Powers & Abilities Weapon Grading is Flawed.

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Foul Legacy

#1
Many won't like the idea but...

We are made to believe.

12 Supreme Grade Already Existed like
  • Ace
  • Shodai Kitetsu
  • Yakuza line
  • Murakumogiri
  • Yoru
And there are rest 7 which are currently unknown to us.

But I'll present a new Idea.

Grade of the Weapon is dependent upon the user.
  • It's the other way around.
  • It's the user who pushes the sword to a limit.
  • Ace isn't a supreme grade blade because it was built That way , rather. It's supreme grade blade because Roger wields it.
  • Yoru isn't a supreme grade because it was created as a supreme grade blade or was already a black blade before mihawk took it. It's called the strongest Weapon because Mihawk wields it.
  • Murakumogiri is a supreme grade weapon because Whitebeard the Strongest man Wields it.
  • Shodai Kitetsu is a supreme grade weapon because a Ultimate power like Nasujuro wields it.
  • Yakuza line is a supreme grade weapon because Fujitora wields it , who is an admiral and are called strongest force of WG.
- Many raised the questions about if luffy took on Nidai kitetsu , why wasn'the even half strong with it as pre time skip zoro. First and foremost is because he isn't a swordsman. But luffy were to hold it. The rank would drastically drop from 21 great grade weapon to maybe 50 skillfull or even 80 grade weapon. And may later on increase the rank as luffy swordsmanship grows.

- People commented on Shusui being useless as a black blade to zori and discarded Shusui being A black blade and deemed black blades useless.
But if we follow my theory , Shusui rank dropped drastically in zori hands and worked like it should have as his power level calls it.

- Nidai is 21 great Grade blade , but we know the swordsmith behind it has been dead long ago and we have no idea who weilded it.

- if katakuri was to Take on murakumogiri , the rank would drop drastically again. It won't remain a Supreme grade Weapon.

- Read somewhere in Blackbeard Discussion , It's not the fruit which is Mid. It's the user. BB can't use Gura as the same Degree as WB. He will Adapt eventually.

- only a graded Sword like Sandai kitetsu is still scratchless to this day thanks to zoro. Maybe the previous owner of Sandai Kitetsu was a fodder Swordsman and that's why it ranked low. In hands of zori , who is helping sandai reach it's maximum potential.

- Wado Ichimonji. We have no idea of when it was created. We only know it is passed down to kuina and then Zori. Maybe previous owner threw it among the 21 Great grade weapons. But it's again powerless in hands of zori.

- Kaidou Kanabo was said to be passed down as a graded weapon if kaidou were to pass it down to someone. And again the rank would drop as Kaidou isn't the one holding it.

- The current rankings are of past. We thought again and again why Nobody putting their hands on roger weapon or Whitebeard weapon but in reality , Sword would do them no good at all. It won't be as strong as they used to be in Whitebeard or Roger hands.

- Cursed Blades was explained by Kozaboru as , there are no cursed weapons , just weak swordsman. Some swords only accept strong users. Or they might end up killing them.

- Oden was succesful in pushing Enma and Ame-No-Habakiri to 21 Great blade pre-Adcoc power up.
And maybe even reached the level of supreme grade later on while fighting Kaidou. But he lost the fight.

- If he were to win the fight , The sword would definately be recognised as Supreme Grade Weapons.

- Focus on winning. And then read what Fox had to say about Black blade.

Through Ryuma "History" of battles , it's ranked or forged among the Black Blade category.

- Oden father specifically said oden wasn't able to raise it's Rank to supreme grade and died before that.

And If you notice carefully , All the Swordsman Wilding Supreme grade are top tier characters and have many victories under their belt with their weapon.

- Ame-No-Habakiri was Considered 21 Great grade blade in hands of Oden. In hands of Momonusuke who isn't as strong as Oden , the blade rank should drop but we never get a regular update on Swords ranklist.

- All zori Current Swords are between the Rank of 12 supreme grade and 21 great grade swords. Give it to someone else and the sword grade would decrease again.

- Kuina was holding the Wado ichimonji at such young age. Is she as strong as 21 great grade wielders? Answer is no.

- Or even if the Sword retains the grade , it will mostly retain the toughness of the grade not it's real abilities which unlocked by the real User who pushed it to that level.

