- Hello and welcome to the "Grand Line Review"
your source for everything "One Piece"
and today I am going to present to you 10 mighty characters
who can defeat Kaido, according to CBR.com
which if you're not familiar with them, then good,
that's a positive.
But secondly it basically stands for "Comic Book Resources"
and they are quite possibly the undisputed masters
of click bait in the anime world,
although actually "WatchMojo" might give them
a run for their money but it's a very close race.
I certainly wouldn't be betting my life savings on it.
But this particular topic of theirs, which I will remind
you is 10 characters who can beat Kaido.
Emphasis on the can portion of that.
This is quite an interesting read because quite frankly,
I would struggle to come up with five characters
who I think would definitively be able to beat Kaido.
But CBR have well and truly outdone me here
by managing to come up with a whole 10 characters
who can, allegedly, pull off this feat.
So we're going to go through their list here today
because I am super curious about who these
10 individuals are, and just before we begin
we're going to have some fun with this video,
because I want you to comment right now, how many characters
there will on this list who can actually beat Kaido?
I will accept answers ranging from zero all the way
to all 10 characters.
Comment with your bet now and just be aware
that if you are wrong, you will need to subscribe
to this channel as punishment.
All clear? Great.
Well let's begin our exploration
of 10 Characters Who Can Beat Kaido, ranked, apparently.
Number 10: Monkey D. Luffy.
Ooohhh no.
"The Captain of the Strawhat Pirates,
Luffy is the man known as the Fifth Yonko of the Sea."
We're not even one sentence into this article
and I already need to point out that this person
probably doesn't actually watch or read "One Piece"
since they have basically said that Luffy
is the fifth fourth emperor of the sea.
We're off to a fantastic start.
"With a bounty of 1.5 billion,
Luffy is already a fearsome pirate.
When compared to Kaido, Luffy is, in no way,
an equal to him yet."
(laughs) Then why is he on the list?
Remember this is 10 characters who can beat Kaido.
"However, Luffy aims to take down Kaido at Wano Country,
and when he says something, he certainly does it.
Whether he'll be stronger than Kaido or not
is a completely different question, but we're certain
that Luffy will defeat Kaido, one way or the other."
Great so the first of these 10 characters who can beat Kaido
is a boy who the author admits is nowhere near equal
to Kaido and has no idea how he even could defeat Kaido.
Seems legit.
In all fairness though, I do take the point that Luffy
is the main character and one way or another,
he will be involved in Kaido's defeat, but you need
to at least use your words to make that argument.
There's all sorts of fancy terms available like say,
the narrative demands that Luffy will overcome Kaido,
but then again it probably wouldn't pass the CBR quality
check, by which I mean they scan for quality
and deliberately make sure that none of it
gets into their articles.
In any case we're definitely not counting Luffy,
so that's zero out of one characters so far
who can beat Kaido.
Number nine: Akainu.
"The current Fleet Admiral of the Marine"
Marine singular there, not plural, nope singular.
I suppose after the Paramount War they must have had some
pretty serious budget cuts, so much so that there is
now only marine employed and I guess that's Sakazuki.
And this is a really picky thing because I know that people
get these confused all the time but Akainu,
after being promoted to Fleet Admiral no longer uses
the Akainu epithet. It's just Sakazuki now.
Which is his real name.
And I don't begrudge any "One Piece" fans for being confused
by that, however I do begrudge an author whose job it is
to at least sound like they know what they're talking about.
"According to Oda, his Devil Fruit boasts the offensive
power of the highest class.
That, along with his top-tier haki,
gives him a strong footing against Kaido.
Of course, defeating Kaido will likely be an uphill task
for Akainu, but as tenacious as he is,
there is a possibility that he'll pull it off."
And look yeah I wouldn't dismiss Sakazuki easily,
at all, but even the writer here is admitting that
it's going to be incredibly unlikely for Sakazuki to win,
but they do cite the slim chance that he could possibly win.
