User blog comment:Staw-Hat Luffy/Dat Blind Guy/@comment-6533407-20130306221503/@comment-6585535-20130307032253

...so? Ace is neither a Shichibukai nor an Admiral. If you recall the response to Kizaru showing up it was sheer panic and terror. Kuma (and the Pacifista believed to be Kuma) also scared the piss out of the pirates at Sabaody.