@jinjue:
Until Zoro shows that he can stand up to techniques like Gear 2 and Gear 3, I don't really think that he can equate to Luffy anymore and at this point. Zoro is strong, fast, durable and an excellent swordsman who deserves the title of second best, but after Enies Lobby I think that Luffy has eclipsed the rest of the crew by a fair margin when it comes to combat, power and overall fighting prowess.
But if you honestly think that Zoro has anything that can stack up to Gear 2 or Gear 3…ho-kay, then. I'm forced to disagree, and disagree strongly. If that makes me a "Luffy-tard", then so be it. I'd rather be a Luffy-tard then instead of someone who still clings desperately onto this bizarre notion that Zoro and Luffy are complete equals because they had an abortive fight almost 350 chapters ago with no concrete winner between them, while at the same time ignoring the now significant gap in speed and destructive power in Luffy's favour brought on by his upgraded Gears.
I never stated that I thought they were equals I do belivie that Luffy with gear 2 and 3 are a bit ahead as u would see if read my personal ranking of the strawhats. But to imply that that Luffy is way ahead of Zoro and Sanji that I cannot agree with as most things point to those 3 being fairly close in power. And while Luffy got gears both Zoro and Sanji got their own major uppgrades lets not forget that.
And secondly Kakus DF seems to be underestimated he seemed to use it alot more and with better effect then both Jyabura and Lucci. Maybe its because he looked like shit, but still if I had to pick one of those 3 fruits with the EL fights as my base then it would be Kakus without a doubt.