User blog comment:Yatanogarasu/Good Start, Bad Ending: a Nightmare for Manga./@comment-910220-20110423084848

Yeah, Oda did give us many unexpected surprises, but they all made the story all the better. I mean, not like those crappy endings, who would've expected Ace to die saving Luffy? If he lived and got away, then it's good but predictable (which would make the story rather lame, seeing the protagonists always win and live).