Speculations Pound is still dead
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Should I actually show you the demographic survey of OP readers? That one is from 2011 and the fandom has only even gotten older (!) since.
Fans under 18 are a clear minority (only 12%). Vast majority of fans are actually 20+ nowadays.
That has to go into Oda's head. No young teens are starting OP these days. Those who read all grew up with it.
Oda literally targets an audience, that just isn't there anymore.
That's why the criticism gets louder and louder each year btw.
Fans under 18 are a clear minority (only 12%). Vast majority of fans are actually 20+ nowadays.
That has to go into Oda's head. No young teens are starting OP these days. Those who read all grew up with it.
Oda literally targets an audience, that just isn't there anymore.
That's why the criticism gets louder and louder each year btw.
Interesting, I supposed the average audiance was way younger.
Anyway we can even look at this from a different perspective despite the age. Let's take this forum as a representative sample of the OP community. There is a little minority who is heavily pissed by this (in this forum I can name you and maybe few others so critic towards this), probably a slightly bigger percentage who is annoyed by this (me for example, I find this annoying but I also know Oda will keep doing this, even if it was irritating when he did something similair but with the main crew in chapter 900) and a large majority who simply doesn't care so much or doesn't care at all and then maybe we have even people who enjoy the fact that Oda doesn't kill almost anybody and is fine with this fake tension.
In the end just look at the length of this thread, this is the level of how much the community cares about these issues while if you start a power level thread you will reach hundred of pages in a small time. Sanji's character development was a big issue in (some) fans eyes just because he didn't get a fight and didn't look cool.
At this point we know Oda and we know he will keep doing this so we can't expect he will change and we have to look at One piece for what it is and accpet its strength and weaknesses. If you want something more real like you said there is always HxH, I like it a lot too, even if it is a shame Togashi doesn't deliver anymore, it is almost a year or maybe more we have not a new chapter.
Anyway we can even look at this from a different perspective despite the age. Let's take this forum as a representative sample of the OP community. There is a little minority who is heavily pissed by this (in this forum I can name you and maybe few others so critic towards this), probably a slightly bigger percentage who is annoyed by this (me for example, I find this annoying but I also know Oda will keep doing this, even if it was irritating when he did something similair but with the main crew in chapter 900) and a large majority who simply doesn't care so much or doesn't care at all and then maybe we have even people who enjoy the fact that Oda doesn't kill almost anybody and is fine with this fake tension.
In the end just look at the length of this thread, this is the level of how much the community cares about these issues while if you start a power level thread you will reach hundred of pages in a small time. Sanji's character development was a big issue in (some) fans eyes just because he didn't get a fight and didn't look cool.
At this point we know Oda and we know he will keep doing this so we can't expect he will change and we have to look at One piece for what it is and accpet its strength and weaknesses. If you want something more real like you said there is always HxH, I like it a lot too, even if it is a shame Togashi doesn't deliver anymore, it is almost a year or maybe more we have not a new chapter.
Killing Pound before he gets to meet his daughters isn't stupid nor bad writing. What defines the quality of a writing is the execution of the idea, not the idea itself, and you have many great works that address or even revolve around the emotions of a never-to-happen reunion. Pound's bittersweet resolution was done perfectly in both concept and execution, and that's how it should have been stayed.
Jesus christ that's so true, and to be honest I liked a little bit of it.
Start was shit, the tea party was fine, Katakuri was fine BUT there's so many things badly done about that fight. But yeah, hype and all, good, and it had some great ideas. The rest was really bad, not much world info too or even endgame info and stuff.. I only liked reading it by week because of the hype each chapter put to build up something so great to end in like 5 chapters or wtv and then 20 chapters of running away and pointless plot points.
Oh yeah, and Sanji disappointment too.. I wanted so badly for Sanji to have had a great fight in WVI and I'm pretty sure I could bet a fucking pay check on that before it started.
Start was shit, the tea party was fine, Katakuri was fine BUT there's so many things badly done about that fight. But yeah, hype and all, good, and it had some great ideas. The rest was really bad, not much world info too or even endgame info and stuff.. I only liked reading it by week because of the hype each chapter put to build up something so great to end in like 5 chapters or wtv and then 20 chapters of running away and pointless plot points.
Oh yeah, and Sanji disappointment too.. I wanted so badly for Sanji to have had a great fight in WVI and I'm pretty sure I could bet a fucking pay check on that before it started.
Hope Vergo and Monet return also
