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In my opinion it's just a question of the definition of "iconic". Sure, Frieza, Pain, Aizen etc. are way more known simply due to their series being more known, but anyone that has also watched/read "Monster" (and non-casual anime fans have done that) would instantly agree that Johan Liebert is...

Short answer: No. Long answer: Not a chance in hell. Even Egghead - a mere setup arc without any major fights - was 60+ chapters long. Now we get Elbaf, which is guaranteed to be a 40+ chapter arc at the very minimum (more likely to go into the 60+ range knowing Oda) and after that we still...

Let's be real: There is not a single villain in OP with any kind of "aura". Not one. Imu comes closest by default, because he's still a mystery and has the benefit of being a 800+ year ruler of the world. Having said this, even he has some massive fraud allegations going against him.

In terms of being "better": None of the above. HxH clears all of them with such ease, it's not even worth a competition. In terms of being "more enjoyable": Well, that's always up to ones personal taste.

Light can be included, sure. Most people that read both mangas would still say that Johan Liebert is more iconic as a villain though.

Come on, don't be a clown now ... If you ask 100 random people on the streets in any western country, you can bet your ass that WAY more people recognize/know Frieza. You know that, too. It's not a knock on One Piece or Blackbeard as character, it's just reality.

I hear you, but I personally don't think "iconic" means how many people simply know/recognize the villain. That's what I would call "memorable", which I explained in my first post. So an example: While Sukuna is probably more "memorable" in the west compared to Griffith (due to the manga/anime...

Because none of them is actually threatening or has something unique about them. Doflamingo is the only one you can make arguments for. As far as the ones you listed: I wouldn't actually call many of them "iconic". Memorable, yes, but that's simply due to DBZs and Naruto's massive audience in...

Egghead's climax was a disappointment. Just like the climax of every major post skip arc so far.

We are at 60+ chapters in the Egghead Arc alone (2 years in RL time) and the plot hasn't moved an inch since February. Oda isn't ending this story anytime soon.

The definition of a "all fan service, no substance" chapter. Can anyone tell how this moved the plot forward in any capacity? Vegapunk just repeated what he had already said earlier and we got a bunch of cheap "reaction shots" - some even completely random like the Skypiea one. That's it.

Luffy and it's not even even close imho. His Nika/G5-form basically breaks the 4th wall. He can't be scaled on any ordinary powerranking-scale anymore. In my opinion it's not good for the manga at all, but it is what it is. On top of that he has the best fleet and several nations (!) backing...

In my opinion Oda always intended for Kizaru to make a face turn at the end of Egghead and help the SHs escape by going up against the Gorosei (his relationship with Vegapunk, Bonney and Kuma being the trigger). I think it's likely he dies in the process, since it would be very fitting for the...

We have to be fair here. If you bash one group of antagonists (rightfully so in my mind), you can't come up with lame excuses for the other one who is massively underperforming. You either bash them all or just endure this shit writing in silence.

Spot on. Just put yourself in the position of any random citizen, that doesn't have any background information on the WG or pirates in general. Now re-read Vegapunks entire speech with that in mind. You 100% lean towards supporting the WG and hating Joyboy/pirates afterwards.

But ironically enough Vegapunk first mentioned the ancient weapons and then told everyone that it was Joyboy's (the first pirate) idea to preserve them for the present time to be used again. To top it off he even said that he doesn't know who was bad and who was good in that conflict. He...

And like I just outlined - none of the actual "information" he gave about this stuff painted the WG in a bad light at all. I mean it's clear that they have no idea what he'll say, but Oda actually tries to tell us that the WG should be shocked about the stuff he already said ("we let him talk...

We've passed the 60 chapter mark (soon 2 years in real life time) on Egghead by now. Yet some people still think it will end in the next 3 years or so. I stand by my prediction: Not earlier than 2030.

As I've written in the chapter thread yesterday - why on earth is the WG still trying to stop Vegapunk's speech? I'm dead serious btw - has anyone any idea what on earth the purpose of that speech was? If anything he has actually helped the WG more than he hurt them with it. Let's look at the...

1) The thing is that Oda pretty clearly WANTS them to be top-tiers, just once again fails to show it on paper (same thing with BM etc.). Just look what he did to Kizaru, a known top-tier - he was depicted even worse. 2) Just "pushing him out of the way" makes zero sense though. She only pushed...