General & Others Ace’s Novel : Part 2

Light D Lamperouge

𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝕮𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝕳𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖊𝖓
I understand that some might think that kaidos 1vs1 rumor started with Oden, but im of the mind that it started after.
Unfortunately, both are speculations so far, unless some new light is shed on it soon. It could have started with Oden, or even a bit before. People were calling Kaido invincible back before the Oden fight.
This actually works with what I am saying. Kaido could beat up strong people, high tiers probably and gain such infamy. We don't know of any top tier he defeated at that time. Him having conquered Wano without anyone on the outside knowing what exactly transpired would then lead to the rumor becoming much more believable. The world knew Oden. Knew he was on Roger's and WB's ships. He even had a bounty. Tales of his strength were known to the world. Thus that would tremendously benefit Kaido's rumored 1 vs 1 and rumored WSC.

You have good points, but it doesnt change the fact that oda himself hyped kaido in and out of the manga multiple times. This ace novel stuff is the latest addition.
Thanks. I'll go in more detail on the in and out of manga hype down the line. I don't consider these novels really canon that much, unless Oda makes it so.


but big mom and blackbeard hyped the man up as some sort of monster.
Linlin stated that Luffy will never be able to defeat that thing(Kaido). Linlin has known Kaido for years, he is of the same class as she is (yonko), she just saw what Luffy can do, and if he weren't the MC and constantly growing, she would end up being right. There's of course some sense of pride in that as well. As I said, they are Yonko, both of them, I am sure they think they are invincible. BB did say that though. Dreaded monster Kaido. Again the same thing with the Yonko stuff. BB is also rising in power currently. There's multiple evidence of it so far. I believe that he will eventually acquire a third df, I wrote about it before. But the key thing was his bounty. I feel like it was Oda's way of telling us that BB, while he might be strong, is still not up there with the monsters of the OP world. Basically, for him Kaido would be a monster.


The fact that whitebeard didnt go avenge his brother also puts stock into kaido's strength by the way.
That's mainly plot. But I will give a logical explanation for it as well. WB's crew was young at that time. Entering Wano is difficult, really difficult. We saw what happened when Linlin tried to enter, when the SHs entered, even WB's ship was badly damaged the first time. Kaido now had the backing of Wano people as well, i.e. a larger army. WB doesn't seem like a man that would destroy his little brother's country as well. A full fight would destroy Wano completely. There's more to it than just WB is stronger than Kaido, he could have beat him. As I said, it's mainly plot though.


I just feel like people are being way too harsh on the man, had it been anyone else whos received this much hype i feel like people would be less resistant to him being the de facto strongest at the moment.
Lmao. Try being a Mihawk fan and seeing people call him YC3 all the time. Putting every swordsman above him. Putting high tiers above him. People are only disputing Kaido being the strongest, from what I know most people have him in the top 5. Mihawk and Zoro are the most downplayed characters in the OP world by the fanbase.


When oda goes out of his way to bring the man up in a question about strength involving akainu. I feel like i should trust the author.
A little point here as well. You could probably use that to argue that the title refers to humans, although the manga casts doubts upon that. But here's the thing. Oda, obviously couldn't have used the World's strongest MAN title for the mother (a female), nor could he have used the world's strongest swordsman title, again it refers to a man, and even if the WSS is the strongest in OP, it doesn't necessarily mean that the people would understand it that way. Basically the only neutral title was the creature title, and I said maybe you can use it to argue that it includes humans, but that's about it. Another thing is that Kaido has never been referred to as the actual WSC, as I said in the post you quoted it's always with some nuance around it. That's actually my biggest gripe with Kaido. Oda didn't have a problem naming WS title holders much earlier in the story. He said WB is the WSM, gave him an intro box, everything was clear, he said Mihawk is the WSS, gave him an intro box, everything was clear. However, on his own accord, he chose to differentiate with Kaido. Subtle hints imo.


Meaning he challenged whitebeard and linlin, i am certain in his flashback we will see those things.
He hasn't seen Linlin in decades. So she should be left out of the group, unless Oda changes his mind or something. Even if he went to WB he would probably lose to him. That was a younger, healthy WB. So those things would have helped him with the people say thing.


