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I'm opening this thread to talk about the relevancy of One Piece 2 years timeskip and trainning and how it was badly replicated later on.
So back at Water 7, actually before it, we have Strawhats first impossible fight against Aokiji. For being a logia only Zoro could harm Aokiji using haki, not knowing that Luffy wanted a 1v1 fight which he was humiliated by Aokiji.
Later on at Sabaody we also have another Admiral humiliating not only Strawhats but Supernovas too. Even that Zoro knows haki he doesn't know it can be used to hurt Logias. Not that it would be enough to even handle Kizaru.
Then at Impel Down we have Luffy losing to Magellan and later on running away from him. At Marineford he couldn't do shit against Admirals too.
We have the perfect build up for a timeskip based on tranning. Strawhats are too weak compared to top tier fighters. So nice, they trainned. Monster Trio learned haki so they are now able to handle any logia. They're pre-timeskip boosts doesn't have any drawback anymore. Luffy has a new gear, new moves etc. They are trained to be on top tier level and they succeeded.
Except not, WCI and Luffy can't do shit against Commanders and even less a Yonko. Wano and this guy is being one-shotted in his strongest form. Sanji at WCI also had trouble fighting veterans. I mean back at Dressrosa both Zoro and Luffy showed that they are capable to fight an Admiral, none went full all out against Fujitora(Zoro just clashed and Luffy had a longer clash) but they were pretty decent. There is no problem showing that they are not top tiers yet but at least Oda could have used Fujiora to show that.
Then at Wano we have Luffy trainning in Udon for 2 weeks to learn a technique that will improve his attack but not his defense so he will be able to hurt Kaido and gets one-shotted again. Sanji trains because he was almost useless at WCI and also have a power up(aka Raid Suit). Zoro trains because he is always trainning but he gets Enma because Luffy has shiny. I mean Zoro didn't struggled at all during New World except against Fujitora. Where is the build up for his trainning? I would be perfectly fine if he had trouble against Monet, Pica, Hawkins, Killer. But no, Zoro only struggled against Kaido and then King while being nerfed with Enma.
The difference of both build up and result of 2 years timeskip and 2 week timeskip is huge. Oda did great back then and terrible recently.
Some people asking if we will ever had another timeskip. For those people I ask you why? What is the need for a timeskip? They are solid Yonko Crew. Oda already showed that a bunch of bullshit can pull out of his ass during fights. There is no need to have boring trainning chapters or even panels if you gonna pull any shit out of your mind during a fight.
So back at Water 7, actually before it, we have Strawhats first impossible fight against Aokiji. For being a logia only Zoro could harm Aokiji using haki, not knowing that Luffy wanted a 1v1 fight which he was humiliated by Aokiji.
Later on at Sabaody we also have another Admiral humiliating not only Strawhats but Supernovas too. Even that Zoro knows haki he doesn't know it can be used to hurt Logias. Not that it would be enough to even handle Kizaru.
Then at Impel Down we have Luffy losing to Magellan and later on running away from him. At Marineford he couldn't do shit against Admirals too.
We have the perfect build up for a timeskip based on tranning. Strawhats are too weak compared to top tier fighters. So nice, they trainned. Monster Trio learned haki so they are now able to handle any logia. They're pre-timeskip boosts doesn't have any drawback anymore. Luffy has a new gear, new moves etc. They are trained to be on top tier level and they succeeded.
Except not, WCI and Luffy can't do shit against Commanders and even less a Yonko. Wano and this guy is being one-shotted in his strongest form. Sanji at WCI also had trouble fighting veterans. I mean back at Dressrosa both Zoro and Luffy showed that they are capable to fight an Admiral, none went full all out against Fujitora(Zoro just clashed and Luffy had a longer clash) but they were pretty decent. There is no problem showing that they are not top tiers yet but at least Oda could have used Fujiora to show that.
Then at Wano we have Luffy trainning in Udon for 2 weeks to learn a technique that will improve his attack but not his defense so he will be able to hurt Kaido and gets one-shotted again. Sanji trains because he was almost useless at WCI and also have a power up(aka Raid Suit). Zoro trains because he is always trainning but he gets Enma because Luffy has shiny. I mean Zoro didn't struggled at all during New World except against Fujitora. Where is the build up for his trainning? I would be perfectly fine if he had trouble against Monet, Pica, Hawkins, Killer. But no, Zoro only struggled against Kaido and then King while being nerfed with Enma.
The difference of both build up and result of 2 years timeskip and 2 week timeskip is huge. Oda did great back then and terrible recently.
Some people asking if we will ever had another timeskip. For those people I ask you why? What is the need for a timeskip? They are solid Yonko Crew. Oda already showed that a bunch of bullshit can pull out of his ass during fights. There is no need to have boring trainning chapters or even panels if you gonna pull any shit out of your mind during a fight.
you know everyone that straw hats have fought even going back to Alvida are superhuman,calling someone a superhuman in one piece is like saying physicaly fit adult in real life a norm.