even hardcore one piece fans admit oda is spineless

My point is that it can't cower away from death even when the story demands it, and can't continue to death-bait us)

This one is a bit of a complaint, but I'm sure a lot of the fanbase is having problems with this as well.

Oda can't kill, and the story suffers from it. Even when characters clearly die, Oda makes them somehow not die.

Sure, characters in backstories die, so do characters who explicitly state their eventual death (Ace, maybe Pedro, etc).

I remember finishing Alabasta and being overwhelmed with emotion - it's truly a masterpiece. Pell's sacrifice was so impactful, and really drove home to everyone that the Grand Line was not just a game, but a place where sacrifices were made and lives were lost...

And then it wasn't. In one fell swoop (pun intended) Oda overwrote the climax of the Alabasta arc by, for some inexplicable reason, contriving Pell's survival from what was effectively a point blank nuclear blast. And suddenly the climax of the story was invalidated, and no narrative purpose was achieved by saving Pell. The opposite, in fact. He should have died, and I tend to ignore his presence in the current chapters to save the dignity of Alabasta.

Remember the tragedy of (one of my all time favorite characters) Bon Clay? Remember how Magellan literally sentenced him to execution, asked for last words, and struck with his corrosive poison? The climax of the arc being his noble sacrifice that would cement the legacy of his character and drive Luffy forward? Nope! Oda overwrote that and made that whole moment obsolete. He didn't sacrifice anything, your tears were wasted.

Remember SMILEY, and the suspense of soldiers being taken by it one by one as it inched closer to our heroes? Nope, nothing to worry about after all.

What about Pekoms? He was machine gunned with hundreds of rounds, then shot in the head, then fell off off a cliff into shark infested water, handcuffed. This could have presented a very interesting narrative point where Capone's loyalty and the morality of allying with him is very much a conflict, but instead we get a miraculous save yet again for Pekoms that does nothing.

Remember Charlotte Mascato? Who had his life taken by Big Mom's rage, was pronounced dead, and was carried away to be disposed of? Magically alive, lessening Big Mom's threat.

There are many other examples...but the point is that it has become very difficult to take One Piece's perilous situations seriously, because even minor characters are invincible. I've really struggled to feel suspense recently because I know Oda won't actually commit to characters dying. Pedro's sacrifice, for instance, can we really believe it given all the other "sacrifices" that came before? It's hard to feel sad for his death when you can't be sure it even happened.

I hope Oda learns to kill characters when necessary in the future, because as it stands, we have no reason to take the perils of the New World too seriously. It seems like he might be learning, as it seems like King Baum and Pound really did lose their lives. If they did, we can see just how dangerous the Yonko are, but if they come back, again, we really have no reason to be invested or concerned

Fairy Tail / One Piece fight comparison

Natsu vs Laxus / Luffy vs Crocodile

Laxus fought several people and used Fairy Law. Literally exhausting all his magic power. Natsu won fair and square. Whereas Luffy wins through the power of asspull.

Crocodile completely dominates Luffy then suddenly out of nowhere Luffy wins through an asspull.

Natsu vs Zero / Luffy vs Lucci

Natsu had already used Dragon Force once and Jellal was a reknown wizard saint capable of mastering the 4 elements to the point of singlehandedly casting Abyss Break. Natsu barely overpowers Zero after hard fought victory. It stayed consistent.

Lucci beats Luffy easily several times. Usopp yells friendship to Luffy. Luffy receives Power of Friendship and takes down Lucci in one attack.

Ezra vs Azuma / Zoro vs Daz Bones The Tenrou Tree was previously stated to protect FT members and enchant their magic. Azuma states he left Erza's magic alone. The Tenrou Tree gives Erza magic like it was stated to.

Daz Bones completely dominates Zoro in a fight. Zoro spouts some bullshit speech and then out of nowhere suddenly one shots Daz Bones.

Erza vs Kyoka / Natsu vs Hades / Luffy vs Oars / Zoro vs Kaku

Erza can sense magic power. As shown when she sensed Hades's power and Mard Geer's power before they attacked. Kyoka stood still. It stayed mostly consistent.

