u/Comprehensive_Cup497

Can't beat

-KCM2 Naruto or above

-War Arc EMS Sasuke or above

-Hashirama

-Madara

-KCM2 Minato

-War Arc Obito or above

-2MS Kakashi

-8 Gates Guy

-Sage Mode Kabuto

-Edo Nagato

-Asura

-Indra

-Hagoromo

-Kaguya

Can beat

-War Arc SM Naruto and KCM1 Naruto

-Peak MS Sasuke and Early EMS Sasuke

-Pain

-Killer Bee

-Alive Minato

-Prime Tobirama

-Prime Hiruzen

-Tsunade

-Jiraiya

-Orochimaru

-Ay

-Onoki

-Mu

-Gengetsu

-3rd Raikage

-Gaara

-Hanzo

These are my arguments

1. MS Sasuke went extreme-diff with Ay since both of them were gonan die, Raikage would've lost both of his legs and Sasuke problaby would've been killed had Gaara not interrupted. But this Sasuke only had Ribcage Susanoo which is level 1 Susanoo while Itachi has Skeleton, Complete Susanoo and Armored Susanoo as well as the Yasaka no Magatama attack which is his strongest. On top of that, Itachi also has 2 spritual weapons which Sasuke lacks putting Itachi far above any version of MS Sasuke

2. Itachi has Tsukuyomi which he can use to one shot Ay, this is a Jutsu that Sasuke didn't have which gives Itachi a winning con against AY

3. Itachi has scaling to Early EMS Sasuke who was stronger than peak MS Sasuke, so logically Itachi would beat Ay because Ay scales to early MS Sasuke.

4. Sasuke's Genjutsu was nerfed against Ay as we have been Madara be able to affect Ay with Genjutsu and Itachi's Genjutsu prowess is greater than Madara's so in a real fight Itachi could just beat Ay with Genjutsu

I personally think current SHanks is stronger, here are my reasons

1. 25 year Old Shanks + Prime Gaban failed to beat Holy Knight Harald while Loki was portrayed superior to Harald and is currently going against Imu and lasting over 3 chapters already so it's clear that Loki was far above Young Shanks and this is the same Shanks who was rivaling Mihawk. On the other side a 33 year old Shanks defeated Loki proving he became much stronger

2. Garling said that Shanks with Covenant Mark would be on par with Shamrock implying Shanks was much weaker than his brother when they were 24-25. On the other side, current Shanks got his Haki compared to Joyboy's Haki which terrified Imu, there is an obvious gap between Shanks being weaker than Shamrock and Shanks having Haki similar to Joyboy's Haki.

3. In Shank's Vivre Card it was stated that Shanks evolved from fighting Mihawk to becoming an equal presence to Whitebeard implying Shanks wasn't at his peak against Mihawk. The Vivre Card also confirms that there are no Pirates as free as him and if the Pirate King is the Freest Man on the seas then Shanks is the closest to that position, this is key because Mihawk has already said Pirate King being harder than even surpassing himself and if Shanks was once equal to Mihawk and now he is the closest to PK then he definitely grew since then

4. Back when the Yonko were introduced they said that Shanks was considered on par with Whitebeard which is key because Mihawk himself was portrayed below Whitebeard implying Shanks grew from Mihawk level to Whitebeard's. This is backed up by the Vivre Card as I previous said since it's stated he grew from Mihawk to WB level

5. Shanks only became an Emperor 6 years ago implying he actually became stronger than when he was fighting Mihawk

6. Shanks is a character written for the final war as Oda himself have said that when Shanks starts apearing the final war will have started. This is key because if Shanks was saved for the final of OP then obviously speaking he should be at his peak right now. This is more evident when we consider Shanks vs Blackbeard is one of the most setups fights in One Piece and it wouldn't make sense for Shanks to not be at his peak in his fight against Blackbeard as that would devalue the feat of Blackbeard beating Shanks and also devalue Luffy's feat when he beats Blackbeard

1. France: Already won the tournament and have the most stacked squad

2. Spain: Has in my opinion the most talented player in the world Yamal and a team with very clear identity of play and they already won Euro 2024 while being extremely dominant

3. Argentina: They have a very compact team and Messi arrives in great form even if he is about to be 39 years old

4. England: I know they are somehow of a meme but their squad is stacked and they already reached b2b Euro Finals in 2021 and 2024 so I expect them to do really good

