User blog comment:Pandawarrior/Mutiny on the Bounty/@comment-10543621-20151206032849

I said it in Kaido's blog I'll say it again.

I really don't think people should be freaking out about the 1B bounty. Here are a few reasons why.

1.  Violence

Like several others have pointed out, Oda has established that violent people who commit acts of mass destruction get higher bounties. On a 'newbie' scale, we saw that with Kid being higher than his peers, although Luffy supposedly did crazier stuff (like destroying Enis Lobby). Jack is the same way, except at a much higher level. And rightfully so! I'm glad that the Marines recognise that wonton destruction should be of a higher threat than someone's lineage or actions that directly harm the WG only. At least it shows that the Marine aren't completely lacking in morals. Surely civilian lives should have a level of importance.

2. We still don't really know what Jack is capable of.

Many people feel that Jack doesn't deserve the that high a bounty cause he's 'lame' and got shown to by a dog and a cat. Come on guys seriously. Jack has done nothing so far apart from swing his trunk a few times. Why must have to be that Jack 'isn't strong' rather than Inuarashi and Nekomamushi being wickedly strong to be able to stand up against someone like Jack? They're all new characters. You can't gauge their strengths relative to established characters cause they're all new!

3. Ace is not a good comparison

People complain that Ace's bounty was only 550M and hold a similar position as Jack. Similar position doesn't meanm their bounty should be similar. Also, their positions are NOT similar. Ace was ONE of 16 commanders. 16 guys. Oda has stated that the WB commanders are EQUAL in rank. As much as people would like to believe Ace was one of the higher ones, officially, they're all supposed to be equal. Jack on the other hand is one of Kaido's THREE strongest leaders. Top 16 vs top 3 is not equal. Honestly, if you want a comparison, I'd consider Marco to be a comparable candidate since the WG themselves having indicated that Marco is a likely candidate to take over WB pirates indicat that he was indeed second in command, something that Jack has claimed to be as well. Since we don't know Marco's bounty, that is moot.

4. Experiece counts too.

Please remember that the worst generation pirates, and even Ace, are still relative new to piracy. You have to put in relative terms all these other crews that have been active since the Roger era. Kaido's crew might not be as old as WB, but I'm pretty sure he was already an active pirate during that era. Jack is likely as experienced. The longer you remain an active pirate, the higher your threat is gonna be. Simple as that. So we're talking about a guy who's all about wonton destruction who's been around for many years. He's KNOWN to destroy nations. Nations guys, NATIONS. He's friggin known as a CALAMITY. How does someone like that not have a legit high threat status?

5. Just because Jack is 1B, doesn't mean that all other bounties are gonna go out of wack and become ridiculously high.

For me, I'd like to see 1B as sort of near the cap. As I've mentioned, I think Jack is a legit threat. He's definitely up there among the top of the New World pirates. I mean, if the right hand man of a Yonko isn't near the top, I don't know who would be. Captains don't necessarily need to have significanty higher bounties than their crew members. Luffy's bountry isn't much higher than Zoro's. So I don't think the Yonkos themselves will have much higher bounties. Yonko captain bounties are obviously right at the top already anyway. Apart from Dragon. So in conclusion, I see Jack's bounty as an indication of 'end-game' level bounties. And being 1B isn't really THAT big a deal if you think in that perspective.