I remember a time in 2016-2017 where I was telling
@ShishioIsBack that Admirals would be the most versatile fighters in the manga, and that’s basically how it is. People really thought they would be fruit merchants but nah they are literally like mid/high top tier with no fruits.
But you are absolutely correct, the Gorosei, while very powerful, are not fighters on the level of the Admirals. The only reason Admirals vs Gorosei is even a debate is because the Gorosei have regen. If the Admirals can counter regen then they may legit fodderize the Jobosei from their Egghead showings. The Gorosei have powerful Haki and great fruits but they are physically pathetic and lack skill. If they didn’t have fruits that powerful I doubt they could fight at all.
The Holy Knights seem to be better fighters than the Gorosei, but they are also quite pathetic compared to the Admirals. Sommers is already getting cut to pieces by Gaban while Rayleigh could only land a paper cut on Kizaru and nothing else lol.
But yep the Chadmirals are Oda’s favorite characters. He only wrote this dogshit manga so he could draw the Admirals.