Now that the Wano arc has come to a close, in the manga anyways, now is the time to look back and examine the arc and unfortunately its not good. Between useless characters, characters whos story went nowhere, themes from other arcs being outright rejected, an unreasonable number of panels focusing on character and events that didn't even mater in the next chapter instead of on the Strawhats. All in all a really bad time. So, if you ae willing to lend me your ear for a few minutes then we can work through this together. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Kq6oUAwmY

There are many potential matchups for both Crocodile (One Piece) and Gaara (Naruto), but pitting them against each other is the best case scenario and best matchup for both characters. However, from my point of view this is an unparalleled stomp for Crocodile. You might not think so, but it is. Let me explain. To start off Gaara can’t actually hurt him, as Crocodile can simple become unhurtable sand, on top of the Suna Suna No Mi being a fundamentally better power. In fact we can just look at how their powers work. In a battle between Devil Fruits vs Chakra Devil Fruit take the win by a long margin. Logia Devil Fruits offer a more varied power set while chakra offer only simple ability's. Devil Fruits dont have near the limit that Chakra powers do as they can not run out nor do DFs require special hand movements to use more complex skills. Yet even beyond the fundamentals of their power is not the only advantage Crocodile has. You see, Crocodile is over 8 feet tall while Gaara is just over 5 feet, this gives a massive physical advantage to crocodile in terms of close combat range. He also has a hood that is more deadly than Gaaras hands. Not to mention that Crocodile will have more "Special Sand" avaliable to him by volume than Gaara has in his jar. In terms of Hand to hand combat kill Crocodile is still above Gaara as he has gone hand to hand with some of the greatest fighters in the world. Characters like Mihawk and Doflamingo. On top of that Crocodile is also much older and more experienced, while even years later Gaara's experience has not grown much, mostly because a lot of Gaara’s defense is automatic and has been for years. So he has little experience actually using sand to defend himself in any meaningful way, outside his armor. In terms of their sands precision Gaara takes the win, as he can send sand into others bodies, but Crocodile can just ignore it by turning into sand. He can also “Seal Opponents” in sand tombs, but Crocodile can just leave because he is sand In terms of arsenal Crocodile dominates. He has a poison hook, A sharp hook, physical attack immunity and perhaps even Haki. His poison can melt stone and quickly stiffens the infected persons movement, meaning no hand signs for Gaara. His hook is a hook and is dangerous because of that fact. Crocodile is immune to all physical attacks and that is most of what Gaara has. If he has Haki then it will allow him to predict all attacks, well in advance and strengthen his hook. he can suck the moisture out of someone, killing them, with a touch, and Gaara cant even use deception as Crocodile can detect water several Km away and can effect it to cause sinkholes. There is way more, but that is reserved for the video. Thank you for reading. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLM5btiMj80