@GaaraofTheDesert:
This emotion cant last for ever…he just cannot not show WB's last battle.
It should last until our main protagonist gets a sense of confidence and screams out to the world that he is READY!!
If he cannot overtake the emotions that go around him, then it just makes any other fight insignificant and pointless…
Whatever goes on after this will have no meaning because Luffy shouldn't even care anymore.
If Luffy takes over the world after this, it's not good writing... Luffy should be unconscious and until Luffy is up and ready to move forward, makes a decision to not stop his dream and overcomes this horrible incident, then the manga won't show any significant fight.
It's only natural to forget the fights and focus on the emotions... If Oda goes back to the hack and slash stuff, then he'll be no different than Bleach.
That manga has sacrfices and then moves to SUPER FIGHTS right after... It's a joke.
If Oda just continues with this trend, then we can expect a lot of scenes where Oda is basically showing Luffy's CHARACTER and focusing on what he does best; characters.
Sure, he can show WB fight whoever, but it isn't needed anymore... We've got our big picture and everything after will be meaningless... The only thing left is to either expand on Ace or just move Luffy to be knocked out and safe as the plot focuses on the SH crew or something...
It's best to drop it here since there shouldn't be a better sense in the story from here on out.