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The problem here is that Oda's plan for One Piece was copying the plot of Esteban, Child of the Sun and that story ended with a plot reveal about ancient civilization but there was no revolutionary army in that story. To make the revolutionary army work, Oda would need to describe why the army...

no and no https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FranchiseOriginalSin

Yes. This is how I felt about Crocodile compared to Arlong. 27 chapters vs 111 chapters for basically the same story.

I really want Blackbeard to kill a Straw Hat but I know Oda will never write this.

bINGO. WINNER. WINNER. The Shichibukai, Yonko and Goroosei are all filler. If Imu and Teach are the final bosses then all other fights are filler.

I've seen this bad logic quite frequently. I think it's a cope. Hard work vs genetics only applies when either both people have good genetics or bad genetics because in these situations hard work will be the difference. But if someone has good genetics then it's not certain that bad genetics +...

OP isn't wrong. All the important characters do have bloodline traits. To be fair, IRL, you still need good genetics even if you train/study so this isn't unrealistic. Magic like devil fruits or high tech gene science is the only way to overcome natural genetic limits.

cannon-filler

Oda is retconning. The best example is shanks not having haki and losing his arm to the sea beast. As the story continues and Oda tries to tie up more loose threads you will see more retcons.

No. Netflix wants to "reboot" OP for a new generation. The older episodes look too dated and they also have bad pacing. If this new version succeeds then Netflix will extend it to newer arcs. I prefer the 1999 version too but I think the 2011 version does a better job capturing the tone of the...

No. Berserk should end through Guts dying or through Guts killing Griffon but dying too (). The foreshadowing is already there, "a death you can never escape" and Guts made terrible decisions and he should be held accountable for them. 1) Guts enabled eclipse by freeing Griffon. 2) Guts worked...

I'm surprised Eneru is so high. I thought that he was a worse Crocodile. IMO Arlong was the best. The fight was good and the build-up was solid too because of the connection with Nami. Arlong Park is probably the best example of peak Oda writing. I didn't like Lucci because that was the start...

If these fights aren't good then there is no reason to believe that future fights will be good. I can't name 1 story that started to decline and then recovered and hit the same highs or higher highs. Maybe JoJo but each part is written as a different story so that's not the same as 1 continuous...

Nope. WCI and Wano were so bad, and post TS in general, that I have zero faith that the story will ever hit the same highs again. This is a Naruto Shippuden situation. Lack of tension, no strategy, bad choreography.

We'll see what happens. If the New Anime has JJK or KnY levels of animation then It might take off but I feel that One Piece is a hard sell in North America because of the 6 yr old childish humor and the slow pacing. I think Bartie and Arlong Park are solid arcs with mainstream appeal.

Oda wants to top Berserk.

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-one-piece-release-date

Wishing that Luffy would grow after the Marineford or really wishing any character would grow and change as the story progressed. Sabo

This is bad writing because it removes agency from the protagonist. The protagonist should want to defeat the bad guy because of his own personal experience and this is usually developed in the the story and is lacking in One Piece. For instance I would prefer if Nami is kidnapped and r*ped and...

Naruto had already peaked at Search for Tsunade. Sasuke Retrival Arc and Akatsuki/Jinchuriki Arc(s) were okay to watch but they were mostly filler fights and they didn't setup a final act. If you understand screenplay writing then you know that a story can't have a strong ending if the middle...