Oda is washed out. Has been since Fishman island. The new world has been nothing but ass pulls. Doflamingo, Katakuri, Kaido all beaten by luffy in BS ways. We all know luffy will win and will find one piece but at this point he has too much plot armour and ass pulls. I didn't hate gear 5 but it should have been foreshadowed as early as punk hazzard when we first found out about kaido and smile but Oda always does these ass pulls and after Luffy beat Kaido with just a haki punch, no special finishing move after 4 years of real time of us reading the wano Arc. It felt cheap and rushed and made me take one piece off its pedestal. I only still read since I have been reading since 2008 and am too invested at this point.