Now why do I stated Buggy was referring to that fight specifically? Because he's the only one who has made the claim that Whitebeard equaled out Roger. Where as on the other hand, Sengoku, Garp, Shiki, Chinjao, etc all viewed Roger as superior to Whitebeard. They can't assume Roger is superior to Whitebeard without Roger beating Whitebeard. Just like how they can't assume Whitebeard is the strongest after Roger, if he hadn't laid a whooping on the likes of Kaido or any other big time pirates that we might not know of from that era.
But Buggy's statement is opposite of that, if Whitebeard & Roger had fought so many times, and they had always equaled each other out, they wouldn't consider Roger the top pirate and it wouldn't be Roger's era.
Again, this is simply because Buggy had witnessed some of their fights personally. Thats why he calls them equals. Not because he's referring to that one specific fight.
The rest of the world is just going off of reputation.
I would be more than happy to break down the Raw for it if you want. But since I can't find the raw myself, I used the translations that were put out during the time the chapter dropped. Only 1 translation out of those mentioned + 2-3 others out there talks about any sort of "equalship" with Roger, the viz translation. The rest make no mention of it, because the japanese text didn't contain any term that would imply them being "equal". With that in account, dependent on how one percieves "equal" as, it can be said that Viz translation isn't wrong. Since "equal" can often be used for somebody on the level of or on par with, rather than dead equals.
But if you can find the raw for chapter 577, feel free to post and we can discuss on that.
かって - Once, first time
"海賊王〟 - Pirate King
ロジャーと - With Roger
唯 - only
互角に戦っ - fought evenly
た伝説の - The legendary
〝怪物〟 - Monster
Basically Whitebeard was the only legendary monster who ONCE fought with the Pirate King evenly.
The translations of him simply being somebody who crossed the seas with Roger or somebody who is simply an equal of Roger's are wrong.
So I stand corrected on this, Whitebeard once was able to fight with the Pirate King Gol D. Roger evenly. Which is similar to what Buggy said that Whitebeard was able to fight Roger to a standstill in A fight. This is referring to a fight where Whitebeard was able to tie with Gol D. Roger, and that fight would be their last fight that we saw on panel, where both of them + their crews balanced each other out.
Again, this is simply because Buggy had witnessed some of their fights personally. Thats why he calls them equals. Not because he's referring to that one specific fight.
The rest of the world is just going off of reputation.
As I've already said, there's only 3-4 years of a window where Whitebeard's crew & Roger's crew would've fought against each other, and this is long before the clash we saw, before even Oden joined, at that time it was already declared Roger's era. According to WB they had fought numerous times in those 3-4 years, the Marines & the rest of the world would 100% know if they were equals lol, just like how Dracule & Shanks duels became renowned, it's crazy to even think /assume that the result of those fights weren't renowned.
This is not true.
"Rest of the world is just going off of reputation", who is talking about rest of the world? Not me. I'm talking about individuals who specifically knew Roger & his strength. Garp had fought against both Roger & Whitebeard. Sengoku had done the same, to both of them it was "Roger's era" not "Whitebeard & Roger's era". The "era" is given to the person who is the strongest pirate, as Xebec was before Roger and as Whitebeard was after Roger, and as Blackbeard claimed himself to be the strongest pirate out there now, thus declaring his era. Shiki, the ex-crewmate of Whitebeard and somebody competed against both of them who fought Roger just 2 years prior to when Whitebeard fought him, put himself & Whitebeard inferior to Roger.
Don Chinjao, also had fought against the Roger pirates, and knew Roger & Rayleigh's strength personally. More than likely knew Whitebeard's strength personally as well, as he considered Kaido, Shanks, Big Mom inferior to Whitebeard. Just as he considered Whitebeard inferior to Roger.
Now to @HA001's great point of Roger never fighting anyone. It is very much possible that he never fought Shiki, Garp, Sengoku, and such during his last journey (since I believe it would be shown if he had a major battle during that year and half or so). In fact going beyond what HA001 said, it's very much plausible that Shiki is the only big fight Roger had after he got sick, only 1 year after he got sick. Now we know the sickness of Roger's was gradually getting worst as time went on. Meaning the Roger that fought against Shiki was superior to the Roger that fought against Whitebeard.
If Garp & Sengoku didn't fight a sick Roger after Whitebeard or even after Shiki, it's understandable why they would view Roger > Whitebeard. Because when they fought against the two, Roger was the stronger opponent. In fact, if we look at the confrontation between Sengoku - Whitebeard at Marineford, it seems to be that of equals. Then when Garp steps up to the platform, he smirkingly looks at Whitebeard, as if he has no problem taking him on. Oda could've easily made the Marine duo look inferior to Whitebeard then, but he chose not to, instead he had Whitebeard say "He's just an old man now" so the Whitebeard pirates wouldn't be scared of Garp's prowess.
But yea, Buggy's statement and the Narrator's statement are referring to the 1 fight 3-day fight that happened between Gold Roger & Whitebeard. This will be my last post on it, you're more than welcomed to point out any further disagreements or any flaws in my reasoning that you may see here. Cheers!
