Oda’s intent is evident in the writing. You cannot separate the two.
You mentioned Kid. What you are suggesting is the equivalent of claiming that Kid(damaged BM with cheap shots and help) is superior to Luffy(fought Kaido 1v1).
Literally nothing in the manga suggests Shiryu is above Kuzan. Even Garp didn’t respect his strength.
So Oda saying that Shiliew is the second strongest is not an evident intent?
No, what I’m saying is that Kidd’s durability and endurance feats should not have allow Shanks to one shot him. Because Kidd has shown to be able to whistand several hits from Big Mom. But as I said Oda does not care about previous feats.
Which is why Shanks seems to be far stronger than Big mom even tho they are supposed to be on the same level.
So we going back to feat? Even after reminding you of Oda’s track record? So it is an unwillingness to learn from past mistakes.
Okay I get it.
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Imagine reading h this chapter and still thinking this
No wonder why you kept believing zkk and other stuff
Funnily enough I never believed in ZKK and you are one to the prime example of what I’m taking about.
Imagine:
-Having ague for months that Zoro is not strong enough to do anything to Kaido or to fight a YC1
-Having argue that Zoro will fight Who’s who o Denjiro or any YC3 level character in an extrem-diff fight.
-Having gloated because Zoro « struggle » against the gifters
-Having mocked Zoro fandom because Zoro « needed » help to « beat » Apoo
-Having mocked Zoro AP because Apoo was not OS
-Having used all that as a definitive proof that Zoro cas to weak to even see Kaido’s face
-Having been totally wrong about it all because Oda does the fuck he wants
And imagine now(after this fiasco) still clinging to past feats. Imagine…