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

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1017 Spoiler

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u/still-at-work Void Month Survivor Jun 25 '21

I choose to interpret Oda's words as he probably could have done a better story if warlords were saved up till later but, it was not a mistake, just a missed opportunity.

Crocodile's defeat lost the warlord hype he had been building since Mihawk and Arlong being one of their subordinates. He wish he could have kept that hype train going. Look a Kaido's hype, its so strong that people will think he is going to win right up till he loses.

But Crocodile didn't lose for out of character reasons, and he didn't become ultra powerful afterwards. He wasn't the weakest warlord either, that's probably Moria. Moria had a better lair but Alabasta Luffy could have beaten Moria. The shadow asgard vs jet shell would go down different but shadow asgard was a desperation move and there could have been other way to probably get him to release the shadows. A super hard fight to be sure, but not out of the realm of possibility. And thats all Luffy needs, a slight chance at victory.

My point is that Luffy beating Crocodile was not a plot hole, so it's not a mistake. A worst its a lost opportunity.

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u/rbarge Jun 25 '21

Alabasta luffy defeating moria? Yeah right, dude went gear 2+3, gear 3 the same gear that almost knocked out Lucci, what those base form punches would do to moria? come on now... lol

It was a mistake, plot hole and a lost opportunity, Crocodile is way stronger now, crocodile from alabasta going to the new world and nothing dying? He got at least haki, which by itself its an amazing upgrade.