In fact it can be argued that by the time Roger finished his journey of Laughtale and was in his last year or so, that Whitebeard > Roger. Because the sickness wasn't consistently the same, rather it kept getting worst over time. Year 1 (of sickness) Roger > year 2 Roger > year 3 Roger > year 4 Roger.
Roger was very sick when they both collided in Oden's flashback and in the Bullet story it is mentioned that Roger was getting weaker, so now I think Roger> Wb
I think you're confusing greatest pirate with strongest pirate. Thats not a title that just refers to individual strength. It's also about your feats as a Pirate. Roger held greater fame/infamy than the others.
Shiki, the ex-crewmate of Whitebeard and somebody competed against both of them who fought Roger just 2 years prior to when Whitebeard fought him, put himself & Whitebeard inferior to Roger.
Still don't think this was the case. Buggy referring to one specific fight when he had likely witnessed multiple just doesn't make any sense. If the goal was to convey how strong Whitebeard was using that fight in itself as an example doesn't really accomplish that.
かって - Once, first time
"海賊王〟 - Pirate King
ロジャーと - With Roger
唯 - only
互角に戦っ - fought evenly
た伝説の - The legendary
〝怪物〟 - Monster
Basically Whitebeard was the only legendary monster who ONCE fought with the Pirate King evenly.
The translations of him simply being somebody who crossed the seas with Roger or somebody who is simply an equal of Roger's are wrong.
So I stand corrected on this, Whitebeard once was able to fight with the Pirate King Gol D. Roger evenly. Which is similar to what Buggy said that Whitebeard was able to fight Roger to a standstill in A fight. This is referring to a fight where Whitebeard was able to tie with Gol D. Roger, and that fight would be their last fight that we saw on panel, where both of them + their crews balanced each other out.
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As I've already said, there's only 3-4 years of a window where Whitebeard's crew & Roger's crew would've fought against each other, and this is long before the clash we saw, before even Oden joined, at that time it was already declared Roger's era. According to WB they had fought numerous times in those 3-4 years, the Marines & the rest of the world would 100% know if they were equals lol, just like how Dracule & Shanks duels became renowned, it's crazy to even think /assume that the result of those fights weren't renowned.
This is not true.
"Rest of the world is just going off of reputation", who is talking about rest of the world? Not me. I'm talking about individuals who specifically knew Roger & his strength. Garp had fought against both Roger & Whitebeard. Sengoku had done the same, to both of them it was "Roger's era" not "Whitebeard & Roger's era". The "era" is given to the person who is the strongest pirate, as Xebec was before Roger and as Whitebeard was after Roger, and as Blackbeard claimed himself to be the strongest pirate out there now, thus declaring his era. Shiki, the ex-crewmate of Whitebeard and somebody competed against both of them who fought Roger just 2 years prior to when Whitebeard fought him, put himself & Whitebeard inferior to Roger.
Don Chinjao, also had fought against the Roger pirates, and knew Roger & Rayleigh's strength personally. More than likely knew Whitebeard's strength personally as well, as he considered Kaido, Shanks, Big Mom inferior to Whitebeard. Just as he considered Whitebeard inferior to Roger.
Now to @HA001's great point of Roger never fighting anyone. It is very much possible that he never fought Shiki, Garp, Sengoku, and such during his last journey (since I believe it would be shown if he had a major battle during that year and half or so). In fact going beyond what HA001 said, it's very much plausible that Shiki is the only big fight Roger had after he got sick, only 1 year after he got sick. Now we know the sickness of Roger's was gradually getting worst as time went on. Meaning the Roger that fought against Shiki was superior to the Roger that fought against Whitebeard.
If Garp & Sengoku didn't fight a sick Roger after Whitebeard or even after Shiki, it's understandable why they would view Roger > Whitebeard. Because when they fought against the two, Roger was the stronger opponent. In fact, if we look at the confrontation between Sengoku - Whitebeard at Marineford, it seems to be that of equals. Then when Garp steps up to the platform, he smirkingly looks at Whitebeard, as if he has no problem taking him on. Oda could've easily made the Marine duo look inferior to Whitebeard then, but he chose not to, instead he had Whitebeard say "He's just an old man now" so the Whitebeard pirates wouldn't be scared of Garp's prowess.
But yea, Buggy's statement and the Narrator's statement are referring to the 1 fight 3-day fight that happened between Gold Roger & Whitebeard. This will be my last post on it, you're more than welcomed to point out any further disagreements or any flaws in my reasoning that you may see here. Cheers!
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This is def. the more reasonable take.
In fact it can be argued that by the time Roger finished his journey of Laughtale and was in his last year or so, that Whitebeard > Roger. Because the sickness wasn't consistently the same, rather it kept getting worst over time. Year 1 (of sickness) Roger > year 2 Roger > year 3 Roger > year 4 Roger.
I am curious to know the real translation of the first page. Yo @Den_Den_Mushi , could you translate the part of this raw where Whitebeard gets compared to Roger? =>
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