Does anyone have any thoughts on how much Oden's bounty would be? (his last bounty before he died)
In the 2 billion region. Maybe 3. The massive gap between Blackbeard and Shanks' bounties make me wonder what exactly someone needs to do to get a 3 bill bounty.
Anyway, when you look at what he's done, it's easily in that region
-strengthwise he was an extremely powerful swordsman, all three forms of Haki.
-His main crew, for lack of a better word, the scabbards, are pretty damn strong (although Ashura tells us that at least him and the Mink two were weaker when Oden was alive. Even then Kinemon considered weaker Ashura to be worth a 100 men)
-Wano itself, which he leads, was more powerful back then as a whole, as Orochi and Kaido hadn't killed off most of the samurai, or banned their dojos
-he's from the main Poneglyph family, knows the secrets of the world from Laugh Tale and has the VoaT, three things the World Gov should be shit scared of
-he has the most powerful allies in the series with Roger and Whitebeard. We know that's simply being in a Yonko crew is enough for bounty bumps, let alone a main figure in the Pirate King's.
So yeah, if there's someone out there who bridges the gap between Blackbeard and Shanks, Oden (and Rayleigh) is my best bet.