She looked super competitive with him. Equal is a hyperbole. And it's a fact she walked out of that fight with plenty left in the tank, she was nowhere near downed.
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She starts a TB & Kaidou responds to it with a TB of his own. Result?
![](https://i.ibb.co/4K9yqmd/yamato-kaido-manga.png)
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Saying it looked competitive sounds a lot like saying Lucci vs Zoro looked competitive. It's just cheesing away feats for offpaneled exchanges when what was shown on panel directly contradicts any type of relativity between the characters involved. When Oda's intention behind the offpaneling was to set up the other pieces to move forward in the arc.