User blog comment:D.Dragon123/What we DON'T like about One Piece./@comment-53539-20130113204604

My issues with the manga;


 * 1) Oda's pacing has been eradicate, he is trying to fit so much in every arc. But if we have a slower arc, people complain about the slowness. I think he is living in the shadow of the WB arc though.  Everything lead up to that one arc, which means expectations are high.
 * 2) The beginning of the Punk Hazard arc, too much lazy writing... Rather, just the bit leding up to the doors, out of 3 choices, Luffy ends up at the one the two admirals fought at... Yeah... This arc should have been a arc later, having it now seems lazy. I'll explain why in depth if you want me to.
 * 3) too much foreshadowing, Oda's been a master in the past of slipping in one bit of information you didn't realize you needed later. Now we're holding onto things that we know we will need later and a lot of them. I'd rather have the first because its a shock and a plot twist then the second because you have to be an encyclopedia to remember it all.
 * 4) This arc + Smoker, again another issue with the lazy writing, its putting Smoker in the oddest position ever a a character, the body swap showed Tashigi and Smoker keeping in characters while not being in-body, which is GOOD writing, we could believe they were who they were. Its everything else I'm struggling with, it feels like Smoker's an extra in this arc.  ^_-