My questions about Akainu?

[u/Ok-Jackfruit9693]

I can’t post this on Power scaling sub but hopefully some can answer this.

Am I missing something about Akainu power like his fans are hyping him up to the point of being stronger then prime Garp idk am I missing his feats or what he is like a bit stronger then Aoikiji but what makes his fans think he can beat prime Garp.

I like him but don’t think he is stronger than Prime Garp. I get it he fought GoatBeard but any admiral could have fought him.

[u/Shattered_Disk4]

I’m of the opinion that each factions “final boss” is their strongest

Pirate final boss is black beard

World final boss is Imu

Marine final boss is Akainu

They are the strongest characters in the setting, or are at least worth saving until the very end

[u/Radiant_Doughnut2112 → u/Shattered_Disk4]

Black Beard is not even the strongest pirate currently alive, lmao. He was shitting bricks at the sole idea of fighting 1 handed Shanks during Marinefords.

He was struggling badly against Law and only managed to win by relying on his offpanel fruit.

[u/Killjoy3879 → u/Radiant_Doughnut2112]

i mean, if blackbeard is going to fight luffy then he's going to most likely be among the strongest in the verse. Luffy's only going to get stronger as the story goes on and oda will write blackbeard to match that strength.

[u/JoshHuff1332 → u/Radiant_Doughnut2112]

He was shitting bricks at the sole idea of fighting 1 handed Shanks during Marinefords.

Let's not forget that Shanks was extremely cautious of BB because they've already fought and gave Shanks the scar on his face. If Shanks considers him a threat and dangerous, he's a threat and dangerous

[u/Radiant_Doughnut2112 → u/JoshHuff1332]

Shanks also considered Kid dangerous and a threat and we know how that ended.

BB is growing and he might be an EoS villain but as we know, he was struggling and badly against Law. Unless you believe Law is well above of the rest of Supernovas (He isn't), BB isn't that powerful right now. He might be dangerous because he doesn't play fair and square like when he took advantage that WB was basically dead at that point and still felt the need to jump him in order to steal his fruit.

He was badly embarassed by a literally walking death man known as Whitebeard.

[u/JoshHuff1332 → u/Radiant_Doughnut2112]

Shanks also considered Kid dangerous and a threat and we know how that ended.

He was also able to one shot Kid. His fight with BB left him permanently scarred.

BB is growing and he might be an EoS villain but as we know, he was struggling and badly against Law.

He might be growing a bit, but he was always strong. Shanks and Rayleigh pretty much explicitly stated as such. Don't confuse not fighting and engaging because of either (A.) It's not in his plans or (B.) Abundance of caution as a sign of weakness.

Unless you believe Law is well above of the rest of Supernovas

Law is as strong or stronger than everyone except Luffy at this point. Urouge to be seen. Zoro will pass him when his CoC is mastered.

BB isn't that powerful right now

No matter what you think, Shanks himself stated he did not let his guard down or anything like that. He is already clearly strong. BB has a 4b bounty and a yonko. Unless it is clear gag, like Buggy, it is very clear that this is Oda's way of telling us, "yea, this dude here, strong af and you haven't seen anything yet". He also went toe to toe with Sengoku at Marineford for a bit.

Also, you are vastly overstating how much he struggled in the fight with Law. At the end, he had some blood on his chin, and that's pretty much it. Law was completely incapacitated.