Most One Piece “fans” probably can’t even name 50 characters
Who even cares about more than like 20 characters lol.
Tbh I feel like that applies to a lot of series nowadays. A lot of people I've seen discussing things in fandoms often seem very clueless even about basic things.
I once saw someone say that, when it comes to discussing fiction, a lot of people don't even fully interact with the thing they are talking about outside of Tiktoks, reels etc and that sounded very believable to me based on past experience.
Could definitely be a case of bandwagoning, like "this series is popular so I'll get vaguely into it".
That's definitely true I am not saying anything against that, it's just the way the world is now.
Even after reading HxH I’m surprised you don’t have the same take. I mean I love HxH but just like OP I’m not afraid to admit that the dick gobbling gets out of hand at times
Oh I definitely still think HxH fans are pretentious, don't get me wrong about that, but I think they have more right to be than OP fans. I look it at like walk it like you talk it. If you can do that you can be arrogant.
Kaido gets gassed a lot because he has presence despite his poor writing. Don’t really see how that makes up for it but that’s enough for some people
Yeah, that's my point. Kaido just from being in OP gets that push. If he was some villain from some no name manga, people would be ridiculed to even bring him up in convos like that.
Can’t say I agree with your verdict especially since OP is brought up in so many different spaces unsolicited. Maybe back in the day? But even back then Bleach was always considered the “odd one out” despite its quality
In my opinion and experience, people get way too defensive and emotional over OP and any disagreement about it, that's why I say it gives off that little br0 energy.