Character Discussion Who will be Luffy's Whitebeard aka main rival

If you want to focus on the rivalry part, sure. Even Lucci has some sort of rivalry with Luffy. But that don't make them Whitebeard.
I mean the thread is focused on rivalry. But yea I mean they're not WB, they're meant to be better just like Luffy is meant to be better than Roger. Age to Age measuring Kid & Law will blow Whitebeard outta the park.

We're talking about dudes in their early 20s who won't peak until late 30s, and comparing them to fully peaked out people for strength measuring lol.
 
Irrelevant when the narrator of the story called them equals =>

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You are delusional, Kidd and Law are no rivals. They are Luffy's cheerleaders. Luffy thinks Law is his underling lmao.
Both kid and law can't both be his whitebeard. Tho i do think kid has a better shot than law

Whitebeard and roger were rivals despite being very friendly
 

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I mean the thread is focused on rivalry. But yea I mean they're not WB, they're meant to be better just like Luffy is meant to be better than Roger. Age to Age measuring Kid & Law will blow Whitebeard outta the park.

We're talking about dudes in their early 20s who won't peak until late 30s, and comparing them to fully peaked out people for strength measuring lol.
WB had a higher ceiling than both, so no, they're not blowing anything.
 
in reality probably no one and i don't think we have time to make another actual rival for luffy expect BB
but in name if you want one knowing oda its very possible that it will be buggy he will do some more lucky things and will be in right place at right time and will gain most fame after luffy it happened few time already he was seen as master mind along side luffy in ID when stronger and bigger names were there he also become a yonko along side luffy and probably will be seen as someone in same level as luffy in end game
also people probably will see kid and law as his rivals after buggy even tough they probably will never have an actual fight

in short
BB as his Xebec
Buggy as his WB and Equal (in name and fame)
Kid and law as likes of Shiki - BM
Coby as Garp (in name - im not sure about coby if he doesn't get an op df i don't think he can reach garp level until EoS)
 
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Blackbeard being Luffy's Whitebeard has been obvious since Jaya Arc. People are missing the symbolism for irrelevant features like being "frenemies." That's not what made them special to their generation. They're special in their generation because they're its top two pirates. Whitebeard was Roger's greatest rival because he was his strongest one and is close to him in strength. No other pirate besides Blackbeard will have that dynamic with Luffy. The fact Imu deemed Luffy and Blackbeard as the greatest rising threats is more proof that they will be the top two pirates of their generation just as Roger and Whitebeard were in theirs.

It's not rocket science. Teach's epithet is the polar opposite to Newgate's. Yeah, he has similarities to Xebec, but Xebec is to him what Shanks is to Luffy. They're their role models. What's more, Luffy and Teach's connections with their role models and old gen parallels mirror each other. Shanks (Luffy's role model) was an apprentice on Roger's ship (Luffy's old gen parallel). Luffy wanted to sail with Shanks as his apprentice (but was turned down) and ate the Devil Fruit he stole. In reverse, Whitebeard (Blackbeard's old gen parallel) served under Xebec (Teach's role model), took kid Teach under his wing, ands stole a Devil Fruit that Teach would eat.
 
Zoro is not Luffy’s rival though?
Do they need to compete for same Goal to be Rivals?
In that case, WB wasn't Roger's Rival either, which is obviously False

They formed a Duo cuz they are considered the Greatest Pirates in the way they Lived, Oden literally Highlighted that
But WB wasn't interested in anything that Roger had or wanted

So when it comes to Luffy, we are looking for 2nd Most Important Pirate in Story EOS, we are looking for another Haoshoku Haki User, someone who is Friends with Luffy, someone who loves "Sake" (It's an Important Symbolism among Duos), someone who inspired New Shogun of Wano alongside Luffy, someone who once Clashed Equally with Luffy, someone who will have a "Strongest" Epithet, someone who will be considered a Legend, someone who have same Principals of WB about Pride, their Back clean of Wounds, wanting to have a Legendary Death, someone who has Legendary Strength without any Unique Genes or Body enhancing DF or other modifications, someone who is also known for his Legendary Endurance ... etc It's literally Zoro, no one else fills even half of these
 
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