@@Yal_Rathol yeah which is still based on rubber and he had punch kaido to do so having physical contact with him. That is completely different to molding the environment to look like a painting and having kaido scrunch up like an accordin. I think people are overestimating luffys power it is clearly still rubber based. Only now he can move his body without limitation and can mold the environment and his opponents to a limited extent when in contact.
There’s actually another meta joke Oda is playing with Luffys powers. The old Loonie Toons style of animation that Luffy’s new 5th Gear powers are based on is commonly called rubber hose animation.
Another heavy component of early animation was music, Looney Tunes was actually a riff on Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies and was used heavily as a vehicle for music that was owned by Warner. Early Looney Tunes were much more expressly musical showcases with the cartoons added for visuals and antics. I only point this out because to my mind it correlates pretty strongly to Luffy’s strong desire to have a musician on his crew.
When the Gorosei called it the "most ridiculous" power they literally ment ridicilous, as in the most absurd and silly power, not just powerful I think.
I truly think Oda did such an amazing Oda way of turning "changing the world" into such a different thing than most people would've ever thought about how it could be done.
I love the concept of it coming during the Wano arc specifically. The opening up of Wano parallels the opening up of Japan to the world irl, but Gear 5 awakening also brings Western style animation (rubber hose animation) into a violently Japan-inspired arc which has had a huge animation bump during this arc. It's meta AF and I love it.
this is really stupid, his fruit wasn't about looney tunes or whatever, and certainly not the "west". it's just something about bringing happiness to people and make them smile or something like that. it hasn't been explained well yet. but i'm 100% it's not what you said. the west didn't "liberate" the japanese, they just massacred 250k+ innocent people and forced the country to open. and that's the opposite of what luffy did. it's just mind boggling that americans think of themselves as heroes who did something good
The one “Toon power” I’d love to see would be Luffy and Usopp working together with Usopp’s stranger attacks such as the Giant Balloon Hammer. The stereotypical giant hammer that explodes in cartoons like Tom and Jerry or Looney Toons, I think that’s how Usopp will finally become a Great Warrior of the Sea
BB Theory: Since Teach is the opposite of Luffy, what if he has the mythical zoan for kraken? it isn't darkness he makes, it's ink, and he can only produce it which is why it isn't like typical logias defense. Octopus have three hearts, what if the fruit is stored in the heart and he replaced one of his three with Whitebeard to gain his fruit?
Lol now that you brought up BB being opposite of Luffy during this whole worldbending I feel like I should expect one piece to be drawn in more dramatic\horror-like style during his awakening -_- and everyone affected would die more easily, damages will be amplified, everyone would despair etc.
I think besides Looney Tunes inspiration, Luffy's gears 5th has a lot resemblance to Jim Carrey's "the Mask" movie. The goofy fighting situations, rebound attack on Kaido and the eye-pop moment...the fact that is a comedy movie, and more important that the plot is based on a magical mask which contains a "demon". I like to think that when Luffy activates gear 5th he transforms in an invincible "jokester" such as Jim Carrey does.
I have come to the conclusion that Marchall D. Teach aka Blackbeard have a mythical zoan fruit that give him the properties of a logia fruit just like luffy zoan fruit giving him the properties of zoan which make perfect sense the sun God vs the darkness lord
@@neatnessventura9056 well there fan theory Blackbeard eat Mystical Zoan Inu Inu no Mi Model Cerberus, and with how Big Mom gain the power mother caramel after eat her its safe to assume you can gain former user DF as long you eat user flesh before the soul or DF escape from user dead body, and the reason why many say Blackbeard eat that fruit from Blackbeard Jolly Roger flags which show 3 skull than usual 1 skull, which kind of make sense that mean Blackbeard already have 3 fruit for his each head Inu Inu no Mi Model Cerberus, Yami Yami no Mi and Gura Gura no Mi.
I'm reminded of something I heard about Oda's vision at the beginning of the series: he wanted to draw all of his characters extremely cartoony to harken back to the silliness of cartoons he watched while growing up.
I love the juxtaposition of the Hiyori panels vs Luffy scenes. They're just the polar opposites of each other that somehow blends so well for the chapter.
The more I think about Gear 5th, and the true power of Luffy’s fruit, the more I’m amazed at how well Oda hid it so well in plain sight. It just hit me that Luffy’s other Gear forms are made up of bits from classic cartoons. The big one that made me realize it most is Gear 3rd (how often was the blowing up your hand for a big punch gag used back then XD).
@@truffle6082 that was EXACTLY what I was thinking! XD Done so subtly, that the idea Luffy’s power was that of essentially a cartoon god seems ludicrous. Now it’s like a tidal wave of realization and I imagine more so as the series progresses.
Do you guys remember when Dressrosa ended, and foretold an event will happen with Luffy’s fleet will cause great incident of historic proportions… I believe that’s going to happen in Wano. Because Luffy has almost died causing his vivre card to burn up, just like how Ace’s card was burning up when he was in impel down. I believe the fleet is going to react to that and head to Luffy for back up. Bunch of Navy ships are already at Wano, plus Rob Lucci & CP0. Just crazy thoughts in my head but can’t help to imagining it happening soon lol
I love this theory, has huge back up with the vivre cards, and this whole arc has been riddled with old obscure callbacks. I could easily see luffy winning but all major fighters to take on the WG Navy whose been encircling in are down, only for the SHF to surround the navy and lead to the the SH escape. My only doubts are Oda likes to do the unexpected 😆
Honestly I legitimately hope this happens, I love the idea of all of them coming in like that. Especially because Bartos devil fruit was in wano back when oden died. If only Bon Clay wasn’t in prison then we’d have both the flash back fruits back. No matter what happens though I’m here for the ride!
I think the limitation of Luffy fruit will be his lifespan. We have been hearing that if Luffy use his gear 2 or gear 4 then that is going to cost him his life and I think this has a big role because I don't think Oda is just casually telling about liffy's lifespan and also their are some possibilities of joyboy also 800 years ago has very less remaining life span and that's why he wrote a letter to mermaid princess about apologizing to her. I also think that Luffy is gonna die but law will sacrifice his own life to revive Luffy. This is my theory hope you like it.
Besides the end yes. Law devil fruit cannot bring anyone back to life. The enteral surgery only keeps them in their current condition so if Luffy is dying he will just be stuck dying
It makes me wonder if Luffy can only stay alive while awakened now because of this weird heart beat. Maybe Law is going to have to perform the eternal youth surgery on him. The previous Joy Boy died and it makes me wonder if the Ope Ope No Mi is needed to offset the drawbacks of this fruit? Didn't Doflamingo say that the Ope Ope No Mi was needed to activate whatever is in possession of the celestial dragons. The government specifically wanted both of the Ope Ope and the Nika Nika fruits and sent agents to procure them. Maybe the combination is necessary for something
In terms of hybrid forms I'd say luffy's is similar to marco's. Marco is a mythical zoan user, but he acts as a logia uppon being hit. And instead of hybrid forms, macro just partially transforms. I'd bet luffy's fruit works like that
@@davidtowers1863 I mean hybrid with what? if we assume the luffy we've always known is base form (up for debate I guess) and gear 5th is the nika form... how are the gear 4ths in between of both? hell, they are really similar. Personally I think that the gar 4ths are just the muscle ballon explanation+haki+partial god transformation, the smoke should mean something, and partial trans is like Marco making only wings for example, although I don't know what is making that
@xukly that’s exactly wat hybrids are the awakening is the full transformation and hybrids generally are partial transformation which is wat the gears are
I love me some Attack on Titan, but One Piece is stomping all over it right now, in both themes and execution. See, Eren? THIS is what a freedom-loving, freedom-seeking, superpowered main character is like.
AOT has a great story but the ending was a bit convoluted. I say that it actually had a decent payoff for most of it but didn’t finish strong where it counted.
@@qwerty6789x yeah we hate naruto and my hero, yet i was surprised how nice we were to the dragon ball community, cause i expected it to be WAY worse than Narutos beef with One Piece
I think at this point it's safe to say that Luffy's devil fruit was actually inspired by the Rubber hose animation not only visually but also how it impacted different cultures back in the day.
It's not as if people have issues with the looney toons abilities but rather how luffy is acting/behaving currently and cant stop laughing while fighting probably one of the most if not the most heinous and cruel villain in the entire series in the same manner that i don't expect luffy to laugh every panel against blackbeard, i also don't feel like its in place here aswell
I agree. I like OP in a big part for the raw emotion it makes me feel in the battles and intense moments, the toon powers so far have deleted those feelings.
