@Archtyrant:
NO, Final End, anyone who INSISTS that Zoro and Luffy must have exactly equal strength is the "mad" one. It's true they can be roughly equal. It might even be true that Zoro can be a little stronger than Luffy. The pie chart canNOT be used to say they are EXACTLY equal in strength. It just means they both are extremely imba in strength. Anyway, from what we've seen so far in the manga, I'm more inclined to think that Luffy has marginally greater strength, but that's my own opinion, and you're free to dispute that. But don't INSIST they have EXACTLY the same amount of strength.
They are equal until Oda's states otherwise, if both have 6 for strength saying one is stronger than the other is pure speculation.
And ggjive is right; strength cannot be the only determining factor in a fight. Or Nami wouldn't have beaten Kalifa. Usopp wouldn't have beaten Chuu. Chopper and Usopp wouldn't have beaten Mr.4 and his partner. (Actually, ggjive, i did mention this before, but they fell on death, not deaf, ears.)
Strength in, most manga's means fighting ability, you read almost any manga when they say "whoaa he's too STRONG!! They don't just mean his physical strength, it's talking about the whole character, everything about him.
Whitebeard shows Oda is following the same system, using "The worlds STRONGEST man" as the title.
In fact, I'm starting to think that while Whitebeard may be the Strongest Man in the World, but that doesn't mean he's undefeatable in ANY fight. BB, for example, might give him more than just a run for his money. But that again, is just me, and you're free to dispute that.
At this moment in time Whitbeard is the strongest, he cannot be beaten. Later on maybe but no-one at this point can beat him, any thoughts about him being beaten is speculation.
But please stop giving moronic statements like their strengths = 6 so their strengths is EXACTLY equal. Like you pointed out, it's just a level of strength, which cannot be used to divide, add, subtract. It's just a sort of benchmark. It doesn't mean they have EXACTLY equal strength. Which means Zoro don't necessarily = Luffy. If you're saying that the value of 6 cannot be divided or added or subtracted or whatever, then the same should be said about 6 being an EXACT value of strength for each character. Because accepting the claims that support your own while denying those that don't is just being childish.
Nice rant
I think that the reason the 3 of them, that is, OIP, FE and P, are insisting that Zoro = Luffy is that, if they relent that Luffy is stronger than Zoro, then it would hurt them in their Shanks VS Mihawk argument, since Luffy is trying to surpass Shanks while Zoro is trying to surpass Mihawk. Which is stupid, since both pairs are quite different in characters.
No I insist because the author insists, if I were to speculate I'd say luffy cannot defend against the asura stance and move zoro used. You can't block mist can you? And one second he's on one page the next second zoro's on the other page and kakus dead.
That is just like saying luffy's gears are 2x faster than soru, zoro wouldn't see him coming. All this is just pure speculation I say they are equal because the author shows it through the manga and the data book.
And the reason why they argue that Strength is the sole determining factor in a fight is that, if not so, then the statement that Mihawk is the Strongest Swordsman in the World isn't essentially the same as saying he is the most Undefeatable swordsman. So, naturally, to them, strength HAS TO = fighting ability. It's not something they will give way to so easily.
You think I care about Mihawk or anyone else losing? Unlike you I'm not a fanboy I couldn't give a crap if usopp beats everyone in OP. I just go by what the author says, something you do't seem to do.
Which is different from what Oda wants to tell us in One Piece. Their idea is somewhat something like Bellamy's and Doflamingo's, where the strong rule over the weak, where fights go in the favour of the stronger, that the age of the Dreams is over. And we know that that isn't true.
The hell you on about now?
Luffy has shown us, BB agrees, that the man who dreams is the man who will go far. The victory doesn't go to the stronger, but to the one who will more fervently believe in and fight for his dreams. What I mean after saying so much is that strength cannot be the only determining factor in a fight, and Luffy always had that much greater dream than Zoro, something even Mihawk himself agreed.
Dreams go nowhere without strength, BB has also shown you his strength without that how can he be PK?
You're getting pretty desparate using this sort of weak argument
