I feel like we’re past the point where CoC is a special or unique power that only a select few will have.
Egghead showcased the gorosei, 5 characters who are subordinates of Imu, all which seem to have CoC.
Oda also revealed the existence of the Rocks pirates during Reverie and Wano. The rocks pirates consisted of at least 3 confirmed CoC users(WB, BM, and Kaido), with others such as Xebec himself, Shiki, and Gloriosa having a high likelihood of being CoC users.
These two examples show that the strongest crews in OP can have 5+ CoC users amongst them.
All of this suggests to me that from here to the EoS, we’re going to be seeing a lot more characters show up with CoC and ACoC, a lot more characters will unlock these abilities, and by EoS, only characters on the weaker end of the spectrum will lack them.
If I were to guess how the powercreep will go, by elbaf, I think these characters will show CoC or ACoC:
By the final war, CoC and ACoC will be so normalized that even the most irrelevant characters absolutely fodder to Luffy or Zoro might have it. Guys who will show it:
Ultimately rather than ACoC or basic CoC in of themselves being rare or powerful feats, I think you have special ACoC feats that will be more accurate benchmarks for what characters are “strong” or not.
Specifically, I think these benchmarks will be:
Non sky split ACoC is likely next on the chopping board. We saw how Luffy got destroyed by Kaido before becoming a sky splitter. Once Zoro becomes a sky splitter, non sky split CoC will be relegated to weaker less relevant fighters. Killer and Sanji type deal.
Ultimately you may not like it, but this is how shonens tend to work and it’s the direction one piece is moving in.
Egghead showcased the gorosei, 5 characters who are subordinates of Imu, all which seem to have CoC.
Oda also revealed the existence of the Rocks pirates during Reverie and Wano. The rocks pirates consisted of at least 3 confirmed CoC users(WB, BM, and Kaido), with others such as Xebec himself, Shiki, and Gloriosa having a high likelihood of being CoC users.
These two examples show that the strongest crews in OP can have 5+ CoC users amongst them.
All of this suggests to me that from here to the EoS, we’re going to be seeing a lot more characters show up with CoC and ACoC, a lot more characters will unlock these abilities, and by EoS, only characters on the weaker end of the spectrum will lack them.
If I were to guess how the powercreep will go, by elbaf, I think these characters will show CoC or ACoC:
- Kid
- Law
- Killer
- Smoker
- Sanji
- Bonney
- Koby
- Teach
- Shiryu
- Kuzan
- Elbaf royalty
- Usop
- Beckman
By the final war, CoC and ACoC will be so normalized that even the most irrelevant characters absolutely fodder to Luffy or Zoro might have it. Guys who will show it:
- Imu
- Kong
- Akainu
- Garling
- Other holy knights
- Dragon
- Mihawk
- Sabo
- Jinbe
- Nami
- Brook
- Cavendish
- Bartolommeo
- Enel
- Hancock(ACoC)
- Bege
- Urouge
- Grus
- Tashigi
- Etc.
Ultimately rather than ACoC or basic CoC in of themselves being rare or powerful feats, I think you have special ACoC feats that will be more accurate benchmarks for what characters are “strong” or not.
Specifically, I think these benchmarks will be:
- Sky splitting
- Observation haki killing
- Doing permanent damage on an immortal
- Telepathy
- Summoning(what Saturn did)
Non sky split ACoC is likely next on the chopping board. We saw how Luffy got destroyed by Kaido before becoming a sky splitter. Once Zoro becomes a sky splitter, non sky split CoC will be relegated to weaker less relevant fighters. Killer and Sanji type deal.
Ultimately you may not like it, but this is how shonens tend to work and it’s the direction one piece is moving in.
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