Younger Oden took a named attack from roger and got right back up with a few bruises, whereas a stronger version of oden got knocked out in one hit.
This is a bit misconstrued. Roger was testing Oden. Oden blocked the hit but was still sent flying far away. Roger wouldn't have had any killing intent in that clash. Moreover, that was Oden on his fourth year of travel. Later he joined Roger's crew and mostly searched for poneglyphs. He could have gotten a bit stronger since then, but it's also possible he peaked at that time as well. Later on he danced for 5 years, not really seeing how he could grow stronger by doing that. Secondly, Kaido hit Oden with a spiked club to a sensitive area, Oden's head, whilst Oden was off guard. We saw Oden clash with base Kaido earlier and Orochi had to intervene to stop it. Off guard attacks will always put an opponent down more easily than had they been on guard. Also Oden took hits before that as well.


All in all, i get where you are coming from. But more things are pointing towards him being the strongest right now than not. I dont see anyone else with this much hype.
As I said, my biggest gripe is that Oda intentionally did what he did. Also, shonen tropes and power inflation suggest and indicate that Kaido will not be the strongest. I don't think we will get to see the peak of OP world so fast in the story, with multiple arcs coming after it. It would take away from the tension even more. If Kaido was indeed the strongest, what would Luffy;s future opponents do? What should we expect if Luffy needs to take on an Admiral or Linlin or someone like that next? He would then, if we agree that Kaido is the strongest, remove the biggest obstacle on his way.



And if as you say WB battled the entirety of the navy at once to save his son, he didnt go into wano to avenge Oden whom he called brother at all. That should tell you a lot about Kaido's strength if nothing else.
Talked about this above.


The same cypher poll whom got intel the revolutionaries and the blackbeards were in baltigo and went there no problem were shaking when they heard the name Kaido.
A couple of points here as well. Firstly, that could be low tier CP agents. Next up, they could have went to Baltigo in hopes of taking out the weakened revo or BB army. They probably thought that a battle would ensue between the revos and BB and wanted to pick off the survivors after that. Also the rev army is their biggest enemy. They would send a wrong message if they didn't come after them after finding out their location.


Aye, thanks. I dig it, quite a lot.


Gave ya a like for the effort though.

His hype isnt shaky
I just explained how it is, and you offered no counterargument. You just wrote a wall of filler. If that was supposed to be an answer to my points, then I am afraid I have to tell you it really isn't.
 
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Unfortunately, both are speculations so far, unless some new light is shed on it soon. It could have started with Oden, or even a bit before. People were calling Kaido invincible back before the Oden fight.
This actually works with what I am saying. Kaido could beat up strong people, high tiers probably and gain such infamy. We don't know of any top tier he defeated at that time. Him having conquered Wano without anyone on the outside knowing what exactly transpired would then lead to the rumor becoming much more believable. The world knew Oden. Knew he was on Roger's and WB's ships. He even had a bounty. Tales of his strength were known to the world. Thus that would tremendously benefit Kaido's rumored 1 vs 1 and rumored WSC.


Thanks. I'll go in more detail on the in and out of manga hype down the line. I don't consider these novels really canon that much, unless Oda makes it so.



Linlin stated that Luffy will never be able to defeat that thing(Kaido). Linlin has known Kaido for years, he is of the same class as she is (yonko), she just saw what Luffy can do, and if he weren't the MC and constantly growing, she would end up being right. There's of course some sense of pride in that as well. As I said, they are Yonko, both of them, I am sure they think they are invincible. BB did say that though. Dreaded monster Kaido. Again the same thing with the Yonko stuff. BB is also rising in power currently. There's multiple evidence of it so far. I believe that he will eventually acquire a third df, I wrote about it before. But the key thing was his bounty. I feel like it was Oda's way of telling us that BB, while he might be strong, is still not up there with the monsters of the OP world. Basically, for him Kaido would be a monster.



That's mainly plot. But I will give a logical explanation for it as well. WB's crew was young at that time. Entering Wano is difficult, really difficult. We saw what happened when Linlin tried to enter, when the SHs entered, even WB's ship was badly damaged the first time. Kaido now had the backing of Wano people as well, i.e. a larger army. WB doesn't seem like a man that would destroy his little brother's country as well. A full fight would destroy Wano completely. There's more to it than just WB is stronger than Kaido, he could have beat him. As I said, it's mainly plot though.



