User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/That "meh" feeling/@comment-4976222-20120701131538/@comment-53539-20120702182806

I had a different manga in mind (DBZ when their dealing with Frieza).

I think as well with this arc there are several confusing elements. As of recent arcs, even before the WB one, Oda was using flashbacks a lot to refer to things all like Brook telling Franky and Robin things we're not suppose to know unti we need to know. This was okay the frst few times and in Alabasta arc when it first really appeared, but now its feeling a little over used. It doesn't hurt to let the reader know something in advance and in fact... We've love it in the past where something was thrown out 5 chapters ago and been referenced back because it means we were left having to pay attention to EVERY detail in case it was important.