User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 877: The Candy Shop is Closed/@comment-31434191-20170831195004/@comment-24850639-20170901194028

I have to agree. Regardless of whether there is an actual agenda or not, you have to at least acknowledge that Oda's stance on combative women really does not look good so far. Let's just start from the New World:

Shirahoshi - An ancient fucking weapon, with the power to flip the world upside down. How does Oda characterize her? A gigantic crybaby that seems to only be able to access her latent powers by being a bigger crybaby.

Otohime - Impressive Kenbunshoku haki feats, being able to read someone's heart and inner feelings is not a usage of this kind of haki that we've seen, unless you want to classify Sanji's chivalric senses as an application of haki. In either case, Otohime was not a fighter, and thus did not hone her senses to detect incoming bullets. R.I.P.

Tashigi 2.0 - After all the rank increases, training, and even making a promise to get stronger similar to Zoro's, it's very sad to see Tashigi still be reduced to a damsel in distress against Monet. We've been led to believe that Tashigi is to Zoro as Smoker is to Luffy,  yet she doesn't seem interested in closing the gap between their strength whatsoever. I was upset to watch her finish off Zoro's sloppy seconds. Zoro picking her up and carrying her halfway through the building, as well as her being objectified as the center of so many people's affection was just salt in the wound.

Monet - As a standalone, the really sad part is that her combative accomplishments outweigh those of most people on this list. However, compare her with the only other major threats in the Punk Hazard Arc (Vergo & Caesar), and her accomplishments ring hollow. She was reduced to a trembling coward the instant Zoro showed even a a glimpse of seriousness, and her death is probably one of the most fucked up things Oda has done to a woman thus far.

Baby 5 - Yet another lady painted to actually be somewhat badass, and Oda does something even worse than reducing her to a damsel in distress: making her a damsel in love that just wants to be "needed" by someone. I was already cringing from the multiple husband portion of her backstory, but to actually stop what was probably her most serious fight to date to make her fall in love? Unforgivable.

Rebecca - Rebecca had a stupid amount of potential - the years of fighting as a gladiator, her dad being Dressrosa's most legendary warrior, her implied possession of Kenbunshoku haki with her swordsmanship, her continued success despite having the worst armor & equipment, a very tragic backstory that give her a big reason to have an important role in the arc..........and Oda threw it all away to make her yet another chick that needed to be saved. Kyros could have Diamante for what he did to his wife, fine, but there were PLENTY of other Donquixote Pirates that would have made a good fight for Rebecca. And please don't hit me with the Kyros logic that he doesn't want his daughter fighting, because he damn sure trained her to do just that. If anything, it only reinforces this apparent mindset Oda has to keep woman out of combat. But wow, Rebecca's story could have been the best one we've seen in the series to date.

Sugar - Being able to subject you to a life of servitude just by touching you? Gee whiz her Devil Fruit was ridiculously OP. Yet, she ends up being a little girl under the constant supervision of one of the Executive Officers, with no actual fighting ability to boot. Being able to be knocked UNCONSCIOUS from someone making a face at you? C'mon now Oda.

Viola - Although she strayed away from combat as well, I found myself actually liking Viola and her capabilities. We knew she could fight at least somewhat, and seemingly better than Rebecca. Her having the guts to show up and square off with Doffy was one of the most badass things I'd seen a woman do in the manga to date. Guess how Oda screws it up? Revealing in SBS that she acted so passionately against Doffy because they used to bone each other. That was the ultimate WTF!

This post is already way too long so I won't continue, but Oda and this bias against combative women is hurting my feelings.