Character Discussion Oda failed to make King and Queen menacing characters?

#23
Let's be real: There are no real "menacing" characters in OP.

That's just a fact fans have to accept.

Not even Crocodile, Akainu or Doflamingo were really "menacing", since we already know a ton of funny quirks (Crocodile being blackmailed by Ivankov, Akainu being constantly trolled by Sengoku, Enel becoming friends with some moon midgets etc.) about them.
no crocodile and akaniu were menacing you can’t tell me you watched alabsta and marineford and thought they weren’t menacing enough

as for doflamingo he was menacing but it looked extremely forced
 
#24
Tbh power level wise i still think that they're all more than strong enough to deal with jinbe zoro and sanji

But characters wise theyve been lacking tho at least for me
  1. Jacks pretty cool i can't lie
  2. I felt like queen was just beyond dumb during udon essentially training luffy tho he kinda made up for it with his latest game
  3. King is just straight boring so far. Just another silent badass type like thats just eh imo
 
#26
This isn't really Oda's fail, he wants them to be like that. We're talking about a guy who:

1) Turned one of Arlong's commanders into the transport tool and other into a weird kisser.

2) Had an eccentric okama as Crocodile's second strongest subordinate.

3) Drew a whole scene about one of Lucci's top subordinates laughing his ass off at his coleague alongside Zoro and Usopp because of his devil fruit, plus the whole Usopp-sword scene, the "oh, it's Usopp" gag with Kaku, Jabra's fear of devil fruits, etc.

4) Do I need to describe Moria's subordinates?

King and Queen are pretty much like Bonez and Bentham. One is serious, impassive, pretty much made to fight with no deeper implication in the plot (let's see if King does, well, something) and the other is eccentric and more entertaining to carry subplots. But Queen is still crazy as hell (his game with the ice ogres is quite menacing) and King is described as a sadist who tried to cut Sanji in half.

I don't know, I find them to be consistent with what Oda has always done.
 
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#28
Oda should have made Jack the strongest commander(that dude was juggernaut on Zou),Queen is a goofy dude and King has no presence whatsoever.
This^!

This is where Oda flopped

Jack hype and ijtor was everything that fits beast pirates. He ressembles Kaido in all.


But nah...he made Jack 28 years old and weakest calamity for the sake of it

King and Queen feel like their secondary members of BP
King is even worse since he has no presence
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Was Cracker really threatening? Nami was trolling him. The Yonko Commanders apart from Kata were never that strong. They only lived on people's Yonko wanking hype. King and Queen aren't far off from Vergo and Pica.
Stop your nonsense
 
#29
no crocodile and akaniu were menacing you can’t tell me you watched alabsta and marineford and thought they weren’t menacing enough

as for doflamingo he was menacing but it looked extremely forced
Since I've already read a shitton of mangas: No, Crocodile and Akainu were no menacing characters/villains at all, especially if you compare them to villains of other series.

That's a systematic issue though. You know that Oda writes his story with very little consequences for his main characters, so of course you won't feal much "menace" or "threat" when you look at the villains.
 
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#38
Nah its not cause Queen looks bad....(though last chap didnt help him).

Its that Queen just does not match the aethestic of a Sanji opponent. Unless he has another form that makes him slimer and faster than he wouldnt be such a useless opponent. But we know hes a Zoan user so his only other forms are Full Zoan and Hybrid. And his Full Zoan form looks fat and slow af.

Queen just doesnt suit Sanji. His boosters and flight technology will be wasted on him. Not only that....but King will be wasted on Zoro.



Like ive stated Zoro's opponents dont fight with Sanji....and vice versa, until theyve atleast got set-up with the other one.

Again I dont think Zoro will be fight Queen. He has his set up with Kaido and Orochi...the 2 antagonists of the arc. He will reopen Kaido's scar and defeat Orochi.
 
#39
It will take Oda one or two chapters to establish Calamity threat level.
Fans have short memory and high expectations. They easily forgot how hard it was for Luffy to beat Cracker n Katakuri.

I am still on Tag Team battles. Maybe Zoro n Sanji will finish the fight on their own in the end but they definitely having help during the fights Against King n Queen.
The issue is Zoro fans want Zoro to be the main character and fight Kaido while Sanji fans want Sanji to be Zoro and fight King. Misplaced fan expectations.
This. Exactly.
 
#40
It will take Oda one or two chapters to establish Calamity threat level.
Fans have short memory and high expectations. They easily forgot how hard it was for Luffy to beat Cracker n Katakuri.

I am still on Tag Team battles. Maybe Zoro n Sanji will finish the fight on their own in the end but they definitely having help during the fights Against King n Queen.

This. Exactly.
You finally joined the team battle hype:catsweat:
 
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