Natsu lightning flame mode had already been hinted at. Natsu has already eat lightning once. So his transformation was hinted at and justified.

Unlike Luffy and Zoro. Natsu doesn't win because of his transformation. Hades shrugs it off and describes Natsu's new power as an entertaining warm up. Ultimately its the exceeds destroying Devil's Heart that defeats Hades not the main character. Meanwhile Oars goes down like a bitch to Luffy's asspull transformation

Referenced in FT Chapter 106

Oars completely dominates the Straw Hat Pirates with Luffy severely wounded. Luffy pulls a transformation out of his ass and turns into Nightmare Luffy and stomps Oars.

Kaku completely dominates Zoro. Zoro gets upset cause of Robin. Zoro receives nakama power and pulls a transformation out of his ass and suddenly one shots Kaku.

Dragon Slayers vs Dorma Anim / Natsu vs Future Rogue / Luffy vs Doflamingo / Luffy vs Katakuri

Dragon Slayers work together in perfect unison and pull off a unison raid a pre established ability to beat the bad guy. They eat their elements when their magic is running low. Natsu eats flames from the missiles, Gajeel eats the metal dragon, Wendy can eat the air

Natsu eats Atlas's flames for a power boost as Atlas Flame himself explains. With his new power from the hellflames he defeats Future Rogue.

Doflamingo completely dominates Luffy in every way. Luffy pulls 4th Gear out of his ass and defeats Doflamingo. He somehow escapes Doflamingo's strings despite none of Whitebeard's Commanders being able to.

Round 1 - Katakuri easily beats Luffy. Round 2 Luffy pulls Snake Man Transformation out of his ass and beats Katakuri. Despite the fact. Katakuri is at full strength while Luffy is exhausted after fighting several enemies but Luffy's plot armor prevails.

Erza vs Minerva / Zoro vs Kuma

Erza previously got second origin from Ultear. An established power. Erza uses her second origin against Minerva. It stayed consistent.

Zoro who previously could barely move from one stab wound. He fights Kuma while heavily wounded and barely standing after being defeated by Oars. Kuma transfers all of Luffy's pain and injuries to Zoro. Zoro somehow survives cause of plot armor. Fairy Tail is consistent. One Piece is not.

Win/Loss Record

Natsu losses: Aria, Fukuro, Cobra, Ultear, Bluenote, Acnologia, Torafuzer, Madmorl.

Erza losses: Jose Porla, Jellal, Cobra, Acnologia, Eclipse Dragons, Irene, Kyria

Erza has won on her merits.

As for Luffy and Zoro

Luffy Losses: Kuma.

Zoro Losses: Kuma

They literally have about one or two losses each. Cause the few losses those two have. Luffy and Zoro just pull out one asspull after another to win

If Natsu actually won by yelling friendship as optards and other trolls keep claiming. He would not lose half of his battles. Zero would have lost the second Natsu went into dragon force. Hades wouldn't have immediately gotten up from Natsu's strongest attack with nary a scratch. Mard Geer would have instantly lost to Natsu when Dragon Force happened.

On the other hand, Luffy practically never loses. Just mention the word friendship and Luffy instantly wins.

Lucci completely dominated the fight. Usopp says friendship. Luffy instantly wins with one attack. Oars dominated the battle. Friendship is mentioned. Luffy gains new transformation out of nowhere that goes against every established rule in One Piece. Luffy instantly beats Oars with nakama power. No consequences. Luffy vs Doflamingo. Friendship is mentioned. 4th Gear Asspull stomps Doflamingo. Luffy vs Katakuri. Friendship is mentioned. Luffy instantly wins with new asspull transformation. And so on & so on.

Good characters and actual Mary Sues

The Ultimate Mary Sue: Luffy

Character Development: Nonexistent. Luffy is a completely one dimensional character

He constantly recklessly puts his teammates in danger

He is still challenging admirals and now even emperors recklessly

He is still refusing to negotiate with others.

