Holy Knight Harald is one of the strongest characters in the series and in his own tier alongside DR Xebec. These two characters are above the likes of even Roger or Newgate, so the notion that Loki who is still growing is outright stronger than him is not a very sensible take imo. Hence why Oda ultimately had Harald drop his guard in order for Loki to kill him. Moreover, we know for a fact that Shanks defeated Loki 6 years ago. Are we going to now elevate Shanks to Imu level coz he beat Loki?
So even whilst acknowledging that Loki is very strong. a degree of common sense has to come into play at some point.
I'm not conviced Loki is strong as some on here are trying to make him out to be coz it just doesn't make a lot of sense logically or narratively. If this was Teach (candidate for EoS anatgonist) we are talking about then fair enuff but Loki is going to be Nika's ally or a nakama at best. Went on a tangent there but strength wise, I will be shocked if he outperforms Luffy this arc and if he's below Luffy then he is not out of reach for Zoro and Sanji imo.
I do think there's a possibity that where he stands in relation to Zoro and Sanji could be ambigious Post-Elbaf but wouldn't really be the first time something like that has happened. We had a simialr situation when Robin first joined for instance plus we could potentially get a Jinbe type situation where Loki goes on his own litte adventure (for instance to revive Gallela) and then joins the SHs at a later point.
With regards to size, that problem could be very easily solved with a special ability of either Loki's DF or Ragnir's or the SHs building a much bigger ship.
Already mentioned this somewhere prior but with the revelation of what happened in Aurust castle 14 years ago, Hadrujin's justification for keeping Loki tied up has gone up in smoke so all that is left is for Loki to acknowledge Luffy as a man worthy to follow. He already has the offer and only thing that stopped Luffy from insisting was Hadrujin's justification.
Don't think Loki is going to remain on Elbaf or rule alongside Hadrujin. At this point, Hadrujin being anything even remotely close to King whislt Loki is on Elbaf is a pipe dream. Mans best bet is advisor lol
It's not only about his fight with Harald in the castle. Everything about him just oozes high top tier energy.
He's an ancient giant with ACoC, possibly Future Sight, the Sauron eyes, a hammer with a Mythical Zoan, his own Mythical Zoan, and he survived a fall similar to Kaido's when he was just a baby.
Even if we ignore what he did against Harald in the castle, we can't ignore the fact that Oda has been giving him a ton of hype ever since his introduction. I don't see him being below someone like Kaido or Big Mom, honestly.
Also, we have no idea how his fight with Shanks went. People still think Kaido defeated Oden fairly when us readers know that's a complete lie. We need to actually SEE the fight before we can say Shanks defeated him and Ragnir fairly.
I don't know what powers would allow him or the ship to change sizes. Doesn't seem like Ragnir can do it, and I don't think the Fenrir or Nidhoggr fruits will let him do that either. And building such a huge ship just for one man seems a little crazy to me.