still dont think its the same thing
cause luffy likely wont be called an emperor till he beats kaido
you also had the fact the marco and remnant of wb pirates were slated as people that could stop bb alongside the yonkos
bb would be considered unofficially an emperor before the war
(where luffy is rn)
but was acknowledged as one right after the bout with marco and wb pirates
not the case with luffy and katakuri.
the newspaper simply listed him as a 1bil pirate .
beckman who is likely stronger than katakuri didnt have to face bb or luffy ...
the argument of katakuri being the special yc1 because he faced luffy is lost on me.
his coo is great tho