Jesus christ, do I have to spell it out for you guys?
I think the admirals are some of the best characters narrative wise, power potential wise and pretty much every way that isn't actual panel time. In theory and with statements these guys are the fucking shit but oda fumbled them or he straight up didn't intend for them to actually do much
There are zero panels that convinced me that the admirals were strong enough to 1v1 any other top tier than another Admiral
I'm sorry but whitebeard made akainu look like a joke until that face melting shit...
Shanks then blocked akainu's blood-lusted femboy stomping shenanigans..
there's 1 feat on an old dying cancer ridden fuck and 1 anti feat from a one-armed runner up...
The admirals are balanced between narrative relevance and feats and that's why their characters are great. They fit the category of enough to stop the last generation but not enough to stop the new.