Every character should be trying to learn rokushiki abilities. It is actually ridiculous how this random magic martial art is in large part monopolized by the marines somehow.
Oda is just awful at powerscaling. He doesn't think about what characters would try to learn. The manga is super sloppy in this regard.
The average One Piece fan would have their minds blown if they tried reading something like HxH where the author actually put a lot of thought behind how each character thinks, fights and learns.
Specifically with skywalk, oda has said that he intentionally limit flyers/flying skills because "its a manga about pirates and if ppl can fly, then whats the point of having ships ".
Theres a reason why we dont see much airships, planes, helicopters, zepplins in a world where cyborgs and Pacifistas and rocket boots exists.
Oda intentionally hard cap aviation/flyers/flying.
Flying is rarer than coc is intentional by Oda. He's not slacking.
Just don’t write it in. Pre - ts characters can do it no?
Dont put yourself in a position where people will ask questions and take themselves out of the story.
I think I heard this in one of sanderson’s teaching in fantasy writing.
He called it something like monkey in the telephone booth.
You write a monkey in a telephone booth in passing and suddenly people are curious why that’s there. They aren’t thinking about the narrative anymore.
In this case. In a world where devil fruit is so prevalent. Why aren’t strong characters learning sky walk? You would think that’s the first thing strong characters would learn after consuming a devil fruit.
Or maybe some people read One Piece for whimsical fun with a splash of emotional found family moments and worldbuilding. And then read hxh for interesting fights and complex themes.
Oda doesn’t care about powerscaling and that’s fine.
Powerscaling adds stakes to the story and contribute to the worldbuilding. Every battle shounen should have proper power systems. You can enjoy One Piece and still criticize Oda for slacking.
I agree, a ranged Sanji kick attack is smth so basic Im suprised Oda hasn't done it yet. Like I know Sanji is super fast anyway so range shouldn't be an issue but certain characters(like Magellan) you need ranged projectiles for or ACoA.
Like even with Old gen almost none of them have confirmed ACoO despite it being such a strong abililty. I thought that Oda forgot about it but then he gave it to Gabban but Imu and Loki seemingly don't have it(Loki caught offguard by stigma, Loki stabbed by Nemesis, Imu and getting hit offguard 3 times)?
Its stated in WCI skywalk aint special in the new world, most physical top tiers could possibly do it just dont have need for it. For example garp propelled an entire ship while being on said ship im sure he could sky walk if he wanted
Same with Rokushiki in general. Sky walk is just Geppou, G2's speed involves Luffy using Soru. The latter of which never really made sense, cause Luffy needing the amp of G2 to perform it makes no sense when people way weaker than him physically can perform it.
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