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 swords
man 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.