Scars have been a significant part of the story in ONE PIECE and seems to connect characters and link them by FATE.
Blackbeard scarred Shanks : they will face one day
Mihawk scarred Zoro : they will face one day
Oden scarred Kaido : the literal heir of Oden is retaking the country from Kaido
Akainu scarred Luffy : you know where I'm getting
But there is another character who exists to show us the SIGNIFICANCE OF LUFFY'S SCAR
Jinbe :cheers:
INDEED Jinbe was hit by the SAME ATTACK as Luffy but did not receive a scar
Obviously downplayers/haters will say "urrr durr akainu too weak to scar Jinbe" but I've got it covered since we already know Jinbe would have DIED from that blow if not for Law
So why did ODA refuse to give Jinbe the same scar as Luffy? Well it is because Luffy's scar is NOT there just for esthetic reasons, it is not meant to simply change his character design and make him "cooler".
It holds a deeper SIGNIFICANCE
Oda couldn't afford to make Jinbe have the same scar as Akainu because that scar is what connects Luffy to Akainu the same way Zoro/Mihawk, Shanks/BB and Oden/Kaido are connected
They are FATED RIVALS and Luffy's scar ACHES everytime he hears of Akainu's name
TL:DR
Akainu vs Luffy is 100000000000000% happening and it will be an epic extreme difficulty fight
Blackbeard scarred Shanks : they will face one day
Mihawk scarred Zoro : they will face one day
Oden scarred Kaido : the literal heir of Oden is retaking the country from Kaido
Akainu scarred Luffy : you know where I'm getting
But there is another character who exists to show us the SIGNIFICANCE OF LUFFY'S SCAR
Jinbe :cheers:
INDEED Jinbe was hit by the SAME ATTACK as Luffy but did not receive a scar
Obviously downplayers/haters will say "urrr durr akainu too weak to scar Jinbe" but I've got it covered since we already know Jinbe would have DIED from that blow if not for Law
So why did ODA refuse to give Jinbe the same scar as Luffy? Well it is because Luffy's scar is NOT there just for esthetic reasons, it is not meant to simply change his character design and make him "cooler".
It holds a deeper SIGNIFICANCE
Oda couldn't afford to make Jinbe have the same scar as Akainu because that scar is what connects Luffy to Akainu the same way Zoro/Mihawk, Shanks/BB and Oden/Kaido are connected
They are FATED RIVALS and Luffy's scar ACHES everytime he hears of Akainu's name
TL:DR
Akainu vs Luffy is 100000000000000% happening and it will be an epic extreme difficulty fight