Future Events Can Luffy become pirate king without being Top 1 in the verse?

HA001

World's Strongest Swordsman
#47
difference between top tiers are so marginal
in clashes
you shouldnt see such a difference in skill and power
where oden was literally shitting himself at the sight of roger and wb haki.
if you think top tiers one shot other top tiers
some of the top tiers in your list arent top tiers am afraid.
Oden was literally going to kill kaido in 2 attacks lmfao is kaido not a top tier ?
roger being near the top of the scale and oden being near the botttom of top tierdoesnt mean oden aint a top tier
 
#48
Oden was comparable to Roger, WB, Rayleigh. That was the purpose of the flashback wank fest...
"If I cant beat Kaido, no one else will be able to either in a long time."
comparable lmao
you literally saw the difference in power between the two when roger swiped him away.
roger had died when he made this statement.

rayleigh is based on story portrayal and how strong he is even at old age
and wb was on par with roger. honestly looks like that statement made by oden in context of the people in wano because he didnt want to have to ask his former crewmates for help. putting his hopes in toki's prophecy to come true. at that time
kaido is getting washed by wb.
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Oden was literally going to kill kaido in 2 attacks lmfao is kaido not a top tier ?
roger being near the top of the scale and oden being near the botttom of top tierdoesnt mean oden aint a top tier
lmao going to kill
or going to hit kaido again
two different things ha001
 
#49
comparable lmao
you literally saw the difference in power between the two when roger swiped him away.
roger had died when he made this statement.

rayleigh is based on story portrayal and how strong he is even at old age
and wb was on par with roger. honestly looks like that statement made by oden in context of the people in wano because he didnt want to have to ask his former crewmates for help. putting his hopes in toki's prophecy to come true. at that time
kaido is getting washed by wb.
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lmao going to kill
or going to hit kaido again
two different things ha001
Oden got "several times stronger" since when he left Wano.

If Roger and Whitebeard were that strong, Oden wouldn't be the only one to have ever scared Kaido. Roger/WB couldn't do it when he was a teenager.

 

nik87

Kitetsu Wanker
#50
you literally saw the difference in power between the two when roger swiped him away.
We didnt see anything. Oden came sprinting back instantly after eating a flying slash with barely an injury...
Would Roger be in the same condition if he ate flying slash from Oden?
roger had died when he made this statement.
Whitebeard, who was Roger's equal, wasnt dead.
 
#51
We didnt see anything. Oden came sprinting back instantly after eating a flying slash with barely an injury...
Would Roger be in the same condition if he ate flying slash from Oden?

Whitebeard, who was Roger's equal, wasnt dead.
oden blocked the attack and still got bodied
then proceeded to stand by in amazement while roger went on to someone more his speed.
you wouldnt see someone comparable to roger portrayed in such manner.

Whitebeard, who was Roger's equal, wasnt dead
so you believe kaido 20 yrs ago was already the strongest in the verse?
lmao
to avoid this line of thought
oda literally had to come up with the bullshit that wb and his crew never knew oden died or what happened in wano cause if they did , he would be done in. you value titles yeah? I think so .
at this timeframe we are talking about
wb was the strongest in the verse
stated again by another one of roger's rivals shiki.


if not this is where I will end. dont care too much to go on and on about this , plus its off topic.
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Oden got "several times stronger" since when he left Wano.

If Roger and Whitebeard were that strong, Oden wouldn't be the only one to have ever scared Kaido. Roger/WB couldn't do it when he was a teenager.

oden is stronger than garp too I bet
shanks too
and bigmom who had a skirmish with him
kinemon and oden are stronger cause they actually damaged him.what a joke, you can get defeated and not get scarred(luffy only retained a scar from akainu btw). oden scarred kaido, doesnt mean the only person to damage him cause he lost 7 times. 7 people might have handed him a good ass whooping. roger and wb considered could be one of those.
 
#52
oden blocked the attack and still got bodied
then proceeded to stand by in amazement while roger went on to someone more his speed.
you wouldnt see someone comparable to roger portrayed in such manner.

