[Discussion] Who will take down Kizaru?

[SSS12]

Who do you think will take down Admiral Kizaru? I don't think Kizaru is going to be the main antagonist of an arc anymore, implying Luffy won't fight him. It's going to be either Zoro or Sanji.

Zoro could be the one because Kizaru uses a haki imbued light sword when fighting seriously, to counter the opponent's weapon. This was seen against Rayleigh, who had drawn his own sword, and Zephyr, who had a seastone arm. Zoro vs Rayleigh would be a great fight, Kizaru will use his light sword and other light attacks. Kizaru also briefly fought Rayleigh, Zoro's parallel. Possible foreshadowing?

Sanji could fight Kizaru as the admiral also utilizes powerful kicks which are further powered by his DF. His light speed kick will test Sanji's mettle. Kizaru also can float in mid-air while fighting as he did against Marco. Thus, both men might take their fight into the clouds.

Who do you think would fight Kizaru? Who do you want to fight him?

 

[Sir Blades]

No one, lord kizaru sama is solo king!!!!!!

 

[sagemode07]

Kizaru Sama dispatches both of these n00bs.

 

[SSS12]

No one, lord kizaru sama is solo king!!!!!!

Umm, okay...

 

[Fireplay]

No one is fighting Kizaru for a long time so it's hard to say. I'm leaning towards Sanji though.

 

[ziggyZ]

If anyone of the SH's fight him, it'd most likely be Zoro. And as to when they'll fight: I predict an arc after the 2nd TS (after the Reverie arc) Akainu will truly the SH's as strong opponents and thereby he'll deploy the two living Admirals (Kizaru & Ryokugyu) and himself to take them down.

 

[SSS12]

If anyone of the SH's fight him, it'd most likely be Zoro. And as to when they'll fight: I predict an arc after the 2nd TS (after the Reverie arc) Akainu will truly the SH's as strong opponents and thereby he'll deploy the two living Admirals (Kizaru & Ryokugyu) and himself to take them down.

You missed something. Maybe 'label'? A second timeskip? Really? Whoa, 3 admirals at the same time? That's pretty much an all out war against SH.

 

[Avinash012]

I'll go with Zoro since he is my fav character

 

[ziggyZ]

You missed something. Maybe 'label'?

Actually it was meant to be "view".

A second timeskip? Really? Whoa, 3 admirals at the same time? That's pretty much an all out war against SH.

Yep. Since I think after Luffy's alliance dethrones Kaido, the captains of the alliance (Luffy, Law and possibly Drake) will fight for the vacant spot. And Luffy will win and claim all of Kaido's territory. So since he still may not be strong enough to fight an Admiral by himself, he'll decide to train on a vacant island. After the TS occurs, the Reverie arc will happen and Luffy will decide to go to it to see Vivi again, and that time Akainu will learn of this and decide to once and for all, finish 'Straw hat' Luffy.

 

[KGB Kakuzu]

Realistically no one takes the Kizaru... Light is simply too OP to be honest.


But I'd assume one of the M3.

 

[SSS12]

Actually it was meant to be "view".
Yep. Since I think after Luffy's alliance dethrones Kaido, the captains of the alliance (Luffy, Law and possibly Drake) will fight for the vacant spot. And Luffy will win and claim all of Kaido's territory. So since he still may not be strong enough to fight an Admiral by himself, he'll decide to train on a vacant island. After the TS occurs, the Reverie arc will happen and Luffy will decide to go to it to see Vivi again, and that time Akainu will learn of this and decide to once and for all, finish 'Straw hat' Luffy.

Whoa. Intriguing. But a second time skip would lengthen the story, that's something One Piece could do without. But the thing is all the SH, particularly the M3, are already atleast VA level. With mastery of basics of haki, they have a very strong base and can steadily work their way towards admiral level. If you have a look at the phenomenal growth of the M3 from BoS to timeskip, it's unbelievable. Right now, we haven't even seen the M3 go all out yet! But I agree, a second timeskip would provide more depth. It seems unlikely, not impossible though.

 

[ziggyZ]

Whoa. Intriguing. But a second time skip would lengthen the story, that's something One Piece could do without. But the thing is all the SH, particularly the M3, are already atleast VA level. With mastery of basics of haki, they have a very strong base and can steadily work their way towards admiral level. If you have a look at the phenomenal growth of the M3 from BoS to timeskip, it's unbelievable. Right now, we haven't even seen the M3 go all out yet! But I agree, a second timeskip would provide more depth. It seems unlikely, not impossible though.

Indeed it is true that the only thing they need to further develop is Haki. But, as Rayleigh pointed out: no one should be able to develop Haki as fast as Luffy had, and he was the only exception because of his resolve to never lose anyone again. So given that statement, it's safe to assume that Luffy's extraordinary development of Haki during the TS was a one-off, because it was in that context (his resolve) that he achieved such heights. Additionally, if the M3 continue fighting throughout their journey, they won't develop their Haki as much since they'd be predominantly focused on getting to the next island. Hence they need a break from continuing island-to-island and rest to train. Because the leap from VA to Admiral is vastly great. And when the alliance fights Kaido, they'll comprehend just how strong one Emperor is. And therefore they'd realize that fighting while travelling alone isn't enough to give them that boost in power.
Furthermore, the other SH's need to learn Haki, and I strongly doubt they'd get the basics of it just by traveling, after-all, it took the M3 2 years to understand the basics of Haki, so for the rest of the SH's, it'll take much more than that, hence they need primary Haki lessons which only a TS can provide.

 

[Netferarri]

Nobody is going to fight him in a long time lol. He is on another level, but in due time. I think Zoro might be the one.

 

[24 12 11 to troll]

Kaidou... in order to build up his hype

 

[Hexuze]

Kaidou... in order to build up his hype

I just want to see an admiral get one-banged.

 

[Fireplay]

I just want to see an admiral get one-banged.

One doesn't simply one bang an admiral. One doesn't even bang an admiral.

 

[Fujitora]

It's most likely going to be Zoro.

 

[David1996]

Enel or a Yonko.

 

[Hexuze]

One doesn't simply one bang an admiral. One doesn't even bang an admiral.

Luffy will at EOS

 

[TheHokage]

While...I think it's going to be Zoro I'm kind of hoping it's Sanji.

Personally I think both Sanji and Kizaru would look more badass when it comes to fighting could you imagine the power of the kicks. I'm sort of hoping the new Admiral will be some proper badass swordmaster so Zoro can fight him.

But then again it may be Teach I think a dark vs light battle like that would be pretty cool.