As the title says, i decided to focus this topic on this underrated battle both in terms of manga perspective or readers. But i think this battle could potentially be one of the highlights of Onigashima, and i'd explain why by going through their respective abilities
Hawkins' abilities
Tarrot card
Hawkins showed the ability to predict outcomes thanks to his cards, ranging as followed
- Percentage of defeat in battle
- Percentage of success in fleeing
- Percentage of avoidance in defense
- Percentage of survival
And according to the manga and Oda, it's Hawkins' forego in battles and even in life. He takes them very seriously to the point he'd avoid killing people if it's an unlucky signal for him or wear a miniskirt if it was his lucky item of the day
An aspect of himself which i believe to be underrated by many readers. He only follows what his fortune telling tells him to do(in lucky or unlucky moments) because he fully believe in them
Now when it comes to battle, Hawkins was ready to face 2 members of his fellow worst generation right after reading the cards announcing their chance of survival in the month to be 19percent
This is an example of Hawkins deciding to fight a battle impossible for him to win(or at least theoritically) simply because his fortune telling allowed him to know his opponents had lower chance of survival in a month. Another example being the Kizaru case above, an admiral level opponent against his preskip version, but because his percentage of death was 0 percent, eventhough he had 100percent chance of defeat, he decided to fight anyway, fully believing in his cards predicting his survival
And powerwise, he was called troublesome by Zoro
And while only using a good card, Zoro(a physical powerhouse) was shaking at the impact of his doll's physical power, injuring him in the process with the nails
When according to Hawkins, although risky(since he can pick a bad card before a good round), there are cards that allows to increase one's power beyond natural limits
And thus considering we only saw one of his good cards, it's safe to assume, he has stronger cards than that, and even ultimate ones
Add to this, his ultimate defense as long as he has dolls(a maximum of 10 ones) not allowing any attack to reach him as long as the target isn't killed, targets themselves who could be anywhere like we've seen in Sabaody
And he could quickly become troublesome to fight in the long run
Beyond this, he possess a monster form, he used as a last ressort against Kizaru, that we didn't see until the battle with Killer
So when looking at Hawkins' performance against Zoro with Luffy around the corner, his potential stronger and ultimate cards, his ultimate defense with a maximum of 10 dolls(located anywhere), as well as his monster form, it could be possible that at max potential, he could stack up to commander level fighters
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Killer's abilities
> As Kamazo, while using random scythes, Killer showed the ability to match-up to Zoro when he was using 2 swords in a long, serious and intense fight, with multiple panels showing sounds of their blades clashing, environment shaking from afar, in a long timeframe judging by the change in environment from panels to panels
And as confirmed by Killer himself, he is stronger with his punisher blades
Hence why he only started using named attacks when he got his punisher blades back
Furthermore, during the battle against Kaido, we could draw another comparison between him and the scabbards
Dragon Kaido's wind attack vs scabbards
Kiku's arm destroyed, Denjiro unable to perceive / react to the wind until noticing part of the rock getting sliced and wondering if the slashes are invisible
Dragon Kaido's wind attack(named) vs Killer
Killer perceives, dodges / counter them without any issues
Denjiro(one of the strongest scabbards if not the strongest) was startled by them. Killer was swatting them away like flies
And in terms of endurance, he could quickly recover after tanking Big Mom's thunder attack(Indra)
When as a comparison, someone like Judge was one shotted
Beyond this, an underrated aspect of Killer's abilities imo is his assassin's skills. His name is "Killer", took the job of assassin under Orochi, as Kamazo the manslayer/killer
Because of his skills as an assassin, it allows him to know how to target vitals. One of his named attacks is even "Beheading claws"
Moment where he target Kaido's head directly
He could also knock out Zoro with his scythe, showing once again his great lethality, even without his punisher blades
And thus when taking into consideration the rotative aspect of his punisher blades, he could even be more lethal than this(Zoro might have lost his limb in a similar circumstance)
Furthermore, again with his punisher blade, he showed another one of his attacks, which allows him to affect the opponent from the inside(like gamma knife) while covering a large area as after-effect with the lethality of his punisher blades
Overall then, between Hawkins' monster form, magical cards potential, ultimate defense and Killer's great fighting prowess, intelligence, and assassination skills, we could have a great battle. Just up to Oda to deliver
