I still dont understand the hate fishman island get.
Does people hate it because, like, the villain is racist lol? Or is it because the battle is mostly cakewalks?
The racism is the best theme of the arc, and FIsher Tiger story was amazing. Otohime vs Tiger philosophy was also interesting, same for WB claming the island protecting it, the fishman district etc.
Everything politics related was cool.
The fact that Hoddy is racist doesn't bother me at all.
But the arc had a lot of problems :
- Hoddy is not an awesome villain. Personality, threat wise etc. He was just average. But compared to the next he is a genius.
- Van der dekken is horrible. The guy is one of the worst villain in all One piece. 0 relevance.
- Hoddy goons has no personalities, bad design, bad powers etc etc. Most forgetable villains goons.
- Shiraoshi is a nightmare.
- Sanji nosebleed was a LOOOT too much. Not a lot of good interactions between the crew.
- We were just after the time skip and we all waited for some really hype things, interactions between the crew and we had this arc. So even if it had redeemable qualities people had a lot of expectations for this arc.