Oden vs Kaido – Who Would Win A Fair Battle? – One Piece Chapter 970

Powers-scaling between characters in One Piece is one of the most fun discussions always happening in the community.

Chapter 970, titled “Oden Vs. Kaido”, shows that Kaido won the battle against Oden’s forces on Wano in an unsavory way. This brought up the question – Who would win in a fair fight? Oden or Kaido. Our money is on Kozuki Oden.

Was Kaido’s cheating wrong?

First of all, in the One Piece world, most characters are pirates and fans thinking that Kaido cheated is wrong. In a fight, you have to use every opportunity to your advantage, and not everyone is as honorable as Luffy to make sure that the battle is fair.

Even in the Whole Cake Island Arc, when Luffy fought Katakuri, Flampe shot Luffy to distract him, and Katakuri used that time to land a devastating blow. Katakuri saw an opportunity, and he went for it.

That is exactly what Kaido did; he was not the one who distracted Oden or even asked for his crew to distract Oden. The fight was over after Kaido landed his hit, so we cannot say if Kaido acted honorably or not. He acted like the warrior we expect him to be.

Kaido was introduced as follows:

People often say, “If it’s one-on-one, Kaido will win.” On land, sea, and air… among all living things, he is a pirate who is known as the “strongest creature”!!!

Currently, Kaido’s bounty is 4,611,100,000 Bellies. This bounty is the highest in all the Yonkou and also the highest active bounty. Since becoming a pirate, he had been defeated seven times.

He captured eighteen times by the Marines and the other Yonko. During said captures, Kaido was repeatedly tortured and given the death sentence forty times. However, no method of execution was effective on him, and Kaido managed to sink nine massive prison ships that held him.

Kaido was revealed to be a member of the ROX pirates in Chapter 957 alongside Big Mom and Whitebeard. Their crew was disbanded 38 years before the present timeline, and Sengoku said: “Kaido and Big Mom are several times stronger since they left the ROX pirates.”

However, we have to consider the following things.

1. All of this information is from the present timeline. These feats that Kaido has accomplished are in the current timeline, 20 years after Oden and Kaido’s fight.
2. Shanks and his crew stopped him on his way to Marineford despite having a higher bounty than Shanks.
3. Kaido is not invincible since we saw Oden cut Kaido. If Oden was able to slash through Kaido’s armor, do you really think Mihawk cannot?

Was Kozuki Oden stronger?

Kozuki Oden, on the other hand, is the son of Kozuki Sukiyaki and was the rightful heir to Wano’s throne. From a young age, he had been powerful and rebellious.

In his fight against the Mountain God, he won with a single slice, and his blades were noticeably black, implying that he already knew Ryou (Haki).

He carried the Ame no Habakiri and Enma, both of which are of the O Wazamono grade. He also possessed Haoshoku Haki at that point.

All of this was before Oden left with Whitebeard.

Oden went toe to toe with Whitebeard and Roger. He took a direct hit from the Pirate King and came back unscathed and continued to fight.

He earned the title of Whitebeard’s right-hand man and would be known as such if he hadn’t left to search for the end of the Grand Line along with Roger.

Oden was clearly stated to be many folds stronger upon his return. There was no reason for Oda to spend so much time building up his strength shortly before his death if it didn’t have any significance.

Upon his return, he took down the forces of the capital of Wano. He was also about to kill Orochi, however he was tricked into not doing so. Kaido deliberately manipulated Oden because he respected Oden’s strength and did not want to risk losing Wano over a street-fight.

In the fight against the Beast pirates, 20 years before the present timeline, Oden surpassed everyone’s expectations and held off an army with just ten allies. Kaido picked Udon as a battle-ground and met Oden head-on because he wanted to go all out against a threat like Oden without worrying about his home.

He went as far as to admit that if Oden hadn’t softened up like Newgate and Roger, he would’ve won this fight five years ago. Despite all of the trickery, Oden cut through Kaido’s infamous dragon armor and scarred him for life.

Kozuki Oden would have defeated Kaido in a 1v1 20 years before the present timeline. However, would Oden be able to defeat Kaido at his current strength? That’s a discussion for another time.

About One Piece:

The man who had acquired everything in this world, the Pirate King, is Gol D. Roger. The final words he said at the execution tower were “My treasures? If you want it, I’ll let you have it. Look for it; I left all of it at that place.” These words sent many to the seas, chasing their dreams, headed toward the Grand Line, in search of One Piece. Thus began a new age!

Seeking to be the greatest pirate in the world, young Monkey D. Luffy also heads toward the Grand Line in search of One Piece. With his diverse crew joining him along the way, consisting of a swordsman, marksman, navigator, cook, doctor, archaeologist, and cyborg-shipwright, this will be one memorable adventure.