I know a lot of people here doesnt like the scabbards, half of them are very boring. But do you think Kinemon or Kiku are bad characters? I think these 2 are fine. Denjiro had potential but not fullfill. And I like Izo even he didnt have development
I like Kiku a lot, and I like Kinemon, but felt like he wasn't given enough wins. No one expected the Scabbards to actually beat Kaido, but, people were hoping they'd do a lot more. Kiku, Kinemon, and Asura all going down to Kanjuro just didn't sit right with me.
Oda spent so much time building up the Scabbards as people who would do anything to avenge Oden's Will, and then Onigashima had them constantly falling for dumb obvious tricks. The Raid made the Scabbards look like fools. They knew their was a traitor, and did nothing, only to get screwed by him multiple times.
I love Neku and Inu, I really like Kiku and Izou, but, overall, the Scabbards felt like side characters in their own arc.
Denjiro stealing Hiyori's kill while Kawamatsu did little was frustrating, too.