Character Discussion Koby is being set up as one of Luffy’s greatest rivals

[gz89]

No he wont.

He will defeat Kuzan and have a cringe talk and brief skirmish with eos Luffy while they both laugh.

 

[Ven437]

lmao Law himself was avoiding a fight with Drake in act 1 of wano

Don’t know why you think Chopper’s rival is stronger than him.

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In any case, Koby is set up to be more relevant in the finale than Law.

Avoiding getting exposed in wano =/= avoiding a fight

Being more relevant =/= being stronger. Law still a D member so he will be relevant enough

Sulong Bepo mauls the shit outta L Drake. That boi a fraud a jobber and a complete embarrassment to any org he belongs to

 

[MonochromeYoru]

No he fucking ain't

Epilogue admiral in the weakest Mickey Mouse era

 

[Reborn]

Coby is definitely not a rival.

He will always be Luffy's fanboy

 

[Blax Blah]

Coby: I'll take you down Kaido

Kaido: What did you say, you brat?

Coby: Honesty Impact

Maximum a couple honesty impacts later, Kaido gets knocked out

 

[BattalGazi]

No.

 

[Monkey D Theories]

he never cornered him, not even once, and luffy will soon be priate king.

He probably will

one thing Koby has over Luffy is he can swim.

If Koby somehow sneak attacked Luffy and got him underwater, he’d stand a legit chance of beating him. Feel like we might see that, if only to show how much Koby has grown.

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Sulong Bepo mauls the shit outta L Drake. That boi a fraud a jobber and a complete embarrassment to any org he belongs to

Drake has the same sword style as Rocks, Bepo would get cooked

 

[BoaHancocksHusband]

Not as big as actual villains: Teach, Akainu, and Imu

But he’s definitely a bigger rival than Kid, Law, or any supernova

Most supernova have mediocre crews. Even Kid and Law only have 1 or 2 good fighters.

Sword already shits on the Kid or the heart pirates. Koby has Drake and Grus, both of whom are powerhouses. At least compared to the average supernova crew.

The last time we saw sword, Smoker was headed to meet with them. If G-5 and Sword join hands, you would legitimately have a force with the potential of rivaling a yonko.

Admiral Koby
Smoker, Drake, and Grus as YC equivalents
Tashigi, Kujaku, and Yarisugi(G5 commodore) as mid tiers
Hibari and Helmeppo as SH weak trio equivalents

While obviously the good marines will never be equals to the SHs, they will likely be closer to the SHs in strength than most pirate crews. At least by EoS.

Law has 0 good fighters.

 

[Monkey D Theories]

Law has 0 good fighters.

Bepo isn’t bad. He’s Chopper level, which is still probably above the average VA.

But Drake is one of the stronger members of the tobi roppo. Oda let him fight a CP-0 agent; Robin and Brook were running from those guys.

 

[HerreraIsBack]

"Set up" by having nearly 0 interactions and when they do is just Koby worshipping Luffy

 

[Killerj]

Rivals lol, maybe drinking rivals, i bet coby drops first tho, luffy has that nika metabolism.

 

[Ven437]

Drake has the same sword style as Rocks, Bepo would get cooked

Sulong Wepo cooked a weakened Xebec’s son and crew coming after high-diff battle, L Drake wouldn’t last a microsecond against them even if they were on death’s door

 

[JDragon20]

An honest rival

 

[ZippySpace]

Koby is Luffy's rival in the same way Krillin is Goku's rival.