@andy:
Darth your driving me crazy lol secondary characters have been above luffy sometimes and will be at least until a while longer .
I know not going to like to hear this but Sabo was always going to be special\ strong .
Just use Ace as a base +time skip also Haki and that would tell how strong sabo could be even before you see him fight it's shoen law really .
Question do read a lot of manga, light novels etc etc ?
Problem I have with that: Sabo is 22. Yes, there are secondary characters that have been above Luffy, but never someone in his age group, being that far ahead.
Cause let's be honest, Ace got a lot of hype, but didn't actually do that much.
And to answer your second question: One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Toriko, Assassinations Classroom, Kingdom, Vinland Saga, Nanatsu no Tazai, Fairy Tail, One Punch Man… yeah, that would be about it, if it comes to the ones I follow on chapter-to-chapter basis. Why?
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@Sereques:
I don't think Sabo is that far off tbh, the logia DF gives him an advantage obviously. Issho would have had the same problems if he's trying to arrest Luffy. Do you think Issho will survive if he was surrounded by the SHs like Kizaru 2yrs ago? Hell No. The Marines are not aware of the current strength of the SHs. All they have so far is sentoumaru's report. They are stronger, they can use Haki. that's all but How strong? Even we readers don't know the answer to that question.
And Smoker's.
Besides, at the time of sending Marine HQ was convinced Doflamingo quit the Shichibukai.
An experience New World crew. It's not like they don't know how strong they are, now, do they?