Oda's Mihawk Problem?

[@Greg12839]

Oda does not have a "mihawk problem" the fanbase just has a reading comprehension problem

[@dinomoney2142]

BIG FACTS i was gona say dis but seen ya comment

[@MarianaBello-fq3hx]

What a cope out. Oda is a bad powerscaler and Mihawk hasn't been used well.

[@KT-wl8lj]

FACTS

[@WokeSlapper]

@@MarianaBello-fq3hxtell me why

[@WokeSlapper]

@@MarianaBello-fq3hxplease explain why? Is it Costa a person who Mihawk was fighting while thinking about luffy or a slash blocked by a person made out diamond the strongest substance in the universe

[@drowdreyar7402]

It was never Odas problem from the start.. It is some of Shanks fans problem.. They cant accept there is possibility someone is actually stronger than Shanks..

[@mightguy3118]

It is kinda oda's problem though. He keeps calling Mihawk the strongest Swordman then after that does something to make us question Mihawks strength. Then goes on to portray shanks far better than Mihawk Even though shanks should be factually weaker than Mihawk

[@sheenakr7616]

@@mightguy3118what did shanks do that made him look stronger than mihawk?

[@mightguy3118]

@@sheenakr7616 Clashed with wb who Mihawk wanted to test the distance with, one shot a 3 billion berry Kidd, paralyzed an admiral from miles away, casually blocked Akainu's punch, put in kaido's top 5, stopped MarineFord, in film red he literally no diffed kizaru and scared the admirals away, he stopped kaido from coming to MarineFord, knocked out Whitebeards fodders and damaged his ship with coc haki

[@mightguy3118]

@@sheenakr7616 Now compare that to Mihawk. Had a good clash with vista then said let's postpone this battle for later, didn't one shot or kill gear 2 Luffy after he said he wouldn't hold back, wanted to test the distance between himself and whitebeard then got blocked by Jozu, stoped by crocodile, stated in vista had swordmanship relative to Mihawk

[@mightguy3118]

@@sheenakr7616 I actually have mihawk above shanks do to Narrative but you can't lie and say oda is doin a good job at portraying mihawk as the world's strongest swordsman. Shanks is doin Mihawks job better than him 😭

[@dahmulhim]

It is extremely hard to present a story so long and big with so many characters in a coherent way. It would be problematic for example if Mihawk showed his ultimate strength or if Doflamingo used his bird cage in the war; the war would be both unbalanced and too overwhelming for both Oda and the viewers, and Oda would have spoiled a lot of future hype. Again, One Piece is an extremely big and intricate world where incoherence has to surface. The thing is, one of the big messages that have been repeatedly stated and implied is that Mihawk is the greatest swordsman and Zoro wants to become the one by (explicitly) defeating Mihawk. Mihawk is probably among the top 3 strongest characters in One Piece.

[@michaelwright8896]

No if Doflamingo used bridcage he would've died in 2 seconds.

[@M.e.h..]

Exactly, i personally place him at no.1 alive dude rn (and even stronger than Prime WB and Roger but thats my opinion) The main point is that Mihawk just literally has no use in the story rn, showcasing his strength would be forcing it and would ruin the hype and story in way. Mihawk has no reason to fight anyone strong enough to showcase his strength

[@mortvald]

People had lost their touch of nuance that's all, shanks saw a real threat to hit fleet and took it seriously. Mihawk haven't yet and always responds with appropriate force. think of the zoro vs mihawk fight, he could've easily just stood there and not moved and zoro wouldn't be able to cut even his most basic forms of haki, he could've punched a hole in zoro's chest with that dagger alone.

[@emadahmed7145]

A guy who travels the most dangerous seas completely alone, has a constant target on his back due to his title and still doesn't have a single scratch on him. That should be a pretty good testament to his strength.

[@Spartt204]

people like to forget about all of that lol

[@mahirsharma7789]

He was Shichubukai . Working in favour of Marines why would people come after him .

[@emadahmed7145]

@@mahirsharma7789 For his title... And now he's no longer a shichibukai. He has to defend a yonko level bounty without any crew. If he wasn't as strong as some people claim that would be his worst nightmare.

[@ghiffaribara2949]

@@mahirsharma7789 But he wasn't always one, unless Oda reveals he had a group but becoming solo

[@ShadowStyle369]

Uhh what oda always planned for mihawk to be a powerhouse he simply is not like shanks (divine departure on kidd) or kaido (thunder bagua on gear 4th luffy) unlike those two people, as you posted in the video mihawk himself said I am no beast that goes all out when hunting a rabbit...mihawk was able to limit himself to east blue zoro and even when he used yoru he was able to leave a scar but not kill zoro even though the gap in strength was immense. Remember mihawks own words to zoro I WILL STAY AT THE TOP UNTIL YOU REACH ME STRIVE TO SURPASS ME. As far as jozu being able to stop mihawk we learned in wano chapter 939: Hyogoro says to luffy: Strawhat In wano there is a invisible power that stems from the body and can be infused into the blade. A good katana will cut through steel when you want it too and it will not break a sheet of paper if you do not wish it so. Its all according to the desire of the swordsman! The desire of the swordsman is important lets look at marineford. Chapter 553- Mihawk says: I just want to measure the true distance between that man(whitebeard) and us so he sends a slash with the intent of doing damage to whitebeard, and what happens??? Jozu blocks it, now do not get me wrong this is a feat that jozu could block this attack the manga even hypes up jozu saying he stopped the worlds most powerful sword slash, but the thing is mihawks intent was never to cut diamond it was directed at white beard. Therefore jozu could block it with little to no damage...hopefully you get it now but let me take it one step further. Chapter 570- Mihawks intent was to cut luffy again who blocks it ??? Someone weaker than diamond Mr 1 made of steel. What happens right after daz bones blocks him??? Mihawk immedietly one shots him without any effort again to reemphasize the intent of mihawk here is to cut steel (use the invisible power that stems from the body to the sword and cut through steel.....ryou) and he does just so. As for vista....mihawk was not even paying attention to him as he was fighting him.

[@tenkenroo]

I think mihawk was testing whitebeard. The fact jozu needed to block it means whitebeard while he could tank the damage could not overcome it due to his age and illness. After that moment notice how mihawk really doesn’t engage much? He goes after luffy and is really just keeping him at bay but not really cutting him. Then while he does beat vista is kind of lazily fighting him

[@ShadowStyle369]

@@tenkenroo yea I pretty much agree but I don’t think he would have tanked the attack lol he got stabbed through by squardo… mihawks attack would have been lethal imo

[@jailynjefferson]

I still find it funny that mihawk said he didn’t agree to fight shanks and put up his sword and just freaking left lmao bro knows something we don’t

[@ShadowStyle369]

@@jailynjefferson is that a point against Mihawk or something??? Mihawk already told us he didn’t want to fight a one armed man he is just keeping that same energy?

[@98ore]

@@jailynjefferson the warlords are not there because they want to be, they had to be there to fulfill their agreement, shanks was not in the agreement, why should mihawk be doing extra work for no reason.

[@mduduzisydwell2966]

Simple fact ..mihawk stands at the top of every swordsman

[@jasonmatthews52]

Making Mihawk a fraud and thus making Zoro's entire journey to become the strongest up until now meaningless for no other reason than to appease the Shanks fanboys would be horrendous writing. Like, Game of Thrones season 8 level bad.