Yes it’s not supposed to be cartoon in serious moments, it’s supposed to be realistic when it comes to emotions, like when every big boss fight has an emotional ending, but this one doesn’t
They are alreayd talking about the chapter Ohara mentions “didnt luffy turn kaido into rubber” This happened only in 1045, not in 1044 This chapter was released 4-5 hours ago already, and this video has pretty simple editing, so… this video was made today
This might be my favorite One Piece chapter of all time. Oda had me laughing with every single panel. This is the most "One Piece" chapter we've had since Enies Lobby.
I disagree. I was cringing almost the entire time. I think this is completely changing what has happened for the last 20 years. I'm still waiting to see how Oda makes it work, but I think it will take a broader view over multiple chapters than an initial response based on this goofy chapter art. Hopefully, we'll figure out that weird stuff out next week, but only Oda knows.
@@TrashDPanda Facts I was cringing the whole time, I laughed once but fr I was hella confused. I found it „okay“ when we thought only things luffy touches turn goofy and cartoony but now seeing Law and Kid with buldging eyes like that just made me feel so uncomfortable. Feels like he‘s adopting a new style and I really don’t like it
The fact that Law and Kidd both awakened their devil fruits and no one’s talking about that speaks volumes to Oda’s ability to narrate a story. There’s gonna be so much to talk about after these next few chapters that everyone is just forgetting about because the amazing fight at hand.
Can't wait to see it animated as well but what will really sell the scene is the voice acting. I have no doubt that the sub version will be spectacular but pray for the sub versions
Here's my thought on how Luffy wins now against Kaido. Kaido seemed to be spent fighting Luffy in this form, especially after luffy made him rubbery(balloon). At the end when Kaido takes that last punch, Luffy's fist appears to go through him. I believe when Luffy affects opponents and makes them rubber, he's going to bring them down to his level for base defense. For Kaido, this will make luffy's attacks gain exponentially more impact!
I just hope that it doesnt become "luffy was only who he was because of his fruita ability" I love the idea that luffy defines his powers not the other way around. His charisma is something that was huge to the early days of one piece and I love that, to me at least, its luffy who is charismatic and convincing not his fruits powers that have helped create his crew. Zoro, nami, usopp, brooke, sanji, chopper none of those were going to join luffy just cuz he asked, he has to earn their trust because of who he was. Even nico robin who wanted to follow the crew hadnt truly joined the crew for a while after and robin proclaiming she wants to be saved reflects back on luffys character that he can change the hearts of those who thought they were worthless.
Definitely he defines his power. Like almost all devil fruits it depends on the wielder like the perfect user for the love love is Hancock while the not so perfect user for light is Kizaru cuz he so slow.
The Nika Nika no mi model nika "choose" Luffy because who he was and not the way around, that is what i believe Sorry for my bad english or grametic errors if has onem its not my native language, and i'm drunk so yeah
It would not have awakened for pretty much anyone else, Luffy is just himself and couldn’t care less about destiny. So what if he’s joy boy or sun god nika? Those are just outcomes of who he is and how he helps those around him. Disclaimer: we obviously care that he’s joyboy/ nika, but he doesn’t. I think this as well as some of the destiny talk don’t discount his feats and his agency in the story whatsoever
@@keeper__88_ yes I wanted to say that. His power is turning people to his side (and also being scared of no one. He literally stood up to WB with him towering over him). I'm not one of those people who worship Oda, but he isn't stupid enough to make it "the fruit made him" no way. He made the fruit. Since he was what 5 years old he wanted to be the pirate king. Luffy will master it and it will be a bit less ridiculous but still have some "toon" properties and such. It's not like OP is ending soon.
I've been on this ship about a time, everytime there's a new gear I forget about my stressful job and feel like a child. That's why I love so much one piece. It gives me a sincere smile that last for days and strength to go on. Awesome video, as always 😁
LUFFY does not know he can do anything in his imagination yet... he is still only imagining the fruit is a rubber-rubber fruit. If anyone told him the real name of his fruit, then he would realize he can do anything!!! (which I think shanks will tell him after a pirate battle between them to test Luffy's resolve)
So here's an idea: Luffy has 5 gears so far. That's as many as a manual car would have (some have 6, but every car has at least 5) and they have the same name as well. But what he doesn't have yet is a reverse gear.
@@justsomeguywithtattoos6267 could be I thought it was more like how Marco can use fire and Yamato can use ice luffys just always been using his rubber powers I could be wrong tho
If someone ends up telling Luffy that he actually ate the Nika devil fruit, I really hope it's Shanks. IMO, that would help the story come full circle, seeing as how Shanks was so upset that he had taken it in the first place
Shanks was the one who hid the real fruit from luffy. He has been working with the government the entire time. Shanks lost his arm to prevent the fruit from going somewhere else. Not to protect luffy. Shanks stopped kaido from going to maineford to stop him from killing marines. Shanks didn't even know Ace was Roger's son. Only Garp was told that. So the only reason he would have stopped Kaido was to prevent marine deaths. And at Marineford Akainu litterally just got done giving a speech about if you're a coward you're better off dead, and tries to kill Coby. But Shanks appears and Akainu turns immediately into a coward and agrees to not fight a pirate??? He would have rather died fighting Shanks. They are working together. Shanks is working with the world government. And always has been. He'll try to kill luffy for the fruit.
I'm kind of hoping Jimbei is the one to tell Luffy. During the Who Who's fight it was hinted that Jimbei may know about Sun God Nika so I'm really looking forward to his reaction. Not that Luffy would care lol.
@@atomusky I could see the arc starting out with a flashback where Shanks tells the government that they can groom and control Luffy, then in the present now that he is awakened Shanks tries to convince Luffy to join the governments side in the war against the resistance; thus, triggering the Shanks was the big bad all along arc and ending with Luffy having to defeat his hero.
@@safetyguy14 i predict shanks will be in position to kill luffy, simply because luffy wont want to fight him. but this time Garp will step in. Shanks kills Garp for defending Luffy. Then luffy (and the reader) commits to kill Shanks. Everyone sees shanks as a hero right now. He is going to do something unforgivable to make us despise him.
I legit love his power. Its like wayyyyyyy back when luffy used to just do crazy shit in fights. Legit everything in the story has been shaken up. I’m so glad I’m weekly reading right now. Wano is awesome
Absolutely LOVE this new style of content where you crossover with other One Piece Channels Loved the podcast with you three and love that you guys are crossing over in actual videos and not just exclusively on the podcast
Going forward I have a theory about what Rocks D Xebec devil fruit is. I believe his fruit was the antithesis of the sun god nika fruit, instead of a god of joy and liberation it’s a god of horror, destruction and anarchy. I also believe that either Blackbeard will obtain this fruit for his third fruit or in a similar manner to luffy’s fruit reveal, the yami yami was disclassified and it’s actually that evil god (another mythic hito hito no mi). This is also supported with how both luffy’s and Blackbeard’s devil fruit are almost identical in looks
@@resurrectedpa Yes I believe Rocks may have more in common with Luffy than it may appear. The only thing we know about Rocks is seen through the Wg's eyes but they would paint any big pirate with ambition the same way. Als Luffy's crew just as Rocks crew would not, without their captain, get along so well (Zoro and Sanji for example always butting heads, Zoro's confidence and Usops lack there of, Robin was a antagonist and many told Luffy not to accept her, etc). I want to know more about him, at first I thought he was Imu and he actually accomplished his goal and, with the strongest pirates of his crew, divided the world (as he would get all Wg land, and Big Mom, Kaido and WB getting to split the new world. Shanks as he in my opinion maybe works part time with the Wg was allowed to later get his part and uses his influence to ballence the world powers until Joy Boy arrives again)
@@wokie.3204 Okay lets say the WG talked Rocks so bad and evil. But why did Roger & Garp fought him? Especially Roger. Why would he care that someone attacked the worldnobles?
In 1045, we do see how the limitations of this awakening comes with as a new power to Luffy. And it makes me wonder about the previous joyboy and how he may have dealt with it and if there was a specific reason as to how he passed away
I'm not sure what limitations you're talking about really. Luffy accessed Gear 5 after he was already near death meaning that he was fighting with residual injuries. So it makes sense that Fighting in that condition while using gear 5 take a lot out of him already. And even then he managed to make his heart heal him somehow?? Now imagine a Full health Luffy using Gear 5.
@@tatsuyaradheya3528 what I was referring to was when kaido said that luffy was dying. Is the fruit taking from luffys life or is that just luffy straight up dying from the entire battle
@@kingscarletbuilds I assume it's the second one. Because he was really badly injured before he used gear 5. Heck, everyone thought he died, including Kaido, and so him using gear 5 in that state (because surprise, He wasn't dead!), is really taking a lot out of him. But I personally don't know. I'm only assuming because that's the most logical explanation since doflamingo using his awakening was still alive and kicking even after he got damaged by Gear 4 luffy.
