User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 884: Sing or Swim/@comment-31429799-20171102184721/@comment-24769684-20171107195316

Great counterargument by just calling my point bullshit, very nice.

Luffy doesn't just beat people that he's clearly stronger than. Why? Because it's boring as fuck. It's a thing in all of shonen for the main protagonist to be at some kind of disadvantage against an opponent, because that creates tension, and we can root for the protagonist as they find a way to overcome the opponent. Nobody remembers the fights in Fishman Island because the Straw Hats were so much stronger than Hody's crew, people will remember this fight because Luffy is faced with such a steep challenge.

I don't know what kind of series you read where there's a set hierarchy and people only beat people weaker than them, that's pretty boring tbh