Exactly my answer. There's a lot more to explore when it comes to yonkos. They just have more... individuality imo. Like, there's so much to explore about their past to for example Kaido's connection to being Joyboy and BM's past in Elbaf plus how she's a natural born monster. Like was she experimented upon as a baby considering her parents are normal? And this isn't even mentioning Shanks and BB plus their past, together and individually.
Character Discussion Admirals are more interesting than Yonkous??
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I like Blackbeard, he's very interesting. Big Mom had some dark triad moments that made me like her sooo much too. But I won't delude myself she's been messed up to oblivion and looks like a clown too many times. I never liked Kaido so he hasn't disappointed me with his poor performance.
I am an admiral Fanboy tbh.
I am an admiral Fanboy tbh.
It shoudn't be about his performance but about his importance in the story and what he tried to accomplish. Aren't you curious about why he chose Wano as his HQ (it wasn't random), about why he thought he could change the world?
Oda didn't handle him well but I think there is more than just his strength about him. I don't like Big Mom and her backstory for example but Kaido has my curiosity. It's subtle but you can see that he is much more than just a brute.
Oda didn't handle him well but I think there is more than just his strength about him. I don't like Big Mom and her backstory for example but Kaido has my curiosity. It's subtle but you can see that he is much more than just a brute.
are more interesting than the Yonkous
or not????
I mean, it’s all a very wildly subjective thing, what each person actually finds as interesting, blah blah. But I’d say in the whole I’m more interested in the Yonko. The most interesting Admiral by far to me is Kuzan, who isn’t actually a Admiral any more.
Kizaru’s the least interesting of the lot though. Pretty disposable character, cool as he is.
Kizaru’s the least interesting of the lot though. Pretty disposable character, cool as he is.
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The Yonko have ties to things a lot of people care about and their backstories give us a lot to work with
Kaido and Big Mom are tied to Xebec with Kaido having info on Joyboy, Shanks used to sail with Roger and may or may not know the true history + he’s tied to Mihawk, Blackbeard’s backstory alone could shake the community with more D info + finding out how he can consume 2 (or more) devil fruits.
The Admirals are just cool characters that happen to be strong. Aokiji could be interesting though
Kaido and Big Mom are tied to Xebec with Kaido having info on Joyboy, Shanks used to sail with Roger and may or may not know the true history + he’s tied to Mihawk, Blackbeard’s backstory alone could shake the community with more D info + finding out how he can consume 2 (or more) devil fruits.
The Admirals are just cool characters that happen to be strong. Aokiji could be interesting though
The only yonko's that are more interesting is shanks & BB because we are curious about their power especially BB other than that I'd say admirals are more interesting than kaido & BM because we having scene them go all out on screen ,
I'd say green bull also because his piers are a mystery
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I'd say green bull also because his piers are a mystery
They aren't.
Oda screwed it up with Big Mom and Kaido in terms of execution, but the emperors are conceptually stronger. First, because of their variety: a greedy witch capable of giving life, an ogre able tu transform into a dragon, the only man known so far to have eaten two devil fruits... On top if this, they aren't individuals but organizations, each of them thematically different; admirals lack this since they are tied to the Government both in terms of "crews" (Marine soldier with scarf and cap #356) and scenography (boring white bricks). Compare this to Big Mom, for example, who gave us a whole nation made of food and very distinctive subordinates in a fairy tale context.
Yonkos have this feeling of being bigger than admirals, too. We are in a piracy story, first and foremost, and one way or another the emperors have been more relevant than the admirals throughout the story; the latters, at the end of the day, are bound to be defeated as secondary villains (bar Akainu, hopefully). In fact, the moment the admiral breaks from his title or shows some kind of resistance to it (Kuzan and Fujitora), the moment he gains interest as a character because, otherwise, they're just very powerful soldiers.
Admirals lack the mightiness of emperor's too. Whitebeard was the strongest man in the world who died standing, Blackbeard is a D. and will likely inherit Xebec's will, Shanks is the main character's idol... The whole idea of being "great pirates" ruling empires is, in terms of romance, way more powerful than anything the admirals can achieve.
Oda stated his original idea was for One Piece to be about defeating the emperors, and you can tell. Maybe he didn't execute as good as he could (this applies beyond emperors and we will see how he treats admirals too), but it's obvious that the amount of work and creativity behind the Yonko completely surpasses the admirals; which is, in my opinion, what makes them more interesting: emperors feel like differentiated concepts and important actors in the world, while the admirals are an elevated CP9.
Oda screwed it up with Big Mom and Kaido in terms of execution, but the emperors are conceptually stronger. First, because of their variety: a greedy witch capable of giving life, an ogre able tu transform into a dragon, the only man known so far to have eaten two devil fruits... On top if this, they aren't individuals but organizations, each of them thematically different; admirals lack this since they are tied to the Government both in terms of "crews" (Marine soldier with scarf and cap #356) and scenography (boring white bricks). Compare this to Big Mom, for example, who gave us a whole nation made of food and very distinctive subordinates in a fairy tale context.
Yonkos have this feeling of being bigger than admirals, too. We are in a piracy story, first and foremost, and one way or another the emperors have been more relevant than the admirals throughout the story; the latters, at the end of the day, are bound to be defeated as secondary villains (bar Akainu, hopefully). In fact, the moment the admiral breaks from his title or shows some kind of resistance to it (Kuzan and Fujitora), the moment he gains interest as a character because, otherwise, they're just very powerful soldiers.
Admirals lack the mightiness of emperor's too. Whitebeard was the strongest man in the world who died standing, Blackbeard is a D. and will likely inherit Xebec's will, Shanks is the main character's idol... The whole idea of being "great pirates" ruling empires is, in terms of romance, way more powerful than anything the admirals can achieve.
Oda stated his original idea was for One Piece to be about defeating the emperors, and you can tell. Maybe he didn't execute as good as he could (this applies beyond emperors and we will see how he treats admirals too), but it's obvious that the amount of work and creativity behind the Yonko completely surpasses the admirals; which is, in my opinion, what makes them more interesting: emperors feel like differentiated concepts and important actors in the world, while the admirals are an elevated CP9.