Whitebeard, who was Roger's equal, wasnt dead
so you believe kaido 20 yrs ago was already the strongest in the verse?
lmao
to avoid this line of thought
oda literally had to come up with the bullshit that wb and his crew never knew oden died or what happened in wano cause if they did , he would be done in. you value titles yeah? I think so .
at this timeframe we are talking about
wb was the strongest in the verse
stated again by another one of roger's rivals shiki.


if not this is where I will end. dont care too much to go on and on about this , plus its off topic.
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oden is stronger than garp too I bet
shanks too
and bigmom who had a skirmish with him
kinemon and oden are stronger cause they actually damaged him.what a joke, you can get defeated and not get scarred(luffy only retained a scar from akainu btw). oden scarred kaido, doesnt mean the only person to damage him cause he lost 7 times. 7 people might have handed him a good ass whooping. roger and wb considered could be one of those.
What "defeat"? Oden was about to send Kaido's ass to the afterlife. The legend is no one can kill Kaido, and Oden was to about to do it.

And Kinemon never left a scar on Kaido. That's not what Hiyori is talking about. Oden SCARRED him. Not "made him bleed slightly". Kaido was shitting his pants at the thought of Oden.
 

nik87

Kitetsu Wanker
#53
oden blocked the attack and still got bodied
then proceeded to stand by in amazement while roger went on to someone more his speed.
you wouldnt see someone comparable to roger portrayed in such manner.

Whitebeard, who was Roger's equal, wasnt dead
so you believe kaido 20 yrs ago was already the strongest in the verse?
lmao
to avoid this line of thought
oda literally had to come up with the bullshit that wb and his crew never knew oden died or what happened in wano cause if they did , he would be done in. you value titles yeah? I think so .
at this timeframe we are talking about
wb was the strongest in the verse
stated again by another one of roger's rivals shiki.


if not this is where I will end. dont care too much to go on and on about this , plus its off topic.
He was barely affected... At worst he was surprised by the attack, it looked like he never saw a flying slash before, judging by his reaction.
My point is that we didnt see much, Roger was the only one who did something in that scene, Oden didnt do anything.
There is no real comparison between them while we previously saw Oden clashing with Whitebeard.

Oden at his best is the one who fought Kaido and even earlier Oden was comparable to WB and Roger.
That's not what I believe, that's what manga has said. Why is it a surprise that Kaido from 20 years ago was the strongest?
Yes, Whitebeard pirates would probably crush Beast Pirates 20 years ago and that has nothing to do with Kaido being stronger than WB.
The world of OP isnt happening in 1vs1 terms, the numbers are important, it has been bolded out in the manga several times.

Since Kaido is a younger generation than WB and Roger, we dont exactly know when he peaked or when he surpassed them but it is what it is, manga said that 20 years ago nobody would beat Kaido and that may apply to the entire WB pirates too since Wano is a natural fortress which favors Kaido's forces. Maybe it wasnt meant in 1vs1 terms but referring to overthrowing BPs in general which is not an easy task for outside forces due to natural defenses which Wano has. Shiki confirming WB as the strongest pirate not necessarily refers to 1vs1.
 
#54
Luffy won’t surpass the 4 Yonkos in power level before the end of the manga, but he will become Pirate King through story alone. Luffy all of a sudden having greater power than Kaido, Shanks, BM, Akainu or Blackbeard would be the biggest asspull garbage in manga history. He can still get his huge feats and moments but to surpass all of them and become #1 WITHOUT a major 10 year time skip to adult Luffy would piss me off and would make no sense. He couldn’t beat Cracker alone and he lost to Katakuri (yes he lost even though he won) and now without further training or another time skip he’s gonna be #1 after Wano and the Final War? Fuck that. I don’t mind him leveling up and reaching Raftel and becoming PK but Oda shouldn’t write Luffy to be at a level where he can defeat a Yonko 1v1 as it stands without Luffy growing up first.
 
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#55
Grandine review makes a case for Luffy not being top of the verse in strength at series end.

