@dailyfiber:
Yeah I know it was a measure of physical power. In that case you can say Jabra's would go up too cause his Zoan transformation. I could also easily point out that Jabra is a carnivorous Zoan, which Chopper said leads to increased physical aggression and skill. Kaku was not a carnivorous Zoan, just a regular Zoan, and furthermore just got his fruit like 5 minutes ago. Jabra'd be more skilled with his fruit than Kaku, who fumbled around trying to get a hold on his fruit the entire time. There's no merit to how many attacks Zoro used to defeat Kaku, or how many Diable Jambes it took to beat Jabra. It generalizes the whole thing too much. Kaku was also fumbling around himself so you could say Kaku wasn't as strong as he possibly could have been if he had better handle on his fruit. On the other hand, Sanji had just gotten his ass kicked by Califa, so you could say there was previous damage from that, which is why it took 2 attacks.
1/ The carnivorous Zoan was state to be the most violent not the most resistant :
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2/ How do you know how strong Kaku and Jabura become when they in they zoan's form?
3/How do you know that the much longer you got a zoan the more resistant you are?
4/Sanji did get beat up by Kalifa but he has time to rest meanwhile Zoro had to avoid Kaku and Jabura protecting Usopp.
5/Why do you elude the fact that Kaku is a swordsman?
@dailyfiber:
I know their rivalry isn't based on strength. But they each make fun of the other at every chance they can. Zoro's even chided Sanji for having a lower bounty, I think. But neither of them say the other is weaker than they are, they definitely respect each other's strength. You can't take either of them seriously if one is significantly weaker than the other.
I personally don't see that this way. The fact that they respect each other strength don't exclude one to be clearly weaker than the other (and i don't mean that the gap between them is like the gap between Vergo and Monet for example).
@dailyfiber:
You're not seeing what I'm saying here. Everything in One Piece has a point. What you mentioned is definitely straight up comic relief, it doesn't have a deeper meaning. However, the Little Garden dinosaur thing does. You know why? Because there's context to it, it's not just a gag.
I see what you mean.
But when one arc earlier Zoro and Luffy was fighting on equal terms ( Luffy even state that he was serious and Zoro put his bandana on) it was a gag or it was serious?
Because as you said everything in One Piece has a point.
@dailyfiber:
Dorry and Broggy had been fighting the entire arc, and they were shown to be a total physical match for each other, neither of them was stronger than the other, even if they use slightly different weapons. Then we get the context with their original argument, over whose catch is bigger. This was important because it showed that they're pretty much equal on all things. When they catch fish it's the same size, when they fight they're pretty much evenly matched. So when Zoro and Sanji get the dinosaurs later on, it's the very first indication Oda gives in the story that Sanji and Zoro are on the same level. Your mind instantly registers that connection, because you've just seen it.
The problem is that one arc earlier Zoro and Luffy fight on equal terms and 2 arc later Zoro fight someone clearly stronger than Sanji opponent.
I say that Mr1 is clearly stronger than Mr.2 because in Impel Down they was on different level.