Chapter Discussion Did Chapter 970 ruin your opinion on Kaido?

Did it hurt Kaido's image?

  • Yes

    Votes: 24 28.2%
  • No

    Votes: 61 71.8%

  • Total voters
    85
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MD Zolo

#62
Neither Kuri nor Kaido, 20 years ago, were hyped by gen population as WSC, unless u can find a quote that I don't know of. Fodder subordinate opinions don't matter.
And unless you find a way to prove Kaido IS WSC and not something people say, it doesn't matter. See how I can do it too?!!

The point remains. Now, I have the Arsenal to poke at Kaido. If that is not dehyping Kaido, then what is?

And the fodder subordinates are still closer to the battlefield than regular people. They have (even if not very significant) better understanding of strength than regular people.
 
#63
And unless you find a way to prove Kaido IS WSC and not something people say, it doesn't matter. See how I can do it too?!!

The point remains. Now, I have the Arsenal to poke at Kaido. If that is not dehyping Kaido, then what is?

And the fodder subordinates are still closer to the battlefield than regular people. They have (even if not very significant) better understanding of strength than regular people.
Sure, u can do that.

I base my opinion on what Oda is narrating.
U can base it on whatever.
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What´s teh difference between "people say" and what his subordinates say?
Subordinates thought Krieg as something special. They hype their own.

Gen population includes well informed people who work for marines & WG.
 
M

MD Zolo

#64
Sure, u can do that.

I base my opinion on what Oda is narrating.
U can base it on whatever.
And I got it out of my ass?!!! We are both reading the same thing and both decided to take different meanings to it.

For now, both of our views are mere conjecture. But I am not trying to prove Kaido is weak. I am trying to prove that Kaido is not the strongest and I have. You on the other hand is trying to prove Kaido as the strongest.
 
#65
Sure, u can do that.

I base my opinion on what Oda is narrating.
U can base it on whatever.
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Subordinates thought Krieg as something special. They hype their own.

Gen population includes well informed people who work for marines & WG.
What does Krieg and his subordinates have to do with a Yonkou crew who literally know everything of the world except the last few islands? And why would the subordinates talk about being surprised Kaidou not being invincible if they did not actually believe it, especially since there was no reason to hype him there in the moment?

And what makes you think Marines and WG people hyped Kaidou instead of the people who think Luffy is a 8m tall villain?
Arguments are getting thinner.
 
#66
What does Krieg and his subordinates have to do with a Yonkou crew who literally know everything of the world except the last few islands? And why would the subordinates talk about being surprised Kaidou not being invincible if they did not actually believe it, especially since there was no reason to hype him there in the moment?

And what makes you think Marines and WG people hyped Kaidou instead of the people who think Luffy is a 8m tall villain?
Arguments are getting thinner.
I assume the dude who yelled invincible was low iq. I don't believe their opinions matter.

Officers opinions, yes, footsoldier opinions, no They're just as delusional as Krieg's men.
 
#67
I assume the dude who yelled invincible was low iq. I don't believe their opinions matter.

Officers opinions, yes, footsoldier opinions, no They're just as delusional as Krieg's men.
Why would you assume that? And why would you assume the people from "people say" are not low IQ?

And why are their opinion automatically less valuable than the people we do not know who claimed Kaidou is strongest and invincible?

Kind of weird that the subordinates thought Kaidou is invincible 20 years ago were wrong, but the people who apparently call him that and the strongest 20 years later are automatically right, people who we know nothing of who they are.
 
#68
I can't get lose of the feeling, that Oda again did just everything in order to not reveal any of Kaido's major abilities. I'm with @HeroesNZ on this one.
The narrative was again far more relevant than powerlvls, which is not a bad thing and actually should be this way, but let's not act like it isn't this way.
Similar thing happened to Jack.
Thing is Kaido has, by a mile, the stat wise strongest Zoan df. It's to a point where I'm asking myself what Oda was even thinking when he created this one, granted that base Kaido already one shots other high and top tiers. Ancient zoans are already extremely powerful, but his fruit is off the charts. It's a real possibility that he in his awakened hybrid mode, can low/low mid diff his own base. It's not some Jabra, wolf df kinda thing. It's a sub tiers skipping power up, people really seem to forget that.

With that said: Him getting wounded in dragon form and then this hostage distraction one shot is faaar to convenient for me. Oda kept it as short as possible and w/o revealing anything unnecessary. We can't even say for sure it Oden used adv. CoA, cause all the attack preparation scenes where skipped. It's so obvious, what Oda does here.
I'm glad that Oden could do it w/o that last resort "Enma sucking all of his haki out" - thing, that many speculated on and all this definitely put a number on Kaido's invincibility hype. I like it this way, this makes him atleast realistically beatable. And I now think that his df power is a big chunk of his overall power aswell. So in some way it, yes, somewhat dehyped Kaido for me, in particular base Kaido. Earlier or later his durability had to be exposed tho.

He still has his WSC title, his 1on1 hype and his real powerful df abilities in the recent story tho, that's why I still think he's probably nearly unbeatable all out. And pulling out those still hidden abilities, will probably be the twist during the war, after Luffy hammered his base.
 
#69
Why would you assume that? And why would you assume the people from "people say" are not low IQ?

And why are their opinion automatically less valuable than the people we do not know who claimed Kaidou is strongest and invincible?

