how have these characters been developed@bold: What? So many other characters have been getting development in OP. Ace, Shanks, Jinbei, Hordy Jones, Arlong, Boa Hancock, Law, Doflamingo, Buggy, etc have been developed with backstories even back to their childhood, so many characters get development in the story. It's funny that you mention Law's crew when Oda already stated that Law's crew is on the next island the Strawhats plan on heading too.
they get a backstory. and they're side characters
kishimoto has plenty of that
they dont get in a one on one fight every arc displaying a new power or something
its funny because in naruto, if someone comes out of no where with a new power its BS and asspull no jutsu but when sanji comes out of nowhere with diable jambe and zoro has his caliber long range blade attacks and luffy with his gears its just fine though they've never trained or practice and theres no means for them to train or practice since theyre usually on a boat
zoro maybe
but its obviously a lot easier to develop someone when your not using up time showing their development which kishimoto seems to try to avoid
kishimoto develops the characters at a sensible rateEven still, the 9 Strawhats find themselves working with others and we see plenty of other people in fights and later become relevant in the story outside of fighting, hell, Oda recently brought back a female character who had nothing to do with fighting at all. While Kishi has mainly 3 characters who are constantly being developed in plot and the fighting.
I understand you like Naruto better but I don't see how you can knock Oda for "developing the same characters over and over again" when Kishi does the exact same thing but with fewer characters. It's hypocrisy at it's finest.
and if he develops the same characters more then those are just the characters hes showing develop
if k11 are off screen for a while then make a return then their power ups are usually sensible power ups that make sense as to how they got them
kishimoto doesnt only develop a few characters either
he develops quite a few but they arent always from k11
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