The only thing, and I really do mean Only thing of note was that Oda had Kaido clear up whether or not Luffy was still Luffy, which this community can't even decide whether or not that shit was necessary. The real issue is in the fire subplot, why?
Because lets be real here, what did the fire subplot even bring? We knew it would be resolved easily. It just adds bloat to an already long-ass, tension-less arc. I honestly wish that Oda focused on other things. In fact here a list of thing Oda could have focused on, not just here but throughout this entire arc up to now, stole most of these from reddit because Idgaf:
Could have spent time fleshing out the Cp0, instead of deleting them from the story.
Could have spent time with the non-trio Strawhat doing something relevant.
Could have shown Jack fight, one of the three calamities and the main antagonist of Zou and HE GOT OFF SCREENED.
Could have spent time to show wtf the BM pirates are doing all this time.
Could have spent time with Apoo, who is also a Supernova and infinitely more interesting than the Scabbards, since a filler gag chapter is sooo important right now.
Could have started the Kaido flashback so we can finally get over this awful arc.
Could of spent time fleshing out characters who NEEDED to be fleshed out (the Tobiroppo).
Could of spent time giving Kid his backstory and giving him moments against Kaido.
Could of just had not introduced Yamato into this arc (worst plot device after Tama and Big Mom).
Could of spent time not making King and Queen so incompetent and disappointing (especially King).
Could of spent more time fleshing Kid’s crew and giving him more competent members than just Kid and Killer.
There’s so much more but it would of been way better than the shit that happened (Yamato, Tama, Scabbards, Big Mom).
Nah, MORE Raizo memes, let's go! Why not throw in a Tama chapter too, gotta see more clown ass Smile-user SLAVES do tricks for her.
On one hand Oda is rushing the shit out of stuff that are important, on the other hand we get entire chapters for characters who should have died months ago. What Oda wants to show and what we want to see has been so mismatched this whole arc, it's jarring as fuck.
We already have 2 time bomb subplots and it honestly feels like Oda is just trying to one-up Dressrosa in dragging things out, member the birdcage?
The bomb stuff and the floating island are already enough for all parties involved to move forward and get away, why also add the fire on top? I get the point that it makes sense in regards to build-up and what it does for other characters storylines (like Raizo for instance), I just don’t understand the need for 3 ‘time bomb’ subplots in an already long arc that has skipped important moments just for us to focus on this fire etc. I just feel like Oda chooses to focus on the wrong things in an arc that is the climax of a long saga with the Yonko instead of placing more time on shit that's far more important.
Because lets be real here, what did the fire subplot even bring? We knew it would be resolved easily. It just adds bloat to an already long-ass, tension-less arc. I honestly wish that Oda focused on other things. In fact here a list of thing Oda could have focused on, not just here but throughout this entire arc up to now, stole most of these from reddit because Idgaf:
Could have spent time fleshing out the Cp0, instead of deleting them from the story.
Could have spent time with the non-trio Strawhat doing something relevant.
Could have shown Jack fight, one of the three calamities and the main antagonist of Zou and HE GOT OFF SCREENED.
Could have spent time to show wtf the BM pirates are doing all this time.
Could have spent time with Apoo, who is also a Supernova and infinitely more interesting than the Scabbards, since a filler gag chapter is sooo important right now.
Could have started the Kaido flashback so we can finally get over this awful arc.
Could of spent time fleshing out characters who NEEDED to be fleshed out (the Tobiroppo).
Could of spent time giving Kid his backstory and giving him moments against Kaido.
Could of just had not introduced Yamato into this arc (worst plot device after Tama and Big Mom).
Could of spent time not making King and Queen so incompetent and disappointing (especially King).
Could of spent more time fleshing Kid’s crew and giving him more competent members than just Kid and Killer.
There’s so much more but it would of been way better than the shit that happened (Yamato, Tama, Scabbards, Big Mom).
Nah, MORE Raizo memes, let's go! Why not throw in a Tama chapter too, gotta see more clown ass Smile-user SLAVES do tricks for her.
On one hand Oda is rushing the shit out of stuff that are important, on the other hand we get entire chapters for characters who should have died months ago. What Oda wants to show and what we want to see has been so mismatched this whole arc, it's jarring as fuck.
We already have 2 time bomb subplots and it honestly feels like Oda is just trying to one-up Dressrosa in dragging things out, member the birdcage?
The bomb stuff and the floating island are already enough for all parties involved to move forward and get away, why also add the fire on top? I get the point that it makes sense in regards to build-up and what it does for other characters storylines (like Raizo for instance), I just don’t understand the need for 3 ‘time bomb’ subplots in an already long arc that has skipped important moments just for us to focus on this fire etc. I just feel like Oda chooses to focus on the wrong things in an arc that is the climax of a long saga with the Yonko instead of placing more time on shit that's far more important.
