We all know he's coming back
Elbaf is Kid's arc where Oda will explore his character more and give him big wins.
This is his Arc as PH & DR were for Law's
Looking at Kid's path :
Kid and pre onigashima Luffy are quite similar :
- Awakened Kid becoming "wisdom king" but not Yonkou, and suffered overwhelming defeat later against a Yonko was his "5th emperor" moment where Luffy got the fame then oneshotted by Kaido for reality check.
- He and Law with their awakenings didn't KO BM with their attacks just like FS Luffy didn't KO Katakuri with his attack !
- He and Law both surpassed YCs & Warlords in fame, power and strength just like 5th emperor did but still not as strong as Top tiers
Wisdom King Kidd , 3B > 5th emperor Luffy , 1.5 B
Awakened Kidd > FS Luffy.
One with help could match a Yonko while fs Luffy with help wouldn't match or beat any top tier.
Current Kid's true bounty would still be 2B+ based on his feats and hype even if Oda didn't give him 3B.
Awakened Kid doesn't lack the power to beat/damage top tiers, what he lacks now are defensive abilties to dodge and defend better, and also an ability to counter fs and hax abilities.
Also Kidd fights stronger people in descending fashion while Luffy in the most parts in NW has been fighting opponents in ascending fashion
It's the same way Kid first got awakening and will gain adv haki later while Luffy mastered his haki first before awakening.
Let's look at their YC battles :
- Kidd : lost to Benn (strongest YC) --> matched a SC (probably Smoothie, anyway every SC is inferior to Benn)
- Luffy : defeated Cracker (weaker than Katakuri) with help --> matched & "defeated" Katakuri with PU
Their top tiers battles :
- Kidd : lost to Kaido (strongest Yonko) with help (Killer) --> "defeated" Linlin (she's weaker than Kaido) with help (Law) and PU --> lost to Shanks (he is weaker than Linlin) offguard
- Luffy : defeated Kaido after having so much help and suffering 4 losses --> dominated Kizaru & Saturn
So the next top tier Kid will fight in elbaf will be weaker than Shanks ! And Kid will beat him 1v1, at least match him till last moments.
That person may be nerfed Linlin(suffered grievous injuries from the lava experience) or an admiral.
If you recall Oda did a showdown 3B vs 3b class fights : Garp vs Kuzan, Law vs Teach (who's nearly 4B, that's why he lost mid diff ), Luffy vs kizaru
bar for Kidd who fought someone out of his class : a 4B Yonkou!
For months I've agreed with
@Albino 👑 many times when it comes to this 3B class fight between sn trio and Admirals.
He's about to fight an admiral in Elbaf!
We got Monkey vs Monkey in Luffy vs Kizaru,
So we will have Kid will fight Aramaki at Elbaf, a red BULL VS GREENBULL
Kid will match and beat Aramaki or whoever 1v1.
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