Questions & Mysteries Was Kaido holding back all the time?

[BornInAbyss]

He only used FS when Luffy entered Snake Man. Was kaido holding back and having fun? Like he didn't take the fight seriously?

That would mean kaido is a monster.

That dude ate a SKG an equivalent of KKG but with adv.CoC and immediatly counter attacked.

Before that he was struggling against base Luffy. Dude was clearly playing with his food.

 

[Akagami Law]

He was serious, just wasn't going 101%, now he is.

 

[Least Pirates]

It’s very odd that he was struggling with base Luffy but dominated adcoc G4 this chapter.

 

[BornInAbyss]

It’s very odd that he was struggling with base Luffy but dominated adcoc G4 this chapter.

Exactly thats why I think he was toying with luffy.

 

[sanjikun]

No. Oda was. He's just making shit up as he goes.

 

[Finalbeta]

He is the classical villain who suppresses himself before needing otherwise

Great thing Zoro contributed so much in making him go Hybrid for the first time

 

[SkySanji]

He was holding back immensely against the rooftop five, this is not only clear from his fight with Luffy but Kaido's own statement that only Luffy has gone toe to toe with him in a long time and got him worked up

 

[BornInAbyss]

No. Oda was. He's just making shit up as he goes.

fair enough lol.

 

[Tai long]

not really, it just like luffy not going g4

 

[Celestial D. Dragon]

Was Luffy toying with Kaido when he was fighting him in his base, and not using G4? C'mon......

 

[Roronoa-sama]

Was Luffy toying with Kaido when he was fighting him in his base, and not using G4? C'mon......

luffy can't use g4 for more 10 min with adv coc

 

[Hanzo hattori]

He wasn't THAT SERIOUS, he will show more soon (probably awakening)

 

[Herrera95]

FS doesn't make a different. Only weaklings use FS.

 

[Finalbeta]

FS doesn't make a different. Only weaklings use FS.

I wonder if Zoro will use it against Mihawk

 

[ShadyOjiro]

I think Kaido used FS back then but seeing how they did not damage he didn't care.
Like why make a bigger effort if the damage will be small.

Ashura and later acoc Luffy changed his strat.

It could be also Oda just pulling shit as he goes

 

[thedarkdragon11]

It was already confirmed from the start that Kaido (and even BM to some extent early) were just toying around because they're overconfident until Zoro was able to cut him that Kaido slowly began to take things seriously...

 

[Law-sama]

Him tanking attacks doesn't mean he's playing around

 

[TheSufferingGob]

Kaido was 100% playing with his food mainly because he wanted Luffy to be stronger.

he noticed Luffy was growing in the fight and probably wanted to see how far he could go.

 

[NAMELESS]

Kaido was 100% playing with his food mainly because he wanted Luffy to be stronger.

he noticed Luffy was growing in the fight and probably wanted to see how far he could go.

This 100%!
I also think Kaido will let Luffy recover to give him a proper 1v1.

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

Yes, Kaido was holding back the last 5% of his power and use that 5% (Future Sight) to counter Luffy's attacks.