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#1
Hi, 🖐 today I've got a little bit of free time so Idecided to use that and finally address my views on Luffy vs Kaido, If you've been paying attention to my comments you probably know that I'm not a big fan of team fights and it's not a "Luffy vs Kaido" issue, it's just that I don't like team fights in general but before we start I wanna warn you that you should read this till the end, if you haven't read this till the end then please don't write any comments and don't say anything.

My issues with team fights
this part is just my views on team fights it has nathing to do with one piece, at least for now.

I have a mortal arts background and even though I have never been in any major competition in that area I still got my black belts. In whole my life because of my environment that I grew up, because of people that I know and respect (such as my coach), because of my personality and life experience "I considered and still considere" team fight as THE MOST UNMANLY THING that man can do. For me, when someone needs the help of his frends to fight and stand up for himself he's a caword, a man should stand up for himself by himself and it's not about victory but whether you have what it takes to be a man. You're not a man just because you have a d:ck and balls, a man is samthing that you deserve to be called if you behave like a MAN, I feel like that ward "man" last its meaning and weight in nowadays. There has been moments in my life when I had a dispute with someone who was older, bigger and stronger than I was, but still, I fought by myself and got my ass kicked off 😂😂😂, but I traind, became stronger and than I kicked his ass off in return 😉, Luffy, and one piece in general have the same philosophy.

Philosophy of dreams and what it takes to be a man
Form early on Luffy had a strong sense of honor and manhood, although he didn't know when those qualities should be shown and used, he still got them for example

Like I said Luffy doesn't know when a man should stand up for himself and for his frends but he knows that a man should do that to be a man nonetheless, Shanks as someone older and wiser than Luffy has some explaining to do, bu that's not the point, the point is that Luffy has that strong sense of manliness and what it takes to be a man since he was a Kid and that strong sense of manliness has been present throughout the one piece. Ussop has the same ideology as Luffy and that's intentional since unlike Luffy Ussop is known as caword but what Oda is trying to tell us is that being afraid doesn't mean you're a caword, you're a caword if you fight unfair, you're a caword when you need your frends to be brave. Ussop explains that to Nami in Little Garden (it's not the best explanation but it's better than headcanon) Ussop says this

Dorry and Brogy could have used poison or help of their frends to defeat each other but then they would be cawords, they are fighting to prove themselves that they have what it takes to be a man, that they have what it takes to be a warrior, let's see what Luffy says about it

Well, that's as straight as it gets. Luffy literally confirms what I've been talking about, Dorry also explains his decision to Luffy and Vivi, the reason why he decided to fight against Brogy dispite being wounded, dispite having almost 0 chances to Win.

What Dorry is saying is that it doesn't matter whether you're ready or not, it doesn't matter whether you're opponent fights unfair or not but what truly matters, is if you have what it takes to be a man, to stick to your guns and fight against all odds, to prove yourself that you're a man, you are a warrior and as Dorry said "to lose my good name would be to lose my very self" and Luffy sticks with the same ideology as we saw in fight against Katakuri

Luffy doesn't expect his opponents to fight fair they are pairets after all, but he himself has a standards of manliness that he can't betray, he can't team up with someone else to defeat his opponents, defeating your opponents for Luffy is a test of manliness, it doesn't matter if you get defeated, you always can train and come back and if you were unlucky enough to be killed in a fight, then except it as true a man. Yes, there are moments when Luffy can get help from outside sources but not in fighting, Luffy can be saved by someone else from dying, or Luffy can get advices from someone during the fighting but Luffy will not except a team fight. Sometimes, Luffy has no interest in the fight itself since the opponent isn't strong enough to be a challenge but strong enough to hold Luffy for hours, in that case Luffy will except a help in order to get rid off certain characters for example Luffy, Sanji, Ussop vs Satori

Again the opponent is not strong enough to be a challenge for Luffy but he's strong enough to push Luffy mid/ high diff and hald him for hours in this case Luffy doesn't care how, but he needs to get red off him as efficiently as possible because he can't stuck there, or another example Luffy and Nami vs Cracker

Similar case, the oponnent is not strong enough to push Luffy extrem Diff and Luffy needs to get rid off him as fast as possible, but when he's serious and the fight itself is a challenge for Luffy then he will fight by himself, he will not except team fight, Luffy needs to know whether he has what it takes to be a man, like in fight against Katakuri

Katakuri is a challenge for Luffy and Luffy wants to surpass him, do you think Luffy would except a help in fight against Katakuri? Hell no, it would go against Luffy's ideology, it would mean that Luffy is a caword, that he isn't a man

Again, Ussop described it in Little Garden, it's not about victory but whether you worthy or not, it's about live in way that will not regret

Ace had same ideology, he lived in way that he would not regret, he could have escaped allowing Akainu to say whatever he wanted to say about Whitbeard, but would he be a man after that? Here what he said to Blackbeard about living his life with no regret

Blackbeard doesn't understand that, for him victory no matter the cost is the way of his life and that's the deference between Luffy and Blackbeard

Luffy and Blackbeard are very similar with one and only deference that Luffy wants to achieve his dream in right way, he wants to find out whether he has what it to be a Pairet king while Blackbeard wants victory no matter the cost, Luffy and Blackbeard like things that the other dosen't like and vice versa.

