Shounen manga are mostly known for the battles and its also what fans debate about the most. When you look at "strongest" lists from series like Naruto, Bleach or Fairy Tail, the differing opinions are, for the most part, not THAT different. They are fairly consistent but for One Piece....dear god are the opinions diverse and inconsistent as all hell.....some of them aren't even filled with fanboyism and people actually believe that their opinions are objective(even Sabo=Fujitora.....)...that is mostly due to how Oda executes his fight scenes.
When was the last time Oda drawn a pure 1v1 battle that involved no distractions, letting their guard down, being caught by surprise, injured prior or a person not being handicapped in some way? Even with luffy vs Lucci, Luffy only won because Lucci kept walking away assuming Luffy was done for. Even Luffy vs Doflamingo and Zoro vs Pica were circumstantial.
There is also Oda's #1 battle tactic of always using characters as hype tools by handicapping them. In order to make Guy A shine, he'll pit them against Guy B but have that character handicapped in order to allow him to save face. Too bad many readers don't know what context and portrayal is and take things at face value. Big Mom is a perfect example.....Oda has severely weakened BM in order to keep the SHs alive and give them moments to shine but there are still people who somehow takes this as BM's full strength being trash.
I mean, Oda never plays all of his cards in one go and loves to tease and leave things ambiguous and convoluted, relying on portrayal and context within the story to fill in the gaps that once again, many people can never notice or comprehend. You only have to look at Marineford for a perfect example of how crazy the opinions of the fanbase gets because they miss all the context of Oda's battles or should I say, scuffles.
When was the last time Oda drawn a pure 1v1 battle that involved no distractions, letting their guard down, being caught by surprise, injured prior or a person not being handicapped in some way? Even with luffy vs Lucci, Luffy only won because Lucci kept walking away assuming Luffy was done for. Even Luffy vs Doflamingo and Zoro vs Pica were circumstantial.
There is also Oda's #1 battle tactic of always using characters as hype tools by handicapping them. In order to make Guy A shine, he'll pit them against Guy B but have that character handicapped in order to allow him to save face. Too bad many readers don't know what context and portrayal is and take things at face value. Big Mom is a perfect example.....Oda has severely weakened BM in order to keep the SHs alive and give them moments to shine but there are still people who somehow takes this as BM's full strength being trash.
I mean, Oda never plays all of his cards in one go and loves to tease and leave things ambiguous and convoluted, relying on portrayal and context within the story to fill in the gaps that once again, many people can never notice or comprehend. You only have to look at Marineford for a perfect example of how crazy the opinions of the fanbase gets because they miss all the context of Oda's battles or should I say, scuffles.
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