Is telling you how much Oda didn´t try to make Kizaru bad.
Just think this, he made Saturn useless against Nika, meanwhile you had nerfed Kizaru feeding that powerful Yonkou, which Sanji and Franky hype this chapter.
Just look the crew VS a nerfed Kizaru, look them against the Holy Gifters, whole different showcase.
Oda delayed the Yonkou crew showcase of the strawhats for this arc because on egghead, their opponent was a non awakened nerfed Kizaru...
Just think this, he made Saturn useless against Nika, meanwhile you had nerfed Kizaru feeding that powerful Yonkou, which Sanji and Franky hype this chapter.
Just look the crew VS a nerfed Kizaru, look them against the Holy Gifters, whole different showcase.
Oda delayed the Yonkou crew showcase of the strawhats for this arc because on egghead, their opponent was a non awakened nerfed Kizaru...
People were predicting Egghead would be the arc to establish them as a Yonkou crew, to show the world why and simply just flex all arc, but that never came. Instead Egghead was Luffy's most embarassing showing in the entire manga, his stocks had never dropped in one arc the way they did there.
Now suddenly on Elbaph the Strawhats are looking like a legit Emperor Crew.








