General & Others "Whitebeard = Roger" translation issues.

#42
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? =>
かつてこの海で「海賊王」と渡り合った男
The man who formerly matched the “pirate king” on this sea.

渡り合う - to compete with, contend with, be a match for.

the other panel, the one with Buggy uses the word 互角 which is more explicit in portraying them as equals. It means ‘evenly matched’.
 

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The Sol King
#45
While I do not doubt that they are near equals, Roger is the one who is held as the standard Whitebeard is compared to and not the opposite. Roger at his peak is stronger than WB at his peak.
 
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