Are Shichibukai, Admirals and Yonko on the same level of strength?
Powerlevel wise? Shichibukai are inferior to admirals and yonko. There's a case to be made that yonko are stronger than admirals but nothing definitive.
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I seriously wonder who in the WG came out with the shichibukai idea. Its ridiculous. Pirates are pirates, they won't side with the government just because they have a cool title.
Jimbei help them keep a good relation with FI and hates pirates.
Handcock stops them from waging war against an island of pirates and hate mens(so 99% of pirates).
Croc spent years investing in good reputation by beating pirates.
Doflamingo would have special treatment anyway so it has nothing to do with being a Shichi.
Mihawk cut down pirates all the way to east blue.
Kuma is plenty useful
Moriah took care of his fair share of pirates.
They aren't there to side with the government. They are here to be make the government more scary and prey on the weaks and they do their jobs pretty damn well. Doflamingo blew at their face, but the only reason he got the title was because he had the government in his pocket so it has nothing to do with becoming a shichibukai.
If you referring to the war, take the magical protagonist away and they would miss Jimbei and Handcock. Handcock would be home until the incident is over, and Jimbei is only a problem because Whitebeard protected his home.
It causes more harm and more problems than actually benefiting the WG. How the hell did they believe that people like Croc, Doffy and BB will play by their rules. So far the only shichibukai who didn't stir much trouble are Buggy, Mihawk and (technically) Moria.
Well it makes the story interesting so….
Doffy forced them to picked him, Blackbeard literally has no history aside from random guy in WB crew and Croc gave good service for years and got taken out pretty quickly.
Jimbei and Handcock weren't much problem either.
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if bb didnt come whitebeard sunk marineford
There's Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, Sengoku and Garp around. Whitebeard is not sinking marineford.
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if bb didnt come whitebeard sunk marineford
Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, Garp and Sengoku were around. Whitebeard is not sinking marineford.