Blackbeard killed Whitbeard using Marians, Shichibukai, his crew he chose the easy road, he wanted the victory while Luffy can't do that, Luffy is the opposite of BB just Like Ace is the opposite of Akainu

Ace died for what he stood for and that is a honorable and manly death and some of WG fans aren't man enough to except that. Akainu is deferent he doesn't care about words, he doesn't care whether the fight is fair or not he let other Marians to help him just like Blackbeard did with his crew

Honor and manliness are two big themes that Oda will never betray (at least I hope so) and even as far as in WCI we had those themes around


Katakuri is falower of the same ideology that Luffy, Ace, Ussop, Kaido and many others are using to prove their worthiness

Katakuri doesn't want to win a fight in way that he can't prove himself as the winner.

Respect between the enemies
At the end of the day Luffy always got the respect of his enemies with exception of characters like Buggy. Katakuri started to respect Luffy when he proved himself worthy, when he proved himself a man

There's a pattern in those kind of things for example, the mane character is disrespected by the antagonist but down the line they are starting to respect the mane character for his will power, for what he stands for etc.


Kaido specifically tells to Oden that he respects him when at the beginning they had different relationships. Kaido also doesn't like unfair fights, he respects strength and wanna have a fair fight to find out who is the strongest just like Luffy

Look what Kaido thinks about Luffy, he thinks that Luffy is a brat that plays Pairet games, he also called him incredibly weak in the anime.

Do you think Kaido will respect Luffy after seeing that he teamed up with Kid, Law to defeat him? Hell no, he will disrespect Luffy even more like (I defeated you and the you brought your frends to help you? Fuck:ng caword) if you want a team fight you're basically want Luffy to be a caword. Team fight goes against everything Luffy stands for, it goes against one piece's philosophy and frankly spiking in team fight against Kaido I would cheer for Kaido. For me Luffy, Kid, Law vs Kaido would looks like samthing like this

While there will be people that will interrupt the fight between Luffy and Kaido which will make Luffy angry, it's fair to assume that the final fight is going to be 1v1.

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#2
Well, I generally don't care for "manly/honor"

It's just team fights are usually boring for me
not to mention the excessive cringe moments that will come along with it

also not a fan of combo attacks

For example, I remember those cringe theories back in Dressrosa days about Luffy/Sabo finishing Doffy in combo attack from both direction as "red hawk/Fire Fist"
Lol, just imagining that scene makes me want to kill myself Lol
 
#3
Well, that's a nice long post.

As a martial artist competitive in wrestling and Judo, also did shotokan and kyokushin, I have to say that the first and most important thing is realizing that "fair" is unreasonable outside of the ring. You have only yourself to blame in a fight if you try sticking it out expecting a "pure" or "manly" fight and take an L. It's a crutch, a weakness built around justifying defeat.

In real life the W determines who gets what and who writes history. It's the same in OP, people get ambushed or brained from behind while they fret over hostages. Victory talks, bullshit walks. Luffy has said and done as much since the beginning.

Give Kaido a fair fight, why? F that guy. You might think the point is overcoming the world's strongest creature to prove a point, but it's more like a step to getting an unrelated title of his own, pirate king.
 
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#4
Tbh I would even dumbly believe that Luffy could fight Kaido 1 vs 1 if not for 923.

Sorry, I don't believe in this anymore. Luffy is not on the Yonko level yet.

If Shanks or Admirals won't show up they are fucked.

Anime did Luffy worse because Kaido didn't even flinch at KKG.

Do you really believe that advanced shit that he's learning for a week will help him to beat Yonko in 1 vs 1?
Not yet.
 
#5
Luffy is not on the Yonko level yet.
Yeah, I know and I haven't seen anybody that climes Luffy is Yonko level, the thread itself is not about power level or power scaling, if Oda needs Luffy to become Yonko level then he will, I don't know why it's so big of a question especially when Oda is the most inconsistent writer ever. In one arc Luffy can withstand 54 punches and in another he will lose consciousness from casual thecnique by Apoo, in one arc Zoro can withstand thousands cuts but in another he loses consciousness from stab in the shoulder, in one arc Sanji can withstand a knife into the heart but in another he can't withstand a punch from faceless character.
 
#9
Tbh I would even dumbly believe that Luffy could fight Kaido 1 vs 1 if not for 923.

Sorry, I don't believe in this anymore. Luffy is not on the Yonko level yet.

If Shanks or Admirals won't show up they are fucked.

Anime did Luffy worse because Kaido didn't even flinch at KKG.

