193 likesOne Piece Chapter 1193: Fans Call Out Oda for Stalling Again
One Piece Chapter 1193 keeps Luffy fighting in his cartoonish "Nika" form and hits him with another exaggerated gag mid-battle — his eyeballs popping clean out of his skull — while also leaning on a silhouette device: a character changes form off-panel and then keeps moving and talking without ever stepping out of silhouette. Across 286 comments on a Japanese reaction video, the top comment (193 likes) reduces the whole chapter to one line: Oda falling back on the same old trick. From there the comment section splits between two complaints rather than one. Some readers go after the stalling itself, arguing the chapter treats a vague reveal as the finish line instead of a means to an end. Others go after the execution of the silhouette itself, questioning why a character who's already changed form needs to keep talking and moving on-panel while still drawn as a black shape. A handful of comments even turn the exaggerated damage reactions — eyeballs, snot, heavy breathing — into their own punchline. Editor's note: the video comes from a channel that explicitly brands itself as an "anti" reaction compilation, so its comment section skews critical by design — this isn't a representative cross-section of all One Piece readers, just the loudest current of frustration around Chapter 1193's pacing.
