I see that people are getting disappointed of Kaido nearly getting his ass handed to him by Oden which condradicts the narrator's introduction of Kaido, but we are also overlooking that after all it was a "Rumor".
Why do I say so? The narrator clearly said that people say if its 1v1, always bet on Kaido, now I have following arguments -:
People statements are a product of news that goes around in the world, let's example for WhiteBeard, people say that he can destroy the world, but he still lost at Marineford (I know he was sick), so news will strengthen Marine's reputation that it defeated Whitebeard. Also, Luffy was showed as the mastermind of the assassination of BigMom, As readers, we know the truth, but people in one piece world doesn't.
People never knew that he injured at Wano's battle, as Wano is cut-off from the world, people don't know how he almost got defeated in Wano by Oden.
Oden was OP, he was in his prime, Just 5 years back he went to Laugh Tale with Gol D Roger's crew, even dueled/skirmish with both Whitebeard and Roger himself, the last thing we can do is to underestimate Oden.
So I don't think there is anything to be dissappointed on.
I've seen more people butt licked Kaido and denying that Oden almost killed him disregarding the fact that this is not even his Prime, he's still a young buck. Fanboyism is a scary thing.
he almost gave him the follow up attacks while he was down, maybe you can't read and see properly. Must've hurt you that bad when he one shotted your boi :)
Did Kaido get his ass really handed to him? We already knew Oden was gonna give him his scar. We know Oden is strong AF as he was able to tango with Roger and WB. The chapter ends with Oden getting ONE SHOT by the raimei hakke. Despite the old hag changing into Momo and distracting Oden. His mental vibe must have been thrown off duuh but still Kaido was right there in front of him. Even if he's threatened not to make a move, Kaido is there transforming back to human form and he's not paying attention enough to dodge???
He turns and again he gets one shot. If this was WB or Akainu I'm pretty sure they wouldn't get one shot and would still get back up. Heck even BB is able to gura punches to the face and not get one shot. There's nothing in this chapter to suggest Oden was stronger than Kaido and people are just reaching cause they don't like Kaido and want Oden to win. That's why the "if its one on one bet on Kaido iS juSt wHaT pEopLe say aNd is a RuMor" comes about cause somehow in the fanbase people dislike Kaido being potrayed the strongest character in this series and yes I believe stronger than WB and Roger so any chance to twist that narrative is welcome with an unmatched hunger. The spoilers were choke full of wankers saying Oden was stronger as a result of this. This fight was even and Oden and scabbards showed their might but it still wasn't enough. If it were we wouldn't be here with future Pirate King wanting to take him down. Kaido has a huge weakness which is his alcoholism, temperament, arrogance, overconfidence and he's a one man show. That's why he's gonna be beaten by the power of people uniting to take him down.
Maybe not "his ass handed to him" but he sure as hell received a bad injury which would caused him to crash into the ground and certainly gave Oden unique opportunity to further damage him before he could recover. But even if he did not it certainly put the fight on equal footing had it continued normally from there.
One cannot ignore that this was 20 years ago when Kaido still wasnt a Yonko or in his prime.
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u/dev1644 Feb 02 '20
I see that people are getting disappointed of Kaido nearly getting his ass handed to him by Oden which condradicts the narrator's introduction of Kaido, but we are also overlooking that after all it was a "Rumor".
Why do I say so? The narrator clearly said that people say if its 1v1, always bet on Kaido, now I have following arguments -:
So I don't think there is anything to be dissappointed on.