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2008-11-21, 12:54 | Link #82 | |
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If Luffy can access that level of Haki, he's certain to be able to augment his attacks with it, he just has to learn how to focus... god help us all.
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2008-11-21, 12:55 | Link #83 | |
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It's supposedly a legendary form of Haki, or something, correct? |
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2008-11-21, 13:01 | Link #84 | |
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Just as that statement was true, I'm sure Haki, though legendary here, will become common-place in the New World...
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2008-11-21, 13:02 | Link #85 | |
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2008-11-21, 13:07 | Link #86 | |
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Judging by the shown effect, we can safely suppose, for now, that Shanks, WhiteBeard, and Rayleighn all have the same kind of Haki as their's has similar effect on people. That's what I mean by the rare becoming the common. That being said, sure Luffy could some amazing things with his Haki. Shanks and WhiteBeard came to a head that slit the heavens and Rayleighn was able to cut a man made of light.
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2008-11-21, 13:09 | Link #87 | |
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2008-11-21, 13:14 | Link #90 | |
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The man-made power thing is already coming to fruition... Spoiler for Future Weapons:
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2008-11-21, 13:18 | Link #91 | |
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2008-11-21, 13:21 | Link #92 | |
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Very soon... the World Government will no... longer need... Marines!? Oh damn, that just hit me! This will not turn out good, not good at all...
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2008-11-30, 23:29 | Link #93 | |
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2008-12-01, 03:28 | Link #94 |
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It's been kind of bothering me lately, but aren't devil fruit users like Luffy kind of weak compared to the real monsters like Zoro, Sanji, Mihawk and Shanks? Those guys are strong enough to fight devil fruit users with their own strength alone.
Without his rubber fruit, would Luffy be anywhere near Zoro or Sanji in terms of combat prowess? I wonder if he'd be strong enough to be on the SH crew without his rubber, or any other devil fruit let alone be their captain. |
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Luffy's super human strength comes from his incredibly tough training since childhood by Garp. If anything, the rubber fruit made things easier for him. He managed to graduate from Garp's training with his super human physique and his ability. Meaning if he had no ability, he would be trained even harder to reach that stanard where Garp would 'graduate' him with, he would be trained up to a level where he is as powerful without the rubber ability as he is powerful with it. So if Luffy doesn't have his rubber abilities, he would be like Coby, doing Soru, have super human strength like Garp and such.
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2008-12-01, 03:42 | Link #96 |
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I wonder if Luffy is physically cabable to become like his gramps. Even after all that training he did, he still has the physique of untrained teenager. Then again, I wonder if that is a side-effect of the rubber fruit.
Hopefully we'll see Luffy in a serious fight while being unable to use his devil fruit powers. That would answer to the question. |
2008-12-01, 04:04 | Link #97 | |
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Being strong doesn't mean huge muscles all over your body. But having huge muscles all over your body means you are less flexible and Luffy is the most flexible of all humans in One Piece. Luffy broke down 2 buildings by pushing outwards, Zoro couldn't even break down a chimney with walls of 1 brick thickness by pushing outwards. He took down Bellamy in one punch, that was a fight without using his abilities. Luffy has all the physical powers and will continue to increase to be like Garp.
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2008-12-01, 04:52 | Link #98 |
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You have very good points.
However, being rubber isn't in Luffy's case limited to stretching, we have already seen that he takes far less damage from blunt attacks than others would have. This rubber durability more than likely also gives him an edge in raw strength. For example, when Bellamy attacked Luffy and Luffy punched him out cold. Without his rubber body, who knows what the outcome of that punch would have been. Could Zoro have done it? Would the punch have shattered Luffy's bones in his hand without his rubber fruit? But then again, if Zoro can hold his third sword with his teeth and use it to cut even steel. This is pretty moot subject of discussion. |
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There are no such thing as bones in One Piece lol
If a normal person were to kick cannonballs like Sanji, he would suffer from fractured toes, ankle and then shattered kneecaps lol Luffy's Rubber abilities, does give him alot of advantage, but they're further supported by his own super human physique and willpower. He can absorb damage with his body, but not all humans can continue getting beaten up again and again. And his super strength also contributes to the way he attacks with his rubber abilities. Can you throw your limb half a mile away? And remember even if you can stretch, when you're throwing that limb, its continuously being stretched back towards your body, meaning Luffy really has alot of of strength to throw that fist plus the giant orb of gold.
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