He is that guy. Oda already made that clear several times, but you guys are denying for some reason, like an alcoholic denying his alcoholism.
Just because he got beat once by shanks, it doesnt say anything. Got beaten twice just means there will be a round 3.
For example, why do you think is Kid permanently aiming for Shanks, but Oda is still avoiding some kind of dialogue between these two? Or give us Kids reasoning here? Or gave us Kids CoC, even tho he openly mentioning he has it?
Oda is teasing and avoiding answers here. Because we will get them later on.
The lack of self-awareness is crazy.
"He is that guy"? Beckmann first blasts his arm off offscreen, then the second time he faces Shanks' crew Oda emphasizes very clearly that the people that Midd is attacking are
complete fodder incapable of defending themselves. Then he has Shanks literally speedblitz him
from the front, makes it clear that Midd could actually see him before the attack lands
and has time to give a verbal reaction, then gets him one-shot with barely any effort, and subsequently has the giants blast his ship to smithereens afterwards for fun.
I'm not saying I expect something from Euseless Midd fans, but seriously what are you doing. This guy is literally designed to be unfit for combat in the OP world, unless Oda slows the fight down x100 just so he can get a hit in, which then does nothing anyway because he has no proper haki.