User blog comment:Staw-Hat Luffy/How strong is Z?/@comment-3119203-20121209182846

I'm willing to bet that the "strongest enemy the Straw Hats have ever faced" is a marketing strategy. He could be Buggy-level and they would say that just because he's new, no one knows jack about him, and they all want people to come to their movie. So I'm not placing a ton of faith on that.

About Kizaru.....could someone link me the trailer? The last trailer I saw had Kizaru being engulfed in an explosion, but that doesn't mean anything. Is there something showing Z single-handedly beating Kizaru to a pulp or something? Unless there is, I doubt that Z will be able to match Kizaru. Even among the admirals, Kizaru is something else, as I don't think he's ever been significantly damaged in all the times we've seen him fight.