i don't think being in Df form indicates that they are still concisions well not necesserily, coz jabura was knocked out but was still in his zoan unlike kaku
Nah I know, it's not really a factor, I just think that if we see them in human form, it's virtually irrefutable that they probably won't get back up. Zoan form at least leaves the idea that "maybe" they do, but even that doesn't have to mean anything.
I need to see the context of them being knocked out later. Sometimes, pictures have way different implications than text. It's like how Redon already explains that while the text says all 5 are down, Oda then doesn't show Ulti and Page 1. We haven't actually gotten instances of seeing them knocked out after their last moments too, which is interesting.
Granted, I believe they are down, it's just interesting because of the fact that 2 of them are not shown here. And if those 2 are not down from Big Mom attacks....
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I agree it could mean that.
But his title of WSS isn't a hearsay like Kaido's- it's an established canonical fact. On similar note, it'd be ridiculous if the hyped end-goal rival of a protagonist (yes, Zoro is one like every other SH) is equal to another similar character that the said protagonist has no interactions with.
I'd always have Mihawk >= Shanks based off of canonical facts and statements. The gap could be even smaller than Akainu/Aokiji, though. Or at the very least, Mihawk >= Current Shanks with one arm; maybe they were stalemated before but nothing suggests Shanks had higher growth curve for some bizarre reason.
I just think the context of a shonen and how endgame characters arc, Shanks and Blackbeard will be stronger than Kaido/Big Mom "just because".
If Shanks ends up being Luffy's opponent while Zoro is Mihawk's (imo, I can't see where else Mihawk fits other than Shanks's crew now as an ally for the final war), then that might just imply Shanks>Mihawk by virtue of Luffy being the main character and Shanks showing off some stupid broken shit that makes it obvious he's stronger than Mihawk lol