@$abZ:
I was merely mentioning it along side some of my dislikes for the manga as of late, like the plot.
Fair enough. I singled it out exactly because it didn't seem to fit with the rest of the post.
@$abZ:
I was merely mentioning it along side some of my dislikes for the manga as of late, like the plot.
Fair enough. I singled it out exactly because it didn't seem to fit with the rest of the post.
Good time to bring this up:
Legendary fights.
What makes a memorable, legendary fight? The brutality? The motivations behind the fight? The strategy? The sparks flying psychologically or from dialogue between the punches?
I think it can be a lot of things, but I don't think this fight is legendary yet, like, say, Luffy VS Enel, or Kurapika VS Uvogin (Hunter X Hunter), or Spike VS Vicious (Cowboy Bebop). This should by all means end up as a legendary battle, at least for the series.
What are we missing here? Gear 4 elevated the fight from great to greater in my opinion, but it's still not quite legendary status. What needs to happen here? Just a clothing change for the flamingo? I'm gonna need a little more than that. If it's already legendary for you, then that's all well and good.
For me there will have to be a lot at stake. In the Lucci fight if Luffy didn't win Lucci would have killed his entire crew and let his then newest nakama down. Also, everyone loves an underdog, someone who's punching above their weight and surprises everyone with determination and willpower (not talking about haki lol). Flashy moves and well choreographed fights wouldn't go amiss. I would prefer the fights to be 1v1 though, outside interference always leaves the reader wondering if that weighed in heavily on the fight.
Good time to bring this up:
Legendary fights.
What makes a memorable, legendary fight? The brutality? The motivations behind the fight? The strategy? The sparks flying psychologically or from dialogue between the punches?
I think it can be a lot of things, but I don't think this fight is legendary yet, like, say, Luffy VS Enel, or Kurapika VS Uvogin (Hunter X Hunter), or Spike VS Vicious (Cowboy Bebop). This should by all means end up as a legendary battle, at least for the series.
What are we missing here? Gear 4 elevated the fight from great to greater in my opinion, but it's still not quite legendary status. What needs to happen here? Just a clothing change for the flamingo? I'm gonna need a little more than that. If it's already legendary for you, then that's all well and good.
Space & pacing are also important elements to it.
Zoro vs Kaku. for instance seemed way more of a focus to the book than Zoro vs Pica. The latter is cut to occasionally and wrapped up in an abrupt half chaoter.
Luffy vs. Dofla has been interrupted by a thousand other events, from other fights, other opponents to flashbacks. It's changed the momentum of the battle every time the reader thinks he has found a rhythm to it and the publishing schedule has added to this feeling of disjointedness.
Once the whole battle has been collected so that it can be read in one sitting and all the different facets taken into account people's opinions may change.
I really can't tell sometimes if a complaint is genuine or sarcastic.
A portion of the gladiators will be fighting Doflamingo. Another portion of the gladiators, including Gatz, will be protecting Luffy, if push comes to shove. Sabo's beef is with Jesus only. Sabo's not fighting Doflamingo.
Naming the chapter Gatz is appropriate.
So you think Sabo will just ignore if Doflamingo goes after Luffy? Burgess din't proof yet that he can handle Sabo alone.
A combination of Doflamingo and Burgess could be enough to give a 10 minutes fight to Sabo enough for Luffy to get back.
Just asking, if you think Sabo won't fight Doflamingo, then who will hold Doflamingo for then minutes? Don't tell me the gladiators. Only if they manage to hide luffy in the country and DD will need 10 minutes to find him.
@uniaka:
Just asking, if you think Sabo won't fight Doflamingo, then who will hold Doflamingo for then minutes? Don't tell me the gladiators. Only if they manage to hide luffy in the country and DD will need 10 minutes to find him.
Think it's unlikely they'll hold him off for more than a few minutes.
Then Fujitora, the rest of the Straw Hats and every fighter fleeing towards the centre of Birdcage will hold him off for the remainder of the time.
Who knows, maybe even Rebecca will do something $#@&%*@# useful.
