User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Dressrosa Arc Awards: Nominations/@comment-24850639-20150728185436

Best Male Character: Issho - turned the entire World Governent on its ear by saying "fuck you guys, I'm doing what I want do." His sense of honor and overall goodwill made him a stark contrast to your typical Navy Admiral, and it kept you guessing as to just what he was up to the entire arc. Pretty much everything he did came as a major surprise to me, and he kept me on the edge of my seat the entire arc.

Best Female Character: Viola - Her abilities are amazing, and on top of that she actually knows how to throw a punch or two. She didn't sit and cower in tears when dealing that things extremely stressful, and instead chose set up her own way to get back at the Donquixote Family.

Best Villain: Doflamingo by far - His executives were all a bunch of jokes unfortunately, but never once has he failed to bring the badassery.

Best Character Development: Law/Usopp - This was a hard call. Law's personality hasn't really changed much since we were introduced to him, and his backstory really only just went to further show how he became the way he is. What I was not expecting, was him showing that he actually cares for Luffy, and that he's more to him than just an business partner. If Luffy didn't mean anything to him at all, he would not have stayed to be in the danger range of their fight, said the things he's said about what the Straw Hats are capable of, or implied that the Heart Pirates would be in his hands should something happen to him. One of the things I l love most about Usopp is indeed his character development, and how they aren't rushing it. By all means he's still a little scaredy-cat a lot of times, and struggles to not let the fear get the best of him, but that's exactly why I love it. He didn't just jump from scaredy-cat to brave warrior, we're getting to see the process of him transitioning to it. Its also nice to see that this development is always accelerated by people he cares about. Before he could have easily just used the Tontatta and run off, but you saw it affecting his conscience this time, and he came back did one of the bravest thing he's over done. The strength of his will to help people when he absolutely HAS to is beginning to impress me, and I find it perfect that it led to him developing Kenbunshoku haki.

Most underused character: - The Donquixote Senior Execs. Supposedly the biggest and baddest of Doflamingo's forces, which in and of itself carries A LOT of weight and expectation. When it came to their actual fights, all 3 of them were absolute pushovers. Yeah the people they faced were strong as shit, but why are the lower level executives having closer fights than you?

Worst Character: Mansherry - Got hyped up most of the entire arc, got introduced, then immediately became irrelevant.