@@tatsuyaradheya3528 yea we don't know yet, have to wait till afte the fight. In 1043 I took it as he did die since everyone said they couldn't hear luffy anymore but then the heart beat comes in. The fruit is just so weird to pin point
Next power up : Giant Techniques : He's been clocking them since little garden. And he mentioned both Big Mom and Kaido use Giant Techniques. Or he'll morph into Freakazoid. At this point I'm down for whatever Oda drops.
I think the reason why luffy is still using rubber is but he doesn't know that he can do anything else I mean being a rubber man is all he's known power wise so maybe is doesn't know that he can't branch out and do other things. When he got knocked down by kaido his toon powers for lack of a better term effected nami and chopper which ordinary wouldn't be a big deal cause they always have over the top reactions but kid and law they wouldn't especially in their situation. So from that we can assume that luffy can toonify anyone without touching them which is awesome. It also seems that he's not able to be hurt in this form he took a blast breath to the face and just walked it off. I really enjoyed luffy saying that's the last straw gives a why I oughta vibe to it. And luffy pulling a road running at kaido IN MID AIR!!! HE CAN RUN ON AIR KNOW!! Now turn into a giant without blowing himself up . I remember watching some filler in the anime where there's this devil fruit user who can grow and shrink their body and she went into luffys body and he turned into a giant so this chapter reminded me of that. Anyways blunt attacks don't work anymore cause his head turned into the shape of kaido's weapon when he got hit with it. I loved these past two chapters and I think our did a really good job with luffy's powers not making him untouchable but still wacky and fun. Joyboy really is bring a smile to our faces😁
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I loved the chapter but I feel like it shows that Luffy doesn’t really know how his power works fully. He seems to understand how to shift a bit but there’s a panel where you can see that he’s using future sight and sees an attack from Kaido but doesn’t dodge and then almost right after he loses the power. He has a good bit of work to do to understand what he can do.
He didnt dodge because it was to showcase how he can tank the damage from Kaido's attacks. Im sure that when he activated gear 5 again, he proved that he understand how it works.
I'm still unsure how I feel about gear 5. On one hand it's funny and I like it; on the other I like the drama in the battles, which this form simply reduces to 0 (so far).
11:50 i think its a bit different to other Zoans but exactly like Choppers? All the gears are now Luffys different rumble ball modes? But Luffy, like chopper doesnt turn 100% into the thing? Like other Zoans can go full Bull, Leopard or Pheonix etc but we've never seen chopper as a naked humans with a flat face and no antlers? So I think Luffy has used his imagination (chopper used science/medicine) to make his fruit work his own way🤔 idk im thinking really hard about this because the concept isn't blowing me away like eveyone else (yet). Also..... Luffy + Rumble balls can now happen canonically - right?? Or are they somehow restricted to Choppers personal use with some in world reason??
Don't get me wrong, Gear 5 has a lot of great thing. All those that a Rubber fruit awakening wold have been able to achieve are awesome. But, what some of us dislike are: - Luffy's simingly becaming unnable to take things seriously - Some of the surrealism of the cartoonish way of fighting (lik punching trough Kaido's face without killing him. - The sensation of the fruit having a huge impact (or even taking all the merit) in both luffy's attitude and decisions. Like Luffy being posesed and losing his will the more awake the fruit is. Luffy pre-Gear5 was facing Kaido with a really serious attitude because of Kaido's actions. Now it seems like all has been forgotten and it'sjust the fruit doing whatever. Like Choppers pre-timeskyp monster point.
Any thoughts on why Luffy seems unnaturally happy, almost as if its the same thing the SMILE fruits do. There seems to be a few interesting parallels. Is almost as if the Failed SMILES have a permanent transformation (like Luffys Rubber body), that inflicts a forced happy smile onto them. its a Hito Hito no me fruit, model Laughing Human. Its almost as if the Nika fruit was used as a base for the initial research by Vegapunk.
I think it's more the government were trying their best to recreate the Nika fruit. Every single SMILE is failed Zoan (Matching the fruit) but because they're failed attempts, they also have the negative side effect of forcing people to smile as opposed to making them smile from positive actions or liberation
What I take from what the Gorosei said about the Gomu Gomu no Mi (well, whatever it's called now) is that the powers this devil fruit potentially gives the user are limitless (only limited by the user's imagination), but the resources are still specific to the devil fruit. In this case, the resources turned out to be quite permissive, but they are still specific (not limitless). And the powers that can be obtained from those resources have a very long way to go. Which is not a super defined and scientific fact. All the evidence they have is 800 years old, which is when someone awakened this devil fruit for the last time. So in a sense saying "only limited by the user's imagination" is hyperbolic and not too specific. It's useful to grasp the difference between "limitless" and "infinite", where limitless could be conceived geometrically (as in having some sort of ever expanding or changing form) and infinite is formless.
Oda did it, he brought Joy with his Boy!! Chapters that make you smile from ear to ear like you haven't in a long time, I have such respect for him!! 💜🍩💜
I've been reading One Piece for 20 years and never saw this shit coming. It's just too much hype. Unfortunately I think Luffy is going to shorten his life with his heart beating so fast/loud; another thing hinted at by Oda is that Luffy just wants to accomplish his dream, even if it costs him his life. Magellan's poison took off a decade, I feel like using his Nika Nika powers will take off life at a similar rate.
Correct. But his fruit can pass on its powers to another. Somewhat like Law’s ability. I would say that Law also has a god Zoan devil fruit. Interesting that they might both bestow a gift on death.
I was slumped after 10 straight hours of lab reports and waiting till I was finished to read the chapter (was very hard with the early release). Total 180 to my night, amazing.
I time skip would be now really cool like luffy gos in a coma for a couple of years. That the other straw hats can get also a power up. Or like a time where luffy is in a coma and the others still keep going so like 50 chapters with no luffy. If one person could pull that of it would be oda
Again I'm gonna throw my 2 cents out there I don't think he has the ability of a tune or a God I think he just simply has the ability of super rubber Being able to stretch well beyond his normal means as means as walls turn his regular surroundings into rubber like substances as well including people
I love it how oda almost makes luffy too OP in his G5 form but he still gives him a weakness (not being serious) and cannot solo the One piece universe at the moment. Hope luffy can control his new gear like he did w the other ones.
Here is a thought: I think it also produces EXTREME self-confidence. Everyone realizes that Luffy is up because his conquerors haki really increased. He knocked out seemingly all of Kaido’s army. What are your thoughts on this extreme level of conqueror’s haki?
I posted my theory on another channel but I think a limitation of Luffys power is that the more he uses it, the more he starts to lose his inhibitions and become reckless because he’s having too much fun. We started to see it in his fighting style this chapter. He wasn’t worried about getting hurt, he just wants to have fun. I think it’s going to get worse to the point where he starts causing collateral damage and maybe even putting his allies in danger
I’ve been rewatching the breakout of Impel Down and I just got past the part where Luffy recovers from Magellan’s poison in record time and it has me wondering if his Nika fruit has anything to do with it
Gear 5th is Luffys true limit I'm guessing, since an awakening is the limit to a devil fruit, we'll just see how far he can push his true fruit, gear 2 and 3 got me excited, gear 4 got me hyped, gear 5 made me freak out from happiness and excitement
Reading the most recent chapters really fill me with a feeling of joy. He did what he fully intended Well done oda, you've brought my childhood cartoons back to the modern day. Edit: I read 1045 before watching this. Holy cow am I laughing now Edit II: I recall Oda talking about how if a creature ate their version of a Zoan, (human eating the Hito Hito no Mi) they would become enlightened, or a true version of that animal. I wonder what this means for the rest of the series?
That's false. Just a mistranslation/misunderstanding. The answer he gave to the question was a bs answer he came up with on the spot that wasn't to be taken seriously. And it doesn't say anything about enlightenment either.
Dude i want to share my emotions. I feel like the one piece fandom is so healthy and lovely. I love the harmony. And now after the new chapters we are even more connected. I'm getting family vibes and i rarely even trust people. Words coming from a diehard dragonball fan too.
I smiled while Luffy fougt Kaido, it was goofy, funny and stupid. Really had the classic YugiOh-Toon Vibe. But the Change of Devil Fruit, a God and Luffy being Joy Boy , it's not yet sitting 100% right with me. Inherit will is allright. But I dont like these "Choosen One" "God" possillity. I still trust you Oda, but please! ... dont go down the Naruto Part -,-*
Well, Naruto's reveal was just shitty because it was all pretty out of no where. They introduced gods, aliens, demons, inherited wills, multi-dimensions, constant power jumps all with a short time span. One Piece had it's plot and secrets scattered throughout the story from the beginning. So it's less that we're getting slapped with something new, but answers to questions we've had for years. Like... Why was the military protecting the Rubber fruit so heavily? Why did Shanks go out of his way to steal it? Do fruits have some ability to choose who eats it? Why has everyone else seen something great in Luffy and gone so far outa their way to protect him? Why were we told Luffy had some ability to attract people to him? Etc etc. Now we're on course to get more answers on the 100 year gap, the ancient civilizations and what other secrets the World Government has been keeping.