But then again, we could also say the same thing
about Tonjit. It's going to be an uphill task for Tonjit,
but if Kaido happens to say, suffer a congenital heart
defect moments before stepping into combat, then well
there is the possibility that Tonjit will pull it off.
So I think we should add him to the list.
Number eight: Sengoku.
"The former Fleet Admiral of the Marines,
Sengoku is a man of many talents.
Apart from his incredible strength, he is also a shrewd man,
known for his sneaky tactics.
Sengoku is one of the legends of the "One Piece" world,
having history against the likes of Roger and Whitebeard."
I don't think I've ever heard someone say history against.
I mean you can correct me if I'm wrong
and it is the internet, so you will,
but surely it would be Sengoku has a history with Whitebeard
and Roger, but I don't think he has history against them,
unless the writer means that he has fought against them
before, in which case, maybe actually say that.
And for any one who thinks that I might be being a bit
too harsh with comments surrounding the use of English,
just remember that this is not some random commenter
on the internet, this is someone who is paid to write
an article for a very prolific website
and even if they do get the facts wrong,
they should still have a basic command of language.
"As such, there's no reason why he shouldn't be able
to defeat Kaido in a fight."
Hm-mm, all right, I guess I should probably point out
that you still haven't given me a reason why he would defeat
Kaido in a fight, all you've said is that he has a history
against Whitebeard and Roger.
Whatever that means, that could be a bad history,
that could be the kind of history where Sengoku
repeatedly lost to both of them which proves nothing
to anything about anyone, ever.
That's the problem with trying to scale characters
like Sengoku because there is no point of reference.
It's all just assumptions and assumptions alone
do not a Kaido defeat.
Number seven: Garp.
"Also renowned as "Garp The Hero" and "Garp The Fist",
Monkey D. Garp", oh that's all the Garps,
"is a Vice-Admiral of the Marines.
Being their strongest known member in history,
there's no denying that Garp is capable of taking on Kaido."
Sure. Look let's be real with this one,
Garp is someone I would probably seriously consider,
but it's highly dependant on what Garp we're talking about
as the author goes on to state:
"Although he may not be able to defeat him as he is now,
in his prime, Garp would certainly prove
to be more than a challenge for Kaido."
And yeah, shockingly enough, I agree.
Garp in his prime versus modern day Kaido
would be an amazing match to see, should time travel exist
that is and actually, I suppose it technically does
in "One Piece" so sure, this is the first
reasonable candidate on this list.
Number six: Dragon.
Right, now we have another unreasonable candidate.
"The son of Garp, Dragon is the leader
of the Revolutionary Army in One Piece" .
Just in case we've gotten half way through this article
and forgotten what series we were taking about
"And also the worst criminal in history,
according to the World Government.
Although much of Dragon's strength remains unknown,
the fact that he's managed to challenge the Government
head-on and even give them a hard time
implies that Dragon is very powerful."
Yes, it certainly does, but does it imply physical strength
or say political power?
Is Dragon able to challenge the world government
because he physically fights against them, which we've never
seen, or is he able to challenge them by causing uprisings,
changing people's ideologies, intercepting supplies and any
number of other things that he's actually been shown doing.
Dragon is probably almost certainly significantly powerful
But at this stage there is no way to know anything,
let alone judge him as someone capable of beating Kaido.
Number five: Shanks.
"Akin to Kaido, Shanks is one of the Yonko of the Sea.
According to Brannew, Shanks is the youngest of the Yonko,
having been given the title about six years prior
to the current timeline. Like Dragon,
most of Shanks' strength remains shrouded in mystery.
It is speculated that Shanks uses just Haki to defeat
his opponents, and that's some incredible feat for a Yonko."
Some incredible feat, yeah they are.
So the thing that really annoys me about this is that,
yes Shanks is mostly a bit of a mystery power wise,
I probably wouldn't put him comfortably on a list like this
myself but, as opposed to Dragon, there is actual evidence
that Shanks could maybe stand up to Kaido,
which is the sky splitting clash with Whitebeard.
This is a tangible act of power and a fantastic piece
of evidence that is nowhere to be seen in this explanation,
instead the writer chooses to focus on Shanks
defeating opponents with just haki.
