Break Week When the manga ends people will realize side characters werent worth it
- Thread starter Peepooman
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yawn. did you know that at the time, no you didnt he was a main antagonist then a main component for the entirety of W7-EL now crew member.
are you going to say vivi wasnt worth it or smoker in alabasta? wiper in skypiea, ray on saboady? the list goes on...
lmfao give it up already bum you got bodied and disproven, he literally blitzed sanji and was stopped by zoro then continued clashing bladeto blade,,,
are you going to say vivi wasnt worth it or smoker in alabasta? wiper in skypiea, ray on saboady? the list goes on...
lmfao give it up already bum you got bodied and disproven, he literally blitzed sanji and was stopped by zoro then continued clashing bladeto blade,,,
Sad but somewhat true on the antagonist side, Oda does all this work creating these cool side characters and all he does is shit on them the first chance there given to glaze the same 10 or so characters over and over.
Oda can't have the main villians of the story Blackbeard pirates, Marines, or World Government ever look competent or threatening.
The closest we have gotten to that recently was ciper pol in water 7 and guess what that was one of the best arcs in series so far. Each antagonist wasn't a joke (minus blueno as he was meant to showcase gear 2) and each strawhat had to become stronger in order to defeat them.
A story is only as good as its conflict and if the conflict isn't engaging the story can become boring quickly. I know people will look at the Garling moment and say "aura" or some shit. However, I think It's bad to make 1 of main 5 antagonists look bad (Blackbeard, Akainu, Imu, Garling, Shamrock) as they are the main drivers of the conflict. You make the conflict look pointless and stupid, if the reader thinks the antagonists are pointless or stupid.
Instead of the Strawhats being the focus of the story, some side character has to bail the strawhats out. Marco (big mom pirates), Shanks (greenbull), Gaban (holy knights), Giants/Emeth ( Egghead), etc. And I am tired of it because it makes both the antagonists and strawhats look incompetent compared to some side character.
I actually like the post timeskip, but one point of it was that the strawhats could handle their threats on their own now. One of the best recent chapters was when robin was fighting sommers and trying to beat him by outsmarting him. It gave both Sommers and Robin agency. Which is better than gaban coming out of nowhere and one shotting the antagonist that's supposed to create tension.
Oda can't have the main villians of the story Blackbeard pirates, Marines, or World Government ever look competent or threatening.
The closest we have gotten to that recently was ciper pol in water 7 and guess what that was one of the best arcs in series so far. Each antagonist wasn't a joke (minus blueno as he was meant to showcase gear 2) and each strawhat had to become stronger in order to defeat them.
A story is only as good as its conflict and if the conflict isn't engaging the story can become boring quickly. I know people will look at the Garling moment and say "aura" or some shit. However, I think It's bad to make 1 of main 5 antagonists look bad (Blackbeard, Akainu, Imu, Garling, Shamrock) as they are the main drivers of the conflict. You make the conflict look pointless and stupid, if the reader thinks the antagonists are pointless or stupid.
Instead of the Strawhats being the focus of the story, some side character has to bail the strawhats out. Marco (big mom pirates), Shanks (greenbull), Gaban (holy knights), Giants/Emeth ( Egghead), etc. And I am tired of it because it makes both the antagonists and strawhats look incompetent compared to some side character.
I actually like the post timeskip, but one point of it was that the strawhats could handle their threats on their own now. One of the best recent chapters was when robin was fighting sommers and trying to beat him by outsmarting him. It gave both Sommers and Robin agency. Which is better than gaban coming out of nowhere and one shotting the antagonist that's supposed to create tension.
