Whitebeard's relevance ended in pre-TS.
He has only been a hype tool for either Kaido or Rocks in post-TS.
He has only been a hype tool for either Kaido or Rocks in post-TS.
We literally had the lolden flash back in wano. WB was a major character in that. And WB has never been used to hype kaido lol. It's been the opposite. Kaido constantly glazes Roger and WB.
And Rocks hype = WB hype. WB was probably Rocks' right hand.
Besides, the Great age of piracy got reignited because of WB and his words before his death.
BB came into power because of WB. BB literally has WB's fruit and territories.
The Marines changed leadership because of MF which WB was at the center of.
Weevil and Bakkin, whom WB has close ties to, still has parts to play.
Marco, WB's right hand, is still active and doing stuff.
Jinbe is a damn strawhat because of his connection to WB allowing him to meet goofy.
etc etc...
WB's relevance even after his death eclipses anything mihawk or kaido has done.
Mihawk's has ties and relevance with characters who arent Zoro.
Snitch, Buggy, Crocodile and maybe even Imu.
Snitch, Buggy, Crocodile and maybe even Imu.
Shanks: mihawk doesn't wanna fight him. so no relevance at all apart from their past clashes.
Buggy: mihawk is an underling of Buggy. So mihawk is only bolstering Buggy's relevance to the plot by playing second fiddle to him.
Croc: Just a partner. Croc has way more connections to shp, vivi, iva and even WB lol.
Imu: Baseless conjecture born out of some idiotic "special eyes" theory. Hakuba, Zunisha etc all have those eyes. They're just a design choice lol.
You're just grasping at straws to make it seems like mihawk has way more importance than he actually does. When it's very clear that he is only still left because zoro is his final opponent and current zoro is simply not a top tier to challenge him.