u/Killjoy3879

It's always been discussed for years that the One Piece reveal will simply not be able to satisfy everyone given the nature and length of the story. But if I'm being honest, I feel like how Oda might handle the Celestial Dragons will potentially lead to a lot more uproar.

In just the past few years Oda's double, triple and quadruple downed on the unjustifiable cruelty from them even more so than the pirates themselves because he doesn't shy away from visibly showing us how obscenely inhumane they are. The actions they commit are so unfathomably evil that I don't think, given the nature of how the story is written in present day, that Oda will write a finale to them that'll satisfy the general fanbase.

For all that they've done what would Oda deem a fitting end to them? Stripping them of their status? Imprisonment? Writing them to grow to have a change of heart from their ways because of their upbringing? The Strawhats killing them is certainly out of the question, not even a matter worth debating over, but even despite that would Oda even go the route of killing them all by the hands of another?

We know that Oda isn't afraid of writing in mass murders and genocides in the story, but those things usually only happen to innocents at the hands of people like the Celestial Dragons, so would he have that same treatment done onto them? By the hands of someone like Blackbeard or hell maybe even Imu? It would seem to be the case that the Revolutionary Army might handle their fate as well so taking into consideration the characters leading the army would that even be an option?

I'm not sure personally but I definitely feel like when we do get to that stage it'll be a strong point of contention in the fanbase.

The combat system as a whole was amazing but this aspect in particular really drove it home for me more so than many other systems I've played in the franchise and genre. I genuinely find this to be a high that's hard to find cause one of my major pet peeves in many JRPG's with status effects is that they don't necessarily feel instrumental.

I'm the type of person that loves it when games force me out of my comfort zone but so many games in general are built around the idea of allowing you to be comfortable to where you can glide by while ignoring the potential of the system. Either that or the way it's designed makes it feel like a waste to even bother using status effects because you're better off just damaging the enemy than dealing with your status effect missing 3 turns in a row.

XIII however, really rewards you a lot for using them on both yourself and the enemy, even bosses, I was genuinely shocked at how few immunities certain bosses had and what I was allowed to do.

That fast paced rhythm where you can use libra, buff yourself with multiple effects, debuff the enemy with multiple effects, build stagger and just go ham during the stagger break just tickled the "setup and payoff" side of my brain that many games just don't tend to reach. And you're able to get into that groove from chapter 3 onwards too. Idk how many of you feel a similar type of way but I just wanted to yap about it.