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One Piece was different before

I haven't read the messages in a while

but it remains a children's story

Good point you

The design of Prince Louvain from Esperia is nothing more than a blatant copy of Xebec's design and I'm surprised no one has noticed, especially since Xebec's flashback was only released a few months ago. Oda isn't exactly going out of their way to come up with new designs; no, they're...

You're too stupid to understand my criticism

For example, today Oda would be incapable of rewriting Skypea, the territorial battle between, on one side, the angry natives with brutal methods and, on the other, the kind and welcoming god Gan Forr, and in the middle, Ener who manipulates everyone.

You know very well they'll all ally with Luffy in the end. Kuzan will be the first to do it, it's obvious from a mile away, and all the villains will side with Imu. The only character in this manga who remains interesting is Blackbeard.

This type of character, which used to be the norm, is becoming extinct

I read the One Piece from its golden age

That's not the point. The point is that Oda is losing what made his art so powerful by trying to portray everyone as beautiful and kind, except for the thugs and the rich villains and their Marine henchmen. The manga is becoming intellectually stupid. Before, there was nuance. Big Mom, for...

The rich are no more morally despicable than the poor Oda sinks into a distressing moral stupidity

You Sunday demagogues, you have a naive Christian view of the world. Before, Oda depicted the poor as wicked and petty, like in real life, but not anymore today one piece.

I don't give a damn

You don't understand. In French, the word "manichéen" means thinking that there are good guys on one side and bad guys on the other, being morally binary, believing that there is evil on one side and good on the other. In Oda's work, this translates to the poor slum dwellers being kind and...