User blog comment:Neowitch/708 - Obviously Dubious/@comment-7614831-20130512225748/@comment-7614831-20130513012622

Oh yeah Ricky...it's true, the jury's still out on that one. Elizabello's punch, whilst useful as a means to dispense of the minor contenders, will probably leave one or two of the significant participants unscathed and Elizabello will go down shortly afterwards. I love that Elizabello's name is a reference to the British monarch, because the idea of her possessing a punch which shatters enemy walls is really quite amusing ^.^

You know, as I was typing that I was thinking: what about Dragon? But the problem for us as viewers is that his status as 'the most dangerous man in the world' and 'the most wanted man in the world' have yet to be properly justified in the series. Whereas Garp has been given ample opportunity to showcase his power and personality as well as having a long history in the public sphere as 'the Hero of the Marines', Dragon's presence within the series remains enigmatic. I think this is because the series is (for obvious reasons) disposed to focus upon the opposition between pirates and marines rather than the conflict between the World Government and the Revolutionaries. As Garp and Luffy belong to the former opposition, Luffy will generally be made more accountable for his grandfather's legacy by the pirates and Marines he meets in the New World as opposed to his connection to Dragon the revolutionary, who is more a concern for the members of the World Government and who Luffy will be less likely to encounter. The Admirals seem to be a crossover to these spheres of conflict, for although they are affiliated with the Marines, their interests are less pirates against marines and more world government's interests; like Akainu's interest in destroying Luffy for being 'Dragon's son' rather than for his being a pirate.

Um...and that's why I didn't include Dragon there.