General & Others Luffy vs Akainu naysaying feels pretty ironic

[Shiroyru]

Considering Shanks himself is arguably weaker than Rayleigh, Beckman being Shanks' Rayleigh fits that slot flawlessly I'd say.

Shanks is clear of Rayleigh. Otherwise Oda wouldn’t be portraying him as Roger 2.0 every time he shows up

 

[LolonoisZolo]

Honestly we ran down all the arguments for Luffy vs Akainu a hundred times by now, pretty much everyone deep down knows that the fight makes the most sense considering the build up.

Question remains, is Oda bound by all this build up he made ?
I'd say no. He does whatever he wants so other matchups are still possible, doesn't disprove the fact that objectively Luffy is the only one with actual reasons to fight Akainu until Oda puts up another fighter like Dragon to take over that task.

This pretty much sums it up perfectly.

 

[ZenZu]

Shanks is clear of Rayleigh. Otherwise Oda wouldn’t be portraying him as Roger 2.0 every time he shows up

Shanks has nightmares about the same dude who soiled his pants at the sight of a 300 year old Rayleigh.

 

[Shiroyru]

Shanks has nightmares about the same dude who soiled his pants at the sight of a 300 year old Rayleigh.

Teach will be the “Moon God” / anti-Joyboy, so Shanks being wary of him isn’t an L

 

[gz89]

If not for the Imu asspull and the "revival" of Sabo + eating Ace's df, Sakazuki had the most eos enemy vibes.

Nowdays its a bit more complicated.

 

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Top tier as in Beckman, or top tier as in Fujitora?

Beckman.

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Could see EoS Shiryu going higher.

 

[MonsterKaido]

If not for the Imu asspull and the "revival" of Sabo + eating Ace's df, Sakazuki had the most eos enemy vibes.

Nowdays its a bit more complicated.

I never thought Akainu being an endgame. Even before imu reveal. Oda doesn't reveal abilities of endgame like that and Akainu's portrayal was not out worldly or anything.

Yes he was restricted but Old WB did better against him.

WG being the main villain simply made more sense. Akainu was portrayed as a solid top tier. Nothing more.

Endgame shounen villains are often godlike and shit on general top tiers. And Akainu wasn't like that

 

[BlackLegFring]

Absolutely right Wiwi. For some reason, double standards are so ingrained in almost everything mentioned by those who hate the Admirals.
I honestly don’t get how people can be so bothered by characters’ strengths.

From the very start, Luffy has been an avenger and taking fights on behalf of others, usually just because the foe in question pissed him off.
But when it comes to the person that has impacted Luffy the most, even changing his physical design, this is where some people draw the line. This is when anybody else but Luffy must fight him, because otherwise “aKaiNu ToO sTrOnK!”

Sure, some people even after 1000 chapters follow the series just for powerscaling (which is mind boggling in itself), but to think that some would rather sacrifice the story itself for the sake of it is pretty disappointing

 

[Roo]

Sabo vs Akainu is garbage tier writing and the only people who want it have a clear anti admiral agenda