You realise the old guys always belittle themselves before they pull out some crazy shit right after?
You have Whitebeard admitting he cannot always stay the strongest - I mean, he was terminally ill, so it makes sense - but then split the seas, creates island sized, devouring tsunamiquakes and his quakes are being viberate to nearby islands.
I already explained it above.
The SBS gives the true answer to how strong the old legends are. Do you think Oda was just purposely lying like that to troll for a bit? Nope, it was his message "to not underestimate them only because they are old."
The own author of this manga purposely drew old guys to be near their prime. It is what it is.
Furthermore, yes, Garp's power is declining lately, by how much? Their older versions can still be comparable to their prime even if their strength is just 80% or 90% of their prime. As I said, Old Garp performed similar feats like GV Garp or do you see a huge difference?
You realise the old guys always belittle themselves before they pull out some crazy shit right after?
I didn’t know that. By this line of reasoning, Rayleigh was “bragging” about doing something crazy like stopping Kizaru in his old age while the Straw Hats were crying by his side and being completely crushed by Sentomaru and Kuma — all because Rayleigh chose not to use the strength he still had in his old age from his prime to help the Straw Hats and fight Kizaru. It’s bizarre where you’re taking this.
And even following your reasoning: for Whitebeard it was illness, and for Rayleigh it was the fact he hadn’t held a sword in decades. We could keep using these excuses, which would leave only Garp, right? So why did Whitebeard, once again, use his line “Don’t be intimidated by him, he’s just an old man now”? Of course, you could deny it and say it’s just Garp downplaying himself when he said his strength had weakened. Lol.
Do you at least understand that using Rayleigh not having his “prime self” strength in old age just because he hadn’t touched a sword, even though Oda had set his power in the SBS as being equal to his prime version, and Whitebeard’s illness causing his decline in strength, are direct contradictions to Oda’s SBS? Because these two facts prove that they
do not have the same strength they had in their prime — and it’s the same with Garp and his old age.
I already explained it above.
The SBS gives the true answer to how strong the old legends are. Do you think Oda was just purposely lying like that to troll for a bit? Nope, it was his message "to not underestimate them only because they are old."
The own author of this manga purposely drew old guys to be near their prime. It is what it is.
Furthermore, yes, Garp's power is declining lately, by how much? Their older versions can still be comparable to their prime even if their strength is just 80% or 90% of their prime. As I said, Old Garp performed similar feats like GV Garp or do you see a huge difference?
I’ve already explained this: if we take what Oda said seriously, the old legends would be equal to their prime selves — which isn’t true, since these same legends contradict that fact.
I don’t know about numbers or percentages, but no old legend is at 100% — that’s an absolute fact. The most accurate interpretation of Oda’s words, and the one that makes sense on the power scale, is that even in old age they’re still strong, but
they do not maintain the full strength of their prime.
I just don’t think Whitebeard would have said “don’t worry about Garp, he’s just an old man now” if Garp still had 90% of the strength he had in his prime.
