Prime Gaban was portrayed equal to 24 years old Shanks. Prime Gaban is not yonko level.
Firstly, Deep Sea Contract Harald is canonically superior to DR Xebec pushed the duo of Garp and Roger to extreme diff. So a bad performance against him isnโt even that bad.
Secondly, that wasnโt prime Gaban. Gaban was already starting to get white hair which is Odaโs way of telling us characters are exiting their prime.
Thirdly, you have to be an absolute illiterate mongrel to come to the conclusion that two characters who fight together are equals. Gaban was literally teaching Shanks and giving him Haki PhD lessons in the fight while Shanks was baffled on what to do. That version of Gaban was portrayed superior and more experienced to 24 year old Shanks. So this is insane cope.
Fourthly, this version of Shanks was hella powerful too. It was the version that was having his โlegendaryโ duels with Mihawk.
Fifthly, Gaban is right behind Rayleigh just like EoS Sanji will be right behind EoS Zoro and this dynamic is set in canon by Oda no matter how much mental gymnastics you do to deny a blatant manga fact.
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You're mentally stuck in 4th grade.
Thatโs the level any normal human being has to stoop down to so they can have a proper conversation with a worthless debater like you
