Controversial Egghead arc has been bad for The Strawhats

#1
I am not talking about fights before anyone asks

I am talking about how the "background characters" syndrome than most of them suffer from now, only existing for reaction panels instead of being plot drivers like they used to be.

Chopper had his limit increased 10 times by Caesar, Vegapunk nukes Caesar when it comes to Zoan DF knowledge, yet Chopper didn't put 2 to 2 together to ask Vegapunk if he could help him with his Monster Point or even making his Hybrid Form look actually human?

Franky knows Vegapunk is a Cyborg expert yet never asks him about Queen's Infinite Laser shit? Did Sanji even tell Franky about it? Franky also could ask about The New Pacifista's Shield thing that could give Franky a Haki lite technique yet Franky just Marvels around. Franky was the one who was worried about Kuma yet he never asks him about him.

Robin sees Vega talking about all the Ancient History yet only reacts to Saul being alive. Not asking any other question.

Sanji not bothering to ask anything about his Parents and about his Fear of becoming like his brothers, one would think Sanji would wanna confirm that he won't end up like them instead of wanting to be Stussy's dog, or wanting to know what Made his Father like that, if he was ever a good person or was he rotten from the start.

Hell, one would expect Brook to wanna know if he could get his flesh back.

All of these are stuff you would expect from Characters who would definitely have questions to ask from the Science expert, nevermind Nami who was spying on Koby fanboying over Him in EL.

Instead we are focusing on Lunarian Clones that will only be relevant in Two Piece, The Adventures of Buffy.

This is worse than Wano because at least the Strawhats have zero ties to Wano outside of Zoro.
 
#4
I am not talking about fights before anyone asks

I am talking about how the "background characters" syndrome than most of them suffer from now, only existing for reaction panels instead of being plot drivers like they used to be.

Chopper had his limit increased 10 times by Caesar, Vegapunk nukes Caesar when it comes to Zoan DF knowledge, yet Chopper didn't put 2 to 2 together to ask Vegapunk if he could help him with his Monster Point or even making his Hybrid Form look actually human?

Franky knows Vegapunk is a Cyborg expert yet never asks him about Queen's Infinite Laser shit? Did Sanji even tell Franky about it? Franky also could ask about The New Pacifista's Shield thing that could give Franky a Haki lite technique yet Franky just Marvels around. Franky was the one who was worried about Kuma yet he never asks him about him.

Robin sees Vega talking about all the Ancient History yet only reacts to Saul being alive. Not asking any other question.

Sanji not bothering to ask anything about his Parents and about his Fear of becoming like his brothers, one would think Sanji would wanna confirm that he won't end up like them instead of wanting to be Stussy's dog, or wanting to know what Made his Father like that, if he was ever a good person or was he rotten from the start.

Hell, one would expect Brook to wanna know if he could get his flesh back.

All of these are stuff you would expect from Characters who would definitely have questions to ask from the Science expert, nevermind Nami who was spying on Koby fanboying over Him in EL.

Instead we are focusing on Lunarian Clones that will only be relevant in Two Piece, The Adventures of Buffy.

This is worse than Wano because at least the Strawhats have zero ties to Wano outside of Zoro.
To be fair they were planning on bringing Vegapunk on their ship so it’s understandable imo that they weren’t launching questions onto him

Also Sanji rightfully doesn’t want anything to do with Judge so idk why you would expect Sanji to ask about him
 
#6
I am not talking about fights before anyone asks

I am talking about how the "background characters" syndrome than most of them suffer from now, only existing for reaction panels instead of being plot drivers like they used to be.

Chopper had his limit increased 10 times by Caesar, Vegapunk nukes Caesar when it comes to Zoan DF knowledge, yet Chopper didn't put 2 to 2 together to ask Vegapunk if he could help him with his Monster Point or even making his Hybrid Form look actually human?

