Powers & Abilities Adv CoC is a requirement for Admiral rank

Which is it?

  • Admirals have CoC

  • Admirals have no CoC <--- 2 digit IQ people vote here


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So wait, we’re allowed to say Luffy wasn’t using CoC in Egghead for some reason, but we can’t for Kizaru?
Yeah, but Luffy isn't the one who needs to prove whether he has it or not. We already have the answer to that.
Luffy not using it doesn't mean he doesn't have it. It means he DIDN'T USE IT, because we already know he HAS it.
Kizaru not using it, at that point in the manga, means he literally doesn't have it.
 
Comparing Luffy and Kizaru here is a false equivalence.

Luffy has already shown and had both CoC and ACoC explicitly confirmed during his fight with Kaido. So if he didn’t show the usual ACoC effects in Egghead, we can simply say he wasn’t using it at that moment, because we already know for a fact that he has it.

Kizaru’s case is completely different. After Sabaody, Marineford, and an entire fight against a Yonko in Egghead, he still hasn’t shown even basic CoC. He has never knocked out fodder with it, no character has ever acknowledged him as a Conqueror’s Haki user, there has never been any confirmation whatsoever, and he definitely hasn’t shown the advanced coating.

Saying, “Kizaru might have just chosen not to use it too,” is circular reasoning, because you would first have to prove that he even has it. You can’t use the fact that he has never shown it as proof that he secretly has it but simply chose to hide it.

Luffy not using an ability he is already confirmed to have is a choice.

Kizaru not using an ability he has never once been shown to possess is simply a lack of evidence.

And claiming that Kizaru has ACoC is even more ridiculous, because before giving him the advanced version, you would first have to prove that he has basic CoC in the first place.

Could Oda reveal in the future that Kizaru has it? Sure. But a future possibility is not current evidence. Based on everything the manga has shown so far, Kizaru does not have CoC or ACoC.
 
No admiral showed it so far, but if it makes you feel better I can pretend they have it.
I mean, I understand why they’re so desperate for their favorites to have CoC and ACoC. Just look at how everything is being resolved through Haki now. We’re back to a point where the Holy Knights can only be defeated and killed with ACoC.

Before Wano, when people used to mock Haki and CoC itself was treated as nothing more than a way to knock out fodder, these guys couldn’t care less about it. They kept shitting on CoC and insisting that Devil Fruits and awakenings were what really mattered. Even by the end of Wano, they were still doing it.

And now look at them. Suddenly everyone wants their favorite character to have it. Now, to defeat the World Government’s evil monsters and actually kill these enemies, you don’t need an awakened Devil Fruit or some ridiculously broken DF. What you need is the rarest and strongest form of Haki of all: ACoC. That’s the primary requirement now. Everything else comes after that.

In this manga, the type of Devil Fruit you have—Zoan, Mythical Zoan, Paramecia, Logia—or even whether you’ve awakened it has never been treated as a requirement for defeating someone. But Conqueror’s Haki is now being treated like one.
 
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Comparing Luffy and Kizaru here is a false equivalence.

Luffy has already shown and had both CoC and ACoC explicitly confirmed during his fight with Kaido. So if he didn’t show the usual ACoC effects in Egghead, we can simply say he wasn’t using it at that moment, because we already know for a fact that he has it.

Kizaru’s case is completely different. After Sabaody, Marineford, and an entire fight against a Yonko in Egghead, he still hasn’t shown even basic CoC. He has never knocked out fodder with it, no character has ever acknowledged him as a Conqueror’s Haki user, there has never been any confirmation whatsoever, and he definitely hasn’t shown the advanced coating.

Saying, “Kizaru might have just chosen not to use it too,” is circular reasoning, because you would first have to prove that he even has it. You can’t use the fact that he has never shown it as proof that he secretly has it but simply chose to hide it.

Luffy not using an ability he is already confirmed to have is a choice.

Kizaru not using an ability he has never once been shown to possess is simply a lack of evidence.

And claiming that Kizaru has ACoC is even more ridiculous, because before giving him the advanced version, you would first have to prove that he has basic CoC in the first place.

Could Oda reveal in the future that Kizaru has it? Sure. But a future possibility is not current evidence. Based on everything the manga has shown so far, Kizaru does not have CoC or ACoC.
Didn’t the last chapter literally establish that uncertainty prevents you from using CoC?

Guess what.
 
Didn’t the last chapter literally establish that uncertainty prevents you from using CoC?

Guess what.
Oh my God, fine. I guess we’re going to have to do this the hard way. First, prove that Kizaru actually has the ability. Then your claim can have some basis and finally start making sense.

I’m not going to argue about what supposedly stopped Kizaru from using Conqueror’s Haki when you’re skipping the most important step: first, you need to prove that he even has the ability. Only then would it make sense to discuss why he did or didn’t use it.
 
Oh my God, fine. I guess we’re going to have to do this the hard way. First, prove that Kizaru actually has the ability. Then your claim can have some basis and finally start making sense.

I’m not going to argue about what supposedly stopped Kizaru from using Conqueror’s Haki when you’re skipping the most important step: first, you need to prove that he even has the ability. Only then would it make sense to discuss why he did or didn’t use it.
Because he is one of the only soldiers out of 10s of millions that achieved the rank of admiral, a feat of status that on its own is even more rare than just having conquerors.

The preponderance of evidence should lean toward any admiral having it.
 
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