@Alfiere said in Chapter 1090: Kizaru:

So there isn't really any reason for not devoting not one chapter, but an entire subplot to Sanji dealing with the hunger in Wano because that's what I'm expecting from Sanji on a famined island after 20+ years of following his adventures. İf it's missing, anyone who cares about the character is bound to be disappointed.

Please do not speak for other fans like that. For one, Sanji already had his subplot (Germa suit which was relevant for both Sanji as a character and for the events of Wano's act 2 and 3), and he saw some other action such as rescuing Otoko with Zoro as well. In order to read and understand this series well enough, you should start by knowing that Sanji does not have a monopoly on food-related matters. We've seen a ton of affection regarding the famine - which includes the victims themselves, the citizens of Wano, because what would you know, the strawhats are not obligated to be the most victimized or concerned by all the nonsense that plagues the lands they visit. Luffy, Zoro and Tama covered the famine thing well enough in the first 10 chapters or so. And the average reader will know for themselves that the other SHs are made aware of the circumstances at some point and feel bad for the land of Wano. The reader doesn't need Oda keeping a checklist of every strawhat like "oh did I give Usopp a panel of him being sickened by Kaido's treatment of this country, did I give Sanji at least two chapters of him being scandalized about the food distribution?"
I'm going to talk about the seraphim down below, but that is the same thing really. No need to see ten straw hats bring up the issue when, even before they came across S-Shark for the first time, we could already apprehend a possible redundancy, what with SEVEN warlords needing to meet and react to their clone and express some doubt, Hancock already did that btw.

We also had what, 15 chapters of Sanji making an ambitious cake and ravishing an Emperor with it just 20 chapters before Wano started and hit us with the famine plot right away. Or at the beginning of WCI, when he had a fight with his brothers over them wasting food and beating up a maid over it. Plus Luffy wanting to be fed by him no matter what. etc... No need to be redundant with the food stuff when it has never been any more of a priority for his character than several of his other traits. Besides, Wano was already long enough as is lol.

Regarding the seraphim, a lot of the talk about them is either saved for downtime later, if/when Vegapunk can give more details about them to the SHs; or a lot of it is rightfully offscreened, because Jinbei emitting concerns over such a thing would be out of character in the first place (unless only HE was cloned, but he could pretty much see it was a warlord thing), but even if he did have to bring it up to Vegapunk, it's easy to assume the conversation would be this:

Jinbei: boi what's up with that?
Vegapunk: oh, WG commissioned this new form of pacifista to replace the warlords, but this technology is in ITS LITERAL INFANCY and cannot recreate fully grown, superpowerful adults yet
Jinbei: makes sense, ok chief

and that's it. Not even worth a page. Egghead has been super meaty in terms of exposition and especially the tech stuff. We already know the concept of the seraphim. We already saw one warlord react. We already know Vegapunk doesn't produce weapons on his own (whether from Dragon's testimony or Germa cover story). We already know that the WG ordered the seraphim's creation and we've known for hundreds of chapters now that the WG sucks. The reader can figure the extent of Vegapunk's guilt (if any) for themselves with all that info.

The SHs aren't idiots. They don't have to torture themselves over questions that were already answered in implicit, time-saving ways. If Nami really has beef with someone for having a kid Jinbei try to kill her AND she had a breakdown as she hesitated to defend herself (this is actually a worthwhile SH reaction regarding the seraphim topic), then she can take it up to Saturn or whoever she happens to see when they eventually raid the holy land.

We don't know if Vegapunk has really made reprehensible creations OF HIS OWN ACCORD, but the only possibility presented so far was the Kuma modification, robbing him of his agency and whatnot. Bonney rightfully chased him to seek answers and revenge. But now she might understand what was up with that, considering she doesn't even want revenge anymore. Vegapunk at least did feel some guilt for what he did and for not wanting to tell Bonney, so there's that at least.

I do not think Oda resolved the conflict off-screen at all. We'd barely been made aware of it anyway, when the death game was ongoing. The whole issue with York reaching for CD status and betraying the Punks is only really just starting.

Kuro and Mihawk are the best characters. Though they did a great job with everybody really.

