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The problem is that Oda has maneuvered himself into a corner: He doesn't want to do some real lighthearted adventure arcs with a lot of gags anymore, but on the other hand he's also afraid of actually writing a more mature story with actual consequences (deaths etc.) for his characters.

That's what's annoying a lot of the older readers. He hyped up the New World to be this super tough place, where every little mistake can cause severe consequences, yet he uses even more plot conveniences than ever to make sure that nobody actually suffers any consequences (Ceasar's gas not killing the marines, Plot-Cake-Island, BM's amnesia, Law the deus-ex-machina man etc.).

So you get arcs where the writing is just not really coherent/believable anymore. You either write a more mature story with consequences or you keep your rather lighthearted pre-skip style. Pretending to go down the more mature route, while being afraid to actually kill off characters etc. is just bound to disappoint your readers.
But 1000 chapters in, longer than any other manga, he still has you hungry enough to stake out for spoiler bits days before you know we will have anything to chew on
 
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I wonder which strategy Oda will pull off to make sure Kidd and Killer will consistently hurt the yonko. Maybe Kidd could help Zoro taking out with Kaido by farming a huge quantity of cutting objects and throwing them at him, but Killer is pretty weak to me. Unless Kaido isn't coating himself with haki I don't see him damaging him.
Yup, I think Luffy and Zoro are the only ones who can do some kind of real damage to the yonkos. But the way Oda has been portraying Kidd tells me that he would be very impactful in the fight too.
 

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Reminder zoro still the only shrawhats to not meme big mom yet so you know what that means :kawak:
I guess it’s a good thing Rosse is taking a break. Don’t think he could handle seeing Zoro dunk on Big Mom


How is it because of plot armor ? ? Wtf
Sanji fans gotta find a way to downplay Zoro to equate him to Sanji for their fragile headcanon to exist.
 
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