User blog comment:Imhungry4444/Are the whitebeard commanders reallly that strong?/@comment-3362155-20110416022839/@comment-1454981-20110416063254

i think to counter haki ur haki just has to be much more superior or stronger than your opponent. in akainu's case his rank as an admiral is sufficient enough to even block one of WB's full-power quake punches(with the help of kizaru and aokiji)