[@Laonaadoo]

im 99% sure it wont happen... mihawk is indirectly confirmed to be stronger even than roger haki increases the quality and the rank of a blade, during baratie according to official manga translations it was confirmed that mihawk wields the worlds strongest blade THUS his haki is stronger than any blade wielder EVER we also know for a fact that roger is a swordsman0 so he is categorized in the same class with mihawk being the pirate king isnt just about strength 1. its about finding the poneglyphs 2. form a top class crew 3. having someone to read poneglyphs (ultra rare) 4. clash with many foes during your voyage 5. the navy will put you higher on notice because ur not just the strongest swordsman but you re trying to find one piece which is implied that it will expose the world goverment big time 6. you need to travel almost everywhere in the world 7. you need to FIND the poneglyphs and risk your life by entering dangerous places such as a yonko territory... with the WSS title u just have to defeat every top class swordsman until u eventually become the strongest.... tough? ABSOLUTELY! PK level tough? NO and its mostly because most of the tasks of becoming the pirate king just like buggy said doesnt require crew X going to beat up crew M... u just need the poneglyphs and that doesnt necessarily require you to be a top tier combatant... look at brook, look at zoo, look at law in wano... oppurnitists thats what they are... if buggy can do it too somehow then its all set

[@mr-ov5gt]

😂😂😂😂😂 dude doesnt even have conq haki he aint evrn dolflamingo lvl ​@@Laonaadoo

[@slimmy478-6]

Lol fraudhawk boy salty

[@garou417]

Mihawk>Shanks, Mihawks title is to be respected. Not just in sword skill, but in everything it takes to be a strong swordsman in One Piece. I could see an exception being Shanks having slightly stronger conquerors haki than Mihawk. However in overall individual strength Mihawk should take it.

[@OLIVIERMATESO123]

I would say Mihawk has better armament and observation haki than Shanks and better sword skills ofcurse, but Shanks for sure has better conqueror Haki combined with his ability to kill observation haki I think is the reason why Shanks and Mihawk might be equal or Mihawk just being a little bit stronger.

[@nathanwelling8948]

@user-rr1no1yn4i Shanks most likely developed his unique ability to disrupt future sight because of Mihawk. Honestly I think it's possible that they both had top tier haki before Shanks lost his arm and simply developed combinations. In Shanks' case to make up for his lack of an arm, and in Mihawk's case to face strong devil fruit using swordamen.

[@KoldPhaze]

If Shanks uses Haki it's GG no Haki Mihawk wins

[@garou417]

@@KoldPhaze Looking at Zoro it’s clear as day haki is important to top tier swordsmanship in One Piece. Mihawk in overall combat strength is stronger then Shanks, and that includes haki.

[@KoldPhaze]

@@garou417 You can give Mihawk swordsmanship but there probably isn't a character with stronger Haki than Shanks. Did you not see what he did to Greenbull?

[@limdoo-yr.8748]

So basically, Mihawk is the Madara of One Piece?

[@daedae2500]

Yes

[@daedae2500]

Just like aizen is madara of bleach

[@nathanwelling8948]

I really hope Zoro and Shanks have a fight or at least an even clash.

[@pyrolight7568]

I think the who idea of mihawk is that he always uses the exact amount of power needed to get the job done. He does not go really overboard. Also he has pretty clearly be barely trying in any of his fights.

[@ricksouza9299]

lots of assumptions there lol. dunno why you guys think it would be implausible for mihawk to be at Yonko level considering we never saw him fight at his 100%, oda havent showed him fight seriously or being defeated yet - specially considering OP was never too good with power consistency (Crocodile beaten by a no-gear, hakiless luffy comes to mind, followed by Lucci)

[@xdrago1051]

If you want a canon reason Mihawk himself gave for his MF performance than look at his Baratie quotes where he legit said he doesn't try more than needs to vs weak opponents and that its unfortunate he didn't have a smaller blade to face Zoro with. Mihawk himself said he DOES NOT fight people all out and holds back just as much as necessary because hes not a savage like the rest. Oda has no "Mihawk Problem". The problem he has is Shanks fans with poor reading comprehension problem as they somehow skip over everything explaining Mihawks actions, feats and portrayal. Its been confirmed MULTIPLE times in the databooks that hes actually the WSS and even going out of its way to confirm his title is NOT fraudulent "He stood out even before the great age of pirates. And now at last, he reigns as the World's Strongest Swordsman in both name and actuality". Just because Shanks fanboys cant read doesn't mean Oda didn't properly explain Mihawk and his showings. Stuff like Zoro having conq haki making it click to the fans that Mihawk also has conq haki again shouldn't have even been a thing. Zoro in fishman island showed that he knew what conq haki was despite never being told of it by Luffy or never seeing him use it pretimeskip. How else would Zoro know? Mihawk, the guy he spent 2 years training under. The puzzle pieces were right there and it should've been obvious.

[@Spartt204]

people just haven't done their homework it hits different. i'm glad to see someone that knows what they're talkin about. one piece isn't rocket science yet you have some people who don't understand things for the way they're

[@mahirsharma7789]

​@@Spartt204Still got his title after shanks lost his arm

[@mrbubbles6468]

‘I get the feeling Oda never intended Mihawk to be a complete power house’ That’s a you problem. Dude single handedly destroyed an entire armada of ships and then was shown to clearly be at least even with Shanks. Because he’s Zoro’s final goal and Zoro is basically Luffy be with swords. Mihawk was always supposed to be bonkers. It’s the reason he was the first thing of the Grand Line we saw. He’s literally a measuring stick for all others. Him meeting with Shanks allowed us to ball park Shanks. And because of that we could then gauge Whitebeard/Kaido etc And then Oda releases extra material after extra material clearly painting the picture that Mihawk tried to do what he’s done with Zoro for Shanks and failed

[@slimmy478-6]

Lol no luffy >>>>>>>>>>> Zoro. Luffy is supposed to fight shanks while Zoro is supposed to fight fraudhawk. Zoro is a second fiddle to luffy like fraudhawk is a second fiddle to shanks.

[@elviserhuvwu128]

Guy bro likes to hold back because he is too strong

[@MFV1222]

Oda doesn’t have a mihawk problem I don’t see why people can’t accept the fact he is stronger than shanks. Luffys goal isn’t to surpass shanks though,sure he’s his mentors but shanks is just a benchmark for luffy, not his ultimate goal. There would be nothing wrong with mihawk over shanks but the narrative would suffer if shanks were over mihawk thanks to mihawks portrayal as the worlds most powerful swordsman

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

Mihawk was playing around in marinford end of bullsh*t

[@rodneymcstah2973]

Cope

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

@@rodneymcstah2973 your realize there's so many mihawk fans that have the same opinion right ?

[@rodneymcstah2973]

@@RedLights9000-f3l opinion for from a fan is always going to have a bias. Not to mention an opinion is not a fact it’s a judgement on something or assumption

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

@@rodneymcstah2973 so... why you're here ? Since your opinion isn't a fact either

[@Exiler_]

​​@@rodneymcstah2973if the Akainu agenda is proven wrong in the future then Mihawk undoubtedly is the strongest in the verse. Cry Mihawk wasn't even paying attention to Vista his focus was completely over Luffy is mid fight. Jozu blocked a non Haki coated slash that Mihawk used to measure the distance between him and WB.

