- Reasons why Fujitora regrets blinding himself,
one the fact that he now gets
consistently cheated when gambling.
Two not being able
to see the face
of the future Pirate King.
And three not being able
to see the subscribe button
for the Grand Line Review
and thus being unable
to attain regular One Piece content
uploaded straight into his YouTube feed.
So to everyone watching this video,
let's help this man out
by pressing that button for him.
Hello and welcome
to the Grand Line Review
a source for everything One Peace
and most specifically,
welcome to a number One Peace battle.
Where we take two characters
from this vast series
and put them together
in a hypothetical matchup
and do our best to determine a win
as objectively as possible
by examining and awarding points
for the following criteria
Power, Speed,
Durability, Haki,
Individual Fighting Styles,
Devil Fruit,
Intelligence
and other miscellaneous notes.
And first up in today's battle,
we have a revealed
legend of the One Piece well known primarily
for being the first Division commander
of the Fallen Whitebeard Pirates
as well as an
anthropomorphic pineapple Marco the Phoenix
stepping into combat today.
Mako brings with him
a wealth of experience having served
under the strongest man in the world
and taken back that experience
up with one
of the most ridiculous double firsts
that we have seen in the series,
a Mythical Zoan time
that turns him into a Phoenix.
And standing up to Marco
we have marine Admiral Fujitora,
you're very notably only joined
the Marines during the time skip
and therefore did not clash with Mako
or the Whitebeard Pirates
during the Paramount war.
However, despite his relative inexperience
with the organization in question,
Fujitora has rapidly risen
to become one of the most respected
and revered Marines
with an unrelenting
get reasonable sense of justice
and apparently see a type Devil Fruit
that has the potential
to simply break this world.
Very exciting times ahead.
And with that out of the way,
let us commence the battle.
And this time around
I'm going to start with Intelligence
which I usually leave
as one of the last categories
because combatants in One Piece battles
tend to be far more defined
by their abilities.
But in this case,
I cannot ignore that we are dealing
with two supreme strategists
as well as lead to see.
So this is very important
to note right off the bat
and obviously they both have strategic experience
on the grand scale
with Mako serving as the second in command
for the entirety of Whitebeard's forces,
which comprised over 1600 individuals
in the core crew alone.
And Fujitora comes into this
with a similar background
as he wields Theoretical command
over at least 100,000 marines
and frequently implements operations
featuring hundreds and thousands
of soldiers to maneuver.
So they both have very sound
tactical chest-like minds.
And I point that out
because this translates
into that one-on-one capabilities
and both contestants have
a supremely detailed understanding
of their abilities,
but more importantly, the power
to rapidly dissect the capabilities
of their opponents.
And the only factor I feel
that can differentiate
these two in terms of intelligence
is the concept of intellectual attrition,
which basically refers
to how long one can keep up
peak performance under pressure.
And in this case,
I definitely feel like Fujitora
has a leg-off over Mako
because Fujitora has remained
calm and collected
in effectively every situation
we've seen him in.
Even in the super dire
climactic events of Dressrosa,
whereas Marco seems
to be much more susceptible
to allowing his emotions to take over
and as soon as that occurs,
it is a small advantage,
but Fujitora has the benefit of clarity
and so, that is why I am awarding
this opening category
to the Admiral.
Next, let's take on Speed
and it might be initially easy
to count Fujitora out of this
given that he generally presents himself
as something of an immobile statue.
However, his reflexes
are actually pretty amazing,
which was seen
when he swiftly defended against
a sudden kick from Doflamingo
during the Dressrosa row,
but at the same time,
let's be real.
Marco is almost certainly going
to be our speed champion here today.
As a result of his Devil Fruit,
which we will also get into shortly.
Marco is not only capable of flight
but absurdly fast flights,
which was on full display during
the marine for dock
when Mako had an opening clash
with marine Admiral Khesari,
who's quite possibly the fastest character
in the entire series
thanks to his Devil Fruit.
But Marco was able
to catch keys arrow of guard,
which is not something
to be taken lightly.
Fun intended, of course,
and yes, Kizaru may look
and sound slow,
but he generally has pretty phenomenal reflexes.
