Tick tock indeed. All hopes on Oda to make it somehow happen because with logic and arguments it cannot be done now.
But when it comes to having hope into Oda, with Sanji being in question, did you see that collage called The Hope Murderer?
Not a single original Shichibukai is veteral level and Jinbe one shot one of them, Moriah.
Kept Akainu at bay barehanded, kept BM at bay barehanded, ridiculous barehanded feats against both.
His level is at least YC2. Placing Sanji above any original Shichibukai is quite a task.
They arent just anyone but 7 most notable figures that dont have organizations as large as Emperors.
But when it comes to having hope into Oda, with Sanji being in question, did you see that collage called The Hope Murderer?
Not a single original Shichibukai is veteral level and Jinbe one shot one of them, Moriah.
Kept Akainu at bay barehanded, kept BM at bay barehanded, ridiculous barehanded feats against both.
His level is at least YC2. Placing Sanji above any original Shichibukai is quite a task.
They arent just anyone but 7 most notable figures that dont have organizations as large as Emperors.
Marineford is full of questionable feats, i would not rely too much solely on what happened in that arc.
I don't know about all the Shichibukai = Veteran level or above. He used the same technique he used on Moria at MF against base Luffy in FI, and Luffy said it hurts but it did not doo much to him.
Meanwhile he used a 5000 Brick Fist ( which seems to be a stronger attack) on Opera in WCI, who's clearly quite a bit bellow Veteran level.
Like i said, maybe Jimbe is Top YC level, if that's the case i will not give Oda shit about it. Just be prepared if that's not quite the case and he falls a bit short from expectations such as "at least YC2".
He never gave me the feeling that he's in any way comparable to Katakuri in WCI like Queen does next to King for example.