Ace novel clueless author tells us the Charlotte family is the strongest
Oda tells us the Monkey D. Family is the strongest
Ace novel also tells us Whitebeard has the highest number of underlings amongst the Yonko with 1600 in his crew and 10 000 with the allied captains
While Oda tells us Kaido has 30 000 underlings in Onigashima ALONE. This doesn't include his allied captains which Law confirmed he does have back in Dressrosa + also his subordinates protecting islands such as SCOTCH
Ace novel = non canon and mostly manga copy pasta.
The entire section on WB is a copy pasta of Buggy's speech
"Closest to the OP"
"Only one who could rival Roger"
"No one can beat him now"
Oda tells us the Monkey D. Family is the strongest
Ace novel also tells us Whitebeard has the highest number of underlings amongst the Yonko with 1600 in his crew and 10 000 with the allied captains
While Oda tells us Kaido has 30 000 underlings in Onigashima ALONE. This doesn't include his allied captains which Law confirmed he does have back in Dressrosa + also his subordinates protecting islands such as SCOTCH
Ace novel = non canon and mostly manga copy pasta.
The entire section on WB is a copy pasta of Buggy's speech
"Closest to the OP"
"Only one who could rival Roger"
"No one can beat him now"
As for Kaido and the question of numbers, it's simply that Oda and the writer didn't think it through and the numbers were not important until they needed to be. If it is raised, there will be an explanation. Saying it is "nonsense" based on something so trivial as this is in itself nonsense. Not to mention. What is canon or no n canon is not for some weirdo on the internet to decide.