Lmao. Try being a Mihawk fan and seeing people call him YC3 all the time. Putting every swordsman above him. Putting high tiers above him. People are only disputing Kaido being the strongest, from what I know most people have him in the top 5. Mihawk and Zoro are the most downplayed characters in the OP world by the fanbase.



A little point here as well. You could probably use that to argue that the title refers to humans, although the manga casts doubts upon that. But here's the thing. Oda, obviously couldn't have used the World's strongest MAN title for the mother (a female), nor could he have used the world's strongest swordsman title, again it refers to a man, and even if the WSS is the strongest in OP, it doesn't necessarily mean that the people would understand it that way. Basically the only neutral title was the creature title, and I said maybe you can use it to argue that it includes humans, but that's about it. Another thing is that Kaido has never been referred to as the actual WSC, as I said in the post you quoted it's always with some nuance around it. That's actually my biggest gripe with Kaido. Oda didn't have a problem naming WS title holders much earlier in the story. He said WB is the WSM, gave him an intro box, everything was clear, he said Mihawk is the WSS, gave him an intro box, everything was clear. However, on his own accord, he chose to differentiate with Kaido. Subtle hints imo.



He hasn't seen Linlin in decades. So she should be left out of the group, unless Oda changes his mind or something. Even if he went to WB he would probably lose to him. That was a younger, healthy WB. So those things would have helped him with the people say thing.



This is a bit misconstrued. Roger was testing Oden. Oden blocked the hit but was still sent flying far away. Roger wouldn't have had any killing intent in that clash. Moreover, that was Oden on his fourth year of travel. Later he joined Roger's crew and mostly searched for poneglyphs. He could have gotten a bit stronger since then, but it's also possible he peaked at that time as well. Later on he danced for 5 years, not really seeing how he could grow stronger by doing that. Secondly, Kaido hit Oden with a spiked club to a sensitive area, Oden's head, whilst Oden was off guard. We saw Oden clash with base Kaido earlier and Orochi had to intervene to stop it. Off guard attacks will always put an opponent down more easily than had they been on guard. Also Oden took hits before that as well.



As I said, my biggest gripe is that Oda intentionally did what he did. Also, shonen tropes and power inflation suggest and indicate that Kaido will not be the strongest. I don't think we will get to see the peak of OP world so fast in the story, with multiple arcs coming after it. It would take away from the tension even more. If Kaido was indeed the strongest, what would Luffy;s future opponents do? What should we expect if Luffy needs to take on an Admiral or Linlin or someone like that next? He would then, if we agree that Kaido is the strongest, remove the biggest obstacle on his way.




Talked about this above.



A couple of points here as well. Firstly, that could be low tier CP agents. Next up, they could have went to Baltigo in hopes of taking out the weakened revo or BB army. They probably thought that a battle would ensue between the revos and BB and wanted to pick off the survivors after that. Also the rev army is their biggest enemy. They would send a wrong message if they didn't come after them after finding out their location.



Aye, thanks. I dig it, quite a lot.



I just explained how it is, and you offered no counterargument. You just wrote a wall of filler. If that was supposed to be an answer to my points, then I am afraid I have to tell you it really isn't.
Im sorry if i cant address all of your points mate, im kinda busy atm but i just want to talk about two of them. Notice how its only the beast pirates calling him invincible. I believe that since in previous chapter he was stated to have gathered a crew due to his sheer physical might, in those instances they never saw him take damage and thus assumed he was invinvicle. Im willing to be that Kaido believed so himself since we dont see any scars on him. After fighting Oden in the castle i think he was underestimating him during the war, and he paid for it dearly. On this point this is all just speculation of course, as is yours so lets agree to wait and see for this one.

As for the canonicity of the novel. it is canon, i managed to scrounge up a source for you mate.

Some people asked me about the canonicity of Novel Ace. This interview from official OP website might be helpful.
https://one-piece.com/special/usop/20180530_0891.html

- Oda said it would be appreciated if the novel handles Ace.
(Maybe this means editors asked Oda whether they can release Ace novel and Oda just approved it. It's ambiguous from the context if Oda mentioned Ace's name prior to editors or not.)
- Editors held meetings between Oda and the novel author. They used questions sheets which were prepared beforehand.
Oda said, "I hope the author of Novel Ace will feel free to imagine Ace's personality as much as possible."
- Shueisha decided to release Novel Ace Volume 2 since Volume 1 sold well.
- Novel author created the story. Oda and successive OP editors read it and gave him advices.
- Shueisha advertised it as official.
- According to editor Sugita in 2017, the novel author and editor consulted Oda several times when creating the story.
- The name of Spade Pirates ship "Piece of Spadille" was created by Oda.

