Who will be next Admiral?

[tret16]

ya i didn't pick smoker because he was a logia type, i chose him because oda chose to show him right before the time skip and asking to go to the NW. Why would he do that just to let everyone see that he failed... i think he's goin to make it pretty good, the fact that he's goin to fight alot of enemies that are stronger then him and he will come out on top just barely.

 

[chess4]

there are only a few logia users in the one piece world. smoker is not yet ready to be an admiral. the other logia users are croc, Blackbeard, and enel. they are not marines either way. the flame fruit is the only logia still left out there. maybe one of the marines eats it.

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

The more I think about it, the more I'd like that possible new Admiral to be a Logia, simply because it makes them be badass. I also want this badass character to have been fighting all his time in New World because I want an amazing introduction for the New Admiral, and I don't think it would be possible with an already (not epic) introduced Vice Admiral. So let's vote for a Meteor Logia from the G-5 Marine Base !

 

[chess4]

The more I think about it, the more I'd like that possible new Admiral to be a Logia, simply because it makes them be the greatest power of the Marine with their other fighting abilities. So let's vote for a Meteor Logia from the G-5 Marine Base ! A badass character who was fighting all the time in New World. I want an amazing introduction of a new character and not simply the promotion of an already (not epic) introduced Vice Admiral.

isn't that about the same as red dog..................

i think bogart(garps 2nd in command) is going to become the next admiral.

he has been under possibly the strongeat marine guidances and im sure he gave him the same training as he did luffy, ace, coby, and helmelppo.

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

isn't that about the same as red dog..................

Well, meteors flying into space aren't really like magma, just like sand isn't.

 

[El-Thor]

Is Bogart the swordsman? It would definitely be cool if he became and Admiral. Then Zoro could whoop his ass

But I have to agree with Lord Rayleigh. The new admiral will probably be a logia and a marine from the NW. Someone young in my opinion. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if Akinau retires in two years and decides to hunt for Luffy.

 

[RezzieThaRapper]

I've had a theory that was relative to this thread...

What if the New World has an entire different set of Admirals...

If this was the case then their may not need to be a G5 Marine assigned back into the grandline... If it was the case we could safely assume one of the Vice Admirals in the grandline already would get the position...

If an VA we have already seen is to replace Aokoji then I would say OniGumo or The Guy who is always smiling...

 

[Schabrak]

Why wouldn't the Navy summon admirals from the NW, to take on the strongest man of the NW/whole world? Oo -> There are no other admirals beside those three. But I could very well see a couple of VA staying in the NW/G5 to defend the base in case pirates tried to attack them, when the whole world had their attention on the HQ.

 

[Poneglyph420]

Well if one of the 3 current Admirals is to be promoted or somehow otherwise change positions, that's a big change. And the end of the Momotaro connection. For those of you scratching your heads google Momotaro and you will see what Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru have to do with Momotaro..

So why if an Admiral is promoted to Fleet Admiral, does another Marine need to replace him? I don't think that 3 Admirals is a "set in stone" regulation or anything.
So I'd guess if anything is to change it would be within the Commodore, Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral ranks..

I'd like to see Smoker rise within the ranks.. but maybe Commodore or Rear Admiral at best...

So yeah I don't think there will be a new Admiral anytime soon... IMO.

 

[RezzieThaRapper]

There could be numerous reasons as to why they might have not been able to come... If every single marine had left there post all over the world... every single strong warrior on the side of the goverment in one place... That would make every place except marineford a target all around the world...

Dragon, Big Mom, Numerous other big named pirates and revolutionaries attacking what they could in a theoretically unguarded area... Small pirates would make big moves... The New World was already hostile... they can't send every single defense they had there... there being Marineford

It's like playing Chess, you move the bishops and knights to protect the king, while your doing that, your queen could get jumped...

 

[Schabrak]

I have to disappoint you, but there are only three admirals.[Fans shouldn't forget importent facts. :/] And it was definitly worth it for the Marines to risk losses around the world, if they were able to take out rougly 20% of the strongest pirate forces. It would tilt the balance massively to their side.

You will have a lot less casualities if you fight with 100 again 10 men, instead of 50 against 10. In the end, the horde tactic is the better one, if there aren't many combat tactics avaible.

 

[Franckie]

There probably won't be any new Admirals until the end of the series (think epilogue here). The only person who is close to Admiral-tier right now is Magellan, as far as we know.

 

[zerocooldx]

From a purely artistic, symbolic, and DF standpoint i don't see any of the Admirals being promoted to Fleet Admiral and leaving the group. The Admirals are drawn so alike that there is no one in the manga right now that could fit in into that group. They just have that one of a kind look to them. Even their names and the symbolism behind them and their personalities/actions fit together really well. And then of course they are all Logia DF users as well, which isn't that big of a deal really. But as a group they just have so many things that make the three of them different and unique for the rest of a characters in the manga.