So people hate sabo bc he's a strong good guy? I honestly think people just complain just to complain. It would make absolutely no sense for luffy to take on Mingo and burgess. The dude was an incredibly strong child and in the OP world it is very plausible he survived an explosion. And then people don't like how he was introduced? Same way ace was in alabasta? By just showing up. And then Omg he surprise kicked burgess just like Brugess almost surprised stabbed luffy? But ugh omg I hate good guys jshdosbekdjwnejdosnejdosbrjfksndndk
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@Nex:
People, take a look at what Sabo has actually done this arc:
- Failed to beat Burgess in the Colosseum
- Ate the Flame Flame fruit
- Failed to beat Fujitora who wasn't even taking the fight serious.
Literally two of the three things he has done this arc involving failing. His track record isn't that great.
Failed to beat burgess? Why are all these trolls out all of a sudden?
It's not about hating Sabo, it's more about Burgess. They have so much love for the character they've barely seen. Their love for Burgess create this power rank they feel Burgess should be when they've never seen Burgess fight. But they continue to justify their assumptions with Burgess title "Yonkou Commander"
They refuse to look at the true contest of the story, rather they go with arithmetic that if Marco is "this" strong, hence Burgess should be this strong. When the true side of the story shows up and show them what Burgess really is, they get upset. I've seen people compare Burgess with Marco and Ben Beckman which is laughable at best.
@uniaka:
So you think Sabo will just ignore if Doflamingo goes after Luffy? Burgess din't proof yet that he can handle Sabo alone.
A combination of Doflamingo and Burgess could be enough to give a 10 minutes fight to Sabo enough for Luffy to get back.
Doflamingo is obviously hurt. One more attack will do it. If that attack will be in his G4 form or not, we don't know, and so I can't really tell how close Doffy is to collapsing. Would Sabo's job then be to fight him purely to hold him off, and then step aside once Luffy's recharged? Either way I don't believe that Doffy can deal with Sabo in his state. Which is why Burgess and Sabo are so meant for each other. If only Fuji had his significant other to keep him busy.
Burgess may not have been shown in the best light, but to be defeated within ten minutes? To be defeated at all, now? Noooo! He will have to retreat for one reason or another. Once Doffy's down, he'll be the only semi-threat left. He'll have to escape.
@uniaka:
Just asking, if you think Sabo won't fight Doflamingo, then who will hold Doflamingo for then minutes? Don't tell me the gladiators. Only if they manage to hide luffy in the country and DD will need 10 minutes to find him.
I do remember the bomb in Alabasta, that had a timer, taking an awful lot of time reaching 0. Point being, in movies, tv, manga, time goes as fast or slow as needed. The 10 minutes will go by fast. Now, I don't think they'll hold him off perfectly for ten minutes. He'll come looking for Luffy. It much depends on the manner of which Doffy goes after Luffy. Calm, taking time, or just blasting through them all.
It's not about hating Sabo, it's more about Burgess. They have so much love for the character they've barely seen. Their love for Burgess create this power rank they feel Burgess should be when they've never seen Burgess fight. But they continue to justify their assumptions with Burgess title "Yonkou Commander"
They refuse to look at the true contest of the story, rather they go with arithmetic that if Marco is "this" strong, hence Burgess should be this strong. When the true side of the story shows up and show them what Burgess really is, they get upset. I've seen people compare Burgess with Marco and Ben Beckman which is laughable at best.
It's like saying Buggy is as strong as Doflamingo or Jinbei…while he is the messiah we never asked for, his only saving grace is his charisma and wit.
Failed to beat burgess? Why are all these trolls out all of a sudden?
Not a troll. But he did not beat him. It was a draw.
@uniaka:
So you think Sabo will just ignore if Doflamingo goes after Luffy? Burgess din't proof yet that he can handle Sabo alone.
A combination of Doflamingo and Burgess could be enough to give a 10 minutes fight to Sabo enough for Luffy to get back.
Just asking, if you think Sabo won't fight Doflamingo, then who will hold Doflamingo for then minutes? Don't tell me the gladiators. Only if they manage to hide luffy in the country and DD will need 10 minutes to find him.
Gamma knife will kick in.
Space & pacing are also important elements to it.
Zoro vs Kaku. for instance seemed way more of a focus to the book than Zoro vs Pica. The latter is cut to occasionally and wrapped up in an abrupt half chaoter.Luffy vs. Dofla has been interrupted by a thousand other events, from other fights, other opponents to flashbacks. It's changed the momentum of the battle every time the reader thinks he has found a rhythm to it and the publishing schedule has added to this feeling of disjointedness.