And that speaks volumes
of the kind of speed
that Marco would have needed to achieve
in order to implement a winning tactic against him
or maybe not winning
but you know,
fought to a draw,
and it's not so much
that I don't believe
that Fujitora could be that quick
but as it is currently
he has not demonstrated anywhere near
the level of speed
required to compete
with Marco the Phoenix.
Now it's time for the all important
Devil Fruit league
which is a rough one to judge
this time around
because we have to pretty observe fruits
going up against each other
As a Mythical Zoan use a mock array
becomes effectively invincible
when any part of his body transforms
into its blue Phoenix form.
Any damage sustained
will be rapidly healed
by the blue flames
unless it will Haki induced
But even then, that only allows Salmon
to hit Marco.
Recovering from that damage
could be as easy as anything else
once the Haki stimuli
has been removed.
And the fact that Marco's Devil Fruit
allows him to fly
should not be underestimated
because it gives him superior maneuverability
to pretty much anyone who isn't capable
of natural flight on their own.
Furthermore , Marco is almost certainly
one of the best individual Devil Fruit users
that we can ever encounter.
Displaying his supreme mastery
of the Tori Tori no Mi Model Phoenix
and its transformative qualities
that he can perform
on a micro-scale from maximum versatility.
But then again, he is up against
the power of the Zushi Zushi no Mi
Granting Fujitora the ability
to manipulate gravity
around any particular area,
which as we've seen
can be quite expensive or quite narrow
but his range is also incredibly high
and allows him to casually summon down Meteors.
Now the Meteor part really
isn't that much of an issue
for Marco he could just avoid them very easily.
But dealing with gravity in general
is a really tough one,
particularly because Marco
is a close range combatant.
So to prevail in the devil fruit category,
we need to examine whether or not
his blue flames can overcome gravity.
And this is really fascinating
because Wilfred does not have mass,
it is not subject
to the crushing effect of gravity,
like solid substances would be.
Meaning that Marco may actually have
one of the best possible chances
of fighting for Fujitora
than any other character in the series,
Paul Saba who can also take advantage
of the properties of fire.
And this isn't to say
that gravity has no effect at all.
It certainly does
because fire is anchored by gravity,
but the result is more that
it changes the shape of the flames
with the correlation being
the higher the gravity,
the taller the flames
and the lower the gravity
the more spherical they become.
This puts Marco
in a supremely unique position.
Because he will be fully capable
of moving on to Fujitora's gravitational force
and in fact,
he may even be able
to use it to his advantage
to increase the power
of his eventual attacks
when he does form part of his body
that will immediately become much more subject
to standard human gravitational forces.
So this kind of shocks me actually
but in terms of Devil Fruits alone,
this is an extraordinarily bad matchup for Fujitora
because Marco holds a hard counter
to his Devil Fruit.
And as such,
this category is going to be awarded
to Mr. Marco.
Alright enough to that lengthy discussion.
Let us now step into Haki
and here I believe that Fujitora
has a fairly clear advantage
or at least a clear demonstrated advantage
as yes, it is confirmed
that both Marco and Fujitora will disarmament
and observation Haki.
But in that latter area Fujitora more than trump's Marco.
As a result of blinding himself
Fujitora has had to rely almost exclusively
on using observation Haki
for simple survival
as well as high level combative situations
and given Riley's old adage
about Haki really blooming
in thrust of battle Fujitora has well
and truly bloomed
into a terrifying flower.
He has a supreme awareness of his surroundings
and even the feelings
of those within his vicinity.
There is simply no hiding from Fujitora
because as far as we are aware,
no individual can suppress the aura
that this kind of advanced observation
Haki picks up on and
know obviously Fujitora
does not have future sight.
But his Haki has gone down
a different path of advancement,
one that Marco cannot hope to match
with what he's demonstrated so far
in the series.
And given that in our moment,
we only have very basic usages
to judge from and conquer is his non-existent,
the edge and observation
is going to give Fujitora the win
in the entire Haki category.
Durability is next
and it is a very intriguing category
because within one of our contestants,
we have an infinitely regenerating Phoenix to examine.
And that is a big problem for Fujitora
because Mako can essentially
only be damaged with Haki infused attacks.
And in many ways
it's almost like facing
up against the log you're using
in that regard.
And it's certainly not impossible to overcome,
but it is a gigantic barrier
whereas on the other hand Fujitora is a man
who we've never actually seen
take a single attack.
