User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 809: Catfights and Mammoth-Sized Bounties/@comment-10543621-20151204052257

I don't think we need to freak out too much about the 1 billion berri bounty. I mean, you'd expect the numbers to hit billions sooner or later considering how the numbers keep going up, and we're only NOW starting to get a glimpse of New world bounties. It's been stated that bounties above 100m are incredibly common in the new world, and Luffy who's only just recently entered the New world already hit 500m.

As underwhelming as Jack has been so far, he IS one of Kaido's top lieutenants. For one thing, we don't know the likes of Marco's bounty as a comparison, so Jack being 1B might not be too far a stretch. Some people have pointed out that Ace, also a top lieutenant of WB only had 500m, but an obvious difference would be that this Jack guy as 'catastrophe' as an associated trait and has displayed clear affinity with blatant destruction. We've been exposed to the fact that violent pirates tend to attract a higher bounty for obvious reasons (Kid), so it's probably not that far a stretch for Jack to be 1B since he's both violent and infamous and also a Yonko's lieutenant. People are probably also not giving Jack enough credit. He's barely done anything so far, so I'm still waiting to see what he's really capable of.

As for what sort of bounties the Yonkos themselves would have, I'm sure most people would have expected the billions range anyway. For all you know, the Marines might not even have bounties for them considering that Yonkos (aside from Dragon) are the primary enemies of the Marines, and could be considered to be beyond bounties. Also, it's entirely plausible that Jack's 1B bounty is already top of the range. Captains don't need to have drastically higher bounties than their crewmates, especially if the crewmate is infamous enough. Luffy's bounty isn't that much higher than Zoro's anyway. For all you know, the Yonko bounties might cap around 2 or 3 billion.

Now away from bounties, I just wanna say that one thing I've been happy with the New World is the introduction of other strong non-pirate non-antagonist characters. Kyros was great as a strong character, tough enough to take on a reknowned pirate crew's top member. Now, we're introduced to a whole race of badass characters who manage to look both cuddly and cool at the same time. I especially love the fact that we're finally introduced to LEADERS who are competent fighters themselves. That has been kinda lacking throughout. I guess you could argue that Neptune and his sons WERE supposed to be the strongest on Fishmen island, but that was only true for the 'legal' side of Fishmen island.

I like the fact that these two leaders of the Minks we've been introduced with are genuinely strong, and no pushovers at all. Most 'inhabitant' characters tend to have a 'strength cap'. They'll be strong by normal standards, but fail to be effective against the real threats. Neptune family comes to mind. Same for Pell and Chaka, Dalton and Galley La foremen. This time, we see characters being capable of standing up against a 1 billion belli bounty lieutenant of a Yonko. Now that's badass alright. I'm not expecting them to be capable of winning in a full fight, but that show of strength was good enough.

I'm hoping that New World inhabitants continue to keep up with the reputation of the New World and show that they are strong. They should be, considering the number of pirates that flee the New World in fear. You'd expect a portion of that had to do with them being owned by actual inhabitants, rather than just other pirate crews. Elbaf and Wano are probably two more locations we'll get to see such characters, so I'm looking forward to that.

Now if only the Inu and Neko will merge into a giant catdog entity and pwn everything, my life would be complete.