User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Dressrosa vs. Zou/@comment-24850639-20160428212451/@comment-3986064-20160429122923

I think Hanata explains my deepest dissatisfactions with the arc, because DoFlamingo appeared for hundreds of chapters before this and seemed to be one of the most highly rated characters, yet was defeated unexpectedly soon. I was seriously shocked the moment the chapter with his defeat ended. I remember saying that I felt incomplete, because all the tension that was built up over the series made Doflamingo deserve a better ending.

But when I imagine him coming back up again... the result would be Luffy just hitting an opponent at his limit who is in the defensive... The whole birdcage plot made Doflamingo into an even bigger ragdoll-type target. "Hit it hard enough times or lose" put a lot of accent on the imbalance of the fight

I also know that raionally this had to be this way. Luffy had to show the same superiority as he did during Fishman Island and Punk Hazard over his foes, because they are supposed to be "stepping stones" in the levels of physical power. If they weren't... Kaido who made Doflamingo piss himself and stress himself off too many times would have been like an insurmountable wall of doom.

If you almost lose in front of someone terrified of Kaido. You certainly have no chances...

Now... what hit me the most about Doffie was his love for his crew... Except for being very psychopathic, he seemed to actually not be that bad of a guy overall. He has shown quite a lot of good values in the whole arc, at least as my impression stands. But that might also come from the bad character development of the royal family, the ones who suffered the most from his rule.