I guess because narratively they can’t wrap their heads on how to predict EOS for the straw hats and make it make sense, who is Zoro’s EOS opponent; how would it fit narratively with the events of the last war with Imu as the final villain.
I want to hear your thoughts on that, if you think Mihawk is the final villain; how do you think it’ll work with that context?
for me I’m combining both concepts; Mihawk is the final fight but he will be fighting for the WG but not as a Shichibukai but it’ll be revealed he was born a celestial dragon of the Nerona family, relinquished his status to descend the blue seas in search for strong swordsmen, eventually becoming the WSS. He’ll return to Mareijoa right before the final war, his family will reject him initially stating that they don’t need him as S-Hawk is an improved version of himself, Mihawk challenges adult S-Hawk and will be overwhelmed initially but eventually gets a haki bloom surpassing his limits and will be reinstated as a celestial dragon and that’s how he ends up Zoro’s EOS opponent; otherwise unfortunately it’ll be as op said here
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I totally agree but I don’t think that Mihawk is currently stronger than Roger and Rocks, but will eventually get stronger than them
It's simple, WG aren't Final Villain Faction, Imu isn't Final Villain
WG are One Side of The Conflict, think of them like the Royal Army in Arabasta Arc or Skypieans in Sky Island Arc
Rebels & Pirates represent Second Side of The Conflict, just like Rebels in Arabasta or Shandians
People keep arguing about Scenarios & Match-Ups that from the beginning based on something that was never Confirmed
Just because it's the Popular Idea, doesn't mean it's True, Oda never said WG are Final Villains, it's just how People think OP should End
Let me ask you a question, does WG need to be Deleted or Fixed? Fixed obviously, because Kingdoms being Allied isn't a Bad Idea, it's actually what's needed for World Peace, it's just that those CDs are Corrupted & Extremists & clearly Afraid of something
When has there ever been a Villainous Group that needed to be Fixed instead of Deleted?
Buggy Pirates, Black Cat Pirates, Krieg Pirates, Arlong Pirates, Wapol Pirates, Baroque Works, Birkans, Thriller Bark Pirates, New Fishmen Pirates, Caesar's Group, Donquixote Pirates, Beasts Pirates, these are Villains Groups that needed to be Defeated to Liberate a Location, did any of them Stay? Did they try to Fix them? Or They were Created to be "Deleted" from said Location
WG + Marines simply needs New Management, not make them Disappear from the World.
The Real Villains of One Piece must be "Outsiders", They represent a Faction that needs to be "No More"
Mihawk has always & will always be Zoro's EOS Opponent, it's just that his Faction isn't Introduced yet, but it's Hinted at by his Religion.
Does people really think that Mihawk being Designed as Religious is just for show? Did Kuma carrying the Bible ended up meaningless?
Just like Kuma turned out to be Sun God Worshipper, Mihawk being Religious means He believes in Higher Power, He believes there is Someone above him, above Yonko, above WG, We just need to await his Introduction
Even in Pre-TS Oda did this, Arlong Arc is Mini-Version of Fishmen Island Arc (Hody), Crocodile Arc is Mini-Version of Dressrosa Arc (Doflamingo), Enel Arc is Mini-Version of Wano Arc (Kaidou), CP-9 Arc is Mini-Version of WG Arc (CDs & Holy Knights & Marines), and then finally Thriller Bark is Mini-Version of OP Ending against Mysterious Villains who are the root of all Evil & Source of all DFs
And then Sabaody represented the Final Island where SHs met "Bad Ending".
In other words, War against WG & Marines & basically World War is Post-TS Version of Enies Lobby War
It's gonna be the biggest for sure, and it's what Fans believe is gonna be the End, but there is actually a Fight afterwards against Mysterious Villains just like Thriller Bark Arc (Where Mihawk is gonna be Endgame Version of Zombie Ryuma Duel)