General & Others Koby is only a Marine Captain (Volume 95 correction)

#44
that does beg the question tho,

is Drake still a rear admiral even post skip? I guess they're waiting until after his mission is complete to give him that promotion

It would be pointless to promote him now (and possibly blow his cover)... I have no doubt that the moment he returns to the Marines he'll be promoted to Vice Admiral and be on the list of potential future Admirals.
 
#45
I don't think it really matters too much. Coby will no doubt turn out to be a "hero" by capturing Hancock, probably through the use of the SSG or by tag teaming her with other marines, resulting in him getting promoted to RA.

I think Oda just didn't want to make Coby a VA too fast.

As for his power level, I think he should be at bare minimum weak trio level, although I'd like to think that 2 years of haki training with Garp would put him on mid trio level.
 
#46
It would be pointless to promote him now (and possibly blow his cover)... I have no doubt that the moment he returns to the Marines he'll be promoted to Vice Admiral and be on the list of potential future Admirals.
The admirals are based of zodiac animals.

Smoker will surely be white snake, as he had an attack called white snake(similar to akainu, Aokiji, and Fujitora's animal themed attacks)

Given that Drake has a version of the dragon dragon fruit, I think it is very likely that he could be the dragon admiral, come EoS.
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Cause insecurities of Zoro-Brainers to justify their headcannons after losing again in their bet of Coby being promoted fast and fast progress when actuality he never was. He won't be doing shit at all to Hancock if Oda didn't promote off-screen after all.
if he wasn't going to do anything to Hancock, then why did Oda make Coby's first real mission be against Hancock and not buggy?
 
#47
And then plot twist: Captain Koby really plays a big role in capturing Hancock and jumps to Vice Admiral making powerscale lovers cry for a whole week.

Jokes aside, it makes sense as the last feat was against a random pirate crew attack which he didn't even care about taking credits.
 
#56
Is it actually a mistake or did Oda just change his mind? Like what happened to Katakuri's fruit.
It was a mistake. In the original magazine print he accidentally swapped Coby's and Drake's rank.
Coby is and has always been a mere captain after the timeskip.
Thinking about it, my prediction that in the best case scenario he will become a VA at EoS looks really shaky now, too. Now I think rear admiral is his ceiling at EoS, since it's really not that long until we enter the endgame.
 

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#57
Nah, if she's really captured due to Vegapunks new weapon, the actually important marines will have that privilege. Small fry like some random marine captain (aka Coby) are last in the pecking order.
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Ranks =/= power level in marine. Not convinced anymore after a marine God like Prime Garp ended up with the same grade as Vergo. :tchpepe:

On the other hand I admit that would imply Coby refused to get promoted for some reason.
 
#58
Ranks =/= power level in marine. Not convinced anymore after a marine God like Prime Garp ended up with the same grade as Vergo. :tchpepe:

On the other hand I admit that would imply Coby refused to get promoted for some reason.
Only reason some guys like Garp or Smoker stayed at a rank below their actual level (at least for a while) was because they actively refused to rise in rank. They would've both been promoted to a rank that actually fits their level much earlier.

Coby's goal is literally to rise in rank and become an admiral. Him refusing any promotion makes zero sense.

Coby is captain level aka Tashigi level right now.
 
#59
Only reason some guys like Garp or Smoker stayed at a rank below their actual level (at least for a while) was because they actively refused to rise in rank. They would've both been promoted to a rank that actually fits their level much earlier.

Coby's goal is literally to rise in rank and become an admiral. Him refusing any promotion makes zero sense.

Coby is captain level aka Tashigi level right now.
Well there's a lot of lvls for captains tho...

Smoker, Tashigi,Tbone...
 
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#60
Well for one we know that even amongst captains, Coby is superior, as he is a part of SWORD, a special secret organization.

but more than that, rank does not equal strength. Part of the reason why coby’s rank might not be that high is that he isn’t as active as other marines. He still trains a lot with Garp and hasn’t been on many missions.
In any case I think it’s dumb to suggest that from the time of fishman island to now, Coby has made Zero progress in terms of strength, especially considering how much he grew from east blue to envies lobby.

training with garp is no joke. After Amazon lily I think he will at least be RA if not VA
 
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