@Screwtape:
It took me more of an entire day to get over an arc with overly hyped villains which did not live up to the glory, terribly written fights; which were interrupted, off-paneled and unappealing. Cliche conflicts…...Law's revenge, a kingdom being subdued by villain, oh, lol Rebecca, Bwahahwhahwhha I DONTZ CAREZ IF YOUZ KILLEDZ, DAT WAS DA PAST, U R STILLZ MY FATHERZ CUM BACKD TO ME...BWAHAWAWA [cue the overly forced Oda crybaby face]. How about having an admiral here just for eye candy? His talk of righteousness yet he stands here and laughs, but wait we clean it up with gambling right? The dice decides who stops the evil? How did you forget how lame doflamingos fight was with Luffy, champion and sabo OFF-PANELED while luffy was being saved by citizens? How disappointing was the executives, being under a shichibukai you are supposed to be worth something? Zoro took a break from shounen jump. Oda is not serious, his arcs are becoming more and more melodramatic, he is forcing you to sniffle. His arcs recently have been terribly written.
Let's take this one at a time, because I question many of these.
As for overhyped villains, the only one I can say was hyped is Doflamingo. He was revealed way back in the series, and was shown to be enjoying himself fighting in the war. He took on a number of gear 4 attacks and only finally gotten taken out by the King Kong Gun. He took down Law and pushed Luffy to his limits, I see that as living up to the hype. Some feel that he should've done more, but I've gone more than enough times into detail how his placement in the story line show that this was the best we could hope for. The executives were not that hyped in the end. We had Viola talk about the executives and we knew Pica, Diamante, and Trebol were higher up and personally knew Doflamingos bad side. If anything, it was quite obvious after the flashback that most of these characters were not in their prime anymore, seeing Machvise and Senor Pink having packed on a lot of weight, and the only one that became more useful was Dellinger, because Baby's can't do anything.
The fights will come down to subjective opinion, but I'm confused by what you mean off paneled. Yes, we got glimpses of various fights at different points and only got the ending of each fight. However, all the fighters were shown to be taken out by their respective opponent. Personally, I liked how it was done just because it was something a bit different and it was cool to see the ending parts. Only two I was overall disappointed with was Dellinger, who was there for Hakuba hype, and Trebol, to allow Law to have one victory in the arc.
Cliché does not equal bad, because at this point with so much being produced everything is considered cliché by someone. Laws revenge story was interesting especially with how it changed perspective on his character. A guy we thought was cold and calculating was a guy who was just planning revenge all these years. He could've been brooding all the time, but he kept showing his cool instead but once Doflamingo was in reach we saw his true colors. For the story, this is the first kingdom subdued by a villain being overthrown. Wapol left and tried to reclaim his land, Crocodile was trying to take over a kingdom and failed, but Doflamingo in one night took back his kingdom and controlled these people unknowingly for 10 years. Not going into the Rebecca stuff, cause this forum is entrenched in their sides and nothing I can really say their.
Ah Fujitora, the character where it was obvious what his intentions were but complaints kept going and continue today still. Fujitora stated early on that he would not intervene with Doflamingo, as he was the "rightful" ruler and still part of the system. He stated he wanted to abolish the Shikibukai system, which his move a few chapter ago showed how he wanted to get it done. As a gambler, he is willing to take risks and allow the Marines to look incompetent. Allow a well known pirate to take down the most influential Shikibukai, and make it look like the Admiral and all other marines were at fault. Also, we had those "filler" panels show that Fujitora was going around to help the citizens, and he was not just sitting around. Just because he sat with the king for a little bit doesn't mean he was sitting around the whole time. His motivations were explained early on, and now moving in on the alliance because that's what he needs to do now. You can think he was a dick for gambling peoples lives, but everything he has done is consistent. And before I get anyone claiming otherwise, asking for the citizen count was not to show he was concerned for everyone. This was more to weigh his gamble and most likely use numbers in his report for abolishing the Shikibukai. Also, his gambling at the end is another facet of his character, where he's weighing two sides of a character and allow luck to determine their fates.
Burgess and Sabo being off paneled is to save showing their abilities for later. The main thing we needed to see was that Sabo was above Burgess, and learning about how Sabo personally feels about the crew. I understand dislike about how Black Beards crew has been shown once again, but there wasn't any need to have that fight fleshed out. Doflamingo was the main antagonist and the citizens, dwarves, and Riku clan were the victims. That's why more time was devoted to their struggles. I'll admit the chapter where Luffy got back up was way too overdramatic for him becoming the hero, but seeing the citizens actually rally to help was nice and different were they don't do anything.
As stated above, the executives got soft being in luxury for so long. Before they got Dressrosa, they were always fighting for loot and for survival. In Dressrosa with Doflamingo as a Shikibukai, they had no worries and could go on as they please. Also, only Crocodile be said to have a "crew" that showed any worth, and even that doesn't work since they weren't a crew and were bounty hunters unknowingly working for him. Mihawk has no crew, and Moriah's three generals in the end don't amount to a whole lot. Most people assume they are completely worthless because they didn't fight against the regular straw hats to get a sense of strength. I think they were overall competent, but years of luxury and in stasis didn't help them. Not sure what you mean by Zoro, but at this time it seems either you like him or hate him.
You don't like this arc, that's perfectly fine. However, a number of the complaints look silly without explanation. Whether positive or negative, opinion doesn't mean much if you can't explain your reasoning behind it.
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