General & Others Which group do you like more The Seven Original Shichibukai or the Yonko?
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The 7 Shichibukais no contest. They each have pretty interesting personalities, devil fruit powers and charismatic in their own ways. For most of the Yonkos, I feel like it is more their crew members that carries them. Like for Big Mom, it's her kids that makes the Yonko group more interesting. Only for Whitebeard, Shanks and Blackbeard to some extent, do I feel like their characters are likeable. However, they are not as fleshed out as the OG Shichibukais.
Among the Shichibukai, I like Mihawk and Doflamingo but don't particularly care about the others. As for the Yonko, I like Kaido, Shanks and Whitebeard (and Blackbeard might slowly grow on me). So I guess I like the Yonko more.
Yes, Crocodile is missing and Blackbeard wasn't part of the OG Shichibukai.
Yes, Crocodile is missing and Blackbeard wasn't part of the OG Shichibukai.
Well there are more Shichibukai, which gives more variety. For the Yonko, 2/4 are just brutes with a few funny quirks but not much to their character. That is why Oda is taking them down together. Even Whitebeard was cool, but he had no ambitions, and was stagnant story wise.
I'd say the only 2 Yonko that are exciting to follow are Shanks and Blackbeard.
I'd say the only 2 Yonko that are exciting to follow are Shanks and Blackbeard.
The Shichibukai by far.
Their roles in the plot are way more varied (from villains to allies and even a crewmate), have been a explicitly addressed and well established group since day one (I mean, Jinbe was mentioned in East Blue), their crews not only are each very distinctive but one of them (the Donquixote Pirates) is arguably the best finished up group overall, their individual designs are pretty nice (and Kuma is more than likely the best in the whole series, it is virtually perfect in terms of concept and execution), their dynamics are rich as we have all kind of personalities and achievements (from winners to losers)...
The Yonko just feel flatter. I've never been a great fan of the Red Hair Pirates nor the Whitebeard Pirates, the Big Mom Pirates are my favorites in this group (so is Big Mom among the emperors alongside Teach), the Beast Pirates are disappointing and we need to know more of Blackbeard and his crew. Their individual designs are way under the Shichibukai, so are their concepts (Big Mom has the upper hand here), and kind of feels like their plots and roles are less imaginative and distinguished from each other's.
I guess that, at the end of the day, Oda just had more freedom to write the Shichibukai since they aren't chained to the "template" of great, strong pirate ruling an empire in New World. So it is easier for them to just be more interesting overall.
Their roles in the plot are way more varied (from villains to allies and even a crewmate), have been a explicitly addressed and well established group since day one (I mean, Jinbe was mentioned in East Blue), their crews not only are each very distinctive but one of them (the Donquixote Pirates) is arguably the best finished up group overall, their individual designs are pretty nice (and Kuma is more than likely the best in the whole series, it is virtually perfect in terms of concept and execution), their dynamics are rich as we have all kind of personalities and achievements (from winners to losers)...
The Yonko just feel flatter. I've never been a great fan of the Red Hair Pirates nor the Whitebeard Pirates, the Big Mom Pirates are my favorites in this group (so is Big Mom among the emperors alongside Teach), the Beast Pirates are disappointing and we need to know more of Blackbeard and his crew. Their individual designs are way under the Shichibukai, so are their concepts (Big Mom has the upper hand here), and kind of feels like their plots and roles are less imaginative and distinguished from each other's.
I guess that, at the end of the day, Oda just had more freedom to write the Shichibukai since they aren't chained to the "template" of great, strong pirate ruling an empire in New World. So it is easier for them to just be more interesting overall.