I want to add something, the roger was testing Oden is pure speculation. He was going in with intent to beat him down as rayleigh and scopper were going in but roger stopped them, and in the manga itself it was stated that Oden has gotten a great deal stronger since his voyages. Of course sneak attacks deal more damage than if you were on guard but it still a testament to Kaido's might ( a younger weaker version of him) to basically one hit someone that took a named attack as a weaker version from the pirate king. No matter how you spin it its a feat in of itself my friend. And yes oden took more hits before but they were pretty much bruises. When you say Orochi had to intervene you make it sound as if kaido was at a disadvantage, when its simply not true. Enraged oden went to deal with orochi, saw the offerings to kaido and got even more mad and was gonna attack him again until Kaido showed up and stopped him. They were clearly fighting for a while. As apparently the citiziens were waiting outside for a few hours. Notice how Oden completely turned his back on orochi( even tho he was livid) and focused entirely on Kaido. And kaido was holding him back with ease and fighting him, then orochi made his proposal. In my mind, thats where kaido fucked up. He was too arrogant and thought that since he could handle him like that then flying around in dragon form should be no problem. I mean Oden wasnt sure he could deal with him head on, hence why his first plan was to try to kill him in his sleep or while he is drunk.

Have a good day/night buddy, ill read the rest and answer accordingly later!
 
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I just explained how it is, and you offered no counterargument. You just wrote a wall of filler. If that was supposed to be an answer to my points, then I am afraid I have to tell you it really isn't.
You decided to ignore it thats why there is a whole passage that pry out your whole point

Kaido is the apex predator he isnt only called king of animals but also strongest creature
WB title is a subtitle limited to humans
Kaidos title is universal

thats the whole sticking point why you just quoted the only sentence without the context

The fight against Oden was in his late youths he wasnt a yonko back then and even Oden said built your strength
While Oden couldnt sucker punch him Kaido did again a point you forgot
its like Jozu sucker punch on Kuzan
Kuzan did bleed a bit but destroyed him when Jozu was also distracted/unprepared
 

HA001

World's Strongest Swordsman
You decided to ignore it thats why there is a whole passage that pry out your whole point

Kaido is the apex predator he isnt only called king of animals but also strongest creature
WB title is a subtitle limited to humans
Kaidos title is universal

thats the whole sticking point why you just quoted the only sentence without the context

The fight against Oden was in his late youths he wasnt a yonko back then and even Oden said built your strength
While Oden couldnt sucker punch him Kaido did again a point you forgot
its like Jozu sucker punch on Kuzan
Kuzan did bleed a bit but destroyed him when Jozu was also distracted/unprepared
Hes not called the strongest creature outright.
 
"One Piece Manga and AnimeVol. 70 Chapter 697 (p. 2) and Episode 623 , Law refers to Kaido as the "strongest creature in the world".
"One Piece Manga and AnimeVol. 79 Chapter 795 (p. 17) and Episode 739 , The narration introduces Kaido as "the strongest creature".

and lastly chapter 923 last page the editor adds that:
"Such is Kaido, the strongest creature"

I dont know why you guys think he is not the strongest creature or did I think something can you post what they wrote instead now Im curious
 

HA001

World's Strongest Swordsman
"One Piece Manga and AnimeVol. 70 Chapter 697 (p. 2) and Episode 623 , Law refers to Kaido as the "strongest creature in the world".
"One Piece Manga and AnimeVol. 79 Chapter 795 (p. 17) and Episode 739 , The narration introduces Kaido as "the strongest creature".

and lastly chapter 923 last page the editor adds that:
"Such is Kaido, the strongest creature"

I dont know why you guys think he is not the strongest creature or did I think something can you post what they wrote instead now Im curious
No his intro say he is said to be the strongest creature. Not that he is. Big difference
 
Laws just one of the people who say.
Mihawk and wb had offical boxes. Kaido didnt.
you mean that dont let yourself influence by that having a box or not doesnt change the fact that he is the strongest creature alive
that dude who posted that here random implies that there must be a box but there must not be box to have title in some boxes you have introduce other characters as pirates but ther 99% who doesnt have a box but there still pirates that example is not good he just wants to make Kaido useless in the SBS
Oda said:" that a mother is even stronger than Kaido
mother is generally the strongest creature ".
If Oda needs to write down everything he wouldnt even end the manga after 20 years he is the strongest living being/creature
 
Law says Kaido is often called the strongest creature.

