Summary
- Whitebeard Vs. Kaido battle fans wish to see is highly unlikely due to current story progression.
- Vergo Vs. Drake hypothetical matchup would offer an intriguing moral clash but is now impossible.
- A first commanders free-for-all with characters like Zoro and Katakuri would be action-packed but is implausible.
While One Piece features some of the greatest fight scenes in the modern realm of anime, the series can’t show everything that fans want to see. Already, One Piece is far longer than any fan would have ever expected, reaching the point where many feel it may be a bit too bloated overall. Due to this, certain fan-favorite matchups may never come to fruition, no matter how plausible they seem on paper.
However, this hasn’t stopped fans from creating their favorite hypothetical battles that would be amazing to see in the actual story of One Piece. Ranging from massive battles between Emperors to pitting characters from different periods against each other, these battles, although virtually impossible at this point in the story for one reason or another, are stuck in the imaginations of viewers. Although they will never happen, fans wish they could see these One Piece matchups.
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To be considered as one of the matchups fans wish they saw, the battle itself needs to be impossible in the current landscape of One Piece. This means that if the battle has a chance of happening later down the line in One Piece’s Final Saga, it won’t be considered. Overall, this will generally include certain fights between characters who are deceased or otherwise unaccounted for in the current story of One Piece.
Let’s start the greatest war this planet has ever seen! – Kaido
At the same time, while in some cases it seems very unlikely, some of the matchups that fans wish they saw could be covered by certain flashbacks later down the line. While this is always a possibility, many of the matchups, while plausible in a flashback, feature mainly characters that are less relevant to the final arcs of One Piece. If both characters are still active in the current arc of One Piece, with lots of unexplored backstory, they shouldn’t be included in the matchups.
Kaido Versus Whitebeard Would Be A Massive Amount Of Fan Sevice
X Drake Versus Vergo Presents An Interesting Moral Battle
- Whitebeard Versus Kaido Is A Battle Between Beasts
- Vergo Versus Drake Shows All Sides Of The Navy
Firstly, many fans wish they had the opportunity to see old Whitebeard take on Kaido during the modern story of One Piece. Although they most likely had, at the very least, sparred in the past, fans wished they could have seen an all-out war between One Piece’s Whitebeard Pirates and the Beast Pirates, with the World’s Strongest Man and the World’s Strongest Creature duke it out. However, after Whitebeard’s death and Kaido’s defeat, seeing something like this in the modern story of One Piece, even in the form of a flashback, seems highly unlikely.
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Another fight featuring some smaller characters in the series would be a matchup between Vergo and X Drake. While these characters aren’t nearly as popular as other characters, seeing a matchup between a pirate masquerading as a Navy officer and a member of One Piece’s SWORD masquerading as a pirate would create an interesting clash of morality, similar to Smoker’s battle with the figure. Additionally, although Vergo is incredibly strong, the fight may be closer than most fans anticipate, with X Drake being heavily underrated. Sadly, although Drake is still relevant to the story, Virgo himself is deceased, making this matchup impossible.
A Free-For-All With The First Commanders Would Be Action-Packed
Finding A Reason For The Battle In The Final Saga Makes It Unlikely
Finally, although this one is still inside the realm of possibility, seeing a fight between the Emperors’ first commanders would be amazing to see. Having a free-for-all that includes characters like the Straw Hat swordsman, Zoro, Katakuri, King, and Marco would be fantastic to see even if it is just friendly sparring. However, organizing a battle like this feels logistically improbable, especially since most of the characters in this list are currently allies.
You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face. – Zoro
In the end, those are just a few of the many battles of One Piece that fans wish they could see. However, the list goes even further than just these three matchups. Almost every fan has a “dream” matchup they wish they could have seen in One Piece. Sadly, as the series is eventually drawing to a close, many of these battles, despite featuring interesting matchups, will never come to be.