No signs of him sympathising or negotiating with enemies.

Bellamy wasn't an enemy. He got one shot and was more of a minor annoyance same as Buggy. Bege and Law were just fellow pirate crews with different morals. Smoker even helped Luffy a few times and Luffy liked Smoker from the beginning. Nothing new there.

Luffy can make friends out of anyone. The ultimate Mary sue power up.

Power Ups: Make no sense.

Second Gear: He somehow learns an advanced version of Soru for Second Gear with no explanation of how, when or why. He just gets second Gear just because

Third Gear: He has Third Gear just because.

Then there is the fact that One Piece is literally just a hentai.

one piece female characters. Nami wears a bra and shorts like a whore. Robin wears an open shirt with her breasts hanging out like a whore. Then there is one piece characters like Sadi-Chan a blatant BDSM characters. One Piece doesn't even attempt to hide that its a hentai. I mean for fucks sake this is running gag of One Piece watch?vEdODN0FQiBw A guy asking for panties and panty shots. Nami . /search?qnamionepiece&rlz1C1CHBF_en-GBGB782GB782&sourcelnms&tbmisch&saX&ved0ahUKEwj8ytLG8qDeAhVHFMAKHRgGAdEQ_AUIDigB&biw1366&bih626#imgrcoaQU-LfhEEcT-M:

Good Character: Natsu

Character Development: During his battle with Sting and Rogue, he shows that he has learned to strategize during his fights after the timeskip instead of charging in recklessly. As he figures out their fighting styles and the direction of their attacks. This is also shown during the Alvarez Arc when he restrains himself to save power for future enemies.

He learns to forgive his enemies as shown when he co-operates with Jellal and Cobra contrary to the beginning of series when he originally held a strong grudge against his enemies.

After his battle with Gildarts. He takes Gildarts' advice into future prospect and learns to accept help from his allies, something originally out of character for Natsu for example during the Mard Geer fight. When he accepts help from Gray and when he encourages his teammates during the Hades fight. Another lesson he took from Gildarts is that it takes wisdom and strength to sheathe his sword when its out. Natsu has never been on to give up a battle at the start but when he sees Brandish he realizes he is outmatched and is willing to give up & retreat to fight another day. He won't risk his comrades' lives on reckless charge.

He is willing to negotiate with August instead of jumping straight to violence to try avoid the war and save lives. He even tries to talk and sympathise with Zeref. Someone he previously wouldn't have given the time of day and just attacked. He is even willing to try talk and sympathize with Acnologia. Someone who killed his father in all but blood. I can count at least 10 things Natsu would not have done at the beginning of the series

Power ups:

Flames of emotion: Introduced during his first fight. He gets stronger, the angrier he gets.

Lightning Flame Mode: He gains this power by eating Laxus's lightning. Something previously shown when he eats etherion. As shown before Dragon Slayers can gain powers from other elements but it has its setbacks and is painful to eat.

Dragon Force: First used during the Tower of Heaven Arc. It was hinted at throughout the arc that Natsu was going to gain a new ability on top of the tower by Simon and Happy.

Etherion partially was made out of fire magic allowing Natsu to eat it.

When he fights Jellal. Contrary to statements from trolls. It was never stated that dragon slayers can't eat other elements. Just that it was painful for them and more difficult.

Blaze Dragon King Mode; He gains this power from Igneel. He has to go for a year to train and refine this power so he can control it.

Good Character: Erza

Character Development:

Erza has several personality traits

Aggressive Tsundere

Loner, she wears her armors to protect herself from others

Loves sweets and cakes

Closet Pervert

Strict and Motherly

Polite, Noble and Honourable

Overtime she evolves into a more open person and learns to trust others. This starts after the Tower of Heaven Arc where Erza comes to deal with a nightmare from the past and comes to terms with her issues. She finally realizes she can't keep shielding herself from others and sees how much her family cares about her.

This is especially prevalent in the Alvarez Arc where its shown how much she trusts Natsu when he says he is going to defeat Zeref. Usually Erza is the one who grabs Natsu and yells at him to stop being reckless.

