User blog comment:Vamsisonu/New and Old/@comment-4161592-20120221200824

Comparing old characters and new ones is actually quite similar, of course the oldies in my opinion were a little more advanced in strength, for example Shiki was a strong pirate and the first person who escaped from Impel Down, by cutting his own legs, not to mention Rayleigh, and other old school characters, like Garp and Sengoku who both fought Shiki. The new ones are strong too:Zoro, Luffy (of course), Lucci, Kid, Law..and way more. So we can say that there is no big difference.