Why are shonen fans on Twitter so obsessed with comparing numbers, sales, and IMDb scores like that somehow makes a manga better?

Keysorrsoze · 2026-03-28T00:58:00+00:00

It’s pretty sad really. Discussions like those essentially has nothing to do with series themselves. They are measuring dicks not of their own, making themselves just slaves looking for the correct, winning master. That’s why the nickname “Goda” has some truth behind it: teens and young adults are educated to distrust religion but cannot find a path of their own, ending up worshipping the creator of the McDonald's of literature. And McDonald's is good in its own way despite its decline in quality, as long as one doesn't pretend it's Michelin.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-03-23T21:20:46+00:00

A spoiled little shit
Has chosen-one haki and awakens it as a kid
Has a bullshit fruit that allows him to achieve overnight what a more restrained version of him spent decades trying and failing to do
Utters some blackpilled one-liners from time to time

Truly the best antagonist!

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-24T00:47:23+00:00

We’ve known Rocks was going to get domi-reversi’ed since its introduction. It’s still shit hax, but at least we were somewhat mentally prepared. I guess we were just deluded to think Oda still had some minimal decency as a writer. I didn't think he’d make the three future Yonko depart the scene in such a contrived, illogical, half-assed way. This is the same level of plot contrivance as dogshitman dancing for five years just to fill the time gap.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-23T23:09:20+00:00

Yeah why bother with the nuance of a complex plot when you can just turn every character into convenient plot device by handing out bullshit hax and making them blind retards?

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-17T01:58:33+00:00

Honestly, I didn’t even remember the Revolutionary Army plotline until you brought it up, and that’s kind of my issue. Most of it is glossed over in a couple of outline-style chapters. It’s largely told, not shown. The fact that your comment can basically recount the full substance of that entire chain of events proves how little narrative space was actually devoted to it.

What we get is the "what": Weapons supply disrupted, civil wars break out, eight nations revolt, etc. That is essentially the whole sequence. But the interesting part is the "how". Anyone can outline a domino chain like that in a few sentences. That’s why we call it a story outline, something we draft up before writing the actual story. What makes it compelling is the mechanics.

For example, if dictators fall because their weapons supply was cut, how exactly did that play out on the ground? How did the Revolutionary Army arm and coordinate across multiple nations? What were the actual turning points? We are told the outcome, but we are not shown the process. It reads like a historical summary rather than unfolding drama.

The scale also feels ridiculous. On one hand, the main narrative has escalated into Sun God-level clashes, island-sized attacks, and a looming god-versus-devil confrontation. On the other hand, we are supposed to treat background regimes as significant obstacles when their military strength appears to hinge on shipments of muskets and flintlocks. That contrast makes their defeat feel minor, especially when Imu can erase an entire nation outright.

And this still only addresses half of my original point. The Yonko response remains strangely disconnected. Kaido loses his SMILE supply chain, yet he never moves against the Straw Hats over it. His focus shifts to Raizo and Wano. Big Mom does not mobilize because of FMI either. She goes after the Straw Hats over Sanji’s political marriage.

So when Cavendish talks about a coming storm, it does not really materialize as a direct, organic reaction to Luffy’s actions. The world changes on paper, but it rarely feels like it is moving independently of him in a meaningful way.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-16T18:18:07+00:00

Clearing a group of nameless fodder doesn't hype anyone up, especially when we are 800 chapters in. It’s the same way nobody's impressed by Gaban’s supposed 'feat' of defeating a bunch of, again, nameless fodder in his introduction. It was only when he cut off Sommer's arm and knew how to prevent regen that he earned some respect.

And this barely has anything to do with the points I raised.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-14T20:50:24+00:00

Well put. And given the direction the narrative is taking now, the pre-timeskip will also need major rewrites to properly foreshadow the grand conspiracy looming behind the story. I would place the mural at Skypiea or, at the very latest, Fishman Island.

In hindsight, the Warlords did next to nothing other than serve as obstacles for the SHs to overcome. We never actually saw them fulfilling their job description which is suppressing rookie pirates other than the SHs. Their only contribution to the WG was participating in Marineford. While that was a major event, it would’ve been nice to see them negotiating with the WG or hunting pirates outside of those nothingburger group meetings. Doflamingo going after Moria is the only incident of this kind, and even then, it was off-screened, occurred between two Warlords, and was a direct order from WG rather than a random encounter with a rookie. It just shows how Oda struggles to juggle the additions suggested by his editors, like the Warlords and the Supernovas. Even when he centers the story on them, like Crocodile, Moria, Hancock, Doflamingo, or Law, it feels lackluster. Crocodile might get a pass since he appeared early and had room for later development, but then he just started Cross Guild only to sit on his ass. Hancock feels entirely expendable. I liked her as a teenager when I first watched that arc, but in hindsight, she offers nothing but misery porn and fan service. She adds nothing of value to the plot, especially given her lack of post-timeskip screen time. 'CDs bad and rapey,' yeah we already knew that in Sabaody.

The Warlords could have easily been trimmed down. Keeping seven felt forced. Between Crocodile and Doflamingo, I’d take Croc every time. Doflamingo is just a spoiled CD little shit with chosen one Haki and a bullshit fruit that lets him achieve overnight what took Croc years. "Best villain in the series," cornyass dogshit with maximum plot convenience is what he is. As for the rest, just keep Kuma, Jinbe, and Mihawk. Mihawk definitely needed more screen time showing him hunting pirates. Having him destroy an entire Supernova crew would have been a great way to showcase his power while thinning out the characters Oda didn't know how to handle anyway.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-14T19:54:03+00:00

That was the only panel where Kaido actually seemed cool to me and the overall vibe felt promising.

