@fuzi11:
it's one of the best arcs ever, I don't understand where the sudden hating comes from. But whatever. If there arcs that deserve hating these are fisman island and dressrosa, for being drawn out and boring and filled with truly forgettable characters.
I mean, can anyone really remember anyone in Hody's crew, someone other than Bartolomeo and Cavendish in the Grand Fleet, or tell me the names of anyone of Doflamingo's family other than the bosses?
I find big mom's family as memorable as the baroque works agents, Thriller Bark crew and CP9
Hate on Fishman Island as much as you want, but Zeo has one of the best gags in One Piece and Hyouzou's design was great. He was just enough of a threat, but never came close to upsetting the straw hats. I also remember the names of the rest of the crew besides the small dude.
And about Big Mom's crew. I like them, but the heavy hitters have shown little to no personality thus far, including Cracker. The little bit of Jack we've had has been better than all of them, though every single one of them has a top tier design. They're probably the best designed crew besides the Straw Hats, thus far imo.
edit: I think I can name all of the Grand Fleet and most of Doflamingo's Crew:
Baby 5, Buffalo, Vergo, Pica, Diamante, Sugar, Lao G, Dellinger, Senor Pink, Trebol, Machvise. Forgot the blowup guys name, but he was bland in every way, and the old woman.
Ideo, Leo, Orlumbus, Bluegilly, Suleimon, Hajrudin, Sai along with all of the smaller guys like Abullah and Jeet. I remember them all pretty well because they were all pretty distinctive and the arc was long. I'm not a super fan, but I appreciate everything before I dissect it.
Now that I think about it, the Big Mom pirates are like the opposite of the Doflamingo pirates in how well their powers, skills, and designs were thought out. Only Pica, Diamante, and Senor Pink had interesting designs/powers that were used decently and were fully original. Even thought people hate how Smoothie has been presented, it's hard to argue with the uniqueness and versatility of her ability. Big Mom is a powerhouse with a great powerset that makes sense. Doflamingo's bird cage is one of the worst designed plot points of the entire series, bar none. Pudding is Sugar light. A devil fruit that lets you change individual memories is extremely powerful, but reasonable. If there wasn't a memory altering devil fruit it would be weird. One that turns you into a toy and makes people forget about you is trash. I kind of hate Jora's, but it's not quite on the same level as Sugar's.
The worst part is that the Corrida Colosseum is full of fun and interesting characters who found ways to be unique with and without devil fruits. How quick do we forget how cool it is that Don Chinjao fights with his freaking head. How great was Bartolomeo's trolling of the Cavendish/Hakuba reveal. The Funk Brothers jacket power is just awesome. Elizabello's king punch and all of the pure fighters helping him. Also Meadows.