Until a few years ago, when Luffy and the others had just set foot in the New World to overcome the dangers of the Fishmen’s Isle, the Four Emperors seemed unreachable. Big Mom, Blackbeard, Shanks, and Kaido were all powerful enemies the protagonists of ONE PIECE couldn’t beat that, but lately everything has changed.
Whole Cake Island and Wano turned that notion on its head that new recruits could not face the mightiest pirates of the seas, who had ruled with an iron fist and ferocity for years. ONE PIECE featured both the defeat of Kaido by Luffy and Big Mom by Trafalgar Law and Eustass Kidd. The captains got busy and so we entered in the age of the new four emperors: Blackbeard, Luffy, Buggy and Shanks. Especially the latter is the only thing left from the old days. However, Red seemed somewhat inferior to its rivals in personal strength.
However, Chapter 1079 of ONE PIECE upset this paradigm: with practically a single punch, Shanks defeated Kidd and Killer when the former instead managed to resist Big Mom, albeit with Law’s help. The difference in power was abysmal and so that begs a question: Shanks is stronger than Big Mom and Kaido?
For a transitive trait where Kidd beat Big Mom with assists but lost disastrously to the Swordsman, it seems so. However, the respective situation must also be assessed. At Onigashima, Kidd was able to prepare and fight in an extensive field, while at Elbaf, the young Supernova was caught preparing her attack and found herself with many vulnerable points exposed.
However, the strength expressed by Shanks makes one reevaluate one’s true abilities, and it undoubtedly does You’d think Shanks would be as strong as Big Mom. However, given the same situation with the empress, in the case of Kaido, the latter could even be superior, since the dragon in Wano has not always fought to the fullest and between other interventions, previous battles, interference and much more, he has had several unfavorable situations.
And what do you think of that Strength demonstrated by Shanks?
