Current Events Big Mom’s “Mother Mode” is some of the worst writing in all of One Piece...

[Olimaat]

Plus the explanation of mother mode wasnt even needed. Oda could simply have said that she was paying off her debt.

 

[BakiDou]

Who is Momonosuke to her? Why should she care about someone who holds no relevance to her?

It's called "Mother" mode. Tama helped Big Mom when she had amnesia, and thus she developed a bond with her, so when Big Mom sees Tama, her motherly instincts take over.

Zeus straight up says this is something that sometimes happens.

So obviously when it does emerge it has to make sense. Why would Mother mode come out with someone Big Mom has no connection to? That wouldn't make any sense.

Because it was explained that this mode comes out only when bm is near kids under 8 years, momo is under 8yo, why didnt bm have respects for him, and makes fun of him? Because BS.

 

[Sword God Ryuma]

Her literal goal is because of carmel someone who a mother to her who took care of little kids. She was abandon has a little kid and manipulated by a weirdo pirate to be evil. Ofcourse she weord.

 

[EmperorKinyagi]

One Piece is a fictional story for guys in their early teens: the earliest you realise it the earliest you will stop behaving like a kid in primary school whose daddy didn’t buy him the ice-cream.

That’s a non-sequitor. You won’t find bad writing like this in Avatar the Last Airbender or the OG Star Wars for instance.

 

[Celestial D. Dragon]

Because it was explained that this mode comes out only when bm is near kids under 8 years, momo is under 8yo, why didnt bm have respects for him, and makes fun of him? Because BS.

Again, the keyword here is "SOMETIMES" comes out.

So when it does come out, it has to be in a logical situation. Coming out when she sees Momo, who has no connection to her character in the slightest, makes no sense.

 

[Cherry Hilk]

That’s a non-sequitor. You won’t find bad writing like this in Avatar the Last Airbender or the OG Star Wars for instance.

Oh yeah, the same OG SW where Luke remembers has Jedi powers only when is convenient, where Leila that “somehow” always knew that Luke was her brother and that seems unfazed by the revelation that the second evilest man in the galaxy is her father. The same OG Star Wars where carebears with spears put on their knees the soldiers of the most technologically advanced army in the galaxy... oh yeah, that’s really flawless writing

 

[Luffy bin Dragon]

momo is under 8yo.

Momo is exactly 8 years old not under 8

 

[EmperorKinyagi]

Oh yeah, the same OG SW where Luke remembers has Jedi powers only when is convenient, where Leila that “somehow” always knew that Luke was her brother and that seems unfazed by the revelation that the second evilest man in the galaxy is her father. The same OG Star Wars where carebears with spears put on their knees the soldiers of the most technologically advanced army in the galaxy... oh yeah, that’s really flawless writing

Straw-manning ftw amirite? You also didn’t mention ATLA.

 

[Tigapedang]

Get ready for kaido crying mode when zoro bring a lot of sake in front of him

 

[Lion of Olympus]

One Piece is a fictional story for guys in their early teens: the earliest you realise it the earliest you will stop behaving like a kid in primary school whose daddy didn’t buy him the ice-cream.

This is one of the worst arguments trying to defend One Piece I’ve ever seen. So because it’s a fictional story that means we can’t criticize it?

 

[Finalbeta]

Yea I didn't enjoy Oda's choice, at least for now, we will see. This mode seems too random. I understand there are presumably implications with Big Mom's past and mother carmel probably, but it looks too contrived if you asked.

 

[EmperorKinyagi]

The only two people Big Mom has taken down this arc are Queen and Page One.

That should tell you all you need to know.

 

[BleakAsh]

BM is retarded... both literally and narrative wise

 

[Jew D. Boy]

Truly made me laugh like I was delirious when I read it, I couldn’t believe Oda really tried to spoon feed this to us like it made perfect sense...imagine if Hitler could rend a soul from someone’s body and actively crushed anyone who faced him, but still had a soft spot for defenseless Jewish kids. “Cognitive dissonance” hardly begins to cover how utterly horrendous this narrative choice is

 

[Ace]

Nah there is way worse stuff. For example the Merry stuff at the end of Enies Lobby

Could you imagine if that happened in this arc. The Sunny becoming sentient and saving the crew. This place would be chaos and people would want to crucify Oda.

 

[BleakAsh]

Truly made me laugh like I was delirious when I read it, I couldn’t believe Oda really tried to spoon feed this to us like it made perfect sense...imagine if Hitler could rend a soul from someone’s body and actively crushed anyone who faced him, but still had a soft spot for defenseless Jewish kids. “Cognitive dissonance” hardly begins to cover how utterly horrendous this narrative choice is

the dichotomy is beyond me

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but ig as an audience we'll have to take it from the perspective oda's serving this plot from...

the point is BM is a mentally retarded while Hitler wasn't.

that aspect of her may justify oda's choice here

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Nah there is way worse stuff. For example the Merry stuff at the end of Enies Lobby

why do you watch onepiece honestly... even WB bids farewell to Moby Dick... hiw did you make it this far in onepiece...

 

[Lion of Olympus]

Truly made me laugh like I was delirious when I read it, I couldn’t believe Oda really tried to spoon feed this to us like it made perfect sense...imagine if Hitler could rend a soul from someone’s body and actively crushed anyone who faced him, but still had a soft spot for defenseless Jewish kids. “Cognitive dissonance” hardly begins to cover how utterly horrendous this narrative choice is

I honestly thought the spoilers for the chapter were fake. I couldn’t believe Oda would write something this garbage...

 

[Jew D. Boy]

Nah there is way worse stuff. For example the Merry stuff at the end of Enies Lobby

Could you imagine if that happened in this arc. The Sunny becoming sentient and saving the crew. This place would be chaos and people would want to crucify Oda.

A beautiful, sentimental send off for a longtime character who meant a great deal to the Straw Hats and the fandom...compared to a poorly written villain with the dumbest weak point of any combatant here or beyond...nah, this ain’t it, man. I see what you’re saying, but Merry coming to life isn’t that bizarre considering all we’ve seen in this series; hell, the woman we’re discussing in this very thread can enliven inanimate objects at will. The difference here is that a previously unmentioned character flaw could theoretically turn the tide of the entire war, whereas Merry didn’t start kicking Rob Lucci’s ass in Luffy’s place, it just made it to the right place at the right time and gave everyone a landing spot.

 

[Skiddo]

The problem is that the scene would've been completely fine without the "Mother Mode" shit.

Its more believable a mentally ill person like Big Mom would be favored towards Tama because of what she did than a whole new mode.

 

[Lion of Olympus]

The worst part is all this time they could’ve just had Tama come to the roof to distract and command Big Mom