Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28702329-20180609141525/@comment-1512833-20190905000756

Kars' defeat. Yes, it was foretold that the Stone of Aja would lead to the Pillar Men's defeat, but Kars losing was the textbook definition of a Deus ex Machina. The plot required him to lose, even though he could never possibly lose. Araki wrote himself into a corner by making Kars so powerful. Joseph never beat Kars, he even admitted it (if just to himself) and it was sheer dumb luck, nothing more.

Not that this is the only asspull, but this one is the biggest of them all.