General & Others Mihawk never said he was inferior to Whitebeard...

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Another thing you have to ask yourself is if Mihawk was expecting 1 of the commanders to step in to stop his attack. Why was he surprised when Jozu showed up. You can clearly see a panel of him with an exclamation mark above his head.
Again, that was the whole point. Everything for Mihawk was 1 v 1. That's when he realizes the greatest pirates also have crews that step in. It's not just individual strength.

That is essentially the diff between Mihawk and Shanks.
 

nik87

Kitetsu Wanker
you can't read so you can't help. maybe one day you'll realize that mihawk isn't the World's Longest Measuring Tape
Are you sure this is going to end the way you think it will?
Considering first part, the pre-TS, being focused on WSM while the second part, the post-TS being focused on WSC while the last part, the final saga is focusing on WSS? :milaugh:
thats what hes doing and you aren't doing. you used to be better at trolling lol :gonope:
Actually I provided a whole thread worth of context and yall with one-liners think yall know better despite Sandman backing me up? :milaugh:
Oh he meant power level alright
Why still coping despite being debunked?

The sentence is pretty straight forward. Mihawk knew he wasn’t PK tier. He knew Roger and WB stood above everyone else, which is why he said that. After all Mihawk has only ever been interested in strength. If your looking for other meanings then your in denial.
Congrats on failing at reading comprehension despite being spoonfed. :milaugh:
It meant physical distance but also distance in strength.
Is that what every single individual who attacked Whitebeard wanted to test? lol
Do yall really think Mihawk is insecure brat who wants to test himself? :milaugh:
 
mihawk said "us".

meaning oldbeard the dying (low yonko tier) > all warlords at marineford combined

which in turn, means, luffy is the world's strongest swordsman after defeating kaido, the previous world's strongest swordsman

 
Ironic considering yall think Mihawk has the mentality of OP fandom power scalers, wanting to test himself...
Mihawk wanted to see the same thing Kizaru wanted to see - if they can take the king out right away.
And thus Marco's response, which debunks this nonsense.


I disagree with the whole testing thing.
Mihawk and Kizaru are established characters, they are not Zoro who are eager for a fight or looking to prove themselves.
These are veterans, especially Mihawk who is bored beyond measurement.
If anyone wanted to test themselves, they would be invading Wano due to Kaido.
Mihawk is not testing himself, he's testing if Whitebeard is still the man that was infamous for his strength. No difference from testing Zoro in Baratie and luffy in MF
 
People misunderstand this whole thing. Mihawk over the entire war was making a lot of observations, and finally ended up in this:



That was the start of Mihawk's realization towards Luffy being great.
Good post overall but this was not the start. Mihawk saw something in both Luffy and Zoro back on the Baratie. Two boys that went life and death with Kuro and the Nyaban Brothers two days prior yet he recognized they might have potential to become PK and WSS.

He is the first top tier to recognize boths potential apart from Garp or Shanks that raised Luffy to some extent. Even someone like Aokiji didnt recognize it despite meeting them when they were already established Grand Line pirates worth 100m and 60m.
 

nik87

Kitetsu Wanker
Mihawk is not testing himself, he's testing if Whitebeard is still the man that was infamous for his strength. No difference from testing Zoro in Baratie and luffy in MF
It is different because it is not the same thing.
In Whitebeard's case, he is testing if he can tag him, due to being close and exposed but commanders prove true distance to be bigger.
In Zoro's case, Mihawk isnt testing anything, it is Zoro who tests himself by challenging him.
In Luffy's case, Mihawk is testing Luffy's fate - turns out his fate was not to die there and then.

The whole idea that Mihawk wants to test WB's strength is wrong and coming from wrong interpretations over the years and I have seen countless of interpretations. Mihawk isnt doing anything different than Kizaru, this is undeniable and both Marco and Jozu are doing the same thing - proving that true distance is bigger than physical distance that made Mihawk and Kizaru assume they could take him out.
 
Can you give me a narrative reason, why is it important for the story of One Piece for a dead guy who left us 600 chapters ago to remain the strongest?

