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Originally Posted by james0246
^"...and then he'll be all set afterward..." for Luffy to beat him without the Nightmare power-up  . |
You really want this, don't you
? The only reason why I'm so adamant in my claim that Luffy is not shichibukai level yet is because he defeated two of them
illegitimately. Oda carefully orchestrated those two fights to give Luffy some kind of advantage. Luffy has yet to beat a warlord without help, special circumstances, or a major handicap in his favor. He needs to beat one fair and square, much like his victory over Rob Lucci. Luffy was unarguably the stronger of the two in that case.