Theorytime: Laughing of deceased people with the will of D give joyboy his strength. In chapter 1045 luffy had a "shishishi"-laugh just like Jaguar D. Saul. (I find it unlikely that Oda-sensei gave this relatively unsignificant flashback character the Will of D without a reason) The reason why Rogers crew laughed in laughtale might be connected to that as well, because they found out about joyboy and his power on there. That might also explain why people with the Will of D are laughing as they die. Joyboys power (now luffys power) can change properties of people as well. (Just how luffy is changing the people around him including kaido) The Will of D could be an augmentation that was created by joyboy (and passed down to new generations) to overthrow the worldgovernment. Idk let me know what you think. Whole idea came into my head when I read the chapter an hour ago and read that laugh Edit: also sorry for any headaches my english may have caused.
i have a theory. At the end of 1044 in the last panel, it was stated "luffy begins to melt, aswell as his straw hat". why would his hat need to be tacked on there? now in 1045 his hat is nowhere to be seen. what if his hat was actually some sort of catalyst. maybe his hat holds some sort of devil fruit secrets, maybe it has a devil fruit, maybe it has a will of its own. shanks potentially knew something and this is why he entrusted the one who ate the sungods fruit with it. the whole panel with the giant straw hat in Mariejois, could be the gov attempt to recreate this, and could explain the gov obsession with creating giants. can never predict what odas gonna do, but im starting to feel like luffy fused with his hat or something of the sort. we always knew his hat was key, but never to what capacity. i mean Where is his hat right now?
Basically now luffy can stretch freely, there's nothing pulling him back together, and he can stretch anything he's touching. Basically he's a loony toon.
This chapter is very worrying. It feels like im reading a different manga. I cant see fights being exciting anymore, tbh. I've been watching One piece for 17 years, I'm a massive fanboy and I didn''t laugh at all, I'm actually very worried for the manga, at least fights from this moment forward.
About the hybrid theory i believe luffy is always in the hybrid form and the gears would be like the chopper points, I believe so because the the hito hito gives whoever or whatever eats it human traits like chopper but since luffy is already human that sorta got eliminated and if we take chopper into example he has no powers besides being humanish without his transformations for luffy it would be the same thing but just being rubber
Just a thought. His devil fruit could explain why there are no deaths in relation to luffy outside of flashbacks or when luffy does not visually confirm their deaths.
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Yes sir
I get that this is the biggest deal in one piece but you literally just made a video of Brago doing multiple videos weekly about the same thing...
Bet luffy gonna die and this chapter made me sure he is overusing the hell outta ma nikka form
The "vapor drip" is called a raiment.
Learned that from konosuba.
Appreciate it my good sir!
I want to see Luffy "paint" a tunnel by morphing materials on a wall that Kaido runs into and pancakes into an accordion.
I have never known how much I wanted something until I had it.
@@stempest7218 except he also reached through kaido's eyes, meaning he's full on toon-force.
Bonus points if Luffy is fullt able to go thorugh the tunnel but Kaido gets pancake'd trying to follow him
@@Yal_Rathol yeah which is still based on rubber and he had punch kaido to do so having physical contact with him.
That is completely different to molding the environment to look like a painting and having kaido scrunch up like an accordin.
I think people are overestimating luffys power it is clearly still rubber based. Only now he can move his body without limitation and can mold the environment and his opponents to a limited extent when in contact.
@@stempest7218 he ran on air and left a trail of fire. is that an ability rubber has that i'm not aware of?
"I really wanna see Luffy turn into a giant"
Yes, that happened way quicker than anyone could have anticipated hahaha
for real lol
He didn't even fight in that form he was just playing
Yeah that cute chickadee gonna luv 1045
Yep i literally cried when i saw him turn giant lol it makes a lot of sense now
So was this a reaction to 1044?
There’s actually another meta joke Oda is playing with Luffys powers. The old Loonie Toons style of animation that Luffy’s new 5th Gear powers are based on is commonly called rubber hose animation.
So it's STILL a rubber power Genius lord of manga at works right here
@@mfirdanhb exactly
BRUH
You could argue that Luffy’s powers have always been rubber hose animation.
Another heavy component of early animation was music, Looney Tunes was actually a riff on Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies and was used heavily as a vehicle for music that was owned by Warner. Early Looney Tunes were much more expressly musical showcases with the cartoons added for visuals and antics. I only point this out because to my mind it correlates pretty strongly to Luffy’s strong desire to have a musician on his crew.
When the Gorosei called it the "most ridiculous" power they literally ment ridicilous, as in the most absurd and silly power, not just powerful I think.
It’s both xD
@@petrosbabinn1695more so silly
Kaido: "You're despicable."
Luffy: "Yeah, ain't I a stinker."
I truly think Oda did such an amazing Oda way of turning "changing the world" into such a different thing than most people would've ever thought about how it could be done.
This hurt my brain to read
@@yesterdayschunda1760 that's unfortunate.
@@yesterdayschunda1760 yeah , this whole arc was serious but now its just loony toones...😶
Not really diggin the cartoon aspect...kinda killing the climax for me
@@goldyb787 only one looney toon
I love the concept of it coming during the Wano arc specifically. The opening up of Wano parallels the opening up of Japan to the world irl, but Gear 5 awakening also brings Western style animation (rubber hose animation) into a violently Japan-inspired arc which has had a huge animation bump during this arc. It's meta AF and I love it.
That's such a profound point wow, thank you! Thus is why I love the fandom
No.
genius explanation
this is really stupid, his fruit wasn't about looney tunes or whatever, and certainly not the "west". it's just something about bringing happiness to people and make them smile or something like that. it hasn't been explained well yet. but i'm 100% it's not what you said. the west didn't "liberate" the japanese, they just massacred 250k+ innocent people and forced the country to open. and that's the opposite of what luffy did.
it's just mind boggling that americans think of themselves as heroes who did something good
@@XxADONExX dude they where just taking about the art style
Love that one piece just became even more monumental than before, which I wasn’t sure was possible
I couldn’t agree more man, something about this seems so fresh, it’s crazy what a new form can do. This really does feel like we are nearing the end.
It became a fucking cartoon
@@aliahmed-jh5hv it wasn’t cartoony before?
@@aliahmed-jh5hv Yeah and nobody hates cartoon 🤣.
@@xavierwhite4432 anime isn't cartoon
- that guy
The one “Toon power” I’d love to see would be Luffy and Usopp working together with Usopp’s stranger attacks such as the Giant Balloon Hammer. The stereotypical giant hammer that explodes in cartoons like Tom and Jerry or Looney Toons, I think that’s how Usopp will finally become a Great Warrior of the Sea
This is great
It’s the giant balloon hammer except the hammer is luffy
I activate my spell card TOON WORLD
Well if elbaf is the next destination, we may see ussopp wielding a Mjnloir like hammer
BB Theory: Since Teach is the opposite of Luffy, what if he has the mythical zoan for kraken? it isn't darkness he makes, it's ink, and he can only produce it which is why it isn't like typical logias defense. Octopus have three hearts, what if the fruit is stored in the heart and he replaced one of his three with Whitebeard to gain his fruit?
Lol now that you brought up BB being opposite of Luffy during this whole worldbending I feel like I should expect one piece to be drawn in more dramatic\horror-like style during his awakening -_- and everyone affected would die more easily, damages will be amplified, everyone would despair etc.
i thought BB's fruit opposite is Flare flare fruit
@@bennytennyson I meant BB and Luffy are polar opposites
Nika and imu are the real opposites
Bruv
I think besides Looney Tunes inspiration, Luffy's gears 5th has a lot resemblance to Jim Carrey's "the Mask" movie. The goofy fighting situations, rebound attack on Kaido and the eye-pop moment...the fact that is a comedy movie, and more important that the plot is based on a magical mask which contains a "demon". I like to think that when Luffy activates gear 5th he transforms in an invincible "jokester" such as Jim Carrey does.