5. Portugal: They have a very stacked squad and could be higher if it wasn't for their coach who I don't think gets the best of them and I also thinks Ronaldo holds them back because everything has to go so he can score goals

1. Devil’s Fruit

2. Human Human Fruit, Model: Nika

3. Dragon Dragon Fruit, Model: Nidhogg

4. Darkness Darkness Fruit

5. Operation Operation Fruit

6. Quake Quake Fruit

7. Light Light Fruit

8. Fish Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon

9. Magma Magma Fruit

10. Chill Chill Fruit

11. Soul Soul Fruit

12. Gravity Gravity Fruit

13. Human Human Fruit, Model: Buddah

14. Plant Plant Fruit

15. Bird Bird Fruit, Model: Phoenix

16. Squirrel Squirrel Fruit, Model: Ratatoskr

17. Dragon Dragon Fruit, Model: Kirin

18. Wolf Wolf Fruit, Model: Okuchi-No Makami

19. Paw Paw Fruit

20. Love Love Fruit

21. Hobby Hobby Fruit

22. Fire Fire Fruit

23. Gas Gas Fruit

24. Poison Poison Fruit

25. Magnet Magnet Fruit

26. Sand Sand Fruit

27. Barrier Barrier Fruit

28. Smoke Smoke Fruit

29. String String Fruit

30. Diamond Diamond Furit

Here I would like to make my prediction of the most key battles that I think will happen in the final war

-Lufy vs Blackbeard: This battle has been setup since very early OP since Blackbeard is the most famous Pirate in Pirate Lore and he was designed to be Luffy's greatest Pirate rival, especially since he is descendant from Davy Jones which is another legendary Pirate not just in OP but in legends too.

-Luffy and Loki vs Imu, the Mural clearly has teased that Luffy and Loki will be the ones to defeat Imu.

-Shanks vs Blackbeard: This fight has been teased for over 20 years and these 2 are problaby the biggest opposites of each other than anyone else

-Shanks vs Shamrock: Shamrock and Shank's destiny will always be connected to each other, they were born in the same place and they are narrative foils and destined to meet each other in the future.

-Dragon vs Garling: Garling is portrayed as the strongest Elder and someone who has his own agenda so Dragon being his final opponent would make perfect sense

-Loki vs Hellfire Serpent: The Mural has teased Nidhogg/Loki fighting the Hellfire Serpent which would also make sense if we consider that the Helllfire Serpent has always been the enemy of Elbaph which is Loki's homeland

-Sabo vs Akainu: Akainu is the man who killed Ace and Sabo is the man who inherited Ace's will and Devil Fruit, narratively it makes tons of sense for Sabo be the one who defeats Akainu

-Coby vs Kuzan: Both were trained by Garp but Coby is the rightful heir to Garp and he'd prove that by beating the failed attempt of Garp at having a heir

-Zoro vs Mihawk: Zoro's dream is basically beating Mihawk and the fight has had a lot of built-up so this fight has to happen

-Zoro vs Nosjuro: Another fight with a lot of setup since Nosuro is Imu's underlying and a swordsman which fits Zoro's pattern of fighting the swordsman guy in the opposing side. Nosuro also has the highest grade Kitetsu which Zoro would likely want to get at some point.

The World Cup is the biggest and greatest competition in the not only football but sports in general, so a player not performing in such big competition should be a huge deal, it's the equivalent of a tennis players not performing in Wimbledon for example and any tennis player who failed at Wimbledon will never be in the GOAT debate

And Ronaldo's performances have been underwhelming in the World Cup. He has 8 Goals and 2 Assists in 22 World Cup Games which aren't terrible numbers but for his standards they are low. And Ronaldo never once won a Golden Ball in the World Cup and he has never lead his team to even winning a Bronze Medal. His World Cup legacy is just not very good especially compared to other players

Messi: Most G+A in WC History, Most Golden Ball and lead his team to WC Final and 1 WC Title. He also has the most WC MOTM awards with 11 as well as the most dribbles in WC history as well

Maradona: Most dominant single performance in WC history in 86, Golden Ball in 86 and Bronze Ball in 1990 and lead his team to 1 Final and 1 WC Title

Pele: Only player to ever win 3 World Cups and he also had a legendary run of Double and Hatrick in Semifinals and Finals in WC 1958 with Just 17 Years of Age