Once the whole battle has been collected so that it can be read in one sitting and all the different facets taken into account people's opinions may change.
To me the Luffy vs Don fight has been awesome so far .
As you said i read back from chapter 780 when it started and chaos along with everything else is great .
@Nex:
Not a troll. But he did not beat him. It was a draw.
It was not a draw since it was never a 1 on 1 fight to begin with .
They both wanted the mera mera and sabo got it so he did what he set out to do .
I don't really see where all this ganging up on Robzilla's coming from. Just because he dislikes Sabo? The guy's generally positive and has argued against Darth a lot.
Stop this shit about Darth, you guys wont shut up about the guy, he might aswell make another account since people dont shut up about him even after he left, act like an asshole to everyone get banned again and then complain we are all assholes.
As for Robzilla, well people are disagreeing with him, I dont see anyone ganging up, if 10 people disagree with 1, its just means people have different opinions, I already talked with him about the whole Sabo thing on Wednesday reached my conclusion and shut up myself but people can discuss it, I also like Robzilla and I like his opinions I dont think the whole Sabo thing makes much sense but I think he wont change his opinion so like I said, I decided to shut up about it.
So people hate sabo bc he's a strong good guy? I honestly think people just complain just to complain. It would make absolutely no sense for luffy to take on Mingo and burgess. The dude was an incredibly strong child and in the OP world it is very plausible he survived an explosion. And then people don't like how he was introduced? Same way ace was in alabasta? By just showing up. And then Omg he surprise kicked burgess just like Brugess almost surprised stabbed luffy? But ugh omg I hate good guys jshdosbekdjwnejdosnejdosbrjfksndndk
Most of the Sabo hate comes from the people that were super adamant he would die becuase he got hit by a canonball, a canonball scene that we didnt need to see happening right next to a Revolutionaries ship that see a body on the sea and rescue it aka fucking Oda telling us " HE ISN'T DEAD!!!", so when they were proven wrong the butthurt kicked in.
Not saying its everyone but I feel a lot of hate comes from this, some people just hate to be wrong, its like those people that make dumb arguments for years about characters joining and making dumb counter arguments for others not to join(Perona for nakama supporters).
To me the Luffy vs Don fight has been awesome so far .
As you said i read back from chapter 780 when it started and chaos along with everything else is great .
I'm enjoying it, but it has been disjointed and I can appreciate people not warming to that yet.
If I have one major criticism of OP it is Oda does have a tendency now to show fights abruptly, perhaps with 'they'll flesh that out in the anime' in mind.
Sometimes I miss the focus of just having two characters facing off undistracted.
To me the Luffy vs Don fight has been awesome so far .
As you said i read back from chapter 780 when it started and chaos along with everything else is great .
One could argue that the fight started when Luffy reached the top of the palace in chapter 758.
At least that's where I decided to start collecting the pages of the fight.
I will post the whole thing once the fight is over.
@Nex:
Not a troll. But he did not beat him. It was a draw.
Right i forgot how he destroyed sabo's robotic shoulder thing. Oh wait, it was the other way around. It would be like if Luffy punched Kreig's spear once and it blew up and did no damage to Luffy. Thats what happened. Sabo destroyed Burgess's weapon and Burgess didn't land a single shot on him. It wasn't a draw. Sabo won, took the fruit and left. Just bc he didn't kill or seriously injure Burgess desnt mean he lost the fight. You might as well say all of Kyros's victories in the colosseum were draws then
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Stop this shit about Darth, you guys wont shut up about the guy, he might aswell make another account since people dont shut up about him even after he left, act like an asshole to everyone get banned again and then complain we are all assholes.
As for Robzilla, well people are disagreeing with him, I dont see anyone ganging up, if 10 people disagree with 1, its just means people have different opinions, I already talked with him about the whole Sabo thing on Wednesday reached my conclusion and shut up myself but people can discuss it, I also like Robzilla and I like his opinions I dont think the whole Sabo thing makes much sense but I think he wont change his opinion so like I said, I decided to shut up about it.
Most of the Sabo hate comes from the people that were super adamant he would die becuase he got hit by a canonball, a canonball scene that we didnt need to see happening right next to a Revolutionaries ship that see a body on the sea and rescue it aka fucking Oda telling us " HE ISN'T DEAD!!!", so when they were proven wrong the butthurt kicked in.
