What topic do you think is the most controversially and intensively discussed in the One Piece fandom and this forum in particular? 3 that come to my mind are
1. Yonko vs. admiral power level
2. Mihawk power level and meaning of the WSS title
3. Doffy power level discussion (in this forum in particular)
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I think I'd probably go with Mihawk power level and meaning of the WSS title. Lol.
Let's first remember a few points:
*One piece is not a primarily fighting focused manga, there's no such thing as strict "power level." Story is the author's main intention and power level is more a fan discussion thing.
*Author's semantics are above feats. We have to remember that while feats are better than nothing at all, they can be inconsistent and the author will always put story above consistency. In other words, you can't base everything on feats when the author's message supplants it.
Now's lets apply these points to the three topics.
1. First of all, we have to again be reminded that there is no such thing as "Yonko level" or "admiral level." There's enough variation between individuals among both groups that collectively grouping them together in sort of average is meaningless.
For instance, Akainu could be way stronger than Shanks, but weaker than Kaido. The author makes little discussion on this difference, so we have to turn to portrayal and feats.
And again, there's inconclusive and ambiguous portrayals among the interaction between admiral and yonkos. For instance, at marineford, Whitebeard had both success and failure against the admirals, such that people have argued both ways for which side came out looking better. The only other instance would be Blackbeard running away from Akainu, which again says little. That means the rest is up for debate and so would seem likely to generate controversy on who is stronger than who. However, one thing should be clear, there is no such thing as "yonko level" or "admiral level." All the individual yonko and admirals are unique. Admiral is merely a high rank and Yonko a prestigous title. I'm pretty sure most would agree Luffy is the weakest member among all the emperors and admirals.
2. This should not be controversial. Oda has made it clear Mihawk>Shanks, but certain fans of Shanks don't seem to want to accept it. You can argue feats and indirect portrayals of yonko endlessly. But at the end of the day, Oda has made it clear Mihawk is above Shanks from their rivalry and WSS title. For example, you could debate whether Big Mom, Rayleigh, or even Fujitora classify under WSS title, but Shanks-Mihawk is pretty much unequivocal evidence that Shanks is considered when discussing WSS.
e.g. No one would say Mihawk is the Word's strongest swordsmen, in which his main rival is considered in such a title.
3. It's hard to judge individual strength in general. So yeah, this is would be widely available for debate. So, in a sense, this would be the only controversial topic.
