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It's been almost 8 years since Usopp defeated Sugar (Ch. 742 released on March 31, 2014). Usopp fans aren't just starving - we're ghosts by now. Getting to Elbaf will be a victory in itself at this point. :risitasad:

Battles aside (and that's a pretty big 'aside'), I think Marineford had a way more interesting and diverse cast of players, with cooler abilities and designs. Not to mention that most of these players had a stellar set-up by Oda that really made it all feel like a big event. You got the feeling...

This is the first time I agree with one of your threads LMAO I love Mihawk as well. Aside from everything that you've mentioned, I also think that the way he interacts with everyone around him adds to his mystique and greatness. His relationship with Perona is one of my favorites in the entire...

Weevil is even less popular than Axe MORGAN oh my god (#400 vs #364) I really hope Oda's plans for Weevil are great because I'm still baffled by his existence

I agree that it's unusual, but I see that as a stylistic choice made by Oda because he needed to make it very visually clear that Shanks lost his arm. It was also meant to be an important panel that showcased Shanks' gesture; he sacrificed accuracy for emotional impact.

Pretty sure the water was fairly deep, judging by the type of big-ass sea monsters that were lurking in the water.

It's honestly really confusing to me that we have this arc with a huge amount of strong Zoan users, probably some of the best in the world of One Piece, and Oda didn't use this chance to further explore the concept of Zoan awakening. Totally a wasted opportunity there. Right now we only have...

Pooth you're such an enigma, it's clear you absolutely despise this series and have no hope for it. Why do you spend so much time making threads and discussing something that you don't enjoy? It's a genuine question, I'm actually interestd since I see you around the forums a lot.

That's the best way to describe the way a lot of people have been analyzing the events of the raid. Even if I agree with a lot of the complaints about the arc, it's clear that Oda is heading in a certain direction, with outcomes that have been set up from the start of many of these battles...

Well, as a counterpoint I would point out that a common complaint you see here is people saying that he's rushing to end this arc: off-screening fights, rushing battle resolutions and development, etc. The problem isn't that there isn't enough material in Wano to explore, it's just that a lot of...

Realistically? Yeah, probably. But in the story it's pretty clear that it's just a visual way of saying "oh, that hurt like shit". Even if the character brushes it off afterwards, it tells us that whatever hit them was no joke, and they felt the pain of it.

Pretty sure it's the opposite. The editors are just letting him do whatever the hell he wants, to the detriment of the story sometimes. This is actually a really common occurrence for big-name writers. They are given complete creative freedom and become too self-indulgent. That's why it's always...

You seem to be hyperfocusing on these extremely small and irrelevant moments instead of the bigger picture. Luffy's saved various kingdoms and tens of thousands of people from the rule of violent, tyrannical dictators. But yeah I guess he lost a few battles and ran away from a fight so he isn't...

I agree on the fan service part, but thinking that she was created to get the attention of the LGBTQ community seems like a very western way of looking at it. This is a Japanese guy writing a Shonen manga, I really really doubt he's trying to get progressive brownie points or anything like that...

I love her design and I think her personality is fun, but Oda gave her a very clumsy introduction that felt a bit jarring and didn't work that well for me. Part of what makes Yamato so strange is the fact that she just came out of nowhere and immediately became one of the most important...

A part of me thinks there would be fewer complaints about Kid if only his attacks looked cooler. It could be the same battle, same situation, but a really badass moveset would probably get a lot of people to like him more, just based on the rule of cool alone. Because at the end of the day, it's...

At this point I think it may have more impact if the ones hunting the commanders are the already established BB Captains; that would be more efficient since we already know they're gonna fight the Strawhats at some point. Likewise, if his role is just to be killed by Blackbeard, it doesn't...

So Oda introduced this ugly motherfucker, barely showed him at all, and then abolished the Shichibukai system entirely. And while it's very easy to speculate about the role some of the former Shichibukai will play in the story (Boa, Mihawk, Buggy, etc.), it certainly feels like nobody ever talks...