Katakuri is one of the few good things from WCI.
WCI is actually not that bad of an arc at all in terms of content. The problem was that it was 80 chapters.
Good:
- Kata
- Cracker
- BMs wacky ass personality
- all of the sibling powers
- Jinbe and his ship surfing
- Sulong
- Brook!!!!!
- Germa (as an idea)
Bad:
- Nobody fought save for Luffy, Sanji did gimp Oven though
- Jinbe stayed behind (again!)
- 80 chapters, and yet we still have characters hidden behind silhouettes/unknown powers (Compote, Snack, Decuplet devil fruit, etc)
- WEEEEEEDING CAAAAAAAKE
- Poor Chopper
- Germa sons/Judge ended up being pretty stupid. Honestly thought they were going to be the main villains of the arc for about 30 chapters until we found out what Oda was doing with them.
Overall, Wano has fixed a few things I disliked about the arc (abrupt ending/BM is being dealt with still, Chopper getting some stuff, but not enough), but there are things that still just peeve me about it. Maybe they are endgame forces at the end of this arc or BM has some further role with Elbaf (which people will be angry about lo), but I massively dislike the hyping of Smoothie, Compote, Snack, etc and which then entirely lead to nothing so far lol.
Nothing can fix WEEEEEEEEEEDING CAKE though.