[@jasamsve3398]

1. Remember when mihawk said that any sword can become blacksword depending on swordsman skills and I haven’t seen any besides Ryuma 2. Speaking of devil fruits they are manifestations of dreams and their powerscale doesn’t make any sense. Take Kizaru in reality should be fast to make 6x around world in 1second. For all we know that diamond is harder than 10layers of Kaido’s skin. 3. Mihawk is the most unpredictable charachter that’s well known in the series. He is the only pirate that depends on nobody, doesn’t even have a crew. Blackbeard doesn’t even compare. 4. Observing Luffy (hawk-eye) while fighting few powerful opponents. It took him few minutes to recognize Luffy’s true strenght - power to make so many choose to fight alongside him and scaling it to be most feared and terrifying power in the seas. Main purpose of one piece is the journey and conclusion of the story. You can’t start comparing beerus goku doesn’t make any sense. Ssj took frieza down and suddenly he is equal with Ssb after being dust for decade. Haki concept like any other is just adjusting tool meant for story to evolve. In one piece to be strong you have to understand the strong. Mihawk could be even the strongest at the moment, Zoro at the end or anyone else. My point is Mihawk is for sure not any kind of problem

[@RanaJayRaj]

The problem is that , all things Oda has shown us so far for Mihawk suggests he should be the strongest swordsman ever lived beside Ryuma. Roger , reailegh , shanks , fujitaro all were/are swordsman and still no one was able to turn the blade into black. That proves Mihawk has higher armament haki than any other. The same goes for garsling and other guys of holy knights. No one was able to turn the blade into black. If they make holy knight swordsmen stronger than Mihawk then the value of black blade and Ryuma will decrease because normal (holy knights ) sword is stronger than black Blade ( mihawk) which is a huge problem. Mihawk has the same eyes as imu and zunesha and both are over 800+ years old. So Oda has to make Mihawk stronger than every Swordsman ever lived including holy knights to go with narrative ( Except Ryuma). 7:40

[@DarkChaos1986]

Lovely how all your argument is that you don't like that Zoro will be stronger than Shanks...

[@Bruh-wtf-did-i-just-watch]

"Shanks SINGLE HANDLY Cause the problème "🗿

[@7dragons7swords]

Mihawk is the ONLY alive characther with a black blade, not Roger, Newgate or Shanks have one, maybe Figerland and the Gorousei have one, but at now i believe that Mihawk is the strongest character in One Piece.

[@honkworld9405]

I have Imu, Mihawk and Dragon as top 3 lmao.

[@freakydeaky1435]

personally I've thought for a long time that Mihawk has a "second form" of some sort and I think that this will get Oda out of trouble... I don't think it will be anything crazy, but I think, like Zarbon in DBZ he will have a bulked up mode. Then this problem goes away... Mihawk will reveal his beast mode and ruin some top tiers and people will have to accept he's top dog. Before anyone even says it...everyone I've said this to hates on this idea saying like "This is One Piece not dragon ball" but I think there are a few hints this is the case: Seraphim Mihawk- Zoro says that the Seraphim version on Mihawk is "more human" than the original and we still don't know what he meant by that. Design- his trousers are super baggy, just held up by his belt and he has no shirt, literally looks like the 1970s hulk from the tv show... makes me think he bulks up and his clothes rip. Also, Yoru is way too big for the sword style he seems to use which seems to be fencing based, with the sword based on a Falchion. The Hawk eyes- he has the same eyes as Hakuba, again makes me think there could be something going on with that, like a split personality thing. Dracula Link- the other aspect of his character is dracula, makes you think he would be bloodthirsty, but we haven't seen anything like that in his character, he actually seems weirdly disconnected and dispassionate. -Ichi and Ni Gorilla- There is SOME in universe bulking seen, so there's precedent.. Zoro literally bulks his muscles up as a technique (in both manga and anime) when fighting Kaku.

[@derausmpark]

Just let Mihawk used named attacks.

[@GarredHATES]

Oda needs to give him a big moment before he fights Zoro

[@animemania1690]

MIhawk and Shanks were rivals before Shanks lost his arm, which means that is before Shanks became a Yonko. We are speaking of the time when Shanks's bounty was about a Billion Berries or something, but after Shanks lost his arm, Mihawk no longer had any interest in fighting Shanks, so how much both of them scale relatively to each other... I think this can't be compared to their younger days, personally, I believe overall, Shanks is stronger than Mihawk.

[@Coatez2000]

So true and so many Mihawk meat riders forget this.

[@saki1333]

Cool cool look at mihawks bounty without being the captain....

[@strykervirus1724]

So you're assuming they were quite even in their younger days. And you're also assuming Shanks got stronger, but Mihawk didn't. And you're also assuming Mihawk's oath to Zoro is false.

[@animemania1690]

@@strykervirus1724 I am not saying Mihawk did not get stronger, nor am I saying that his oath to Zoro is false, what I am saying is that while in the path of Swordsmanship Mihawk is undoubtedly the best, that doesn't mean he is as strong as Shanks at this point, after all, Conqueror's Coating and other things have come into play, it's possible that Shanks Conqueror's Haki and masterly over it is wasn't as good during his younger days as it is now. Ultimately who is stronger of the two, or whether they are equal, it's up to Oda-Sensei to decide that, I just feel that Shanks should be stronger.

[@strykervirus1724]

@animemania1690 So basically, your argument hinges on the fact that Shanks has conquerors coating, but Mihawk doesn't at this point. Let me ask you this... if Mihawk gets confirmed as a conquerors coating user, will your stance change? Or will you still argue?

[@krishnadevnk]

these guys just dont like to accept mihawks true strength

[@leonkastilyo7463]

Mihawk has an ice problem, swordsman can cut whatever he wants, he tried to cut wb but wasn’t able to cut jozu because he wasn’t trying to cut diamond, but in the same attack he was cutting ice (also happened when he tried to cut luffy), therefore he was trying to cut everything and wasn’t strong enough to cut diamond or was just trying to cut wb (or luffy) but along with ice (which I find very funny lmao)

[@FireAngelChris]

I disagree Mihawk always intended for Mihawk to be a powerhouse.

[@electron9820]

The only “issue” with Mihawk is the viewer’s perception of Shanks. Some see Shanks as this almighty being above all else in his generation, just because Roger gave him his strawhat. Personally even with Mihawk’s current feats I still don’t see how he shouldn’t be the strongest swordsman. Rivals don’t have to consistently fight to be rivals in power in one piece.

[@marcnawezi1877]

Shanks juste one shot kidd while mihawk is blocked by crocodile and vista, that's facts.

[@electron9820]

@@marcnawezi1877 lol he was never shown going all out. He used zero named attacks whilst Shanks used one for Kidd. Not nearly enough to put Shanks over Mihawk💀. But the title of strongest swordsman would.

[@marcnawezi1877]

@@electron9820 WB did not use one named attack on Marineford so he was not even trying ? Plus how do you know he was not serious ? If it’s only your opinion not backed by argument i dont care. Problem is the title on yonko put him under shanks and anyway titles aren’t everything. When oda was asked by a fan a long time ago « How does shanks fight? » he answered « we dint know much about his fighting style » if he was « just » a swordman it would have been said then and there.

[@electron9820]

@@marcnawezi1877 WB still used the strongest DF on the planet. With him visibly mad at Sakazuki. He wasn’t serious because he never broke a sweat at marineford. Not only that but he was nonchalant on the biggest war in history that we know of. Yonkos aren’t defined by power but on notoriety, territory and connections. Buggy is 1# example of this. Lol and Shanks had been confirmed to be a swordsman for a long time that’s just copium. In the Ussop gallery(although it does have some fanart) Oda officially titled a drawing of Shanks, Mihawk, Zoro and other swordsman as “Swordsmen in One piece” Not only that but I’m OP Volume Four Billion Shanks was called a master swordsman, but he was also called a swordsman twice in Databook red Grand Character.

[@electron9820]

@@marcnawezi1877 DF users in OP are different from Swordsmen in OP. WB doesn’t have to use a named attack to be shown trying. But Swordsmen have never been shown not using a named attack once trying. Mihawk for some reason is constantly talked about as the singular swordsman who has yet to do so. Which makes sense as even though Mihawk and Shanks stopped fighting years ago, Shanks still had a bounty of 1 billion (confirmed in a databook) so it really makes zero sense on how someone who had fought a character with that bounty back to back, and then proceeded to get a bounty worthy of a yonko once he left the status of warlord, to not be on the level of a yonko.

[@michaelwright8896]

He's a stronger swrodsman that doesn't mean he's a stronger character just at swordsmanship.