Trafalgar Law: (And Kaido, King Of The Beasts…) (…is often called the most powerful creature in the world.)
I don't want to use this as "proof" yet, but in the official translation of Kaido's intro, the narrator called him a "man."

Narrator: (The man claimed…)

Later…

Narrator: (To repeat, this is a man who challenged the Navy and Four Emperors and was caught 18 times—and endured over a thousand tortures.)
Its his epithet like Red-Hair or Whitebeard

Its like Big Mom called him a thing

He looks like a human and behave like one but he is apparently a being that is not human who knows

King of the beasts is like I wrote it he is the apex predator in the world thats prob he got his epithet

The trash he got from defeating Oden
lol Kaido lost 7 times against unknown persons he wasnt the strongest and he belongs to the newer generation so 20 years ago he was prob still young or late young not his prime the Kaido now is the different

Also Oden got one shot at an unprepared Kaido
Kaido got one shot at an unprepared Oden
Kaido knocked him out the same as Jozu and Kuzan
Jozu made him bleed a little but Kuzan destroyed him
 

Light D Lamperouge

𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝕮𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝕳𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖊𝖓
You decided to ignore it thats why there is a whole passage that pry out your whole point
No, as I said you just repeated a wall of filler. And you are doing it again.


Kaido is the apex predator he isnt only called king of animals but also strongest creature
Nope. Kaido has never been referred to as the actual WSC. It's all literally there. I even circled the parts. You just had to click on the picture and see it. Alas, I'll post it again.
Raw Japanese contains the quotation marks as well
Oda went out of his way to make it such. There's no panel in the manga where Kaido is introduced as the WSC. Only hearsay and rumors.
'People say' 'It is said' 'is often called' etc
The same rumors like Luffy being a monster who is 25 foot tall


WB title is a subtitle limited to humans
Irrelevant.


Kaidos title is universal
Kaido possesses no title. That's the whole point.


"One Piece Manga and AnimeVol. 70 Chapter 697 (p. 2) and Episode 623 , Law refers to Kaido as the "strongest creature in the world".
"One Piece Manga and AnimeVol. 79 Chapter 795 (p. 17) and Episode 739 , The narration introduces Kaido as "the strongest creature".
Covered this above. It never says that he is the WSC.


and lastly chapter 923 last page the editor adds that:
"Such is Kaido, the strongest creature"
Nope. That's just an editor comment and it does not appear in the Viz.

That's why I said you wrote a wall of filler. Before you quote me please read what I wrote.


I want to add something, the roger was testing Oden is pure speculation. He was going in with intent to beat him down as rayleigh and scopper were going in but roger stopped them
Roger wanted to meet Oden.

He wanted him on his crew. He even begged WB to allow Oden to come with him.
Roger didn't have killing intent there. Oden was in awe when he saw Roger and WB go at it.
From the above we can infer that Roger was testing Oden and didn't go all in against him, as opposed to Kaido, who was fighting for his life.
and in the manga itself it was stated that Oden has gotten a great deal stronger since his voyages.
The manga states that when Oden comes back to Wano he grew stronger in his voyages.
He met Roger on his 4th year of travelling.
He then travelled with Roger for a year. And after that he returned to Wano. He mainly searched for poneglyphs so it is possible he peaked by the time he clashed with Roger, or just grew marginally stronger while searching for poneglyphs and dancing for 5 years.


When you say Orochi had to intervene you make it sound as if kaido was at a disadvantage, when its simply not true. Enraged oden went to deal with orochi, saw the offerings to kaido and got even more mad and was gonna attack him again until Kaido showed up and stopped him. They were clearly fighting for a while.
That was to illustrate that Oden on guard can fight base Kaido.
 
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