Character Discussion Are Kaido and Linlin important to the story?

Are Kaido and Linlin important to the story?


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#22
No

Pretty sure if you ask if any character except the main ones could be removed from the story to make it better- almost everyone would try to remove something or someone and argue it's better without them.

*Cough* I mean, I wouldn't do that- because I actually like the story. But ya the average Worstgen member would tinker with the story and think they know how to write it better than the author does. Certainly.
 
#23
Kaido defined the entire post TS. Events from Punk Hazard to Wano were all leading upto him. He was the gatekeeper to Joyboy.
Of course Kaido is important, as well as integral to the story.

BM was important to her arc standalone, but in Wano she felt like an extra hurdle. BM is important, plays a role in worldbuilding.....but I feel like the story can do without her as well.
 
#26
Kaido began his fight in 987 and was defeated in 1049 to 1050, 63 chapters beating Joyboy and those mentioned by Oden as the only ones capable of bringing down Kaido in the future... 63 damn chapters fighting non-stop, to give you an idea:
  1. Dressrosa Arc - 102 Chapters
  2. Skypiea Arc - 66 Chapters
  3. Alabasta Arc - 63 Chapter
  4. Enies Lobby Arc - 56 Chapters
  5. Water 7 Arc - 53 Chapters
  6. Fishman Island Arc - 51 Chapters
  7. Thriller Bark Arc - 48 Chapters
  8. Punk Hazard Arc - 46 Chapters
  9. Whole Cake Island Arc - 36 Chapters (as of 3/30/17)
  10. Marineford Arc - 31 Chapters
  11. Arlong Park Arc - 27 Chapters
  12. Baratie Arc - 27 Chapters
  13. Impel Down Arc - 25 Chapters
  14. Drum Island Arc - 25 Chapters
  15. Sabaody Archipelago Arc - 24 Chapters
  16. Zou Arc - 23 Chapters
  17. Syrup Village Arc - 20 Chapters
  18. Jaya Arc - 19 Chapters
  19. Long Ring Long Land Arc - 19 Chapters
  20. Post-War Arc - 17 Chapters
  21. Little Garden Arc - 15 Chapters
  22. Orange Town Arc - 14 Chapters
  23. Amazon Lily Arc - 11 Chapters
  24. Post-Enies Lobby Arc - 11 Chapters
  25. Whiskey Peak Arc - 9 Chapters
  26. Romance Dawn Arc - 7 Chapters
  27. Loguetown Arc - 5 Chapters
  28. Return to Sabaody Arc - 5 Chapters
  29. Reverse Mountain Arc - 5 Chapters
To be fair a lot of other stuff was going on in those 63 chapters besides fighting Kaido
 
#32
Calling them Filler Yonko,altough satisfying for me,i recognize its a provocation,because after all they had the Road Ponyeglyps so they had to be beaten. But,as many people knows,the real sequel of what happened in Marineford started now with Egghead. The Kaido/Big Mom saga,altough had moments important for the story (Gear 5,Sabo is alive reveal,some info here and there) was almost like a deviation from the continuation of the story after Marineford. Now we are back to the actual story about the search for the One Piece.
 
#33
They were the "gatekeeping villains", not as important as guys like Blackbeard and Imu, that have part in the main plot with the main character, but more like Enel and Moria were in the pre-TS, strong villains to make for the worldbuilding
 
#34
What do you mean by important? if you mean narratively speaking, after One Piece ends we look back at everything.

No, Kaido and Big Mom have a very clear and minor purpose, they are just in the story to serve as a roadblock, to be a luffy fight for the plot rocks.

fighting them is important, but it's just one more step in the overachieving narrative all the way to taking down the WG, they still are a pivotal part of the manga, where things change a lot after their defeat.

but comparing it to the void century, Imu, and so on, they aren't relevant in the grand scheme.
 
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