Not sure why it would be a mistake. When you create stories, normally they are iterative. Some of the best stories (i.e. Breaking Bad) didn't even have a conceived ending or entire plot for that matter, just an idea that they were going to take one character and have them evolve into something else by the end (i.e. Walt becoming Heisenberg)
The only thing that Oda is adamant about sticking his guns to is the ending of the series. The war will be 100x more grandiose than he originally planned. Not all of these characters even remotely at the beginning of the series, so this is not any different for the Supernova. It makes the story that much more believable/better for there to be multiple, competitive pirates as part of Luffy generation, not just Luffy.
The editor made the best call in making Oda give Luffy more allies/competition, its made the story a ton richer because of it.
The only thing that Oda is adamant about sticking his guns to is the ending of the series. The war will be 100x more grandiose than he originally planned. Not all of these characters even remotely at the beginning of the series, so this is not any different for the Supernova. It makes the story that much more believable/better for there to be multiple, competitive pirates as part of Luffy generation, not just Luffy.
The editor made the best call in making Oda give Luffy more allies/competition, its made the story a ton richer because of it.
Oda did no mistakes.
Chapter 500 is mostly famous for Rayleigh's introduction
But in the same chapter Oda let us give a good look at Kidd and Law's crew
Showing clearly Law's jolly roger inside Doflamingo's auction house (some foreshadowing for Dressrosa saga too)
He always had some plans with the WG members of chapter 1000 (Kidd, Law, Killer)
Problem is that most of you were too occupied wanking Zoro and Sanji power level instead of reading the actual story
Personally, I'm pretty sure that Drake too will have an important role, and I have some hopes for Apoo and Hawkins too
Chapter 500 is mostly famous for Rayleigh's introduction
But in the same chapter Oda let us give a good look at Kidd and Law's crew
Showing clearly Law's jolly roger inside Doflamingo's auction house (some foreshadowing for Dressrosa saga too)
He always had some plans with the WG members of chapter 1000 (Kidd, Law, Killer)
Problem is that most of you were too occupied wanking Zoro and Sanji power level instead of reading the actual story
Personally, I'm pretty sure that Drake too will have an important role, and I have some hopes for Apoo and Hawkins too
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Oda did no mistakes.
Chapter 500 is mostly famous for Rayleigh's introduction
But in the same chapter Oda let us give a good look at Kidd and Law's crew
Showing clearly Law's jolly roger inside Doflamingo's auction house (some foreshadowing for Dressrosa saga too)
He always had some plans with the WG members of chapter 1000 (Kidd, Law, Killer)
Problem is that most of you were too occupied wanking Zoro and Sanji power level instead of reading the actual story
Personally, I'm pretty sure that Drake too will have an important role, and I have some hopes for Apoo and Hawkins too
Chapter 500 is mostly famous for Rayleigh's introduction
But in the same chapter Oda let us give a good look at Kidd and Law's crew
Showing clearly Law's jolly roger inside Doflamingo's auction house (some foreshadowing for Dressrosa saga too)
He always had some plans with the WG members of chapter 1000 (Kidd, Law, Killer)
Problem is that most of you were too occupied wanking Zoro and Sanji power level instead of reading the actual story
Personally, I'm pretty sure that Drake too will have an important role, and I have some hopes for Apoo and Hawkins too
Wow
Blaming the Supernovas for what happened to the Strawhats is clueless
Oda outright said that he felt that he was forced to shorten Alabasta
In Skypiea Wiper got as much as focus as Law did in Dressrossa. We also had a lot of worldbuilding
What happened is that Oda now has too much power and respect to be told "no" like he was in Alabasta. So no Editor can stop him as he self indulges in Worldbuilding and adding dozens of characters only to not use most of them
Oda outright said that he felt that he was forced to shorten Alabasta
In Skypiea Wiper got as much as focus as Law did in Dressrossa. We also had a lot of worldbuilding
What happened is that Oda now has too much power and respect to be told "no" like he was in Alabasta. So no Editor can stop him as he self indulges in Worldbuilding and adding dozens of characters only to not use most of them
The issue is that you have too many characters to juggle with and Its harder to give them something interesting to do. In addition, you will have loads of chapters jumping from characters to characters with scenes that will not have a beginning, middle, and end with arcs like Dressrosa that are endlessly long and boring. Some of the best chapters are the ones that focus on one scene or one group of characters such as the climax of Luffy vs Katakuri or Usopp unlocking Haki. Quantity does not equal to quality.
As much as I love the lore and world building of One Piece ( something the disney Star Wars needed), I think Oda went over the top in the TS to the point half of the main characters have to be kicked out of the spotlight by secondary characters in two major arcs. There is a reason why Star Wars 4 don't the turn species and aliens in the bar into main characters... Pace and focus. I am not saying supporting characters automatically bog down the plot. Vivi is a good example and brought a bigger emotional stake without alienating our main characters.
Let's take a more concrete example. A major criticism of the TS is that Robin doesn't do anything of substance unless it has something to do with the Poneglyphs. The WCI was a rescue arc much like W7 with our beautiful archeologist at the center of it all...
If you only had one choice. Who would you pick between Carrot and Robin to rescue Sanji ? Who would have brought an actual stake and emotional resonance to this arc ? The answer is pretty obvious.
I love Oda but there is no such thing as the perfect man.
As much as I love the lore and world building of One Piece ( something the disney Star Wars needed), I think Oda went over the top in the TS to the point half of the main characters have to be kicked out of the spotlight by secondary characters in two major arcs. There is a reason why Star Wars 4 don't the turn species and aliens in the bar into main characters... Pace and focus. I am not saying supporting characters automatically bog down the plot. Vivi is a good example and brought a bigger emotional stake without alienating our main characters.
Let's take a more concrete example. A major criticism of the TS is that Robin doesn't do anything of substance unless it has something to do with the Poneglyphs. The WCI was a rescue arc much like W7 with our beautiful archeologist at the center of it all...
If you only had one choice. Who would you pick between Carrot and Robin to rescue Sanji ? Who would have brought an actual stake and emotional resonance to this arc ? The answer is pretty obvious.
I love Oda but there is no such thing as the perfect man.