@Jackermeister:
Speaking of Chopper: Why is he so weird? He doesn't have a fully transformed state like other Zoans and his "hybrid form" is the weakest (whereas with other Zoan users it's the strongest).
oda wanted to make him cute… seriously thats the honest answer. i think it was stated somewhere in the sbs.
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oh man, wish i was here for the chopper debate.... here's a couple cents
1. We dont know how much stronger or weaker red hawk is to EG.... cant compare what we dont know, it would just lead to assumptions
2. red hawk was done in water, which is a weakened state luffy. We also dont know how much weaker he got but we do know he got weaker so red hawk full potential was not used on Hody.
3. In monster form previously, it was stated that it drained the user and also caused lost of control. After the timeskip chopper is able to control but only for 3 minutes. We dont know the ins and outs of his monster form to give a correct scale of a controlled Monster against a Wild Monster point.
that is; if chopper is able to control it, maybe he is able to negate the draining effect and what caused the pain previously, while franky, not use to the body wouldnt understand this and is pretty much the same uncontrolled beast that was at EL with maybe a bit more stamina/endurance.
the opposite could be true as well, and chopper has negated the draining effect and that was completely choppers best endurance/stamina form. But, the point of all this is pretty much what some people where saying. The evidence isnt conclusive enough to state it as fact.