Doesn't oda the same with his mc
Which is why he needs someone to rein him in, not to praise the ground he walks on.
You need creativity and you need checkers.
Full on creativity without control eventually spirals out, becoming a self felating object d'art.
Limits alone, on the other hand, render everything sterile.
A balance is needed.
Now Oda is a well of creativity. But there's been nobody telling him no in some time, leading to the story dragging along at this atrocious post timeskip pace.