SOMEBODY SSSSSSSSSSSSSTOP MEH
Man I’ve seen like thousands of the mask comparisons lately lol
@@xavierross9714 exactly it's getting old
This chapter, hands down, was the one to truly make the reader feel the effects of the Nika devil fruit and put a smile on all of our faces
Also I typed this before I watched the video I like how they brought this feeling up
I have come to the conclusion that Marchall D. Teach aka Blackbeard have a mythical zoan fruit that give him the properties of a logia fruit just like luffy zoan fruit giving him the properties of zoan which make perfect sense the sun God vs the darkness lord
@@neatnessventura9056 well there fan theory Blackbeard eat Mystical Zoan Inu Inu no Mi Model Cerberus, and with how Big Mom gain the power mother caramel after eat her its safe to assume you can gain former user DF as long you eat user flesh before the soul or DF escape from user dead body, and the reason why many say Blackbeard eat that fruit from Blackbeard Jolly Roger flags which show 3 skull than usual 1 skull, which kind of make sense that mean Blackbeard already have 3 fruit for his each head Inu Inu no Mi Model Cerberus, Yami Yami no Mi and Gura Gura no Mi.
Holy shit dude you’re fucking right, not just the the crew and slaves and even himself but us as well and you know that Oda is truly Sun God Nika
@@neatnessventura9056 hey did u mean paramecia for luffys zoan property
Otherwise that's a good theory imo
Kid and Law's eyes popping out with their serious expressions made me nearly bust a gut.
👀👀👀
Ayo new chapter spoilers above
Lol
I'm reminded of something I heard about Oda's vision at the beginning of the series: he wanted to draw all of his characters extremely cartoony to harken back to the silliness of cartoons he watched while growing up.
I love the juxtaposition of the Hiyori panels vs Luffy scenes. They're just the polar opposites of each other that somehow blends so well for the chapter.
The more I think about Gear 5th, and the true power of Luffy’s fruit, the more I’m amazed at how well Oda hid it so well in plain sight. It just hit me that Luffy’s other Gear forms are made up of bits from classic cartoons.
The big one that made me realize it most is Gear 3rd (how often was the blowing up your hand for a big punch gag used back then XD).
yes lol like pie-pie the sailor man and him turning small afterward.
if he can shrink? he can grow? into a Giant
Dude you are spot on. Oda is the GOAT.
@@truffle6082 that was EXACTLY what I was thinking! XD Done so subtly, that the idea Luffy’s power was that of essentially a cartoon god seems ludicrous. Now it’s like a tidal wave of realization and I imagine more so as the series progresses.
Oda has such a talent in making 12 pages feel like 30
12!? These feel like 3!
Yeah
fard
@@jollyd.joestar3937 agreed I was like that's it?
@@urekmazino6800 honestly, went by too fast
That really did feel like 30
Do you guys remember when Dressrosa ended, and foretold an event will happen with Luffy’s fleet will cause great incident of historic proportions… I believe that’s going to happen in Wano. Because Luffy has almost died causing his vivre card to burn up, just like how Ace’s card was burning up when he was in impel down. I believe the fleet is going to react to that and head to Luffy for back up. Bunch of Navy ships are already at Wano, plus Rob Lucci & CP0. Just crazy thoughts in my head but can’t help to imagining it happening soon lol
I love this theory, has huge back up with the vivre cards, and this whole arc has been riddled with old obscure callbacks. I could easily see luffy winning but all major fighters to take on the WG Navy whose been encircling in are down, only for the SHF to surround the navy and lead to the the SH escape. My only doubts are Oda likes to do the unexpected 😆
This is the big war oda talked about.
Honestly I legitimately hope this happens, I love the idea of all of them coming in like that. Especially because Bartos devil fruit was in wano back when oden died. If only Bon Clay wasn’t in prison then we’d have both the flash back fruits back. No matter what happens though I’m here for the ride!
Correction luffy did die and came back to life. him dying awakened his devil fruit .
@@truffle6082 ALLEGEDLY
"I want to see Luffy turn into a giant"
1045: Buckle up buckaroos!
Lol
I think the limitation of Luffy fruit will be his lifespan. We have been hearing that if Luffy use his gear 2 or gear 4 then that is going to cost him his life and I think this has a big role because I don't think Oda is just casually telling about liffy's lifespan and also their are some possibilities of joyboy also 800 years ago has very less remaining life span and that's why he wrote a letter to mermaid princess about apologizing to her.
I also think that Luffy is gonna die but law will sacrifice his own life to revive Luffy.
This is my theory hope you like it.
Besides the end yes. Law devil fruit cannot bring anyone back to life. The enteral surgery only keeps them in their current condition so if Luffy is dying he will just be stuck dying
It makes me wonder if Luffy can only stay alive while awakened now because of this weird heart beat.
Maybe Law is going to have to perform the eternal youth surgery on him. The previous Joy Boy died and it makes me wonder if the Ope Ope No Mi is needed to offset the drawbacks of this fruit?
Didn't Doflamingo say that the Ope Ope No Mi was needed to activate whatever is in possession of the celestial dragons. The government specifically wanted both of the Ope Ope and the Nika Nika fruits and sent agents to procure them. Maybe the combination is necessary for something
@@bhorleston ya this also make sense
@@R.O.T.C._SEEM couldn't it cure his illness though because law was heavily sick before the fruit consumption
@@calebsolonas6085 The fruit automatically heals his sickness because he ate it. Maybe the awakening can do that
In terms of hybrid forms I'd say luffy's is similar to marco's. Marco is a mythical zoan user, but he acts as a logia uppon being hit. And instead of hybrid forms, macro just partially transforms. I'd bet luffy's fruit works like that
But surely the gears are the hybrids
@@davidtowers1863 I mean hybrid with what? if we assume the luffy we've always known is base form (up for debate I guess) and gear 5th is the nika form... how are the gear 4ths in between of both? hell, they are really similar. Personally I think that the gar 4ths are just the muscle ballon explanation+haki+partial god transformation, the smoke should mean something, and partial trans is like Marco making only wings for example, although I don't know what is making that
@xukly that’s exactly wat hybrids are the awakening is the full transformation and hybrids generally are partial transformation which is wat the gears are
Yeah but instead of Luffy upon being hit acting like a Logia still acts like a Paramecia
I love me some Attack on Titan, but One Piece is stomping all over it right now, in both themes and execution.
See, Eren? THIS is what a freedom-loving, freedom-seeking, superpowered main character is like.
It’s just the ending that is meh, the rest of it was absolutely fantastic.
AOT has a great story but the ending was a bit convoluted. I say that it actually had a decent payoff for most of it but didn’t finish strong where it counted.
Completely different concepts of freedom, no point in a comparison
@@FormerGovernmentHuman the ending is fantastic, what was meh about the ending?
@@coleintheville117 ending was garbage ngl
Love how one piece is just bringing everyone together
This very video is doing just that!
except the haters who only knows Naruto and My hero academia
@@qwerty6789x- let’s not insult MHA and I don’t entirely hate Naruto.
@@qwerty6789x yeah we hate naruto and my hero, yet i was surprised how nice we were to the dragon ball community, cause i expected it to be WAY worse than Narutos beef with One Piece
@@justynhill4814 bruh i came across a channel which talk about how they hate One Piece.
I think at this point it's safe to say that Luffy's devil fruit was actually inspired by the Rubber hose animation not only visually but also how it impacted different cultures back in the day.
It's not as if people have issues with the looney toons abilities but rather how luffy is acting/behaving currently and cant stop laughing while fighting probably one of the most if not the most heinous and cruel villain in the entire series
in the same manner that i don't expect luffy to laugh every panel against blackbeard, i also don't feel like its in place here aswell
I agree. I like OP in a big part for the raw emotion it makes me feel in the battles and intense moments, the toon powers so far have deleted those feelings.
I feel people are mistaking the laughing as him not taking it seriously vs him laughing because he finally gets to enjoy the fight against an equal
Yes it’s not supposed to be cartoon in serious moments, it’s supposed to be realistic when it comes to emotions, like when every big boss fight has an emotional ending, but this one doesn’t
@@octoborx it would get serious when we see kaido’s flashback
That intro made me laugh harder than it should have with “Hello Liam” lmao
JoyGirls theories are too spot on after reading todays Scans
Especially that giant part
Fr bro
They are alreayd talking about the chapter
Ohara mentions “didnt luffy turn kaido into rubber”
This happened only in 1045, not in 1044
This chapter was released 4-5 hours ago already, and this video has pretty simple editing, so… this video was made today
Thats what Im saying she straight up predicted Luffys Gigant form
@@musa4306 no, this chapter WAS already out when this video was recorded, she just mentioned she loved to see Gomu Gomu no Gigant
This might be my favorite One Piece chapter of all time. Oda had me laughing with every single panel. This is the most "One Piece" chapter we've had since Enies Lobby.
I disagree. I was cringing almost the entire time. I think this is completely changing what has happened for the last 20 years. I'm still waiting to see how Oda makes it work, but I think it will take a broader view over multiple chapters than an initial response based on this goofy chapter art. Hopefully, we'll figure out that weird stuff out next week, but only Oda knows.
