Please stop with all this Boa faggotry. These arguments being used are more stale than duck butter. Come up with new material.
Fine, Boxxy for Nakama.
Please stop with all this Boa faggotry. These arguments being used are more stale than duck butter. Come up with new material.
Fine, Boxxy for Nakama.
I'm on board with that!
Please stop with all this Boa faggotry. These arguments being used are more stale than duck butter. Come up with new material.
QFT
On another note it's getting to the point that literally anyone is suddenly a good candidate for nakama.
Hello i'm oda sensei. There is no new nakama for the next weeks. Ok? have a nice afternoon.
@Fiasco.:
Fine, Boxxy for Nakama.
She's way too strong, she could literally talk every enemy into submission…
her aura is ten times stronger than King-haki, afterall...
Hello i'm oda sensei. There is no new nakama for the next weeks. Ok? have a nice afternoon.
It's Oda Sensei! Listen I have this idea, it's crazy but think about it
Let this guy join!
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I know you have a soft spot for him..Please, Sensei!
Imagine the opponents: "Oh we don't stand a chance 2 people with king haki"
No major threat talks like that. And the crew is going to the New World; they will find a lot of strong guys there.
And she is better than luffy on that field now.
Let each crewmember have his/her own specialty, right?
Yeah guys like rockstar will be met in the new world :) I mean i won't overrate the new world now. And no i'm not saying i know his strength etc… I mean he was strong enough to make his way to WB and deliver a message but he seems like a small fish.
And hancok has the king ambition, luffy too. Why would these 2 persons be together in a team? And she is the shishibukai. It can be that after this war there won't be any shishibukai anymore. Maybe that the government will loose so much influence that the whole idea of 3 world powers becomes irrelevant. But hancock has her crew she has her folk she is the empress a friend of luffy but not someone who will join his crew? It would be as if the king of alabasta decide to join the SHs... (i'm exagerating a little bit but god just because she has a sad story doesn't mean she should join).
And if her dream is to stop slavery in the world then she doesn't need luffy to achieve it. She can achieve it with her crew.
No major threat talks like that. And the crew is going to the New World; they will find a lot of strong guys there.
I guess the warlords are only the top dogs in the first half of the GL.
The 7 are all Level GL fighters. Way above the members of the Strawhat crew.
Let each crewmember have his/her own specialty, right?
Their attributes aren't supposed to cross. That would be bad writing.
Their attributes aren't supposed to cross. That would be bad writing.
Not true. I understand what you are saying though. You are referring to them both having the [insert: King + Haki/Ambition], and that being a rare quality, so having two people with that same rare aspect would be a poor choice for one crew. Not only would that take away from the impact of Luffy having it, but it would make dull the idea of it being "rare". Margaret, as an alternate example, would not be bad writing since her specialty and primary fighting style would be Haki+weapon/tactic versus Luffy's hand-to-hand fighting style that is amplified by various methods (the primary being his rubber body). Similar to Brook and Zoro's sword skills differing due to santoryuu and fencing + music, etc.
Their attributes aren't supposed to cross. That would be bad writing.
Yeah, but Franky and Usopp both have ranged weapon attacks, Franky and Luffy both have stretch-arms attacks, and Zoro and Brooke are both swordsmen. Just because their abilities overlap in some places do not mean they are redundant.
Hancock's use of Haki may be very different from Luffy's. They both have the "king's disposition", but that only affects weak-willed characters. The way Luffy and Hancock use their haki in combat could be very different. Look at Sandersonia and Marigold! THey both had Haki, and yet both had different tricks!
Yeah guys like rockstar will be met in the new world :) I mean i won't overrate the new world now. And no i'm not saying i know his strength etc… I mean he was strong enough to make his way to WB and deliver a message but he seems like a small fish.
I know you cited Rockstar as a joke, but his bounty is over 90k. Which by itself is bigger than Hancock. I'm not saying he's stronger than a Shichibukai, I'm just pointing the fact that the New World is different. Moria was afraid of the New World, and he's a Shichibukai, right?
