The marines are structured with admirals at the very top, followed by vice admirals, rear admirals, commodores, captains, and so on 8 garp feels that the perks of being a vice admiral (mainly the high level of freedom) is worth more than being an admiral, who are often used to guard the tenryuubito (who i could imagine garp would despise) He's probably stronger than the current admirals though Remember in marineford when sengoku personally had to restrain him? Garp himself refused several promotions to admiral, presumably because the position of admiral meant more responsibilities and less freedom (consider 3 admirals only compared to about 20 vice admirals the marines currently have). For garp, the rank of vice admiral provided a crucial degree of freedom
While still bound by marine law, he possessed significantly more autonomy than an admiral He could choose his battles, prioritize his own sense of justice, and avoid direct involvement in the celestial dragons’ more egregious schemes This autonomy was priceless to garp. Garp still a vice admiral in the marines Here’s why he refuses to get a promotion in the navy in one piece. But chapter 957 of the series reveals that garp doesn’t want to be promoted to admiral because then he’d have to work directly under the celestial dragons.
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