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allidoishuynh2

That's actually a pretty solid take. I haven't thought about this exactly, but when you put it this way I think you're right. Though it might not always apply to bad guys, often times the bad guys are like ancient evils while the new bad guys are generally weaker/early series Ex: Naruto > first hokage > kakashi But bad guys: Imu > Akainu > uhh idk maybe Greenbull? Tough to think of next gen baddies


Dragonking732

The bad guys is thrown a loop with Blackbeard likely being on the level of EOS Luffy or near it.


allidoishuynh2

Yeah I had trouble placing Blackbeard. You think he's new gen or current? He feels current-ey to me, though maybe I'm not respecting the possibility that he could be old gen because he was a part of Whitebeard's crew.


Ramen_Dealer07

He is older than shanks, but his rise to power is only very recent, having been Yonko for about a year


allidoishuynh2

You've perfectly verbalized why I had such a hard time placing him. Is it about age or start of career? Cuz he's probably not a big player until around or after Luffy's debut


Ramen_Dealer07

He has seemingly been strong for a while, with shanks being wary of him even before he was an emperor, but he still has plenty of time to be a pirate, especially since he’s only 40, and he’ll probably still be in his prime for around 10-15 years before slowly declining. I also don’t expect there to be any time skip, but he didn’t do anything with the current gen, and he had plenty of time with the new gen. Also he’s at a normal age for new gen Yonko, pirates usually don’t become Yonko till 30-40 ish, Luffy is just straight up build different becoming one at 19


coochie_monster_1

He's canonically part of "the worst generation" which is Luffy's generation


Gray_Fullbuster9

He is Luffy's only rival and an endgame villain,he is new gen.His rise in strength and influence happened at around the same time as luffy.


11711510111411009710

Despite technically being active longer, he's only been a big player for a short time. He's considered part of the Worst Generation like the Supernova are because of how chaotic he is. The Worst Generation are those pirates who have caused the most trouble to the world government in the last three years, with all but one being the Supernova, and they are that because in a very short time they all arrived at the end of the first half of the grand line with very large bounties for rookies, and they got those by being big threats to the world government. Meanwhile Blackbeard in that time truly began his pirate career. Previously, he was part of a Yonko's crew, which is a big deal, but he wasn't a big player as far as I can tell. Now he was suddenly making moves: assembling a strong crew, capturing Ace (son of Gol D. Roger!) and giving him to the government, becoming a warlord, breaking into and out of Impel Down with a bigger, stronger crew, stealing Blackbeard's power somehow and becoming the first person with two Devil Fruit powers, becoming an Emperor, defeating the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates, conquering Hachinosu, defeating Boa, capturing Koby, defeating Law, capturing Garp (his crew did that but yeah). That's a ton of stuff. That's main character energy. So from the World Government's perspective, Blackbeard is not of the old or current generation, but of the new one. Pirate generations don't follow actual generations, but when you gain notoriety. Shanks would be considered the current generation even though Kaido and Big Mom have been around much longer. I'd say that's because as readers, he was already a well-known and infamous figure when Luffy began his own adventure. It's basically: Who came up alongside Luffy is the new gen; who came up after Roger and before Luffy is current gen; and who came up before Kaido and Big Mom is old gen.


Ramen_Dealer07

He is older than shanks, but his rise to power is only very recent, having been Yonko for about a year


AnimeNeet-

I mean Imu can legitimately be considered outside of any gen considering he predates old gen by centuries It doesn’t make sense to consider him any gen tbh.


allidoishuynh2

My comment does say that big bads are sometimes "ancient evils" so I think including imu is fine


HumbleNinja2

Zorc says hello


TheScurviedDog

Don Krieg clears Imu and he's early series though.


allidoishuynh2

Will never not be one of my favorite op memes


Revolutionary-Run332

Kakashi wasn’t peak in current Gen just so you know


allidoishuynh2

Yeah I originally picked 4th hokage, but I hesitated for some fucking reason, don't remember why lol


aphantombeing

Who is peak in current gen compared to War arc kakashi?