Not saying its everyone but I feel a lot of hate comes from this, some people just hate to be wrong, its like those people that make dumb arguments for years about characters joining and making dumb counter arguments for others not to join(Perona for nakama supporters).
Well that i can understand. Everyone hates being wrong. Its just the arguments some people are making don't make sense to me. Like you said maybe they just got pissed off they weren't right and now hate Sabo for it. That makes more sense to me then the whole "he showed up out of no where" argument.
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#when you hit it so hard you gotta lie on the floor to recover for 10 minutes
I guess Puffy fits him quite well now.
Even his eyes are red.
Bet he's gonna stuff himself with food like never before after all is done. Munchies…
It's not about hating Sabo, it's more about Burgess. They have so much love for the character they've barely seen. Their love for Burgess create this power rank they feel Burgess should be when they've never seen Burgess fight. But they continue to justify their assumptions with Burgess title "Yonkou Commander"
They refuse to look at the true contest of the story, rather they go with arithmetic that if Marco is "this" strong, hence Burgess should be this strong. When the true side of the story shows up and show them what Burgess really is, they get upset. I've seen people compare Burgess with Marco and Ben Beckman which is laughable at best.
This also makes sense to me. Not sure why people would think all commanders of a yonkou crew are at the same level, but if you like Burgess you probably won't like sabo bc he is about to beat the shit outta him
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And we really could use a +1 button on this forum
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I guess Puffy fits him quite well now.
Even his eyes are red.
Bet he's gonna stuff himself with food like never before after all is done. Munchies…
lol
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@uniaka:
Just asking, if you think Sabo won't fight Doflamingo, then who will hold Doflamingo for then minutes? Don't tell me the gladiators. Only if they manage to hide luffy in the country and DD will need 10 minutes to find him.
There's planety of people who are still in some condition to fight, and thanks to the birdcage, they aren't spread that much apart.
Lot can happen in 10 minutes. Even if the gladiator mob doesn't last long, there's still Barto, Robin, Sai, Zoro, Franky and samurai, Elizabelo, Orlumbus… Maybe even goddamn Kyros. I hope Cabbage also decides to help out.
It doesn't have to be done with sheer force, maybe they can use some trickery with the devil fruits they have at their disposal. They even have Violet as control tower.
And... do I even dare suggest the possibility Fujitora might actually help out, even a little, so nobody realizes he actually helped. But then it would feel too easy. Not sure how I'd feel about it.
That leads me to the downside of this. Can't really feel the danger.
And we really could use a +1 button on this forum
I think it's better to wander around the forum and read the post in chronological order rather than being oriented in a direction by the ranking of the posts.
If you really like a post, you can quote it. This way the message appears in two posts and so on.
Even a short reply like "LoL 16 characters" is much more personal than a +1 IMO.
I guess Puffy fits him quite well now.
Even his eyes are red.
Bet he's gonna stuff himself with food like never before after all is done. Munchies…
That's why I don't think Luffy is in that bad a state if he was he would be shouting for food like usual.
I think it's better to wander around the forum and read the post in chronological order rather than being oriented in a direction by the ranking of the posts.
If you really like a post, you can quote it. This way the message appears in two posts and so on.
Even a short reply like "LoL 16 characters" is much more personal than a +1 IMO.
I agree, this forum is a lot better without like whoring.
Not to mention all those possible dislikes or -1s.
It's one of the things I instantly liked when I joined. That and no post numbers under the profile, or member levels.
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That's why I don't think Luffy is in that bad a state if he was he would be shouting for food like usual.
I doubt he would refuse a meal, though.
The fight has barely started between sabo and burgess and this time it is 1v1 I think its fair to say that we haven't seen enough from either to guage power levels or say whether or not one or the other is being fodderized for plot reasons. Who knows he could give sabo a hardtime. However it is too soon to say anything other than assumptions and opinions
I'm curious as hell what DF Burgess will get. Who's the victim that will die? Doesn't look like Burgess made a stop to DD's treasure room (or he found nothing there).
I think it's safe to say Burgess will leave Dressrosa as a fruit user or else why would he be here?
