Wait are people trying to imply that this “legendary star” shit is a power scaling thing?
the giants are most likely talking about notoriety
remember in Sabaody when Garp is saying the marines can’t fight “TWO LEGENDS” at the same time when they are talking about Whitebeard and Rayleigh… this is Garp we are talking about who is saying this… Garp wouldn’t casually use the word “legend” and compare Whitebeard to Rayleigh callously
that is, unless “Legend” means something different… Rayleigh is obviously NOT FUCKING EQUAL TO WHITEBEARD… He’s simply not a pushover who can be dealt with Willy nilly
the use of “legend” and “legendary” for these old heads is more a mark of their notoriety… We have direct examples of this
mihawk directly went to Marineford to test out Whitebeard’s legendary status… Blackbeard similarly backed out of Amazon lily simply Because of Rayleigh’s legendary status
And note that BOTH TIMES, Oda has BOTH Whitebeard and Rayleigh say their hype is overblown… Whitebeard himself says he can’t be the WSM despite the hype everyone around him believes, even his enemies believe it.. And Rayleigh flat out says it was only due to his reputation that teach left and in reality he didn’t have the actual power to fight teach there and then
guys, relax. Scopper Rayleigh and Roger were not and have never been equals… they are simply notorious to the same degree… granting them similar “legendary status”… Same way Garp wasn’t saying fucking Whitebeard and Rayleigh were equals when he called them both legends in the same sentence