So this thought came to me when trying to check (and force) parallels in the other thread and this sort of stuck of stuck to me. We had previous topics on these sort of parallels but after the Mural it points to something imo. When was the last time that the leader also had the strongest on his team too.
Nika - Had no record of an ally who was equally strong as him, could be his rival
JB - While Ryuma is pushed by some, the timelines dont match, there was also probably no one equally strong as JB with him
Roger - He had two other strong warriors with him (Ray and Gaban) but they were never the world level alliance like JB and Nika are supposed to have, his rival WB did not ally with him or went against WG together
Shanks - He also has pretty strong crew but he is a rival of Mihawk and Mihawk working under him is pretty much not going to happen
Rocks - The strongest crew we are so far introduced or hyped to and he did have WB under him but WB never accepted being under him, took effort of Roger (pirates) and Garp (marines) to bring them down
Now the Roger, Shanks and Rocks are not the seemingly world level revolutionary figures like Nika and JB and what Luffy will become. Mihawk also pointed out Luffys ability to turn those around him into his allies.
I think this is going to be the difference between Luffy and the previous generations, he himself will be the strongest but he will also have the biggest alliance and what will set him apart is that he will have this generations strongest under him in the form of Zoro. EL and SA already hinted towards this, Luffy having someone as strong as Zoro under him. With Kid and Law getting out of the OP race it is clear that they will not be the WB equivalent to Luffy, before RT there was some chance but then they became Zoro and Luffy cheerleaders and then this notion went down the drain. Roger could not have WB under him, Rocks had WB as ally but never as a true subordinate, Shanks could not have Mihawk under him but Luffy has Zoro under him.
The Grand Fleet also reinforces where strong chars and leaders of their own orgs/crews are by themselves going under the SH flag. Countries like Alabasta, Fishman Island, Dressorsa, Zou and Wano are already allied with SHPs (open or hidden) and many other smaller islands/kingdoms like Drum Kingdom and Amazon Lily imo. Grand Fleet captains are under SHPs, his biggest generation rivals allied with him (Kid, Law, Bege, Drake, Bonney etc.) and he will have the strongest core crew on top of this not to mention that the RA, the biggest threat to WG are being run by his father and brother. If you look at the overall power that Luffy can summon on request then I think he might already be stronger than every Yonko so far. I mean if Luffy asks Shanks to help him against WG then there is no way I think Shanks will refuse.
Nika - Had no record of an ally who was equally strong as him, could be his rival
JB - While Ryuma is pushed by some, the timelines dont match, there was also probably no one equally strong as JB with him
Roger - He had two other strong warriors with him (Ray and Gaban) but they were never the world level alliance like JB and Nika are supposed to have, his rival WB did not ally with him or went against WG together
Shanks - He also has pretty strong crew but he is a rival of Mihawk and Mihawk working under him is pretty much not going to happen
Rocks - The strongest crew we are so far introduced or hyped to and he did have WB under him but WB never accepted being under him, took effort of Roger (pirates) and Garp (marines) to bring them down
Now the Roger, Shanks and Rocks are not the seemingly world level revolutionary figures like Nika and JB and what Luffy will become. Mihawk also pointed out Luffys ability to turn those around him into his allies.
I think this is going to be the difference between Luffy and the previous generations, he himself will be the strongest but he will also have the biggest alliance and what will set him apart is that he will have this generations strongest under him in the form of Zoro. EL and SA already hinted towards this, Luffy having someone as strong as Zoro under him. With Kid and Law getting out of the OP race it is clear that they will not be the WB equivalent to Luffy, before RT there was some chance but then they became Zoro and Luffy cheerleaders and then this notion went down the drain. Roger could not have WB under him, Rocks had WB as ally but never as a true subordinate, Shanks could not have Mihawk under him but Luffy has Zoro under him.
The Grand Fleet also reinforces where strong chars and leaders of their own orgs/crews are by themselves going under the SH flag. Countries like Alabasta, Fishman Island, Dressorsa, Zou and Wano are already allied with SHPs (open or hidden) and many other smaller islands/kingdoms like Drum Kingdom and Amazon Lily imo. Grand Fleet captains are under SHPs, his biggest generation rivals allied with him (Kid, Law, Bege, Drake, Bonney etc.) and he will have the strongest core crew on top of this not to mention that the RA, the biggest threat to WG are being run by his father and brother. If you look at the overall power that Luffy can summon on request then I think he might already be stronger than every Yonko so far. I mean if Luffy asks Shanks to help him against WG then there is no way I think Shanks will refuse.
Bro made legit a second thread to push wb zoro, atleast the law fans have more shame
) rocks crew is not even the power floor for the strawhats
we will see joyboys crew who is even stronger