That's why I said a "lot" & not "all". But aside from Garp, no VA had an interesting background or story importance yet. VA are just used as stepping stones to assess the strength of the opponents. VA represent just nothing in One piece.
- the 4 VA in Enies Lobby were not able to stop Luffy ... & they were almost scared by Lucci. They didn't move a finger & they let the two beasts (lucci-luffy) fighting each other.
No.
Firstly, ALL VA's are said to have Haki,
There were 5 VA in Enies Lobby, and you need to read the manga urgently.
The VA's didn't even fight so this is nonsense. They allowed CP9 to finish the job. All they were doing was destroying the island.
Have you forgotten the BusterCall in Ohara? Aokiji and Sakaizuki didn't jump onto the island and engage in combat.
I'll tell you this, since Onigumo effortlessly caught Marco in mid-flight, and ALL VA's have Haki, Onigumo would have beaten Luffy at Enies Lobby, also Luffy was too tired to even move after the fight with Lucci so had the VA's known that, they could have easily jumped inside and killed him.
You watched the anime. In the manga, only ONE VA comments on Lucci's ability, the rest just relax since their job was only to destroy the island. Had they got involved Luffy would have died.
The others didn't give a damn about Lucci so you shouldn't say they were afraid. Re-read the chapter and you'll understand no VA was actualy "scared" of Lucci.
It was just respect.
Momongo and Dalmatian completely outclassed Luffy when they met in him in the war.
- VA Lacroix was easily beaten by Oars Jr
- VA Ronse was easily beaten by WhiteBeard
- VA John Giant was easily beaten by WhiteBeard
This is just ridiculous. Oars Jr. is a got damn tank. The descendant of Oars who completely wrecked the SH's and tons of others.
Since when was losing to WB an insult?
They took several critical genuine quake hits to them.
You're joking if you think losing to WB means you're unimpressive.
Remember how WB took on Sakaizuki and knocked him elsewhere. Sakaizuki at no point looked like he was going to win against WB.
So this is an invalid point.
You can see the patern here ... And to see a VA beating someone relevant in One Piece ... well there was just no VA able to do that aside from Garp. That's a fact. The biggest achievement from a VA who is not Garp was to caught Marco off-guard. Vergo wasn't too bad either but that's it. In 700 chapters, that's it.
I'm not saying there aren't strong, very strong VA but so far in the manga, I'm still waiting for a VA to impress me. Based on facts alone, VA are just disappointing. The impressive marines so far were Magellan, Garp, Sentomaru & the amirals.
To finish, VA is just a rank for very experienced marines. IF Oda want me to take a VA seriously, give me a very young VA.
Firstly, Magellan isn't even a Marine, he works for the WG but not through the Navy.
Sentomaru has only shown Haki, something that the VA's have. There is zero evidence to assume Sentomaru is any stronger than the VA's.
First of all, Vergo beat Smoker, so unless you want to tell me Smoker is really weak as you say VA's are...
Had the war not been so hectic, Momonga would have dispatched of Luffy right here.
X Drake only had the rank of Rear-Admiral and he was pretty strong but clearly not enough to be a VA.
Honestly, you're really wrong for saying the VA's are weak.
How would a Young VA make a difference?
In fact, that's the key to showing how difficult it is to be a VA or Admiral, nobody when they are so young is strong enough to attain the rank.