Bounties destroyed any possible agenda
Want to say that Kidd and Law are stronger than Zoro because of bounties? Fine, but then you also have to say that Luffy is not stronger than Kidd and Law
And that Buggy is stronger than all of them lmao
Crocodile's bounty is... just I don't even
Just to say, with a 1/4 lesser bounty, Luffy was proclaimed the unofficial fifth Yonko...
Jinbe with bounty greater than Sanji and even Katakuri is unfathomable
This guy is barely stronger than Jack
If even
Yeah, bounties just don't make any sense
And even less if you use them as power levels
Bounties are mainly there for the reader/ audience to effiecntly communicate info about characters as well as character progression
They orchestrate the hierarchy of the pirate world
People either treat them like it's just arbitrary numbers and others treat them like every berry matters
It's neither
Zoro, sanji and jimbe all have around the same bounties probably because they're all pretty close in strength
Doesn't mean that there isn't a strongest out of them (zoro)
But if any of them fought it would be high diff
And croc is an outlier
Nothing about his power makes any sense
Buggy is a gag character
I think sanji and zoro fans are over all disappointed which is valid but to try and cast doubt on the entire mechanic because of that won't lead to better discussion