Irrelevant in your opinion, obviously not in mine since i bring them up. Oda can prove you right and me wrong, or the other way around. Whatever the case we should not complain about it and make claims that Oda is making Jimbe stronger or weaker than he should be. How Oda settles it is how it's always meant to be.
And the point was that they've become shadows of their former selves. With Moria we even get a very adequate physical representation of that, and statements from characters that he's become too weak to even be of use to the WG.
I can see Crocodile at MF time being better than at Alabasta. I can also see Post time Skip Crocodile be way better. Each should be judged at a time. Alabasta Crocodile is not as strong as a YC, not even close.
His ability to combat someone like Whitebeard. It's to be noted by the way that he starts off so weak that he does not even get close to harming a sleeping Whitebeard, or even connecting with him, which i would not consider YC level performance. He get's better and eventually he ends up becoming at least somewhat of a threat. He then grows stronger as he joins one of Whitebeard's divisions and takes action in the NW alongside them, and eventually becomes a Division Commander.
You can think they are relevant but they are not.
Jinbe doesnt usually fight mid-air and protects Luffy at the same time, it is not relevant to his PL.
As I said, you are picking irrelevant situations to make him look bad, on purpose.
There is nothing Oda can prove about that, that's a fact, it was a one-off circumstance which doesnt change Jinbe's PL.
And again, you are forgetting Moriah starting MF war while not being recovered from TB events plus defeat from Jinbe during MF...
We never saw Moriah at his best due to circumstances and you're scaling him based on it without realizing that he's stronger than it looks. Alabasta and MF Crocodile are one and the same, the only difference is that in MF he isnt facing the MC and doesnt have to lose.
Why not? Because he lost to MC? As if that ever represented someone's true worth lol... You see their true worth when they are not vs MC.
I just ask myself if Jinbe is such a big deal why haven't he got a muc higher bounty after WCI or even in FI said to need Luffy to protect FI after seeking Yonkou protection first.
Jinbe is a beast but do not make him some high level NW pirate. If he would be he wouldn't need all the stuff he has done so far.
And saying that Ace hasn't become stronger after his fight with Jinbe is such bullshit. It's like saying Luffy and Jinbe will have the same growth rate.
And funny saying Jinbe having all this awesome feats is just saying Sanji has to step up but no one doubts Zoro.
If we go by feats Jinbe >> Zoro as well but seriously... NO ONE should doubt that Zoro is or will be clearly above Jinbe soon
And I said it numerous of times. M3 isn't just about power but about a certain them they have.
And Jinbe no matter how you twist it isn't fitting. Franky would fit in more and we know how it turned out.
Because Morgans attributed it all to Luffy, what's he responsible for and what he isnt, a thing you should know.
Seeking protection for Fishman Island from a name that instills fear is perfectly logical since people fear a lot more someone who sits on top of Yonko organization than someone who isnt. Jinbe IS a high level NW pirate, you just dont understand power of organizations.
Why is it BS? What grew about Luffy vs Doflamingo or vs Cracker? Nothing. Nothing grew about Ace either.
Forget Zoro, he is irrelevant to Sanji's power level but somehow whenever you got no answers you grab onto Zoro...
If you read my thread about Zoro, you should notice that he is likely a top tier since the start of New World.
Sanji outshone Franky fair and square, received a power-up while Franky didnt. Still, Franky took out 2 CP9 agents, just like Luffy.
The entire crew will show it's worth in Wano, even if there are no 1vs1s but we should get a clear image what each of them are capable.