He has managed to guard against everyone
be it Sabo, Luffy, Law Doflamingo, whatever.
Although we have seen Fujitora,
in the state after incurring injuries.
So, it is not impossible
to break this man's guard
it is just super, super difficult.
So on the one hand,
we have a fighter with nay
on unstoppable regeneration
versus a combatant who's guard
is so effective,
the Durability doesn't even seem
to be brought into the equation.
And I suppose one big advantage
for Fujitora here
is being a swordsman,
because the Haki infused blade
is one thing that I can see being able
to properly wound and perhaps even kill Marco.
But of course, that possibility alone
is not enough to give them this category,
both Mako and Fujitora as demonstrated to us
are iron walls of Durability.
And if these two ever were to fight,
I would expect a long and drawn-out match
that comes down to attrition
in this regard.
And while I do admittedly think that puts Marco
at an intellectual disadvantage,
I simply cannot make
that leap with Durability.
And so this category
is going to be a good old-fashioned tie.
Moving to Power now
and I think the strength of both
Mako and Fujitora
is simply first class.
Going back to Marco's Kizaru
example, he got the better
of the marine Admiral in this match,
providing the palette force keys aura
into an awkward ouchy retreat.
And the secrets Marco's phenomenal strength
is all about Speed playing
into eventual force.
He builds up incredible momentum
and then hits as hard as possible
which you know if we weren't dealing
with marine admirals, I would say that we would be
one shutting fools left right and center
whereas Fujitora's power
becomes more evidence through the attacks
that he has been able
to efficiently repel.
Most notably being a strike
from Zoro and a Haki imbued gear third punch from Luffy.
Fujitora has handled both of these
like they were absolutely nothing
and it certainly does speak
to his own war power.
With that said,
it is very difficult to judge
the very basic formula
of how hard Fujitora can hit
and that's because we just
have not seen an affection from him.
However, what does push me over the edge
is the idea that Fujitora's power
is not reliant on a specific circumstance.
Fujitora does not need
to set up his power
like Mako does by achieving
that supreme level of speed.
Without Marine Admiral,
his power is just there.
Easily accessible at any given time
in any given situation,
and that is why he
is going to take the power category.
For individual fighting styles,
we have a very opposite matchup
this time around
as Fujitora primarily
fave his standing still,
whereas Marco is something
of an agility King.
Taking crowning advantage
of his maneuverability
to consistently position himself
to strike his opponent.
So this is a very classic
unstoppable force
versus immovable mass scenario.
You know, Marco prides himself on offense
and Fujitora is the defensive champion.
What I will say is, as we have examined
a large part of Fujitora's defensive strategy
is to make use of his Devil Fruit
which is a complete wash against Marco
and may even work against him
if it enhances Marco's attacks.
So in regards to fighting styles
like don't see it play victor
in theory, they both serve
as a perfect count to each other
which produces this profound stalemate
in my mind.
So Sadly, this is gonna give us another one
of those coveted ties
in this situation.
To Miscellaneous stuff now,
and something I would like to mention,
although I won't be taking
into account here
is the idea that as a marine
Fujitora also more than likely has access
to an easy reserve of seastone
and seastone-based accessories.
So if this were a situation
where he knew he was going up against Marco
one-on-one in advance,
it is certainly maybe possible
that he would equip himself
with such an item.
So the presence of such a substance
could be devastating.
However, it does assume an awful lot
and I'm not comfortable submitting it
as any kind of evidence in Fujitora's favor,
but I did just want to mention
the possibility regardless.
So, yeah, what we have in the NTA
is probably one of the hottest full paddles
we have covered thus far in the series,
and one that when I went into it,
I legitimately had no idea
who was going to emerge victorious,
but it would appear
that with a total of five points
Marine Admiral Fujitora
has won the day here today,
racking up a victory
in intelligence Haki power
whilst fighting Durability,
and individual fighting styles to a draw.
Which is defensive style
does do particularly well.
On the flip side,
I certainly do need to congratulate
a runner up here today Mako the Phoenix
scoring a brilliant four points,
winning the areas of Speed and Devil Fruit
whilst also tying in Durability
and the Individual fighting style.
But congratulations to our Wisteria Tiger, Fujitora.
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