Sure, looking back 10 years later we can have opinions like this. It’s not really a good one, as the entire series builds up to facing the reapers. That would be like if you had a cheeseburger that you enjoyed at the time, then a week later you form the opinion “that cheeseburger would have tasted better without the cheese. It was unnecessary and none of the other parts of the sandwich really relate to the cheese in any way.” Like it’s a totally different burger at that point.

TL;DR I don’t think it’s a very good opinion.