Kaido is not really a villain. He is an amalgamation of random and generic villain traits who’s roll in the story is to elevate Luffy to Yonko level . He is not a villain, he is not a character, he’s not even a person really: he is just a sentient plot device.
Oda could’ve accomplished the same thing he is trying to accomplish with Kaido, by introducing this really big rock that no pirate has ever been able to lift, and then having Luffy lift the rock. Kaido does not have any focus or personality because he isn’t meant to be a real character, just a stepping stone for Luffy and nothing more. No other villain in One Piece could’ve been replaced in this manner, every other arc conflict was built around the motivations and character of its villain. For example, Crocodile’s plot to conquer Alabasta. Replace Crocodile with a heavy rock, and the entire conflict of Alabasta falls apart. The rock would not be able to construct such a delicate plan to conquer a WG affiliated Kingdom from the shadows. With Kaido, you can replace him with any generic lifeless strength-measuring device and the story to Wano does not change much.
Did Kaido get shafted? Absolutely. His character had a lot of potential back in 795 before Oda flushed it down the toilet, and it really is a shame because his introduction in a vacuum was awesome. But instead, Oda decided to make Wano about Oden and Orochi instead of Kaido.
Kaido is easily Oda’s worst villain and an F-Tier character. I do not think Oda has ever written a more generic, forgettable, and low quality character than Kaido. Half of his lines of dialogue are so pathetic that I almost vomit when I read them.
“These brats...so strong!!”
“I’m actually taking damage..this is fun!!”
“This brat injured me...how is this possible??!!”<-Kaido states after Luffy used literally the exact same Haki against him that the scabbards did (??)
“When you’re having fun, you smile!!”
Yeah I have nothing remotely good to say about Kaido. He is complete trash and is the central reason that OP has been an F-Tier manga lately.
Oda could’ve accomplished the same thing he is trying to accomplish with Kaido, by introducing this really big rock that no pirate has ever been able to lift, and then having Luffy lift the rock. Kaido does not have any focus or personality because he isn’t meant to be a real character, just a stepping stone for Luffy and nothing more. No other villain in One Piece could’ve been replaced in this manner, every other arc conflict was built around the motivations and character of its villain. For example, Crocodile’s plot to conquer Alabasta. Replace Crocodile with a heavy rock, and the entire conflict of Alabasta falls apart. The rock would not be able to construct such a delicate plan to conquer a WG affiliated Kingdom from the shadows. With Kaido, you can replace him with any generic lifeless strength-measuring device and the story to Wano does not change much.
Did Kaido get shafted? Absolutely. His character had a lot of potential back in 795 before Oda flushed it down the toilet, and it really is a shame because his introduction in a vacuum was awesome. But instead, Oda decided to make Wano about Oden and Orochi instead of Kaido.
Kaido is easily Oda’s worst villain and an F-Tier character. I do not think Oda has ever written a more generic, forgettable, and low quality character than Kaido. Half of his lines of dialogue are so pathetic that I almost vomit when I read them.
“These brats...so strong!!”
“I’m actually taking damage..this is fun!!”
“This brat injured me...how is this possible??!!”<-Kaido states after Luffy used literally the exact same Haki against him that the scabbards did (??)
“When you’re having fun, you smile!!”
Yeah I have nothing remotely good to say about Kaido. He is complete trash and is the central reason that OP has been an F-Tier manga lately.
Kaido is a power base character therefore everything in the manga is about power lately therefore fandom only talk about power
Kaido and Big Mom are not even half of a character than Teach and Whitebeard were ...
if a character is defined by his/her power ... that character is PURE TRASH
