General & Others Why didn’t Big Mom use Life or Death?

#8
Am I missing something? Is there a reason she’s not using this move against Chopper and Usopp of all people?
Oda has a habit of introducing extremely useful, overpowered abilities that have few or outright no established limits and then following that up with the characters rarely ever using these insanely useful abilities.

Remember how Law could swap people’s souls with no established limits? Imagine how easy it would have been to swap Doflamingo with a nearby fodder and then kill him? Things like that.
 
#9
Why would she use that ability here? She wants to know where Luffy is, and find Zeus. She obviously wouldn't learn either of those things if she just snatched their souls.

Not to mention, you're forgetting that Big Mom doesn't kill rare animals. She collects them. Hence why she wouldn't just slaughter Chopper.

It's almost like you just want the characters to act the way you want them to instead of acting in-character.
 
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#10
Are you an idiot?

Why would she use that ability here? She wants to know where Luffy is, and find Zeus. She obviously wouldn't learn either of those things if she just snatched their souls.

Not to mention, you're forgetting that Big Mom doesn't kill rare animals. She collects them. Hence why she wouldn't just slaughter Chopper.

Try paying attention to her character next time. It's almost like you just want the characters to act the way you want them to instead of acting in-character.
So what stops her from killing Usopp but leaving Chopper alive?
 
#12
They're both in the tank together?

The fact that they're running away and she can't hit one without hitting the other?

Common sense much?
So? She can grab just one of the lifespans. Even in her tantrum she can take the lifespan from a running person and select the amount of years she will steal, yet this is sane Big Mom and you're telling me with an unnecesary condescending tone that she can't grab Usopp's soul because they are running away and together? Even if she just kills them both, what prevents her from simply putting some years back into Chopper and leaving Usopp dead just like what happened to Moscato, who died but Mont-d'Or made sure to recover every piece of his lifespan so he reappeared alive and fine?
 
#14
So? She can grab just one of the lifespans. Even in her tantrum she can take the lifespan from a running person and select the amount of years she will steal,
From this distance? we've never seen that.
Muscato was right in front of her when that happened.

She can't do that casually to every opponent running away from her. Otherwise she would have done the same to the strawhats during The Tea Party.
 

Finalbeta

Zoro Worshipper
#20
I don't think her skill is close quarters only. Her slashes showed the capability to reach large distances

So basically yes plot armor
 
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