I did not mean to jinx your prediction, but let's face it here: Lolda doesn't have what it takes to pull off something of that caliber.
His problem with writing Wano is he wanted his cake and ate it, too:
1. Wanted the Beast Pirates to be taken seriously, but made them horribly incompetent and shafted them in their own arc in favor of the Wanonese he had already invested so much for over 10 years, all the while ignoring that he did a below average job making the Wanonese interesting and had to wank a dead Wanonese to no end because of reasons.
2. Wanted people to take Cook seriously as a YC-level fighter, but also made sure Cook had no on-panel solo W and was treated like a joke for over 10 years.
3. Wanted people to take Linlin seriously, but consistently made her a Meme.
4. Wanted the raid to be taken seriously, but refused to kill anybody.
5. Wanted Luffy to be accepted as a top tier, but fodderized him against people like Apoo and rushed his PUs instead.
6. Wanted Kaido to be taken seriously, but made him Crydo instead.
And this is just off the top of my head.
Lolda forgot his strength is really when he took his character seriously.
I will use Zoro for this example: one common (and solid) criticism toward Zoro's journey to become WSS pre-Wano is that he never defeated anybody who really mattered. I believe even Oda begrudgingly acknowledged this, because he did all he could to mitigate this in Wano by having Zoro:
- Took down 3 supernovas
- Humiliated a YC2
- Murked a YC1
- Stole the show in Roof Piece
- Got Enma and ACoC
So far.
It's like Wano is Oda’s apology tour to Zoro.
Had he not done this, I can easily say he had wanted his cake and eaten it too as far as Zoro's journey to be WSS is concerned. But he knew he had to earn the cake to eat it, so we got the years of Zoro in Wano. This is why so many people are invested in what is next for Zoro in Wano, especially since the Reaper's appearance means he is not done for the arc (ZKK is upon us all).
And this sort of dedication is why Zoro vs Calli is generating more discussion than Luffy vs Kaido (despite the former appearing out of nowhere and not having a 10-year build-up): Oda earned his Zoro cake. The other cakes he wanted for free, that's why they expired prematurely.
Just my two cents. :cheers:
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