It's almost the worst arc story wise.
In an interview with Oda, "Oda feels satisfied but worried at the same time when he draws a good arc," the account shares. "When he drew [the] Enies Lobby arc, he felt, 'It will be impossible for me to draw [a] more touching story than this arc.'"
Oda stated there is no arc more touching than Enies Lobby. I always say this too. Enies Lobby/Water 7 was the peak of emotion in One Piece.
Wano has had 0 emotion and shitty plot direction, Enies Lobby was a literal master piece in story and art direction.
Yet absolute morons still have the nerve to call Wano the best arc in One Piece.
Because Luffy fighting a yonko instantly makes an arc than best apparently...It doesn't matter how shit the plot is or the lack of emotion. Gol D Roger flashback + Worst Gen vs yonko + new transformation = Greatest arc all time.
But an arc full of amazing twist, pure emotion, amazing art and story direction, One Piece at it's core, The art symbolizing and reflecting the state of the plot and emotions, actual stakes, feeling like the strawhats could actually lose, real tension in the crew, the crew actually interacting with each other on an emotional level, realism, the plot following themes, and everything that makes a great story great.
Wano was filled an overload of wackiness that got old really quickly, Oda trolling, too many off screened moments, uncompleted plot threads, bad powerscaling, bad story direction, lots of time wasted, lack of meaningful moments, lack of story progression, lack of emotion, characters like Marco and Big mom feeling useless and wasted, and more.
Wano is far from the best arc. Marineford, Water 7/Enies Lobby, Alabasta, Impel Down, Sabaody, and Dressrosa are all better.
Yet the majority of One Piece fans have this as their favorite arc...can you explain? The only explanation I hear is LAUGHTALE GOLD ROGER GEAR 5 WOW WOW WOW ROOF PIECE AMAZING
and? ok the plot was shit...
RECENCY BIAS IS ONE HELL OF A DRUG