Wano is hated for justifiable reasons. It is like Oda took all the bad things from Ennies Lobby and Dressrosa and put them all in Wano. Ennies Lobby had a story to be told, that is Robin, World Government and the Blueprints. Dressrosa at least had interesting characters and a charismatic villain in Doflamingo. What does Wano have? It has no story nor are the characters interesting.
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It mostly has to do with Zoro and Usopp. Everything falls in between the clearly defined spectrum of characters who get undeserved and unneeded love vs characters who are seen as a joke and are constantly downplayed. In the middle are characters like Kaidou and Luffy
on the Zoro side: Zoro, King, Marco, Kidd
The Usopp side: Usopp, Big Mom, Smoothie, Perspero
In the middle: Luffy, Jack, Kaidou, Law,Nami, Sanji( Basically characters who performed well in the manga but never proper placement)
Some characters by their own merit inspire capability and interest and some characters are forced to be highlighted and have all their drawbacks ignored. While other characters while being perfectly capable are embarrassed at every opportunity. It's as if they are constantly fighting the full power of plot. Usopp for example has explosives and we've seen time after time that explosives are highly capable of damaging people where as Usopp explosive grass is nothing more than fireworks.
on the Zoro side: Zoro, King, Marco, Kidd
The Usopp side: Usopp, Big Mom, Smoothie, Perspero
In the middle: Luffy, Jack, Kaidou, Law,Nami, Sanji( Basically characters who performed well in the manga but never proper placement)
Some characters by their own merit inspire capability and interest and some characters are forced to be highlighted and have all their drawbacks ignored. While other characters while being perfectly capable are embarrassed at every opportunity. It's as if they are constantly fighting the full power of plot. Usopp for example has explosives and we've seen time after time that explosives are highly capable of damaging people where as Usopp explosive grass is nothing more than fireworks.
I wouldn’t say Wano’s the boldest arc Oda’s done at all. The boldest arcs Oda’s ever done is the Saobody to Timeskip stretch where he basically ripped up his usual formulas, did something completely different and it pretty much paid off for him in spectacular fashion. WCI I’d even argue is bolder, because it tried something a bit different- not wildly different, it was AP/EL without the fights- but still different.
I don’t think Wano’s especially bold, I think it’s followed the pattern of every big fighting arc (AP, Alabasta, EL, Dressrosa) before it. It’s problems, like Dressrosa before it, can all be boiled down to having too many characters. That I do not consider to be a bold writing choice myself, I think it’s just a poor one.
I don’t think Wano’s especially bold, I think it’s followed the pattern of every big fighting arc (AP, Alabasta, EL, Dressrosa) before it. It’s problems, like Dressrosa before it, can all be boiled down to having too many characters. That I do not consider to be a bold writing choice myself, I think it’s just a poor one.
Oda and the editing team are still responsible/accountable for the week to week reception of their series, as the series is weekly be design.
If people aren't getting enough payoff to be satisfied on a weekly basis, then that reflects negatively on the content, pacing, and publishing of the series.
If it sucks cock weekly, then it sucks cock period. If the chapters suck dick to read weekly, then move to ultra jump or some shit and release a triple length chapter once a month or something.
I like some of the ideas wano has, mainly the more subversive subtext, and I still think kaido has great potential as a character but I haven't seen any of it explored further so I have very little good to say about it.
If people aren't getting enough payoff to be satisfied on a weekly basis, then that reflects negatively on the content, pacing, and publishing of the series.
If it sucks cock weekly, then it sucks cock period. If the chapters suck dick to read weekly, then move to ultra jump or some shit and release a triple length chapter once a month or something.
I like some of the ideas wano has, mainly the more subversive subtext, and I still think kaido has great potential as a character but I haven't seen any of it explored further so I have very little good to say about it.
Problem with Wano is the lack of consistency. It has some epic chapters and some pretty awful ones. For example i think most fans would agree that the rooftop battle is one piece at its finest. On the other hand there were 3 plotlines that were so bad.
1) conclusion of samurai vs kaido fight, no one died and they werent even that injured. Meaning... no impact to the story at all. The fight could easily be skipped and the plot wouldnt be affected at all.
2) kinemon turning into an adult. Thats like the most irrational thing in the history of the manga. I m kinda surprised no one talks about it.
3) tama turning the enemies into allies. Thats nothing more than lazy writing.
And are some other minor things that shouldnt really happen, like deleting x drake from existence, filling pages with people just running, off screen the conclusion of the second fight between luffy and kaido, kinemon surviving kaido's attack , zoro learning adcoc out out of nowhere, luffy being equal to the strongest being alive( i was expecting a tag team).
1) conclusion of samurai vs kaido fight, no one died and they werent even that injured. Meaning... no impact to the story at all. The fight could easily be skipped and the plot wouldnt be affected at all.
2) kinemon turning into an adult. Thats like the most irrational thing in the history of the manga. I m kinda surprised no one talks about it.
3) tama turning the enemies into allies. Thats nothing more than lazy writing.
And are some other minor things that shouldnt really happen, like deleting x drake from existence, filling pages with people just running, off screen the conclusion of the second fight between luffy and kaido, kinemon surviving kaido's attack , zoro learning adcoc out out of nowhere, luffy being equal to the strongest being alive( i was expecting a tag team).
Wano sucks because there is no actual flow to the arc, especially in Onigashima. It literally feels like you’re reading random events that happen after another but it doesn’t feel organic at all.
Moreover having the Scabbards be the emotional centre of the arc was a retarded decision when we don’t even see their relationship with Oden in the flashback
Moreover having the Scabbards be the emotional centre of the arc was a retarded decision when we don’t even see their relationship with Oden in the flashback