Zidane: Won the Golden Ball in 2006 and lead his side to 1 WC Final and 1 WC Title and his performance against France in 2006 is one of the best performances in WC history

R9: Won the World Cup 2002 and was the Golden Ball in 1998 and Top Scorer in 2002

Cruyff: Was the best Player in 1974 World Cup which is the only world cup he ever played

Modric: Was the best player in Croatia between 2018/2022 where they reached the final in 2018 and won a medal in 2022. He also won the Golden Ball in 2018 World Cup despite Croatia not being very stacked

And I could just keep naming other players who had great WC legacies which Ronaldo never did, and that's a massive stain in his legacy because like I said the WC is the biggest competition.

1. Mbappe: I know this is unpopular but I truly think he is the best player right now

2. Harry Kane: Scoring 55 goals in a season is not joke and that's comparable to Messi/CR7 in their best years

3. Lamine Yamal: Easily the best dribbler in the game right now and a great playmaker but his fnishing needs to improve, once he can become a top tier finisher I think he'll be undisputed number 1

4. Ousmane Dembele: An overall great player which combines great stats and also a great team player with great off-ball movement and pressing

5. Olise: Has been fundamental for Bayern and possibly the 2nd best winger in the world right now after Yamal

6. Kvaratskhelia: Possibly the best right winger in the world right now and he could be way higher but he has been inconsistent this year

7. Pedri: In my opinion the best midfield in the game right now and the closest thing there is right now to Iniesta/Xavi at their prime

8. Luis Diaz: In my opinion he is a brillant player with great dribbling and very good goalscoring output this year with over 40 G+A

9. Vitinha: Problaby the only midfielder right now that comes close to Pedri but not quite equal to him

10. Vinicius Jr: People clown on him a lot recently but he is definitely an elite winger with great pace and goalscoring output

In the Norse Mythology there are 3 figures who constantly clash in Yggrdrasil which are Ratatoskr, Nidhogg and an unamed eagle. Now, given that Oda has already introduced Ratatoskr and Nidhogg DF then I think it would make sense if the Eagle also had it's own fruit

Now, the Eagle doesn't actually have a name but a lot of people believe is Hræsvelgr because it resembles the Eagle from Yggrasil. And if Hræsvelgr is truly the Eagle from Norse Mythology to Oda then a Hræsvelgr would make total sense to me and Shanks would be the most likely candidate to have due to his connection to Elbaph and Loki

Like, given that Elbaph is based on norse mythology then the Hræsvelgr being connected to Elbaph would make perfect sense and who better than Elbaph's protector Red Haired Shanks to have this fruit? Plus we do know that fruits pick their users and someone just like Ragnir picked Loki Hræsvelgr could've easily picked Shanks

This would also make sense when you consider that Shanks imprisoned Loki and it would work thematiclaly for the Eagle to beat the Nidhogg.

If Barca were to win their 4 remaining games the could end up with 100 points which we have never done but regardless of how many points we made Barca performed in the league at an excellent level, people might say that RM is weak but even if RM was amazing it would take a crazy season from them to be Champions ahead of Barca because they would need to make one of the best league campaigns in their history to beat Barca this season.

Like Barca this season is likely to finish between 94 and 100 points and this would be one of the highest league point tally in history, just to compare the maximium under Enrique was 94 and under Pep it was 96-99 so regardless of opposition what Barca did this season in the league can't be undermined

You could always downplay La Liga if we were to win with 80-85 points because against an strong RM that might not be enough but with 95-100 you are beating RM for the league unless they literally have a legendary League campaign thus Barca has indeed performed at a great level

I think the most major difference between Mbappe with Messi/Ronaldo is that the latter could play in multiple positions or roles depending on what their teams needed

Messi for example started playing as a classic winger and he was great at it, he was just as good as Yamal is right now in that role. Then Messi was switched to a more central role by Pep which Messi also shined and the team gained a lot of fluidity when Messi did this role and Barca trashed teams when Messi did this. Then with Luis Enrique Messi went back to the wing again to accomodate Suarez but here Messi had a role less tied to the wing and being much more involved in the build-up than in early Rikjaard era and he shined in this new role too and Suarez benefitted from this. And in his latest years Messi kinda started doing everything, especially in the 18/19 season where Messi was being the team primary scorer and primary playmaker at the same time

