I know that lol, I didn't bother mentioning CoA cause it's pretty obvious he used CoA during that fight. I meant that both CoA and CoO must of played a factor during that battle.LOL Observation Haki wouldn't help that much when it comes to clashing their Devil Fruit powers. Armament Haki is more in the running for Haki that would help against that kind of things. Observation Haki can help you see attacks coming, but you can't avoid or block it if you don't already possess the ability to do so. If you're helpless to something, then Observation won't offer any help other than to let you know what you're about to get hit with. If Aokiji is at a disadvantage because of DF, then Observation or not, he'll still be at a disadvantage.
I could just as easily say "not that far off" means Kizaru and Aokiji are actually tied. Or, I could say that Kizaru is the one that's stronger, and Akainu and Aokiji are tied and Akainu happened to get lucky and pull ahead just enough to win, the same way Luffy and Lucci were tied but Luffy was able to slightly pull ahead. I could just as easily say if Aokiji and Akainu fought again, Aokiji could be the one to pull ahead at the right moment to win. Or since you can just make assumptions about Aokiji having Observation, why can't I assume that Akainu used some dirty tactic to win? He's done in at MF, how do we know he didn't cheat in some way to beat Aokiji?
Kizaru being stronger than akainu/aokiji wouldn't make much sense. If that was the case he would of been more focused during the MF war & would of fought with WB countless times. Akainu is seen as the strongest admiral from the trio, seeing how much of a role he's playing as being one of the final antagonist. Also, Oda said that Akainu can put an end to OP in one year. I doubt neither Kuzan or Kizaru can pull that feat. It's possible that aokiji and kizaru are tied in terms of strength but it doesn't make sense for kizaru to be stronger than akainu.
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