Do you really believe that advanced shit that he's learning for a week will help him to beat Yonko in 1 vs 1?
Not yet.
By the way, just for you to know I think that Luffy is nowhere near to Yonko level.
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#10
Well, I generally don't care for "manly/honor"

It's just team fights are usually boring for me
not to mention the excessive cringe moments that will come along with it

also not a fan of combo attacks

For example, I remember those cringe theories back in Dressrosa days about Luffy/Sabo finishing Doffy in combo attack from both direction as "red hawk/Fire Fist"
Lol, just imagining that scene makes me want to kill myself Lol
dont tell me u didnt like the Oars fight:pepestrike:.
i thought it was a good fight:pepecry:
why u gotta do me like that:pepehands::pepemotion:
 
#13
If one piece wasn't 12+ and the mane characters weren't irresponsible idiots then I would agree with you.
Are you talking about the reader demographic? If there's one thing you learn by the age of twelve, it's that life isn't "fair."

I mean at the very least I think that idea fits in better from adolescence to adulthood than say, the childhood cannibalism and demonic brothels elsewhere in the series.
 

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#14
Hi, 🖐 today I've got a little bit of free time so Idecided to use that and finally address my views on Luffy vs Kaido, If you've been paying attention to my comments you probably know that I'm not a big fan of team fights and it's not a "Luffy vs Kaido" issue, it's just that I don't like team fights in general but before we start I wanna warn you that you should read this till the end, if you haven't read this till the end then please don't write any comments and don't say anything.

My issues with team fights
this part is just my views on team fights it has nathing to do with one piece, at least for now.

I have a mortal arts background and even though I have never been in any major competition in that area I still got my black belts. In whole my life because of my environment that I grew up, because of people that I know and respect (such as my coach), because of my personality and life experience "I considered and still considere" team fight as THE MOST UNMANLY THING that man can do. For me, when someone needs the help of his frends to fight and stand up for himself he's a caword, a man should stand up for himself by himself and it's not about victory but whether you have what it takes to be a man. You're not a man just because you have a d:ck and balls, a man is samthing that you deserve to be called if you behave like a MAN, I feel like that ward "man" last its meaning and weight in nowadays. There has been moments in my life when I had a dispute with someone who was older, bigger and stronger than I was, but still, I fought by myself and got my ass kicked off 😂😂😂, but I traind, became stronger and than I kicked his ass off in return 😉, Luffy, and one piece in general have the same philosophy.

Philosophy of dreams and what it takes to be a man
Form early on Luffy had a strong sense of honor and manhood, although he didn't know when those qualities should be shown and used, he still got them for example

Like I said Luffy doesn't know when a man should stand up for himself and for his frends but he knows that a man should do that to be a man nonetheless, Shanks as someone older and wiser than Luffy has some explaining to do, bu that's not the point, the point is that Luffy has that strong sense of manliness and what it takes to be a man since he was a Kid and that strong sense of manliness has been present throughout the one piece. Ussop has the same ideology as Luffy and that's intentional since unlike Luffy Ussop is known as caword but what Oda is trying to tell us is that being afraid doesn't mean you're a caword, you're a caword if you fight unfair, you're a caword when you need your frends to be brave. Ussop explains that to Nami in Little Garden (it's not the best explanation but it's better than headcanon) Ussop says this

Dorry and Brogy could have used poison or help of their frends to defeat each other but then they would be cawords, they are fighting to prove themselves that they have what it takes to be a man, that they have what it takes to be a warrior, let's see what Luffy says about it

Well, that's as straight as it gets. Luffy literally confirms what I've been talking about, Dorry also explains his decision to Luffy and Vivi, the reason why he decided to fight against Brogy dispite being wounded, dispite having almost 0 chances to Win.

What Dorry is saying is that it doesn't matter whether you're ready or not, it doesn't matter whether you're opponent fights unfair or not but what truly matters, is if you have what it takes to be a man, to stick to your guns and fight against all odds, to prove yourself that you're a man, you are a warrior and as Dorry said "to lose my good name would be to lose my very self" and Luffy sticks with the same ideology as we saw in fight against Katakuri

Luffy doesn't expect his opponents to fight fair they are pairets after all, but he himself has a standards of manliness that he can't betray, he can't team up with someone else to defeat his opponents, defeating your opponents for Luffy is a test of manliness, it doesn't matter if you get defeated, you always can train and come back and if you were unlucky enough to be killed in a fight, then except it as true a man. Yes, there are moments when Luffy can get help from outside sources but not in fighting, Luffy can be saved by someone else from dying, or Luffy can get advices from someone during the fighting but Luffy will not except a team fight. Sometimes, Luffy has no interest in the fight itself since the opponent isn't strong enough to be a challenge but strong enough to hold Luffy for hours, in that case Luffy will except a help in order to get rid off certain characters for example Luffy, Sanji, Ussop vs Satori

Again the opponent is not strong enough to be a challenge for Luffy but he's strong enough to push Luffy mid/ high diff and hald him for hours in this case Luffy doesn't care how, but he needs to get red off him as efficiently as possible because he can't stuck there, or another example Luffy and Nami vs Cracker

Similar case, the oponnent is not strong enough to push Luffy extrem Diff and Luffy needs to get rid off him as fast as possible, but when he's serious and the fight itself is a challenge for Luffy then he will fight by himself, he will not except team fight, Luffy needs to know whether he has what it takes to be a man, like in fight against Katakuri

