A critic has issued a warning that shakes One Piece fans: the series is falling into the same pit as Naruto. By endowing antagonists with divine and immortal powers, the plot drifts away from the essence of a true pirate adventure. The danger is not just losing narrative direction, but also overshadowing key secondary characters. For fans, it is a sign that a beloved work can go astray if the authors fail to control the pacing and power scale.
The technical imbalance in the narrative power scale ⚔️
From a technical standpoint, the problem lies in power inflation. When every new villain is an immortal god, the logical progression of the story breaks down. In One Piece, Devil Fruits and Haki offered a balanced system, but the introduction of hax like immortality or time manipulation forces protagonists to resort to arbitrary trump cards. This creates a domino effect: battles become predictable, and secondary characters like Zoro or Sanji are relegated to mere spectators.
A paradise of gods or a hell for fans 😱
Come on, Oda, Luffy already stretches like a balloon at a kids' party. Now enemies are immortal? Soon we'll see a villain who resurrects every time he gets punched, like a bad resurrection joke. Meanwhile, the secondary characters watch from the sidelines with poker faces, wondering if their story arc was eaten by a Kraken. The pirate adventure is turning into a league of divine champions.