Trebol- nah, doesn't fit him
DD- kill him to give Burgess the fruit? Nah
Luffy- yep, not a chance
Sabo- even if some would wish, nope:ninja:
Gladius- plausible?
There's planety of people who are still in some condition to fight, and thanks to the birdcage, they aren't spread that much apart.
Lot can happen in 10 minutes. Even if the gladiator mob doesn't last long, there's still Barto, Robin, Sai, Zoro, Franky and samurai, Elizabelo, Orlumbus… Maybe even goddamn Kyros. I hope Cabbage also decides to help out.
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Nawwh, Luffy said he would take him down with one more hit, Kiryu Kirikugi would end the fight and unfortunatelly Sai ain't the protagonist.
But would be cool to see the 2 laughing psyco killers fighting each other, Doula and Hakuba.
Nawwh, Luffy said he would take him down with one more hit, Kiryu Kirikugi would end the fight and unfortunatelly Sai ain't the protagonist.
But would be cool to see the 2 laughing psyco killers fighting each other, Doula and Hakuba.
What if Law after he got some time to rest can fight DD for 10 minutes?:ninja: It would be fair fight: almost defeated Law vs almost defeated DD.
@uniaka:
I'm curious as hell what DF Burgess will get. Who's the victim that will die? Doesn't look like Burgess made a stop to DD's treasure room (or he found nothing there).
I think it's safe to say Burgess will leave Dressrosa as a fruit user or else why would he be here?
Trebol- nah, doesn't fit him
DD- kill him to give Burgess the fruit? Nah
Luffy- yep, not a chance
Sabo- even if some would wish, nope:ninja:Gladius- plausible?
Gladius is too random.
@uniaka:
I'm curious as hell what DF Burgess will get. Who's the victim that will die? Doesn't look like Burgess made a stop to DD's treasure room (or he found nothing there).
I think it's safe to say Burgess will leave Dressrosa as a fruit user or else why would he be here?
Trebol- nah, doesn't fit him
DD- kill him to give Burgess the fruit? Nah
Luffy- yep, not a chance
Sabo- even if some would wish, nope:ninja:Gladius- plausible?
Random coliseum fighter.
@uniaka:
I'm curious as hell what DF Burgess will get. Who's the victim that will die? Doesn't look like Burgess made a stop to DD's treasure room (or he found nothing there).
I think it's safe to say Burgess will leave Dressrosa as a fruit user or else why would he be here?
Trebol- nah, doesn't fit him
DD- kill him to give Burgess the fruit? Nah
Luffy- yep, not a chance
Sabo- even if some would wish, nope:ninja:Gladius- plausible?
BB has been colecting fruits for 2 years now, if Burgess wanted one, unless he wants a specific one, he would have one already, hes trying to get the fruits because of BB I dont think its for his personal use, unless like I said he wants a specific one.
A lot of choices for Burgess, if he knew all the powers of fallen Donquixote executives, and their location….
Burgess needs to take Bellamy's DF, it would actually suit him and his fighting style. Imagine he launches himself in the air with his opponent and then does some freakishly strong suplex (or even a powerbomb). I would rate him more if as someone mentioned earlier he showcased more of his moves.
I think it would be amusingif he had a fighting style completely uunrelated to his appearance. Just had a thought the three heads on BBS flag represent the father the son and the holy spirit.
Confirmed : burgess' powr will be turning his blood into wine
2-3 more chapters till dd is finished. thank judas priest, I am soooo over this arc.
Bellamy would have the ultimate awakened devil fruit. Whenever he is feeling lazy he can just make a couch out of anything.
Bellamy would have the ultimate awakened devil fruit. Whenever he is feeling lazy he can just make a couch out of anything.
Good call I'm sold
Burgess is leaving empty handed because Oda doesn't have the balls to kill off any characters this arc.
Burgess is leaving empty handed because Oda doesn't have the balls to kill off any characters this arc.
I would be fine with him killing Sugar to be honest. Jesus would be unstoppable with her fruit
I would be fine with him killing Sugar to be honest. Jesus would be unstoppable with her fruit
It's more annoying that Oda is now recycling Devil Fruits for characters instead of creating some new ones. I'd be horrified to know more of BB's crew gets DFs we've already seen.
