Tell me with a straight face that Luffy vs Kaido prior to the G5 was goofy or cartoonish and had no tension at all.
Especially Snakeman ending.
No it wasn't you are right
There was tension and seriousness
I think that was to show luffy wasn't there or isn't now we need to see ...
But if luffy overcame kaido after like conquers coating people would still be like "it was rushed" or "oda pulled the plot armor again" not everyone can like it there wouldnt be a place like WG,Arlong Park or others to discuss and talk about it .
Kaido was highlighted a monster and still is but if oda made him now impossible to overcome and to serious how would they handle someone like blackbeard or imu if the pinackle was kaido when the peak is hit with kaido it will only go down after this if there is nothing compareable afterwards .
And there we are again people would brag about it again and would say after kaido was no one that could hold a candle against him ...
Sure its goofy now but its awakening G5 we all now since impel down that awakend zoans take on their instincts and luffys instinct is the laughing nika we will se how he handels this moving forward .
But i think kaido will also awaken and will show how really an awakend mythical zoan is . With he will have much more control of it than luffy and that the point there will be tension again but thats my headcanon (and i will be not mad i that will not happen )
Now you have my thoughts