- From above all I can say with confidence. Same is the case with Law Kikoku. We know it's a cursed blade and is not graded. But like Kaidou if Law were to leave the weapon behind it will be considered "Supreme Grade" , ofc I'm talking about EoS law.

- From the above logic , A sword is Upgraded two times.
  • First to increase it's grade.
  • Second if it turns Black.
  • Only two Swords reached Black Blade grade.
  • While all sword has been raised to Supreme or Great Grade blade. They all started as No grade or low Grade depending upon the user.
- Black Blades are the most Elite blades in the world. So far only two Exists , Shusui (Owner is dead) and Yoru which Mihawk weilds.

- Turning a Blade into a Black blade and Increasing it's rank is two different things.

- Black blade are in a echoleon of it's own.
- Ryuma was only able to push Shusui to 21 Great Grade weapon and then it turned black. Before reaching 12 Supreme grade.

- There's a high chance one or two Zoro sword might turn Black from 21 Great grade only while Enma and Sandai Pushes to Supreme Grade Blades.

- Or maybe Sandai Become Black and Wado become black blade just like that and only enma rank increases to Supreme Grade and then Turn black.

- No ever gave us info on Wado or Shusui even turning Black. Only Enma was Hinted to become a Black blade and maybe a supreme grade at the same time.

With above Headcanon.
- Final Supreme grade list will be
  • Ace
  • Murakumogiri
  • Shodai Kitetsu
  • Sandai Kitetsu
  • Enma
  • Wado ichimonji
  • Yakuza line
  • Shanks Gryphon
  • Law Kikoku (EoS)
  • Xebec
  • Garling
  • Last one could be either Aramaki or Rayleigh.
 
#3
Many won't like the idea but...

We are made to believe.

12 Supreme Grade Already Existed like
  • Ace
  • Shodai Kitetsu
  • Yakuza line
  • Murakumogiri
  • Yoru
And there are rest 7 which are currently unknown to us.

But I'll present a new Idea.

Grade of the Weapon is dependent upon the user.
  • It's the other way around.
  • It's the user who pushes the sword to a limit.
  • Ace isn't a supreme grade blade because it was built That way , rather. It's supreme grade blade because Roger wields it.
  • Yoru isn't a supreme grade because it was created as a supreme grade blade or was already a black blade before mihawk took it. It's called the strongest Weapon because Mihawk wields it.
  • Murakumogiri is a supreme grade weapon because Whitebeard the Strongest man Wields it.
  • Shodai Kitetsu is a supreme grade weapon because a Ultimate power like Nasujuro wields it.
  • Yakuza line is a supreme grade weapon because Fujitora wields it , who is an admiral and are called strongest force of WG.
- Many raised the questions about if luffy took on Nidai kitetsu , why wasn'the even half strong with it as pre time skip zoro. First and foremost is because he isn't a swordsman. But luffy were to hold it. The rank would drastically drop from 21 great grade weapon to maybe 50 skillfull or even 80 grade weapon. And may later on increase the rank as luffy swordsmanship grows.

- People commented on Shusui being useless as a black blade to zori and discarded Shusui being A black blade and deemed black blades useless.
But if we follow my theory , Shusui rank dropped drastically in zori hands and worked like it should have as his power level calls it.

- Nidai is 21 great Grade blade , but we know the swordsmith behind it has been dead long ago and we have no idea who weilded it.

- if katakuri was to Take on murakumogiri , the rank would drop drastically again. It won't remain a Supreme grade Weapon.

- Read somewhere in Blackbeard Discussion , It's not the fruit which is Mid. It's the user. BB can't use Gura as the same Degree as WB. He will Adapt eventually.

- only a graded Sword like Sandai kitetsu is still scratchless to this day thanks to zoro. Maybe the previous owner of Sandai Kitetsu was a fodder Swordsman and that's why it ranked low. In hands of zori , who is helping sandai reach it's maximum potential.

- Wado Ichimonji. We have no idea of when it was created. We only know it is passed down to kuina and then Zori. Maybe previous owner threw it among the 21 Great grade weapons. But it's again powerless in hands of zori.

- Kaidou Kanabo was said to be passed down as a graded weapon if kaidou were to pass it down to someone. And again the rank would drop as Kaidou isn't the one holding it.