@@TrashDPanda i mean goda is goda he will find a way to make all of us satisfied
@Argetlam Hope he does. I was all about the Mythical Zoan Model Nika (the Sun God), not Mythical Zoan Model Buggs Bunny.
@@TrashDPanda Facts I was cringing the whole time, I laughed once but fr I was hella confused. I found it „okay“ when we thought only things luffy touches turn goofy and cartoony but now seeing Law and Kid with buldging eyes like that just made me feel so uncomfortable. Feels like he‘s adopting a new style and I really don’t like it
your telling me you laughed on the insane Hiyori panel as well?
The fact that Law and Kidd both awakened their devil fruits and no one’s talking about that speaks volumes to Oda’s ability to narrate a story. There’s gonna be so much to talk about after these next few chapters that everyone is just forgetting about because the amazing fight at hand.
or simply failed because their character is not that much interesting even after build up lol
Now why do you gotta go say and stuff that makes sense? 😂😂
She called Luffy becoming a giant!
This chapter had me grinning from start to finish. I truly can't wait to see it animated, it'll be an entirely different experience!!
ahh I think I will be dead when they animate it since pacing and animation takes way to f**king long
Why were you smiling soo much? Are you reminiscent of Buggs Bunny from your childhood? This is cringe worthy shit.
@@TrashDPanda cry about it
@@TrashDPanda yeah man cry about it.
Can't wait to see it animated as well but what will really sell the scene is the voice acting. I have no doubt that the sub version will be spectacular but pray for the sub versions
Here's my thought on how Luffy wins now against Kaido. Kaido seemed to be spent fighting Luffy in this form, especially after luffy made him rubbery(balloon). At the end when Kaido takes that last punch, Luffy's fist appears to go through him. I believe when Luffy affects opponents and makes them rubber, he's going to bring them down to his level for base defense. For Kaido, this will make luffy's attacks gain exponentially more impact!
Good theory!
I think Luffy will just punch him. Like, really REALLY hard.
@@alrightalright4585 didn't oda say something about that alr
kaido hasn't still used his awakened devil fruit...
I just hope that it doesnt become "luffy was only who he was because of his fruita ability"
I love the idea that luffy defines his powers not the other way around. His charisma is something that was huge to the early days of one piece and I love that, to me at least, its luffy who is charismatic and convincing not his fruits powers that have helped create his crew. Zoro, nami, usopp, brooke, sanji, chopper none of those were going to join luffy just cuz he asked, he has to earn their trust because of who he was. Even nico robin who wanted to follow the crew hadnt truly joined the crew for a while after and robin proclaiming she wants to be saved reflects back on luffys character that he can change the hearts of those who thought they were worthless.
Remember what Mihawk said in Marineford.
Definitely he defines his power. Like almost all devil fruits it depends on the wielder like the perfect user for the love love is Hancock while the not so perfect user for light is Kizaru cuz he so slow.
The Nika Nika no mi model nika "choose" Luffy because who he was and not the way around, that is what i believe
Sorry for my bad english or grametic errors if has onem its not my native language, and i'm drunk so yeah
It would not have awakened for pretty much anyone else, Luffy is just himself and couldn’t care less about destiny. So what if he’s joy boy or sun god nika? Those are just outcomes of who he is and how he helps those around him.
Disclaimer: we obviously care that he’s joyboy/ nika, but he doesn’t. I think this as well as some of the destiny talk don’t discount his feats and his agency in the story whatsoever
@@keeper__88_ yes I wanted to say that. His power is turning people to his side (and also being scared of no one. He literally stood up to WB with him towering over him).
I'm not one of those people who worship Oda, but he isn't stupid enough to make it "the fruit made him" no way. He made the fruit. Since he was what 5 years old he wanted to be the pirate king. Luffy will master it and it will be a bit less ridiculous but still have some "toon" properties and such. It's not like OP is ending soon.
I've been on this ship about a time, everytime there's a new gear I forget about my stressful job and feel like a child. That's why I love so much one piece. It gives me a sincere smile that last for days and strength to go on. Awesome video, as always 😁
LUFFY does not know he can do anything in his imagination yet... he is still only imagining the fruit is a rubber-rubber fruit. If anyone told him the real name of his fruit, then he would realize he can do anything!!! (which I think shanks will tell him after a pirate battle between them to test Luffy's resolve)
Just finished the new Blue Banana Podcast episode and I am greeted with some goofy pirate based content after a page refresh, thank you Liam
I guess we can understand to some extent why Roger laughed
So here's an idea: Luffy has 5 gears so far. That's as many as a manual car would have (some have 6, but every car has at least 5) and they have the same name as well. But what he doesn't have yet is a reverse gear.
I feel like that’s gonna be his hybrid form
I thought him being made of rubber was already his hybrid form
So far, Gear 5th just has Armament and Conqueror's coating.
I think Luffy is gonna eventually just add in Observation Haki.
@@justsomeguywithtattoos6267 could be I thought it was more like how Marco can use fire and Yamato can use ice luffys just always been using his rubber powers I could be wrong tho
The number of gears depends on the age of the car. I have owned one that was 3 and one that was 4.
To see everyone’s reactions when luffy popped through the ceiling was hilarious.
7:25 well sophie behold the chapter notes have been released and your wish has come true
If someone ends up telling Luffy that he actually ate the Nika devil fruit, I really hope it's Shanks. IMO, that would help the story come full circle, seeing as how Shanks was so upset that he had taken it in the first place
Actually, with Luffy's character being what it is, I can pretty much imagine that he wouldn't listen to that kinda stuff :D
Shanks was the one who hid the real fruit from luffy. He has been working with the government the entire time.
Shanks lost his arm to prevent the fruit from going somewhere else. Not to protect luffy.
Shanks stopped kaido from going to maineford to stop him from killing marines. Shanks didn't even know Ace was Roger's son. Only Garp was told that. So the only reason he would have stopped Kaido was to prevent marine deaths.
And at Marineford Akainu litterally just got done giving a speech about if you're a coward you're better off dead, and tries to kill Coby. But Shanks appears and Akainu turns immediately into a coward and agrees to not fight a pirate??? He would have rather died fighting Shanks. They are working together.
Shanks is working with the world government. And always has been. He'll try to kill luffy for the fruit.
I'm kind of hoping Jimbei is the one to tell Luffy. During the Who Who's fight it was hinted that Jimbei may know about Sun God Nika so I'm really looking forward to his reaction. Not that Luffy would care lol.
@@atomusky I could see the arc starting out with a flashback where Shanks tells the government that they can groom and control Luffy, then in the present now that he is awakened Shanks tries to convince Luffy to join the governments side in the war against the resistance; thus, triggering the Shanks was the big bad all along arc and ending with Luffy having to defeat his hero.
@@safetyguy14 i predict shanks will be in position to kill luffy, simply because luffy wont want to fight him. but this time Garp will step in. Shanks kills Garp for defending Luffy. Then luffy (and the reader) commits to kill Shanks.
Everyone sees shanks as a hero right now. He is going to do something unforgivable to make us despise him.
I legit love his power. Its like wayyyyyyy back when luffy used to just do crazy shit in fights. Legit everything in the story has been shaken up. I’m so glad I’m weekly reading right now. Wano is awesome
7:23 Oda just fulfilled that wish in 1045 !
@@bp4_archive nope this was obviously recorded earlier
Absolutely LOVE this new style of content where you crossover with other One Piece Channels
Loved the podcast with you three and love that you guys are crossing over in actual videos and not just exclusively on the podcast
Liam, amazing video as always but more importantly where the hell did you get that pochita plush
Going forward I have a theory about what Rocks D Xebec devil fruit is. I believe his fruit was the antithesis of the sun god nika fruit, instead of a god of joy and liberation it’s a god of horror, destruction and anarchy. I also believe that either Blackbeard will obtain this fruit for his third fruit or in a similar manner to luffy’s fruit reveal, the yami yami was disclassified and it’s actually that evil god (another mythic hito hito no mi). This is also supported with how both luffy’s and Blackbeard’s devil fruit are almost identical in looks
I think Rocks was a JoyBoy candidate. Baseless but idk
@@resurrectedpa Yes I believe Rocks may have more in common with Luffy than it may appear. The only thing we know about Rocks is seen through the Wg's eyes but they would paint any big pirate with ambition the same way. Als Luffy's crew just as Rocks crew would not, without their captain, get along so well (Zoro and Sanji for example always butting heads, Zoro's confidence and Usops lack there of, Robin was a antagonist and many told Luffy not to accept her, etc).
