A little more worrying then this. The Gorosei and Imu can absolutely be EoS enemies. Thats always has and is fine.
If Kizaru is temporarily down, then its cool because in the least, it can continue later while Luffy recovers and maybe Kizaru doesnt have to focus on Vegapunk for once in the fight.
What TRULY worries me is that if this is just it. Because it means several things:
- Kizaru would be indisputably the most disrespected character in the series. Oda didnt even give him a double spread knockout. Fuck, Bellemy got this not once, but twice lmao
- Oda has sacrificed Admiral standing for the Gorosei. Again, this is FINE as long as the Admiral is portrayed well.
- If Kizaru loses now, then it absolutely means Saturn is losing this arc too because then Luffy has no one else to fight while others are still fighting.
That last point calls into question then how strong are the remaining Yonko and Akainu are if Luffy can 1 tap Admirals now and can defeat "EoS" villains too in the same arc.
I say this for the benefit of EVERY single fanbase (Admirals, Yonko, Gorosei), you better WANT Kizaru to stand up and be the only villain here soon. Him losing this way just downplays virtually every other Marine, while also downplaying the Gorosei because Luffy likely would beat Saturn, which then also downplays Blackbeard and Shanks by the same virtue.
This is why Im not convinced in Kizaru losing yet, or if knocked out, only temporarily. It does A LOT of damage to hype on remaining characters if he goes out this way. Nobody on any side should be happy about this.