She earns her victories and learns from her losses.

Power Ups:

Nakagami Armor: A lot of trolls and FT haters called this power of friendship. But that is completely false. Before the Grand Magic Games. Team Natsu met up with Crime Sorciere. Where Erza & the others gained their second origin. Hence why Erza says "Release: Second Origin"

There is also the fact that from the beginning of series Erza is stated to have more than 100 armours.

Mary Sue: Shirou Emiya

Character Development: Nonexistent. Similar to Luffy, Shirou is a completely one dimensional character

All you really need to know about him is that he wants to be a hero and protect others. That's basically his entire character. He comes from the series Fate Stay Night, the sequel to Fate Zero and boy was Fate Stay Night a disappointment.

Inherently there is nothing wrong with having your character being a hero but that is only if it is done right.

Power Ups: Can beat any enemy through the power of love and friendship.

No seriously. There is no justification for the power of bullshit this guy gets. He beats freaking Gilgamesh through the power of bullshit.

Let take these three much better characters for instance.

Kiritsugu Emiya

Character Development:

"I was reckless when I was young. I educated myself by cursing the heartlessness of the world. The world was cruel – so I made myself more heartless and used that as a weapon, trying to follow through on my ideals." – Kiritsugu Emiya

One of my favorite character. He is man who is jaded by his experiences. He originally wanted to be hero, a trait passed onto his son Shirou. But he was soon learned how horrible reality was as he saw his home, family and crush destroyed. He transforms from a happy go lucky child to burnt cinnamon bun who is a deadly assassin.

"They call certain methods of fighting good and others evil, acting as if there were some nobility to the battlefield. Such illusions, perpetrated by heroes throughout history, have led countless young men to their bloody deaths, all for the sake of this valor and glory." – Kiritsugu Emiya

He is willing to use any underhanded means to win. However he does still show signs of humanity. For example several times over he shows he is willing to give up the war and take Irisviel back home to their daughter so he doesn't risk losing his family. This is someone who is constantly scared and terrified behind a mask of calmness to hide his fears.

"Our Heroic Spirit here thinks the battlefield is something better than hell. What a joke. It's hell itself. There's no hope on the battlefield. It has nothing but unspeakable despair. Just a crime we call victory, paid for by the pain of the defeated. Yet humanity has never recognised this truth. And the reason for that is, in every era a dazzling hero has blinded people with their legends and prevented them from seeing the evil of bloodshed. The true nature of humanity has not advanced a step beyond the stone age."

He has gone through a life of misery and despair. The same dark experience that made him who he was today. He is an incredible sympathetic character. He has seen the cruel reality of life and that has destroyed his innocent view of the world. He has become cynical and close minded in his views.

That's what so great about Fate Zero. More than anything, It was a battle between ideals and different goals. You saw all these different character motivations and life stories that changed these amazing characters into who they are today. The philosophical debates between their points of view were just amazing and awe inspiring.

Fate Stay Night can be summed up as the boy who got his own harem and beat the bad guy. That's it. That's literally the entire story. You are literally deluding yourself if you think there is anything deep about Fate Stay Night. I've watched it multiple times both anime and visual novel. It is an overglorified cheap harem anime.

Kirito

Character Development:

After escaping Sword Art Online for the first time. Kirito is permanently scarred for life. This shows even in later series. He is constantly having nightmares about the ordeal, has survivor's guilt after seeing all the people who died and even gives up duel wielding except in emergencies.

Shirou on other hand comes out of Holy Grail completely unscathed, same for Rin and the others. After what is described as survival of the fittest. His view on the world is completely the same, his personality is exactly the same, pretty much no one dies, no sacrifices were made, no development was made. Shirou remains the same one dimensional character he was before.

Izuku Midoriya

Character Development:

Deku similar to Shirou, is someone who wanted to be a hero his entire life. A big difference however is how their mentor/older versions impacts their lives.