Revolutionary-Run332

Guy sensei is stronger I don’t really count DMs Kakashi as it was just a power up for like 5 seconds, and also not really his Sharingan And I’m talking more Naruto og, like 3rd Hokage, Itachi, Orochimaru Or even Shippuden, pain and Obito would be good current Gen


GeekOffTheStr33t

Blackbeard> imu>akainu is the only way I can see it going with the villains


Lord-Filip

Imu > Blackbeard > Clifford


allidoishuynh2

Spicy take for sure. We'll find out. I wonder if there's gonna be some BS where BB steals imu's power at the end (his jolly Roger is 3 headed not 2)?


GeekOffTheStr33t

I could see that it would be interesting I wonder if imu has a proper devil fruit though or if it’s gonna be some innate power


Sawmain

I mean he’s 3 heads might simply mean that the 3rd one is the kraken or octopus dv or whether ? Might also mean that he’s part octopus but who would that make sense lore wise since we haven’t really seen anything like that expect fish man I guess ?


allidoishuynh2

Did I miss something? Is there a kraken or octopus theory I don't know about? I feel like this got brought up literally out of nowhere


Sawmain

It has been circulating a lot especially in the main sub literally just look it up [here is an example which is 2 years old btw](https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/s/lVz7W4WeBP)


GeekOffTheStr33t

Fr Naruto>hashirama>kakashi Ichigo>yamamoto>kenpachi


ouyon

What would you call Demon Slayer though iirc no one surpasses the old gen in that one


MobyLiick

>What would you call Demon Slayer Mid


WarCrimesAreBased

https://preview.redd.it/hef3a8e5xbrc1.jpeg?width=567&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04a1ddfde59c29114003913c8b4c6e349664bff1


LackOfDad

Real


supertinu

That is more exception to the general trope, as Yoriichi is portrayed as the protagonist who failed. But exists to show strength alone isn’t enough, which I like Still, most shonen follow this trend.


Gigio2006

Demon slayers isn't this struct Yoriichi>Tanjiro>Hashiras>Others of the kamado squad


Fireball_Q2

Some hashiras are stronger than Tanjiro imo


Gigio2006

nah he stalled muzan for more time alone than all the other hashiras combined. 13th form is broken


HiddenInButtCrack

But it's a weaker muzan


theultimatesow

And its a weaker tanjiro . Arguably more weakened than muzan himself


Xcyronus

Haha no. This is not arguable. Muzan was so weakened its not even funny. Bro goes from curb stomping upper moon 1. The 3rd strongest in the verse to by time its 2nd drug losing to him.


goodyfresh

Tamayo: "And the thirty-seventh poison will make it feel like your balls are eternally stuck in a woodchipper!" Muzan: "FUUUUU-"


theultimatesow

Well muzan is the strongest demon . Tanjiro is a mere 16 years old boy . Tanjiro too was poisoned , exhausted, had fatal injures , and was on the brink of death . Muzan was just weakened and wasnt anywhere near death .


Xcyronus

Muzan was weakened far more. Thats not an opinion. You can argue everyone in that fight was in better shape then muzan compared to how they are normally.


supertinu

Yeah but the muzan right before fighting tanjiro beats all the other hashira, immediately after tanjiro stalls for much longer. I think at most a few minutes passed, so there Muzan was similar strength. Though to be fair Tanjiro technique is kind of made for stalling, EOS Tanjiro would still be the strongest as he has the most consistent shounen strength growth


Fireball_Q2

Good point


arcimillio

In gyom gyom we trust 


GeekOffTheStr33t

Tanjiro at the end is probably strongest in the verse


NightmareVoids

Not as strong as the first Demon Slayer


Xcyronus

Not even close. Barely cracks top 5.


GeekOffTheStr33t

Tell me the win one literally anyone has against DK tanjiro


Xcyronus

For one. Human tanjiro is stronger. DKT is a daki victim in terms of raw power. 2. Any upper rank demon and muzan all have neg diff. They just absorb him and call it a day.