Hope you enjoyed reading
Hawkins' abilities
Tarrot card
Hawkins showed the ability to predict outcomes thanks to his cards, ranging as followed
- Percentage of defeat in battle
- Percentage of success in fleeing
- Percentage of avoidance in defense
- Percentage of survival
And according to the manga and Oda, it's Hawkins' forego in battles and even in life. He takes them very seriously to the point he'd avoid killing people if it's an unlucky signal for him or wear a miniskirt if it was his lucky item of the day
An aspect of himself which i believe to be underrated by many readers. He only follows what his fortune telling tells him to do(in lucky or unlucky moments) because he fully believe in them
Now when it comes to battle, Hawkins was ready to face 2 members of his fellow worst generation right after reading the cards announcing their chance of survival in the month to be 19percent
This is an example of Hawkins deciding to fight a battle impossible for him to win(or at least theoritically) simply because his fortune telling allowed him to know his opponents had lower chance of survival in a month. Another example being the Kizaru case above, an admiral level opponent against his preskip version, but because his percentage of death was 0 percent, eventhough he had 100percent chance of defeat, he decided to fight anyway, fully believing in his cards predicting his survival
And powerwise, he was called troublesome by Zoro
And while only using a good card, Zoro(a physical powerhouse) was shaking at the impact of his doll's physical power, injuring him in the process with the nails
When according to Hawkins, although risky(since he can pick a bad card before a good round), there are cards that allows to increase one's power beyond natural limits
And thus considering we only saw one of his good cards, it's safe to assume, he has stronger cards than that, and even ultimate ones
Add to this, his ultimate defense as long as he has dolls(a maximum of 10 ones) not allowing any attack to reach him as long as the target isn't killed, targets themselves who could be anywhere like we've seen in Sabaody
And he could quickly become troublesome to fight in the long run
Beyond this, he possess a monster form, he used as a last ressort against Kizaru, that we didn't see until the battle with Killer
So when looking at Hawkins' performance against Zoro with Luffy around the corner, his potential stronger and ultimate cards, his ultimate defense with a maximum of 10 dolls(located anywhere), as well as his monster form, it could be possible that at max potential, he could stack up to commander level fighters
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Killer's abilities
> As Kamazo, while using random scythes, Killer showed the ability to match-up to Zoro when he was using 2 swords in a long, serious and intense fight, with multiple panels showing sounds of their blades clashing, environment shaking from afar, in a long timeframe judging by the change in environment from panels to panels
And as confirmed by Killer himself, he is stronger with his punisher blades
Hence why he only started using named attacks when he got his punisher blades back
Furthermore, during the battle against Kaido, we could draw another comparison between him and the scabbards
Dragon Kaido's wind attack vs scabbards
Kiku's arm destroyed, Denjiro unable to perceive / react to the wind until noticing part of the rock getting sliced and wondering if the slashes are invisible
Dragon Kaido's wind attack(named) vs Killer
Killer perceives, dodges / counter them without any issues
Denjiro(one of the strongest scabbards if not the strongest) was startled by them. Killer was swatting them away like flies
And in terms of endurance, he could quickly recover after tanking Big Mom's thunder attack(Indra)
When as a comparison, someone like Judge was one shotted
Beyond this, an underrated aspect of Killer's abilities imo is his assassin's skills. His name is "Killer", took the job of assassin under Orochi, as Kamazo the manslayer/killer
Because of his skills as an assassin, it allows him to know how to target vitals. One of his named attacks is even "Beheading claws"
Moment where he target Kaido's head directly
He could also knock out Zoro with his scythe, showing once again his great lethality, even without his punisher blades
And thus when taking into consideration the rotative aspect of his punisher blades, he could even be more lethal than this(Zoro might have lost his limb in a similar circumstance)
Furthermore, again with his punisher blade, he showed another one of his attacks, which allows him to affect the opponent from the inside(like gamma knife) while covering a large area as after-effect with the lethality of his punisher blades
Overall then, between Hawkins' monster form, magical cards potential, ultimate defense and Killer's great fighting prowess, intelligence, and assassination skills, we could have a great battle. Just up to Oda to deliver
Hope you enjoyed reading