I would have a much easier time accepting it if Marco didn't send Vista to stop Mihawk, or give Mihawk equal partnership with Crocodile. But here we are, me being skeptical, the above is intentionally portrayed to be above Xebec and Roger as a whole.
We have Roger begging to whitebeard lmao.
We got whitebeard treated as a rookie hy xebec.
Stop cherry picking.
You know it very well , Mihawk was holding back exactly like Garp wasn't Galaxy impacting his grandson in Water seven.
Rn black blade is a sign of a superior swordsman, while guys like Xebec and Roger can be just as strong or stronger without it. Oda has a long ways to go to change this outlook. It's doable but there is no reason to believe it atm.
They are strong no doubt even they havn't reached that level.
They can be like Kaidou , strong but still not awakened.
Then we have luffy , Strong and awakened on top of that.
Road to laugh tale legit Said, " Haki alone isn't enough"