Indeed, of all the Shichibukai, Hancock strikes me as the only one who never went to the New World (but this isn't a confirmed fact). She seems to have remained pillaging ships in the first half of the Grand Line.
And hancok has the king ambition, luffy too. Why would these 2 persons be together in a team?
See above.
And she is the shishibukai.
Yeah, but she would not be one anymore if she joined the SH's.
But hancock has her crew she has her folk she is the empress a friend of luffy but not someone who will join his crew?
And Nyon was also empress of the Kuja, but she left the island to survive her "disease". Hancock has the same "disease": she's in love with Luffy, and that could be a strong factor in making her going with him.
I'm not saying that she'll definitely join. I just like her and want her to join. Something tells me Hancock will have some other role in the story and may not join, but I see no reason why she can't join other than Oda simply having different plans. If you say to me we can't be sure of who'll join, I agree totally, but this is a thread about guessing and hoping, right?
IMO, she's a much better candidate than several others cited in this thread, like Sadi-chan or Margareth.
Not true. I understand what you are saying though. You are referring to them both having the [insert: King + Haki/Ambition], and that being a rare quality, so having two people with that same rare aspect would be a poor choice for one crew. Not only would that take away from the impact of Luffy having it, but it would make dull the idea of it being "rare". Margaret, as an alternate example, would not be bad writing since her specialty and primary fighting style would be Haki+weapon/tactic versus Luffy's hand-to-hand fighting style that is amplified by various methods (the primary being his rubber body). Similar to Brook and Zoro's sword skills differing due to santoryuu and fencing + music, etc.
Thanks Brennen. That's exactly what I meant. It would be like another Zoan using Rumble Balls joining the crew.
Thanks Brennen. That's exactly what I meant. It would be like another Zoan using Rumble Balls joining the crew.
Or to be more specific, another person who uses Santoryuu. Edit: While there can be multiple sword users, to give one something rare (three sword style) and then introduce another rarity (three/four/five/six-sword style) would be to degrade from the uniqueness and special aspect the original crew member gives to the crew. Which is a large reason why neither Hachi nor Hancock should join the crew. They both have other dreams, too-similar special abities, and prior responsibilities and ties. (Or another cyborg joining).
-boa shouldn't join because she could overshadow zoro and sanji
-she shouldn't join because Amazon lily needs protecting
unless i someone can give a reasonable debate on ways around this im sticking to my guns.
@zkaiser…........come up with new material? wtf are you talking about, this forum is to debate and discuss the story, until the questions are solved they wont stop, i feel the same about the endless haki debate but it just comes with the forum, if we like it or not.
Or to be more specific, another person who uses Santoryuu.
LOL. Now that's horid writing. Add in a cheap attempt to make the use of the tech different by having the sword used with their foot…......... which happens to have an opposable thumb.
Yeah, but Franky and Usopp both have ranged weapon attacks, Franky and Luffy both have stretch-arms attacks, and Zoro and Brooke are both swordsmen. Just because their abilities overlap in some places do not mean they are redundant.
That's because "ranged attacks", "stretch-arm_like_ attacks", being "swordsmen" are still general areas that can have varying levels of expertise and completely different techs used.
King haki is still king haki. That's not the same thing as Zoro using swords to fight(when we know he uses 3) and Brooke using a sword to fight(when he's obviously more like a fencer).
@John:
-boa shouldn't join because she could overshadow zoro and sanji
When Robin joined there was a lot of debate that she was the strongest character because of her overpowered fruit.
The way I see it, Boa Hancock would be in a not-well-defined position of power, in the "monster" group but I don't think she would be shown as "better" than Zoro or Sanji. It is really hard to say, however, since we have not seen her fighting yet.
-she shouldn't join because Amazon lily needs protecting
That's a little more difficult to answer, I admit, but Oda could bypass this problem with little effort. Amazon Lily could become a very small concern to the government with the coming chaos; or could consider the Amazons little threat without Hancock. Hancock may have confidence in the ability of a nation of warriors to resist outside attacks. She was willing to lose her title even before she met Luffy, anyway.