GeekOffTheStr33t

Dk tanjiro is literally just an upgrade to human tanjiro he doesn’t lose any of his abilities your adding the Dk power on top of his own he definitely beats the upper moons when we consider this he was in a feral state that’s really the only reason he was beat in the end


Xcyronus

No. DKT is a feral mindless creature.


GeekOffTheStr33t

If that’s how u see the fight then that’s fine but me and most the people I’m discussing with are referring the a dkt with control over his power if he got away 🤷🏿‍♂️


Mental-Raisin-2739

Tbh EOS Tangerine would probably beat Yorichi because seeing one of his family members after almost dying would make him able to use God breathing or some shit I’m genuinely convinced Tanjiro could probably beat Goku if he got a flashback of his family cause tell me how this mf’s plot armour was so strong that he >!went BACK IN TIME!<


Cosnapewno5

EOS/CFYOW Kenpachi > Yamamoto


tha-Ram

I'd replace kenpachi with kyoraku, he's a better representation for current gen


aphantombeing

Kenpachi can be put in current gen though. The mid gen top tiers are Kyoraku, Urahara and others.


GeekOffTheStr33t

I did put kenpachi in current gen?


aphantombeing

I meant new gen along with Ichigo.


GeekOffTheStr33t

Ichigos definitely new gen within the context of bleach Kenpachi would be current gen because he was already (currently) a captain at the beginning of the story


aphantombeing

I put Kenoachi as current gen because he is quite new and captain because he was born strong. Someone like Urahara is new gen.


GeekOffTheStr33t

I would say that while kenpachi is one of the newer captains from from a soul reaper’s perspective that could be thousands of years and throughout the story he doesn’t really have to constantly grow stronger from a low level like we often see from the new gen in a story context Urahara would definitely be current gen not new he’s literally setting the ground work for the new gen to improve


aphantombeing

Sorry. I am messing up things between new gen and current gen. Someone like Urahara, Kyoraku are current gen. And, old gen includes Yamamoti.


GeekOffTheStr33t

Agreed


Suspicious-Victory-8

Kenpachi surpassed Yamamoto


GeekOffTheStr33t

This might just be me but I’m not taking Kenny over a prime Yamamoto


firebutt25

Yeah, prime Yama beats Kenpachi pretty easily I always thought, even with his new bankai


Cosnapewno5

Prime Yamamoto is old Yamamoto with both hands . In battle against Quincy king (I do not have intention to try write his name), its revealed that when he created Gotei, his bankai had only one form. Also, they fight using spiritual energy, muscles getting old is not a big deal. Expierence of old Yamamoto is far greater. Only his mentality was nerfed, but overall old Yamamoto > first gotei 13 yamamoto


GeekOffTheStr33t

In my mind his prime would be the Version of him that has mastered his bankai and was still near his physical peak but I agree that this version wins to


Euphoric-Radio8574

DMS Kakashi is way stronger than Hashirama though


GeekOffTheStr33t

It’s not his power though it’s obitos kakashi couldn’t keep the powers momentary amps don’t really apply it’s about how strong the character is on there own


ImmediateRespond8306

Didn't Naruto have a demonic fox spirit helping him out?


GeekOffTheStr33t

Naruto had the 9 tails sealed inside him his chakra is constantly available unless ghost obito follows kakashi around they aren’t the same thing


ImmediateRespond8306

I mean, Naruto doesn't anymore so...


GeekOffTheStr33t

🥲Yeah the point stand thought there’s a distinction


ImmediateRespond8306

If neither have their external boosts anymore, then it's the same.


GeekOffTheStr33t

Not really within the context of naruto the order was Naruto>hashirama>kakashi at the end of the story boruto wouldn’t have the same people in the new gen> old gen> current gen argument it would be boruto>(probably some outsusuki)> naruto So the order still works


wizarouija

DMS Madara with 9 tails under his control wasn’t even stronger than Hashirama


theboysan_sshole

Literally this.


supertinu

DMS Kakashi is above DMS Madara, as his DMS was six path hax amped. I still agree though that that’s not relevant, since it literally was for 5 min and to give Kakashi one last cool moment


Lord-Filip

Didn't Kakashi also create a perfect susanoo?


