eh, it was okay. Dissapointing though.
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@gallowsx:
Luffy is hungry. What will happen when he's out of there and he smells the wedding cake…
oh boy lol. I think you are onto.something
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@Sereques:
They didn't struggle in Dressrosa?
Luffy did against Doffy, but no they didnt against anyone else. Zoro got lost a lot but had no real trouble with Pica. Franky had a "manliness contest", wasnt even a real fight. Usopp maybe counts, he gained observation Haki. Robin didnt even have her own fight.
@Nubtro:
This will surely sound weird, but from his first introduction, he seemed misplaced. Like, unplanned. As if Oda figured out 2 things mid-arc:
One, Luffy can´t face Kaidou yet, he needs another stepping stone after Cracker but BM is way too strong.
Two, Luffy has to do something for exactly X hours for the super important cake baking plot to happen (which was mostly off-paneled so far LOL), where he can´t directly face BM, who is too strong, and to give others some time to shine.
Hence, OP I´m a badass Kata was created on the spot and has been given a lot more focus than any other BM pirate (with stuff like Flampe appearing out of nowhere), to give the impression he is super important to the point BM pirates are turning into Kata pirates.
So that´s all there is to it. I just feel like Kata is forced coolness / plot convenience and additionally, I don´t like to see my favorite character as a punching bag 95% of the fight. I kind of lost my usual "rooting for Luffy to win" mood somewhere in the middle of the fight and now I´m like please let this be over with already, somehow. As for me, Luffy´s pinnacle of this arc was proclaiming he´d stand there and wait for Sanji, and I believed in him he could do it, but then he got owned and it feels like the getting owned part is still continuing.
But yeah, Katakuri definitely gets more bonus points in my book this chapter than probably from all of his showings so far. He really felt like a main character today, fighting a weirdo (Luffy).
Liking / disliking characters is always the most subjective thing so please don´t be mad at me that I´m not melting when I see him.
You summed it all. up rather. nicely.
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@KageKageKing:
Someone should do a Shooting Star meme with Donut Katakuri in the future.
YES!!! They need to do this!!!
I just hope this fight ends soon, its gotten old for me. I cant see why others think of it so highly.