[Manga] One Piece - Page 221

On October 04 2012 03:31 RenSC2 wrote:
As a general rule, I'd say that the Shichibukai are weaker than the Yonkou. Placing current and former Shichibukai in approximate power rank, weakest first:

Gekko Moriah - Weak crew and beaten by Luffy before he powered up. Already beaten by Kaido. However, was considered the weakest of the Shichibukai.

Trafalgar Law - Hax OP devil fruit ability, but seemingly can't use it on strong Haki users (Vergo). The rest of his fighting abilities don't seem particularly good. Nothing outstanding in his crew (and I'd suspect they've all been captured/killed already by one of the Yonko), and has made a deal with Luffy to team up and try to take down a Yonko... something he would do solo if he could.

Crocodile - couldn't compete against the likes of Whitebeard, so became a Shichibukai and stayed near the beginning of the grand line. Weak crew and beaten by Luffy before he powered up. If Crocodile takes thing a bit more seriously, he still has some real power available... Flamingo wanted him in his crew, but he refused.

Jinbe - Powerful with unknown crew strength, but never strong enough on his own to protect Fishman Island. Always required either Whitebeard or Big Mom to protect the island and has decided to serve under Big Mom after Whitebeard's death.

Hancock - Her strength is still not fully known, but her #1 and #2 were beaten by Luffy without too many problems before Luffy powered up. Her crew is likely similar to Jinbe's crew strength, her haki is nice but her devil fruit abilities are questionable against powerful characters. So her individual strength is good, but doesn't seem to be dominantly high like a Mihawk or Kuma.

Kuma - Extremely powerful individually, but as a Shichibukai, doesn't seem to have any support like all the Yonko do. He's actually an underling to Dragon or Dr Vegapunk anyways.

Mihawk - Is likely stronger than, but fought evenly against Vista (of Whitebeard crew). Individually, he seems to be as strong as anyone out there, but he seems to lack a crew and would get overwhelmed by any of the Yonko.

Doflamingo - Individually seems to be amazingly strong. Also likes to be a puppetmaster pulling the strings and probably has a very strong crew. He's the one Shichibukai (other than Blackbeard) who seems to have potential as a Yonko if he wanted it.

Blackbeard - Already a Yonko and is being set up as the biggest rival for achieving One Piece with his small crew of extremely powerful characters.

So really, I only see Doflamingo as a Shichibukai with the potential to challenge the Yonko. Everyone else is notably weaker.

On October 11 2012 00:43 BlackMagister wrote:
Haha I remember when the big dragon outside Punk Hazard was killed people were amazed at the dragon and the fight but saddened that Oda killed the only dragon that would ever appear in One Piece. Now we have dragons everywhere. Mini dragon for next nakama

On October 11 2012 00:43 BlackMagister wrote:
Haha I remember when the big dragon outside Punk Hazard was killed people were amazed at the dragon and the fight but saddened that Oda killed the only dragon that would ever appear in One Piece. Now we have dragons everywhere. Mini dragon for next nakama

On October 11 2012 13:40 RebelSlayer wrote:


Also that means that they actually killed a child when they killed the first dragon.

On October 11 2012 13:41 Forikorder wrote:

that thing didnt look like a child

and no it doesnt mean that, just because one child got turned into a dragon does not at all meant aht every dragon used to be a child

On October 11 2012 14:17 Mataza wrote:

Lol logic.
I wonder if this arc will have a big series of 1v1s at the end like most of them. And if that, who against who exactly?
Luffy gets caesar obviously, but him aside we got only Monet and Vergo yet and neither is a swordsman. Soooooo.... Zorro fights the samurai? Or no fight at all?