User blog comment:Dryst97/Fire is Superior than magma/@comment-62279-20100228190303

Nobody here said that Ace's death sucked or it was pointless, Luffymaster787! Most people here explained why Ace died from Akainu's hit even though they are both Logias (although Akainu has knowledge of Haki none of the Admirals have been shown using it against other Logia or Logia-like Devil Fruit users) from the view point of the One Piece world mechanics.

Of course there was a reason why Ace, an important character in the current timeline, has died!! Both yours and Sir.Croc0dile's responses were correct as well as most of the other users here. It's just that they were given from different perspectives.

For example, form the author's/Oda's point of view (God's in the one Piece world), Ace dieing was a plot device to give Luffy a motive stronger than anything to acquire power enough to protect those who he cares about and are close to him (his crew usually), from the enemies who will appear in his way later in the story.

This is the first time that such a major event has happen in the history of one Piece has happened; it is logical that the readers are worried about what will One Piece turn into and what course of action the story will follow in the near future.

Just trust in Oda like everyone else and have faith in him. He is a great storyteller as the time so far has shown (unlike a certain someone who is the author of B*****)!!!