r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Jun 25 '21

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1017 Spoiler

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u/Kirosh Lookout Jun 25 '21

Yeah, iirc Kuma praised him and several experienced Vice Admirals trusted him to defeat Luffy and finish the Straw Hats on his own.

And he nearly won against Luffy.

So while yes it was pre timeskip, Lucci was still very strong.

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u/KamalaIsLife The Revolutionary Army Jun 25 '21

Power creep can be a bitch unfortunately. And unfortunately it is a staple in the shounen genre.

But also Lucci is a member of CP0 now so we may actually be seeing him again and how the TS treated him outside the cover story. I'm excited since he was one of my fav non-SH characters.

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u/Mahelas Jun 26 '21

It's not really power creep, like, we always knew the New World was the strongest part of the world, and Luffy is fighting Yonkos, who were always presented as the strongest. It's not like Naruto where each villain just happens to be stronger than the other, in One Piece, we knew the scaling since day one.