User blog comment:Vamsisonu/New and Old/@comment-3425840-20120222005520

Speaking of Generations, there are in my opinion three, the old one: Garp, Sengoku. Tsuru, Roger, Rayleigh, Crocus, Shakky. Whitebeard, Shiki and the others of their time.

The middle one: Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, the VIce Admirals. Moriah, Jinbe, Crocodile, Shanks, Beckman, Marco, Jozu, Vista (even if they are WB crew, they are not that old imo), Blackbeard, Doflamingo, Magellan and the other who are in their forties (or about that age) now.

The new generation: Smoker, Hina, Tashigi, Coby, Helmeppo, Boa Hancock and her sisters, the Supernovas and their respective crews and the other uprising pirates and marines.

The older are more powerful as they have already reached their maximum and is the centre of legends as for the newbies, they will catch up to the old by the end of One Piece or at least that is what I believe.