Believe it's fine to make this thread now that Wano is nearing his end and that most fights are over as Ulti/Page One fight is by FAR the most disappointing and disliked battle in this arc, I've in this fandom for over a decade and I've rarely seen something as unanimously disliked.
A certain number of fans are frustrated with characters like Usopp and Nami still being weak and mostly helpless in battle. They did grow decently stronger technically but it is inconsequential compared to the enemies they have to face, Usopp needs rescuing from glorified fodders and Nami had to literally get a part of an yonkou soul to bring down her already half-dead enemy An actual emperor had to get involved in a super contrived plot to basically take down their opponents for them after 20 chapters of chase, basically it dragged out for NO pay off.
Bitch contributed more in the beast pirates defeat than 99% of the alliance members
I fear to imagine what will happen in the fight against Blackbeard captains to save the wekalings butts, Papa mode Sakazuki making a huge hole in Devon and Van Auger to bring them down to 1 hp?
One could argue Oda is keeping them human/relatable this way but it is the opposite, what could have been charming early became annoying 100 volumes/1000 chapters in the series. It's a shonen, people want to see protagonists progression. It's them I want to see triumph over their opponents, not fucking Big Mom.
Nami suddenly becoming an expert hakiwoman CQC fighter would have been odd ofc, but since we saw in the SH mini adventure that she travelled to different islands with weatheria wizard, Oda could have her accidently find and eat a devil fruit. A tricky/powerful paramecia or logia that would make full use of her wits/knowledge and that she could use in tandem with her climat tact could have been quite interesting. Don't worry for bikini or swimming scenes, she'd just need a swim ring.
For Usopp, either he could have started using real guns with actual bullets or if Oda thought that fighting style was too generic, his Heracles (his teacher) could have been a haki user that taught Usopp how to use armement and observation, as he would have been able to coat his ammo with armement (We saw how destructive one single hakified arrow was in Amazon Lilly). Haki that he would have keep improving in the NW as he would have learned the proper basics, unlike now where his COO awakened in Dressrosa seems nonexistent .
I'm by no mean claiming to be a better writer than Oda, it is simply what I would have liked to see as a reader. I'm sure some literature expert will explain how narrativetly it fits for weaklings to stay barely above fodder level but I don't care about that. And I'd like to see everyone opinion
A certain number of fans are frustrated with characters like Usopp and Nami still being weak and mostly helpless in battle. They did grow decently stronger technically but it is inconsequential compared to the enemies they have to face, Usopp needs rescuing from glorified fodders and Nami had to literally get a part of an yonkou soul to bring down her already half-dead enemy An actual emperor had to get involved in a super contrived plot to basically take down their opponents for them after 20 chapters of chase, basically it dragged out for NO pay off.
Bitch contributed more in the beast pirates defeat than 99% of the alliance members
I fear to imagine what will happen in the fight against Blackbeard captains to save the wekalings butts, Papa mode Sakazuki making a huge hole in Devon and Van Auger to bring them down to 1 hp?
One could argue Oda is keeping them human/relatable this way but it is the opposite, what could have been charming early became annoying 100 volumes/1000 chapters in the series. It's a shonen, people want to see protagonists progression. It's them I want to see triumph over their opponents, not fucking Big Mom.
Nami suddenly becoming an expert hakiwoman CQC fighter would have been odd ofc, but since we saw in the SH mini adventure that she travelled to different islands with weatheria wizard, Oda could have her accidently find and eat a devil fruit. A tricky/powerful paramecia or logia that would make full use of her wits/knowledge and that she could use in tandem with her climat tact could have been quite interesting. Don't worry for bikini or swimming scenes, she'd just need a swim ring.
For Usopp, either he could have started using real guns with actual bullets or if Oda thought that fighting style was too generic, his Heracles (his teacher) could have been a haki user that taught Usopp how to use armement and observation, as he would have been able to coat his ammo with armement (We saw how destructive one single hakified arrow was in Amazon Lilly). Haki that he would have keep improving in the NW as he would have learned the proper basics, unlike now where his COO awakened in Dressrosa seems nonexistent .
I'm by no mean claiming to be a better writer than Oda, it is simply what I would have liked to see as a reader. I'm sure some literature expert will explain how narrativetly it fits for weaklings to stay barely above fodder level but I don't care about that. And I'd like to see everyone opinion
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