I didn't read all that. You're so pressed to have the last word that you started comparing Usopp's legitimate focus with the giants (which he IS getting once we get to Elbaf) to Sanji needing to react to everything food-related, him over everyone else, when that's neither meaningful nor essential. I can't even fathom how such a subplot would work in Wano. Orochi had spies everywhere, and Sanji already drew a LOT of attention and trouble to himself due to cooking soba in the capital, the one spot where the people of Wano aren't even that famished. Forget him trying to fix famine in every corner of the land. Again, simply getting rid of Kaido is a safer and quicker way to achieve that. Luffy was rightfully disgusted at the famine and kept reminding Kaido, even in the final pages of their fight, that he was gonna make him fly outta Wano to make people never starve again. So no need for Sanji to be a whole 1:1 clone of Luffy in that regard, with the exact same motivations and irritation. Waste of panels and on-screen developments.

The song is good on its own and especially fitting for Momo and for an end-of-Wano opening. It could also match Egghead to some extent

I sure hope they saved the resources for a proper Egghead opening because this wasn't it chief

I binged the whole show in a day (with a break between ep 4 and 5) and back during episode 2(?), I recall randomly looking at Buggy at the end and noticing he didn't seem to have ears, it looked especially clear on the left (our left) side. Then he turned his face slightly and his left ear was there so I shrugged it off, assuming it was just the angle that gave me the impression. I never imagined that actually, he WAS missing one on the other side all this time and it would be a big affair in the plot. I suppose he is also lacking said ear when we see him and Arlong together for the first time, though I was no longer paying attention then.

Still, him doing the whole spiel about having eyes and ears everywhere in the East Blue, implying he's a big shot with a network of informants, just for it to be literally an ear accompanying Luffy everywhere was a genius twist lol

He didn't step back though. So if you really wanted him to suck out the screentime of his fellow SHs even more than he already does in Wano (alongside Luffy and Zoro, and the same can be said for Egghead now) then I suppose it's no problem for me, he's my favorite character after all. Or do you mean to suggest that both he AND the likes of Franky and Usopp need far more presence on screen without cannibalizing each other? Fine, fine, I love those 2 as well. But I don't want to hear the complaints about "bloated arcs" and "time consuming plots" being said in the same breath. Sanji did spend more than 10 chapters baking one (1) cake, and you think he was gonna fix the famine in Wano in a timely measure while everyone else is busy with their own plotline too?

Wano hasn't been lacking in SH interactions or moments, far from that. There has not been a single point post-timeskip where we were famished for Straw Hats relevance (I mean except the long-ass Oden flashback or the 10 chapters away from Egghead, but that makes sense why we don't see the SHs there, though we got color cover spreads at least). When/if we somehow get to that point, then yeah we will complain, but we're not there yet.

In Egghead's case I'm definitely concerned seeing as how the majority of SHs are literally just dicking around even when things get intense around them, but we are given reason to expect contribution from them soon, because no way the monster trio has enough hands to tackle everything the marine fleet can throw at them (including an admiral) AND possibly more threats and surprises such as the Blackbeard pirates or whoever else might show up.

@Cinder said in One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, PS4, XBox One, PC; 2020):

If I get the deluxe base game and this new character pass 2, does that cover all the dlc characters available? I've been trying to google for what the 9 characters are in the deluxe so I'm assuming it's the 3 from whole cake, 3 from worst generation, and 3 from wano.

Talk about getting overwhelmed by the number of various dlc options.

Yes, that is right.

@realtenchu said in 1074: ''Believe in Momo - Luffy's Final Move!'':

It’s very rare, very rare when the anime episode is better than the manga and this was way better than the manga in Everything.

My thoughts exactly.

Only Momo's flashback at the start suffered from slight pacing slowdowns on some frames, but we'd be eating good if we otherwise had normal pacing in EVERY episode of the anime. I get that they can't animate like this every day but the pacing should be the norm, and not an occasional thing

@King-Cannon said in Chapter 1091: Sentomaru:

What Luffy needs to prove is that he can take on an Admiral 1-on-1, so he can at least show he's on Rayleigh's level. This is the bare minimum.

And this has been what, 16 years in the making now? So much anticipation since Sabaody, and this break has to be the most unfortunate of them all in the history of One Piece and Oda breaks.

Perona acting like a doting mother to S-Gecko would be fun and in character lol

The marines are actually going ON the island to retrieve a bunch of shit (York, Punk Records...) so the notion of destroying the island itself with a massive buster call is either canceled or postponed (unless Saturn really is in a hurry and doesn't mind blowing up the marines who stepped onto Egghead to have Bonney and Sentomaru surrounded, as long as it kills Vegapunk and Luffy, any sacrifice is acceptable?)