[@shinsoatimaku]

It kinda does imply that if I say someone's the strongest boxer it heavily implies any other boxer is weaker 😂

[@michaelwright8896]

@@shinsoatimaku That is true if you can beat someone at boxing you can beat them at boxing but not swordmsnaship.

[@shinsoatimaku]

@michaelwright8896 no its true full stop there's a card written by oda that even says he wants someone stronger than shanks as a rival now that shanks has one hand he literally the strongest swordsman not the best or most skilled it says strongest🤣

[@michaelwright8896]

Mihawk is the strongest swordmsna doesnt mean he's the strongest charatcer just strongest swordmsnan Shanks has better haki

[@ItachiUchiha_1724]

Mihawk is the strongest swordsman in the world Oda doesn't have a problem Its quite simple Sometimes dreams don't come true (look at kidd oh you can't he at the bottom of the ocean) And i have thought about this since zoro bitched out and begged mihawk to train him This whole sequence was narratively Zoro abandoning his dream And making it a goal Zoro's dream is to support his friends Mihawk said this as well "When man like you swallows his pride it's always for some one else" I dont believe zoro will ever be ready to beat mihawk I simply think mihawk is looking for someone just enough We dont know what mihawks dream is We have never known We know he likes to sail for fun and likes solitude But mihawk has never desired anything but a strong foe My question is why? To have a tough fight?? That is achievable if you declare war on everyone But its still not enough to make mihawk serious Oda has placed emphasis on "the world" We know there are aliens we know there are space pirates What if mihawk is still training to achieve his dream To be the strongest in the galaxy? What if there are dozens of swordsman way above mihawks lvl Outside the planet And that is his dream But he needs someone to elevate him "Haki grows in the heat of real battle"-rayleigh Shanks was a good option with his potential ahead of him But h Things happen he lost his arm and his skill went with it Relearned it with his right hand And mihawk knows he can never reach his full potential I have a theory as to why mihawk has no scars And it comes from the "A scar on the back is a swordsman's shame" line What if it really has something to do with swordsmanship I thought there was gonna be a special type of conquers haki That is the will of the swordsman And it basically works like this The less scars you have the more you can reach your potential Losing an entire arm removes a giant part of your potential And to strengthen this type of haki is by having as few scars a possible fighting other swordsmen Mihawk has only every used swordsmanship to attack in all of his fights The green slashes is the main aspect swordsmanship And he never uses more power and strength than what is required Vista doesn't use slashes he has flower pedals Mihawk requested that he shows him his swordsmanship And he brought flowers Mihawk saw through the technique and the swordsmanship And simply used the required amount of his own swordsmanship to over power and destroy vista's swordsmanship Haki enhances this Zoro used haki on his blade and sent out his swordsmanship slash (the white/blue) and it gets way stronger Only now after wano are we seeing zoro use green slashes Like mihawk did at marineford casually Zoro has no control over it yet and is not effectively using his own swordsmanship well He has just been focused on haki and increasing his poorly handled swordsmanship The only new thing in his arsenal is cutting fire Mihawk using swordsman ship +armament will do a lot of damage but not enough to contend with top tiers like shanks luffy and kaido Mihawk must have conquers and must have bare minimum equal haki to shanks And he us confirmed to have greater swordskill than shanks Shanks swordsmanship is probably the fire we see in film red Mihawk is the strongest swordsman in the world And zoro will not beat him he gave that up in the timeskip But zoro will be the first to push mihawk to use more than 50% of his capabilities Im talking mihawk gonna have to try a bit But i dont believe its anytime soon Mihawk estimated years for zoro to be ready to face him Not just 2 he said no matter how long it takes It will be a epilogue of zoro giving 110% and mihawk using around 55% Then mihawk will leave literally leave the planet and zoro becomes the strongest For the story now i want mihawk to kill some admirals (greenbitch and fujitora) kill trashbeard then we will see trashbeard runaway and his secrets are told and he is immortal or someshit he has a 3rd df Mihawk dont care And goes to mariejois and cuts the red line in 3 pieces Demands the wg to not get in his way And abruptly stops Setting an example Dont step in the marine hunter no dont step in the strongest swordsman's way Setting the stage luffy getting wg off his back Luffy about to kill kizaru and saturn Now its just dragon vs wg (already shook) And luffy shanks buggy going for the one piece With Lakainu having to try and stop dragon

[@Taigee0]

Not reading allat bro 🤣

[@XangoFwet]

Mihawk is stronger than Ethan, Figarland, Shanks and Fujitora. They all know it and all dont give a fck about the title (except maybe Shanks at one point) because none of them are built like that and they know thats not where their ambitions lie. If they know that if they dont start shit with Mihawk, there aint gon be shit. The only one who may look for smoke with Mihawk are Tashigi and Fujitora because theyre marines and theyre both going to be made examples of by the end of the series. They merely have to step up to the king and get knocked down

[@hendabdelhady9936]

Watch of a show us his power by having him one shot his baby seraphim counterpart, maybe even using a naked attack for once.

[@lukahnapeirogon8197]

Im just gonna say, whenever Shanks shows up, Mihawk always try to avoid the fade tho.

[@JackBryan24]

We've seen Shanks capacity when he faces Kizaru but in Mihawks case we havent seen it yet or its just Oda is having really a problem of how he would introduce the power of Mihawk

[@Yuni_Retakes]

He wants to save the best for last we haven’t seen Imu, Dragon, Or Mihawks Power… these are the most Strong Characters… if anyone can do a good showing it’s Oda

[@eleven11three]

Maybe Mihawk's reveal is too important to the story. Who knows maybe he's actually a vampire together with imu.

[@hetoverseo3887]

I can see Mihawk being the second last boss of One Piece. His full power reveal will be insane.

[@Onepiecepeakfiction]

@@hetoverseo3887ok now y’all just meat riding

[@Onepiecepeakfiction]

@@eleven11three ok now y’all just meat riding

[@heeman1203]

Very simple fix. "reveal" shank's "real" method of fighting, and explain that his use of a sword is basically "training wheels" and a "litmus test" to see if a fighter is worthy of that "real" method of fighting.

[@codafett]

I don't buy for a second that Mihawk could beat Fujitora, Garling, or King. He's a walking artifact and Oda just needs to have him actually fight on panel so we can see what he can even do.

[@bmoney3837]

He has a black blade the only one with a black blade in the last hundreds years after ryuma

[@marcnawezi1877]

@@bmoney3837 Shisui a black blade, was obtained by zoro on thriller bark.

[@daedae2500]

Not even oden have a black sword a swordsman main

[@Spartt204]

did everyone forget mihawk casually cutting up shit without much effort. he looks lame rn cause he did shit besides flexing on characters in the pre-ts but his title is already backed up by oda and people in the one piece verse.

[@themysteryhedgehog5184]

I think it’s because nobody truly knows the strength of any of the elders or whatever you call them, so it’s safe to assume they call Mihawk worlds strongest because of that. Maybe there are some stronger that the world hasn’t seen yet. Another reason I can think of is that it’s a part of his character, mihawk has always seemed more so laid back and never truly serious, I’m also pretty sure he went to marineford because he had nothing better to do. We truly haven’t seen him at full power so it’s hard to decide his power level. Of course this is all just speculation and nothing is confirmed so we just have to wait and see

[@silvertongue.242_99]

Exactly thank you for stating this fact. As Zoro gets stronger or learn abilities as a swordsman. He automatically can do the technique or has it. It wouldn't make sense for zoro to fight some on inferior to him and doesn't have these abilities like advanced armament and conquers

[@jhiancarlosclemente6168]

Mihawk got done dirty in marineford

[@gvgr25]

As long as those Garling and Venujuro aren't stronger than Shanks, Mihawk title shouldn't be questioned.

