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Wano had such absurdly bad pacing Oda had to formally apologize and guarantee that he will cut to the chase from now on. It's one of the most isolated arcs in the manga - literally as part of the story - and it's the one that introduces the most side characters and subplots that the reader knows will be completely irrelevant in the future. It's like Skypiea but way longer and, instead of pure adventure, a generic weeb setting - the setting most at odds with what makes One Piece great. It's also at odds with something One Piece promised not to be and feels way too much like Luffy playing hero and saving random people in need.

It was almost scientifically engineered to be a bad arc.