I am pretty sure I adressed the BM one, I am not using any headcanon actually.
Kaido's opinion is >>>>> all of us readers as he would know exactly if a samurai is greater than Oden or not, and yet he made 0 comment on Zoro being it. He will in their next round.
You seem over eager for Zoro to have surpassed Oden already, I told you its likely that he will by the end of the arc and yet it doesnt seem to satisfy you.
Your points are fine but narratively speaking it doesnt make sense for Zoro to be > Oden right now.
I hope you understand what I mean here.
1. Kaido saw Oden after Luffy’s extremely shallow Red Roc and not after he got scarred by nerfed Zori, Kaido’s words can’t be trusted when he’s in the presence of Zori-jamon. Like the whole Hiryu Kaen scene, which Kaido himself was deathly afraid of, despite having a deathwish against stronk samurai.
2. Kaido wouldn’t know because he thinks Oden is the greatest ever despite the fact that Ryuma and Mihawk literally shit on him. Not to mention again, he faced someone who replicated Oden’s greatest feat, the feat that MADE Kaido respect and fear Oden, and just brushed it off portrayal wise(Didn’t casually brush off scabbards or luffy portrayal despite them being weaker than Zori btw). Kaido’s character is always compromised in the presence of Zori. I have a whole in-depth thread on it, panels provided.
I’m not over eager, I am simply using the feats provided. Answer this, yes or no: is current Zoro’s feats against Hybrid Kaido>Prime Oden’s feat against Younger Kaido? Be honest, use panels if you have too. Let me help you, yes they are. Much better added the context of each.
Also, Zoro will undoubtedly be known as > Oden EoW. So, Zoro being “doubtedly” > Oden now is no problem. His feats says he is > anyway.
But to each their own I guess.
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