Cristiano was similar, initially he was a wide winger where he was great. Then he was switched to more of an inside-winger where he became a goalscoring monster and in his latest years Cristiano became more of a poacher which he also excelled which shows his versality as he adapted to what his teams needed of him

This is something Mbappe can't do because right now Real Madrid needs Mbappe to play as an striker which he can't do and the worst is he isn't even a typical winger, he just is this player that's neither winger nor striker making it a nightmare for any coach because you have basically to adapt the team to him rather than him adapting to what the team needed him of him to be

That's why teams perform far better without Mbappe than with him because Mbappe limits the tactics of the team since you need to adapt your tactics to him rather than Mbappe adapting to what the team needs. This is the opposite of Ronaldo/Messi who were versatile enough to adapt to what teams needed of them

I think Imu fits all the boxes for an amazing final villain for the OP story, like I'm not saying preferring Blackbeard is bad but I personally would love Imu as the final villain of the OP Manga.

1. Overwhelming strength, I think this is obvious because Imu has been described to have Haki like never seen before and he has the most versatile DF we have seen to date. And fans might disregard this but I think strength is key for a great final villain because without that there are no stakes

2. It's not a pure evil villain, based on recent chapter it seems Imu was once friends with Lily, Joyboy and previous Nidhogg user but something along the way changed which made Imu go from a good guy to the evil ruller we know today. This already makes Imu a far better written character than someone like Kaido

3. Actually has a reason for all that he does as he has said that only via domination can people be truly happy. Now we know he is wrong in this and that Luffy's approach of freedom is the right way but this makes Imu separate himself from your typical villain that does things for the sake of it

4. He is actually behind the most evil actions in the OP universe as you can't trace everything to him such as the Ohra Incident, God Valley Incident, Racism, Slavery, Genocide of Races and the erradication of an entire civilization and erasing 100 years of history. Like it's clear to me that Imu is the overreaching final villain of OP

5. He combines the best traits of most OP villains. He is overwhelmingly powerful like Kaido, he has God-Like complex like Enel, he likes to use others to do his bidding like Moria and their powers are even similar to each other, and just like Doflamingo he has the power to control people like Puppets and Imu likely used a similar power to the one Doflamingo used to erase 100 from history.

6. He is a contrast to Luffy in pretty much everything. Luffy's DF is tied to God/Jesus while Imu's DF is literally the Devil. Luffy is pro-freedom while Imu is pro-domination which is the opposite of freedom. Imu's DF make everything around him become evil while Luffy's DF power brings laughter and hapiness around him. Imu gains allies by offering them power and demanding total obedience while Luffy gains allies by befriending them and creating personal bonds.

7. Very tied to the Ancient Lore of the OP World. Imu is tied to Nidhogg, Joyboy, NIka, Lily and Davy Jones

Nosjuro always made the most sense as Zoro's final opponent because the final war is supposed to represent the end of the series but the argument was that Nosjuro couldn't be Zoro's final opponent because of Mihawk's title putting him above Nosjuro. ANd in most cases this would be correct but I think Oda has found a way to make it work is via Omen.

In the recent chapter Killingham and Sommers got massively boosted by Imu's omen and are ready to fght Zoro and Sanji, this is important because Imu could do this with all of the Elders and basically make them way stronger than before, this means that Oda could do this to make Nosjuro Zoro's final opponent withot making Mihawk's title untrue because Nosjuro in general be weaker than Mihawk but when boosted by Imu he surpasses that level

So now everything makes sense, Zoro fights Mihawk before the final war to get the WSS title and then he fights a boosted Nosjuro in the final war as his final opponent and beating a boosted Venus should put Venus on the same level as Prime Ryuma.

As per spoilers the Rain God was actually a Goddess but who could have such power? Like we arent talking about a normal power here but a power of a God right here.

My theory is that Vivi will eventually get this power, and maybe Lily had that power back in the days which is why Imu is do obssesed with Lily/Vivi and not just because they are good looking. Think about it, Imu have only shown to care about people with Godlike powers such as Luffy who has the Nika Fruit, Blackbeard who inherited Davy Jones' will, Shirahoshi which can control the Sea Kings and Loki who have the Nidhogg DF and he also gas shown to be obssesed about Vivi so it could be because she is the only one who can inherited the Rain Goddess power?