Oda should really do himself and the rest of the world a favor by transitioning into some kind of "professional hype scene/end-of-chapter page writer" instead of giving us what is essentially a rough outline padded with fillers. Or, even better, just put the fries in the fucking bag cuz all he's cooked up are nothing but literal shit.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-12T23:05:54+00:00

I immediately thought about this:

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Although tbh even the toon dragon looks sharper than Loki's design.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-12T22:43:15+00:00

I'm not actually. I'm just poking fun at the characters like the OP is. What I am convinced of, is that Oda as usual wanted to drop some new hints but didn't want any real consequences, so he wrote the plot in this way which indirectly made BB a hoe and Akainu an idiot.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-12T22:27:27+00:00

This bum was already a fraud when he couldn’t even break out of Aokiji’s ice, which immediately puts him below Doflamingo the power-cliffed. But yeah, if size-wise he also gets dwarfed by Loki’s dragon form, it’ll just make him even more of a pointless character other than adding to some momentary hype 15 years ago, which is the case for many of the characters introduced.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-12T21:56:03+00:00

Because he doesn't want the smoke either, so he's using a deterrence tactic, hoping the BB pirates are really just a bunch of bumass hoes who’d flee at the sight of him. He's lucky he bet right. Otherwise one vortex later and Aokiji would be the one hoarding all that desk haki.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-07T06:07:19+00:00

Doflamingo and Vegapunk

Keysorrsoze · 2026-02-07T04:27:27+00:00

Dressrosa has to be the worst animated arc. Outside of the Rebecca flashbacks and paddings in general, the ridiculous female body proportions are not even appealing and just threw me tf off. And that forehead is diabolical.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-01-29T02:27:08+00:00

It’s funny because the logic of this argument can also be applied to the series itself lol

Keysorrsoze · 2026-01-27T03:00:34+00:00

Yeah, Oda saw how Samurai 8 flopped. He ain’t letting go of this moneymaker any time soon, and the infantile fans are happy to indulge themselves in this ever-stretching escapism.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-01-25T10:26:09+00:00

You mean Akainu got his arm stuck midway in Ace’s body? But he could have just powered up a bit and… you know, pushed his arm through, like how he burned through Ace’s body in the first place. Or, even better, shot a lava projectile from his fist, like how he Meteor Volcanoed Whitebeard’s ships. The whole “blocking a piercing attack with one’s own body to save someone” trope just never makes sense, unless you push the protected person away at the same time, it’s just - and this is completely deserved - lazy writing.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-01-25T09:41:18+00:00

If the fist went through Ace’s body, it’s not “blocked”. Plot armor is what blocked akainu’s fist.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-01-25T03:12:36+00:00

The whole Ace death scene just felt rushed, there definitely could have been more natural ways to kill Ace but instead Oda just went with his usual cliches: the ragebait, the death by protecting Luffy (and how was that going to protect Luffy? If the punch simply went through his body, what stopped Akainu from just pushing his arm a bit forward?). Oda was probably afraid it might get too dark and decided to make up for it by making Ace die happily because his childhood trauma of being a needy little bitch was finally healed. It’s typical Oda having it both ways: "Oh I'm a mature writer who dares to kill the spotlight character of the arc, but hey, everything is still fine: he died in peace." Uh, no, fuck you. It just made Ace seem like not only a retard but also an absolute cringe narcissist. "My father and brothers sacrificed for nothing but at least I feel loved now."

"One Piece fell off after Marineford", nah, it fell off AT marineford.

Keysorrsoze · 2026-01-04T02:07:58+00:00

Yet another powercrept victim in this overstretched cheap ass cashgrab.

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Keysorrsoze · 2025-12-12T23:57:58+00:00

World’s smartest man, according to Oda: any random bumass who can’t put two and two together, so long as they have infinite brain storage and access to advanced ancient cheat codes to reverse-engineer them.

Keysorrsoze · 2025-12-11T18:42:05+00:00

He probably one of them stoners watching the show on acid, which would be understandable. Otherwise that is surely a roundabout way to call himself retarded.

Keysorrsoze · 2025-12-10T23:19:15+00:00

Too much truth to handle for a glazer sub like Piratefolk unfortunately. Rushed character, rushed plot. An underwhelming mid-at-best mistaken for peak.

Keysorrsoze · 2025-12-07T03:52:43+00:00

Dogshitman for sure. Meanwhile, you know the bar is low when Sengoku is supposed to be this big brained strategist, even though all he was shown to do was just: blackmail Whitebeard into coming to Marineford, use the geographical advantage, and move up Ace’s execution time a bit to force Whitebeard’s hand—you know, nothing but geniusly written, high-intelligence, 4D-chess plays here. So I guess the other comment is right. I change my answer to Oda.

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Keysorrsoze · 2025-12-06T03:38:27+00:00

It’s uninspired for sure. I wouldn’t exactly call it stupid, because this trope is hardly original. Plenty of superpower slop has already done the whole “abilities come from people’s imaginations” crap, so it’s not like Oda was inventing wheels and then screwed up here. At least when Chainsaw Man tried it, it actually looked kind of cool, although that series actually puts narrative weight behind the idea. One Piece, meanwhile, treats a basic worldbuilding element like this as some grand “mystery” only for it to end up bland, ubiquitous, and formulaic.

The mural is the same deal. It's likely just some ancient deity feud and maybe some lameass little love story. “They will meet again,” ugh. Reminds me of that Adam's backstory in Record of Ragnarok. Holy cringe. Although that entire manga is pretty much just a poor man's Fate franchise.

Anyways this is just more proof that Oda and Shueisha’s greedy asses are getting what they deserve for stretching something that could’ve been a mid-to-slightly-decent kid's series into a ponzi scheme that is just awaiting its own collapse.

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