I was cool with Luffy and Ace parallels. I mean, Luffy inherited his will at Marineford and dedicated Red Hawk to his brother so I don't see the problem. It helps Yamato and Luffy have a connection pretty quickly so things proceed quicker and I don't mind. I enjoyed the Ace flashback as well.
Luffy getting up from attacks isn't new. As for him learning (Advanced/to apply) Conqueror's haki, I prefer it over the Future Sight one. Atleast Luffy specialises in Conqueror's haki and we've seen him clear thousands of dudes with it. Him learning to apply it after taking a Conqueror's haki infused Thunder Bagua then contemplating on it is understandable and isn't the most out-of-nowhere power-up. Perhaps the jump in strength is a lot but Luffy could already damage Kaido before it then he has this on top of everything else.
Didn't Luffy say he'll beat Kaido then come back for Big Mom? I recall him saying that at Whole Cake then reiterating in Wano. Big Mom's the one chasing him, he made it clear Kaido is his primary target this arc. No need for Oda to brush that aside so that Luffy doesn't focus on the arc villain.
Luffy getting up from attacks isn't new. As for him learning (Advanced/to apply) Conqueror's haki, I prefer it over the Future Sight one. Atleast Luffy specialises in Conqueror's haki and we've seen him clear thousands of dudes with it. Him learning to apply it after taking a Conqueror's haki infused Thunder Bagua then contemplating on it is understandable and isn't the most out-of-nowhere power-up. Perhaps the jump in strength is a lot but Luffy could already damage Kaido before it then he has this on top of everything else.
Didn't Luffy say he'll beat Kaido then come back for Big Mom? I recall him saying that at Whole Cake then reiterating in Wano. Big Mom's the one chasing him, he made it clear Kaido is his primary target this arc. No need for Oda to brush that aside so that Luffy doesn't focus on the arc villain.
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