One Piece Episode 393

[Kraco]

although you have to wonder about these other pirates and what they are capable if they are pretty much in awe of zoro and we know sanji is in all likely hood pound for pound equal with zoro in fighting skills, with luffy far exceeding them both...

I know of no such thing. Zoro is probably closer to Luffy than Sanji in fighting prowess. Actually I don't even know what could give a different kind of an impression. He has always been the number two man. Sanji is a cook who can kick hard as well and wants to see all the (edible) fishes in the oceans. Zoro wants to be the toughest muthafucking swordsman in the galaxy. I think there's a slight difference there already.

Those two are oft placed against each other in mouthing off fests just for the fun factor. Not because they would be equal in power.

And thats luffys/zoro/sanjis bounty WITHOUT the thriller bark info going on them, in kumas estimate he must place zoro on a close level to luffy at least and they are also leaving out enel who was incredibly powerful!

I'm not sure how the story will handle these bounties, but in theory they shouldn't directly reflect how badass a person is. They only reflect how much a person annoys the World Government. While those two might go hand in hand oft enough, they don't need to. Some real monster like Enel might have no bounty because nobody in the government has ever heard enough of him to care.

[Raven]

I'm not sure how the story will handle these bounties, but in theory they shouldn't directly reflect how badass a person is. They only reflect how much a person annoys the World Government. While those two might go hand in hand oft enough, they don't need to. Some real monster like Enel might have no bounty because nobody in the government has ever heard enough of him to care.

Correct. Like one of the new captains they introduced, can't remember which one, they mentioned his bounty is so high because he's so brutal to civilians or something. So, he might not be all that strong compared to other pirates, but his bounty is massive because of his civilian killing nature.

A lot of people seem to treat it like a DBZ power level, but really it's not. So many pirates/criminals would do things that go unnoticed by the WG, things that in all likelihood would raise their bounty. In turn, a lot of crimes would be overrated by the WG such as beating up a high ranking official, which might raise your bounty substantially, but really doesn't make you all that much stronger than anyone else.

[Tyreal]

In turn, a lot of crimes would be overrated by the WG such as beating up a high ranking official, which might raise your bounty substantially, but really doesn't make you all that much stronger than anyone else.

But if you manage to stay alive with that bounty it does mean your that much stronger than everyone else. This is because people with higher bounties have tougher bounty hunters after them. Although I'll admit that we have yet to really see this, and this is slightly speculation on my part. I'd also like to point out that the bouty hunters on the Sabaody Archipelago are probably substantially stronger than the bounty hunters elsewhere, simply because the people who they try and catch/kill are substantially stronger.

IMO they are still different than power levels in DBZ because having a high bounty (and being able to stay alive with that bounty on your head) is more like an indicator of confirmed strength, as opposed to actual strength. Take for example Zoro, we are all in agreement that his bounty should be higher than 120 million if it was an exact representation of strength. But since its not it still tell's people that Zoro is stronger than most/all bounty hunters that try and capture/kill people with a 120 million bounty. So if a pirate with say a bounty of 80 million was only just able to beat the bounty hunters after them it would be a good indication that they would be no match for Zoro.

Which is why the Eleven Supernovas should all be considered at least as strong as their bounties indicate. Becuase they've all managed to get to this point and defeat any bounty hunter that has attempted to come after them.