Re: Whitebeard Strongest in the World?
the IV's have nothing to do with his strength imo, cos he seemed ok when he got up to fight shanks... ever thought that the IV's are there merely to throw off the enemy? people could be all like, omg he's weak because he needs IV's to stay alive, then BAM, your dead
either that, or it's just an old mans excuse to have sexy nurses around 24/7
. Also lets not forget it's one piece, it's on the grand line where anything can happen.... so who's to say what's in those IV's? who's to say alcohol isn't being pumped directly into his blood stream so he can get drunk faster, or it's got something to do with his power that we haven't fully seen yet?
Also, ace wasn't sent after BB by WB as i recall, it's Ace who went after BB himself because he feels that he's the one who needs to be a kind of enforcer to WB's crew.
Also shanks engaging WB in combat on WB's own ship means nothing about WB's power, or shank's. That meeting has been brewing for a while, and just because your invited to a location doesn't mean you've gained any sort of upper hand, it means your invited there. Shanks was given free passage to meet WB, but if he wasn't, don't you think there would have been a massive crew vs crew battle? Who's to know who would win that encounter, but WB's men by far out number Shank's, since he has a few ships and crew's under his command, compared to shank's 1.
For the healing water, thats basically another term for alcohol... a kind of healing water for the mind, and it's only the best shanks has to offer, so why does that have to be the best ever? WB may have had much better on a daily basis, who knows... maybe it's a bit rude to say it's only decent, but then again, they are rival pirates, and when do rivals (let alone pirates) have to be nice to each other?
and one more thing, you seem to be assuming that "strongest in the world" means that he's the best skilled in the world. The title of strongest is actually "the strongest human"... there could be others stronger, who are giants maybe, or mermen, etc. The only thing we know for sure is that his sword/blade fightling skills are level to that of Shanks, because they clash and we are lead to assume it's a draw.... in a fist fight, WB would likely win, especially since shanks has the one fist
. But anyway, if you want to assume "strongest in the world" means that he's the best at everything, then your sadly mistaken, because otherwise, whats the point of Hawkeye being Zoro's target?? According to your statement/theroy, you think that the strongest means he's the best at everything, but we know Hawkeye is the strongest swordsman in the world... so why can't WB be the strongest Human in the world?
It's likely however that shanks is the best all rounder, without any actual title... this is because he's fought Hawkeye before, so he's obviously close to his skill, and he has the strength to take on WB, so he's close to one of the strongest in strength.
and in summary, although just about anything can happen in one piece, one rule just about always true of all characters... a title says everything about a character, especially ones that don't feature much, because a title is the best way to summarise a character when you need to do in in a very small space/area. eg, what are Fire Fist Ace's skills? What are Red Leg Zeff's skills? How would you recognise "BlackBeard" Marshall D Teach? what did Pirate Hunter Zoro do before becoming a pirate himself? What does StrawHat Luffy wear? ... titles in one piece are there to describe a character... if it were real life, maybe the title of Strongest Human might have been given to the wrong person, but it's not real life, the writer has given them that name for a very specific reason.
... WB has the title because he strong... nobody's been stupid enough to challenge him before (or powerful enough)
