Smoker fighting Luffy doesn’t prove he’s more of a rival than Kidd. It’s an irrelevant point. Luffy and Kidd could easily fight in the future.
It shows that Oda has actually displayed the two of them as opponents. Kid? He’s Luffy’s backup.
Yeah, and Luffy and Smoker could easily fight in the future. There’s actual build up to it. With Luffy saying they will... fight in the future,
Sure but not by as much as Luffy is over Law and especially Smoker. Kidd has the portrayal to be on the same tier as Luffy unlike Smoker or Law.
Kid’s portrayal is not enough to put him above Law. PH Smoker? Yeah, that’s fair.
Who cares if Smoker has been in the story longer than Kidd?
Oda, I’d imagine
Tien and Piccolo from DBZ were introduced as rivals to Goku WAY before Vegeta.
I’m sorry, we’re talking about One Piece here, not DBZ.
No one wants to see Luffy fight someone that Law already clowned on Punk Hazard lol. I don’t give a shit how much “build up” you think it has lol.
And do you think people really want to see Luffy fight his backup in the Kaido fight, who Luffy is also already stronger than?
You call Kidd “pirate back up” to downplay him and help your shitty argument. Kidd is one of the pirates that will lead the new era as said in Odens prophecy. Smoker is a scrub marine that Law shat on in Punk Hazard. Get real.
Killer’s one of the pirates in Oden’s prophecy as well.
Doesn’t make him much of a rival to Luffy either.
Based on your own logic, luffu can't rival Teach coz he's weaker and not even yonko level
Luffy will be Yonko level by the time he beats Kaido. We’re going to see him, at some point in this fight, be able to fight Kaido one on one. The gap between Luffy and Blackbeard is closing rapidly.
And what makes Blackbeard the great rival to Luffy is that he is that step ahead. Kid isn’t, he’s miles behind Luffy in the race to be the Pirate King.
Kidd is a rival to Luffy
The sooner you accept it, the less hatred you will have.
I don’t hate Kid. I think he’s pretty strong.
But he’s weaker than Luffy, the two are allies instead of fighting each other, and aside from Killer his crew is crap. That’s why he fails as a rival.
You’re not proving anything with this.
I’m proving that Oda has actually bothered to show Luffy and Blackbeard hate each other and fight each other evenly, while all Luffy and Kid do is play dumb games and fight as allies. That’s why Blackbeard is portrayed as Luffy’s biggest rival.
Btw this exchange between Luffy and Blackbeard came before Blackbeard obtained the DF of the Worlds Strongest Man. You realize that right?
So? Yeah, Blackbeard’s a step ahead of Luffy. That’s what makes him such a great rival. Compared to Kid, who has been completely overshadowed by Luffy’s accomplishments his entire existence.
I already said that Blackbeard is Luffy’s arch nemesis not rival. Blackbeard will be Luffys toughest opponent ever. I never have doubted this. But that doesn’t make him Luffy’s rival
It very much does. One Piece since we entered the Grand Line has been the story of Luffy and Blackbeard rising in parallel through the pirate world, going from complete unknowns to being heralded as Emperors, and then in the future fighting to be the Pirate King.
Also going by your same dumb logic of Kidd isn’t Luffy’s rival because Luffy > Kidd, wouldn’t that make Luffy and Blackbeard not rivals since Blackbeard >> Luffy?
Kid isn’t Luffy’s rival because a fight between the two of them, with all of their powers assembled, would be a massacre in favour of Luffy.
Luffy can bring himself, his nine crewmates, his grand fleet featuring seven fleet captains. Let alone any other allies that could show up like the Scabbards (samurai and Minks), Sabo or Law.
Kid can bring himself, Killer, two dudes that were named in a databook and a load of fodder.
It’s not about Kid’s strength as an individual, it’s about his military power as a pirate. That’s where Luffy completely outmatches him. That’s why Luffy was called an Emperor after WCI. Luffyis capable of taking on an Emperor’s full forces- he might not win, but he’s got enough to give it a shot. Kid would be annihilated. His own first mate this very chapter just revealed to us that he only thinks they have a shot of winning against Kaido because of Luffy.
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Proceeds to do things Luffy’s way anyway