Because Kaido was buffed by a foreign substance LMFAO. Take alcohol away from Kaido and he draws with Gear 2/3 Luffy, he would never have been able to beat Gear 4.
Cherry picking 1 panel of buffed Kaido clubbing troll-mode Nika completely out of context, to somehow claim Kaido> Gear 5? Is factually wrong because pre-alcohol Kaido couldn’t beat Gear 2 and alcohol buffed Kaido would have drawn with Gear 4 if not for CP-0.
Wizaru defeated Snake Man in about 3 seconds. Unlike Kaido, Luffy went into Gear 5 for Kizaru alone instead of accidentally unlocking Gear 5 due to CP-0 interference lol.
And this was a mentally conflicted Kizaru who didn’t want to harm Luffy or complete his mission.
The canonical scaling is nerfed Kizaru > Gear 5 > Gear 4 ~ alcohol buffed Kaido >> Gear 2/3 ~ bloodlusted Hybrid Kaido >> base Luffy ~ standard hybrid Kaido,
Cherry picking 1 panel of buffed Kaido clubbing troll-mode Nika completely out of context, to somehow claim Kaido> Gear 5? Is factually wrong because pre-alcohol Kaido couldn’t beat Gear 2 and alcohol buffed Kaido would have drawn with Gear 4 if not for CP-0.
Wizaru defeated Snake Man in about 3 seconds. Unlike Kaido, Luffy went into Gear 5 for Kizaru alone instead of accidentally unlocking Gear 5 due to CP-0 interference lol.
And this was a mentally conflicted Kizaru who didn’t want to harm Luffy or complete his mission.
The canonical scaling is nerfed Kizaru > Gear 5 > Gear 4 ~ alcohol buffed Kaido >> Gear 2/3 ~ bloodlusted Hybrid Kaido >> base Luffy ~ standard hybrid Kaido,