To start off the Archer & Shirou relationship. Pointless. Archer is a servant in Fate Stay Night. But the whole future Shirou Emiya thing was completely pointless. Shirou does not change one bit from this and still defeats Archer anyway. Archer could have been literally anyone and the story would not have changed one single bit. Heck just make Archer a normal hero who comes from Russia with the power of tracing and the story would not have changed at all.

Now then Deku & All Might. Deku idolises All might. Practically worships the ground he walks. Similar to Shirou. Deku is self destructive and reckless. His powers literally destroy his body from the inside out. But unlike Shirou, the biggest difference between them. Deku actually has *Character Development*.

Obviously Deku can't just keep up his self-sacrificial tendencies. So after seeing how much this affects his mother and the people he cares about. He learns how selfish and reckless he was being. Only thinking of himself and his own goals. He learns to be less reckless and take better care of himself. He adapts his fighting style so there is less pressure on his arms and begins to focus on a more leg-based fighting style with help from Tenya Iida.

For the sake of explaining common sense to the idiots babyraging in the review section

UBW vs Gate of Babylon

Gilgamesh stomps. Gilgamesh even when not serious was trolling Saber by casually defending against her attacks in Fate Stay Night. He also restricted Berserker easily with Enkidu. Several Fate Fans in forums have also called Shirou & Sieg mary sues. Because Shirou himself admits that any servant could take on UBW and win. But he apparently thinks he can beat Gilgamesh because sword spam sword spam. If that was true most anime characters would easily beat Gilgamesh. But as Fate fans love to bring up Gilgamesh has several ships, armour , shields, haxed weapons that could easily defeat his opponents e.g. moving at the speed of light or thought. You can't have it both ways.

Heaven's Feel

Shirou sacrifices nothing. He doesn't give up his dream. Best case for Shirou, He simply chooses not to take the easy way out. That's it. He doesn't deserve an award just for that. At the end of the day, its still the same as any other route, He fights Kirei, or the other repetitive bad guy, saves the day and goes back to live with his family and friends. Illya dies, that's not exactly new after saving Shirou through a Deus ex machina. He is still fighting Angra Mainyu to save the world, he is still fighting Sakura to save the world. Besides Shirou acting Emo over nothing. Nothing changes.

Depth of other routes

Non existent.

Fate Stay Night, defeat and save tsundere little sister, defeat the evil priest

UBW, Fight Kuzuki, Saber gets kidnapped, Archer turns traitor, Gilgamesh kills Illya, Shirou beats Archer and this whole scene was pointless. Since Shirou doesn't change or do anything about his flaws, Shirou beats Gilgamesh through power of friendship, day is saved again.

Go kill yourself asshole

This is worst written piece of garbage I have ever seen.

This entire garbage excuse for a fanfic amounts to bash fairy tail

You are a joke of a writer.

This fanfic is an insult to Mishima.

So go commit suicide you piece of shit.

And all the mentally retarded idiots who supported this garbage. You really are pathetic pieces of garbage.

This is much worse than every bad Naruto fanfic combined.

please comeback soon

Listen, despite the animation changing it’s art style, High School DxD Hero still turned out to be a great anime.

feet gross me out, but this story is so good that i dont care. love the story

This was a horrible chapter with so many mistakes and a horrible ending. Those who convinced you were brain dead morons. Goodbye.

With the whole natsu and grey with the machine thing you give natsu too much credit he would have smashed the machine after three tries or less

I care about the story. I was just patiently waiting for the next update. Do you know where I can see the new art style at? I just hope it isn't as bad as the Pokemon Sun & Moon TV series. To go from the awesome Kalos designs to what is basically Loony Toons is a major put off.

I also don't Kuroka appealing as well.
I hate the way how she dresses, it kind of makes her look like a cheap slut.

Love the forth wall crack.

Ah... I’m pretty sure the fall would have killed Ravel. Phenex regen and all that broken BS.

Well Lucy was just as useful as she is in cannon.

i don't get why lucy is the main character, she's too weak to be any help later on what with all the powerful enemies, and she's just a hanger on. This is basically going to be high school dxd with lucy just being there