- The current rankings are of past. We thought again and again why Nobody putting their hands on roger weapon or Whitebeard weapon but in reality , Sword would do them no good at all. It won't be as strong as they used to be in Whitebeard or Roger hands.

- Cursed Blades was explained by Kozaboru as , there are no cursed weapons , just weak swordsman. Some swords only accept strong users. Or they might end up killing them.

- Oden was succesful in pushing Enma and Ame-No-Habakiri to 21 Great blade pre-Adcoc power up.
And maybe even reached the level of supreme grade later on while fighting Kaidou. But he lost the fight.

- If he were to win the fight , The sword would definately be recognised as Supreme Grade Weapons.

- Focus on winning. And then read what Fox had to say about Black blade.

Through Ryuma "History" of battles , it's ranked or forged among the Black Blade category.

- Oden father specifically said oden wasn't able to raise it's Rank to supreme grade and died before that.

And If you notice carefully , All the Swordsman Wilding Supreme grade are top tier characters and have many victories under their belt with their weapon.

- Ame-No-Habakiri was Considered 21 Great grade blade in hands of Oden. In hands of Momonusuke who isn't as strong as Oden , the blade rank should drop but we never get a regular update on Swords ranklist.

- All zori Current Swords are between the Rank of 12 supreme grade and 21 great grade swords. Give it to someone else and the sword grade would decrease again.

- Kuina was holding the Wado ichimonji at such young age. Is she as strong as 21 great grade wielders? Answer is no.

- Or even if the Sword retains the grade , it will mostly retain the toughness of the grade not it's real abilities which unlocked by the real User who pushed it to that level.

- From above all I can say with confidence. Same is the case with Law Kikoku. We know it's a cursed blade and is not graded. But like Kaidou if Law were to leave the weapon behind it will be considered "Supreme Grade" , ofc I'm talking about EoS law.

- From the above logic , A sword is Upgraded two times.
  • First to increase it's grade.
  • Second if it turns Black.
  • Only two Swords reached Black Blade grade.
  • While all sword has been raised to Supreme or Great Grade blade. They all started as No grade or low Grade depending upon the user.
- Black Blades are the most Elite blades in the world. So far only two Exists , Shusui (Owner is dead) and Yoru which Mihawk weilds.

- Turning a Blade into a Black blade and Increasing it's rank is two different things.

- Black blade are in a echoleon of it's own.
- Ryuma was only able to push Shusui to 21 Great Grade weapon and then it turned black. Before reaching 12 Supreme grade.

- There's a high chance one or two Zoro sword might turn Black from 21 Great grade only while Enma and Sandai Pushes to Supreme Grade Blades.

- Or maybe Sandai Become Black and Wado become black blade just like that and only enma rank increases to Supreme Grade and then Turn black.

- No ever gave us info on Wado or Shusui even turning Black. Only Enma was Hinted to become a Black blade and maybe a supreme grade at the same time.

With above Headcanon.
- Final Supreme grade list will be
  • Ace
  • Murakumogiri
  • Shodai Kitetsu
  • Sandai Kitetsu
  • Enma
  • Wado ichimonji
  • Yakuza line
  • Shanks Gryphon
  • Law Kikoku (EoS)
  • Xebec
  • Garling
  • Last one could be either Aramaki or Rayleigh.
Bro you literally just made all this up
 
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Foul Legacy

#4
They are Ranked by their Sharpness & this System exists in Real Life, it's not something that Oda came up with
We don't need to know who wielded them to know which Blade is Sharper/Higher Quality than the other
System exist only for Japanese katana not universally.
I said it's flawed in one piece not completely wrong.

Yea but we do know rank increases depending upon the user.
And somehow all supreme grade weapon and in hands of top tier.
 
#5
Nice theory for Zoro wanking, much more complex than the usual cherry picking and general retardation around him.
I am partially on board with it, only good fighters can use good tools, being the tools techniques, devil fruits or swords.
The problem for me is for black swords that kinda break the lore itself.
Yoru is the strongest sword in the world and that's quite ok.

Then you have shusui,which is the only second black blade in lore, and yet we are made believe that as a sword is weaker than 12 supreme swords and even Enma is better.
Which means that the skill of the user don't influence the strength of the sword, but it is the sword itself being strong.
 
