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Oda had the opportunity to shake things up with King, but even with the undeniable narrative weight of the Lunarians, the character himself is so passive that there's nothing to be done.

Have you noticed that all the powerful characters up to this point respect Gaban as a legendary figure, as a fighter, and as a person? Even the supremely arrogant villains fear him and are very careful when dealing with him. Betting against and underestimating this character is only for those...

Oda is actually being very meticulous with Gaban, to the point that even when he technically receives an "L", he continues to be portrayed as an old legend: a wise, cream of the crop, cool-headed mentor. That's why this character is causing so much discomfort among a certain disillusioned fandom.

It's not just that he's a complex or badass character (which he is!). It's that everything about him feels weighty, larger-than-life, epic in scale, and beyond the norm. You know when you watch a movie and there's that big scene, with the soundtrack playing loudly and everything? It's like every...

Zoro is the best functional supporting character in shonen: 1) He doesn't get in the way; 2) He doesn't question Luffy; 3) He doesn't have existential crises. But is that a virtue? It's just narrative comfort. Zoro is a glorified support: he cuts down pirates, makes "lost" jokes, repeats...

Hisoka is capable of benevolent actions if this is necessary to make room for a fierce fight, that is, although he does not care about the positive faculty of the act, the possibility of doing good is not beyond him. It is Chrollo's indifference that makes him an abysmally greater evil.

If shounen were a library, Sasuke wouldn’t just be a standout book. He’d be the very shelf on which all the others are organized. While deuteragonists like Vegeta, Bakugou, or Zoro (if you want to consider him one, which he actually isn't, but let's make an exception) shine in their own ways...

Two characters can have opposing ideals, be enemies, indifferent or adversaries, have their own characteristics, backstory and fighting styles, and still be parallel to each other. As I come from the Naruto fandom, I can cite Sasuke and Madara as a well-known example.

Unfortunately, there is nothing left in Zoro's characterization that would attract anything other than indifference or powerscaling nonsense. Sasuke, on the other hand, has always been one of the pillars of his franchise, the focus of the most significant discussions, and sometimes bigger than...

Sasuke made Sai, the emotionless man, question his own existence with a glance. :nicagesmile:

The movie was written/supervised by Kishimoto, nothing is more canonical than that, and there they are portrayed on equal footing in every way, as in all other instances that follow. Have you ever heard of the term "authorial intent"? How you feel or not about this is your business and has...

When Sasuke uses his insane chakra control to apply the shape transformation to the Bijuus' chakra (and no, he didn't use all of the chakra, because the beasts were already tired from the war) and mold the Bijuu Susano'o, a feat that earned him a comparison to the Sage of the Six Paths himself...

But that was far from a conventional Rasengan; Kurama had imprinted all of his chakra into it, to the point where he went to sleep for days afterward. That had never happened before or since. No need to be disingenuous.

If there is a power difference the size of 8,5 Bijuus between Naruto and Sasuke in their teenage phase, how do you guys explain the absolute equality between them in adulthood? In all the fights they had against the Otsutsuki (with the exception of Baryon mode, but for that Naruto had to...

Due to his inexperience, Sasuke could not attack and absorb attacks at the same time, as Kurama said. Otherwise, in any clash of techniques, Sasuke would always have the advantage. This is without considering that an Amenotejikara unrestricted by the plot would end up with a Naruto with his head...

I always thought he would end up being narratively important, yes, but in terms of power and portrayal? Nope, nothing could have prepared me for the fact that in his official introduction he would casually force Luffy and Zoro to use their full strength. :Gaban_Smug:

What a perceptive young man. Nice catch! At first it's an unpretentious and funny scene, but only in a vacuum. Just look through Toei's history for a few minutes and you'll come to the conclusion that some people there made it their mission to make Sanji the eternal butt of the joke.

Jokes aside, Fenaker, my dear, taking this "fandom war" thing as anything other than a joke is not healthy and spamming the forum is even worse. It's just a manga, calm your mind and go read a good book with a fresh cup of coffee. I can even give you some recommendations o/

Come on, don't cry. Come here, I'll comfort you. What do you think about printing out this pitiful post of yours to use as toilet paper?

I'm convinced that Oda read a compilation of posts depreciating Sanji and all his potential and then decided to write this chapter in all its glory. It's the only plausible explanation. And something tells me that things are only going to get worse from now on for a certain fandom.