[@O-ZONE-YT]

you hit the nail on the head man thanks

[@tuandingkang3263]

Where did you find the mihawk art in the thumbnail

[@theblankface]

I don't remember the site 😬

[@francois2683]

There is absolutely no problem. Oda masters his work very well. He never changed his writing line regarding the character of Mihawk and what he represents. It's not Oda's fault if readers are unable to understand the narrative logic, especially with MarineFord. Why didn't Doflamingo use his HDR at MarineFord? Why does Kizaru shoot the handcuff key and not Luffy's head? Why Face a 3 Admirals Luffy stays alive? Should Oda have revealed the ultimate power that Zoro will have to surpass MarineFord and kill Luffy? well the manga will have been finished for about 12 years. Shanks is not and will never be the top 1 of the verse. Oda is not responsible for the lack of understanding of certain readers and particularly fanboys. Mihawk is stronger than Shanks and Mihawk will be revealed long after Shanks. This is the Shonen spirit. The later the characters are revealed, the stronger they are. Mihawk won't be top 1 in the verse either. Other extremely mysterious characters have not yet been revealed. When Oda explains in black and white that Mihawk is the strongest swordsman in the world and that he makes a direct comparison with Shanks, those who have not yet understood will have to wake up. A work is good to read but it is even better to understand it. Especially since it's a Shonen. Nothing complicated🤷

[@bryantalvarado3115]

1000 subs? You deserve 10k by the end

[@fmwu1574]

Some ppl thinks Mihawk beats Roger

[@kingflamedezun3469]

They are righr

[@ChroniclerOfJudah]

Shanks is a paper tiger.

[@Qu9ke]

As far as Mihawk vs Shanks goes, I think it’s a matter of semantics. Sure, Shanks and Garling have a sword. That doesn’t necessarily mean they are swordsmen per se. To say that automatically makes them swordsmen I think is like saying owning a guitar automatically makes you a guitarist. That could just be their general weapon of choice, but they may not view it as an art form to master. Splitting hairs? Maybe, but splitting hairs is something One Piece has done before. Kaido was titled the world’s strongest creature while Whitebeard was titled the world’s strongest man. Depending how you define “man” and “creature” there could be overlap in those titles. Making those finer distinctions though can help to justify the Mihawk vs Shanks problem, because even if Shanks turns out to be stronger than Mihawk, Mihawk by One Piece’s narrative standards can still be the world’s strongest swordsman because all the show has to do is say that Shanks is technically not a swordsman. He just has a sword. Plus from a narrative perspective it would make more sense in my opinion for Shanks to be stronger anyways because he is like Luffy’s inspiration (who is the future king of the pirates) whereas Mihawk is Zoro’s in a rivalry sort of way (who is the future right hand man of the king of the pirates), so their power should reflect that.

[@afh7170]

except oda called shanks a swordsmen in an sbs

[@Yuni_Retakes]

Oda States Shanks is a swordsman in manga panels/ vivre card…

[@Qu9ke]

@@Yuni_Retakes I see. Well, I didn’t know that, so if that is the case then I guess the dilemma is back on lol. Either Mihawk has to be stronger than Shanks (doubt), or there about to be some hardcore retconning. That or there is gonna be more dancing around with semantics than inside a courtroom with a guilty politician and dirty lawyers.

[@lando8849]

@@Qu9ke you're the only one who thinks Shanks isn't a swordsmen...

[@Qu9ke]

@@lando8849 I never said that actually… or at least that wasn’t my intention. I was only trying to describe how it could possibly make sense how Mihawk could still hold his title while Shanks could still potentially be stronger. I at most was saying it is a possibility he may not be classified as a swordsman, but I never denied it. I was shown in earlier replies though that he was established as a swordsman in an SBS. Besides, I’m the only one? That’s a bit of stretch. Just the upvotes in the comment would seem to prove that false… not that upvotes really matter in the grand scheme of things.

[@ChrisBrownn-j3k]

Mihawk has the *yoru yoru no mi* model black blade😅😅

[@Gabriel-iq8jw]

This guys skull has more crap in it than my toilet… how tf are you implying shanks is the strongest swordsman

[@ghg8701]

I don't see your point... the mihawk problem is that he is stronger than shanks? What makes it a problem? Or is it that some people see shanks as the stringest? That's a them problem, not Oda and not mihawk. Or is it that there are other strong swordsmen? There wouldn't be any meaning in being the world's strongest if the rest were weak. That because he is stronger than Zoro he can't make him weak? Why would that even be on the table? Its the same as saying there is a problem because he portraid Roger in a way he couldn't make weak when showing his powers- it is only a problem if you think he planned to do something that he obviously didn't

[@physco339]

Vista and jozu only block some random swings from mihawk nd not a named attack and MIHAWK stated that he don’t go all out against weak opponents

[@teriiyaki_god]

Paint d sword

[@bamdad19996]

To me, mihawk being above shanks makes no sense other than the title he has. I dont see mihawk as final opponent for zoro. Zoros final opponent will either be in bleackbeards crew or from government. Unless mihawk somehow follows the government again and becomes a bad guy then sure. But i dont see that happening either. Basically mihawk isnt the strongest opponent zoro will fight

[@saidbachlil2612]

Zoro will fight vegerland garling before the bald guy

[@sahuanitasahu7696]

Things would be much easier to explain if he was the most skilled sword men he probably is that

[@jhiancarlosclemente6168]

The reason why nausjuro and fingerland are not considered as the strongest swordman because majority of the one piece world don't know about them, why would a gorosei reveal themselves to the world as the "worlds" strongest swordman? The goresei has always been portrayed as people who work in the shadows

[@dantedmc1789]

For me shanks is stronger feats wise , narratively mihawk is stronger And for it will be shanks who steal the win against him Until we see any feats of mihawk that are comaprable to shanks ones For the title i think WG just gave him beacuse before shanks lost his arm , both were equal and WG were not able to deciding who is stronger , and when shanks lost his arm WG now he get weaker , lets rap up and gave title to mihawk If u got a better explantion how he got his title so tell me Or if they gave him title cuz of his supreme black blade So we dont even know is mihawk is the one who made his yoru black or found it already black Like shisui was made black by ryuma and zoro found it black

[@20starcombomaker]

What if i told you that there is a way that Mihawk is stronger than shanks without mihawk having conquorer's?

[@arongebremedhin9764]

I would say 🧢

[@20starcombomaker]

@arongebremedhin9764 So both of these characters have shown the debatably longest range of each type of Haki: • Mihawk- Used Armament haki internal destruction (ID) to cut the frozen tidal wave/tsunami at Marineford • Shanks- Used Conquerors haki infusion to scare Greenbull across Wano • Side note- Enel showed the furthest range of observation haki (although his was amped by his devil fruit more than just the mastery itself) Now, why does Mihawk beat Shanks? To put simply... stamina; Shanks has to use to much Haki to keep up with Mihawk that he could never last long enough. Take for instance, when it comes to power, Mihawk is able to deal stronger attacks without effort, as his "world's strongest slash" he sent across Marineford to "test" Whitebeard did not use emission or internal destruction (ID). We know this because of the difference between the slashes. When he cut the frozen tsunami, there wasn't a flying compressed air flash, the slash was more or less invisible, the cut appeared on the ice and gradually traveled through it before cutting it. However, the world's strongest slash sent a compressed air slash that even Zoro was able to preform at a lesser degree since Skypiea against Ohm. So casually Mihawk can attack at that level casually without utilizing higher forms of haki. Shanks on the other hand, has only shown that level of power with infusion when he clashed with whitebeard. We know he was using infusion because the clouds split, exactly how Oda has always shown Conquerors haki at a Supreme level clashing. Conquorer's haki and Infusion uses more stamina than Armament haki and internal destruction (ID). While Infusion would most likely be stronger than Mihawk's base armament haki, Mihawk can then step it up and close that gap with ID, which is contextually more dangerous than infusion which just increases attack power, while ID ignores and bypasses defense all together. Shanks would then need to use armament imbuement haki to then close the gap and keep up, however Shanks would be using way to many forms of haki as buffs. Essentially: • Mihawk base ≥ Shanks base • Mihawk base ≤ Shanks + (OK - drain) • Mihawk + PA + SS ≥ Shanks + (OK - drain) • Mihawk+PA+SS ≤ Shanks + [(OK + Infusion)-(drain×2)] • Mihawk +PA+SS+ ID ≥ Shanks + [(OK+infusion)-(drain×2)] • Mihawk+PA+SS+ID ≤ Shanks + [(OK+Infusion+ armament) - (drain×3) ACROYNMS: • ID = Internal Destruction • OK = Observation killer • PA = Permanent armament • SS = Superior sword grade Even if we assume with all that, Shanks is temporarily stronger. Shank's only win condition is if he can finish the fight quickly, which, there's no evidence suggesting the power gap would be large enough to do so, nor Mihawk lacking in stamina for extended durations.

