so here we go shadowgreed
we have Black Beard
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- scaring shanks, with shanks saying I was on guard and not underestimating him…. but apparently Luffy could do that to
Is no like I was careless or anything, saying that Blackbeard made that scar but you're clearly going with A > B > C formula aren't you?
I'm pretty sure Magellan nor Whitebeard where careless either but one was left in critical conditions and the other one die, am I right?
Shanks wasn't careless when he went to save Luffy but yet his lost an arm, didn't he?
- we have black beard kicking the shit out of ace like there's no tomorrow…. which alone should show you that your argument is stupid beyond belief unless your seriously under the impression Luffy > Ace
Because you read the whole fight thanks to the chapters that Oda mailed you, right? That fight was completely cut off, we only saw the outcome of it and like I said to the other guy Ace always uses his Devil Fruit power, you can even argue that he was a cocky logia and seen blackbeard sucking your Devil Fruit when that's the only thing you been training since you got it can really put you in a difficult mental state that will give another advantage to your opponent but a win is a win I guess.
- Jinbei stoping Luffy mid fight and reminding him "he has the power to beat Ace"
Read above and they clearly had more important matter to take care of.
- Taking a full on attack by White Beard the strongest character in the entire series thus far
- becoming a Yonko during the time skip
He took a normal slash and an earthquake to his face, he can clearly take damage but all that is due to his Devil Fruit which is great in defense and he went to get his hands on the Gura 2x to increment his attack potential which placed him in the level of a Yonkou
why have you despite these facts think Luffy's his equal
because Luffy attacked him when he wasn't perpared and he said it hurt… REALLY!!!!! that's what makes you think there equal
Because that's what Oda portrayed in that little skirmish they had, Oda clearly showed us that Blackbeard and Luffy were equal in Impel Down but that was going to change soon enough.
and then to top it all of, I'll say it for a third time, Jinbei stops Luffy and tells him this man has the power to beat ace
you know the same ace who's second division captain of the white beard pirates, has the biggest bounty we know of, and was quite clearly stronger than Luffy, probably even now but "Nah guys luffy hit him and it hurt, no way he's stronger than him durrp"
You can say it x times, If you want! But hey stay with your beliefs and I stay with mine because… Ah whatever