Katakuri is a challenge for Luffy and Luffy wants to surpass him, do you think Luffy would except a help in fight against Katakuri? Hell no, it would go against Luffy's ideology, it would mean that Luffy is a caword, that he isn't a man

Again, Ussop described it in Little Garden, it's not about victory but whether you worthy or not, it's about live in way that will not regret

Ace had same ideology, he lived in way that he would not regret, he could have escaped allowing Akainu to say whatever he wanted to say about Whitbeard, but would he be a man after that? Here what he said to Blackbeard about living his life with no regret

Blackbeard doesn't understand that, for him victory no matter the cost is the way of his life and that's the deference between Luffy and Blackbeard

Luffy and Blackbeard are very similar with one and only deference that Luffy wants to achieve his dream in right way, he wants to find out whether he has what it to be a Pairet king while Blackbeard wants victory no matter the cost, Luffy and Blackbeard like things that the other dosen't like and vice versa.

Blackbeard killed Whitbeard using Marians, Shichibukai, his crew he chose the easy road, he wanted the victory while Luffy can't do that, Luffy is the opposite of BB just Like Ace is the opposite of Akainu

Ace died for what he stood for and that is a honorable and manly death and some of WG fans aren't man enough to except that. Akainu is deferent he doesn't care about words, he doesn't care whether the fight is fair or not he let other Marians to help him just like Blackbeard did with his crew

Honor and manliness are two big themes that Oda will never betray (at least I hope so) and even as far as in WCI we had those themes around


Katakuri is falower of the same ideology that Luffy, Ace, Ussop, Kaido and many others are using to prove their worthiness

Katakuri doesn't want to win a fight in way that he can't prove himself as the winner.

Respect between the enemies
At the end of the day Luffy always got the respect of his enemies with exception of characters like Buggy. Katakuri started to respect Luffy when he proved himself worthy, when he proved himself a man

There's a pattern in those kind of things for example, the mane character is disrespected by the antagonist but down the line they are starting to respect the mane character for his will power, for what he stands for etc.


Kaido specifically tells to Oden that he respects him when at the beginning they had different relationships. Kaido also doesn't like unfair fights, he respects strength and wanna have a fair fight to find out who is the strongest just like Luffy

Look what Kaido thinks about Luffy, he thinks that Luffy is a brat that plays Pairet games, he also called him incredibly weak in the anime.

Do you think Kaido will respect Luffy after seeing that he teamed up with Kid, Law to defeat him? Hell no, he will disrespect Luffy even more like (I defeated you and the you brought your frends to help you? Fuck:ng caword) if you want a team fight you're basically want Luffy to be a caword. Team fight goes against everything Luffy stands for, it goes against one piece's philosophy and frankly spiking in team fight against Kaido I would cheer for Kaido. For me Luffy, Kid, Law vs Kaido would looks like samthing like this

While there will be people that will interrupt the fight between Luffy and Kaido which will make Luffy angry, it's fair to assume that the final fight is going to be 1v1.

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Great post, man! Appreciate the tag as well :cheers:

Definitely agree with the spirit of your post, and in damn near every other fight that we’ve seen throughout this series, that logic would hold tight (and does as your examples illustrate). My only issue with this line of reasoning being applied to a fight with Kaido is that, by all indications, this particular opponent defies conventional logic.

The sheer fact of the matter is that Luffy still has a LONG way to go before he can square off with a Yonko 1-on-1. We saw it in brief clashes with Big Mom, as well as when Kaido knocked his ass out with a single basic attack. Oda’s talked himself into a tight spot by saying that the latter WILL be defeated by the end of this arc, because going by the parameters he set himself, Luffy has nothing in his arsenal (other than advanced CoA, which he didn’t even know two weeks ago) that can truly bring Kaido to his knees by itself. A team battle, or multiple fighters against the one Emperor, is the only scenario where his defeat seems feasible.

With Law, Kid, and every other potential participant, Kaido would have to defend himself against a variety of powers simultaneously from a cavalcade of very strong pirates...any of them attacking him solo will suffer the same fate that we’ve already seen Luffy and Kid go through. It’s a shame that Oda wrote things in such a way that the gulf between both sides is so vast, but now that we’re here, a single punch from the protagonist SHOULDN’T be enough. That’s the same kind of shit that turned people off of Dragon Ball, and although it’s a clear trope in shonen manga that the ~*~POWER OF FRIENDSHIP~*~ concentrated into one person beats out anyone else, it just won’t fly here.
 
#15
Great post, man! Appreciate the tag as well :cheers:

Definitely agree with the spirit of your post, and in damn near every other fight that we’ve seen throughout this series, that logic would hold tight (and does as your examples illustrate). My only issue with this line of reasoning being applied to a fight with Kaido is that, by all indications, this particular opponent defies conventional logic.

