User blog comment:Red HAired Shanks/Does Shichibukai deserve their status as one of the 3 Great Powers????/@comment-4618942-20120331162701

the shichibukai would be like the balancers in the 3 great powers they do as they please as pirates which can hinder the WG but also will sometimes help when they a requested, they are practically double edged swords that cut both marines and pirates since the most of them have dark motives (crocodile, law, moriah, blackbeard and probably kuma), or twisted personalities and work of a whim or only if they have a good reason (hancock, doflamingo and mihawk). In short the shichibukai can destroy the balance of power by a member or two changing sides, for example if jinbe and crocodile didnt go on the side which opposed the marines in the war the marines would have it a hell of alot easier. They might not be as powerful as the yonko but they clearly surpass a normall vice admiral which means only the admirals can deal with them and that would cause alot of problems if the admirals had to be chasing 7 pirates all over the sea every time, so it was wise of the marines to put them in the middle and even themselves with the yonko. Imagine if th shichibukai abandoned the marines all at the same time and WB attacked with the same force like in the war what would happen. I think they deserve their place among the great powers but remember another power is rising and they the revolutionary army the reason they are not a great power is because of their patience and they dont do things as flashy as pirates but it is wise to think that they are finished prepairing and ready to make their move and the chaos of the world will most likely increase when this happens.