Oda has a power ranking pattern for EVERY MAJOR VILLAIN GROUP in the series.
Arlong can beat his whole crew alone. Crocodile can beat all of Baroque works alone. Enel can beat all of the priests. Lucci can beat all of CP-9. Moriah can beat all his crew. Doffy can beat all his crew. Big mom can beat all her crew. Kaido can beat all his crew.
This is the pattern from the start of the series to now. And the reason Oda does this is because he wants to make sure to tell the audience that Luffy winning matters more than EVERYONE ELSE winning.
As in the alliance beating the entire Beast pirates in Wano is cool, but if Luffy lost, that’s the end. Luffy losing to Kaido means that everything else the alliance did is a waste of time. Because Kaido is single-handedly more of a threat than his whole crew.
This is the pattern of the entire series and now we have arrived at the final boss. And the pattern will NOT change.
Imu will be stronger than THE ENTIRE WORLD GOVERNMENT COMBINED.
I mean the WHOLE Government. The Gorosei. The Holy knight. CP-0. The Fleet Admiral. Kong. Garp. Sengoku. The Admirals. The VAs. All of them, together, will all be weaker than Imu.
This isn’t even technically power creep since it’s just the same pattern as from the start of the series.
Again, the reason is the same. It’s so that Luffy can single-handedly outshine all his allies and crew. Luffy is the savior. What he does MUST outscale what everyone else does, COMBINED.
Arlong can beat his whole crew alone. Crocodile can beat all of Baroque works alone. Enel can beat all of the priests. Lucci can beat all of CP-9. Moriah can beat all his crew. Doffy can beat all his crew. Big mom can beat all her crew. Kaido can beat all his crew.
This is the pattern from the start of the series to now. And the reason Oda does this is because he wants to make sure to tell the audience that Luffy winning matters more than EVERYONE ELSE winning.
As in the alliance beating the entire Beast pirates in Wano is cool, but if Luffy lost, that’s the end. Luffy losing to Kaido means that everything else the alliance did is a waste of time. Because Kaido is single-handedly more of a threat than his whole crew.
This is the pattern of the entire series and now we have arrived at the final boss. And the pattern will NOT change.
Imu will be stronger than THE ENTIRE WORLD GOVERNMENT COMBINED.
I mean the WHOLE Government. The Gorosei. The Holy knight. CP-0. The Fleet Admiral. Kong. Garp. Sengoku. The Admirals. The VAs. All of them, together, will all be weaker than Imu.
This isn’t even technically power creep since it’s just the same pattern as from the start of the series.
Again, the reason is the same. It’s so that Luffy can single-handedly outshine all his allies and crew. Luffy is the savior. What he does MUST outscale what everyone else does, COMBINED.