The sheer fact of the matter is that Luffy still has a LONG way to go before he can square off with a Yonko 1-on-1. We saw it in brief clashes with Big Mom, as well as when Kaido knocked his ass out with a single basic attack. Oda’s talked himself into a tight spot by saying that the latter WILL be defeated by the end of this arc, because going by the parameters he set himself, Luffy has nothing in his arsenal (other than advanced CoA, which he didn’t even know two weeks ago) that can truly bring Kaido to his knees by itself. A team battle, or multiple fighters against the one Emperor, is the only scenario where his defeat seems feasible.

With Law, Kid, and every other potential participant, Kaido would have to defend himself against a variety of powers simultaneously from a cavalcade of very strong pirates...any of them attacking him solo will suffer the same fate that we’ve already seen Luffy and Kid go through. It’s a shame that Oda wrote things in such a way that the gulf between both sides is so vast, but now that we’re here, a single punch from the protagonist SHOULDN’T be enough. That’s the same kind of shit that turned people off of Dragon Ball, and although it’s a clear trope in shonen manga that the ~*~POWER OF FRIENDSHIP~*~ concentrated into one person beats out anyone else, it just won’t fly here.
When it comes to power scaling and power level I already answered it here
Yeah, I know and I haven't seen anybody that climes Luffy is Yonko level, the thread itself is not about power level or power scaling, if Oda needs Luffy to become Yonko level then he will, I don't know why it's so big of a question especially when Oda is the most inconsistent writer ever. In one arc Luffy can withstand 54 punches and in another he will lose consciousness from casual thecnique by Apoo, in one arc Zoro can withstand thousands cuts but in another he loses consciousness from stab in the shoulder, in one arc Sanji can withstand a knife into the heart but in another he can't withstand a punch from faceless character.
The power scaling isn't issue for me whatsoever, like I said Luffy isn't Yonko level and advanced haki is nathing for Kaido but that's not the point, if Luffy needs to be Yonko level he will just become one I'm pretty sure that Oda can easily make Luffy Yonko level with few power ups and people will except it just like they easily excepted stupid power ups of Zoro and Sanji in Wano whiteout even showing what they are capable of without them, the insane inconsistency etc. Luffy becoming strong enough to defeat Kaido is not an issue.
 
#16
I love Luffy so I'd be happy to see it, but it just doesn't work well with the traditional storytelling. Oda isn't really one to cheapen the accomplishment by making Kaido the kind of guy you can light up in a rematch. Luffy will knock him out, but not just by taking him on with meaner Haki. I see Usopp spiking his sake before I see Luffy beating that guy solo.

Back in the Galley La incident, a lot of people thought CP9 would get away with Robin and that it would be the cause of the inevitable timeskip. Luffy debuted Gear in response to Aokiji, and it was then pretty obvious that he'd beat Lucci... but can you imagine ever thinking that Gears Second and Third would actually beat Aokiji?
 

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#17
When it comes to power scaling and power level I already answered it here

The power scaling isn't issue for me whatsoever, like I said Luffy isn't Yonko level and advanced haki is nathing for Kaido but that's not the point, if Luffy needs to be Yonko level he will just become one I'm pretty sure that Oda can easily make Luffy Yonko level with few power ups and people will except it just like they easily excepted stupid power ups of Zoro and Sanji in Wano whiteout even showing what they are capable of without them, the insane inconsistency etc. Luffy become strong enough to defeat Kaido is not an issue.
Right, obviously Oda can do whatever he wants with the story he’s writing. How do you think this can reasonably be accomplished, though? I say reasonably because most anything the author could feasibly do to that end would cause most of the fandom to revolt. Even in a comic about people eating magical fruits and living on tiny ships, there needs to be a certain degree of verisimilitude...just declaring that Luffy is now strong enough to face Kaido by himself and not be turned into a smear on the ground isn’t gonna cut it for me and a lot of people. You’re irked by the inconsistency with Zoro and Sanji, as you should be, but why does Luffy fall outside that purview?
 
#18
Hi, 🖐 today I've got a little bit of free time so Idecided to use that and finally address my views on Luffy vs Kaido, If you've been paying attention to my comments you probably know that I'm not a big fan of team fights and it's not a "Luffy vs Kaido" issue, it's just that I don't like team fights in general but before we start I wanna warn you that you should read this till the end, if you haven't read this till the end then please don't write any comments and don't say anything.

My issues with team fights
this part is just my views on team fights it has nathing to do with one piece, at least for now.

I have a mortal arts background and even though I have never been in any major competition in that area I still got my black belts. In whole my life because of my environment that I grew up, because of people that I know and respect (such as my coach), because of my personality and life experience "I considered and still considere" team fight as THE MOST UNMANLY THING that man can do. For me, when someone needs the help of his frends to fight and stand up for himself he's a caword, a man should stand up for himself by himself and it's not about victory but whether you have what it takes to be a man. You're not a man just because you have a d:ck and balls, a man is samthing that you deserve to be called if you behave like a MAN, I feel like that ward "man" last its meaning and weight in nowadays. There has been moments in my life when I had a dispute with someone who was older, bigger and stronger than I was, but still, I fought by myself and got my ass kicked off 😂😂😂, but I traind, became stronger and than I kicked his ass off in return 😉, Luffy, and one piece in general have the same philosophy.

