Speculations The ultimate "Feat vs Portrayal"

#1
Here's a scenario that would enrage half of the fandom and hype up the other half.

EOS.
  • Shiryu backstabs and mortally injures Mihawk off-panel.
  • With his dying breath, Mihawk gives Yoru to some fodder character, trusting for the sword to be delivered to Roronoa Zoro, whom Mihawk himself declares WSS; Shiryu's cheapshot was not, in Mihawk's eye, a sign of supreme swordsmanship.
  • This sets up a fight between He-Who-Killed-the-WSS and He-Who-Was-Called-WSS-by-the-WSS.
  • Zoro vs Shiryu becomes portrayal (title) vs feats.

 
#4
Mihawk is one of 10 impossible dreams.
Beating Mihawk is not doable, narratively.
Oh, I agree with you.
I think Zoro vs Mihawk is set in stone, and that no one else will ever be able to surpass Mihawk.

This is merely a what-if.
Would these two different paths to the WSS title having a 1v1 bring an end to the fandom discussion around feats & portrayal?
 
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