[@mahirsharma7789]

​@@20starcombomakerI think Mihawk prefers cutting Attacks U know strong blade and Gentle Blade , we have always seen Mihawk cutting things while Swinging his Sword and for shanks We always saw his Haki , against kid his divine departure didn't cut kid it destroyed him from inside Maybe He prefer Strong blade

[@20starcombomaker]

@mahirsharma7789 an advanced application of armament haki is called internal destruction which typically does exactly what you describe. They both cut however. You're close, but ultimately incorrect about the premise

[@mahirsharma7789]

@@20starcombomaker Bro I know that This is why I said we have always seen Mihawk straight up cutting things on the other hand we saw shanks didn't cut Kid just used Coc + Ryuo damaging him from inside this is why I said that Mihawk prefers Cutting things means gentle Blade and Shanks having strong blade techniques

[@iNEED115]

My take is that swordsmanship is a skill. He could be the best swordsman, but not the strongest fighter. Same way someone can be a better sniper but not the strongest fighter. Or a goofy example is how sanji is a better cook than luffy but isn't the stronger overall fighter.

[@Packirup1234]

shanks has been potrayed just as much as others the issue is people overhype him cause they like him more than other characters and him having a connection to luffy plus the fan service he keeps getting in movies and secret plot points i personally think shanks is just shanks and mihawk is stronger cause the story says so anyone who disagrees is clearly pushing thier own agenda and not what the story says

[@mohammedaldeghaither6555]

It’s no problem. Nigga is just that OP. Marineford should no be used to powerscale. Ace was able to stop Aokiji’s attack who is on par with Akainu.

[@wolfgangkronister6483]

I think Mihawk is stronger as the Gorossey and Garling

[@zoppyam]

You said mihawk problem way too many times

[@98ore]

But the whole Oda did not plan for Mihawk to be strong is just your assumption Personally I don’t see a problem, Oda had always depicted Mihawk as a powerhouse since his introduction Down to his design, ship everything about his intro was to tease the powerhouses to come. This seems more like a fans with agendas problem

[@theblankface]

I suppose I should have been more clear. I do think Mihawk is meant to be among the echelon of One Piece characters in terns of power, but I think post time-skip power-scaling is a disservice to Mihawk. Whitebeard tilting an entire island was supposed to be a god level feat, fast forward to Wano, and Kaido's lifting and entire island through the sky while fighting other powerhouses simultaneously. One feat doesn't even compare to the other. I think Mihawk has to do something god level in order to truly be recognized by the fandom as the one of the world's "strongest", otherwise everyone will keep saying Shanks is stronger that him.

[@98ore]

@@theblankface sorry for the late response lol i guess i just dont see strength that way, ive always questioned the whole "stronger" thing, what does it mean to be stronger, strength isnt absolute or linear, a boxer winning a fight doesnt mean hes "stronger" in some absolute sense where that boxer cannot beat him next time, or the whole if a beats b and b beats c then a must beat c i personally dont think Mihawk needs to do some "god level" feat, another thing i dont understand in the whole "something level feat". witebeard could tilt sea because of devil fruit and kaido same thing devil fruit, Mihawk is a swordsman im not expecting him to tilt the sea or carry an island, i am expecting hi to be able to cut either kaido or whitebeard, im expecting him to be able to show the full extent of the sword in a fictional setting. strength is not absolute and linear.

[@ForestKingSem]

I don't doubt that Mihawk is the strongest swordsman in the verse. nor do i doubt that shanks is the strongest character alive in the verse. i think the rivalry they had kept Mihawk from being the strongest swordsman, but Shanks losing his sword arm gave Mihawk the title by default, to his dismay. and i think the title of "strongest swordsman" necessarily distinguishes itself from "strongest character". for example, Whitebeard's blade is a legendary one; i'd be remiss to not call him a swordsman. but even if he isn't he held the title of "world's strongest man" at the same time as Mihawk's "strongest swordsman" title. and he was shown to be much more powerful of a character than Mihawk at Marineford. so which is stronger? i think by saying "strongest swordsman", Oda is signifying that the class of fighter known as "swordsmen" deserve a ranking all their own. like, if Jinbe is the strongest Fishman, does that make him the strongest fighter at all? no it says he's leagues ahead in that particular field. i'll concede that Mihawk was holding back the whole time at Marineford. and its a problem that Shanks has only one feat of strength so far. but i conclude that Mihawk is the best with a sword and probably top 5 or 10 most capable fighters in the verse (alive). but i think it's been demonstrated pretty well that Shanks is more capable/powerful than Mihawk. is it a wash? maybe if Mihawk killed Luffy, but otherwise i think they bring the best out of each other. but if neither has a weapon, Shanks spanks.

[@kif-zallrhat1870]

The real problem is that Zoro has to become stronger than a literal Yonko somehow. And in order to do that he has to fight one, but Luffy is the captain.

[@daedae2500]

lol he don’t have to fight a yonko when he go fight Blackbeard luffy got black beard and zoro can fight aoijki after he’s done with shiryui of the rain if not that he can fight luffy in a 1v1 for practice since they’re last fight was whisky peaks

[@SonOfDrogo]

Convincing the readers isn't an issue. Mihawk is a mysterious character. Just like Sukuna from jjk. Once you show the readers Mihawk beating Shanks (or something similar), everyone will be convinced that he is the strongest swordsman. Since being a mysterious character, there would be nothing in the manga to argue otherwise.

[@tokenwhite1810]

if both zorro and oden could damage kaido, could mihawk kill kaido ?

[@mahirsharma7789]

Kaido won't hold back or Let Mihawk attack him freely. He will easily sense Mihawk Haki and how strong he is

[@schmel7930]

Yes

[@apeDLuffu]

5:06 for now i got my money on ethan, untill mihawk do something

[@WellSpawn]

if you want to fair to fair fight between mihawk and shanks maybe if both of the using same sword as shanks using😅😂😂

[@breadg1818]

Did you talk about the problems with gear 5 yet?

