I never had the feeling that King was a rip-off of Katakuri. Their designs may be similar but still are entirely different.
Katakuri was the main antagonist of WCI, a blockade standing in the way of the Strawhats escape, the sole pillar who could take over as his mother was out of control. He was hiding his mouth because of his insecurities, he wanted to be relied on, to be perfect on the outside, for his family. He wanted to make sure his family is safe but Luffy changed his mind. It was not really a loss in terms of battle strength, he let Luffy go because he started to like and agree with him, because he saw potential in Luffys spirits. He was the first one to actually see Luffys strength, as an enemy.
King on the other hand, even while similar design, is of complete opposite character. He maybe cares for the crew itself as army and also for Kaido, but he's on bad terms with most and cares about none specifically. He likes cruelty. His mask, his entire suit prevents him from being recognized for who he is underneath. From what we know, he is from a specific race that's seems to be almost extinct. His wings may give it away but He is hiding a piece of world history behind his mask and that is his key factor, unlike Katakuri overcoming his own insecurities. He is a typical antagonist of the arc but there's still much to be unraveled of him, not for his own progress, but for what we know about the world.
He's someone who Zoro must face, going into the extremes because that's what he didn't have so far since Post TS. That might be similar to Luffy and Katakuri for you, but most fights of OP have been for the characters to overcome themselves and get stronger, thus being an act of training all along.
Some other points you brought up are not really resemblances. The bounty is of course above 1 billion because we are that far into the story already and they are both 1st yonko commanders so obviously they will be similar in bounty. Their clothes have slight resemblance but all I gotta say is that King fits into the fashion theme of the Beasts Pirates, he's only going pretty overboard.
Eye color and saying same thing isn't really much to argue about because it's non-sense from your side. Eye colors repeat, and so do lines, especially from the villain side looking down on other people.
Katakuri was the main antagonist of WCI, a blockade standing in the way of the Strawhats escape, the sole pillar who could take over as his mother was out of control. He was hiding his mouth because of his insecurities, he wanted to be relied on, to be perfect on the outside, for his family. He wanted to make sure his family is safe but Luffy changed his mind. It was not really a loss in terms of battle strength, he let Luffy go because he started to like and agree with him, because he saw potential in Luffys spirits. He was the first one to actually see Luffys strength, as an enemy.
King on the other hand, even while similar design, is of complete opposite character. He maybe cares for the crew itself as army and also for Kaido, but he's on bad terms with most and cares about none specifically. He likes cruelty. His mask, his entire suit prevents him from being recognized for who he is underneath. From what we know, he is from a specific race that's seems to be almost extinct. His wings may give it away but He is hiding a piece of world history behind his mask and that is his key factor, unlike Katakuri overcoming his own insecurities. He is a typical antagonist of the arc but there's still much to be unraveled of him, not for his own progress, but for what we know about the world.
He's someone who Zoro must face, going into the extremes because that's what he didn't have so far since Post TS. That might be similar to Luffy and Katakuri for you, but most fights of OP have been for the characters to overcome themselves and get stronger, thus being an act of training all along.
Some other points you brought up are not really resemblances. The bounty is of course above 1 billion because we are that far into the story already and they are both 1st yonko commanders so obviously they will be similar in bounty. Their clothes have slight resemblance but all I gotta say is that King fits into the fashion theme of the Beasts Pirates, he's only going pretty overboard.
Eye color and saying same thing isn't really much to argue about because it's non-sense from your side. Eye colors repeat, and so do lines, especially from the villain side looking down on other people.