I remember the Franky family, and how people were saying back then that they'd become the "minions" of the SH crew (like other larger crews have) because they helped destroy Enies Lobby and would be hunted down. Instead, we had the Government just ignoring the Franky Family and putting a bounty on Franky only, thus allowing the Franky Family to be left behind.
King haki is still king haki. That's not the same thing as Zoro using swords to fight(when we know he uses 3) and Brooke using a sword o fight(when he's obviously more like a fencer).
I've already said it: what's important is how they'd use it in a fight. We have seen so far that there are many different ways of using Haki. Luffy and Hancock could use theirs in very different ways, like Marigold and Sandersonia did.
Haki, the way I see it, is a weapon, not an attack. Different people will use it in different ways. Luffy will always fight with his Gomu Gomu powers. When/if he learn Haki, it will be used to improve, not replace, his fighting style. So, in my opinion, Hancock has her own unique fighting style, and she uses Haki to improve it as well.
When Robin joined there was a lot of debate that she was the strongest character because of her overpowered fruit.
The way I see it, Boa Hancock would be in a not-well-defined position of power, in the "monster" group but I don't think she would be shown as "better" than Zoro or Sanji. It is really hard to say, however, since we have not seen her fighting yet.
That's a little more difficult to answer, I admit, but Oda could bypass this problem with little effort. Amazon Lily could become a very small concern to the government with the coming chaos; or could consider the Amazons little threat without Hancock. Hancock may have confidence in the ability of a nation of warriors to resist outside attacks. She was willing to lose her title even before she met Luffy, anyway.
I remember the Franky family, and how people were saying back then that they'd become the "minions" of the SH crew (like other larger crews have) because they helped destroy Enies Lobby and would be hunted down. Instead, we had the Government just ignoring the Franky Family and putting a bounty on Franky only, thus allowing the Franky Family to be left behind.
I've already said it: what's important is how they'd use it in a fight. We have seen so far that there are many different ways of using Haki. Luffy and Hancock could use theirs in very different ways, like Marigold and Sandersonia did.
i know what you are saying about robin but i think we can agree her position is below the top three when they fight enemies, just my opinion on this one though
also i really don't think you understand what it would mean for boa to take Luffy's side…...............
-it would hinder the government in the war against wb
-making the government laughing stocks at a time like this is seriously bad
-taking sides with someone that has declared war on the government
-they would have to find another shichibukai replacement
-and after the Shabondy and impel down incident sengoku will be PISSED
these are a few reasons i can think of, but im sure that the elder stars/marines would destroy Amazon lily to send boa a personal message, revenge for such a betrayal...... and if ace is freed it will send a message around the world bigger than any impact we have heard so far, im positive Amazon lily and anyone involved will be focused upon.
so to sum it up you could be right.......but i still cant see how boa or the island will escape the governments wrath, i could see them being made examples of (buster call)
@John Giant:
I see what you're saying. But you're considering the situation right now, while I'm thinking about how the situation will be after the war.
I think that Whitebeard will fall, thus breaking the system of "3 powers". The other Shichibukai will go rogue, the Marine HQ will be in shambles, the world will be in chaos. In such a scenario, Amazon Lily will become a very small concern to the WG. (Specially if other Shichibukai also go rogue. DoFlamingo seems to just be waiting for his "New Age" to start; Mihawk seems to not care; we can't trust Blackbeard, etc.).
@John Giant:
I see what you're saying. But you're considering the situation right now, while I'm thinking about how the situation will be after the war.
