I have been going through numerous discussions and threads in this section and one thing really disturbs me is the sheer amount of delusion people have about mihawk, this is almost infuriating. A thread was literally made asking ''can whitebeard beat mihawk''? Lmao how insane is this? People are hyping mihawk saying he can take out the admirals mid difficulty. This is nonsense, mihawk can not beat kizaru, nor akainu, and i frankly dont see him beating fujitora but because of the bs about him being '' the worlds strongest swordsman'' people go nuts. How insane is it to think hawk eyes can beat whitebeard? How? What proof is there in the manga to suggest mihawk can beat akainu 1 on 1 or kizaru 1 on 1? I can even understand if you say shanks because he is a yonko, but how do you even say with a straight face that hawk eyes beats whitebeard, akainu or kizaru or even fujitora 1 on 1 all out?
[Question] Why is Hawk Eyes So Over hyped On This Forum? People Think He Beats WB lol
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chopstickchakra
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You act like 1 attack opening ='s instant death when even Akainu couldn't do that while taking half his face.
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I agree I hate the hype and fanboydom. He's done very little to prove his hype. Just having the tag of the strongest/greatest swordsman doesn't automatically make you admiral/yonko level. I'm pretty sure ussop is the world's best slingshot user so he could probably stop an admiral. It was said that he was able to duel his friend shanks on equil ground as a swordsmen, but I think a duel between friends isn't even comparable to an all out fight.
I can understand why you would say that because his latest portrayal from the war paled in comparison to the Yonkous including Shanks and all 3 Admirals.
But then you have to stop and think that this is the guy that is Zoro's final goal, his endgame. Do you expect Zoro's endgame to be a Doflamingo level opponent? No, clearly not this goal is one step below Pirate King, it makes no sense for Zoro's final goal to be anything less than an Admiral level threat, Zoro is destined to be the Rayleigh to Roger.
When you start thinking like that things like his title falls in line, he has a worlds strongest title which only characters on the Apex have had (WB, Kaidou).
You just have to look past his terrible Marineford performance and excuse him for not giving a shit (why would he, he owed nothing to the marines, fellow shichibukai Doflamingo was the same), while that doesn't excuse the portrayal he recieved he still did not manage to even have a single scuff mark the entire war so it at the least allows him to bounce back in future events.
You also have to take into account the focus was not on him and Oda was trying to build hype for the WB pirates so Mihawk was the recipient of that for the most part.
But then you have to stop and think that this is the guy that is Zoro's final goal, his endgame. Do you expect Zoro's endgame to be a Doflamingo level opponent? No, clearly not this goal is one step below Pirate King, it makes no sense for Zoro's final goal to be anything less than an Admiral level threat, Zoro is destined to be the Rayleigh to Roger.
When you start thinking like that things like his title falls in line, he has a worlds strongest title which only characters on the Apex have had (WB, Kaidou).
You just have to look past his terrible Marineford performance and excuse him for not giving a shit (why would he, he owed nothing to the marines, fellow shichibukai Doflamingo was the same), while that doesn't excuse the portrayal he recieved he still did not manage to even have a single scuff mark the entire war so it at the least allows him to bounce back in future events.
You also have to take into account the focus was not on him and Oda was trying to build hype for the WB pirates so Mihawk was the recipient of that for the most part.
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YellowFang
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What I think and observed that OP characters can't be placed in order on a list. Like Shanks is a swordsman and a Yonko, WB's also a Yonko and slightly stronger than your average Yonko while Mihawk's the best swordsman.
By this,
Mihawk >= Shanks
WB >= Shanks
And I know neither I nor people would accept it, so let's keep it simple...
Put characters in a tier-system, Shanks & Mihawk in same tier and WB a tier above alongside Roger/EoS Luffy
By this,
Mihawk >= Shanks
WB >= Shanks
And I know neither I nor people would accept it, so let's keep it simple...
Put characters in a tier-system, Shanks & Mihawk in same tier and WB a tier above alongside Roger/EoS Luffy
This and the fact he's a swordsman which shanks is also. This means that he is at the very least on shanks level. And schibukai are still a world power and they have no legit top tier other than mihawk. All of this is evidence that the guy is a yonko level guy. And ppl who say he beats admirals mid diff are trolling. ppl generally say extreme diff.
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I'm confident half of the top tier can beat WB, dude is too old for brawling.
Shit, he beats Shanks so ol' Hawk-Eyes is def doing something right
Shit, he beats Shanks so ol' Hawk-Eyes is def doing something right
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All admirals and yonkos take Mihawk. His strongest attack was taken without any single difficulty by Whitebeard's 3rd division commander and then went toe to toe with Vista who is a swordsman. Mihawk's sword is the strongest and Mihawk is the strongest swordsman but that doesn't mean that he is above Shanks who also uses a sword. Sparring and all-out fighting is another thing. If Shanks went all out against Mihawk then I guess we won't be having the "strongest swordsman" shit around anymore
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It's just a debatable opinion but none of it is really factual except for the ones heavily implied. Like beating Whitebeard, people are relying on hype and Mihawks mobility to be the reason why he would win.
Personally I do not believe that hype (even Mihawk doesn't himself considering the fact that he tried to measure WB in the war) but really no one really considers WB hype too.
WB is the strongest man alive, WB is the only one to go toe to toe with the pirate king, and WB has the power to destroy the planet.
These are feats way greater than Mihawk altogether but as viewers we tend to see what we want to see, so seeing whitebeard beat a fresh intimidating looking guy is hard to envision. But seeing an old man tank monstrous amounts of gun fire slashes and cannons to the body also seems unlikely that this old man would be defeated by one giant sword in your point of view.
But one things for sure, Mihawks hype does make him plausible enough to beat the admirals because he might (emphasizes on might) be on Shank's general level which is higher than admirals.
Personally I do not believe that hype (even Mihawk doesn't himself considering the fact that he tried to measure WB in the war) but really no one really considers WB hype too.
WB is the strongest man alive, WB is the only one to go toe to toe with the pirate king, and WB has the power to destroy the planet.
These are feats way greater than Mihawk altogether but as viewers we tend to see what we want to see, so seeing whitebeard beat a fresh intimidating looking guy is hard to envision. But seeing an old man tank monstrous amounts of gun fire slashes and cannons to the body also seems unlikely that this old man would be defeated by one giant sword in your point of view.
But one things for sure, Mihawks hype does make him plausible enough to beat the admirals because he might (emphasizes on might) be on Shank's general level which is higher than admirals.
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