I highly disagree. Oda said if Akainu was the main protagonist instead of Luffy, the story would conclude within a year. He had a long fight with Aokiji. So two admirals fought almost on par for several days, with one barely beating the other. The one who won, Akainu, is stronger than or on par with the Yonkos.
Admirals are the front force of the marines and government. 3 admirals, 1 fleet admiral vs 4 Yonko. Not much of a difference. Also, Mother Caramel said that one day she would be Admiral level. Notice how she doesn't say Fleet Admiral.
Order imo:
Pirate King > Blackbeard (should be strongest Yonko at the end of the series) > Akainu > Shanks > Kizaru > Kaido > Fujitora > Big Mom > Green Bull
If the order isn't mixed up in a way similar to this, then marines don't have much power in the New World. Let's remember that Roger was the Pirate King, and still had to fight with Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru and Kong. The marines should always rival the strongest pirates in strength.
There's a lot of flawed logic here. First of all, at the time of the fight, neither Aokiji or Akainu were Yonko level. Just because they fought against each other, and that fight lasted three days, it doesn't mean that after beating Aokiji, Akainu was on Yonko level. Neither one of them were there to begin with, so fighting and beating someone who is weaker than a Yonko doesn't make you as strong as one.
Secondly, Akainu got destroyed by Whitebeard. A severely injured and dying WB used Akainu's body to split MF in half.
Also, Mother Caramel did say that Big Mom could potentially be a fleet admiral candidate, but that doesn't mean anything tbh. It has no relevancy.
And then there's the fact that Akainu was scared of Shanks when he just showed up, and Shanks alone ended a war because he was merely there. If Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru couldn't kill a dying WB together, there's no way in hell they were going to kill Shanks. Admirals aren't Yonko level. That's a fact.
He became one when he lost his arm. I believe that's when he started training his haki to the point of damaging surrounding objects. Mihawk is the strongest swordsman but you really think he is stronger than Shanks? Lmaoo
No, he didn't. Shanks was a swordsman well before he lost his arm. Shanks and Mihawk fought numerous times that became legendary before Shanks met Luffy. WB alluded to that, and so did Mihawk at the beginning of the story when we first saw him meet Shanks and he said that he had no interest in fighting Shanks now that Shanks had lost his arm. Following him losing his arm, Oda stated that it had zero affect on his swordsmanship.
I never said he was stronger than Shanks. They were rivals.
