how is this any different from the wg thinking ace was meant to die
facepalming so hard rn.
I've said something many chapters ago and, now that Wano is over, I guess I was spot on.
"Wano" is completely "separate" from the rest of the story.
The themes that Wano tries to explore and how Oda develops them go in complete opposite directions with other things established in the story.
"Wano" feels like Oda's little "break" from One Piece and trying to write something "different".
It stops being "One Piece" and starts becoming "Oda's own Japan wank fiesta" for better or worse.
The "Kurozumi" thing is just a straw in a sea of contradictions.
Don't forget Whitebeard going "nah, Oden's already dead. can't do anything about that now. Won't go after Kaido".
Remember when Arlong's futuresight sister couldn't tell how long in the future shit would happen, and then, in Wano, a child version of her said that Poseidon would be born in 10 years exactly? LMAO.
A person telling me they like "Wano" as a standalone arc is perfectly fine. But if they say that they like Wano as a "One Piece arc", now that just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, ngl.