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The Shichibukai system is a system that was introduced all the way back in East Blue and has remained a relevant part of the story for the last 900 chapters. During Reverie, Fujitora, Cobra, and Riku campaigned to have the Shichibukai system abolished. The majority of the Kings and Queens voted to have the system abolished and now the Shichibukai system is no more. The question is, was this the correct decision? There are two schools of thoughts on this matter, one side is led by Akainu and one side is led by Fujitora.
Akainu's Side:
Akainu believes that having the Shichibukai is important for the balance of power to be in the World's Government's sides and that losing the Shichibukai can shift the balance of power in the Yonko's favor. Overall, Akainu believes the Shichibukai are a net positive for the World Government.
Fujitora's Side:
Fujitora's side is that the Shichibukai are basically nothing more then a bunch of scumbag pirates who abuse their powers and cause countless amounts of civilians to suffer. They are also untouchable due to their diplomatic immunity. Fujitora also despises how the World Government is willing to cover up incidents or outright lie to the world when the Shichibukai are involved. Overall, Fujitora believes the Shichibukai are a net negative for the World Government.
So my question is, who do you agree with, Akainu or Fujitora? And if the decision to abolish the Shichibukai was in your hands, would you keep the system or abolish it? I see good points from both Akainu and Fujitora. Akainu is right that the World Government just lost a massive military power, regardless of how powerful the SSG end up being. But Fujitora is also correct when he thinks the Shichibukai are scumbags and undermine everything the Marine's stand for. I guess the deciding factor for me would be...how useful are the Shichibukai to the World Government? So I'll actually take a look at every former and current Shichibukai and analyze how useful they actually are towards the World Government. If most of the Shichibukai are useful, I'll agree with Akainu. If most of the Shichibukai are not useful, I'll agree with Fujitora. The score system will be from 1-10. If you're useful to the World Government, your score goes up. If you don't do anything helpful or if you actively harm the Goverment's interests, your score goes down.
Shichibukai Report Card:
Mihawk - Rarely ever attends Shichibukai meetings. Barely made any effort during the Marineford war, was more interested in testing Luffy then helping the marines fight the Whitebeard Pirates. Refuses to fight the Red Hair Pirates. Didn't harm any marines during Marineford. Spent two years greatly increasing the powerlevel of a member of the Straw Hat crew.
Score: 4/10
Doflamingo - Spent the Shichibukai meeting attempting to get two Vice Admirals to kill each other. Barely made any effort during the Marineford war, was more interesting in recruiting Crocodile and laughing about stuff that wasn't particularly funny. Overthrew an entire kingdom. Ran a human trafficking business. Turned multiple government officials and marines into toys so everyone could forget their existence. Has a member of his crew working as a vice admiral spy. Sells weapons to other countries to instigate wars for profit. Largest broker in the underworld. Enables Caesar's inhuman experiments. Abuses his connection with CP-0 to manipulate the entire world, leading to a rift between the Marines and the World Government. Tried to murder everyone in Dressrosa including an Admiral.
Score: 0/10
Hancock - Doesn't attend any meetings. Constantly disobeys orders. Spent a large portion of the Marineford war attacking Marines, destroying Pacifista, and harming Smoker and Sentomaru. Rescued Luffy and Jinbei after the war. Helped the Straw Hats escape before going to Fishman Island.
Score: 0/10
Jinbei - Doesn't attend any meetings. Refused to fight with the Marines during Marineford. Helped Luffy and more than 200+ criminal escape from Impel Down. Actively fought against the Marines and the Shichibukai during the war.
Score: 0/10
Law - Mastermind of the Rocky Port incident which endangered lots of innocent civilians. Lost his position after making an alliance with Luffy.
Score: 0/10
Crocodile - Caused Alabasta to suffer for years from a drought. Instigated a rebellion that was intended to kill millions. Had a massive bomb hidden that would have killed countless amount of people. Ultimate goal was to discover a weapon of mass destruction so he could use it.
Score: 0/10
Weevil - Has destroyed 16 of Whitebeard's allies. Also wants to destroy Marco and Blackbeard. Has done nothing that was against World Government or Marine interests. Flawless performance.
Score: 10/10
Blackbeard - Betrayed the World Government by breaking into Impel Down and releasing a large amount of Level 6 prisoners into the world.
Score: 0/10
Kuma - Attends every meeting. Refused to help Kizaru when fighting Rayleigh, claiming that the Shichibukai are only to cooperate with the Marines when the Government is concerned...ignoring that an incident involving the Celestial Dragons is a Government matter. Secretly a member of the Revolutionary army. Protected the Thousand Sunny for 2 years. Currently the ferrari of the Celestial Dragons. 0.5 score for simply attending meetings, punctuality should be rewarded.
0.5/10
Buggy - Runs a mercenary group. Since the World Government is aware of it and doesn't seem to give a shit, I can't argue that Buggy has done anything against the Government's interests since becoming a Shichibukai. However I can't argue he's done anything to help the World Government either.
5/10
Moria - Destroys any pirate that comes near his ship. Tried his hardest at Marineford. Hasn't really done anything to oppose Government interests that I can think of.
7/10
Since the overall grade average for the Shichibukai is extremely low, I'm going to have to side with Fujitora in this argument. The Shichibukai is overall a hindrance to the World Government and they provide them with very little value overall. Curious what the rest of you think.
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