Questions & Mysteries Is Smoothie a waste of a Sweet Commander?
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While not in the manga, episode 859 had Luffy run away from two enemies Effilee and Mondee that wanted to fight with him and just so happened to be women. This along with Luffy not actually landing punches on Monet, Ulti, or Yamato made me wonder if Luffy is purposefully being shown not to hit women, because the only woman I recall he has hit so far after the timeskip is Big Mom.
Oda knows nobody on our side can actually fight smoothie in WCI or during Onigashima and win so he is actively trying to keep her out of the story.
Luffy vs Kaido
Law & Kid vs Big Mom
Smoothie vs Oda
Also since she can stab people with her sword, drain them, grow in size & unleash giant sword slashes.... she'd be fucking busted.
At the same time, oda has made every other commander disappointing in one way or another him not writing Smoothie just to fuck up her character ( even more so than by not writing her ) is actually a good thing.
Smoothie is a character I can't hate because she alone if proof of Odas' fuck ups. Oda actually admitted he messed up by not showcasing her properly. That's one thing Odas angels can't defend because their own mangaka admits he didn't handle her properly.
Luffy vs Kaido
Law & Kid vs Big Mom
Smoothie vs Oda
Also since she can stab people with her sword, drain them, grow in size & unleash giant sword slashes.... she'd be fucking busted.
At the same time, oda has made every other commander disappointing in one way or another him not writing Smoothie just to fuck up her character ( even more so than by not writing her ) is actually a good thing.
Smoothie is a character I can't hate because she alone if proof of Odas' fuck ups. Oda actually admitted he messed up by not showcasing her properly. That's one thing Odas angels can't defend because their own mangaka admits he didn't handle her properly.
She's a waste of a Sweet Commander, and not only because of her strength. The biggest problem with her is a lack of contribution and personality. Katakuri, Perospero and Cracker had contributions to WCI's plot. In Perospero's case he was also a big character in Wano. Katakuri and Perospero both have engaging personalities. On the other hand, Smoothie is a blank state that does nothing.
Giving characters like Smoothie, Snack or Compote defined personalities, skillsets, and a role to fulfill is more important than outright replacing them. They are characters first and combatants second. For skillsets, they should be Haki-only users. Or Smoothie could use her Devil Fruit to complement her Haki/swordsmanship. And for roles, well, they should be more than just obstacles for the Straw Hats to overcome. Show their interests, competence, positions in the Big Mom Pirates, and their dynamics. The lack of these aspects is my biggest problem with post-timeskip antagonists bar Doflamingo. Most of them have just been brutish or arrogant obstacles.
Giving characters like Smoothie, Snack or Compote defined personalities, skillsets, and a role to fulfill is more important than outright replacing them. They are characters first and combatants second. For skillsets, they should be Haki-only users. Or Smoothie could use her Devil Fruit to complement her Haki/swordsmanship. And for roles, well, they should be more than just obstacles for the Straw Hats to overcome. Show their interests, competence, positions in the Big Mom Pirates, and their dynamics. The lack of these aspects is my biggest problem with post-timeskip antagonists bar Doflamingo. Most of them have just been brutish or arrogant obstacles.
I wish Oda did more with her. She has a great bounty and useful fruit seeing as she can enlarge herself on top of draining people and poison and such. Nice design and some weird stuff about her too (juicing and drinking/serving lava, people and that giraffe that makes strange noises) so I wish she was more important. Oda just didn't feel like giving her much in WCI then in Wano, had her out of the picture. Hopefully we get some panels of her but it seems too late. Even if we see the Big Mom Pirates against CP and them checking on their mom, I doubt Oda will give Smoothie a lot of panels.