Franky knows Vegapunk is a Cyborg expert yet never asks him about Queen's Infinite Laser shit? Did Sanji even tell Franky about it? Franky also could ask about The New Pacifista's Shield thing that could give Franky a Haki lite technique yet Franky just Marvels around. Franky was the one who was worried about Kuma yet he never asks him about him.

Robin sees Vega talking about all the Ancient History yet only reacts to Saul being alive. Not asking any other question.

Sanji not bothering to ask anything about his Parents and about his Fear of becoming like his brothers, one would think Sanji would wanna confirm that he won't end up like them instead of wanting to be Stussy's dog, or wanting to know what Made his Father like that, if he was ever a good person or was he rotten from the start.

Hell, one would expect Brook to wanna know if he could get his flesh back.

All of these are stuff you would expect from Characters who would definitely have questions to ask from the Science expert, nevermind Nami who was spying on Koby fanboying over Him in EL.

Instead we are focusing on Lunarian Clones that will only be relevant in Two Piece, The Adventures of Buffy.

This is worse than Wano because at least the Strawhats have zero ties to Wano outside of Zoro.
they are in a hurry now,Vegapunk will help them with PU while they are aboard the sunny.
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In all honestly the only interesting things in the story are now the stuff that DOESN'T involve Luffy and the crew :toximoji:
I'm starting to think the straw hats aren't that interesting anymore.Some side characters like Barto,Cavendish,Buggy,Dragon,Sabo and so on sound more intresting to me. imo
 
#7
They’ve been on the island for just a few hours and during that time they’ve been under attack by the world government. No way they’re just going to instantly talk about power ups. They plan on taking Vegapunk onto their ship anyways so they think they have plenty of time.

At the very least they’ve had time to just be around one another and legit feel like the protagonists of Egghead.
 
#9
They aren't interessting for a long time; they are just side characters in the Condom show... I rather read the adventures of Law, Kid or Blackbeard who are not goody two-shoes, I want real pirates doing some fucked up shit at this point just to have some variety :sanjimeh:
Law betrays Luffy and joins BB to save his skin and Kidd team ups with BB to get revenge on Shanks.That is how i see them relevant.Maybe Law will be the 10th titanic captain.
BB has a history of recruiting loses like Aokiji.
 
#12
The lore build-ups around the Strawhats is not well executed I agree.

But Egghead arc has been the best arc of characterization for the Strawhats. The Strawhats dynamics are feel like pre-timeskip which I liked.
 
#13
The lore build-ups around the Strawhats is not well executed I agree.

But Egghead arc has been the best arc of characterization for the Strawhats. The Strawhats dynamics are feel like pre-timeskip which I liked.
The best arc for characterization? yeah no

Water 7, Sabaody, Skypeia, Enies Lobby, Wano, Whole Cake Island, Alabasta

What was the characterization? What did Usopp do? What did brook do? what did nami do? Only big character moments were Robin's crying about her past.
 
#14
The best arc for characterization? yeah no

Water 7, Sabaody, Skypeia, Enies Lobby, Wano, Whole Cake Island, Alabasta

What was the characterization? What did Usopp do? What did brook do? what did nami do? Only big character moments were Robin's crying about her past.
I'm talking about post-timeskip here mate.
Half of the Strawhats aren't even here lmao.
 
#18
I'm talking about post-timeskip here mate.

Half of the Strawhats aren't even here lmao.
The ones who were had a lot of development though.

Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Jinbe
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I'm talking about post-timeskip here mate.

Half of the Strawhats aren't even here lmao.
You didn't say post time skip and even still that's wrong. Wano had more development for Luffy, Nami, Robin, Sanji, Zoro
 
#20
The ones who were had a lot of development though.

Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Jinbe
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You didn't say post time skip and even still that's wrong. Wano had more development for Luffy, Nami, Robin, Sanji, Zoro
Wano = Best character developments for some of the Strawhats.

Egghead = Pre-timeskip vibes for the Strawhats.
 
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