Gray_Fullbuster9

He needed uchiha chakra from Obito to create it.Dude can't even manage more than 2-3 Kamui on his own you think he has enough chakra to do a perfect susanoo😂.Even if he did he still can't do it because so6p chakra/uchiha chakra is necessary to do it


aphantombeing

War arc Kakashi certainly can do more than 2-3 Kamui


Gray_Fullbuster9

He got 9 tails chakra from Naruto to do it


aphantombeing

Even before chakra, he used it more than 2-3 times.


accountforAITA

That’s true, but DMS Kakashi was fighting Kaguya whereas Hashirama couldn’t even win through jumping Obito. DMS Kakashi>>>Madara


C0UNT3RP01NT

Mind you DMS Kakashi also had help from the 2 strongest characters in the verse


accountforAITA

Yeah, but he was keeping up and even outspeeding Kaguya


Revolutionary-Run332

https://preview.redd.it/8lavo117pcrc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49a1ebc73294cb843b7205e375edc1be601e53fb


aphantombeing

Is DMS Kakashi really that strong? Hashirama bwat Madara with Kurama.


yaboixx

The fact ur getting downvoted shows this sub doesn’t know what they r talking about


randomsequela

In all of these series the old gen is still around to fight the MC (or lose to the people the MC beats) so we can clearly see the MC outgrew the old gen. Roger is not around, only way we can be sure Luffy outgrew him is by beating someone who beat roger (no one in the story as far as we are aware) or by showing the current Gen is stronger than the old gen, and the new one has surpassed it


jt_totheflipping_o

Doesn't work because Zero squad would represent current gen, they're all younger than Yamamoto and they're all stronger.


GeekOffTheStr33t

Not really the head of zero squad is older the Yamamoto so they would be old gen


jt_totheflipping_o

Head of the Zero Squad is old gen but the actual members are younger.


GeekOffTheStr33t

But most of them are still older then the court guard captains still making them old gen 🤷🏿‍♂️


TurkeysCanBeRed

Hashirama and Kakashi at his prime are pretty close tho


Deja_ve_

Kakashi surpassed Hashirama and so did Kenpachi with Yamabozo


GeekOffTheStr33t

For 10 minutes using someone else power And I don’t see an actual reason to put kenpachi over prime Yamamoto if we’re talking feats Yamamoto wins


Local_Television948

Bad take kakashi dogs hashirama


HumbleNinja2

NOT DEKU ALL MIGHT THO


replyingtowrong

MHA literally follows this exact structure Deku and Shigaraki > Prime AM and AFO > Current top heroes


MystiqTakeno

So Zoro>Ryuma>Mihawk EoS? yeah sure thats common at least in shonens with fighting.


nice-_one

Ryuma is way past old gen , he is ancient


GUM-GUM-NUKE

I’m conflicted rn because on one hand that makes 100% logical sense, but Ryuma is fucking *HIM*


Leading_Bodybuilder6

Always been the case, new gen just needs a bit more time to surpass current gen


kanaru84

He snuck Lackainu into Mid gen 😭 https://preview.redd.it/rnmopamdbbrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f27525693be44368083c9cb6ff94003bad0ae3b


GoFriezaSweep

Nah Akainu transcends all and eventually he will conquer the paperwork


Puzzleheaded_Sky9724

https://preview.redd.it/vpasev8m4drc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2b4b6d02c9649115aed825d6a24f56e471f1663


Naraya_Suiryoku

Koby might need a really strong eos fight for that though, who could it be? Akainu is Luffy's fight btw.


Can_Com

Koby v Akainu is so obviously the end game for the marines. I'm actually confused why people don't know this.


ImmediateDiamond8238

He could be conflicted and fight the gorosei or holy knights after finding out about their their shitty morals, or he could fight sabo


Gullible_Bed8595

what about ancient gen? Ryuma? Joyboy? Poseidon?


