Dresrossa as an arc has just been in general trash until the beginning of the final battle and Law flashback
No real hype for Colosseum fighters besides Bart and Sabo. All Colosseum fights outside of the final block felt like manga filler
CONSTANT running around and "we're gonna destroy the factory"! without anything actually happening
More running around
Can't forget characters running around for no reason
Donquixote family fighters and executives being thrown all over Dressrosa supposedly to fight, and then being recalled elsewhere. Not a single one has had a proper on-panel fight (not a skirmish) showcasing their max abilities besides maybe Pica and Senor Pink
For some reason Oda thought 30 panels of Franky being suplexed by Senor Pink at random intervals without context was needed
Sabo vs Fujitora mostly off-paneled
Oda continuing to have Vice Admirals look like punks by first having Smoker raped by Doflamingo and then Bastille, who's been hanging around the entire arc, be one hit KOed by Sabo
Sabo being alive for 10 years AND somehow being an Admiral-level fighter who is the second in command of the entire revolutionary army without any main character knowing reeks of terrible retcon unless Ace and Robin just didn't give a ****.
Robin been working with Luffy's father and supposedly dead brother for two years? Nah she ain't telling Luffy ****. **** Luffy
"I'm gonna kick Mingo's ***!" Luffy runs around with the intention of kicking Doflamingo's *** for like 6 months after dude shoots Law
Oda sets up a cliffhanger for something cool every week without following through on the cool thing
Doflamingo string clone decoys. Done more than once
Luffy's plot induced stupidity. Encounter Doflamingo? Use non-Haki enhanced Gum Gum pistol on Yonkou level opponent
Sanji and Big Mom subplot that has gone nowhere and will continue to go nowhere until well after Doflamingo's defeat
Sanji getting washed by Doflamingo while Zoro continuing to be blandly and generically badass for just no reason. Dude hasn't been challenged since Sabaody
Strawhat pirates all are becoming one-dimensional caricatures of themselves
Trafalgar Law becoming the Itachi of this manga, clearly a character whom the author is in total love with and being given more and more overpowered abilities and ridiculous Gary-Stu characterization every chapter. Oda probably sketches him naked. His flashback is still dope though
Awful Oda-style damsel(s) in distress (the entire Riku family bar Kyros)
******* Dwarves
The good things about this arc include God Usopp
, Doflamingo in general, Sabo's skills, the flashback, and Corazon.
There are too many characters in this arc, and it shows because Oda is clearly having trouble juggling them.
The New World arcs in general have just been
Thank God that this flashback is redeeming the series