Recent content by felixm

Oda was clearly very lazy about whatever techniques Luffy was using, it wasn't a huge moment. By the looks of it, he probably just used a very tiny bit, just enough so Kizaru feels a push or pang. Of course, the anime has to turn it into something almost completely different again (even with...

He extinguished a bigger or more complicated fire in Wano.

This chapter looks like a mess and is boring to read. But I think that Loki's statement about being born in the wrong era and having wanted to join Xebec likely prepares for him to become an ally to the real Joyboy.

Loki's gamble was extremely stupid, and now the whole story is getting into full padding mode again. As could have been suspected, Hajrudin is likely going to be the more important character, as he's the one with a dream and associated with Luffy. Even if he's boring. Loki possibly will only be...

Whatever happens, I don't think anyone will be seriously defeated (except for maybe Sanji or Hajrudin), and Loki will just escape or tell them to not bother him for now. Maybe he'll even just trick them to give the key or steal it. He is probably quite thankful to Luffy, actually. (At first.)

Calling Shamrock back is really annoying, and typical Oda. Only Oda would pull this off in this shameless, selfish manner, after preparing and pulling us along with a probable confrontation between Luffy/Zoro, Shamrock and Loki. Probably just to keep his childish Shanks agenda strong, although...

That is not really a known property of seastone. Also, it's rather unusual that excuses are so readily accepted for anything. There is also no explicit explanation given like that, maybe it will be later on, indeed we are supposed to think he is extremely powerful regardless. And certain evasion...

Oda just can't stop himself from making giants look pathetic, despite expectations and hopes that Loki would be different. That Gunko's beating was barely Dressrosa-level. And overall he looks like he has no resistances. But apparently this is according to plan to create some Norse mythology...

I agree about Koby, but one can argue Oda designed King to be discardable, partly as a plot device (the Lunarians) and partly as a contrast to Zoro. Because King was completely subservient to Kaido, even if Kaido deviated from his idea of Joyboy, whereas Zoro also has his own dream and would...

I thought this would be just another completely baseline chapter. But I would say this is even slightly below that. Maybe in the anime some of the travel scenes would be a nice time. But I have to say Oda's "amazing" panorama here as usual looks like a completely basic drawing of houses or a...

There were a lot of giant hints. And that he was exceptional (or even a "god"). And I didn't expect him to be too literally like Luffy. Just would have been more interesting, if he was a little bit stranger, doesn't need to be a full giant (just big dude).

Most of the chapter is complete emptiness, a blank horizon or wallpaper. That’s how these non-stop, completely basic face panels and standard phrases, which have been going on for months, appear. It’s the shallowest filler in the universe. The Iron Giant/Emeth part in my opinion fell completely...

Pure timewasting chapter, it's what Oda is best at. He's getting too high on his own supply, and cannot judge what is a good use of time anymore (thinking constant pauses don't matter anyway). Vegapunk's entire speech over all the months was pure hot air. He mentioned there were once huge...

Vegapunk's loredump probably has more in-world significance than as revelations for readers. That’s how Oda imagines readers with 2 new infos within several weeks’ time: And this is basically Oda himself struggling with the idea of giving 2 infos within several weeks, instead of waiting...

Oda is addicted to his mid transition chapters, ending on a cliffhanger. The stalling of Vegapunk’s message has gone on long enough and the little info that the world will sink under the sea, as bizarre as it is, is not the most interesting to start with or hang on to, since without context it...