Quote Originally Posted by Assertn View Post
Really, though, when was the last time Oda gave every strawhat their only worthy opponent? Baroque works? I'm trying to recall some newer arcs... I don't think Nami and Usopp had a dedicated opponent in Skypeia, and Usopp and Robin didn't in Water 7. In Thriller Bark, there were only 4 main villains, and in Shaboandy it was the sumo kid and Kizaru.
There's a difference between 1 or 2 of the ten characters in the cast not having an opponent and only two characters having someone to fight.

And I wouldn't consider Shabondy to be the traditional One Piece story arc.

I consider the Mermaid Island arc to be the most recent arc with a full array of opponents. "worthy" is completely subjective.