Personally I vibe with the idea of all 6 Vegapunks "dying"...then, as the last post-Egghead-scene we get a small vessel (maybe an Ufo or something) docking on Egghead and an ominous seventh shade overlooking the wreckage and going all "oh goddamn, can't leave the house for a day, can I?"

I really hope Zoros question/request is about helping the people from Wano with the afterefects of the SMILES.
Wano promised so much of what makes Zoro a cool character but the only pay-off was another "cool fight" which is always the lamest part of Zoro.

Also I really hope Luccis not supposed to be a threat once again. At this point at the very least everybody from Luffy to Franky should be able to stomp them and we desperately need some scenes that show the world reacting to the threat level the crew poses nowadays. Vegapunk talking about Robin and Zoro was a great first step, there's no need to ruin that by letting Lucci defeat crewmembers.

That being said, MAN, do the new chapters feel good and fresh again, I was a bit jaded after many things during Wano felt off for me, but this is rekindling my love for the series.

@Hakase said in Chapter 1057: The End:

@desa said in Chapter 1057: The End:

Not saying it's going to be joining but merely Oda offpaneled the reason for the mind change and Pluton is a thing that will make Wano intersect into the story again. I wouldn't be surprised that in the interim we get a cover story with Yamato and whenever the strawhats cross with Wano again Oda decides to tell us the actual reason for the change of mind.

That would actually be the only way I can think of that would resolve the Yamato-Situation absolutely perfectly.
Give her/him a cover-story where he/she (god, that's confusion) grows as a character and learns some lessons. Then, when the Coverstory is over, have her reappear in front of Luffy with a loud and proud "Hey, it's me...YAMATO!"

Something that strikes me, now that its over, ist how underused Zoro was in Wano of all things.
There were so many possibilities of going back to showing the aspects of his character that make him cool (mentoring Momo for example, his relationship with Yasuie, Tokyo, Hyori...) but instead he just got more two-dimensional "cool sword guy gets cool sword"-stuff...and that after Oda showed again, how brilliant he can be about characters with Sanji on Whole Cake...

In general, I absolutely still love One Piece, always will, but Wano, despite many moments I loved, was the first time, I went out of an arc with more negative feelings towards it, than positive ones.

Chapter still had some good things going on, tho, Momo and Kin aus Honoraries, Possibility of Yamato in the future, first official (with flag) Strawhat-Territory, etc.

Honestly? Up until Wano, I wouldn't change a single thing. (Except adding a few chapters of random crew Interactions here and there after the timeskip)

In Wano, tho? Especially the end? Way too much, especially small things. I still love and believe in Oda, have done so for...good lord, 22 years?...but something just feels off about his writing recently.