#they captured saddam hussein 2 days before aokiji appeared

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Luffy vs Kizaru just started and this panel is so weird to me in a good way.

I've been a One Piece fan for almost 8 years now (from age 13 to 21). The Admirals were unimaginably strong pre-skip. Even post, our heroes could only stall them, and only then cause they weren't taking things seriously or didn't really want to hurt the Straw Hats. Even against other god-tier characters we've seen an Admiral get hurt badly exactly once (Whitebeard vs Akainu) and even then he was fine pretty quick.

The Emperors were just as strong or stronger, sure, but we never saw them fight until their own arcs. With the Admirals, it felt like Oda would never write them losing. That was for the end of the series, always at least 5 years in the future, a far-off day that would never actually come, and that's how it's been since Aokiji showed up in 2003.

Then a couple days ago Luffy catches an Admiral, not even a newbie but a true blue pre-timeskip Admiral, off-guard and hurts him against his will, and it's not a fluke. It feels so unreal but it happened. And it's gonna KEEP happening. One Piece is really gonna end someday.

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