I think that Whitebeard will fall, thus breaking the system of "3 powers". The other Shichibukai will go rogue, the Marine HQ will be in shambles, the world will be in chaos. In such a scenario, Amazon Lily will become a very small concern to the WG. (Specially if other Shichibukai also go rogue. DoFlamingo seems to just be waiting for his "New Age" to start; Mihawk seems to not care; we can't trust Blackbeard, etc.).
oh hell yeah…......that would work perfectly but that means your basing your answer on the wb war outcome. plus don't you think if it comes to that the government will be extra ruthless in order to stamp out the possibility of a breakdown of the government. buster calls, pacifistas, you name it, they'll use it, if it means justice can remain then i wouldn't put anything past them.
if the world becomes very unstable and the shichbukai disband then the government will stop focusing on boa and Amazon lily enough to let her join without any problems. but if whitebeard does die then maybe the government will finally start the final battle against the other yonkou to finally conquer the last obstacles against them in the world. leaving only dragon. so maybe boa will be needed more than ever. you have put forward some really good points which really has left me without a solid opinion on her possibilities of boa joining, one things for sure, boa's joining completely depends upon the outcome of the war.........
@John:
oh hell yeah…......that would work perfectly but that means your basing your answer on the wb war outcome. plus don't you think if it comes to that the government will be extra ruthless in order to stamp out the possibility of a breakdown of the government. buster calls, pacifistas, you name it, they'll use it, if it means justice can remain then i wouldn't put anything past them.
The WG has a lot of resources, but with Marine HQ in shambles, its resources will spread too thin trying to control rebellions, three pissed off Yonkou, several rogue Shichibukai and other pirates. At least, that's how I see it.
Of course, I may be wrong (as always ). But from a narrative standpoint, the war resulting in other chaos and complete twist of the status quo is a lot more interesting than maintaining the status quo.
Here's the thing though. Just because they may not raze an island immediately, there's nothing stopping them from doing it later after things have cooled down a bit. You have to think long term when it comes to this kind of stuff.
The WG has a lot of resources, but with Marine HQ in shambles, its resources will spread too thin trying to control rebellions, three pissed off Yonkou, several rogue Shichibukai and other pirates. At least, that's how I see it.
Of course, I may be wrong (as always ). But from a narrative standpoint, the war resulting in other chaos and complete twist of the status quo is a lot more interesting than maintaining the status quo.
this is where i disagree…....
you see if wb dies then it means all the territory he owns, all the land he protects are up for grabs, it also means all the yonkou (2) and shichbukai that think they have got what it takes will go for the title of pirate king, in other words they will be pleased to see him go as he is an obstacle out of the way, remember they will all profit from his removal. also it means the possible position of yonkou is available, something doflammingo and bb would surely want, why do you think they are participating in this war, profit/power
i think the only people to be effected will be the innocent, which is why shanks and jimbei want to stop it
i think dragon wont be happy though...............
Now Deicide what would be hancocks dream? I mean if we follow the dream pattern every SH has a specific dream. The only reason i see may be "Stop slavery". Well that's something she can do without following luffy! To me hancock is like vivi. She is indeed much more powerful than vivi but she is the empress has her duties and she won't just quit. And nyon is old and to me she seems to want to live peacefully now. Hancock is probably the strongest amazon on island and that qualifies her for the empress title.
Now Deicide what would be hancocks dream?
I don't know. If she has a dream, I think it would be something from before her enslavement. Maybe she had some dream people would laugh at, but after her escape from the Tenryuubito she would never let anyone see weakness in her, and as such forsake her dream. Now, Luffy may do something that re-ignites her dreams. I have no idea what it could be, however.
i thought from her past and her response to Luffys actions that her dream would be to have the tenrybuto removed and slavery abolished…......although there could be her forgotten dreams from when she was a child before the slavery, although i would have thought she would have completed them...... so for me the above two are the most likely
I've stated reasons why I don't like Hancock in the crew, and now I thought of a new one–though it is a bit petty. She'd take Robin's position as strongest woman in the crew.
Though everyone won't agree, I believe that her unique abilities allow her to be as strong a fighter as Zoro or Sanji, though she always seems to participate in the "mid card" fights. She's like the "wonder woman" of the crew.