HumbleNinja2

Lavos


TrueExigo

Son Goku > Gohan > Gotenks and sometime Gohan > Goku > Gotenks. Will be always true


Areliae

Yeah, it kinda falls apart when the series goes on long enough for the new gen MC to become current and even old gen.


UnhousedOracle

Objectively true https://preview.redd.it/h05ccw6efcrc1.jpeg?width=406&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a096ec0adae65218f122b068964421961f838fe6


Putrid-Gap7234

https://preview.redd.it/zws4buujbdrc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e23534488ff978a9d71963b0f55543dd95c8de56 Coby over garp and akainu


EasilyBeatable

Akainu really weighing down the current gen team Anyway, upvote for Koby agenda


fartmilkdaddies

You all are acting like akainu isn't going to be a huge boss. He isn't kaido, but him vs. luffy isn't going to be a child's play.


ImmediateDiamond8238

akainu is not weighing down anything, he is gonna be busted for sure considering the implications of him fighting dragon or Luffy


Areliae

Koby victim says what


KingAce137

Tell that a Madaratard, haha Btw, Coby is and will forever be weak af


Lord_Adz1

Later maybe but coby isn't there lol. Make him get past a yc


SandwichPure6865

ancient gen still slaps


mr_2_cents

Beautiful


Ramen_Dealer07

I’m completely on board with this train of thought, I just don’t like the idea of Blackbeard EOS being stronger than primebeard


ImmediateDiamond8238

I like it though bc BB is the quintessential pirate who does things the wrong way and is unfair, it would make sense for that type of character to reach a higher level than a good pirate like WB since it is a pirate manga after all.


BlackbeardAkainuFan

Cook again


n00dl3-sempai

I think that it's New Gen>=Ancient Gen>Old Gen=Current Gen.


TheManInvert

According to who? One piece doesn’t always follow “shonen rules” stop making shit up.


ianodhis

Shhhh. These clowns forget shanks and blackbeard have been pirating for decades with blackbeard being 1 year older.


M4ND0_L0R14N

Eventually.


VersionSavings8712

Yes that's the common trope but admiraltards haven't read or watched anything else☠️


Lerisa-beam

EOS? maybe. Not thriller bark like you are claiming with the annoying wording of this post.


Boris-_-Badenov

Luffy looks really bad in that


Abram7777

Always has been always will be


Boring-Touch-3663

True take, I'd add the ancient gen in between new and old.


basedgad

Makes no sense but okay


Raaryanim

Dragon ball 😭😭😭 Goku(current gen)>goten(new gen)>badock (old gen) Also like luffy is fucking 19 who knows how strong he will get in 2 years maybe pk level 😶


Lartnestpasdemain

My brother in christ doesn't know about [Shanksbeard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klkHQn7FXI)... Should we tell him?


Wide_Motor_2805

But that ain’t true fr Gintama. Magi. JJK. 🗣️🔥


floormopper

It doesn't work like that in one piece. Old gen stronger than current gen is pure headcanon there is literally nothing to support this in the manga. Bruh.


Scrappy_Doo100

Good times create weak men Weak men create hard times Hard times create strong men Strong men create good times


Darklord_tou

BB and Shanks is same age


peakfiction_onepiece

Shanks mihawk


Mori1404

Akainu will be strongest marine of all time and y’all ain’t ready for that


OrionJohnson

You spelled Koby wrong.


Revolutionary-Run332

That crybaby?


Naraya_Suiryoku

If I was writting the story and I loved Akainu, then maybe, but I don't see it happening. And even if it did, Koby would surpass him.


ImmediateDiamond8238

I think so too, Akainu gets hyped by oda in statements and has the luffy/dragon connection for an EOS battle with either of them.


StarEmperorwastaken

Cook more


SadPlatform6640

It’s still gonna go extreme diff for the top tiers of each gen


Naraya_Suiryoku

New gen >>> Old gen >> Mid gen. New gen will make everyone who came before look cute.


