@Screwtape:
I posted it before and will post it again. NOW Dogtooth says to assassinate the Smokes. I've been saying why not do that earlier! Where are those posters advocating "They can't murder the Smokes cause they are following mama's assassination order?" Even though we seen Katakuri himself try and kill Sanji after Pudding failed. On top of that, Katakuri, who can see the future fails to immobilize Luffy from showing Big Meme the picture? Wow, Capone a "supernova," and "rook" of big Meme shoots…A LOGIA with bullets. I lolololol.
Yes, because engaging in a bloody massacre out of turn during a formal ceremony is obviously the same thing as doing the best to get the job done after all hell breaks loose.
And I don't really see how you can be criticizing Katakuri when he went above and beyond to stop Luffy from getting the picture. The plan to show the picture would have failed if Luffy's Devil Fruit powers didn't come to the rescue - what more do you want? And I'm sure if Bege had actually pressed him in this chapter you would criticize him for being an embarrassment of a Sweet commander.
Did Oda really need a huge spread of the fat lady singing? No, not really, this just drags things out. Also, where are those "the cake is just as important as the Carmel photo" marchers at? This lady just blew away all her assassins after seeing the picture destroyed. She didn't do this for the cake, matter of fact she couldn't even scare Jinbei. Even Luffy is immobilized from her screaming. Oh and Smoothie…..Smoothie....lulz....Oda needs to take a long break. Anything that can help him improve.
I am very sorry it takes you so long to read a double spread with three words of dialogue.
No one was ever under the impression that showing the portrait again wouldn't make Big Mom focus on it. That has been explicitly stated in the last chapter and this one, you're just ignoring it because it doesn't fit your view of the power levels of Big Mom's reactions. Sure, she didn't blow anyone away when she was craving cake. But no one is in danger from her right now, she's just screaming and physically weak. When she was craving food she attacked Luffy with Prometheus, which he had to dodge. Now, he's immobilized, but so long as Big Mom keeps screaming he's in no danger. Also, you seem to be forgetting that her actual assassins, Bege Vito and Gotti, are quite fine and ready to get the show on the road. Impossible to compare the two on even grounds; they are different reactions to two things that Big Mom values dearly.