Questions & Mysteries Why was Roger not WSS?
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I mean, Ryuma is very popular as a legendary swordsman centuries after his death. So there is always a craze around strong swordsmen. And if Roger's predecessors have the WSS trend then it should obviously continue as being a swordsman is really prominent in OP unless peeps stopped being swordsmen. That didn't happen as a lot of strong characters of Roger's time were swordsmen: Roger, Rayleigh, Oden, and likely Rocks. I think a part of the reason why Shanks bothered having a rivalry with Mihawk is one of his masters i.e., either Rayleigh or Roger was the WSS of their time and Shanks wanted to be their successor.
The hypocrisy is you are questioning the title box, considering how often Mihawk fans use that as the end all be all in debates. Oda, on the volume cover, "The strongest Pirate Has arrived on Marineford" You are disagreeing with Oda otherwise WB who pulled up to MF was WSP and Mihawk was a Pirate. Post heart attack/Squardo stab is a different story.
Mihawk hasn't fought Shanks in 12 years and down nothing but sit on his ass guess you can question if he really is stronger than Shanks.
Mihawk hasn't fought Shanks in 12 years and down nothing but sit on his ass guess you can question if he really is stronger than Shanks.
Inconsistencies become inconsistencies only when they contradict the canon. We can't really use one inconsistency to prove something entirely different is inconsistent too. I think that's not how logic works. We can consider it canon as long as it doesn't contradict the manga. Ryuma's Sword God title goes perfectly in line with him being the WSS of his time because you're only considered a God of something, generally speaking, when you're the very best at it. Also, the Sword God title is Wano-specific so he can be both at the same time. I don't recall the full details but I think Monsters implied that Ryuma was also the WSM of his time.
How can we be certain that being stabbed by Sqardo had nothing to do with it? According to you, Kaido's title is a fake because he lacks a title box, WB's title is a fake because he was actually sick, but we should place 100% value on Mihawk's title? Oda went out of his way to hammer home the fact that WB was WSM in the build-up to and at the start of MF by having everyone and their mothers tell you so and then sticking it on the volume cover.
I actually do think in oda's mind he wanted to portray wb as the strongest in mf
given the importance he gave to akainu ( the man who fought him) shortly after the war (became the fleet admiral
feats aside , just from a portrayal stand point thats what oda was going for.
his illness made him fall short in critical moments e.g
given the importance he gave to akainu ( the man who fought him) shortly after the war (became the fleet admiral
feats aside , just from a portrayal stand point thats what oda was going for.
his illness made him fall short in critical moments e.g
I agree. Everything's kind of a headcanon until we get an official confirmation, which we likely will never get like you said lmao. But we can still talk in terms of possibilities. So far, our only reason to believe Roger's era didn't have a WSS is that it was never mentioned but hardly proves it didn't exist although it's equally hard to prove it existed.