User blog comment:Epzilon/The Eleven Supernovas come to Bleach?/@comment-18812574-20150923235702/@comment-2089817-20150924010317

^That's pretty much what the Supernova in One Piece are, Shonen. The World Government gives the title to any rookie pirate with a bounty over 100,000,000 berries, mainly because at that point, they've become a noticeable threat to the world. Epzi is pretty much suggesting that very same thing, but something as an in-story device.