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@edgelord91: wasn't this right after the fight?

He finished Lucci, and looked completely drained out right after the fight.

There are 3 reasons why I think there has to be at least 1 sword user stronger than Mihawk

1. I don't see Mihawk fighting on the side of the evil Gorosei and Im-sama during the the final war, and if he's not fighting on the side of Im, Zoro will have to surpass him before the final war.

2. The promises Luffy and Zoro made to each other makes it obvious that they are set to fulfill their dreams around the same time in the story. Zoro said he'll become the world's strongest swordsman, Luffy replied that since he'll be the Pirate King, anything less will make him look bad. This means that by the time Luffy becomes the PK, Zoro will also be the WSS.

But Whitebeard told us in his final speech that the final war starts after the OP is found, meaning Zoro will already be stronger than Mihawk before the war even starts. The last arc is bound to have the greatest power ups in the series and the toughest fights, and obviously Zoro who already surpassed Mihawk will have to fight someone during the last arc, and that someone will have to be stronger than Mihawk if he's to give Zoro a hard fight during the last arc.

3. Zoro promised Luffy to become the strongest swordsman in the world, but he promised Kuina to become the strongest swordsman ever. How can we know if he's stronger than other WSS's know to history, like Ryuma? The only solution I can see is if the immortal character like Nusjuro used to be a rival to Ryuma, so by defeating him, Zoro will also surpass Ryuma.

This is also convenient since Nusjuro is not considered to be a man, so the Strongest SwordsMAN title wouldn't technically apply to him.

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Luffy was also gassed out after fighting Lucci

Instead of just regenerating, I think Peter will just grow 2 completely new bodies out of 2 sliced of parts, and there will be 2 giant worms instead of 1.

I would rank Marco higher on the power scale, but BB is a really bad match up for him.

Lucci got his feats against G5 Luffy nicely animated.

A year ago I was in a Lucci camp, but Sanji was close and should be able to surpass his level before the end of this arc. The problem is that Lucci is improving almost as fast as Sanji.

G5 can alter the composition and structure of the bodies of his opponents, making them susceptible to getting hurt in strange ways which usually wouldn't be possible.

Like turning a guy made out of light into a pancake and hurting him in a cartoonish way.

This is the main aspect of the G5 power, so how do we factor this into the equation?

Nice episode

I don't see a space for a free will to exist.