@Moria:
I doubt that Shichibukai, World Government and Yonkou are equal. Yonkou are commonly called the emperors of the world… Or so I heard. The World Government are a bunch of old men but then there are the navy. I still think its like Yonkou is strongest than World Government and then Shichibukai. Except Maybe Mihawk and the last are exceptions, possibly on Yonkou terms. I think also the Rebels, with Dragon as the leader are Yonkou worthy.
the gorosei are not a military power but a political
the revolutionaries aren't considered a world power
people don't see what the balance means
all powers hate each other,the marines hate both the yonkou and the schichibukai cuz they are pirates,the yonkou think the schichibukai are dogs of the goverment as all the other pirates do and the schichibukai have other plans (croc,donflamingo,moria and propably he others too) and propably have a rivalry with the yonkou and both the yonkou and the schichibukai hate the marines
if the yonkou fought with the schichibukai,the marines would bust them all when they were all exhausted
if the marines fought the schichibukai,all the pirates would be free to do whatever they wanted cuz the marines would have been out of the game and no MHQ or SCBK=no intimidation
if the marines fought the yonkou,the schichibukai would have no resistance to their plans and no reason to have peace with the goverment since the goverement couldn't harm them
if the marines+SCBK fought together they would have killed the yonkou,but who can guarantee that one force won't hold back in order to attack the winners when they are weak?
or who knows if the yonkou were out of the game by the combination of the MHQ+SCBK if the schichibukai wouldn't team up with the revolutionaries??
propably there are other things that we do not know of that makes the balance even more needed
but the fact remains that all hate all,all have their reasons and all would seek the opportunity to crash the other
@Gorlom:
OiP: i dont agree with your statement that the shichibukai and Marines would be considered one force if they had to work together to stand up to Yonkou.
an example: if 2 countries are at war with a common enemy: a third country, and agrees to an alliance they dont really become one country do they?
Marines arent responseble for the shichibukais action nor do they have absolute control over them, the shichibukai will never be considered marine and thus will still have their own identety as a seperate force.
English isnt my first language but cant your quote acctually be read to mean both seperate and together?
one piece grand times clearly sais the SCBK don't work with the marines and that each power is equal to the other
also in my country we have a saying:"don't wait for your food to be chewed in order to swallow it,chew it yourself"
this means oda doesn't have to specifically say:"you know guys,when i said balance i meant that yonkou=SCBK=MHQ,or when i state shanks was a rival of mihawk and say he has world class skills on swordsmanship and have only shown him to fight with a sword and carry a sword i do mean shanks is a swordsman"
people are lacking to understand how wonderfull one piece really is and are in denial and reading the manga with the "my favourite character" glasses
mihawk is clearly stronger than shanks and only weaker than WB and if he will surpasses by somebody that will be either by zoro (and luffy) and maybe BB or dragon,so mihawk is someone that can rival WB
also BB clearly made us figure that if you kill a guy worth of 100 mil or more you can become a schichibukai,so that means the schichibukai were created cuz some pirates who couldn't be caught agreed to cooperate and the others just fill the gaps for the organization