Oooo i actually dont need a narrative Reason its my Bias i personally believe after what i saw from Old sick near Death Whitebeard at Marineford the amount of Attacks it took to kill him and that crazy old Bastard still refused to fall he just died standing. Imagine Primebeard with Highest Armament/Observation and CoC + a Devil Fruit capable of destroying anything (imagine awakened) My persobal Opinion is Primebeard remains the strongest forever neither Joyboy nor G5 EOS Luffy will surpass him. Mihawk is THE strongest for me in OP Verse right now
 

nik87

Kitetsu Wanker
Oooo i actually dont need a narrative Reason its my Bias i personally believe after what i saw from Old sick near Death Whitebeard at Marineford the amount of Attacks it took to kill him and that crazy old Bastard still refused to fall he just died standing. Imagine Primebeard with Highest Armament/Observation and CoC + a Devil Fruit capable of destroying anything (imagine awakened) My persobal Opinion is Primebeard remains the strongest forever neither Joyboy nor G5 EOS Luffy will surpass him. Mihawk is THE strongest for me in OP Verse right now
Weird take but okay. :milaugh:
To me it doesnt make any narrative sense as it lacks progression in literally work such as Oda's that heavily relies on hype.
The story of One Piece is split into 3 parts: Pre-TS, post-TS and Final Saga.
If we saw pre-TS focusing and building up towards Whitebeard while post-TS was focusing and building up towards Kaido, it is logical that Final Saga is focusing and building up towards Mihawk.

Oda's job is to make the boss of each of those 3 parts stronger than the previous one.
So, in the best case scenario, Whitebeard would be 3rd strongest character, behind Mihawk and Kaido.
But that doesnt include the one who is destined to surpass Mihawk...
 
holy insane cope lol

there is no reason for mihawk to measure the actual physical distance

Cause he is not blind and should by all means have top tier coo. His previous epithet was "clairvoyant" and his current epithet is "Hawk eyes" after all.

And he is not testing if he can takeout Wb either. Cause if he was, then he sent a slash meant for wb and got blocked by a mere commander lol. Is mohawk coo so weak that he can't do basic stuff like sensing powerlevels and shit?

He is talking about wb, and him being sick. Hontono Kyori, or actual distance. Meaning, he expected the distance/strength gap between them to be bigger, and is surprised that its smaller than he thought. Due to wb being sick and dying.

Zorofans are masters of symbolism, parallels, subtext and all other literary devices when it comes to supporting the sword agenda. Then they turn into illiterate toddlers when it comes to mihawk and zoro anti feats lol
 
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>What are you doing? Are you really going to fight?
What Doflamingo makes clear in this statement is that the Warlords do NOT intend to do what they are summoned to do? Fight for real.
They showed up to keep their benefits but that is all, they never intended to put their lives at stake for the sake of the World Government.
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In which fight Mihawk will put his life at stake? It seems like he wants to HIDE behind Buggy's shadow as Oda said :gokulaugh:
 
I don't think that is it. Mihawk had NO beef with mere commanders, veterans or scrubs of the WB pirates. He only had 2 purposes for participation in the war

- Fight WB himself, intrigued by the legend of WSM.
- Keep his position as a Shichibukai.

What good would it do for him to kill off Vista, Jozu, Marco or someone else? He gains zero prestige and zero extra benefit from the marines. He only risks injury and revenge later on.
The same Mihawk who have accepted a duel from a far weaker guy than Vista?

It matters not because he will accept the duel even if his opponent was that much weaker than him. He was initially respectful towards Vista than he was to EB Zoro.

This isn't agenda fueled comment on my part btw.
 
Put agendas aside, this is the most reasonable take regarding what Mihawk meant. Mihawk never used his full power, and was never the type to do so, no matter who’s in front of him. The true distance between WB and the marines, was the WB pirates. “so close yet so far”
 
Another thing you have to ask yourself is if Mihawk was expecting 1 of the commanders to step in to stop his attack. Why was he surprised when Jozu showed up? You can clearly see a panel of him with an exclamation mark above his head.
They know Mihawk wasn't talking about WBP but they are just acting obtuse
 
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