Dracule Mihawk — May, 2018
Why Did the World’s Strongest Swordsman Show Up in the East Blue at All?
Mihawk is supposed to stand at the very top of the sword world.
So why did he bother sailing to the weakest sea just to bully nobodies?
Japanese fans aren’t impressed — they’re confused, sarcastic, and ruthless.
- “Isn’t This Just Noob Hunting?”
- Excuses, Efficiency, and Motivation
- Ships, Swords, and Logistics Jokes
- Who Even Is Mihawk Supposed to Be?
- Bounties, East Blue, and Government Narratives
- Swordsmen, Mercy, and Reputation
- Bounty Lists and Power Comparisons
- Shanks, Retcons, and Power Inflation
- Swords, Haki, and Dead Settings
- Bigger Picture Complaints
- 👉 Why Japanese Fans Think This Way
- 👉 This Isn’t About Mihawk — It’s About Early ONE PIECE Power Logic Aging Awkwardly
“Isn’t This Just Noob Hunting?”
1: Anonymous Pirate
Isn’t that embarrassing?
3: Anonymous Pirate
He was a strong guy, so it’s fine.
4: Anonymous Pirate
He ignores the Yonko though.
5: Anonymous Pirate
The world’s strongest swordsman comes to the weakest sea just to kill time.
6: Anonymous Pirate
He was bored, so whatever.
7: Anonymous Pirate
>>6
Then he should’ve just hunted pirates in the Grand Line.
35: Anonymous Pirate
>>7
He bullied some guy in the Grand Line out of boredom, the guy ran to the East Blue, and Mihawk just chased him. That’s all.
Excuses, Efficiency, and Motivation
8: Anonymous Pirate
It’s easier to hunt ten guys worth 10 million than one guy worth 100 million. Smart, honestly.
9: Anonymous Pirate
Seriously though, what was Shanks doing in Foosha Village?
41: Anonymous Pirate
>>9
He knocked Makino up, duh.
45: Anonymous Pirate
>>41
Wait, for real?
Ships, Swords, and Logistics Jokes
10: Anonymous Pirate
By the way, can Mihawk even steer that boat?
21: Anonymous Pirate
>>10
He rows with his black blade.
27: Anonymous Pirate
>>21
That thing’s gonna rust like crazy.
Who Even Is Mihawk Supposed to Be?
16: Anonymous Pirate
He probably came to see Shanks (just guessing).
22: Anonymous Pirate
Is this guy even a pirate?
Feels more like his job title is “traveler.”
Bounties, East Blue, and Government Narratives
32: Anonymous Pirate
The strongest guy in the East Blue, Arlong, had a lower bounty than that three-tongued dude who copied Luffy in Sabaody. Wild.
40: Anonymous Pirate
>>32
Because he wasn’t a threat to the government.
44: Anonymous Pirate
>>32
That guy only had 20 million because of bribes. Without corruption it’d probably be triple.
Swordsmen, Mercy, and Reputation
73: Anonymous Pirate
He goes easy on swordsmen, and if you act like some amazing swordsman, you probably won’t get killed.
87: Anonymous Pirate
Come to think of it, Don Krieg ran into Hawk-Eye early in the Grand Line, got wiped out, and fled back.
Looking back, that’s hilarious.
Bounty Lists and Power Comparisons
91: Anonymous Pirate
Mihawk: undisclosed (probably over 1 billion)
Gecko Moria: 320 million
Whitebeard’s average pirate: 98 million
Sir Crocodile: 80 million
Nico Robin: 77 million
Bellamy: 55 million
Luffy: 30 million (after conquering East Blue)
Arlong: 20 million
Buggy: 15 million
Shanks, Retcons, and Power Inflation
116: Anonymous Pirate
A Yonko losing an arm in the weakest sea lol.
123: Anonymous Pirate
If it were Big Mom, she wouldn’t even get scratched by a fish like that.
128: Anonymous Pirate
>>123
Without all the post-inflation Haki retcons, losing an arm wasn’t impossible back then.
138: Anonymous Pirate
People meme the Shanks scene too much.
It wasn’t about killing the Sea King — he just wanted to protect his friend.
His body moved before he even thought.
Swords, Haki, and Dead Settings
140: Anonymous Pirate
Looking back now, all that stuff about great-grade swords and black blades is basically dead.
If you coat anything in Armament Haki, even a junk blade works.
145: Anonymous Pirate
>>140
Because everything’s basically a black blade now.
166: Anonymous Pirate
>>145
If swordsmen who can’t use Haki had black blades, the advantage would matter.
But everyone has Armament now, so black blades don’t feel special anymore.
Vergo was wrecking people with bamboo, after all.
Bigger Picture Complaints
151: Anonymous Pirate
In hindsight, Whitebeard should’ve just blasted the Marines once with Conqueror’s Haki.
201: Anonymous Pirate
The East Blue is Roger’s hometown, it produced Buggy, Shanks, and Luffy too.
Calling it the weakest sea is obviously World Government propaganda.
101: Anonymous Pirate
He met Zoro, who’d become strong later anyway, so it’s fine.
That’s a swordsman’s instinct.
👉 Why Japanese Fans Think This Way
Japanese fans aren’t angry at Mihawk for being strong.
They’re reacting to how casually overwhelming he feels when placed in the East Blue.
To them, it exposes a gap between early-world labels like “weakest sea” and the characters quietly hiding there.
👉 This Isn’t About Mihawk — It’s About Early ONE PIECE Power Logic Aging Awkwardly
This thread isn’t really about Mihawk himself.
It’s about how early ONE PIECE power logic gets reinterpreted after years of inflation, retcons, and added systems like Haki.
When viewed backward, Mihawk’s East Blue trip stops feeling epic — and starts feeling awkward.
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