General & Others Thoughts on the arc's pacing?

[Score]

Feels like it's being dragged out

 

[York]

Hasn't even been 20 chapters yet and we've already established a lot of things and characters. Going plenty quick for my money

 

[zerofifth]

Was worried the search for Vegapunk was going to be the body switch of Punk Hazard but recent events have me hopeful it's going to quicken up soon

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

It's starting to pick up.

 

[Acct973]

Good at the start. It gets worse the past couple chaps. Arc is getting bloated with events and characters. Get ready for Wano part 2

 

[BlackLegFring]

It’s always around the middle of an arc that Oda starts to slow down and drag things out.
That’s where we currently are, but hopefully the ending is properly paced.

 

[Deleted member 65730]

He said we are entering the final arc and the pacing was good. Then he said not to worry, it won't end anytime soon and it slowed
down again.

I'm not a fan of the pacing right now.

 

[Herrera95]

Pace seems good when the arc should have more development on characters(Franky at least). But I don't care enough about the story to make a good judgment. Maybe Oda is trying to make readers suffer so no one ever complain about pacing. Pace was never the biggest issue to me anyway, just the minor of the problems.

I would say that Bonney is making the arc worst. I don't care at all about her. Kuma backstory too.

 

[lee33]

It feels like it is dragging because it is dragging. Nothing significant has happened that warrants the 15 chapters of Egghead thus far.

 

[CensoredbyWG]

Hasn't even been 20 chapters yet and we've already established a lot of things and characters. Going plenty quick for my money

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Best pacing from the best Post TS arc

 

[Formerly Seth]

Total waste of time. It seems like Oda is stretching it so he can have time to think about his next move. I think the "I have an ending planned" is total bullshit. Normally he wouldn't stretch this much. Dude just has no idea how to end One Piece.

 

[CensoredbyWG]

Total waste of time. It seems like Oda is stretching it so he can have time to think about his next move. I think the "I have an ending planned" is total bullshit. Normally he wouldn't stretch this much. Dude just has no idea how to end One Piece.

Let's be honest, after so many build UP, the truth is that oda WON'T be able to come up with something that satisfy everyone.

 

[Formerly Seth]

Let's be honest, after so many build UP, the truth is that oda WON'T be able to come up with something that satisfy everyone.

Oh, of course, lmao. I know this very well.

 

[Blother Fertitta]

It’s faster than Wano
We gotta bunch of revelations and outside events running concurrently, not too bad
Arc is kinda flat tho (traitor plotline mid)

 

[IsaziSempi]

Thankfully the one stupid plot point that oda puts into every arc is of Kumas backstory. So while the crew runs around for 5 chapters atleast we will get plenty of lore. Cp0 seemed unnecessary this arc.

 

[Sugoi]

not as slow as wano

 

[zoinks0dandelion]

well i'm pretty sure an hour hasn't passed, so it makes sense why there hasn't been a lot of major fights. there's a lot going on, probably faster than you think. maybe it takes time for the enemy to make their move

 

[FireFistSabo]

I don't feel like it drags too much. The pace for most of the arc was great, it is just the last two chapters that were worse but it is not bad, I am sure it will be great again in the next few chapters. There is so much going on in this arc, Saturn, Kizaru, Seraphim, Mark 3, Vegapunk(s), traitor, Kuma's flashback, Garp/Law/Boa VS Black, Vivi and Morgans, destruction of Lulucia Kingdom, Kid in Elbaf, etc.
I think the arc will last for more 15~ chapters and we will start the fights in the next 2-3 chapters plus get a big revealtion close to the end of the arc.

 

[Rambles]

The pacing is good - it shouldn't get faster or it will seem to become rushed.

 

[Toryu]

Egghead has been erratic, some some chapters feels like useless dragging and other seems to move faster.