I'm gonna start off this thread by dropping all agenda posturing and saying this outright to set the tone of the thread because it's important to show why I have been frustrated by a lot of Egghead:
Kaido is stronger than the admirals
We saw an extended battle with Kaido on Onigashima against a large number of characters and saw everything he could do. For a lot of the series, Oda liked to have off-screening and caveats so that he could hide what battles of the very strongest looked like.
Now that we've gotten past Wano, there is no purpose to this type of writing anymore since we have a defined sense of how a battle between top tiers looks.
With this in mind, let's take a look at how Oda has shown the admirals so far:
Greenbull and Fujitora -> nerfed in Mariejois
Kuzan -> conflicted fighting a mentor that he loves, not showing abilities on par with what Punk Hazard implies he can do
Kizaru -> troll game of tag with Gear 5, conflicted because of Vegapunk
My frustration is hitting a boiling point because my biggest interest in this arc by far was seeing Kizaru's full bag.
And I feel like I started to see that when he pulled out the light clones.
But I personally (and not everyone believes this I know) am starting to get the sense that this arc might just end with an escape/some other group interferes. Meaning that we do not get closure over whether we saw everything Kizaru could do.
Oda.
WE ALREADY SAW KAIDO AND BIG MOM FIGHT.
PLEASE JUST SHOW ME EVERYTHING THE ADMIRALS CAN DO. I DONT CARE ANYMORE BRUH
Kaido is stronger than the admirals
We saw an extended battle with Kaido on Onigashima against a large number of characters and saw everything he could do. For a lot of the series, Oda liked to have off-screening and caveats so that he could hide what battles of the very strongest looked like.
Now that we've gotten past Wano, there is no purpose to this type of writing anymore since we have a defined sense of how a battle between top tiers looks.
With this in mind, let's take a look at how Oda has shown the admirals so far:
Greenbull and Fujitora -> nerfed in Mariejois
Kuzan -> conflicted fighting a mentor that he loves, not showing abilities on par with what Punk Hazard implies he can do
Kizaru -> troll game of tag with Gear 5, conflicted because of Vegapunk
My frustration is hitting a boiling point because my biggest interest in this arc by far was seeing Kizaru's full bag.
And I feel like I started to see that when he pulled out the light clones.
But I personally (and not everyone believes this I know) am starting to get the sense that this arc might just end with an escape/some other group interferes. Meaning that we do not get closure over whether we saw everything Kizaru could do.
Oda.
WE ALREADY SAW KAIDO AND BIG MOM FIGHT.
PLEASE JUST SHOW ME EVERYTHING THE ADMIRALS CAN DO. I DONT CARE ANYMORE BRUH