His main point is that Luffy's dream is to be "the freest man" who Luffy thinks is pirate king. And so Grandine has made a point to show that you can be free without being the strongest in the verse.

For example Luffy along with all of Dressrosa achieved freedom from Doffy without any single person being stronger than Doffy. In fact it was written into the themes of the story. Riku Dold is called a bad king by Doffy because his country was weak. Then the story says Doffy is wrong. Riku Dold was a good king because his country was free, DESPITE BEING WEAK.

It's literally written into the story that you can be Free while not being the strongest. At least in Dressrosa's case.

You can extrapolate this to WCI and Wano where Luffy is freer than Katakuri who is bound to his lies of being perfect and yet Katakuri is stronger than Luffy. So how come Katakuri's strength didn't give him Luffy's freedom? Then in Wano, the supremely powerful Oden, failed to give his country freedom despite almost assuredly being the strongest person in the country, even stronger than his enemies. And now Kaido is even stronger than before, and Kaido teamed up with Big mom, and then he has 30000 men, but Luffy will win. Luffy will win and attain freedom, while being weaker than Kaido.

So back to the question, Can luffy become pirate king without being top 1 in the verse?

A lot of people complain that Luffy no longer has clean wins and is no longer definitively proven to be stronger than the people he beats but you have to ask yourself, is that maybe not the Point? Is it possible that that's the point?

Like with Dressrosa, it was actually the point that strength doesn't just create freedom. So is Oda intentionally making Luffy's wins vague?

Let's try another argument.

Luffy has himself said that he needs strength to protect his loved ones. Both in Ennies Lobby and Marineford. So doesn't that mean he wants to be top 1 since that's the 100% guarantee of protecting said loved ones?

Well then how come Thriller bark exists? Thriller bark was about the value of crew mates. Moriah was obsessed with undead crew mates because he feels having living crew mates is a waste of time since they are weaker than you and ultimately can die faster than you. Moriah's philosophy is you shouldn't sail around with people weaker than that can die and leave you feeling regret over bringing along weaker people to dangerous places.

Luffy of course sees his crew as vital since they posses skills he doesn't have so it's fine if they are weaker than him as long as he can just protect them. But then Kuma showed up. And it got reversed. The crew protected luffy. And luffy DOES NOT KNOW TO THIS DAY.

Literally one arc, after luffy declares to Blueno that he's striving to get strong to protect his crew, he immediately fails at this when Kuma arrives and it's entirely reversed, the crew saves him. Not only do they carry as much resolve and will to protect him as much as he wants to protect them, one of them even manages to prove he can take the entire PHYSICAL burden of Luffy as well. And to this day, Luffy has no idea that this happened.

So this goes to show that at some point, luffy just has to trust that his crew is strong enough to handle itself. Like for instance Luffy can say he wants to be top 1 as you'd say Luffy was Top 1 in thriller bark after beating Moriah but then the world can throw a curveball like Kuma at you where Luffy being top 1 never mattered. Luffy was knocked out and his crew had to save him.

Once again we are back to a situation where seemingly, Luffy's goal to be stronger to protect his crew doesn't necessarily mean he has to be the strongest, he just has to be strong enough that the trust he puts in the strength of his crew can balance out the rest.

Luffy just had to be strong enough to beat Katakuri (not that he was stronger than Katakuri, he just had to be strong enough to win under the very unique conditions of the fight) and then trust his crew's strength to somehow evade Big mom and her entire fleet on their own. And it worked out. Luffy was just strong enough to win, and the trust in his crew's strength was enough for them to actually make it out.

In conclusion, as it stands, you can make arguments for Luffy being top 1 in the verse such as Roger parallels or Battle Shonen mechanics but they can also be argued against. What I think is very hard to argue against is themes. Like the themes of Dressrosa and Thriller bark and others that very easily put into question this notion that Luffy's dreams or goals or entire story progression is leading up to him being Top. 1 in the verse.

To answer the titular question, Luffy can be pirate king without being top 1, IF ODA WANTS THAT.

