Oh boy, there seems to be a few chapters 'till we meet the end of this controversial and convoluted arc and my only feeling right now is disappointment. Back when the Reverie Arc ended, I thought myself, 'it is time for a fantastic arc against Kaido, an emperor of the sea and the potential to be Luffy's toughest and most complex enemy', well, I was very wrong about everything, not only Kaido is one of the blandest villains ever introduced, but the whole Wano arc has been a total letdown in every front: Countless plot conveniences, lack of tension, useless characters (kawamatsu, toki, toko, urushima and so many others), plot devices (I am looking at u Tama and Big Meme), boring subplots(Ice oni BS from Queen), lack of deaths(c'mon, against two emperors, one with his full army and no even terciary characters like kiku die), stupid and unnecesary power ups(Luffy's and Zoro's), Kidd lack of protagonism being part of the supernovas, Drake's lack of skill, Hawkins being irrelevant, Tobbi Roppo being introduced too late in the arc, also their lackluster fights againts the SH(Franky's and Jimbe's specially), Big Mom Children could not climb the damn waterfall for the whole 150+ chapters, Big Mom's amnesia and motherly mode, Orochi being a clown and a complety disgrace of a shogun, Oden wank in almost every episody, not a single redeemable samurai from either side(I was looking forward to see Kyoshiro prior to him being one scabbard) and so on.
C'mon people, Oda had everything within the bag to make a perfect mix between tension, character development, interesting antagonist(Kaido could have become a better Dofy in terms of writing), perfect wano lore(not a single supreme grade sword was introduced, even the kairoseki plot was irrelevant), good secondary characters (Gosh, just remembering the butchering Oda did with wario aka Orochi make me feel sick)... The potential this arc had was too high, I was a One Piece fanboy, now, I use want to see how everything ends, I could not be more devastated for the amount of mistakes Oda made within a single arc, although I am not surprise considering the predecessor(WCI). I wanted a full war with cassualties and tension, and this was just a clown festa. Of course, this is just my opinion, if you think this arc is good, well, I am glad you enjoyed it, I just could not, despite my fanboyism for this series.
C'mon people, Oda had everything within the bag to make a perfect mix between tension, character development, interesting antagonist(Kaido could have become a better Dofy in terms of writing), perfect wano lore(not a single supreme grade sword was introduced, even the kairoseki plot was irrelevant), good secondary characters (Gosh, just remembering the butchering Oda did with wario aka Orochi make me feel sick)... The potential this arc had was too high, I was a One Piece fanboy, now, I use want to see how everything ends, I could not be more devastated for the amount of mistakes Oda made within a single arc, although I am not surprise considering the predecessor(WCI). I wanted a full war with cassualties and tension, and this was just a clown festa. Of course, this is just my opinion, if you think this arc is good, well, I am glad you enjoyed it, I just could not, despite my fanboyism for this series.