And as for Luffy's side of things, besting every single marine on the fleet + one of the elders (which, again, nobody on Luffy's side even knows that Saturn is at Egghead at all) was never stated to be a stake or goal in this arc at all. The only task and focus is to escort Vegapunk and every ally to Elbaf safely. The struggle here is that Luffy has to protect pretty much everyone all at once, it's like playing a Pirate Warriors level where you have to protect every SH all at once as they run around the stage, except in this scenario Luffy is faced with the likes of Kizaru and the genius Lucci who have proper IQ instead of generic enemy officer AI in a videogame lol. And in this story, Chopper and Nami can't magically beat such opponents by grinding enough levels either.

Sure it might seem manageable now if Luffy has extra hands in Zoro and Sanji to help keep Lucci at bay and protect Bonney respectively, so he can focus on zooming all around the place and fight off Kizaru exclusively. However it's gonna be tough if the CP0 agents and seraphim somehow get freed. It's gonna be tough when it's revealed as soon as next chapter that Saturn has a firm hold on 50(!) advanced pacifista units, and when the Blackbeard lieutenants come around to create mayhem. Sure everyone is speculating that they're here to kill Kizaru at the last second and steal his fruit, but come on now. It wouldn't make much sense if their whole purpose in this arc was to indirectly benefit the protagonist and his friends as opposed to just being even more of a thorn in their side (unlike Big Mom in Wano cough)

The deeper we go into this arc, the more unsustainable this whole operation will be. Luffy barely has any capable fighters on his crew, and the likes of Stussy, Bonney and Sentomaru are either very weakened, or outright eliminated until further notice. The arc will either end with Luffy getting overwhelmed and captured (something that can also be qualified as a huge incident), OR another faction coming to cover Luffy and his escape, or perhaps just making a mess of things for everybody involved if said faction isn't exactly a good one, who knows. As it stands, unless Kuma or even Caribou somehow save the SHs miraculously, then even with those guys around the SHs are just ridiculously undermanned.

The Egghead incident might not be about Luffy beating a whole admiral and elder or taking them hostage, and that's okay. Morgans embellishing tf out of Luffy's actions in a given arc has never harmed the story, it has only bettered it, so why would it start being a negative now lol

It's the final saga, let the bird go nuts, Luffy will have great accomplishments down the line either way.

I'd be surprised if Oda is interested in including all the relevant characters in one image (failed to do so many times for Onigashima's volume covers) so I expect disappointment.

The new mode (Special Log) which features Yamato's adventure is worth the 3 dollars on its own, but the Soul Map that comes with it is also a gamechanger.

@Johnny-B-Decent said in One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, PS4, XBox One, PC; 2020):

Just as an aside note, it's odd how Kaido's hybrid form isn't really any bigger then his normal self, where the hybrid form for someone like Lucci makes him twice as tall.

Isn't that just how it works for Lucci and Kaido in the manga and anime to begin with...?

Strongest creature in the world

@aku-chan Has it not been stated several times that they considered assassinating Orochi but ultimately feared Kaido's ire? Killing a business partner and collaborator of Kaido's would not help the citizens or samurai at all.

@Cinder said in One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, PS4, XBox One, PC; 2020):

If I get the deluxe base game and this new character pass 2, does that cover all the dlc characters available? I've been trying to google for what the 9 characters are in the deluxe so I'm assuming it's the 3 from whole cake, 3 from worst generation, and 3 from wano.

Talk about getting overwhelmed by the number of various dlc options.

Yes, that is right.

Character pass 4 and the new missions are confirmed to arrive on September 14th, as per the livestream. Check it out for new Hybrid Kaido and G5 Luffy gameplay. Lightning is just integrated in the moveset but Bajrang Gun is a super.

The DLC characters will still use regular coins for upgrades, that soul map thing is a shared map that buffs all characters altogether just like the Beginner Map. With that being said, notice the "batch upgrade" option, basically PW3's autofill which they never should've taken out, but better late than never I suppose.

I hope the new missions are whole other levels to the Treasure Log and not just a set of one-and-done story stages that don't fix content drought (as seen with Samurai Warriors 5)