Luffy, Law, and Kid are rivals too
Luffy and Kid even got a panel similar to Roger and Rocks.
Rivals doesn’t mean equals. This was Rocks’s era. Whitebeard, who was stated to be Roger’s equal, was a subordinate of Rocks.
There’s tbh no reason to think DR Rocks had a haki buff. Haki can be measured by CoO users. Literally nobody around Rocks stated his haki magically got stronger. All we know that Imu can grant is physical strength and regeneration.
Rocks had no DF and was still superior to Whitebeard. His haki being that strong is reasonable.
Luffy and Kid even got a panel similar to Roger and Rocks.
Rivals doesn’t mean equals. This was Rocks’s era. Whitebeard, who was stated to be Roger’s equal, was a subordinate of Rocks.
There’s tbh no reason to think DR Rocks had a haki buff. Haki can be measured by CoO users. Literally nobody around Rocks stated his haki magically got stronger. All we know that Imu can grant is physical strength and regeneration.
Rocks had no DF and was still superior to Whitebeard. His haki being that strong is reasonable.
It's like Luffy, Shanks and Blackbeard, because they lead this era. Rocks, Garp, Roger led that era.
