Or maybe, Oda didn't care about power scaling as much in pre time skip which is why Crocodile could fight Doflamingo for hours and why Vista went toe to toe blow for blow with Zoro's EOS opponent.
The portrayal and handling of top tiers at Marineford is obviously a plot issue. Aokiji literally just disappeared after Jozu went down and didn't do anything for the rest of the war. Whitebeard couldn't break a damn wall.
The portrayal and handling of top tiers at Marineford is obviously a plot issue. Aokiji literally just disappeared after Jozu went down and didn't do anything for the rest of the war. Whitebeard couldn't break a damn wall.
- vista was going all out and sweating against an extremely casual and polite mihawk. not even close to equal portrayal. mihawk let zoro "clash" too in baratie before he clowned on him.
- aokiji literally left the marines over sakazuki's corrupt insanity. he obviously didnt support the war in the first place. you are saying foreshadowing and consistent characterization doesnt make sense
- whitebeard was dying of cancer and weaker than every one of his commanders in marineford, thats why they were protecting him. also the walls arent normal steel, they're the impact proof steel like that punk hazard door