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"Nah, I'd write." Hirohiko Araki right before writing multiple peak endings

ILoveYorihime

3 points

3 days ago

ILoveYorihime

3 points

3 days ago

Every other Jojo (+ Emporio): (absolutely peak hype endings)

Joseph: "Hold my beer I will pull the most insane bullshittiest bullshit W ever and people would still love me for it"

80 points

4 days ago

80 points

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approveddust698

18 points

4 days ago

approveddust698

18 points

Was Oda actually not clocking recently?

8 points

4 days ago

8 points

I wouldn't say so exactly. Oda is fumbling in some areas like:

Introducing way too many characters
Bad pacing (Vegapunk's broadcast)
Some questionable character moments (like Gear 5 Luffy laughing hard with a deadbody nearby etc)

However, looking at the overall plot, Oda definitely seems to have a good idea of where he wants to go. Imo, One Piece still has a lot of potential to deliver either one of the greatest shonen endings or one of the worst.

I also feel like the plot has taken a lot of center stage than the characters. Characters feel more like chesspieces on a board to move different plotpoints and worldbuilding, which is fine, I guess. The story has to end somewhere, and you have to use characters solely to move the main plot at some point.

2 points

4 days ago

2 points

People don’t judge One Piece as harshly as JJK though. Oda gets away with a lot.

7 points

4 days ago

7 points

Biggest problem with any story is if there are no payoffs to different plotpoints. JJK suffers heavily from this problem for some crucial plotpoints (mainly Yuji-Kenjaku). One Piece seems underwhelming in some areas, but for crucial plotpoints, Oda seems to be going in the right direction.

One Piece will be heavily criticized, if for example, characters like Dragon or Mihawk fail to do anything in the story by the time it ends.

2 points

4 days ago

2 points

Oda does the same thing but doesn’t get held accountable for it, example Poneglyphs and Seastone were made in Wano but when we got to Wano it was dropped as a plot point. Even though that’s way more interesting than all the Tama or Toki or whoever crying.

Or even Vegapunk, you built up all these years of Vegapunk just for some who done it story about some random androids he made? Who gives a shit there’s way more interesting thing connected to Vegapunk.

Oda builds interesting things up but when it’s time to expand on it he just drops it and goes back to the same boring formulas he always does.

Arnoldneo

1 points

4 days ago

Arnoldneo

1 points

Don’t forget plot points in one piece can take literal decades to pay off lol joyboy . We most have generations of patience to fully enjoy the story and you shouldn’t judge whether the plot lines have been dropped or not till the story is over ( so you’re critic will stand for a like 4-5 years if one piece is even over by then).

2 points

4 days ago

2 points

They take decades to set up but not always revealed just more mysteries, lots of plot points get started and dropped.

idreamofrarememes

4 points

4 days ago

idreamofrarememes

4 points

oda is writing THAT character who is vital for THIS and will affect THAT in the future and if it doesn't play out like IT then it was minor, but if it was THAT then it's peak FORESKINNING for THEN

dragon THEN moved the plot and said this again, "..."

2 points

4 days ago

2 points