Marshall D. Teach VS Monkey D. Garp

Marshall D. Teach,[16] most commonly referred to by his epithet Blackbeard,[2] is the captain-turned-admiral of the Blackbeard Pirates[8] and currently one of the Four Emperors.[3] He is also the only known person in history to wield the powers of two Devil Fruits.[17] He started out his pirate career as a member of the Whitebeard Pirates' 2nd division[6] until he murdered Thatch, the 4th division commander, for the Yami Yami no Mi and defected.[7] Prior to the two-year timeskip, he briefly held a position among the Seven Warlords of the Sea after defeating and handing Ace over to the Marines,[4] before resigning upon returning from Impel Down with Level Six prisoners to strengthen his crew.[5] His actions resulted in him being considered a part of the Worst Generation along with the Eleven Supernovas,[18] and he received the title of Emperor after slaying Whitebeard during the Summit War of Marineford and defeating the Whitebeard Pirates during the timeskip.[19] Due to his actions, he can be considered a minor antagonist during the Jaya and Post-Enies Lobby Arcs, the tertiary antagonist of the Impel Down Arc, and one of the main antagonists of the Marineford Arc, the Summit War Saga, and the remainder of the One Piece series.

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Monkey D. Garp[11] is an extremely famous and powerful Marine vice admiral. He is the father of Monkey D. Dragon,[12] the paternal grandfather of Monkey D. Luffy,[13] and the adoptive grandfather of Portgas D. Ace. He took charge of both Koby and Helmeppo's training. After the war, he became a Marine Instructor to train new recruits, though still retaining the rank of vice admiral.[4] Notably, Garp was offered the rank of Admiral several times throughout his career, but he refused the offer of promotion every time. Garp is one of the major figures, along with Kong, Sengoku, Shiki, Silvers Rayleigh, and Whitebeard, from the times when the "Pirate King" was still alive. Garp is a tall, tanned, broad-chested, muscular old man. He has a beard and a scar over his left eye. In the anime, his eye color is blue, and his hair is gray, whereas in the manga, it is white. Garp and Tsuru are the only two vice admirals to have special shoulder-pads; Garp is golden and blue (black and red in the anime) while Tsuru is purple with white dot whereas the standard color is blue and red. During the Battle of Edd War, Garp's had two black stripes on his epaulettes and during his appearance at Water 7, it increased to three stripes and by the time of the Marineford War, it increased again to four stripes. The dog mask that Garp initially wore when introduced served to hide his identity as Luffy's grandfather, whose design had appeared in Romance Dawn, Version 2. After their relationship was revealed in the Post-Enies Lobby Arc, Garp is no longer seen wearing the mask.

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