Yes he was. He had a head start from kilometers away, yet suddenly Luffy blitzed him and the moment he was infront, Crocodile never attacked him again. Hell the next time we see Croc he is kilometers away from WB's ship when Luffy is calmly discussing with WB on other matter. That's superior portrayal
I made that assumption since both were Shichibukais and it's not like it was impossible. Mihawk knew Doflamingo and was flaming him during the summit, so there is nothing contradictory into thinking he would be familiar to another Shichibukai. You only find it cringe worthy either because you lack common sense or simply because of your desire to rate Crocodile higher than he should be, pushing you to interprete manga cannon as a way to boost him higher than he should be while actually ignoring other instances more reflecting his actual level, hence why talking about seeing only what you want to see
Putting someone in his place has nothing to do with bias. Because you people can't handle it because of the love of the character, is not my fault
Lol then what about Croc stopping Mihawk, and Mihawk who was so adamant to chasing Luffy, where he shrugged off guys like Daz earlier decides to stop doing what he wanted to do?
Is that superior portrayal as well?
Its funny you're telling me I'm seeing what I want to see when you are grasping at straws making up assumptions and fanfiction theories on why Mihawk stopped chasing Luffy. That is what you would call bias and desperation.
Like I already said.
Sengoku wants him on his side
Doflamingo wants him on his side
Mihawk stopped when he appeared
Tanked an attack which made an Admiral bleed
These are things alabasta Croc could only dream of doing. If you honestly believe Alabasta Croc who is a complete fodder among fodder could even manage to make top tiers think of his presence at the war you're delusional.
Its clear Oda did damage control during MF, he probably realized he had a Shichibukai defeated too early in the game so he tried to force the MF Croc down our throats.
Crocs overrated as all hell that's all I know. He did nothing of significance during the war, nothing that puts him on some whole other level compared to even MF Luffy. He had one clash with Mihawk who wasn't even aiming at him an it went nowhere, he had a clash with Doflamingo and it went nowhere.
People want to acknowledge Crocs faulty feats during MF, but don't even want to acknowledge Luffy taking multiple kicks from Kizaru during the war and from Sengoku?
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But you have to realize they were treating Luffy like a bug while Crocodile was being respected. Thats the difference between the two during MF.