Philosophy of dreams and what it takes to be a man
Form early on Luffy had a strong sense of honor and manhood, although he didn't know when those qualities should be shown and used, he still got them for example

Like I said Luffy doesn't know when a man should stand up for himself and for his frends but he knows that a man should do that to be a man nonetheless, Shanks as someone older and wiser than Luffy has some explaining to do, bu that's not the point, the point is that Luffy has that strong sense of manliness and what it takes to be a man since he was a Kid and that strong sense of manliness has been present throughout the one piece. Ussop has the same ideology as Luffy and that's intentional since unlike Luffy Ussop is known as caword but what Oda is trying to tell us is that being afraid doesn't mean you're a caword, you're a caword if you fight unfair, you're a caword when you need your frends to be brave. Ussop explains that to Nami in Little Garden (it's not the best explanation but it's better than headcanon) Ussop says this

Dorry and Brogy could have used poison or help of their frends to defeat each other but then they would be cawords, they are fighting to prove themselves that they have what it takes to be a man, that they have what it takes to be a warrior, let's see what Luffy says about it

Well, that's as straight as it gets. Luffy literally confirms what I've been talking about, Dorry also explains his decision to Luffy and Vivi, the reason why he decided to fight against Brogy dispite being wounded, dispite having almost 0 chances to Win.

What Dorry is saying is that it doesn't matter whether you're ready or not, it doesn't matter whether you're opponent fights unfair or not but what truly matters, is if you have what it takes to be a man, to stick to your guns and fight against all odds, to prove yourself that you're a man, you are a warrior and as Dorry said "to lose my good name would be to lose my very self" and Luffy sticks with the same ideology as we saw in fight against Katakuri

Luffy doesn't expect his opponents to fight fair they are pairets after all, but he himself has a standards of manliness that he can't betray, he can't team up with someone else to defeat his opponents, defeating your opponents for Luffy is a test of manliness, it doesn't matter if you get defeated, you always can train and come back and if you were unlucky enough to be killed in a fight, then except it as true a man. Yes, there are moments when Luffy can get help from outside sources but not in fighting, Luffy can be saved by someone else from dying, or Luffy can get advices from someone during the fighting but Luffy will not except a team fight. Sometimes, Luffy has no interest in the fight itself since the opponent isn't strong enough to be a challenge but strong enough to hold Luffy for hours, in that case Luffy will except a help in order to get rid off certain characters for example Luffy, Sanji, Ussop vs Satori

Again the opponent is not strong enough to be a challenge for Luffy but he's strong enough to push Luffy mid/ high diff and hald him for hours in this case Luffy doesn't care how, but he needs to get red off him as efficiently as possible because he can't stuck there, or another example Luffy and Nami vs Cracker

Similar case, the oponnent is not strong enough to push Luffy extrem Diff and Luffy needs to get rid off him as fast as possible, but when he's serious and the fight itself is a challenge for Luffy then he will fight by himself, he will not except team fight, Luffy needs to know whether he has what it takes to be a man, like in fight against Katakuri

Katakuri is a challenge for Luffy and Luffy wants to surpass him, do you think Luffy would except a help in fight against Katakuri? Hell no, it would go against Luffy's ideology, it would mean that Luffy is a caword, that he isn't a man

Again, Ussop described it in Little Garden, it's not about victory but whether you worthy or not, it's about live in way that will not regret

Ace had same ideology, he lived in way that he would not regret, he could have escaped allowing Akainu to say whatever he wanted to say about Whitbeard, but would he be a man after that? Here what he said to Blackbeard about living his life with no regret

Blackbeard doesn't understand that, for him victory no matter the cost is the way of his life and that's the deference between Luffy and Blackbeard

Luffy and Blackbeard are very similar with one and only deference that Luffy wants to achieve his dream in right way, he wants to find out whether he has what it to be a Pairet king while Blackbeard wants victory no matter the cost, Luffy and Blackbeard like things that the other dosen't like and vice versa.

Blackbeard killed Whitbeard using Marians, Shichibukai, his crew he chose the easy road, he wanted the victory while Luffy can't do that, Luffy is the opposite of BB just Like Ace is the opposite of Akainu

Ace died for what he stood for and that is a honorable and manly death and some of WG fans aren't man enough to except that. Akainu is deferent he doesn't care about words, he doesn't care whether the fight is fair or not he let other Marians to help him just like Blackbeard did with his crew

Honor and manliness are two big themes that Oda will never betray (at least I hope so) and even as far as in WCI we had those themes around


Katakuri is falower of the same ideology that Luffy, Ace, Ussop, Kaido and many others are using to prove their worthiness

Katakuri doesn't want to win a fight in way that he can't prove himself as the winner.

