After months of laziness, for some mysterious reason I finally decided to stop and write this review, I hope you like it.
I've stated a few times that I believe Mihawk went to Marineford with the intention of fighting Newgate, the one who was known to be the strongest and now I bring the reasoning behind that statement.
To understand someone's actions we need to understand her motivations first, Mihawk hasn't had his moment in history yet and that's why it hasn't been developed and our biggest source of information about the character is his Vivre Card, so let's start to understand him at from that.
Mihawk is a swordsman who dedicated his life to this, for years he developed his skill in swordsmanship until there was no one else strong enough to duel with, for this reason he joined the Shichibukai (interestingly, this happens chronologically after his duels with Shanks are over) and finally we have the declaration that Mihawk waits for the day that someone will surpass Shanks.
Another key statement for our analysis is that Mihawk is able to see the essence of power in people, similar to what we saw with Rayleigh in Luffy's training.
So our analysis begins. Mihawk who has been waiting a long time for a worthy duel sees the opportunity to fight Newgate, the man with the power to destroy the world.
The war begins and Mihawk soon makes his move and here comes the biggest fallacy against Mihawk "He admitted inferiority against Newgate".
Interpret the sentence that Mihawk says: “I want to see the true distance”, he is contesting the distance and that is why he wants to see the true, it means that there is one that is not true, not real, which is the assumption made since Newgate has the title of strongest.
Understand the basic reasoning. "If Newgate is the strongest of them all, Mihawk is weaker than he is" This is the right thing to think, but then Mihawk disputes this reasoning "I want to see the true distance, not the assumption everyone makes". So Mihawk makes the first move of the war, taking advantage of the clear path to Newgate and strikes at him.
Jozu then protects Newgate and you see Mihawk's expression as he analyzes everything that has happened. From that moment on, the man who hopes to one day fight someone stronger than Shanks simply ignores Newgate for the rest of the battle, and here's why. Remember the Vivre Card statement that Mihawk sees the essence of his enemies' power? Mihawk saw that Newgate, needing to be protected from an attack that was not even named, was no longer in his glory days and did not offer Mihawk the challenge he was looking for.
Further on we have confirmation of this reality, Newgate is hit by Squard, Marco attests to his condition and the man who was once the strongest in the world admits his weakness.
In closing, see the contemptuous expression with which Mihawk treats Shanks, he leaves the war without even greeting the man who was once his rival, for he was the only man in the world capable of making Mihawk feel the thrill of a fight but then he "betrayed" that rivalry when he saved Luffy, but that's for another analysis.
I've stated a few times that I believe Mihawk went to Marineford with the intention of fighting Newgate, the one who was known to be the strongest and now I bring the reasoning behind that statement.
To understand someone's actions we need to understand her motivations first, Mihawk hasn't had his moment in history yet and that's why it hasn't been developed and our biggest source of information about the character is his Vivre Card, so let's start to understand him at from that.
Mihawk is a swordsman who dedicated his life to this, for years he developed his skill in swordsmanship until there was no one else strong enough to duel with, for this reason he joined the Shichibukai (interestingly, this happens chronologically after his duels with Shanks are over) and finally we have the declaration that Mihawk waits for the day that someone will surpass Shanks.
Another key statement for our analysis is that Mihawk is able to see the essence of power in people, similar to what we saw with Rayleigh in Luffy's training.
So our analysis begins. Mihawk who has been waiting a long time for a worthy duel sees the opportunity to fight Newgate, the man with the power to destroy the world.
The war begins and Mihawk soon makes his move and here comes the biggest fallacy against Mihawk "He admitted inferiority against Newgate".
Interpret the sentence that Mihawk says: “I want to see the true distance”, he is contesting the distance and that is why he wants to see the true, it means that there is one that is not true, not real, which is the assumption made since Newgate has the title of strongest.
Understand the basic reasoning. "If Newgate is the strongest of them all, Mihawk is weaker than he is" This is the right thing to think, but then Mihawk disputes this reasoning "I want to see the true distance, not the assumption everyone makes". So Mihawk makes the first move of the war, taking advantage of the clear path to Newgate and strikes at him.
Jozu then protects Newgate and you see Mihawk's expression as he analyzes everything that has happened. From that moment on, the man who hopes to one day fight someone stronger than Shanks simply ignores Newgate for the rest of the battle, and here's why. Remember the Vivre Card statement that Mihawk sees the essence of his enemies' power? Mihawk saw that Newgate, needing to be protected from an attack that was not even named, was no longer in his glory days and did not offer Mihawk the challenge he was looking for.
Further on we have confirmation of this reality, Newgate is hit by Squard, Marco attests to his condition and the man who was once the strongest in the world admits his weakness.
In closing, see the contemptuous expression with which Mihawk treats Shanks, he leaves the war without even greeting the man who was once his rival, for he was the only man in the world capable of making Mihawk feel the thrill of a fight but then he "betrayed" that rivalry when he saved Luffy, but that's for another analysis.
