- They will never get as much focus as Cracker or Katakuri, two characters who served as direct obstacles to the main character therefore receiving spotlight display of their strength and abilities in full prolonged fight sequences that lasted hours in-universe until Luffy finally overcame them and leveled up.
- Wano has too many fights happening concurrently and Oda doesn’t give a rats ass about focusing on them, he just wants to advance through the arc so no time to give losers feats.
- Far more important characters got their fight scenes shafted completely
- Case closed
Imagining Lanji beating Cracker or Katakuri is damn nigh impossible but against the zoans it’s feesible because they have a trash first, second, and third impression.