[@ThePompell]

If oda can make gear 5 work and somehow make it believable that he beats Kaido he can do anything

[@lorddarkrai5753]

Sometimes I am just used to saying "allow Oda to answer your questions with a manga chapter , don't meet your expectations and call it bad writting".Plot holes and things that don't make sense such as Pagaya surviving an El Thor from Enel are bad writting , if Oda doesn't meet your demands that's on you , not him.Oh that Pagaya thing?All the Straw Hats surviving their electrocutions?Such things indeed look critically poor from Oda's side , but yet again nobody's perfect , Oda has highlighted countless times he appreciates his unbelievable praise , but even he acknowledges his story isn't infallible. It is what it is."Of course it isn't infallible , he wanted to make more money".Good for him I guess people. Allow me to address though the fans' height claim because that's too funny honestly , Shanks is stronger than Mihawk because 1.99m>1.98m . Zoro is stronger than Sanji because 1.81m > 1.8m (Sanji though has always looked taller than Zoro both in the manga and the anime). So yes , these claims are definitely correct and senseful , all these guys have definitely surpassed Luffy's 1.74m in power.I mean Akainu in his 3.06m will probably finger-shot Luffy.Actually who the fuck cares about Akainu?Wadatsumi solos the whole verse.

[@xuoario]

Black sword

[@yellowbeez93]

How would Oda display Mihawk's crazy power? Through Sinbad in Magi. Sinbad instaneously destroyed multiple Mount Everest in one blow and that isn't even his full strength. This level of power is far greater than anything Whitebeard (7 Mount everest busting attack is way bigger than Whitebeard splitting the skies with Shanks or him putting cracks/shockwaves in the air that caused tsunamis to Marineford), Kaido (destroying 7 Mount Everest is still bigger than Kaido holding up Onigashima or any of his breath that destroyed a hill top in Wano. Even if Kaido's full powered breath attack destroyed Onigashima, 1 mount everest is still HUNDREDS of times BIGGER than Onigashima. Imagine 7 times of all of that), Shanks and Luffy (his encounter with Wb split the skies thus him = Wb and based on him being a Yonko that Garp states him to be equal in terms of how powerful they are as a....pirate? No big deal. Luffy a proclaimed yonko, was still way weaker than Kaido even though they are pirates and even though they split the skies. Sinbad casually destroying 7 mount everest is HUNDREDS-THOUSANDS of times more powerful and bigger than Luffy's G5 final attack where he destroyed Onigashima. Shanks destroyed Kidd with Divine Departure? The one where Kidd was caught OFF GUARD similar to an AMBUSH attack? Sure...that would still be destroying a pirate ship unlike Sinbad destroying 7 mount everest) had shown thus far. Mihawk CASUALLY and ACCIDENTALLY destroyed the tsunami iceberg that took WB alot of effort to make. Mihawk intentionally just wanted to slash Luffy who is directly in front of him. And usually, if you do some logical thinking and math calculations: if destroying a tree in front of you gives a total power of 100, you would need 100 000 power to destroy a mountain that's MILES AWAY from where you're standing. The fact that Mihawk wanted to only cut Luffy who is just in front of him/few steps away from him, and his attack that missed which Luffy dodged, ended in destroying a tsunami iceberg that is hundreds/thousands of miles away, ....imagine if Mihawk were to aim at Luffy from thousands of miles away. The power would logically be hundreds/thousands of times more powerful than his attack that accidentally destroyed a tsunami iceberg. It would be similar to Sinbad destroying 7 mount everest. That is how crazy Mihawk's power would be, in theory.

[@ahamedalharbi9520]

I have theory ..it will explain everything it says: mihwak is fraud...😂

[@degkzoau6618]

we know mihawk is wss but to be a swordsman you have to be a human but also we know wb was wsm but a human is a creature but we know kaido is the world strongest creature but kaido got beaten by luffy. I think one has to admit that power levels in comics aren't logic-based so elaborating on them might not help by even an inch.

[@worldbosspf1]

Shanks is not even the second strongest swordsman. Why would Zoro want to fight him?

[@saidbachlil2612]

Zoro will fight him shanks is n 2 strongest swordsman

[@arongebremedhin9764]

@@saidbachlil2612 zoro and shanks ain't gonna fight, and nusjuro is prob #2

[@saidbachlil2612]

@@arongebremedhin9764 just clash with shanks is swordsman

[@isaiahjohnson6951]

@@arongebremedhin9764 I wouldnt be upset with a little spar session with Zoro and Shanks, Shanks knows alot more about mihawk than anyone else does, so Shanks would be a great teacher for Zoro. Also, If shanks was better than mihawk, why isnt Zoro chasing Shanks to beat him instead of mihawk? Bc Mihawk is obviously greater than shanks. Makes no reason to go after the 2nd strongest when you want to be the best at something, you go after the strongest/best at that category which is Mihawk.

[@emonkhan1443]

i think black beard is stronger than shanks

[@mightguy3118]

No

[@arongebremedhin9764]

By EOS, probably

[@georgez2702]

Mihawk looked terrible against Vista and Crocodile

[@Spartt204]

those weren't really fights lol just a few clashes nothing more. mihawk never focused on vista or cared for him he was thinking about luffy the entire time throughout their title clash. as for crocodile they're basically on friendly terms with eachother as shown by recent events. never use marineford scaling cause alot of characters are stronger than shown during marineford. garp,kizaru,aokiji and a few others already indictated that notion. haki is also a thing atm

[@noelpirot6267]

I'm not a huge fan of one piece but just because you have the greatest skill with a sword doesn't mean you cant be physically overpowered. From what I seen mihawk is overpowered but just as roger was put above whitebeard and defeated the rocs pirates and whitebeard still got the worlds strongest man title. I also think shanks outclasses mihawk with his haki and has the swordsmanship to compete with him toe to toe.

[@Axelblaze1022]

Roger never had a title that said he was stronger than Whitebeard. Whitebeard had the strongest man title proven to be true and Kaido title was also true. There is no reason the first big title wouldn't be true.

[@MD00792]

You couldn't be more wrong. His intention for him to make him a beast was from the beginning. Lol. Oda loves swordsman. He almost made luffy swordsman. He introduced mehawk early and pretty clearly he stated mehawk is the strongest. And for 1000 episode mehawk has 20mnt screentime. Whatever mehawk was saying during marinford has deeper meaning. Whatever he was doing have different meaning. Zoro and luffy's goal is to beating mehawk and finding one piece. And both of these goals go side by side. Just read mehawk's vivre card. And oda already stated that mehawk is stronger than shanks The guy who played mehawk in live action made a tweet about it. Mehawk gets hate from kids. I personally think mehawk is related to nerona family and there are massive betrayal in mehawk's past. When oda drew mehawk as a child mehawk was seen saying "what are you gonna do rabbit" that sounds like he knew the god valley incident. Also in mehawk's vevre card it is stated that he was famour worldwide even before pirate era began means Roger's execution.

[@rafe100]

Oda just make Mihawk look stupid he will hype the strongest swordmans title but hypes shanks up more than him and can’t give five character’s that are even chasing his title really On fair on the character unfair for zoro the most cause he’s dream can of just seems not that grand zoro barely fights swordman or will just randomly say the character who is using a sword isn’t a swordman like make it make sense the only strong swordsman Zoro has beat is kaku and a ryuma zombie

[@kutrodassf1851]

Lol, when did oda claimed all that??? 😂😂

[@ChlupeeChlupee]

The way I view it is that 'strongest swordsman' means the person with the most refined sword techniques and skill, not considering their other powers. So for example if you had the best swordsman vs. somebody using a sword and a gun, the swordsman could still lose because the gun isn't taken into consideration when measuring swordsmanship level. Same would be with Shanks, who is likely more powerful due to his Haki, but in a contest of pure sword techniques he would lose. That's why Mihawk no longer wants to duel Shanks after he lost his arm, because he seeks a contest of sword skill (in which Shanks cannot rival him anymore) rather than a contest of raw power.