I want to know more about him, at first I thought he was Imu and he actually accomplished his goal and, with the strongest pirates of his crew, divided the world (as he would get all Wg land, and Big Mom, Kaido and WB getting to split the new world. Shanks as he in my opinion maybe works part time with the Wg was allowed to later get his part and uses his influence to ballence the world powers until Joy Boy arrives again)
its blackbeards fruit. spoilers from 1045
So yall want to see mythical zoan be the new sage of six path??
@@wokie.3204 Okay lets say the WG talked Rocks so bad and evil. But why did Roger & Garp fought him? Especially Roger. Why would he care that someone attacked the worldnobles?
Luffy really started doing jump ropes using Kaido🤣😭
Adhd gave me this
Luffy: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED
I just loved the way One piece stands its way down about freedom. This is insane. The peak of fiction and only oda could bring it forth
In 1045, we do see how the limitations of this awakening comes with as a new power to Luffy. And it makes me wonder about the previous joyboy and how he may have dealt with it and if there was a specific reason as to how he passed away
I'm not sure what limitations you're talking about really. Luffy accessed Gear 5 after he was already near death meaning that he was fighting with residual injuries. So it makes sense that Fighting in that condition while using gear 5 take a lot out of him already.
And even then he managed to make his heart heal him somehow??
Now imagine a Full health Luffy using Gear 5.
Reading 1045, I felt like Luffy reached his limit and then he boosted his heartbeat to recover. I maybe wrong. I'd love to know more about his df.
@@tatsuyaradheya3528 what I was referring to was when kaido said that luffy was dying. Is the fruit taking from luffys life or is that just luffy straight up dying from the entire battle
@@kingscarletbuilds I assume it's the second one. Because he was really badly injured before he used gear 5. Heck, everyone thought he died, including Kaido, and so him using gear 5 in that state (because surprise, He wasn't dead!), is really taking a lot out of him.
But I personally don't know. I'm only assuming because that's the most logical explanation since doflamingo using his awakening was still alive and kicking even after he got damaged by Gear 4 luffy.
@@tatsuyaradheya3528 yea we don't know yet, have to wait till afte the fight. In 1043 I took it as he did die since everyone said they couldn't hear luffy anymore but then the heart beat comes in. The fruit is just so weird to pin point
Next power up : Giant Techniques : He's been clocking them since little garden. And he mentioned both Big Mom and Kaido use Giant Techniques.
Or he'll morph into Freakazoid. At this point I'm down for whatever Oda drops.
Freakazoid!
You want to go watch a bear ride a little motorcycle?
have you read 1045 yet?
7:10 i can't believe she just predicted that so causally 😭💀
I thought everyone wanted to see luffy do that to kaido
I think the reason why luffy is still using rubber is but he doesn't know that he can do anything else I mean being a rubber man is all he's known power wise so maybe is doesn't know that he can't branch out and do other things. When he got knocked down by kaido his toon powers for lack of a better term effected nami and chopper which ordinary wouldn't be a big deal cause they always have over the top reactions but kid and law they wouldn't especially in their situation. So from that we can assume that luffy can toonify anyone without touching them which is awesome. It also seems that he's not able to be hurt in this form he took a blast breath to the face and just walked it off. I really enjoyed luffy saying that's the last straw gives a why I oughta vibe to it. And luffy pulling a road running at kaido IN MID AIR!!! HE CAN RUN ON AIR KNOW!! Now turn into a giant without blowing himself up . I remember watching some filler in the anime where there's this devil fruit user who can grow and shrink their body and she went into luffys body and he turned into a giant so this chapter reminded me of that. Anyways blunt attacks don't work anymore cause his head turned into the shape of kaido's weapon when he got hit with it. I loved these past two chapters and I think our did a really good job with luffy's powers not making him untouchable but still wacky and fun. Joyboy really is bring a smile to our faces😁
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I loved the chapter but I feel like it shows that Luffy doesn’t really know how his power works fully. He seems to understand how to shift a bit but there’s a panel where you can see that he’s using future sight and sees an attack from Kaido but doesn’t dodge and then almost right after he loses the power. He has a good bit of work to do to understand what he can do.
He didnt dodge because it was to showcase how he can tank the damage from Kaido's attacks. Im sure that when he activated gear 5 again, he proved that he understand how it works.
I'm still unsure how I feel about gear 5. On one hand it's funny and I like it; on the other I like the drama in the battles, which this form simply reduces to 0 (so far).
11:50 i think its a bit different to other Zoans but exactly like Choppers? All the gears are now Luffys different rumble ball modes? But Luffy, like chopper doesnt turn 100% into the thing? Like other Zoans can go full Bull, Leopard or Pheonix etc but we've never seen chopper as a naked humans with a flat face and no antlers?
So I think Luffy has used his imagination (chopper used science/medicine) to make his fruit work his own way🤔 idk im thinking really hard about this because the concept isn't blowing me away like eveyone else (yet).
Also..... Luffy + Rumble balls can now happen canonically - right?? Or are they somehow restricted to Choppers personal use with some in world reason??
No, I don't want luffy to use rumble ball I like luffy using his own power not cheats
@@James-mj1eh i literally can see luffy like training with them to get in his new form. But not more.
I like how luffy actually does turn giant in chapter 1045
Don't get me wrong, Gear 5 has a lot of great thing. All those that a Rubber fruit awakening wold have been able to achieve are awesome. But, what some of us dislike are:
- Luffy's simingly becaming unnable to take things seriously
- Some of the surrealism of the cartoonish way of fighting (lik punching trough Kaido's face without killing him.
- The sensation of the fruit having a huge impact (or even taking all the merit) in both luffy's attitude and decisions. Like Luffy being posesed and losing his will the more awake the fruit is. Luffy pre-Gear5 was facing Kaido with a really serious attitude because of Kaido's actions. Now it seems like all has been forgotten and it'sjust the fruit doing whatever. Like Choppers pre-timeskyp monster point.
English is not my mother languaje so srry for any mistake.
This chapter was the definition of insanity
Any thoughts on why Luffy seems unnaturally happy, almost as if its the same thing the SMILE fruits do. There seems to be a few interesting parallels. Is almost as if the Failed SMILES have a permanent transformation (like Luffys Rubber body), that inflicts a forced happy smile onto them. its a Hito Hito no me fruit, model Laughing Human. Its almost as if the Nika fruit was used as a base for the initial research by Vegapunk.
luffy is not being FORCED to smile. he is just a fun loving guy. like all people should strive to be.
Since Luffys devil fruit has the power of a littoral god, there's a possibility with his gear fifth he'll somehow cure the Failed SMILES side effects.
@Dabillya He didn't say that Luffy was being forced to smile he just said Luffy's unnaturally happy
Well... He is JoyBoy soooo that might be it?
I think it's more the government were trying their best to recreate the Nika fruit. Every single SMILE is failed Zoan (Matching the fruit) but because they're failed attempts, they also have the negative side effect of forcing people to smile as opposed to making them smile from positive actions or liberation
What I take from what the Gorosei said about the Gomu Gomu no Mi (well, whatever it's called now) is that the powers this devil fruit potentially gives the user are limitless (only limited by the user's imagination), but the resources are still specific to the devil fruit.
In this case, the resources turned out to be quite permissive, but they are still specific (not limitless). And the powers that can be obtained from those resources have a very long way to go. Which is not a super defined and scientific fact. All the evidence they have is 800 years old, which is when someone awakened this devil fruit for the last time.
So in a sense saying "only limited by the user's imagination" is hyperbolic and not too specific.
It's useful to grasp the difference between "limitless" and "infinite", where limitless could be conceived geometrically (as in having some sort of ever expanding or changing form) and infinite is formless.
Love u guys discussing the chapter together 3 of my favorite UA-camrs together love this
7:40 wish geanted.
For 1 glorious doublespread
Hahaha after @joygirl said it he turned into a giant
Oda did it, he brought Joy with his Boy!! Chapters that make you smile from ear to ear like you haven't in a long time, I have such respect for him!! 💜🍩💜
Stop with the ace emojis
I've been reading One Piece for 20 years and never saw this shit coming. It's just too much hype. Unfortunately I think Luffy is going to shorten his life with his heart beating so fast/loud; another thing hinted at by Oda is that Luffy just wants to accomplish his dream, even if it costs him his life. Magellan's poison took off a decade, I feel like using his Nika Nika powers will take off life at a similar rate.
Correct. But his fruit can pass on its powers to another. Somewhat like Law’s ability. I would say that Law also has a god Zoan devil fruit. Interesting that they might both bestow a gift on death.
this is a shounen, his heart beat being off will not mean anything. goku had a heart disease and hes good now.
