I've seen talks about the value of Oden's flashback in the anime. The flashback in the anime is indeed canon. Oda himself had approved of all scenes produced.
Thus the animated Flashback can be used a canon material when discussing the manga.
With that out of the way, pre-journey Oden is an absolute monster, pre-enma Zoro > pre-journey Oden.


@Marimo_420 will you do the honors?
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