[@sheenakr7616]

i think because if thats the case then theres no need of haki to be the worlds strongest swordsman it will false, but at the same time there is a way for zoro to climb above shanks and put mihawk in between of zoro and shanks at eos, thats if luffy's final opponent is imu and zoro is fighting the strongest elder who will most prob be a swordsman, how will this work? well no one knows the true power of elders so from perspective of people who know the powers of strong swordsmen like mihawk and shanks, mihawk can be the strongest since the elders are a mystery for any pirate except possibly roger whos dead, also every elder actually has a sword looking at diifferent seens but the elder at egghead has a shadow of bull so yeh after everything elders can be devil fruit users in which way if luffy's final opponent is imu and zoro takes on any elder and that elder being stronger than shanks, mihawk fight coming in later maybe in a post end of series scene, everything works again

[@saki1333]

I think there's a chance Mihawk will kill Fujitora , it would give us a reason to think Mihawk top tier again and Fujitora achieved what he had to with abolishment of the warlord system. Fighting and defeating one of the holy knights could also be a hype possibility. I don't subscribe to the theory of One Piece being found bwfore the final war arc it's probably gonna be after.

[@vincentL.7]

litterly no power creep, he was litterly made untouchable from the start. Also the argument of Jozu blocking Mihawks air slash is just dumb. Are you gonna say S-hawk is comparable to Blackbeard. (Blackbeard was just schocked that a PX unit could be "this" strong. Also Goku´s end goal is not to surpass Beerus specifically like Zoro to surpass Mihawk. Also Zoro surpassing anyine but Luffy is absolutely not a problem at all.

[@seanpatrickcrowley]

I don't think it's that hard to understand that Shanks is no longer considered a swordsman, especially by Mihawk, without his 2nd arm. Swordsman seems to refer to characters that fight with undefined rules set by the boundary of swordplay and not their overall strength. It's fair to say that the strongest swordsman is a better swordsman than a Yonko but not stronger overall. Shanks probably still has hacks to beat Mihawk but Mihawk will never fight him again since it has nothing to do with Swordplay.

[@s7h7t6]

Shanks is very much still considered a swordsman in the One Piece world. In Mihawk's bounty reveal the main thing mentioned is that he has greater sword skills than the Red Emperor himself, very obviously implying Shanks has tremendous sword skills, otherwise it would make no sense to say that. I'm pretty sure Divine Departure is a sword technique.

[@rhyme5218]

bro got ratioed so hard 😂😂😭😭

[@zobmixer9122]

@@rhyme5218 as if it means something lol.

[@rhyme5218]

@@zobmixer9122 It does when its this bad 💀 shits funny asf 🤷‍♂️😭

[@zobmixer9122]

@@rhyme5218 i meant in term of who is right.

[@englishjake]

There's no problem he's the strongest, except maybe shanks dad because he's not known around the world. I don't see it as a problem that he's stronger than shanks, shanks isn't the strongest in the world. So I see no problem.

[@14th_hokage]

Oda doesn't have a Mihawk problem. Its the shank's fans club has a problem. Let me explain, first Haki is not a fighting style, it is a tool use to amplify what ever fighting style you have. It could be fist style(garp) or devil fruit style,(luffy g4) or Swordstyle(shanks). Now shanks is a swordsman, to be a swordsman means that your strongest fighting style is via sword, if shanks can't beat Mihawk in his strongest fighting style, the Sword-style even amplified by his overwhelming haki, clearly Mihawk is stronger than him! They had a lot of duel, and all of those duel Mihawk was the winner, because if shanks beaten Mihawk atleast once in those duel, he would become the strongest swordsman already, Remember zoro only need to beat Mihawk once, same goes with shanks. Now about their personality Mihawk is "Reserve" type of person, even akainu said that to the MF when Mihawk was getting ready to attack WB, even kizaru said its unusual for him to participate that way, and please remember what he said to zoro "I don't use Canon to hunt a Rabbit" (live action) do you understand what that line means? It means that he adjust his attacks just enough to defeat his enemy, that is why he use the butter knife against zoro. So when he fought vista and jinbe, even when his attack was block by jozu, Mihawk was pulling his punches just enough to beat them, do you understand? Remember up until now Mihawk has not shown any named attacks yet, and let me tell you that he did not even use haki at MF, remember when he slice and dice buggy? do you think if Mihawk was using haki buggy is still alive? if zoro has kings haki, and also shanks, do really think that Mihawk don't? his tittle alone is enough evidence that he too have kings haki, the guy is still holding back, he is a reserve person, review Marineford and see what akainu and kizaru said about Mihawk. On the other hand, shanks is an "OverKill" person! One shoting kid always flexing his haki to WB ship the sea-monster that bet his arm, greenbull admiral, film red, shanks is a show off! An Overkill the exact opposite of Mihawk and shanks is not the strongest in one piece that is for sure! shanks is just over rated because he is an "Overkill" i bet Zoro will beat shanks then that will be the sign that he is now ready for Mihawk, shanks is zoro's warm up for Mihawk. luffy will surpass Roger zoro will surpass Mihawk, luffy and zoro are like Roger and Mihawk. Again remeber what Mihawk said to zoro "I don't use canon to hunt Rabbit" if you can understand that statement you'll figure out Mihawks personality. Do you know why Mihawk's swordskill is superior than shanks? Because he F*ck'n Amplifies it with his superior Haki that turns his Blade to permanent black blade for God sake, black blade can only be Awaken by Supreme Haki! you shanks fans club are just closed minded, can't handle logic and facts 😂

[@wyzeinfinity7243]

Everyones entitled to their own opinions but making a guy defeat you with a pocket knife and then saying he could defeat you with something even smaller after we saw how strong zoro is pretty consistent in saying he's a yonko level or above character in strength his bounty alone was given to him based off his skill above shanks that says alot that's why I say he's stronger then shanks. Why would mihawk say I'm looking for someone stronger then shanks in a databook that means no one is stronger then shanks and that he's beaten shanks so I'd say zoro is gonna have to surpass both shanks and mihawk at the end of it all mihawk isn't a problem in fact he's a side mission for zoro that's all he just a dragon waiting to be slayed I honestly don't even understand how imu will come into the story to fight luffy it doesn't make any sense to me but for oda to write and me to enjoy

[@hyypio764]

You're just projecting the fandom's made-up problems on Oda.

[@MurangShaBu_MahalNaBiGas]

Nah, Mihawk is not included in Kaidos top 5 so that’s that

[@shinsoatimaku]

Okay, let's look at it like this. Mihawk wasn't, but shanks was. Garp wasn't, but Roger and wb were. Blackbeard wasn't. Dragon wasn't.

[@shinsoatimaku]

So if you wanna go based on Kaidos top 5 idk man😂

[@НиктоизНиоткуда-м1я]

Mihawk video with no negativity? Is this the real life, or it's just fantasy?

[@lorddarkrai5753]

Zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom , zoom.....................

[@FangLeng-lh4gn]

bro even yamato able to witstand Kaido's attack or if talking about marineford only then Mr.1 save coroco boy from mihawk but This doesn't m yamato is close to kaido and Mihawk defeated Mr.1 later, and Mihawk didn't even used any named attacked in whole series. Where luffy becomes stronger while fighting Katakuri but get slapped by kaido and then become stronger in prison time( Zoro just chilling enter time and performed better in first half of Worst gen VS yanko. ) and bluh bluh bluh

[@Taigee0]

Fraudhawk

[@freemandoe9733]

NO character who holds the title of strongest in this anime lacks conqueror’s haki. If bum ass Eustass Kid has it well newsflash people ain’t no way in heaven or hell that permanent black supreme grade sword one man army marine hunter Mihawk does not have it.

[@Mr9TalesFox]

Zoro will not be stronger than Luffy. Why not? Luffy is Captain not Fighter. Zoro is Fighter. Zoro defeated Hordy with one cut. Blocked combined attack from strongest man and women in one piece and lived. If Luffy stand in one place Kaido can just one hit Luffy. Also power levels are bullsht - Vegeta

[@rexqt5337]

Mihawk is irrelevant 😂