Count Mario
The Die Has Been Cast

Sorry to bother you lol but i want to know what is it for something writing to be "well executed". This is i think my biggest struggle when it comes to understanding good writing. I fall into the trap of seeing and analyzing the author's intentions and message and think "if the author intended this then it must be good", or "here is theme that the author explored" etc. But i can never tell if the author executed on those things in a meaningful way, because you can say that about any story lol.

What do you think of the timeskip as whole of OP? do u really think its dissapointing? i find it hard to believe that oda's writing drop drasictically after delievering the amazing marineford. My theory on this notion is that because people are now reading OP weekly their perspective has changed now that they are consuming the story week to week and have to wait 5 days or more for the next chapter. As a result the story is fragmented. I could be wrong. But FI was fantastic into arc. I didnt expect oda to drop a high tension arc right after the war. Punk hazard was a good setup arc, dressrosa minus the bloatedness i cant help but like when you read the arc as whole and see the whole picture, its flawed of course. Zou was masterful when it comes to exposition and the big twist was great. WCI has been fantastic and depending how oda handles the ending it could ez be top 5 for me.

This is something thats been on my mind seeing your more critical post. Does having the critical eye that you do ruin your enjoyment of things? when i see critics, i cant help but think "wow these people cant enjoy anything" because of detailed and meticilous they look at things.

Thoughts on the OP spoilers?

I know you usually read the spoilers and I was thinking of possibly skipping the ones for this week. But could you please tell me if we change scenary(Wano, Reverie etc..) or do we continue with the story. I don't want anything specific or the new location just to know if we are having an extended cliffhanger. And if it is half and half you can just say we continue with the story.


Happy Birthday by the way. I don't hang around the birthday thread so I am a little late.

A Little late, but Happy B-day, Count!

Happy Belated Birthday.

Happy Birthday!!!

Count my boi, happy birthday!

Sup, how its going ?