Future Events Who Will Defeat King?
That’s not the question. There would be no point in Marco and King fighting if it’s already obvious Marco can beat him. Important fights are supposed to bear a degree of uncertainty to create tension. We’re supposed to ask ourselves : "how the hell is the good guy gonna win this ?". You’re not asking yourself that at the prospect of King vs Marco, you’re just wondering how well he would fare before going down. There would be no fear factor in regard to King’s strength and that would basically equate to totally waste an important and powerful antagonist.
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That will save King
I still think King might really be >= Marco
He has more options to fight
If his fire counters Marco's flames and his swordmanship is great
Then no reason to look down on King anymore.
I don't see Marco getting upper hand above King
Marco role here isn't to win or dominate anyone.
I still think King might really be >= Marco
He has more options to fight
If his fire counters Marco's flames and his swordmanship is great
Then no reason to look down on King anymore.
I don't see Marco getting upper hand above King
Marco role here isn't to win or dominate anyone.
That would make us forget that King and Queen couldn't stop Marco from doing what he wanted, that Marco led the WB pirates after his captain death and against BB and his crew and that he fought against all the admirals?
It's impossible to give King the same hype, Queen have a bigger bounty compared to Katakuri but basically no one sees him as stronger than the mochi boy.
Not considering Marco consumed Prometheus like 4 chapters ago
It's impossible to give King the same hype, Queen have a bigger bounty compared to Katakuri but basically no one sees him as stronger than the mochi boy.
Not considering Marco consumed Prometheus like 4 chapters ago
It would make us think “huh, maybe Marco won’t win this one so easily after all”, especially given the hypothetical match up advantage would be in King’s favour. One Piece fans are extremely fickle, if we were to discover that for some reason Marco can’t regenerate from King’s fire- and in the same chapter that King is shown with a temporary upper-hand- there will be threads here made talking about how it is impossible for Marco to win and he’s overrated blah blah.
Or because King is a raging psychopath that probably burns islands for fun while Marco’s a chill guy? The same reason that pre-skip Kid and Killer were above Luffy and Zoro?
Or because King is a raging psychopath that probably burns islands for fun while Marco’s a chill guy? The same reason that pre-skip Kid and Killer were above Luffy and Zoro?
You have to question if Oda is going to dedicate time to two YCs fighting however. Im honestly not sure why King's fire would be any different from Big Moms but I guess thats up to Oda.
One Piece is mainly about underdogs taking on people who don't normally lose. While Marco vs King would be fanservice-y and entertaining, I do have to wonder if that is a route Oda would go, precisely because he normally doesn't waste time on these people fighting each other (Kaido vs Big Mom, BM vs Marco, Oden vs Kaido, Roger vs WB, etc).
To me, it's just way more useful and pertinent for a Strawhat or Supernova to fight King. We can say that the rooftop battles are solidified, but until we actually see how every matchup is done anyway, none of these are actually guaranteed. Marco vs King isn't any more set up that anyone else, outside of this fan idea that their parallel of hitting BMs ship is supposed to suggest they fight.
We'll see what happens, but im not confident in a full drawn out battle between Marco and King with a clear victor
One Piece is mainly about underdogs taking on people who don't normally lose. While Marco vs King would be fanservice-y and entertaining, I do have to wonder if that is a route Oda would go, precisely because he normally doesn't waste time on these people fighting each other (Kaido vs Big Mom, BM vs Marco, Oden vs Kaido, Roger vs WB, etc).
To me, it's just way more useful and pertinent for a Strawhat or Supernova to fight King. We can say that the rooftop battles are solidified, but until we actually see how every matchup is done anyway, none of these are actually guaranteed. Marco vs King isn't any more set up that anyone else, outside of this fan idea that their parallel of hitting BMs ship is supposed to suggest they fight.
We'll see what happens, but im not confident in a full drawn out battle between Marco and King with a clear victor
I don’t think Oda is averse to a bit of fanservice, and Marco’s an insanely popular character- one of the top ten non-Strawhats in the polls since Marineford, and both took place well after it when he hadn’t done anything in years.
It wouldn’t much surprise me if he’s decided to give him a fight here, since this is more than likely his only chance to get a proper one.
I mean, if you compare Marco vs King as a potential fight to Zoro vs Hyozo, Monet or Pica, it’s much more balanced. Every one of those fights has been fanservice, with Zoro saying to each one some variation of “you are trash to me.” Why did Oda put them in- fanservice, because Zoro’s the second most popular character in the series and we expect fights from him. The Monet one especially stands out, given that Nami, Chopper and Tashigi all had a much stronger narrative reason to fight her than Zoro did.
It wouldn’t much surprise me if he’s decided to give him a fight here, since this is more than likely his only chance to get a proper one.
I mean, if you compare Marco vs King as a potential fight to Zoro vs Hyozo, Monet or Pica, it’s much more balanced. Every one of those fights has been fanservice, with Zoro saying to each one some variation of “you are trash to me.” Why did Oda put them in- fanservice, because Zoro’s the second most popular character in the series and we expect fights from him. The Monet one especially stands out, given that Nami, Chopper and Tashigi all had a much stronger narrative reason to fight her than Zoro did.
So you think Oda might really take into account Marco's popularity and decide to draw Marco vs King relegating a far more popular character, who happens to be one of the protagonist and one of the top fighters of the crew, to a 2 (or 3 if both Chopper and Drake join him) vs 1 against Queen 
And it’s far from the first time that Sanji has been given a lesser opponent, or even none at all, in favour of a stronger ally. Look at Punk Hazard, where he didn’t beat anyone. Or Skypiea, where all he got was a 3 vs 1 with Satori while Wyper one-shot the stronger foe Shura.