How are you gonna still use the trash Squardo argument after FS user Luffy got blindsided by Kaido?
CoO needs to be activated, Squard was a trusted ally, Oda never uses the word HAKI to refer to what happened and this was at a time where haki was a pretty obscure concept to the reader and when Oda used to make it very clear when it was question of it or not
Headcanon. If you hurt a logia's real body they take the hit like anyone else would
Headcanon again, Oldbeard and Shanks literally split the skies too and they did it CASUALLY