Been following One Piece since 2013
Gear Fifth is not as much as a problem as the story becoming extremely repetitive, predictable and lack of new exciting interactions/fights + very slow pacing because of Odas health problems and age.
Not blaming him even for a second, but in my opinion One Piece should’ve ended by now, it would’ve been best for everyone including the story itself.
These last 2-3 years did no justice to this amazing series and the moments it brought and sadly, it feels like the franchise has lost its glamour
I have become very uninterested in the weekly manga and basically just read spoilers every now and then to keep up.
Hopefully the final arc delivers what we all once expected of this amazing story and does it justice before laying it to rest.