chapter 892 page 15 is where kata says it. if he was leagues ahead why didnt he stomp right then and there and why was he having trouble hitting him with decisive hits.
Okay that point's conceded then. As for why he didn't stomp and had trouble hitting them, that's just inconsistent writing. Katakuri was fast enough to blitz Luffy in Gear 2 and base, and was on par with his speed with Snake Man and land blows on that form(Luffy's fastest), so to say that it's impossible for him to hit with the trident when he's thrusting it with the same speed and power he's using to thrust the blows he lands cleanly/directly on Luffy is asinine.
He couldnt pin luffy down once his obsv haki was improving.
Except he tagged Luffy many times after Luffy's Observation increased. Luffy was also able to dodge and avoid Katakuri's blows before his Observation Haki increased. Luffy's Observation Haki sporadically allowing him to see the future didn't actually impact the fight. It affected very small moments, yes, but overall, the fight between Luffy and Katakuri doesn't look any different after the improvement than before, since panels of Luffy dodging and getting barreled can be found in both halves of the fight.
again luffy would have gotten solid hits in snakeman and he wouldve had more stamina if not for a hit to his vital organs and subsequent free hits kata got from it.
I'm not disagreeing with that. What I am saying is that Katakuri wouldn't have passed out during his fight with Luffy without the damage of his own stab PLUS the damage Luffy dealt with his own blows. On the other hand, Luffy wouldn't have passed out with the damage that came from the stab plus the rest of the damage Katakuri dealt.
The difference is that the chances of Katakuri causing that damage without the stab and the rest of the damage he dealt to KO Luffy is high, while the chances of Luffy being able to replicate the damage Katakuri inflicted on himself plus the damage from his own attacks is not.
Luffy actually got hurt worse than kata from that hit thats obvious and now you are arguing he can easily replicate what did
It's the exact same stab. It's the exact same damage to both of them. It wouldn't make any sense for Katakuri to stab himself with less impact than the impact that stabbed Luffy because that would defeat the point of stabbing himself.
If you're saying that the stab effected Luffy more than it did Katakuri, then that's not really "unfair" as the net result of Luffy being injured at that point is all within Katakuri's capacity to deliver, while Luffy doesn't have the capacity to damage Katakuri as much as he was as a result of Luffy's own blows and Katakuri's own stabbing combined.
when kata was extremely shocked that he even got a critical hit like that.
That wasn't Katakuri being shocked, that was Katakuri piecing together in his head what happened, and realizing that he landed a critical blow because Flambe interfered. Which is a blow Katakuri is well within the capacity of delivering without Flambe's help, since he was preventing Luffy from going Gear Fourth, had more powerful moves than the stab in his belt, and the speed to keep up with Luffy's fastest form.
and if kata amps up then so will luffy with snakeman and luffy even after getting battered got better hits on kata than vice versa.
Snake Man's blows are even weaker than Boundman's which is arguably weaker than Katakuri's power-heavy blows. While they are stronger than Katakuri's trident stab, it's those blows PLUS Katakuri stabbing himself that caused him to pass out.
Luffy needs to be able to replicate the damage of both that stab and what he dealt besides the stab to KO Katakuri the same way he did in the manga, and I don't think the chances of him being able to do that are high.
lol your argument keeps changing when manga panels and events from the manga are presented.
My argument hasn't changed once since we started this debate.