Saturn is one of the most well-written hypocritical frauds I've seen in a while.

[u/sami_newgate]

Despite proclaiming that he is a god, This guy just proves that he is a human every time he appears on screen.

He is so insecure and he needs so bad to prove that he is superior to others, even someone who is a slave like Kuma. Which is contrasted by the other gorousei who are pretty self-confident and don't need to prove anything. He fits the theme of Human contradiction so well, which is the main theme of the arc.

Everything he does gets back at him, He experimented on Ginny but ended up making a mini nika, He ordered the wiping of Kuma's personality but he was still able to protect bonney with willpower alone, and finally he allowed luffy to escape by refusing to destroy Emet.

It is ironic. in Kuma's flashback, He told him that he can't understand why humans always try to do what they are told not to do, But he ends up dying because of disobeying orders and refusing to destroy the robot. It was because of his human need to prove himself that he disobeyed orders just like the people he consider insects. It is poetic.

He is a horrible person but an amazing character. I love him so much.

RIP my fraud king.

[u/Open_Inspector_7863]

The most one dimensional villain in 15 years doesnt suddenly become a well written character just because his constant and everlasting failures open up a brief parallel between his longing of self realization and the fact that he is regularly putting everyone down for the same behaviour. We know nothing about him. Him barely being a human and therefore becoming ridiculously uninteresting is the result of the route oda wanted to go with him. I can just hope this wont be the main theme for the rest of the final antagonists.

[u/EZEKIlIEL22607551159 → u/Open_Inspector_7863]

Dang, I don't often disagree with takes like this, but I disagree with this one strongly. OP in this very post gave you a lot of good reasons why Saturn is a well written character. You haven't exactly countered any of them.

EDIT: just saw you calling people you disagree with highschoolers. Nevermind, now that I see the stock of who we are arguing with, I see that it's a pointless endeavor haha

[u/sami_newgate → u/EZEKIlIEL22607551159]

It seems that he doesn’t read many stories so he can’t connect with this type of characterization.