Kaido fought many other people including the 5 SN before it came to an 1v1 with luffy. Would luffy become the new world strongest if he beats him? Technically he should but also he shouldn't since it wasn't a pure 1v1 that lead to his defeat. I have the tendency that he won't be called like that. Kaido lost many times and still was considered as the strongest and I think he still would be the strongest creature if ZKK wasn't happening.
Future Events Will Luffy really be the new strongest after defeating Kaido?
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Nah. I still feel like theres others out there who can pose a threat against him. Blackbeard might be overpowered now with 2 broken DFs and whatever Haki he has. Akainu is a beast and potentially has the best offensive DF. We dont know how amazing Shanks is. Can't forget about Mihawk either. Plus Kaido has been fighting for a long time now with no breaks. Its not a clean fresh 1 v 1.
People need to remember how pre-timeskip worked.
Luffy beat Crocodile, "supposed" equal to Mihawk, yet we found out soon after that was not true. Then he fought Enel, who was probably one of the most broken DF users outside of Kizaru for non-Haki users. Lucci or Moria would get rocked him. Yet, as progression showed, Lucci was far more dangerous to Luffy specifically because of his natural defense against Electricity.
So take this with Kaido. The most tanky villain in the series by far. He has fought 16 people and only "just" started getting tired when he fought Luffy on round 2.
- Does Kizaru need to be "tankier" than Kaido? No, he can just be stupid broken fast and requires the opponent to have mastered FS to keep up with him (makes you wonder why Oda had luffy start learning FS in the first place).
- Does Blackbeard need to be tankier than Kaido? No, he potentially has 3 of the most broken DFs in the series. He quite literally can make you lose your powers like Kairoseki, and he can destroy the world with his other fruit. Who knows what his last one is if he has it.
- Does Akainu need to be tankier? No, he quite literally may have the highest AP in the series. One wrong punch from him can kill you are permanently scar/maim you.
- Does Shanks? No, maybe he is the strongest "haki" user in the series (im just making shit up so you see what I mean, maybe he is, maybe he isnt).
- Im? Could have some other broken power
- Rocks? If alive, same as Im
You get the point
Tldr: It doesn't matter if Luffy is "deemed" the strongest to future villains
Luffy beat Crocodile, "supposed" equal to Mihawk, yet we found out soon after that was not true. Then he fought Enel, who was probably one of the most broken DF users outside of Kizaru for non-Haki users. Lucci or Moria would get rocked him. Yet, as progression showed, Lucci was far more dangerous to Luffy specifically because of his natural defense against Electricity.
So take this with Kaido. The most tanky villain in the series by far. He has fought 16 people and only "just" started getting tired when he fought Luffy on round 2.
- Does Kizaru need to be "tankier" than Kaido? No, he can just be stupid broken fast and requires the opponent to have mastered FS to keep up with him (makes you wonder why Oda had luffy start learning FS in the first place).
- Does Blackbeard need to be tankier than Kaido? No, he potentially has 3 of the most broken DFs in the series. He quite literally can make you lose your powers like Kairoseki, and he can destroy the world with his other fruit. Who knows what his last one is if he has it.
- Does Akainu need to be tankier? No, he quite literally may have the highest AP in the series. One wrong punch from him can kill you are permanently scar/maim you.
- Does Shanks? No, maybe he is the strongest "haki" user in the series (im just making shit up so you see what I mean, maybe he is, maybe he isnt).
- Im? Could have some other broken power
- Rocks? If alive, same as Im
You get the point
Tldr: It doesn't matter if Luffy is "deemed" the strongest to future villains
- Luffy already stated in Rooftop he will surpass Kaidou, so it means narratively, Luffy's powerlevel will do surpass Kaidou even if Kaidou fought more opponents before Luffy.
- Yamato already stated that Kaidou's power was weakened only since fighting Luffy, implying all the previous damage done to Kaidou was not significant for him to weaken.
- Even Kaidou state that he was serious only from fighting Luffy and not before, implying him playing around the entire fight before using Drunken Bagua against Luffy.
- Even Luffy didnt say "you fought before against 15 people so dont make it an excuse if you are defeated" but he said "dont use being drunk as an excuse if you are defeated", implying all the previous damage done to Kaidou was not significant for him to weaken.
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Those points support that regardless of previous fights against others, Luffy will individually surpass the WSC during this final fight.
Doesnt mean he'll be the absolute strongest tho. Oda always make it vague. I guess Luffy will be the strongest in CQC, Teach the strongest in DF haxxes, while Imu is the actual strongest ever to exist before Luffy surpass him.
- Yamato already stated that Kaidou's power was weakened only since fighting Luffy, implying all the previous damage done to Kaidou was not significant for him to weaken.
- Even Kaidou state that he was serious only from fighting Luffy and not before, implying him playing around the entire fight before using Drunken Bagua against Luffy.
- Even Luffy didnt say "you fought before against 15 people so dont make it an excuse if you are defeated" but he said "dont use being drunk as an excuse if you are defeated", implying all the previous damage done to Kaidou was not significant for him to weaken.
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Those points support that regardless of previous fights against others, Luffy will individually surpass the WSC during this final fight.
Doesnt mean he'll be the absolute strongest tho. Oda always make it vague. I guess Luffy will be the strongest in CQC, Teach the strongest in DF haxxes, while Imu is the actual strongest ever to exist before Luffy surpass him.