Recent content by Rikiya

What you wrote is completely fine. Rocks shouldn’t be considered a hero or a good person. That’s why I want to ask: why does Oda, through narrative framing, try to make readers believe otherwise? The friendship with Harald, the Shakky subplot, the wife/child situation, and then God Valley, where...

Aren't the TCB scans available somewhere? I’m not sure how accurate this Twitter version is. TCB isn’t always perfect either, but at least I’m familiar with their work

I honestly thought earlier that the Bartolomeo cover story would be completely insignificant, like most cover stories, though it's true that in recent years they have increasingly connected to the main story, like MADS, Pudding's kidnapping... When Shanks and his crew appeared at the end of Wano...

Don't lecture me; I'm actually basing my points on the events of the manga and the statements of the characters or the author. Instead, I'd like to ask you to link the chapters or pages where your obsessions are validated. Conqueror's Haki means surpassing the willpower of others who are...

You see? It's no coincidence that I brought up Winnie the Pooh, because it seems you're incapable of interpreting things that aren't spoon-fed to you. Although, this is forgivable for Oda, most shounen mangaka make the same mistake, and then I'm surprised when masses of readers start arguing...

Did the story claim that Kaidou was continuously getting stronger? Where exactly? Was there such a line? After Yamato's battle with Kaidou ended and Luffy returned, the island started falling apart, and Kaidou's flame clouds became unstable. Yamato even mentioned that this was probably because...

Oh, please, don't play dumb... I know the narrative strength of One Piece lately has been on par with Winnie the Pooh, especially when it comes to the main crew, but surely not all your nerve and brain cells have deteriorated. Kaidou fought the Akazaya Nine for at least 10 chapters, and each of...

Thank you for the information, but could you please tell me what you're even talking about? You basically just repeated what I was implying. So, are you saying that Luffy didn't win against Kaidou on his own but rather through constant help and a continuous luck factor, right? Do you agree, or...

You do realize that the fight didn't start when Luffy switched to Gear 5, right? There were at least 50 chapters of battle before that, and while Luffy was only fighting Kaidou, Kaidou was fighting everyone else. Luffy has never been able to defeat his opponents on his own, and especially not...

Nami deserves a whole sermon too... Though she bothers me less because she was already incapable of fighting even before the time-skip. Since then, the only improvement is that she got Zeus, which on its own will be nowhere near enough against any of the other Yonko commanders. Ulti was...

The problem with this Mjölnir thing is that if it's not about strength, then it has to be about worthiness, and Usopp isn't better in either. Why would he be worthy of it? What would justify him having this mythical wonder weapon? Usopp isn't just weak; he's still cowardly and useless to this...

The problem is that this isn't funny, because I can easily imagine it without any exaggeration

Usopp is the most pathetic example of the neglect Oda has shown towards the Straw Hats in recent years. I was really looking forward to seeing how cool he would be after the timeskip, it was all set up. But nothing came of it. In Dressrosa, he awakened Observation Haki, yet since then, there...

One Piece relies too much on the luck factor, especially since the time-skip. The Straw Hats are a bunch of losers, but the circumstances always play in their favor. God Usopp was a disgrace. They can't defeat Sugar, then come the memes. Luffy can't defeat Cracker. No problem, he'll just eat his...

Vegapunk and his team knew the traitor's identity all along. I understand that they erased their memories to keep York unaware of their prepared plan, but they could have prevented a lot of other things if they had simply eliminated her or taken some action, instead of letting her operate freely...