So you wonder whether that's appropiate? Is it appropiate for the story and character progression for this to be the outcome? Is it appropriate for Luffy's dreams of being the freest man to be Free despite not being the physical dominator of the verse? Is it appropriate for Luffy's goal to protect his crew that he makes sure he's the apex of all fighting power and trust in his crew's own strength comes second to him ascending to god tier?
Simple Answer: Yes and it is not an assumption, it is a fact.

Because to become a Pirate King all you have to do is go to Raftel, it has nothing to do with how strong you are though being respectably strong helps.
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And how exactly is he supposed to hold onto that title if he isn't the strongest in the verse? If you're dubbed the "King of the Pirates" and someone comes to challenge your right to be called that, and they beat you in a fight, then who is going to acknowledge you as such after you've lost? To be King of the Pirates means you stand at the pinnacle of the Pirate World. I don't know where people get the impression that you can be anything less than the Strongest and still be Pirate King.




What does individual strength have to do with becoming Pirate King?
If someone defeated Roger after he came back from Raftel, would they automatically become Pirate King without going to One Piece?

You understand in the lore of One Piece, title of PK is just a front, in reality it is just a means for reincarnation of Joy Boy to go to Raftel and learn the truth about void century right?

But even the generic definition of One Piece that the world of One Piece subscribes to, you have to go to Raftel and get Roger's treasure, not to be individually strongest.

If Luffy came back from Raftel and someone defeated him in 1v1 fight, they still won't become PK. Its not a Worlds strongest title lmao.
 
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Simple Answer: Yes and it is not an assumption, it is a fact.

Because to become a Pirate King all you have to do is go to Raftel, it has nothing to do with how strong you are though being respectably strong helps.
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What does individual strength have to do with becoming Pirate King?
If someone defeated Roger after he came back from Raftel, would they automatically become Pirate King without going to One Piece?

You understand in the lore of One Piece, title of PK is just a front, in reality it is just a means for reincarnation of Joy Boy to go to Raftel and learn the truth about void century right?

But even the generic definition of One Piece that the world of One Piece subscribes to, you have to go to Raftel and get Roger's treasure, not to be individually strongest.

If Luffy came back from Raftel and someone defeated him in 1v1 fight, they still won't become PK. Its not a Worlds strongest title lmao.
You're joking right? I know you know what it means to be king of something. Do you honestly think that just because Luffy finds the One Piece, that all the Pirates in the World will simply just bow down to him?

All the Top pirates in the World are aiming for the summit, and want to hold that title. They are not going to acknowledge someone they view as beneath them as the King of them all.

Luffy had the same exact mindset pre-skip that all he had to do to become Pirate King was to find One Piece, and that is all that it would take. Never once did he ever mention beating admirals and yonko's to achieve this. So do you really think it's a mere coincidence that after training with Rayleigh (The right hand of the Pirate King) that his mindset shifted to needing to be capable of defeating all these opponents?



If someone like Buggy accidentally found the One Piece, do you honestly see the likes of Kaido, Shanks, Mihawk, Big Mom, Blackbeard, Luffy, and the list goes on and on, acknowledging him as the Pirate King?

And then what after that? One Piece is found, and its purpose in the World will be fulfilled. So there will never be able to be another Pirate King as long as anyone lives because there isn't some treasure for everyone to race to find? The title disappears forever?

And to even further drive how nonsensical the argument is, was there some kind of World meeting held amongst everyone to decide that Roger finding the One Piece, would make him the Pirate King? You know, the treasure that nobody ever knew about. So people just got together and decided that one day someone would find some hypothetical treasure that may or may not exist, and when they do, that will be the day they announce a Pirate King?

And let me guess, all this stuff Oda has been throwing at us to showcase that in order to be the Pirate King, you have to stand at the pinnacle of the Pirate World is just fluff, right?

Kaido and Big Mom deciding they would find the One Piece together, and then fight each other to the death means nothing? In truth, if they reach Laugh Tale together, the one who touches the One Piece first is the REAL Pirate King.



