Japanese Fans Reveal Their Top 5 Strongest One Piece Characters

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Summary

Gol D. Roger voted as the strongest One Piece character by Japanese fans.
Whitebeard ranked second for his immense power and broken fruit ability.
Shanks placed third due to his impressive Haki skills and Yonko status.

A huge debate in the One Piece community always centersa around “who’s the strongest character?” There is no concrete answer, for now at least, especially when including already deceased characters.

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This makes the debate hard. One Piece fans from Japan chime in on the debate, and fans can see who they think are the top 5 strongest characters on a ranking website known as Ranking Net.

The Strongest Character According to Japanese Fans – Gol D. Roger

One Piece fans from Japan voted for the strongest One Piece character, and that title was awarded to none other than the Pirate King himself, Gol D. Roger. This isn’t surprising to anyone, and Roger was, of course, a powerhouse in the One Piece world when he was alive and in his prime.

The Second Strongest Character – Whitebeard

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The second place belongs to Edward Newgate, better known as Whitebeard. Whitebeard is an insanely powerful character, and had one of the most broken fruits in the One Piece series. Fans saw how powerful he was during the Marineford war, and that was an old and sick Whitebeard at the end of his life. Prime Whitebeard could clash with Roger, and the strongest pirate is definitely between these two.

Third Strongest Character – Shanks

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The third strongest character, according to One Piece fans in Japan, is Shanks, one of the Yonko. Fans have yet to see Shanks truly go all out, but even without that, everybody knows how strong he really is. Shanks is probably the most talented Haki user alive at the moment. Fans have all their hopes that Shanks will definitely deliver in the final saga.

Mihawk and Garp End up In 4th and 5th Place

And finally, in 4th and 5th place fans voted for Mihawk, the strongest swordsman, and Garp, the hero of the marine. Both of these characters are absolutely powerful, and fans have yet to see the true extent of Mihawk’s power. In his prime, Garp went toe to toe with Roger, which is an incredible feat.

Some powerful characters that didn’t make it to the top 5 include Imu, the 5 Elders, Kaido, Big Mom, Dragon, and Luffy, among others. But, at the end of the day, they’re just rankings based on fan votes, so they don’t mean much.

Source: Ranking Net

One Piece

Release Date: October 20, 1999
Network: Fuji TV
Directors: Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
Writers: Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda