@MiyamotoMusashi:
What kind of justification is that? Promoting someone does not give that character suddenly a power-up. You only promote someone if that person´s abilities can justify the promotion. Furthermore, a person who is as strong as the admirals but fools around by being "only" a RA would still have been at the war, Sengoku was fearing the fate of the Marines in that battle and unlike Vergo who had a base to look after, there would be no justification to keep a character like him away from the war, thus it would be an asspull.
They still have all of the NW to patrol. There still had to be some 'respectably' strong VA's and greater. Otherwise it's even worse of a balance :
4 Yonkous = 7 Shichibukai +WG, than the war made it appear.
And the Marines went after Luffy heavy for his pedigree + potential (CoC haki). See no problem with Potential at least factoring into promotions with more experience + power being heaped on later, or as some have been pointing out about possible Fujitora being 'unknown' Admiral, there could always be like a transitional layover before fully becoming Admirals. Besides with that way of thinking they never could find a Admiral replacement.
If this 'possible Fujitora' really has a gravity or air pressure related DF ability, then the Marines allotment of DF's seems most suspicious with an almost monopoly on elite level (also logia specifically) DF's. Wonder if Enel's DF just got lost or stolen centuries (or even just years/ decades) ago.
@Jackermeister:
I gotta say that I will be disappointed if that Blind guy's fruit will be "gravity". Hopefully it's either not gravity related, or it isn't even a fruit power.
AMen!
@benny:
How about the power if the new admiral consist in manipulating the air pressure? I mean he could have concentrate a large amount of air pressure on a point to create a giant hole! That would explain also the guys saying "heavy"!!
What do u think about??
@DynamiteShikoku:
BB's fruit sucks people and their power (darkness/yami), Miss Valetine's fruit allows her to alter her weight (kilo), Fujitora's fruit is an area-based gravity alteration fruit (gravity).
But he sucks them in with gravity based abilities.
Both of these still seem to be just simple work-around to copying off the fruit. Not That unpredictable Oda uniqueness.
@Foxy:
It cool to see more parallels between this and the Baroque Works saga. In Alabasta, we had a powerful character appear in a bar in the beginning of the arc.
And Both likely Marines, (Unless you're speaking of Ace).
@Jackermeister:
It's still a trio. Sanji couldn't keep up.
Broke his leg fighting Vergo. Since the timeskip he's been nothing but a comic relief. He almost died from a bloody nose.
Broke his leg after Nami let his body take a beating anyway. And speaking of comic relief; Franky's outfit and hair choices lately would put him right next to, or below Sanji. If you Sanji out = take Franky out as well, making it …..
The Monster Duo? Uggh