I blame Oda rushing the shit out of Kaido vs Oden despite hyping it for so long... And the clash he gave to Oden and Kaido in Orochi castle looked so weak...
I hate the flashback of Oden because he acted dumb, nothing what was hyped before, was really good.
As example the flashback actually started good, but the first big let down:
- the event with Ashura vs Oden was complete offscreen, not a single moment of that encounter.
Then we saw the clash with Whitebeard but it ended fast without seing the rest.
Okay I get it, he wanted to move on.
But cmon it was the land of the samurai, display different swordman skills by Oden would fit pretty good.
Another point:
- After getting clapped by Roger, we didn't saw any scaling for Oden. Rather to learn and show adv CoC, we never saw it on panel.
Oda skipped any big moment for Oden, any big moment was rushed or skipped.
But I look over all this because all I wanted was Kaido vs Oden. And hell it was lucklaster, so bad that I was soo disappointed. I mean I get it, he didn't want to show much of Kaido but did he was serious?
No big new move by Oden, basic cut attack(enma was praised, in the end both swords cut Kaido)....
I didn't like how Oden was shown in chapter 970.
I didn't like how Kaido was shown..
The victory was cheap and disgusting, Kaido didn'z need such a victory. I get Oda didn't want to show a clear victory. But cmon both deserved better.
Was it so hard to show a panel what we got with Harald vs Xebec? Or Gaban vs Luffy/Zoro?
970 should focus on the beginning of the fight and 971 should be complete a Vs chapter between Kaido vs Oden, display Oden great power but also show why Kaido was called the strongest creature...
In the end Oda failed hard.
Everyone expected a big battle and yet it was lacklust, even Scabbards vs Dragon Kaido was better to read lol...
Let hope Harald portrayal stays like this, he deserve not to end like Oden.
Strongest Giant finally show what he is capable to do.