User blog comment:StrawHatDavid/Talk about Ep 590 and such/@comment-4800978-20130411104956

NOTE - The following statement is directed to anybody arguing - or wanting to argue "Goku should of beaten them easily" or "Luffy couldn't be hurt" or "Toriko didn't eat enough".

As a writer, when doing a crossover between several well-known series there are several 'rules' (also known as applying common sense) that need to be followed. Here's two of them.

1) DON'T show favouritism or focus on one series in particular. That will just isolate the fans.

2) DON'T show one side as incredibly more powerful then the other. Again, you isolate the fans and create painful debates. Equality is necessary. There cannot be a definite winner. That is why Mr. Satan (also known as Hercules) won the tournament in the first half. He was a plot device so fans don't begin a flame war against the losing side. That is why the monster was killed with a united technique in the second half, this was a collaborative effort - not someone's chance to show off in front of another protagonist.

And then the rule of the fan;

1) Suspend disbelief and understand the rules of the writer. Would this crossover, or ANY crossover actually work if they were depicted accurately to the source material? Would this even be worthwhile if Goku just destroyed the planet? Luffy outsped them in Gear Second or Toriko... well I'm unfamiliar with that series so I haven't an example to give for him.

The point of a crossover is just to see these characters (not their powers) interact with each other. These are not done to settle any power debates, these are not done to give the fans something to fap about in each others faces simply because one series was shown as superior to another - it is simply done in good fun.