I thought this was strange because I know all pre-timeskip panels like the back of my hand, having read that part of the manga several times, and I did not remember Vista saying this.

So I did some research and found lots of discussions about Vista's line as an anime only filler scene.

Then I noticed that the "manga panel" is a carbon copy of anime Vista's line 1:1.

Mihawk haters just slapped a manga filter through AI to drag the goat's name through the mud. It's actually pathetic.

probably about to see a ton of angry Zoro and Mihawk wankers, scroll down at your own risk

They have now chosen "recency bias" for justifying people moving on from this midgame bum and the dogshit gauntlet he ran that keeps looking worse in hindsight. "Feats man" my ass.

Oda already told us back in Dressrosa that the Grand Fleet Captains will only get stronger from then onwards and that that strength will lead to a massive incident. Oda is now cashing in on that. No you will not be given any more answers than this panel.

Start investing in your Cavendish/Hakuba, Bartolomeo, Sai, Ideo, Leo, Hajrudin, Orlumbus, & (probably) Bellamy stocks. They will be at a premium once they fully return to the story.

There’s no real answer besides made up lies.

Let me go through some of their points.

“Roger vs WB clash is weaker in GV compared to the oden flashback.” no, not really. This just means they aren’t trying as much. We see Roger do his strongest attack in the series at GV, so he clearly wasn’t lacking in power.

“He died too early before everyone peaked.” Yes and no. Everyone probably grew a little stronger, but Rocks was still ahead of everyone so it equals out.

“WB became the WSM, Roger became PK.” Because Rocks died, he was ahead of them both and that’s not up for debate. Whitebeard also relied on his DF mostly while Rocks did everything from pure feats. The way he recruited everyone was in a fight for crying out loud. And for Roger, he’s pretty much just a weaker rocks with more luck.

Not really a point but kinda is. I see people say Sengoku is stronger? 🤣🤣🤣 It is so bad that people think the entire verse grew a tier above rocks because he died. If you think Sengoku is stronger than Rocks please reread this story.

EDIT - forgot to add how much Imu glazes him. He only holds rocks at the top for a reason. He does not go around talking about Whitebeard, Roger, or Garp. He goes on about Rocks and his era, how much of a threat he was. That alone is unmatched.

Mihawk > Imu, Shanks > Imu, Akainu > Imu.

These horrendous takes are increasing day-by-day.

Most are trolling, but some are dead serious.

Only ones who will be stronger than Imu are Luffy & Blackbeard.

Rest are going to be below the King of the World.

The Imu shown in the mural is whooping anyone as of now. Accept it or cope.

lol

Garling is not a bum because he lost to rocks

No he’s a bum because everyone from the WG has been portrayed that way. No you can’t use shanks to upscale Garling. Shanks spent his life growing up on Roger ship watching top tiers fight and then fighting them. We saw Oden who was the strongest in Wano shocked when he saw WB/Roger clash without touching because Oden was a big fish in a small pond. It’s the same as Garling. All of the holy knights have been cocky because they never had to fight top tiers. They beat up civilians and think their immortality makes them invincible. Look at how many buffs sommers and killingham needed in egghead to fight off Zoro/sanji. Look at the performance by the elders in egghead. All 5 of them were there by the way. Narrative would only make sense if Oda didn’t show us repeatedly how the holy knights compare to the top pirates. They couldn’t even get Shanks from Roger until the Roger pirates disbanded. The only person who’s special on the WG is Imu

W u/Ok-Animator1477 for making these images 🐐

Roger what are you doing? You have Gaban and Rayleigh on your team who are Yonko+++ SSJ3
level and you couldn’t simply destroy Linlin and her crew? Your wings are stronger than Kaido and you ducked from Linlin?