Now Hancock would immediately be the second strongest, and with her stone ability I don't see a way they'd surpass her (especially Sanji). The problem with this is, it kind of water down's Zoro position in the crew. How can have authority as a first mate when Hancock beats him in both experience, height, and arrogance? She, as a former pirate captain, could lead the crew on her own. It's like some have said, she overshadows the crew, and frankly I don't think Zoro can just "get" whatever it is that's making Luffy immune to her power.
Oh, and another thing. If Hancock wanted to following Luffy around then why not just take her pirate crew and follow Luffy? I see no reason for Hancock to give up her crew.
@John:
also it means the possible position of yonkou is available, something doflammingo and bb would surely want, why do you think they are participating in this war, profit/power
The yonkou aren't like the shichibukai in that an empty spot needs to be filled. It isn't a position the WG wants to replace. They are really just the biggest threats to the WG in the New World. They wouldn't name a new one unless another pirate owned a lot of territory and were a direct threat to them. And why would a shichibukai want to be a yonkou? With Shichibukai status they don't have bounties and the WG doesn't hunt them down. The yonkou are enemies to the government and the WG wants them gone. They would be better served working under the WG (while they really do whatever they want like Mihawk unless something like this war happens). They really don't oversee you (see Crocodile) so you can do and plan your own thing while the World Government views you as an ally.
I've already said it: what's important is how they'd use it in a fight. We have seen so far that there are many different ways of using Haki. Luffy and Hancock could use theirs in very different ways, like Marigold and Sandersonia did.
Haki, the way I see it, is a weapon, not an attack. Different people will use it in different ways. Luffy will always fight with his Gomu Gomu powers. When/if he learn Haki, it will be used to improve, not replace, his fighting style. So, in my opinion, Hancock has her own unique fighting style, and she uses Haki to improve it as well.
I'm not sold. If this were the case(and I'm not saying they can't use their haki for different things) Oda wouldn't have specifcally gave both of them king haki.
I've already made the example but I'll do it like this haki is to swordsmanship what Santoryuu is to king haki. Make more sense now? haki is the general topic/area/skill/etc. and king haki is a specific type. Only other way I can say it is another DF user could join the crew but another zoan DF user that utilizes rumble balls will not.
^Switch the placement of haki and Santouryu.
I dont think buggy or anyone from baroque work would join Luffy because it would be too predictable (Besides, Luffys already got Croc's best lieutenant, why would he need any of the waker ones?). Hancock joining would also be pretty anticlimactic. As for Jinbei, he's more likely to join with whitebeard than with luffy. Instead, here are what I think is most possible:
If the 6th floor of Impel down is actually a cellblock instead of a giant furnace to heat the floors above it, Luffy may end up recruiting somebody from dow there. People the world government would want to disappearwould most likely be political opponents and probably not very evil.
If whitebeard dies, ace just might end up joining luffy, just to see someone he's attache to become pirate king. But moe likely he'll just keep pursuing blackbeard on his own.
The main question is, what job would the 10th crew member fill? The strawhats seem to have all the bases covered with 9 people and I can't see any need for a dedicated helmsman. All the positions I can think of are only moderately useful-grenadier, bomb technician, chaplain (I'd love to see hozoro would take that) or ninja.
well, it really doesn't need to be pirate-related…
i mean, why would a pirate have archiologist? Robin was certinly unexpected
i'm thinking fortuneteller, maybe she said something that shouldn't come true to the world goverment....or she knows too much but goverment cannot chrge her with any crime so she ended up locked in lvl 6 to dissapear from all history and records
they dont need to have a role like cook or doctor they can just be like a fighter u can never have enough strong fighters i your crew
The yonkou aren't like the shichibukai in that an empty spot needs to be filled. It isn't a position the WG wants to replace. They are really just the biggest threats to the WG in the New World. They wouldn't name a new one unless another pirate owned a lot of territory and were a direct threat to them. And why would a shichibukai want to be a yonkou? With Shichibukai status they don't have bounties and the WG doesn't hunt them down. The yonkou are enemies to the government and the WG wants them gone. They would be better served working under the WG (while they really do whatever they want like Mihawk unless something like this war happens). They really don't oversee you (see Crocodile) so you can do and plan your own thing while the World Government views you as an ally.
