GB is considered a fraud by many because of his overly dramatic reaction to being suddenly targeted by Shanks all out haki (WAAAH!WAIT STOP!) by surprise and then surrendering with his arms up to defuse the situation after realizing he pissed off a fresh emperor accompanied by his crew.
..Yet Imu who had a literal panic attack like falling on his knees, shaking, screaming his lungs out and huffing heavily from feeling Joyboy haki from Marijoa that did not even directly target him is the God tier final villain?
You can even see "ドクン" "ドクン" sfx that on the bottom panel that indicate heavy heartbeat from the mental breakdown
For reminder Joyboy and Shanks haki were portrayed as relative, japanese text leaving it ambiguous whose haki is stronger :
https://x.com/sandman_AP/status/1825186138010579257
I do believe Joyboy's haki should be stronger, but the gap should logically not be that big as Dorry & Broggy were not confident in stating Joyboy's haki to be above.
The common excuse is that Imu did not expect to suddenly feel Joyboy's haki, that he wasn't mentally prepared and it triggered PTSDs of his nemesis that's why his reaction was so damn extreme, due to the initial shock and thus it says nothing about his strenght... which is a valid take I guess, I don't really have an argument against it.
But by this type of reasoning, Greenbull's reaction can likewise be explained by the facts that he's the most overdramatic admiral, that he got struck by surprise so no mental preparation either, and the prospect of having to fight a pissed off healthy emperor while already on his own trying to fight a recovering alliance that defeated 2 emperors inflated his panic as the situation was objectively unwinnable even for the strongest top tiers.
Maybe I'm just a biased admirals fan, but trying to look at it fairly I can't help but think it's another case of double standards, the same readers will actively look for excuse for Imu due to the belief he's the final villain while any attempt as explaining GB's behavior is brushed off as cope because the fandom memes collectively decided he was wifi diff material and thus context is irrelevant.
..Yet Imu who had a literal panic attack like falling on his knees, shaking, screaming his lungs out and huffing heavily from feeling Joyboy haki from Marijoa that did not even directly target him is the God tier final villain?
For reminder Joyboy and Shanks haki were portrayed as relative, japanese text leaving it ambiguous whose haki is stronger :
https://x.com/sandman_AP/status/1825186138010579257
I do believe Joyboy's haki should be stronger, but the gap should logically not be that big as Dorry & Broggy were not confident in stating Joyboy's haki to be above.
The common excuse is that Imu did not expect to suddenly feel Joyboy's haki, that he wasn't mentally prepared and it triggered PTSDs of his nemesis that's why his reaction was so damn extreme, due to the initial shock and thus it says nothing about his strenght... which is a valid take I guess, I don't really have an argument against it.
But by this type of reasoning, Greenbull's reaction can likewise be explained by the facts that he's the most overdramatic admiral, that he got struck by surprise so no mental preparation either, and the prospect of having to fight a pissed off healthy emperor while already on his own trying to fight a recovering alliance that defeated 2 emperors inflated his panic as the situation was objectively unwinnable even for the strongest top tiers.
Maybe I'm just a biased admirals fan, but trying to look at it fairly I can't help but think it's another case of double standards, the same readers will actively look for excuse for Imu due to the belief he's the final villain while any attempt as explaining GB's behavior is brushed off as cope because the fandom memes collectively decided he was wifi diff material and thus context is irrelevant.
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