User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/Never knowing where its going.../@comment-4754162-20120316094656

Back then, majority of readers were very young, thus short adventures best suit the trend at that time. Now after 11-12 years, the youngest readers back then would have been late teen or in twenties by now, hence thickening plot especially regarding the primary story arc is the right way forward. With people nowadays exposed to so much complicated and mind boggling fictions (Matrix), Oda needs to up his ante in order to keep to to the best amongst the manga for all ages. What I kinda pity are the young ones now who have caught up to where we are now, they have to take in the thickening plots and twists with their young mind whereas when we were at their age, we were a lot more relaxed... Yohoho...