User blog comment:DancePowderer/Where Monarchs Dream, Part 1/@comment-9022101-20140511221525/@comment-1595565-20140513221736

The book with the 16 bit came out shortly before Maynard showed up, so I doubt Oda would contradict himself that fast. Besides, how many active (canon) rear admirals have we seen fight? None, so we have no basis for comparison. There are more than enough vice admirals already, so I really don't see the point of adding more. Fun fact, did you know that the time between when the first vice admiral was introduced and when the rank of rear admiral was was even mentioned for the first time was about 9 years? And from that it would be another two years before a named rear admiral would be shown on active duty. Since we first saw Vice Admiral Garp on a cover page to now, we've seen a total of 21 vice admirals on active duty and only 4 rear admirals (before you bash my math, count flashbacks). That being said, which rank do you think deserves more attention and which one do you think should just take a step back and be glad for the run they have?