There's nothing particularly special about that.
In fact even Luffy has defeated opponents with just haki.
In any case this continues:
"Whether Shanks can defeat Kaido or not is unknown,
but he is certainly on par with Kaido, if not stronger."
What is this sentence?
So if I'm reading this right, Shanks is either equal to
or stronger than Kaido but with that in mind,
the author is still unsure if Shanks would be able
to defeat him, despite putting him
on this definitive list of characters who can defeat Kaido.
There is some serious mental whiplash happening here
because by the very nature of the article,
you are claiming that Shanks can beat Kaido.
However you then say it's completely unknown
whether or not Shanks can indeed do that.
Which is fine but in that case, don't put him on the list.
But then you go on to say that Shanks is at the very least
equal to if not, stronger than Kaido
with no stated evidence.
Which is cool, but in which case don't state
that his victory is unknown, because if we were to accept
the second part of your sentence then, yes he could do it.
It's like every line in this article is designed
to contradict the previous one.
"Interestingly, the two have fought once in the New World,
and Shanks emerged unscathed at Marineford after the fight."
This is not true. Or at least, it's unknown.
I've made a whole video on this topic so I won't go into it
too deeply, but it has never once been confirmed
that Shanks and Kaido even met face to face,
let alone engaged in battle,
let alone one that had Shanks coming out on top.
So ugh!
Number four: Big Mom.
Nothing to complain about whatsoever here.
Big Mom is a perfectly reasonable choice, and I think
she is certainly the greatest example we have
of a character who is equal to Kaido.
I will however remind you at this point that this list
is actually called "10 characters who can beat Kaido,
ranked" so we've actually been going in order
of the characters most likely to beat Kaido.
And that's important because Big Mom is number four,
meaning that there are three characters left
who this author would imply can defeat Kaido,
I suppose more than Big Mom can
because remember all of these characters can defeat Kaido.
Despite the fact that the author continuously says
that they can't in their actual descriptions.
But in number three we have Blackbeard. Blackbeard, yeah.
"The Admiral of the Blackbeard Pirates, Marshall D. Teach,
also known as Blackbeard, is likely the main antagonist
of the entire "One Piece" series.
He holds tremendous powers which saw him rise
to the status of a Yonko during the two-year time-skip."
That's nice.
It's a good like opening line to a Wikipedia page,
but it's nothing even approaching an argument
as to how Blackbeard defeats Kaido.
Remember this is a man who we have not seen in action
post time skip and his pre-time skip showings
were uh, not impressive to say the least.
"Blackbeard wields two Devil Fruit powers
which include Paramecia type Gura Gura no Mi,
and the Logia type Yami Yami no Mi.
Claiming to be the strongest in the world, Blackbeard
has a good chance of taking down Kaido in a fight."
There's some more false information here,
firstly Blackbeard has never claimed to be the strongest
in the world and secondly if the author is referring
to the devil fruits, then that's still not true.
Depending on your translation the Yami Yami no Mi
is either the most dangerous or the most evil fruit,
and the Gura Gura no Mi is said
to be the most powerful of the paramecia class.
Both of which are still admittedly pretty damn amazing
but there is currently nothing but speculation to say
that Blackbeard could so much as stand up to Kaido.
And to finish this off I will say that ranks one and two
are Whitebeard and Roger respectively,
both of whom are legitimate candidates,
the strongest man in the world and the pirate king.
I think with what we know it's fair enough to say
that they could both beat Kaido.
If they were alive and in their prime that is.
So let's skip them and total things up here,
we have Roger, Whitebeard, Big Mom and Garp who could
reasonably be stated to be able to defeat Kaido.
Every other character on this list
is pure speculation or utter absurdity.
Shanks is the only one you could maybe make an argument for,
but the writer chose not to do that so, whatever.
Let's can it.
On this list of 10 characters who can defeat Kaido,
we have ascertained that less than half of them
actually could. So if you said four characters,
then congratulations you win the bet
that we made at the beginning of the video.
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