One Piece: Why didn’t Law and Kid become Yonko like Luffy?

One Piece’s recent episode features Luffy, Law, and Kid getting the same bounty, but only one of them became a Yonko. Here’s why the other two didn’t receive the same title.

One Piece’s Wano Saga is almost near its end, as our beloved protagonist gets an exorbitant bounty following his ordeal in Wano. The defeat of Kaido and Big Mom, who had been terrorizing the seas for several decades, is a shock to the entire world. 

Naturally, Gorosei would want to cover up the entire incident, but Morgans, the World Economy Newspaper president, didn’t agree with that. What followed after was the entire truth about everything that took place in Wano being revealed to the world.

Morgans also revealed Luffy’s transformation of the Sun God Nika, which the World Government had hidden for over 800 years. The recent episode also features Luffy, Law, and Kid getting bounties of 3 billion each, but only Luffy became a Yonko.

Why only Luffy become a Yonko among the Worst Generation in One Piece

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First of all, the title of Yonko is only given to the four most notorious pirates in the world. After the Whole Cake Island arc, Luffy was dubbed the fifth emperor, which was nothing more than an unofficial title. However, this time, he finally became a Yonko and the youngest one at that.

The alliance of the Worst Generation was powerful enough to take down the two former Yonkos, Kaido and Big Mom. With their defeat, someone else had to fill up the spots. Buggy became a Yonko because of the misunderstanding regarding the Cross Guild. 

Therefore, with only one spot left empty, Luffy naturally became a Yonko. After his alliance with Law, Luffy defeated Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. In the Wano Country Saga, he single-handedly defeated Kaido while Law and Kid had their hands full with Big Mom. 

Since Luffy was the one who took down the main antagonists, naturally, he is the one who deserves the title of Yonko more than Law and Kid. The fact that those three have the same bounties is simply because they’re the captains of the allying crews. Luffy and Law formed an alliance way back in the Punk Hazard arc, while Kid joined them in the Wano Saga.

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