Respect between the enemies
At the end of the day Luffy always got the respect of his enemies with exception of characters like Buggy. Katakuri started to respect Luffy when he proved himself worthy, when he proved himself a man

There's a pattern in those kind of things for example, the mane character is disrespected by the antagonist but down the line they are starting to respect the mane character for his will power, for what he stands for etc.


Kaido specifically tells to Oden that he respects him when at the beginning they had different relationships. Kaido also doesn't like unfair fights, he respects strength and wanna have a fair fight to find out who is the strongest just like Luffy

Look what Kaido thinks about Luffy, he thinks that Luffy is a brat that plays Pairet games, he also called him incredibly weak in the anime.

Do you think Kaido will respect Luffy after seeing that he teamed up with Kid, Law to defeat him? Hell no, he will disrespect Luffy even more like (I defeated you and the you brought your frends to help you? Fuck:ng caword) if you want a team fight you're basically want Luffy to be a caword. Team fight goes against everything Luffy stands for, it goes against one piece's philosophy and frankly spiking in team fight against Kaido I would cheer for Kaido. For me Luffy, Kid, Law vs Kaido would looks like samthing like this

While there will be people that will interrupt the fight between Luffy and Kaido which will make Luffy angry, it's fair to assume that the final fight is going to be 1v1.

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I certainly hope so. Agree on the view that if 2 people want to fight, they shouldn't involve others and go on a 1v1 although I'd rather see them solve whatever problem they have peacefully.
I like combat sport though, at least it's fair and it makes you work your ass out.

As for One Piece, 1v1 are always more enjoyable and epic. I don't care about the asspull, I'll always go with a 1v1. That all supernovas vs kaido shit kinda disgusts me tbh.
I'd rather see just luffy and zoro vs kaido instead of that. Problem is I also want a 1v1 for zoro, so it's better he goes solo against king and luffy solo against kaido.
 
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Don´t gonna happen and I write a post who doesn´t have do with powerscaling anyway(alone powerscalingwise it doesn´t make anysense to give Luffy a 1on1 fight with Kaido, the same who neg diffed him in his base form).

1. Oda simple said it that this time he do it different, not because his(Luffy) punch beeing strong and beeing able to defeat Kaido, that isn´t the way which Oda want for the Kaido defeat, he make it clear and back then he was thinking really how he could let Luffy defeat Kaido.
For sure this time it don´t becaming this "if Luffy need to beeing strong for 1on1 fight he gonna do it, powerscaling don´t matter" which always some fans writing again and again, since Oda literally debunk the point by himself enough.

2. Plotwise it doesn´t make sense either, Luffy,Kid and Law where build up for the defeat of Kaido, to only give Luffy the 1on1 fight against the currently strongest One piece character(or at least top 3) wouldn´t make sense. We see how Oda don´t much care for Luffy statements, in the end he fight together with Law to take out Doffy, a far weaker opponent who wasn´t such important as Kaido, who didn´t take so much hype as Kaido. Oda make it clear already that Luffy will need help for his first Yonkou defeat and with the first yonkou it make it clear why plotwise it doesn´t make sense for Oda to let Luffy defeat Kaido alone.

Because Big mom and Blackbeard are still standing and I doubt that Big mom go down this arc, giving her Luffy after the Kaido fight doesn´t make sense, overall Oda love it still to give Luffy the "underdog" threatment and as long as he need it(until Blackbeard) he don´t gonna change it. To let beat Kaido 1on1 of Luffy don´t make anysense for the tension of the next arcs because Luffy would defeat the strongest character.

Saying it doesn´t fit for Luffy to fight in team because it speak against his character is false, he do it already against Oz and he did it with Doflamingo.

3. Oden parallely:
Oden is complete the opposite of Luffy, he never really believe on his own RS, he always want to save them, even until his death he save them which holding them on his own shoulder. That was also the key why he lose his battle in the end, even though he teaming up with his RS to fight Kaido, he always acts alone, no teamfight, no teamwork, he never really believe on his RS. Alone with dancing for 5years without saying anything to his RS, he open up the last step for his death later.

Even though Luffy acts sometimes in sameway, Luffy believe much in his crew, he believe in teamfights and don´t act as someone who risk the chance to take out Kaido because he need his 1on1, that speaks against the storyline and the route which Oda use this time.
Oden fail to beat Kaido and open up the border of Wano, because of the fault to believe for other people outside of wano or in wano.
From the beginning he was doomed to fail because he forget the most important thing, how you open up the border if you don´t believe people who life outside of Wano? You can´t open up the border, you fail to let the Roger pirates help you against Kaido. If he would take the help of the roger pirates, he would win the war and open up the border, but he didn´t and fail it.

Kinemon,Momo and the other did what Oden fail to do, search help from Others from another countries(pirates) , who gonna open up for them the border, that is the important point which show why Oden fail but why Momo gonna open up the Border, because he believe in other people, something which Oden never could.

The fight with Luffy vs Kaido will different and the reason why Luffy gonna win is because he gonna do it in teamfights!!

