I always thought the original 3 admirals were essentially equal. All 3 were able to fight on essentially equal footing with Whitebeard and his commanders. There wasn't anything to suggest to me that any of 3 was stronger than the others.
I mean they all fight in completely different ways. It's like comparing apples, oranges and pomegranates.
Well ironicly Akainu was the only one who really got beaten badly (altough he did lots of damage to WB himself) but he was basicly K.Od in that fight and was gone for a while
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Ah, but the big thing with Kuzan's power is that can be used for much greater constructive purposes as well as destructive ones.
Freezing the tidal waves created by Whitebeard is a great example of a situation in which Aokiji's power was a hell of a lot more useful than light or magma.
That's the great thing about this series, no fruit is at its core stronger than any other, there are many advantages and disadvantages to all of them.
Yeah i mentioned the ocean/tidal wave freezing part. its a great fruit for warfare in that regard as you could use it in naval battles too. Freeze sea beneath the enemy ships so they cant retreat. He probably used to do that during his service in the marines. its one of those "crowd control" or "Support" logias more than a killing machine fruit.
I JUST dont get how it works. its the only completley solid material logia in the series. if he can unfreeze himself during the regeneration process, it means its basicly a water water fruit that can turn into ice, and i have always called BS on that idea.