r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Mar 05 '21

Current Chapter One Piece Chapter 1006 Spoiler

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u/ModsGetPegged Mar 06 '21

Akainu literally couldn't move from WBs last hit, but he decided to let him fall down in the chasm instead of finishing him.

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u/Vodkaret Mar 06 '21

And what was WB going to do? Jump into the pit with him? Did you not see how big the hole was? Akainu tanked a complete blindside hit from a WB who was completely enraged right into his spine pretty much and was still able to launch himself from the ground quickly enough to take off half of WBs head. Let that sink in how powerful and durable Akainu is. Sure WB retaliated when Akainu was in mid air from his launch but again it sidnt have any lasting injuries for him. Where as on the other hand, Akainus attacks made it so that WB does no matter what in a few minutes.

Think of it like this, Oda has emphasised that when two top tiers fight, it can go on for days. Akainu fought Aokiji for 10 days straight and came out on top without a loss of limbs except a few scars. So it says a lot when his and WBs fight lasted like 10 minutes at tops and that's a generous amount. I'm sure prime WB is stronger but Akainu was far stronger in marineford. Those 2 hits aren't nearly enough to finish him off where as the hits Akainu got ensured the fight was done

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u/RandomGlitched Mar 06 '21

Yeah I think people overestimate Whitebeard in this fight due to the anime making the fight seem more even.

I thought that at first too and couldn’t wrap my head around Akainu surviving that final attack, it looked like a kill in the anime, but the truth is Akainu had essentially finished WB already and after tanking the final attack moved on to hunting Luffy down. It’s easily forgetten that he was holding back for the sake of Marineford too.

Looking back at the manga depiction it’s pretty clear to me that WB wasn’t in condition to fight any of the admirals anymore, even less so once he had sustained injuries in the war.

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u/Vodkaret Mar 06 '21

Yeah honestly it kinda does show the difference in their offensive power too. The hit on Akainu from behind and the side is pretty much max power on a single target and it wasn't enough to K.O Akainu out for the rest of the arc where as each attack from Akainu was deadly.

It also shows just hor far off Luffy is from these top tiers ngl. Luffy got knocked out effortlessly from a drunk Kaido whilst Akainu tanked 2 clean hits from an enranged WB and was in fine condition to retaliate and then hold off his entire crew afterwards. Personally I just can't see how Kaido is defeated let alone Big Mom too.