General & Others Rate The Final Saga so far on a scale of 1-10?
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It's hard to fairly judge yet. I've been kinda ambivalent to allmost all of Egghead. Imo, fights against Kizaru and gorosei were underwhelming as well as Vegapunk's dragged out speach. Kuma' flashback was...ok. Interesting things happend outside of Egghead. In retrospect, we basically just got a lot of glimpses – a glimpse of true history through Vegapunk's speach, a glimpse of Imu's power, a glimpse of God Valley incident, etc. I like Elbaf so far. So I rate it 5/10.
I think I'm going with a 8 out of 10 so far. It hasn't been perfect, but it has been more good than bad I think.
Vegapunk's message did feel like it got dragged out too long. I'm not sure if I like the "Missing Night" being a thing. And I'm a little annoyed at how Oda only revealed who gave Luffy the food in a SBS. And we still don't know for sure who was taking out the cameras (it was probably Van Augur, but we still don't know for sure). But, those were the worst parts.
Revealing the Gorosei's names and designs. Imu finally speaking. The holes in the ocean. The various Vegapunk designs. Teasers for the purpose of Devil Fruits. Garp's raid on Hachinosu. Kuma's tragic backstory. Emeth finally doing something (even though that got drawn out, too). The reveal about the flooding world. The Giants showing up. EVERYONE getting a cameo appearance. Most of Egghead was just really good. Top tier stuff. It's just a few things dragging that arc down a little.
And so far Elbaph has been solid, if not extraordinary. Legoland was...a strange, but brief detour, which might end up being more important than some people expect, if only symbolically. And we've gotten some REALLY good two-page spreads out of this arc. Loki. The World Tree. This arc has been worth it just for the 2 page spreads alone. But, adding Robin and Saul's reunion to that? Yeah, I've been enjoying it so far. And it's kept up a pretty fast pace. We'll have to see where it goes, but so far, it's pretty good.
So, yeah, I think 8 out of 10 is fair enough. Some really good parts, with a few bad parts kind of dragging things down a tad. And maybe a few pacing issues. Which I'll admit, may mostly be caused by reading it week to week. If you're reading this collected, I think a lot of the flaws wouldn't stand out as much.
Vegapunk's message did feel like it got dragged out too long. I'm not sure if I like the "Missing Night" being a thing. And I'm a little annoyed at how Oda only revealed who gave Luffy the food in a SBS. And we still don't know for sure who was taking out the cameras (it was probably Van Augur, but we still don't know for sure). But, those were the worst parts.
Revealing the Gorosei's names and designs. Imu finally speaking. The holes in the ocean. The various Vegapunk designs. Teasers for the purpose of Devil Fruits. Garp's raid on Hachinosu. Kuma's tragic backstory. Emeth finally doing something (even though that got drawn out, too). The reveal about the flooding world. The Giants showing up. EVERYONE getting a cameo appearance. Most of Egghead was just really good. Top tier stuff. It's just a few things dragging that arc down a little.
And so far Elbaph has been solid, if not extraordinary. Legoland was...a strange, but brief detour, which might end up being more important than some people expect, if only symbolically. And we've gotten some REALLY good two-page spreads out of this arc. Loki. The World Tree. This arc has been worth it just for the 2 page spreads alone. But, adding Robin and Saul's reunion to that? Yeah, I've been enjoying it so far. And it's kept up a pretty fast pace. We'll have to see where it goes, but so far, it's pretty good.
So, yeah, I think 8 out of 10 is fair enough. Some really good parts, with a few bad parts kind of dragging things down a tad. And maybe a few pacing issues. Which I'll admit, may mostly be caused by reading it week to week. If you're reading this collected, I think a lot of the flaws wouldn't stand out as much.
Well there were some flaws but overall its been better than any of post TS arcs.
Blackbeard movement is awesome even by the fact that he was running away from Rayleigh. It is just in his character. 10/10
Shanks vs Kidd. This was very lazy written. I get it that Kidd isnt strong enough to fight Shanks. But getting him and his entire crew one shotted just like that feels like its cheap way by Oda to remove him from the story. I even think that its probably better for the fight to be offscreened. 1/10
Kuma's Backstory I loved it. 9/10. Minus 1 point because Xebec design wasnt reavealed. Like why?? Its almost the end and unlike Imu he isnt going to be relevant in future events. He is dead and probably would reappear only in a flashback.
The revs are finally make a direct threat the CD, and Cross Guild has become a real threath to the navy. Thats 10/10
Egghead. Pacing was abit faster than any other post TS arc. However the origins of DF dissapoint me and VP speech was dragged. The fights make it even more obvious about Oda's inconsistencies. We can only assume if Acoc/FS was used or not. Again,like why? I think its just lazy. But i like the reveal of the Gorosei and the fact that WG has an ancient weapon. Overall i'll give 7/10
Still too fast to judge Elbaf but i kinda like it for the time being so i'll give it 8/10.
Overall its 7.5/10. Still better than Wano, WCI, and DR for me.
Blackbeard movement is awesome even by the fact that he was running away from Rayleigh. It is just in his character. 10/10
Shanks vs Kidd. This was very lazy written. I get it that Kidd isnt strong enough to fight Shanks. But getting him and his entire crew one shotted just like that feels like its cheap way by Oda to remove him from the story. I even think that its probably better for the fight to be offscreened. 1/10
Kuma's Backstory I loved it. 9/10. Minus 1 point because Xebec design wasnt reavealed. Like why?? Its almost the end and unlike Imu he isnt going to be relevant in future events. He is dead and probably would reappear only in a flashback.
The revs are finally make a direct threat the CD, and Cross Guild has become a real threath to the navy. Thats 10/10
Egghead. Pacing was abit faster than any other post TS arc. However the origins of DF dissapoint me and VP speech was dragged. The fights make it even more obvious about Oda's inconsistencies. We can only assume if Acoc/FS was used or not. Again,like why? I think its just lazy. But i like the reveal of the Gorosei and the fact that WG has an ancient weapon. Overall i'll give 7/10
Still too fast to judge Elbaf but i kinda like it for the time being so i'll give it 8/10.
Overall its 7.5/10. Still better than Wano, WCI, and DR for me.