I suppose Oda could just draw another character to resemble the current Admirals and then give that character a symbolic name to represent that characters personality and etc. And Oda could also give that character a Logia type DF ability as well. And i know that there are no DF requirements to be an Admiral or anything silly like that. But the current Admirals just fit in together way too nicely and appropriately in order for some other character to just be substituted in for any one of them. If a new character does indeed replace one of the current Admirals, i have a feeling that he or she will be tailor made to fit in with the remaining two.

 

[kkck]

I don't think magellan is at the admiral level. His physical capacities don't seem as absurd as they should be and he is devoid of haki. The prison allowed him to keep everyone cornered hence he had a great advantage but I could see him being defeated by top tier characters outside of it. Enough speed, long range abilities and good enough armor haki could very well attack magellan (I'd think armor haki could help to attack magellan without actually touching him and color haki would help to avoid attacks). I also get the impression magellan lacks the sheer firepower to be an admiral. Lets compare what kizaru, akainu and aokiji did in battle.
http://www.cloudmanga.com/One_Piece/553/#4-5
http://www.cloudmanga.com/One_Piece/554/#8-9
http://www.cloudmanga.com/One_Piece/507/#16

Does magellan really match up to an admiral? Even if he was a marine (which he is most definitely not) he outright does not match up against the admirals. The scale of his attacks is far inferior and lacks the firepower. I don't see how he could even survive an attack from the admirals. I have my doubts about how he'd fair against the VAs too. VA's have haki, rokushiki, insane speed, basically there is a reason they are feared and only admirals stand above them and that is that they are stupidly strong. Magellan has an outright sick ability but I don't think he is quite there with the admirals.

 

[Schabrak]

Replacement

The problem is: Kong wont promote a "simple" vice-admiral to Fleet Admiral status, as people can say what they want, but strength is definitely one hell of a important factor for being promoted in the One Piece world. Who else, but those three had the charisma and strength to represent the whole Marine force and give them the moral they need?

kkck: Whom do expect to fill the hole? Nobody but people in higher rank are stronger than those three, and probably nobody will be in the next couple of years, as those vice-admirals don't seem to have what it takes to create high-tier AoE attacks you imagine a admiral must have in their repertoire. Still a lot of them are excelent fighters, with or without DF powers. Top in hand-to-hand combat and swordfighting.

You have to consider that those three attacks do instant damage, while Magellan is mostly using DoTs, though those kill nearly instantly too if he aims to be.

 

[kkck]

I don't actually expect anyone but one of the admirals to fill the surpreme admiral hole. With my last post I was mostly referring to the gap left among the admirals. That said, logically it is one of the VAs that have to fill the gap considering they are the highest ranked marines after the admirals. Perhaps a few VAs were left in the NW for obvious reasons and one of them will fill the gap.

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

I have to disappoint you, but there are only three admirals.[Fans shouldn't forget importent facts. :/]

Robin did not say that in the entire history of the navy there has always been 3 Admirals. She said that in the [current] entire navy army, there are [currently] only 3 people with the rank of Admirals - and she gave their name.

 

[Schabrak]

How does that conflict with my statement, that right "now", there are only 3 people with the rank of admiral/supreme admiral in the World Governments Navy forces. I don't recall mentioning that there's a need to fill that position with three people, nor that there weren't more or less in the past.

 

[Kaiser Will]

I've been thinking a lot about that. And I think that Kizaru should be the new Fleet Admiral.

Akainu is all good, but he is kinda crazy. I mean he don't give a crap about the marines, as an institution, he just like to kill the bad guys, he just stricly follow the absolute justice code.
Like in the war, he almost kill Coby for runing away and several others marines that were afraid of WB and his crew. Also he doesn't have the good qualities that Sengoku had. Like, admiting that Shanks take WB and Ace body to properly make a funeral and etc.

Aokiji is too lazy. He got a recomendation from Sengoku, but I think that he is too carefree to some serious actions when needed. For me he just leave things there and leave to take a ride in his bicycle. I'm not saying this all the times. But he don't pass that image of confidence.

And my choice would be Kizaru. For me he is like the balance between what's good and bad in Akainu and Aokiji. He have some temper, even thought some times he over did it. He seems care about the Marines. And he have a killer DF.

 

[kkck]

I actually got the impression sengoku was right about his recommendation. As you mentioned, akainu is insane. The guy would kill a marine for being scared for crying out loud. He doesn't know where to stop so he doesn't quite have the qualities of a leader. That said, kizaru is not all that good either. His attitude is altogether way too laid back and he seems to have trouble reading situations and holding back (such as when he destroyed the archipelago tree thing). Aokiji has a sort of laid back attitude but overall that seems mostly like a front. He was the one to set up the events at water 7 and when the situation comes to it he can act extremely fast and efficiently. He was the one to stop WB's tsunami(which allowed the marines to trick WB's allies into believing they had been betrayed), he fought WB head on and did not receive much damage and to boot he took out jozu (someone who the gorosei apparently believe has a chance of stopping BB) without taking significant damage. Basically, among the admirals aokiji has displayed the most fighting power (at least IMO) and has a very tactical mindset (more so than either kizaru or akainu) even if he appears to have a lazy attitude.