User blog comment:Mejiaj1/Yes am back! Mej is back action! Title: The strawhats power so far in the timeskip./@comment-1889545-20121102121302

So far, IMO, the Straw hats have had no threat really posed to them. All the big names so far have had gimmicks and not really fought against the SHs as the New Fishman pirates had the energy steroid (and still weren't a threat) while Caesar Clown has to use his OP ability to suffocate people which Luffy has found a way around anyway.

Zoro in particular has put hardly any effort in so far as Hyozou was nowhere near his swordsmanship level while Monet he didn't try with either.

I really hope the strength of the villians gets a significant ramping up so that the Straw hats actually have a challenge due to strength of the enemy and not just fail due to some contrivance.