I am seeing a lot of arguments where people use Croc vs Luffy fight to justify Kaido beating Luffy three times even though both are completely different.
First time Luffy gets defeated by Croc, he was sent into a sand trap but Robin who wasn't a crew member at the time, thus Oda needing to set up the justification of her eventually joining the crew, had her save Luffy. Whereas the first time Luffy got defeated by Kaido, we had the enemy helping Luffy train.
The second time Luffy gets defeated by Croc, it was actually smart writing by Oda because the move Croc used to defeat Luffy was nullified because of the water that Luffy shot in the air. But the second time Luffy got defeated by Kaido was when Luffy ran out of Haki and Oda off screened it LMFAO because Oda had absolutely no idea how to resolve that plot point.
Third time Luffy got defeated was also off screened and Law's crew was just coincidently waiting for someone to fall from the sky.
Hence why both situations are completely different and people need to stop using that argument. Croc situation was handled correctly whereas the Kaido situation was handled terribly and lazily.
First time Luffy gets defeated by Croc, he was sent into a sand trap but Robin who wasn't a crew member at the time, thus Oda needing to set up the justification of her eventually joining the crew, had her save Luffy. Whereas the first time Luffy got defeated by Kaido, we had the enemy helping Luffy train.
The second time Luffy gets defeated by Croc, it was actually smart writing by Oda because the move Croc used to defeat Luffy was nullified because of the water that Luffy shot in the air. But the second time Luffy got defeated by Kaido was when Luffy ran out of Haki and Oda off screened it LMFAO because Oda had absolutely no idea how to resolve that plot point.
Third time Luffy got defeated was also off screened and Law's crew was just coincidently waiting for someone to fall from the sky.
Hence why both situations are completely different and people need to stop using that argument. Croc situation was handled correctly whereas the Kaido situation was handled terribly and lazily.