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Kuzan Is Much Faster And Can Freeze His Opponents

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Published October 23, 2026

Kuzan Is Much Faster And Can Freeze His Opponents is a copypasta catchphrase that started on /r/OnePiecePowerScaling on December 10th, 2024, when a Redditor used it to argue that the ice-wielding Blackbeard Pirate could beat anyone in a matchup poll1. Within days, power-scaling fans in other anime subreddits adopted the line as a joke template, with /r/Jujutsufolk users swapping Kuzan for Uraume in a Gojo matchup post that passed 3,800 points6.

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Overview

The joke works by shutting down any power-scaling matchup with a flat, overconfident sentence: Kuzan, a former Marine admiral who joined the Blackbeard Pirates, wins because he moves faster and freezes the other character solid. Fans in /r/OnePiecePowerScaling started repeating the line underneath matchup polls as a lazy, self-aware argument, mocking the way power-scaling debates often reduce complex characters to a single stat12.

As the catchphrase spread, it turned into a snowclone. Posters swapped Kuzan's name for other ice-adjacent or speedy characters while keeping the exact sentence structure, turning any debate into a joke about freezing6. Edited manga panels, fan art reposts, and comment spam all helped carry the phrase, with some versions deliberately misspelling it as "Wuzan is much faster and can freeze his opponents" for extra absurdity7.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit (/r/OnePiecePowerScaling)
Creator
u/Dookie12345679
Date
2024

On December 10th, 2024, u/Sufficient_Growth786 posted a poll image to /r/OnePiecePowerScaling showing Kuzan beating Yamato and Boa Hancock, captioned "Do you approve?" The post gathered over 1,000 points in a week1. In the comments, u/Dookie12345679 replied with the line "Kuzan is much faster and can freeze his opponents," a reply that went on to collect more than 99 downvotes over five months2.

A few hours after that reply, u/Lord_DIO_Za_Warudo posted a variant reading "Wuzan is much faster and can freeze his opponents" alongside a dramatic Kuzan illustration originally made by Instagram artist vinrylgrave73. Other commenters piled onto the thread by repeating the sentence verbatim, which locked the exact wording in as the meme format.

How It Spread

Within hours of the original /r/OnePiecePowerScaling thread, commenters flooded the post with copies of the sentence, pushing it from a single downvoted reply into a running in-joke on the subreddit2. u/readytofly_ carried the catchphrase to /r/Piratefolk later that same day, posting it with a different character image and gathering over 800 points, which is the earliest known use outside the originating subreddit5.

On December 11th, 2024, u/EnigWa8 posted a set of edited manga panels to /r/MemePiece showing Kuzan and other One Piece characters repeating the line, a post that reached over 1,900 points4. The next day, December 12th, u/RunningHorseDog cross-pollinated the joke into the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom by posting "Does anyone seriously think Uraume would lose to Gojo? She's much faster and can freeze her opponents" to /r/Jujutsufolk, where it passed 3,800 points in a week6.

The spread confirmed the sentence as a snowclone rather than a one-shot gag, since the Uraume version swapped the subject while keeping the structure intact8. Power-scaling subreddits for other anime kept recycling it through late December 2024.

Timeline

2024-12-10

U/Sufficient_Growth786 posts the Kuzan vs. Yamato and Boa Hancock poll to /r/OnePiecePowerScaling that triggers the comment thread[1].

2024-12-10

U/Dookie12345679 replies with the exact phrase "Kuzan is much faster and can freeze his opponents"[2].

2024-12-10

U/Lord_DIO_Za_Warudo posts the "Wuzan" variant alongside fan art by Instagram artist vinrylgrave[7].

2024-12-10

U/readytofly_ brings the catchphrase to /r/Piratefolk in its earliest known use outside the origin subreddit[5].

2024-12-11

U/EnigWa8 posts edited manga panels of the catchphrase to /r/MemePiece[4].

2024-12-12

U/RunningHorseDog adapts the format for Jujutsu Kaisen with an Uraume vs. Gojo post on /r/Jujutsufolk[6].

How to Use This Meme

Posters typically drop the sentence under a power-scaling matchup, a vs. debate thread, or a tier list where the answer is obviously not Kuzan. Common conventions include swapping Kuzan's name for another ice user or any character the poster wants to joke about, as /r/Jujutsufolk did with Uraume against Gojo6. Edited manga panels showing Kuzan or other characters saying the line are also a frequent format4.

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