Yamato, the character introduced in the final act of wano and wants nothing more than to cosplay as Oden, has ACoC. Yet a character built up as Luffy's rival for 500 chapters, a character who wants to be PK, and a character who literally 2v1ed big mom, didn't.
This is legitimately a retard move on Oda's part. Some people will say I'm just being a fanboy. Some people will say I'm "pushing agenda". No, it is objectively bad writing for Kid to not have ACoC and I will stand by this.
You cannot portray haki as an essential part of combat, especially amongst top tiers, give Linlin ACoC, and then never address it in the fight. This is basically what Oda did. He had speed say that Linlin was using CoC off-screen and just never drew her actually using it(apart from one panel in 1040) so he didn't need to address how Kid and Law could deal with Linlin's conqueror's haki.
If instead of giving Kid a shitty, almost inconsequential awakening, Oda gave him ACoC instead, the fight would have made so much more sense. Kid could deal with Linlin's haki while Law deals serious damage. It would have even made sense for Kid to have it since he fought shanks and kaido before Luffy, and hence should have had at least some conception of ACoC.
Kid and Law were supposed to be equals. Law has the ope ope no mi and Kid has CoC. CoC was the thing that made Kid special, in comparison to Law. Yet it just didn't matter at all. Law got a big flashy awakening and did most the damage to Linlin and Kid, despite being paralleled to Luffy countless times since his introduction, was just Law's shittier sidekick.
Kid not having ACoC(amongst other things) ruined his character and even more than that, it ruined Kid and Law vs Big Mom. Because Oda couldn't create a way for Kid and Law to logically deal with Linlin's haki, he just pretended it didn't exist, which makes the fight one of the absolute worst in the series. While Kid was only introduced in sabaody, Linlin was foreshadowed as far back as thriller bark with Lola. She was set up as a major antagonist in Fishman island and WCI. Yet in one move, Oda managed to ruin both characters. He simultaneously made both Kid and Linlin look weak and incompetent. Good fucking job.
This is legitimately a retard move on Oda's part. Some people will say I'm just being a fanboy. Some people will say I'm "pushing agenda". No, it is objectively bad writing for Kid to not have ACoC and I will stand by this.
You cannot portray haki as an essential part of combat, especially amongst top tiers, give Linlin ACoC, and then never address it in the fight. This is basically what Oda did. He had speed say that Linlin was using CoC off-screen and just never drew her actually using it(apart from one panel in 1040) so he didn't need to address how Kid and Law could deal with Linlin's conqueror's haki.
If instead of giving Kid a shitty, almost inconsequential awakening, Oda gave him ACoC instead, the fight would have made so much more sense. Kid could deal with Linlin's haki while Law deals serious damage. It would have even made sense for Kid to have it since he fought shanks and kaido before Luffy, and hence should have had at least some conception of ACoC.
Kid and Law were supposed to be equals. Law has the ope ope no mi and Kid has CoC. CoC was the thing that made Kid special, in comparison to Law. Yet it just didn't matter at all. Law got a big flashy awakening and did most the damage to Linlin and Kid, despite being paralleled to Luffy countless times since his introduction, was just Law's shittier sidekick.
Kid not having ACoC(amongst other things) ruined his character and even more than that, it ruined Kid and Law vs Big Mom. Because Oda couldn't create a way for Kid and Law to logically deal with Linlin's haki, he just pretended it didn't exist, which makes the fight one of the absolute worst in the series. While Kid was only introduced in sabaody, Linlin was foreshadowed as far back as thriller bark with Lola. She was set up as a major antagonist in Fishman island and WCI. Yet in one move, Oda managed to ruin both characters. He simultaneously made both Kid and Linlin look weak and incompetent. Good fucking job.
