General & Others POLL: Which New World Arc has been the worst Arc
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It's his biggest strength by far.
Oda is a great storyteller (mind you: storyteller is not equal to storywriter) and knows how to catch his readers with interesting themes/storylines.
His biggest weakness is simply setting up and executing the finale of longer arcs.
A lot of that has to do with him not being great at writing battle scenes and fights.
Another reason is that he always uses some kind of major threat to drag out the finale (bomb in Alabasta, Maxim + Advent of Thunder in Skypiea, Shinokuni in PH, Birdcage in Dressrosa and of course ... the Wedding Cake fiasco at WCI).
That's why he's so good in those shorter arcs. He simply isn't tempted to goof around with unnecessary stuff and drag out the arc. He focuses on the main plot points, which is much more enjoyable for the reader.
Oda is a great storyteller (mind you: storyteller is not equal to storywriter) and knows how to catch his readers with interesting themes/storylines.
His biggest weakness is simply setting up and executing the finale of longer arcs.
A lot of that has to do with him not being great at writing battle scenes and fights.
Another reason is that he always uses some kind of major threat to drag out the finale (bomb in Alabasta, Maxim + Advent of Thunder in Skypiea, Shinokuni in PH, Birdcage in Dressrosa and of course ... the Wedding Cake fiasco at WCI).
That's why he's so good in those shorter arcs. He simply isn't tempted to goof around with unnecessary stuff and drag out the arc. He focuses on the main plot points, which is much more enjoyable for the reader.
FI suffers greatly from the enemies that were present there.
It was painfully obvious from the beginning, that the SHs were leagues above Hody, Decken etc.
Yet Oda decided to drag it out for quite a bit (drugs, SH first asking for permission to fight etc.) and it became a real annoyance, because the main obstacle weren't the villains anymore but ridiculous PIS moments.
Therefore there wasn't even a bit of tension or thrill and everyone was just like "man, can Oda finally finish those lame ass villains and end the arc?"
It was painfully obvious from the beginning, that the SHs were leagues above Hody, Decken etc.
Yet Oda decided to drag it out for quite a bit (drugs, SH first asking for permission to fight etc.) and it became a real annoyance, because the main obstacle weren't the villains anymore but ridiculous PIS moments.
Therefore there wasn't even a bit of tension or thrill and everyone was just like "man, can Oda finally finish those lame ass villains and end the arc?"