extremely ostentatious fandom then too.
And thats before factoring in post Oden, Nika, Kuma flashback, God Shanks etc Piece.