You see alone without powerscaling aspect, their are to many points who speak against the 1on1 fight with Luffy(if we take the powerscaling aspect, it is impossible for the 1on1 fight), it don´t gonna happen and I bet with everyone here who believe that Luffy gonna beat Kaido in 1on1 fight, because I believe that Luffy gonna beat Kaido in teambattles.
 
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Right, obviously Oda can do whatever he wants with the story he’s writing. How do you think this can reasonably be accomplished, though? I say reasonably because most anything the author could feasibly do to that end would cause most of the fandom to revolt. Even in a comic about people eating magical fruits and living on tiny ships, there needs to be a certain degree of verisimilitude...just declaring that Luffy is now strong enough to face Kaido by himself and not be turned into a smear on the ground isn’t gonna cut it for me and a lot of people. You’re irked by the inconsistency with Zoro and Sanji, as you should be, but why does Luffy fall outside that purview?
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Here is a reasonable explanation to a power up, it's either gear 5th or awakening, Luffy is using gear 4th casually after learning advanced COA haki, he was ready to use it whiteout blowing his arm and in anime he used smole version of gear 3th whiteout blowing up his finger, I think you get what I'm trying to say. Mark my words, in next 30+ chapters Luffy will get another power up. Btw, considering the fact that fandom didn't revolt at this point then they are not going to do it even if Oda replaces Luffy with Buggy.
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Don´t gonna happen and I write a post who doesn´t have do with powerscaling anyway(alone powerscalingwise it doesn´t make anysense to give Luffy a 1on1 fight with Kaido, the same who neg diffed him in his base form).

1. Oda simple said it that this time he do it different, not because his(Luffy) punch beeing strong and beeing able to defeat Kaido, that isn´t the way which Oda want for the Kaido defeat, he make it clear and back then he was thinking really how he could let Luffy defeat Kaido.
For sure this time it don´t becaming this "if Luffy need to beeing strong for 1on1 fight he gonna do it, powerscaling don´t matter" which always some fans writing again and again, since Oda literally debunk the point by himself enough.

2. Plotwise it doesn´t make sense either, Luffy,Kid and Law where build up for the defeat of Kaido, to only give Luffy the 1on1 fight against the currently strongest One piece character(or at least top 3) wouldn´t make sense. We see how Oda don´t much care for Luffy statements, in the end he fight together with Law to take out Doffy, a far weaker opponent who wasn´t such important as Kaido, who didn´t take so much hype as Kaido. Oda make it clear already that Luffy will need help for his first Yonkou defeat and with the first yonkou it make it clear why plotwise it doesn´t make sense for Oda to let Luffy defeat Kaido alone.

Because Big mom and Blackbeard are still standing and I doubt that Big mom go down this arc, giving her Luffy after the Kaido fight doesn´t make sense, overall Oda love it still to give Luffy the "underdog" threatment and as long as he need it(until Blackbeard) he don´t gonna change it. To let beat Kaido 1on1 of Luffy don´t make anysense for the tension of the next arcs because Luffy would defeat the strongest character.

Saying it doesn´t fit for Luffy to fight in team because it speak against his character is false, he do it already against Oz and he did it with Doflamingo.

3. Oden parallely:
Oden is complete the opposite of Luffy, he never really believe on his own RS, he always want to save them, even until his death he save them which holding them on his own shoulder. That was also the key why he lose his battle in the end, even though he teaming up with his RS to fight Kaido, he always acts alone, no teamfight, no teamwork, he never really believe on his RS. Alone with dancing for 5years without saying anything to his RS, he open up the last step for his death later.

Even though Luffy acts sometimes in sameway, Luffy believe much in his crew, he believe in teamfights and don´t act as someone who risk the chance to take out Kaido because he need his 1on1, that speaks against the storyline and the route which Oda use this time.
Oden fail to beat Kaido and open up the border of Wano, because of the fault to believe for other people outside of wano or in wano.
From the beginning he was doomed to fail because he forget the most important thing, how you open up the border if you don´t believe people who life outside of Wano? You can´t open up the border, you fail to let the Roger pirates help you against Kaido. If he would take the help of the roger pirates, he would win the war and open up the border, but he didn´t and fail it.

Kinemon,Momo and the other did what Oden fail to do, search help from Others from another countries(pirates) , who gonna open up for them the border, that is the important point which show why Oden fail but why Momo gonna open up the Border, because he believe in other people, something which Oden never could.

The fight with Luffy vs Kaido will different and the reason why Luffy gonna win is because he gonna do it in teamfights!!

You see alone without powerscaling aspect, their are to many points who speak against the 1on1 fight with Luffy(if we take the powerscaling aspect, it is impossible for the 1on1 fight), it don´t gonna happen and I bet with everyone here who believe that Luffy gonna beat Kaido in 1on1 fight, because I believe that Luffy gonna beat Kaido in teambattles.
In Fishman island arc we found out that Kid destroyed two of the big Mom's ship, in Wano we found out that Kid injured one of her commanders (probably Smoothie) and stole samthing from her. I said it before and I say it again, Kid's role in Wano is to take down Big Mom. I touched power scaling aspects before so I'm not going to get there again.
 
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