 

nik87

Kitetsu Wanker
#58
Is it too wild if Luffy becomes PK without being even in top 5 at EoS?
While it may look silly, it is most likely going to happen.
Luffy being nr1 at EoS is wrong on so many levels.
 
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You're joking right? I know you know what it means to be king of something. Do you honestly think that just because Luffy finds the One Piece, that all the Pirates in the World will simply just bow down to him?

All the Top pirates in the World are aiming for the summit, and want to hold that title. They are not going to acknowledge someone they view as beneath them as the King of them all.

Luffy had the same exact mindset pre-skip that all he had to do to become Pirate King was to find One Piece, and that is all that it would take. Never once did he ever mention beating admirals and yonko's to achieve this. So do you really think it's a mere coincidence that after training with Rayleigh (The right hand of the Pirate King) that his mindset shifted to needing to be capable of defeating all these opponents?



If someone like Buggy accidentally found the One Piece, do you honestly see the likes of Kaido, Shanks, Mihawk, Big Mom, Blackbeard, Luffy, and the list goes on and on, acknowledging him as the Pirate King?

And then what after that? One Piece is found, and its purpose in the World will be fulfilled. So there will never be able to be another Pirate King as long as anyone lives because there isn't some treasure for everyone to race to find? The title disappears forever?

And to even further drive how nonsensical the argument is, was there some kind of World meeting held amongst everyone to decide that Roger finding the One Piece, would make him the Pirate King? You know, the treasure that nobody ever knew about. So people just got together and decided that one day someone would find some hypothetical treasure that may or may not exist, and when they do, that will be the day they announce a Pirate King?

And let me guess, all this stuff Oda has been throwing at us to showcase that in order to be the Pirate King, you have to stand at the pinnacle of the Pirate World is just fluff, right?

Kaido and Big Mom deciding they would find the One Piece together, and then fight each other to the death means nothing? In truth, if they reach Laugh Tale together, the one who touches the One Piece first is the REAL Pirate King.



You wrote this entire essay yet you started off with the wrong premise.

Do you even know what King of Pirates means to Luffy? How many times does Luffy himself have to reiterate he isn't trying to become King of anything, PK title is a statement of freedom for him.

And what about Roger? Did the whole world bow down to Roger when he became PK?

Luffy just wants to become PK and to become PK he just has to go to Raftel, that is literally it.

He never claimed he wants to be strong enough to maintain his reign has a PK because such reign doesn't exist.

Its not the same title as Emperor of the sea lmao, neither does a PK particularly needs territories though I guess Oda will end up giving Luffy Territories anyways.

All you need to do to become PK is make it to Raftel that is literally it.

Idk how you failed to understand something so fundamental in years of reading One Piece.

What kinda imaginary world are you imagining post Raftel?
Do you think entire world would become his territory? Does he become emperor of the whole world?

That's farthest from PK.

These are the set definitions of Pirate King given to us
-Roger become King of Pirates by journeying the whole Grand Line and reaching final Island Raftel
-Roger told the world they can become PK by getting his treasure
-Luffy wants to become Pirate King by making it to Raftel

Roger was not recognized as strongest man in the world in his entire life. Garp and WB are canonical rivals of his. Even Shiki, Sengoku and Rayleigh are more or less considered same level as him.


Like for real lmao, wtf do you think PK title is?
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And YES IF BUGGY LANDED IN RAFTEL, HE WOULD BECOME PK.

What is aacknowledgement of PK? Roger sneaked into Big Moms territory? What kinda acknowledgement do you think Big Mom gave her?
Do you think WB acknowledged him as his superior?

Lmaoo for real, this is ridiculous argument
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Luffy strongest in verse
Big gap
Zoro second strongest in verse

The only facts that matter EoS
No
Imu/Controller of Ancient Weapons/Sea Devil-Strongest in the verse

Luffy and Zoro - Co Second Strongest in the world

HUMONGOUS GAP

Blackbeard/Roger/WB
 
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