@Dahaka.:
I don't think he is. I strongly believe Oda can explain his actions well enough, so until the arc has ended, let's just leave it becasue it's pointless to argue without having a full picture before you.
Uhuh. Sure. Any rational behind that belief, or is it just blind faith?
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@Pinelark:
Sure comparing anyone's accomplishments to the standard of zero accomplishments will always make them look better, but we have to remember why there was zero accomplishments in the first place.
It's that the New World is a dangerous place for the Marines. The Yonkou are clearly the powerful and balancing force in this ocean. The reason pirates don't ransack every kingdom/place in the New World seems to be primarily because of how powerful the Yonkou are. We saw how much ONE Yonkou's crew/allies could mess up the Marines forces. And for Akainu to succesfully transplant his HQ into their territory, and not have the Yonkou trying to oust him? That's a powerful statement. The Yonkou are essentially relinquishing a part of their power/territory to him.
In all honesty? Marineford, if anything, proves that Marines are fully capable of figthing a Yonkou, considering amount of luck Whitebeard had, and how much Admirals did not do in that war.
@Pinelark:
Your jab at my avatar: is it to play on the one eye thing? Or are we trying to make something out of the fact that I rather enjoy larks and other small birds.
I was refering to my avatar, and my legendary marine fanboyism, thank you ^^
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@Dahaka.:
There is like 10x more strong pirates than marines, you can't expect them to just keep fighting with everyone. Not to mention they need to spread their forces everwhere in the world, while yonko rarely leave NW. I mean just look at the WB war and how much they had to do to just kill the captain alone. New World is an ecosystem, they can't just go there and start doing whatever the hell they want, becasue two yonkou make an alliance and marines are done for. If they want to go after big fish, they need some good fucking plan and as far as we know, that plan is in the making.
And when it comes to smaller fries - they are in alliances with yonkou, so stomping too many might result in a scenario I mentioned above.
You realize that New World is ruled by pirates, right? Marines are the one who need to thread lightely there and you expect them to do their everyday police work like nothing can touch them.
If Kidd can openly attack Big Mom, and not be instantly crushed, then Akainu can bloody well repeat his feat.