I dont think so.
If anything its because Oda strongly believe the subordinate should just stand around. Its stupid but it seem to be what he believe. Them doing more that that could endanger his vision for the captain.
This is not the first time.
Even whitebeard as part of xebec crew wasnt allowed to do much to not outshine xebec.
Second rayleigh and Gaban are alive so oda isnt pressed to showcase more about them they could appear again in th final war too unlike roger who is dead so oda choose to ma
Three, if roger was still alive oda wouldnt even give old Rayleigh and gaban half the attention they got, he only use them to gas roger since the later is dead and he cant directly have roger do anything like stop blackbeard and kizaru.
So he used ayleigh for that.
Its a lazy writing which also restrain the charaters for stupid reason but hey its what Oda choose.
If anything its because Oda strongly believe the subordinate should just stand around. Its stupid but it seem to be what he believe. Them doing more that that could endanger his vision for the captain.
This is not the first time.
Even whitebeard as part of xebec crew wasnt allowed to do much to not outshine xebec.
Second rayleigh and Gaban are alive so oda isnt pressed to showcase more about them they could appear again in th final war too unlike roger who is dead so oda choose to ma
Three, if roger was still alive oda wouldnt even give old Rayleigh and gaban half the attention they got, he only use them to gas roger since the later is dead and he cant directly have roger do anything like stop blackbeard and kizaru.
So he used ayleigh for that.
Its a lazy writing which also restrain the charaters for stupid reason but hey its what Oda choose.
I’d argue Kuzan might be the only exception because he was already a very important character before he joined Blackbeard and is important outside of his affiliation with the crew
But outside of that all subordinates play second fiddle to their captains in plot relevance (while alive obviously)
Now that Roger’s dead Rayleigh and Gaban are allowed to stand on their own as characters
Just how it goes