It's more annoying that Oda is now recycling Devil Fruits for characters instead of creating some new ones. I'd be horrified to know more of BB's crew gets DFs we've already seen.
Then we find out that Burgess already killed the Donquixote executives, including Bellamy…
It's more annoying that Oda is now recycling Devil Fruits for characters instead of creating some new ones. I'd be horrified to know more of BB's crew gets DFs we've already seen.
I suppose. On the other hand we never got to see the full potential of the Flame or Quake fruits. Now we have great opportunities to see them fleshed out further. Creatively speaking.
Why isn't Burguess seem the least bit worried over the birdcage?
Why isn't Burguess seem the least bit worried over the birdcage?
Because he is plenty strong and waits for Doflamingo and Luffy to tire each ther/ expected Doflamingo vs everyone to get Doffy on last leg so then he can go at tired/ harmless Doffy and others. He is fresh and ready for fighting so he wont go down/back off easily.
Why isn't Burguess seem the least bit worried over the birdcage?
He's a Wrestler. He's no stranger to cage matches.
What do you guys think Burgess is carrying in the bag? Synthetic devil fruits or like we saw in punk hazard regular fruits so that the fruit of a user he kills has a chance of appearing inside the bag?
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Burgess looking for a specific fruit seem very likely since we have seen that BB is a very good planner and does not mind waiting. I would not be surprised if most members of BB crew end up with an ability that enhances their traits greatly.
What do you guys think Burgess is carrying in the bag? Synthetic devil fruits or like we saw in punk hazard regular fruits so that the fruit of a user he kills has a chance of appearing inside the bag?
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Burgess looking for a specific fruit seem very likely since we have seen that BB is a very good planner and does not mind waiting. I would not be surprised if most members of BB crew end up with an ability that enhances their traits greatly.
I think that Burgess bag might be full of normal fruits with highest chance to turn into devil fruits. Seeing how Smileys DF power just taken over an apple that was next to him it might turn out that DFs are really simple to re-take if somebody knows specific conditions that have to be meet to obtain DF power of person that just passed away next to them.
A lot depens on how fast persons ability respawns somewhere in the world. Perhaps person has to be buried in ground for power to respawn or some days have to pass before DF curse leaves the body. We lack enough info now to say anything more.
We might get to know thanks to Burgess how Doflamingo obtained Aces Mera Mera, at least I hope for it.
I think it's better to wander around the forum and read the post in chronological order rather than being oriented in a direction by the ranking of the posts.
If you really like a post, you can quote it. This way the message appears in two posts and so on.
Even a short reply like "LoL 16 characters" is much more personal than a +1 IMO.
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He's a Wrestler. He's no stranger to cage matches.
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Glad to see that Gaz reconized Luffy as Lucy. I really hope when Dressrosa people rebuild the city they put a statue of Luffy/Lucy in the new Colosseum
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Nawwh, Luffy said he would take him down with one more hit, Kiryu Kirikugi would end the fight and unfortunatelly Sai ain't the protagonist.
But would be cool to see the 2 laughing psyco killers fighting each other, Doula and Hakuba.
Sai's foot would need to connect with Dofla first. And even if it does connect, there's no guarantee he would knock Dofla out, since Luffy's G4 moves are leagues above a move that is comparable to Elephant Gun.
Yes i mentioned that. I seems like a mystery to me that a man whom Shanks is afraid of wasn't able to stand a minute against Magellan but could defeat Ace (too confident by the way), and that begging to Whitebeard for his life?? That's a cheap (pirate) tactic.
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It's not about hating Sabo, it's more about Burgess. They have so much love for the character they've barely seen. Their love for Burgess create this power rank they feel Burgess should be when they've never seen Burgess fight. But they continue to justify their assumptions with Burgess title "Yonkou Commander"
They refuse to look at the true contest of the story, rather they go with arithmetic that if Marco is "this" strong, hence Burgess should be this strong. When the true side of the story shows up and show them what Burgess really is, they get upset. I've seen people compare Burgess with Marco and Ben Beckman which is laughable at best.
I completely agree with you. He hasn't shown any real fighting skills and yet they love him. If Sabo would be in the same level with the Supernovas ( because they like to go all arithmetic) Burgess doesn't seem to be a rival. Yes he won the Block A but I try to imagine him against Luffy and all I see is his ass whipped from Gear 2.