Powers & Abilities Zoans were a mistake
- Thread starter Eustass D. William Kid
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They weren't.
First, only Paramecia and Logia would fall short; three is the magical number and a trio tends to work better than a duo. That aside, animals are widely liked (and for an artist it gives you more to work than just designing humans), they provide natural hierarchies to work with (carnivorous versus herbivorous, current < prehistoric < mythical, etc.) and, on top of it, there's a whole plot regarding devil fruits and experimentation on their nature to be explored through the Zoan type (and, in my opinion, the concept of artificial zoans, object with zoans, Vegapunk's research on animal cyborgs...) which in my opinion is, by far, the most interesting thing Oda has done with fruits.
So no, they weren't a mistake. They are needed for many reasons, including a whole plot on what devil fruits are and how they work. If anything, I'll agree that Oda could have made a better use of them, but the concept itself is good.
First, only Paramecia and Logia would fall short; three is the magical number and a trio tends to work better than a duo. That aside, animals are widely liked (and for an artist it gives you more to work than just designing humans), they provide natural hierarchies to work with (carnivorous versus herbivorous, current < prehistoric < mythical, etc.) and, on top of it, there's a whole plot regarding devil fruits and experimentation on their nature to be explored through the Zoan type (and, in my opinion, the concept of artificial zoans, object with zoans, Vegapunk's research on animal cyborgs...) which in my opinion is, by far, the most interesting thing Oda has done with fruits.
So no, they weren't a mistake. They are needed for many reasons, including a whole plot on what devil fruits are and how they work. If anything, I'll agree that Oda could have made a better use of them, but the concept itself is good.
Logias aren't advanced paramecias at all, don't be ridiculous. If anything, the only class you should defend is Paramecia; logias are equally dispensable, aren't they? And please, don't even answer me from a power scaling perspective ("bruh logia the strongest") or I will just laugh my ass of at your philistine approach at a creative work.
Are you seriously comparing the thousands of potential designs, abilities, etc. from animal species with pizza and shitposting? This isn't just about liking animals but the fact that they are an integral figure of our public imagination. Animals are more important than pizza and shitposting for both most authors and most readers, and not only that, but any fantasy world needs them and are one of the richest sources of rhetoric material —if not the richest.
It's not about creating cyborgs but exploring devil fruits and how they work through the zoan subplot. You can't do that by adding cannons to a gorilla. Artificial fruits are a joke in the way Oda handled them, but the concept is perfect for his universe.
Paramecias don't have DNA nor can provide life to objects; animals do. It's obvious what Oda is doing with this subplot of years, and whether you like it or not, zoans have been the most important class of devil fruit since the timeskip (and for good reason).
Anyways, you are overcomplicating this: Oda likes animals and made a class of them. Period. I don't need any "decent argument", the fact that you're looking down on animals and their potential and focusing your whole rant on how "useless" you think they are is laughable enough for me to not take you serious at all because it's clear you aren't thinking as an artist, therefore your takes on how to create a piece of creative work is irrelevant.
Are you seriously comparing the thousands of potential designs, abilities, etc. from animal species with pizza and shitposting? This isn't just about liking animals but the fact that they are an integral figure of our public imagination. Animals are more important than pizza and shitposting for both most authors and most readers, and not only that, but any fantasy world needs them and are one of the richest sources of rhetoric material —if not the richest.
It's not about creating cyborgs but exploring devil fruits and how they work through the zoan subplot. You can't do that by adding cannons to a gorilla. Artificial fruits are a joke in the way Oda handled them, but the concept is perfect for his universe.
Paramecias don't have DNA nor can provide life to objects; animals do. It's obvious what Oda is doing with this subplot of years, and whether you like it or not, zoans have been the most important class of devil fruit since the timeskip (and for good reason).
Anyways, you are overcomplicating this: Oda likes animals and made a class of them. Period. I don't need any "decent argument", the fact that you're looking down on animals and their potential and focusing your whole rant on how "useless" you think they are is laughable enough for me to not take you serious at all because it's clear you aren't thinking as an artist, therefore your takes on how to create a piece of creative work is irrelevant.
After your "jokes aside" you're saying that "Nobody wants to see a man sticking out of a chicken's ass, or a man with an awkward looking mammoth head, or L drake trying hard to grab his axe with his short ass arms"; which is false; especially because we have a variety of animal designs so you can pick your favourite.
Again, if you want to complain, complain about Oda's actual use of zoans, not a perfectly valid concept like this class is.
Again, if you want to complain, complain about Oda's actual use of zoans, not a perfectly valid concept like this class is.
Oh but I agree Queen is the only ancient zoan that living up to the hype of it's toughness I won't deny that. The other close to him is ulti and maybe Jack but that's it. Sasaki, who's who, p1, Drake and even King (his durability is more bcs of his flame than his ancient zoan power), they don't live up to the hype, and that means majority of ancient zoan users.