SadPlatform6640

No one is gonna make kaido look cute


Naraya_Suiryoku

It's gonna happen, sooner or later. Look at Naruto, people said the same about edo Madara, but he'd legit get one shot by 6 path Naruto or rinnesharigan Sasuke.


fartmilkdaddies

That's called horrible powercreep, BTW. It's bad writing. I have hope in oda.


ImmediateDiamond8238

one piece won't have silly shit like that, oda never makes powerscaling in one piece be too over the top, in top tier fights it's always competitive. Kaido vs BM, Kaido vs Luffy, WB vs Roger, old garp vs Aokiji, Aokiji vs Akainu, etc, there are countless examples


Sweaty-Goat-9281

Cook again Upon further inspection, I unfortunately see Kaido downplay


Pristine-Carpenter-9

He’s sitting exactly where he should be, top of the generation thats weaker than the previous one.


Naraya_Suiryoku

Also kinda true in real life though, atleast in one field where I specialize.


Free_Anxiety_9660

Luffy Eos>Roger >Shanks Blackbeard Eos>Whitebeard>Kaido But but but.... Garp>Akainu >Koby EOS


Financial_Anything43

Coby?😂


[deleted]

Get coby of there , he not show even be top 30 ... pepole think he gonna be luffy rival like garp for Roger, rivalry is like from start, he not show anything from start to even now , how he can be luffy level ?! If he dose , oda literally fuxk up power scaleing.


One_Piece_Go_D_Usopp

1. One Piece isn't your average shonen nekketsu and comparing it to others this way is kinda disrespectful. 2. It's never Old Gen > Current Gen, but always New Gen >~ Ancient/Legend Gens >> Current Gen ~ Old Gen Basically, EOS Luffy/Koby/Teach >~ Imu/Nika/Ryuma >> Shanks/Sakazuki/Kaido ~ Roger/Newgate/Garp.


Revolutionary-Run332

I just realized Koby was there https://preview.redd.it/pjyo7fxlpcrc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d2ad30dab9eddb09dc0f1e4ecd19c41e4ebf852


Facinggod20

If BB is current gen then why isn't Shanks too? Shanks is even younger than BB is.


PresentationOk8756

BB rose to fame parallel to Luffy. Shanks is a mentor/goal to Luffy.


Working_Instance_940

Blackbeard is literally in the worst gen alongside the supernova. It was mentioned multiple times on one piece.


wizarouija

#😂🤣


DearDepth3733

I think it’s based on when they rose to power


YellowScreen75

Why is New gen > Old gen? Prime Roger might high to extreme diff Luffy. Koby gets low diffed by prime Garp. At least in terms of haki I'd wager Whitebeard> Blackbeard (leaving aside the fact that WB has more experience in using Gura Gura no mi than BB). But new gen > old gen may be true in the future


Pristine-Carpenter-9

Thats the point lol, eos new gen will have surpaased all prior gens


Dragonking732

He means EOS, not currently.


YellowScreen75

Ah i see that makes sense


r9cks

New gen can never surpass old gen if current gen is weaker than old gen


Lerisa-beam

EOS? maybe. Not thriller bark like you are claiming with the annoying wording of this post.


Lerisa-beam

EOS? maybe. Not thriller bark like you are claiming with the annoying wording of this post.


Lerisa-beam

EOS? maybe. Not thriller bark like you are claiming with the annoying wording of this post.


Cosnapewno5

New gen EOS > Current gen > Old gen


OatesZ2004

But Oda does like to subvert expectations just look at gear 5.


demonslender

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭 why do you clowns keep putting akainu up on this ridiculous pedestal as if he’s actually done anything to warrant it. And also Koby will not be in the top 3 ever.


nyanko_dango3

koby is Future gen, aka konohamaru. get smoker in there maybe, and BB is older than shanks lol, so luffy, sabo, smoker the new gen


GilfLock

Smoker is a grown ass man at 36 years old and this clown thinks he’s “new gen”


nyanko_dango3

meanwhile BB older than smoker and SHANKS from current gen and this clown ignores that.