General & Others As Oda’s editor, what are your tips?

#21
I love Oda's writing and the directions he takes in his plot develping, even if there is something I don't like I know for sure Oda did it for a reason whether its for world building or entertainment wise which is what makes one piece what it is today. Even those side characters that a lot of fandom complain about unknowingly that they are the small bits that make the arc full. Like how Holdem was an instrument to show the hierarchy of control in Wano system and how things are run, the consequence of causing chaos in the city and whos resposnible in dealing with it and what happens if the threat is not dealt by the assigned person and who's next in line to supress the problem all those are dealt with in Holdem's storyline and its done by one piece story telling style which always mix it with some fun comedy aspects which is what is always the case since the begining.


Now, back to the main subject and things that I would ask Oda to add or take out if I was an editor are few.

1. Give Strawhats more screentime showing their ability to use it in critical condtions to showcase the improtance of their role.

2. Give strawhats individually or as a group good fights in Wano. Something like what they did in Alabastsa and Enies Lobby individually or like Thriller Bark when they equally as a group took on a great threat together which was done beautifully.

3. Give Luffy the bigger piece of otakig down Kaido, as in him having the biggest role in defeating Kaido like Luffy's part should exceed 70% and whatever the allaince included should only take 30% max. Luffy should and could be the one to cause the most harm to Kaido if he wants to become the Pirate King within the next five years in our time.

4. Bring Back Crocodile and Enel as an important characters in future arcs.

5. Take your time in breaks and storytelling, don't rush things because I rather wait double the time you assigned yourself with to have an epic ending than finish it in five years for just a good ending or worst.
 
#23
Without changing too much:
- kill Law in Dressrosa
- leave Sabo dead and let Burgess eat the mera mera no mi or the strawhats have it
- give more space to Kid and less to Luffy in Udon
- draw a full 1 vs 1 in WCI for Sanji (vs Oven or Daifuku)
- Sanji should have used the RS only in a desperate situation at the end of Wano
- give more space to all the strawhats and less to Luffy after the TS
 
#25
Between Act 3 and 4, make him add a scene where Akainu is crying in the corner remembering his loss to Kaido 1-on-1. :pepedoffy:
if that happened I would cut myself and drop op
more than likely its kaido rmembering akainu isting him
:kata:
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My man Foxy takes on all your faves and knocks them to the dirt
NOOOO
GOD NOOOOO
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To erase the Raid Suit and Vinsmokes from the story. (Sora can stay tho)
why do you hate the raidsuits.
 
#26
Focus more on Mystic concepts (i.e DFs), dump the science & tech concepts

More Unarmed powerhouses. Gives the best powerscaling

Flip all Doflamingo's top mens' roles with each other
- Pica runs the (STONE!!!) Gladiator Colosseum
- Trebol is the G5 mole (except he plays the fool to be convincing)
- Vergo is Doffy's corrupter
- Diamante eats shit

Foxy takes on all your faves and knocks them to the dirt
Then I guess Foxy himself better get started on that dirt dinner
:brootea:
 

Jew D. Boy

I Can Go Lower
#31
Without changing too much:
- kill Law in Dressrosa
- leave Sabo dead and let Burgess eat the mera mera no mi or the strawhats have it
- give more space to Kid and less to Luffy in Udon
- draw a full 1 vs 1 in WCI for Sanji (vs Oven or Daifuku)
- Sanji should have used the RS only in a desperate situation at the end of Wano
- give more space to all the strawhats and less to Luffy after the TS
“Without changing too much” before advocating for the death of two significant characters and a complete revamping of the focus on the protagonists...I don’t necessarily disagree with most of your points, just found that funny.
 
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Kiwipom

Ghost Princess
#33
some people here wanted more kid time in udon over luffy's
:whitepress:
Kidd has been hyped up for so long, even when he was the only SN that stood up against Kaidou so people had high expectations. Instead, we saw him getting caught, forced to work as a slave, almost getting drowned. This is supposedly the guy that would rival Luffy, we want to see more Kidd action than just him having an oshiruko eating contest with Luffy who already has too much panel time
 
#34
Kidd has been hyped up for so long, even when he was the only SN that stood up against Kaidou so people had high expectations. Instead, we saw him getting caught, forced to work as a slave, almost getting drowned. This is supposedly the guy that would rival Luffy, we want to see more Kidd action than just him having an oshiruko eating contest with Luffy who already has too much panel time
no such thing as too much luffy panel time
:finally:
I semi-agree tho
 

Jew D. Boy

I Can Go Lower
#35
some people here wanted more kid time in udon over luffy's
:whitepress:
Kidd has been hyped up for so long, even when he was the only SN that stood up against Kaidou so people had high expectations. Instead, we saw him getting caught, forced to work as a slave, almost getting drowned. This is supposedly the guy that would rival Luffy, we want to see more Kidd action than just him having an oshiruko eating contest with Luffy who already has too much panel time
Honestly, I go both ways on this...Luffy’s tutelage under Grandpa Hyou will likely prove vital going forward and was necessary for his growth, but it would have been nice to see a little more out of Kidd so he can have more of an impact in the battle against Kaido. Might have been cool for him to do a little CoC stuff in the hopes of fighting off O-Lin, and it’s not like Oda didn’t spend enough time in the prison that he couldn’t have shown us more than Luffy fighting fodder yet again. If they’re truly meant to be rivals, we need to SEE Kidd doing impressive things instead of just getting offhand comments from Yonko about his abilities.
 
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Shura

#37
Make the SHs talk to each other more than when plots needs it.
yeah, literally this is the one thing I am missing....

to the people, it is not that Luffy is getting more screen time, it is that side characters introduced post-TS are getting more screen time...if Oda gives more screen time to the characters from pre-TS and other SH and give them major fights, no one could have bothered to have Luffy having more screen time as it remained same pre-TS...

Another thing is I would suggest Oda to stop dragging climax sequences like fuck 4 chapters for 10 minutes g4 cooldown, and 20 chapters for BM chasing SH and could have cut screentime in Udon.....his arcs never had bad start, but he falters in concluding things without dragging too much...he has to correct that...
 
#39
I would just want the focus on making sure the narrative is more concise. The problem with arcs like Dressrosa and Cake Island is that there were too many ideas introduced which ultimately cluttered the narrative. Zou in comparison was much shorter and more focused which made for a better arc.
 
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