Prime Oden injured/could’ve killed a Non-Prime fucking around Pirate Kaido. Kaido in twenty years became serious + Yonko because of Oden. Kaido is in his prime right now, the best shape/strength he can ever be.
The five people that are now fighting Kaido, will each leave Wano as strong as Oden. Like it or not, Oda has plans for Kid/Killer. These 5 will be the next gen.
There’s no parallels for these five, because this is Luffys journey, and forced parallels don’t need to exist.
These 5 are:
1. Pirate King Luffy
2. World Strongest Swordsman Roronoa Zoro
3. Ope Ope No Mi user Trafalgar D. Water Law
4. Eustass “Captain” Kid
5. Massacre Soldier Killer
They aren’t the Rocks, they aren’t God Valley. This is Onigashima. In terms of the spread of feats, Oda will give strawhats main focus first, then rivals, then side characters.
To you @ReggieZoldyck21 you keep saying Zoro an underling will never outshine Kid, is a mistake. Think properly. Zoro was never a Luffy underling. Zoro was someone who could potentially beat Luffy at some point. And now Zoro/Luffys goals intertwine in the sense of strength and surpassing of the old guard. Strawhats will always get more focus than non-strawhats. Going forwards, based on the Manga, feats designation according to my opinion will be,
1. LUFFY
2. ZORO
3. KID
4. LAW or KILLER
5. KILLER or LAW
You can hate us Zoro fans and all that, but that’s the truth, given the build up of Zoro to this arc, his placement, ties to the ppl, origins, Enma, Ryuma, the legends, magazine articles, etc compared to Kid. This isn’t to hate on Kid fans or anything, but this is all I’m saying. If I’m wrong, I’ll admit it. But this is how I feel about the story going forwards.