Current Events So Oda spent 8 chapters on a Kuma flashback only to sideline him directly after one punch

#25
Happened same with Law in dressrosa. Got a full fledged fleshed out flashback. Didn't get to finish off Doflamingo. It is what it is.

But that was worse than in Kuma's case, Kuma's flashback only established that Luffy will save him and/or Bonney so it's not as bad as Law.
 
#26
At least the Kuma flashback was really good by post time skip standards
The post time skip flashbacks are good:
Fisher Tiger/Otohime
Doffy/Law
Kuma
Señor Pink
Even BM flashback is good

And the main problem of oden flashback is because oden character

I dont know why some people are saying post ts flashback are not that good
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Thats why doesnt make sense what extravlad said :willsmith:
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this thread would make sense if the arc was over
Yes, and still has some important plots like why Kuma is not being controlled and what is the power of the buccaneers
 
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#27
Oda was a real clown ngl. Doing so dirty to Kaido's FB. Man didn't even gave any info regarding his race like WTF
That only means one thing: Kaido is fraud
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At least the Kuma flashback was really good by post time skip standards
"I'm slave, now I'm free, oh no I'm slave again"
 
#32
Wyper almost killed Enel and is one of the only secondary character to outperform Zoro in an arc.
Lol that was like what more than a decade ago, Zoro doesn't have to get outperformed at some point sooner in terms of timeline he will beat Mihawk.

Besides people are already complaining how he got sidetracked, off screen to Lucci, while his captain is fighting an admiral and Gorosei member.
 
#34
I didnt think him spending 13 chapters of flashback on a dead character (Oden) when the main villain of the arc got the shittiest backstory in shonen history could be beaten

But ngl Oda might have pulled it off.
With all due respect, what happened to Kuma after his golden boy Lolden flashback was nowhere near as horrendous as the treatment Lolda gave to his fumbling of Kaido.
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Oda was a real clown ngl. Doing so dirty to Kaido's FB. Man didn't even gave any info regarding his race like WTF
I am an Admiral boi through and through, but like I said before, we all were robbed of a GOATed pirate crew with how Lolda mishandled Kaido and the Beast Pirates. :josad:
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Yeah it's tried too hard to make it super tragic

Leagues above Oden flashback though
That's because Lolda made it as if the sun shone out of Lolden's ass, and when his flashback revealed that he was just a mid character, he didn't live up to his hype. In essence, Lolda didn't let his readers make up their own minds about Lolden and ended up making it a stupid flashback.

Kuma, meanwhile, received no hype whatsoever from Lolda. In turn, us readers made up our own mind about Kuma's life, which ended up making the whole flashback well-received.

I disagree with it trying too hard to be tragic, tho. It just IS tragic.
 
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#35
Don’t forget Kuma also got cucked in his own flashback. Like he is a Saint and all that noble good shit but having the love of your life abducted for years when Fisher Tiger existed and raising her illegitimate kid of the people that murdered and enslaved your whole family… is just one of the biggest Ls in life ever.

Oda was a real clown ngl. Doing so dirty to Kaido's FB. Man didn't even gave any info regarding his race like WTF
Oda realized he spent way too much damn time making sure Kaido was WSC known to readers he forgot Kaido had a life before that.

I am so glad BM at least had a great Flashback arc and a whole arc to flesh her out before going down.
 
#40
That Kuma was allowed to punch Saturn is great for current OP standards. Also the arc hasn't ended yet. I believe Bonney's distorted future ability may still be used on herself or maybe even Kuma.
 
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