I mean, ennies lobby is where pirates from scum to yonko would hypothetically get their sham trials and get sent to impel down. You'd think it'd have protection fitting that. Instead most of the people there were scrubs and any pirate that can solo a pacifista would solo the island. Given how the plot there turned out it doesn't make much sense with how the power scaling at the new world works. Rob lucci in the pre time skip was framed as dangerous but he turned out to be rookie level and literally any vice admiral would have one shot two of him.Impel Down is far more impressive. Enies Lobby is only a big deal since its a government island, not due to the actual threat capacity in war waging that the SHs had. They defeated CP9 which at the time would have all gone down to any decent new world pirate crew. I think the Shichibukai going down are more impressive than Enies Lobby but similar to Impel Down the SHs never got the public credit. Crocodile going down was attributed to Smoker and Moriah going down was completely kept secret. Without people knowing this Luffy could be nothing else but a rookie. Besides rookie's can still be powerful as it is a label on experience more than anything e.g. in real life sports some rookies are the best players purely from a skill stand point but are still considered rookies.
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