Is that relevant? He won't die before achieving his goal, so I feel like that doesn't make that much of a difference to us
I don’t think luffy will die, Oda rarely kills side characters. I don’t think he will kill luffy off, imagine the outrage of the fans.
I was slumped after 10 straight hours of lab reports and waiting till I was finished to read the chapter (was very hard with the early release). Total 180 to my night, amazing.
I time skip would be now really cool like luffy gos in a coma for a couple of years. That the other straw hats can get also a power up. Or like a time where luffy is in a coma and the others still keep going so like 50 chapters with no luffy. If one person could pull that of it would be oda
Again I'm gonna throw my 2 cents out there I don't think he has the ability of a tune or a God I think he just simply has the ability of super rubber
Being able to stretch well beyond his normal means as means as walls turn his regular surroundings into rubber like substances as well including people
Yep I one hundred percent agree the gorosei say twice in thier speech about luffy's devil fruit thst it is rubber based
I love it how oda almost makes luffy too OP in his G5 form but he still gives him a weakness (not being serious) and cannot solo the One piece universe at the moment. Hope luffy can control his new gear like he did w the other ones.
Its gonna be a time limit just like gear 4
Here is a thought: I think it also produces EXTREME self-confidence. Everyone realizes that Luffy is up because his conquerors haki really increased. He knocked out seemingly all of Kaido’s army. What are your thoughts on this extreme level of conqueror’s haki?
yeah and seeing how a fodder beast pirate is equal to the strenght of arlong is amazing for how far luffy has came
I posted my theory on another channel but I think a limitation of Luffys power is that the more he uses it, the more he starts to lose his inhibitions and become reckless because he’s having too much fun. We started to see it in his fighting style this chapter. He wasn’t worried about getting hurt, he just wants to have fun. I think it’s going to get worse to the point where he starts causing collateral damage and maybe even putting his allies in danger
I really appreciate how the edits respect all the participants. All three are put together are great
I’ve been rewatching the breakout of Impel Down and I just got past the part where Luffy recovers from Magellan’s poison in record time and it has me wondering if his Nika fruit has anything to do with it
God it’s almost guaranteed
Yes, all zoans boost the rate of their user's recovery speed.
@@JoshSmith-de7nl no wonder why luffy can just eat tons of meat and heal himself this way.
Gear 5th is Luffys true limit I'm guessing, since an awakening is the limit to a devil fruit, we'll just see how far he can push his true fruit, gear 2 and 3 got me excited, gear 4 got me hyped, gear 5 made me freak out from happiness and excitement
Reading the most recent chapters really fill me with a feeling of joy. He did what he fully intended Well done oda, you've brought my childhood cartoons back to the modern day.
Edit: I read 1045 before watching this. Holy cow am I laughing now
Edit II: I recall Oda talking about how if a creature ate their version of a Zoan, (human eating the Hito Hito no Mi) they would become enlightened, or a true version of that animal. I wonder what this means for the rest of the series?
That's false. Just a mistranslation/misunderstanding. The answer he gave to the question was a bs answer he came up with on the spot that wasn't to be taken seriously. And it doesn't say anything about enlightenment either.
Dude i want to share my emotions. I feel like the one piece fandom is so healthy and lovely. I love the harmony. And now after the new chapters we are even more connected. I'm getting family vibes and i rarely even trust people. Words coming from a diehard dragonball fan too.
I like the dynamic between you 3 Please inject some more of this trio commentary in my UA-cam feed!!!
I smiled while Luffy fougt Kaido, it was goofy, funny and stupid. Really had the classic YugiOh-Toon Vibe.
But the Change of Devil Fruit, a God and Luffy being Joy Boy , it's not yet sitting 100% right with me. Inherit will is allright. But I dont like these "Choosen One" "God" possillity.
I still trust you Oda, but please! ... dont go down the Naruto Part -,-*
Luffy is a God as much as Sengoku is Buda. It's just the DF, it doesn't mean literally.
Well, Naruto's reveal was just shitty because it was all pretty out of no where.
They introduced gods, aliens, demons, inherited wills, multi-dimensions, constant power jumps all with a short time span.
One Piece had it's plot and secrets scattered throughout the story from the beginning. So it's less that we're getting slapped with something new, but answers to questions we've had for years.
Like...
Why was the military protecting the Rubber fruit so heavily?
Why did Shanks go out of his way to steal it?
Do fruits have some ability to choose who eats it?
Why has everyone else seen something great in Luffy and gone so far outa their way to protect him?
Why were we told Luffy had some ability to attract people to him?
Etc etc. Now we're on course to get more answers on the 100 year gap, the ancient civilizations and what other secrets the World Government has been keeping.
Theorytime:
Laughing of deceased people with the will of D give joyboy his strength.
In chapter 1045 luffy had a "shishishi"-laugh just like Jaguar D. Saul. (I find it unlikely that Oda-sensei gave this relatively unsignificant flashback character the Will of D without a reason)
The reason why Rogers crew laughed in laughtale might be connected to that as well, because they found out about joyboy and his power on there.
That might also explain why people with the Will of D are laughing as they die.
Joyboys power (now luffys power) can change properties of people as well. (Just how luffy is changing the people around him including kaido)
The Will of D could be an augmentation that was created by joyboy (and passed down to new generations) to overthrow the worldgovernment.
Idk let me know what you think. Whole idea came into my head when I read the chapter an hour ago and read that laugh
Edit: also sorry for any headaches my english may have caused.
😅😅😅 I'm laughing at your edit 🤣😂
Luffy's laugh has always been "shishishishi"😅
@@josephfreo24 oh is it ?
I remember it more like the traditional "hahahaha" 😅 could be deadwrong
dere-shishishishi
Shishishi is Luffy's trademark laugh :)
It’s crazy how you’re just fine with spoiling stuff and thumbnails now for popularity when you used to be so against spoilers for clicks
But you kinda need to
i have a theory. At the end of 1044 in the last panel, it was stated "luffy begins to melt, aswell as his straw hat". why would his hat need to be tacked on there? now in 1045 his hat is nowhere to be seen. what if his hat was actually some sort of catalyst. maybe his hat holds some sort of devil fruit secrets, maybe it has a devil fruit, maybe it has a will of its own. shanks potentially knew something and this is why he entrusted the one who ate the sungods fruit with it. the whole panel with the giant straw hat in Mariejois, could be the gov attempt to recreate this, and could explain the gov obsession with creating giants. can never predict what odas gonna do, but im starting to feel like luffy fused with his hat or something of the sort. we always knew his hat was key, but never to what capacity. i mean Where is his hat right now?
"Sophie say goodbye." "No."
This is one of the few times a manga chapter has made me laugh out loud while reading it. The power of the fruit is legit
Hmmm... is Luffy going to survive this chapter? That moment he temporarily depowered made me really nervous
No, he will die and one piece ends in the next few chapters, that will feature luffy funeral
Am I the only one who sees a problem in Luffy becoming a reality bending unstoppable force with his weird powers which follow no previously set rules?
The "Hello Liam" in the beginning is that small touch that literally made me laugh and started the video strong for me
Man Sophie gonna loose her shit after chapter 1045🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just read it and I’m so confused with luffy’s new power set, like I already didn’t get how red hawk and it’s versions worked but this is crazy
Basically now luffy can stretch freely, there's nothing pulling him back together, and he can stretch anything he's touching. Basically he's a loony toon.
Yo where did you read it?
@@peppabacon2474 this is just what I've pieced together from rereading the chapter too many times.
@@thatoneflygon8291 like where did u read chapter 1045?
@@peppabacon2474 I don't read scans.
This chapter is very worrying. It feels like im reading a different manga. I cant see fights being exciting anymore, tbh. I've been watching One piece for 17 years, I'm a massive fanboy and I didn''t laugh at all, I'm actually very worried for the manga, at least fights from this moment forward.
I laughed so hard reading chapter 1045
Laughter is the key to happiness/life! ODAs symbolism really puts this forever as one of the greatest stories ever written.
About the hybrid theory i believe luffy is always in the hybrid form and the gears would be like the chopper points, I believe so because the the hito hito gives whoever or whatever eats it human traits like chopper but since luffy is already human that sorta got eliminated and if we take chopper into example he has no powers besides being humanish without his transformations for luffy it would be the same thing but just being rubber
Just a thought. His devil fruit could explain why there are no deaths in relation to luffy outside of flashbacks or when luffy does not visually confirm their deaths.
I mean... There is one tho, it was a pretty huge plot point
As we look back, have all the mythical zoan fruits on Wano been foreshadowing for Luffy’s reveal
Luffy does like to name things himself lol. He'll say that's too confusing it's gumgum stuff
7:10 hit the na on the fricking head
Im liking this new meta of collaborating with Ohara in your videos. Liam Beard looking good too