When it comes to Kaido and Big Mom they were both huge disappointments in their own way.
Other than feats, Kaido ended up being such a lackluster character and also a lackluster villain. He was so disappointing as a villain, that even Orochi overshadowed him as a villain.
And then we have his backstory which is easily of the worst character backstories in One Piece, only four pages and it doesn't really answer that much when it comes to Kaido's character.
Imagine building up Kaido since the Punk Hazard arc and then having him be the main villain of one of the longest arcs in One Piece, and you are just waiting and waiting to see his backstory and it finally comes and it just ends up being being a rushed flashback of only four pages.
There is no excuse for Kaido having such a boring and horrible flashback.
Then there is Big Mom, imo I do think she was at least more interesting as a character than Kaido and also had a way better backstory but just like Kaido she was also very disappointing as a villain.
I had no problem with Big Mom during the WCI arc and I thought her role as a villain during the first half of that arc was pretty good, but then we get to the Wano arc and Oda just ruins her character completely.
Despite being a Yonko and even being compared to Kaido, Oda treated Big Mom like a joke throughout the Wano arc.
From falling into the ocean and getting amnesia, being used a plot device to help free Luffy from Udon, falling asleep and being chained up by Queen, having her face run over by Franky riding his motorcycle, Jinbe and Robin removing her from the main floor, and being used as a plot device again this time indirectly helping Nami and Usopp by defeating Page One and temporarily knocking out Ulti.
As for her fight against Kid and Law, not only was her portrayal not that good during the fight but she didn't show more impressive feats either.
The other main issue when it comes to her fight against Kid and Law was that a majority of the fight was off screened, because Kid and Law are not the main characters I'm assuming that's why Oda didn't really care to focus on that fight and he also probably wanted to quickly get to the final fight of Luffy vs Kaido.
Part of me still likes Kaido and Big Mom but at the same time I won't deny that Oda really fucked up when it comes to both of their characters.
Kizaru>Kaido and Big Mom.
Not power level wise just character wise.
Please don't ruin Kizaru's character Oda.
Random tags because why not.
Other than feats, Kaido ended up being such a lackluster character and also a lackluster villain. He was so disappointing as a villain, that even Orochi overshadowed him as a villain.
And then we have his backstory which is easily of the worst character backstories in One Piece, only four pages and it doesn't really answer that much when it comes to Kaido's character.
Imagine building up Kaido since the Punk Hazard arc and then having him be the main villain of one of the longest arcs in One Piece, and you are just waiting and waiting to see his backstory and it finally comes and it just ends up being being a rushed flashback of only four pages.
There is no excuse for Kaido having such a boring and horrible flashback.
Then there is Big Mom, imo I do think she was at least more interesting as a character than Kaido and also had a way better backstory but just like Kaido she was also very disappointing as a villain.
I had no problem with Big Mom during the WCI arc and I thought her role as a villain during the first half of that arc was pretty good, but then we get to the Wano arc and Oda just ruins her character completely.
Despite being a Yonko and even being compared to Kaido, Oda treated Big Mom like a joke throughout the Wano arc.
From falling into the ocean and getting amnesia, being used a plot device to help free Luffy from Udon, falling asleep and being chained up by Queen, having her face run over by Franky riding his motorcycle, Jinbe and Robin removing her from the main floor, and being used as a plot device again this time indirectly helping Nami and Usopp by defeating Page One and temporarily knocking out Ulti.
As for her fight against Kid and Law, not only was her portrayal not that good during the fight but she didn't show more impressive feats either.
The other main issue when it comes to her fight against Kid and Law was that a majority of the fight was off screened, because Kid and Law are not the main characters I'm assuming that's why Oda didn't really care to focus on that fight and he also probably wanted to quickly get to the final fight of Luffy vs Kaido.
Part of me still likes Kaido and Big Mom but at the same time I won't deny that Oda really fucked up when it comes to both of their characters.
Kizaru>Kaido and Big Mom.

Not power level wise just character wise.
Please don't ruin Kizaru's character Oda.

Random tags because why not.

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