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Foul Legacy

#6
Then you have shusui,which is the only second black blade in lore, and yet we are made believe that as a sword is weaker than 12 supreme swords and even Enma is better.
Which means that the skill of the user don't influence the strength of the sword, but it is the sword itself being strong.
But doesn't that allign with my theory?

Shusui don't have his weilder currently.
Pre time skip zori was weak.
You think placing Supreme grade weapon on pre time skip zori would do anything?

Mihawk is alive and currently handling yoru well.
That's it's considered strongest.
 
#11
But doesn't that allign with my theory?

Shusui don't have his weilder currently.
Pre time skip zori was weak.
You think placing Supreme grade weapon on pre time skip zori would do anything?

Mihawk is alive and currently handling yoru well.
That's it's considered strongest.
Yeah but if Shisui, the only other black sword, is barely considered in lore and nobody gives a shit about it outside of wano, despite being the weapon of the Sword God..
Zoro showed up in Sabaody with the sword of the sword god and nobody gave a shit.
Imagine.
 
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Foul Legacy

#12
Yeah but if Shisui, the only other black sword, is barely considered in lore and nobody gives a shit about it outside of wano, despite being the weapon of the Sword God..
Zoro showed up in Sabaody with the sword of the sword god and nobody gave a shit.
Imagine.
Again.
It's the user who is shit not Weapon.
Weapon rises as The user does.

Mihawk was with zori. , for 2 years you thi k he wouldn't have noticed about the east blue fodder carrying a black blade without knowing Haki?

It pretty much alligns with the theory.
It's the user , not weapon.

Try giving an OP fruit to a fodder.
Example
Kaidou fruit.
Literally OP.
Give it to momonusuke , you can already see what happened.

It's not the fruit or weapon which is worse.

It's the user.
 

nik87

Kitetsu Wanker
#15
I doubt it ,
Sandai which just graded works similar to Wado in zori hands.
Because it is channeling the same haki as Wado does - Zoro's haki.
All Kitetsus have different grades from the moment of creation.

Nobody lifted Sandai to 4th grade, Nidai to 2nd grade and Shodai to 1st grade.
They were those ranks from the beginning. Only Black Blades change rank, Oden's father already explained this.
 
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Foul Legacy

#16
Nobody lifted Sandai to 4th grade, Nidai to 2nd grade and Shodai to 1st grade.
We don't know.
Nidai was created by Sukiyaki ancestors. You think nobody lifted it?


They were those ranks from the beginning. Only Black Blades change rank, Oden's father already explained this.
I see it differently.
Rank can be increased even with no black blade.

Black blade is where you stop.




Because it is channeling the same haki as Wado does - Zoro's haki.
All Kitetsus have different grades from the moment of creation.
Each of them were said to be weaker and weaker of curse.
And exactly my point.
The haki of the user.
Even a simple graded one can match a 21 great grade blade.
 

nik87

Kitetsu Wanker
#17
We don't know.
Nidai was created by Sukiyaki ancestors. You think nobody lifted it?
Yes, people are capable of creating quality swords.
Kozaburo said that at his peak he was capable of forging O Wazamonos.
At his old age when he speaks to Zoro, he says he is no longer capable of forging that rank.

I see it differently.
Rank can be increased even with no black blade.

Black blade is where you stop.
There is no basis for this.
Black Blades are the only weapons that have changed their ranks.

Each of them were said to be weaker and weaker of curse.
And exactly my point.
The haki of the user.
Even a simple graded one can match a 21 great grade blade.
Mihawk explained this very early on...
A sword without grace is just an iron bar.
While quality of those iron bars differs, the power channeled through them is the same.
Doesnt mean their rank is changed.
 
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Foul Legacy

#18
Yes, people are capable of creating quality swords.
Kozaburo said that at his peak he was capable of forging O Wazamonos.
At his old age when he speaks to Zoro, he says he is no longer capable of forging that rank.
He said only master piece , he never mentioned 21 great grade blade.

Mihawk explained this very early on...
A sword without grace is just an iron bar.
While quality of those iron bars differs, the power channeled through them is the same.
Doesnt mean their rank is changed.
Yea sooner or later it will change.
Currently Sandai and Wado are working similarly in power level with whatever material they made of.
 
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