Which I dont get, like whether or not Shiryu is a stepping stone to Admiral (i.e. Fuji) or vice versa, or both, why abandon that character at all at this time? He is, very clearly, BBs #2.
They spammed the shit out of that special cover with "number 2's". But "if no feat, no game" mentality runs wild. They actually expected that in a heavily emotional fight between Garp and Aokiji, Shiryu would be the one to shine instead. lol.
I don't remember who came to me asking something like "if you think sanji will fight aokiji, would you say Shiryu>Aokiji, then?". And I was just..."yes".
Shiryu will pay off. Zoro's opponents always pay off when they are meant to.
Just take a look at King.
From King the Background to "OMG LUNARIAN OP SO STRONG STRONGEST YC1 BAR BECKMANN OMG OMG OMG".