An aspect of reaction and combat speed that I never see people talk about is the consistency of said speed.
Base Luffy without FS was almost untouchable against Katakuri when focused entirely on dodging, but got beaten to hell when he tried fighting back with FS aka, he can't kept up the dodging at all times. Luffy with FS was capable of landing hits against Katakuri, but very rarely. Luffy needed Snakeman to land blows consistently.
So when it comes to Kaido and Kizaru, the difference is that Kizaru's reaction time is consistent enough to make him untouchable to Snakeman, while Kaido can't keep up with such reaction speed and gets hit even by Base Luffy.
But if you look at his fight against Luffy as whole, Katakuri combat speed was portrayed to be overall much faster than base/boundman Luffy and ~ to Snakeman (as Katakuri got hit cleanly by Snakeman Luffy as much as he was hitting him back).
The reason why Kizaru is considered to be much faster than Snakeman is not only because of the blitzing orbital kick, it's also because prior to that while Oda drew Kizaru scratchless and casual as if it was just another job for him, Luffy was roughed up, tired and dead serious.
Katakuri and Kaido all needed to adapt to Snakeman at first, for Kizaru it looked like he never had any issue with it. His base reaction are enough to deal with it without having to to put any particular effort.
Kaido had the longest fight in the series of course he'd manage to land hit (and thus get speed feats) against Luffy as a good fight is a back and forth but he got tagged too and and looked clueless too many times for me to believe Oda sees him as particularly fast character.
Kaido wasn't taking hits on purpose all the time either (as I saw this argument used) before. He was already trying to dodge hits by the time Luffy used Red Hawk.
Now he does have great speed feats against Luffy strongest forms too , but overall I think he's supposed to have the speed needed of a high top tier and nothing more, aka he's capable of quick bursts making him able to tag anybody but speed is not supposed to be a shining stat, he has too many mediocre showings in that area from stuff much slower WSG for it to all be outliers. I picked a few examples where Kaido was in combat mode, and none of them are cheapshots or Kaido taking the hits on purpose outside of headcanons. I'm being extremely fair considering people pick moments like Sentoumaru tagging Kizaru where he was obviously being reminiscent of the past and showing off his defense or him trying to ignore Rayleigh that was next him to downplay his speed. If I wanted to argue in bad faith for agenda sake I could show examples of Kaido getting tagged and ragdolled by scabbards but I won't because I'm aware Oden PTSDs were kicking in.
Honestly, the only thing that is needed to end this speed debate between Kizaru and Kaido is confirmation of Kizaru possessing Future Sight. Because if he was matching/surpassing Kaido’s best speed feats without using FS AND holding back then it’s pretty much wraps
Only thing that separates Kaido from another top tiers ( like Whitebeard , Garp , Roger ) is his dragon scales durability.
He is not 100 in everything his lethality is pretty pathetic compared to top tier swordsman and his haki strength is whole tier below characters like Shanks , Joyboy , Imu , his reaction speed is seriously lacking too he gets tagged by everyone.
Honestly, the only thing that is needed to end this speed debate between Kizaru and Kaido is confirmation of Kizaru possessing Future Sight. Because if he was matching/surpassing Kaido’s best speed feats without using FS AND holding back then it’s pretty much wraps
Kizaru left and island and was miles away before Luffy even noticed , he then speed blitz him with accerelation is power. Their movement speed is tiers apart.
For reflexes Kaido got tagged by Snakeman plenty times ( not to mention other foddes tagging him) , Kizaru not even once showing way superior reflexes. Using FS is not reflexes speed feat.
Kizaru has superior speed and reflexes than Crydo.
Honestly, the only thing that is needed to end this speed debate between Kizaru and Kaido is confirmation of Kizaru possessing Future Sight. Because if he was matching/surpassing Kaido’s best speed feats without using FS AND holding back then it’s pretty much wraps
Imo if Kizaru gets confirmed FS Big Business Borsalino > Egghead Luffy would be basically factual, it's already very convenient for Luffy Oda put Kizaru through the only mission in his life that would subject him to inner turmoil
Lifting islands with clouds
Using magma flames the size of an island
Can make tornados and use invisible flying slashes
Regen
Durability
If this aint hax then idk what it is
All in 1 fruit
Imo if Kizaru gets confirmed FS Big Business Borsalino > Egghead Luffy would be basically factual, it's already very convenient for Luffy Oda put Kizaru through the only mission in his life that would subject him to inner turmoil
Even as a Luffy fan and admiral slanderer, I don’t see how one can dispute this anymore. Kizaru doesn’t even need FS but the SBS confirming Luffy was being fed alone puts Luffy below him. Now I do think G5 alone without time limit vs Kizaru is a different debate in which personally I’d favour G5 due to him actually proving the form and having better feats (won’t be surprised if an all out bloodlusted Kizaru is stronger though). But Egghead Luffy has a time limit and with that restriction there’s no conceivable way to put Egghead Luffy above Kizaru anymore
And is allowing yourself to get hit for the thrill smart??? That’s like scoring own goals in soccer cause you want to make it competitive. Sure it works good for your thrill and the competition but doesn’t change the fact it’s dumb as fuck in a fight to the death
Kaido is the most complete fighter in One Piece yes
But he can still be taken down by Mihawk and Shanks because of lesser fighting skills, and their superior Haki.
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Oh and I guarantee you Imu would be superior than Kaido and everyone else in every single stat.
And by huge margin.
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