Like at least when the admirals get clowned on or look bad he gives them an excuse
Every. Single. Time.
This has absolutely nothing to do with cope. Starting with Ryokugyu against Shanks, Oda keeps on hitting the reader with excuses for why the Admiral did not perform as he was supposed to be, not mentioning that despite these nerfs they actually performed, some at least.
- Ryo and Fuji were lifted off of the RA allegations.
- Kuzan mentally conflicted against Garp and Garp even pointed it out twice.
- Kizaru don't need to say anything.
The formula is striking. Put an Admiral in a for him disadvantage and have him perform not as expected and despite that Kuzan established that fruitless Admirals can hang physically with Old Garp the Fist.
It is very likely that Oda reserves the first unrestricted Admiral fight for Akainu.
Look at the Gorosei. They came and were completely unrestricted. Absolutely no single excuse. They use every ability available to them and were enraged.
Let the apes be loud, they're all shaking due to an Admirals potential and since Oda so carefully handles them with the limitations I'm just confident the full unrestricted battle is coming.
Then we'll have a mass deleting accounts 😂