Kind of weird that the subordinates thought Kaidou is invincible 20 years ago were wrong, but the people who apparently call him that and the strongest 20 years later are automatically right, people who we know nothing of who they are.
From what I understand from this manga WB dominated seas 20 years ago, he was the one 99% people considered to be INVINCIBLE.

I simply point out the dude who thought Kaido was invincible back then might be a low iq retard. It's actually realistic for them to think that way if they never witnessed the strength of old gen.
 
#70
From what I understand from this manga WB dominated seas 20 years ago, he was the one 99% people considered to be INVINCIBLE.

I simply point out the dude who thought Kaido was invincible back then might be a low iq retard. It's actually realistic for them to think that way if they never witnessed the strength of old gen.
The words invincible and WB were not uttered in the same sentence as far as i know. He was called the strongest, and not just "people say", he was introduced as such and also called that by his peers as well, or synonyms of it.

Yeah like i said, why make the distinction between them and people we do not know of. As far as we know, the people are the same people who spread wrong rumors of Luffy.
You are pretending his subordinates are automatically low IQ, but the people who say it now are wonderfully informed about everything.
 
#74
it totally rruined it for me. WSC shouldn't resort to that to win, hostages, a hit from the back, etc.

it ruined it more especially because Kaidou has such a hulking and badass design i really like. A man of such cowardice and cheapshots doesn't deserve such title and design.

so i guess Admirals, other Yonkou, Mihawk, or the next WSM should also prepare for the next batches of humiliation by Oda because even WSC is no exception.

No durability against a fish, postponing matches, getting dodged by G2 Luffy despita not holding back, getting wounded by a picture, we should wait for meaner versions of those. Maybe except Mihawk and Zoro, since Oda favors japanese and makes them look badass all the time.
My dude. It was 20 years ago. He didn't even have the title back then
 
#75
Kaido got stronger. But it was not a part of his current hype which was given when he was introduced. The hype that he was invincible was also stated in Ch. 970.

Meaning people already thought of him as invincible 20 years ago, but Oden proved otherwise.

Is Kaido strong? Yes. Is Kaido stronger now than 20 years ago? Yes. But is the people hearsay true? Not likely. People hearsay wasn't true 20 years ago and Kaido will have to prove that it is true now.

Has Kaido proven that? No. He didn't beat Shanks or Big Mom. He didn't beat WB. He clashed equally with a nerfed BM. He one-shotted Luffy and easily defeated Kid/Killer. That's his portrayal and feat. The introduction panel is just empty words and it can no longer be used to put Kaido in a pedestal.

Kaido will prove to be a very strong antagonist. But that just it. The original question was basically: Did Ch. 970 dehyped Kaido? Answer is: Yes. It proved that Kaido wasn't invincible before and it proved that hype surrounding Kaido existed 20 years ago and it didn't mean anything. So, current hype needs to be taken at face value.
I get what you're saying and you're making sense, but whether Kaido was de-hyped all depends on what your view regarding the situation was.

My view was one of Kaido is damn near invulnerable to attacks by those who lack the super-advanced CoA Luffy just learned. But if you possess this ability to destroy things from the inside, I don't see how anything except one's own haki could defend against that. So personally, I was always of the thought that anyone possessing the advanced Haki is capable of harming any non-haki based defense, such as dragon scales or Big Mom.

So seeing Kaido get cut by an advanced CoA user while using no visible Haki defense came as no surprise to me, if anything it just confirmed my theory. I'm interested in seeing Kaido's defense when he is using Haki. But if you thought Kaido was still invincible to even the advanced Haki technique then of course this would de-hype him to you. It all depends on your view.
 

HA001

World's Strongest Swordsman
#76
I get what you're saying and you're making sense, but whether Kaido was de-hyped all depends on what your view regarding the situation was.

My view was one of Kaido is damn near invulnerable to attacks by those who lack the super-advanced CoA Luffy just learned. But if you possess this ability to destroy things from the inside, I don't see how anything except one's own haki could defend against that. So personally, I was always of the thought that anyone possessing the advanced Haki is capable of harming any non-haki based defense, such as dragon scales or Big Mom.

So seeing Kaido get cut by an advanced CoA user while using no visible Haki defense came as no surprise to me, if anything it just confirmed my theory. I'm interested in seeing Kaido's defense when he is using Haki. But if you thought Kaido was still invincible to even the advanced Haki technique then of course this would de-hype him to you. It all depends on your view.
Oden didnt use the penetration haki. He didnt bypass kaidos durability he cut through it.
 
#77
Not at all
I thought oden was a top tier at the very least comparable to rayleigh back then so it doesn't surprise me at all that kaido was hurt him

Plus this was kaido 20 years ago and he was in his full zoan form to then oneshot oden in base. While yes his gaurd wasn't up it was still a onehit from base kaido

It doesn't make kaido look bad at all imo
 

Finalbeta

Zoro Worshipper
#78
Kaido is still a monster. It will take the best blows of awakened G4 Luffy + Asura Zoro to put him down probably.

With both have a better mastery of advanced haki.
 
#79
Kaido is still a monster. It will take the best blows of awakened G4 Luffy + Asura Zoro to put him down probably.

With both have a better mastery of advanced haki.
Nah, Zoro gets one-shot and Asura doesn't exist. Luffy will be one to defeat him only and majorly with Kidd and Law in the end.
 
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