clearly you haven't thought it through…............if it is some of the shichibukai ambitions to be pirate king........then they wont care about losing their current status.....
someone like bb is currently a shichibukai because its more convenient until yet again he finds his opportunity to move another step closer to being pirate king. and what im saying also is that if someone like bb were to remove wb then all the territory he owns is up for grabs..............something to compete for, so its quite possible that the way he is advancing, he could take this position and advance another step closer to becoming pirate king. are you disagreeing with this? because i would have thought that you would have to become a yonkou at some point to achieve this..........
Will Luffy become a Yonkou before becoming the Pirate King then?
No i don't think it is required to be a yonkou in order to become the PK. The yonkou is just a title for a pirate who has a massive crew and which actions can influence the whole world. I mean it's more from a political point of view. If you break it down everyone can become a PK if you are strong enough and your ambition carries you this far.
That's all! Right now there are 4 yonkous the fact that noone of them managed to become the PK was probably partly due to the fact that they were blocking each other. If someone like BB comes and take them all down with a genius master plan then he will be the closest to the PK title.
Well Robin was an assasin as well as an archeaologist. I really can't se an ol lady with a crystal bll and a bag of peyote joining the crew. The final nakama should be more interesting than that.
Unless Usopp and sogeking count as separate crewmembers, making sogeking #10 (Facepalm)
No i don't think it is required to be a yonkou in order to become the PK. The yonkou is just a title for a pirate who has a massive crew and which actions can influence the whole world. I mean it's more from a political point of view. If you break it down everyone can become a PK if you are strong enough and your ambition carries you this far.
That's all! Right now there are 4 yonkous the fact that noone of them managed to become the PK was probably partly due to the fact that they were blocking each other. If someone like BB comes and take them all down with a genius master plan then he will be the closest to the PK title.
well what is a yonkou? your definition is a pirate that influences the world, so i would say after
-impel down
-defeating 2 shichibukai
-enies lobby
-tenrybuto incident
and others to follow are actions that have changed/or lead towards change in the world, so if Luffy carries on like this then he would meet your definition. i think Luffy will be regarded as a yonkou, or someone of equal strength later on before becoming pirate king
conclusion - you don't have to be a yonkou first to become pirate king, but you maybe be regarded as one because of your strength and current status.
and the part of my post about the massive crew?
and the part of my post about the massive crew?
i cant really have a fair comment on that as i think its pointless having a big crew if the crew you do have are all seriously strong, therefore quality beating quantity
also i see people like the arabasta kingdom, drum island, Amazon lily, water 7 and so on as a sort of nakama, people that support the sh crew, so although they haven't done anything to state they support them, im sure later on when Luffy is at yonkou level they will say it more freely as they will be safer to do so….....
its just how i see wb protecting fishman island and all the others, at some stage Luffy will be in the same position
And the part of my post about the massive crew?
@John:
I cant really have a fair comment on that as I think its pointless having a big crew if the crew you do have are all seriously strong, therefore quality beating quantity.
John hit it on the head; keep in mind that the Strawhat Crew is very rare for everyone on board having a bounty. Not just that, but the total amount of their bounty is considered impressive. I'm sure this trend will hold to their crew as the last two memebers join, as well as their current bounty's increasing, leading to an even higher combined bounty.
Again if yonkou means "a lot influence on history, super strength, massive crews and a lot of control over vast regions of the world" then luffy will pobably never be a yonkou cause it's likely that his crew will not be as big as Wbs or shanks one? If you define yonkou only with "the influence they have" then yes luffy will probably become a yonkou. I was arguing about the definition of the word yonkou in OP.
If Yonkou means "a lot influence on the history super strength massive crews a lot of control over vast regions of the world" then Luffy will probably never be a Yonkou.
