User blog comment:Sokatsui/What Was The Point?/@comment-1248963-20121107172704

From a shonen-trope storytelling point of view, I'd say the point is pretty obvious: To show how strong the enemies are. This is a no-brainer for every new arc in shonen: a new foe appears, they battle against the good guys, the good guys are easily defeated because the new enemies are "extremely strong", the new enemies retreat (for whatever reason), the good guys regroup/train and so on until the enemies are defeated in such a way that makes you wonder why they were such a threat to begin with. Seriously, read any Shonen manga out there. It happens all the freaking time.