^^ This is where punctuation comes in handy. In any case, the definition as we know it:
@Chapter:
Garp: Among the countless masses of pirates in the world, he is one of the four greatest, along with the infamous Whitebeard, that dwell in the latter half of the Grand Line. These pirates, who rule above all others almost as an emperor does, are called the Four Emperors, or Yonko!!!
Ok if we just go by that definition which seems to be incomplete as it is to me a political term then yes i agree that luffy will later be considered as a yonkou before becoming the PK.
Seems to be incomplete, as it is to me a political term.
How so? Also, by punctuation I meant: "a lot of influence on the history, super strength, massive crews, and a lot of control over vast regions of the world."
If the definition came from the 5 elders stars it would have been ok. But garp can, without having problems with it, just say enough to understand what yonkous are.
But it's ok it's the only definition we got. It's pointless to speculate about garps quality to explain properly what yonkous are :) Maybe he has an own definition of yonkou. We will never know :)
I doubt that Luffy will ever be considered an Emperor as we understand Whitebeard during his story. The Straw Hats are more like a close-knit family than a pirate crew. Having legions of goons wouldn't fit. Nope, I think the Straw Hats are destined to stay a small crew.
I doubt that Luffy will ever be considered an Emperor as we understand Whitebeard during his story. The Straw Hats are more like a close-knit family than a pirate crew. Having legions of goons wouldn't fit. Nope, I think the Straw Hats are destined to stay a small crew.
Doesn't mean Luffy cannot take title of Emperor. An Emperor is merely a title for one of the four pirates closest to One Piece (i.e. the four strongest pirates in the world). Unless Luffy beats all of them all at once and claims One Piece(HIGHLY UNLIKELY) there must come a time when his strength would match and surpass these four giants. That's what it means to be Pirate King.
oh and btw i just wanted to point out that although wb is a Yonkou and has divisions/large fleet…........it in noway is used to judge if someone's a Yonkou, because from what ive seen shanks has a much smaller crew limited to one vessel, yet he is still regarded as being an emperor...
and yes it isn't confirmed he has only the crew we have seen, but from all the encounters shown........his entire crew has resided on one vessel, my thoughts are that like Luffys crew, most of shanks crew are very skilled and make up the number of wb fleet by the quality of his people
and another point is that although there maybe others near Yonkou strength level, Garp stated they were the strongest four............which may mean there can only be four people regarded as Yonkou, even if there were others not far off the current fours strength level, they still don't make the list
perhaps if one of the Yonkou became pirate king then the 5th strongest pirate in the new world would then take that place and become a Yonkou
a lot of influence on the history
super strength
massive crews
and a lot of control over vast regions of the world."
-well from robins translations of the poneglyphs, sanji becoming the greatest chef, zoro the greatest swordsman, frankys shipbuilding, usopps sniper capability, nami mapping the whole world, and Luffy breaking ace out of impel down, freeing robin from enies lobby, destroying a pacafista, beating two shichibukai, beating cp9, hitting the tenrybuto and saving countless kingdoms, i think that goes well towards having an influence on history
-the strength to beat odz, shichibukai, cp9 and all the rest proves their strength, im sure we will see alot more strong people defeated and added to that list
-although they don't have a massive crew i would say there are plenty of strong groups that count themselves as nakama, franky family, water 7 shipwrights, dori and broggy, and all the others in debt to the crew, also i think they make up in numbers by the sheer quality of the crew themselves, each one possessing great talent
so from my point of view i would say that they are definitely on track for becoming a yonkou if they continue the way they are going...............or at least that's how i see it
but there was only one Pirate king, Gold Rogers
so HOW do you become a pirate king? does finding one piece qualify you as a pirate king? considering that WB and gold rogers were rivals, i kinda doubt WB put in effort to find one piece or to reach raftel (he's already strongest man in the world)
if WB is NOT considered that king of the pirate, than how does people reconize you as one?
What the hell is being talked about here? lol maybe this should be locked up for awhile. Have we really resorted to off topic off topicness?
Topic Discussion: The next Strawhat member.
Current Discussion: The qualifications to be a Yonkou.
Sounds on topic to me :/