What Oda DIDN'T Tell You About GEAR 5TH!

[@neelgonugunta3416]

"Anything he can think of he can make happen." This would imply that if Luffy really wanted to, he could convert enemy attacks into subscribe buttons for the GrandLineReview which upon contact would supply him with One Piece content injected straight into his KZbin feed.

[@tatsusama3192]

Well done😂❤️

[@sircheddarcheese]

Yes, Yes, and Yes

[@FreakyHimmel]

Nicely done

[@vicg675]

YouChube feed is what I hear lol

[@joshthompson8478]

*shut up and take my like*

[@grubbu7073]

I think the coolest thing about gear 5th is that the foreshadowing is pretty much every thing luffy has ever done that didn’t make sense. Like “how can he use ace’s move” “why does milk make his teeth grow back” “why does gear 4th just look like that” “why does inflating his arm make it heavier” If the fruits real power is “pure imagination” then the answer is “because luffy thought it would work”

[@JuanRodriguez-le1jw]

Exactly

[@ArtEnjoyer]

So true, thanks for your understanding

[@AlexLJ55]

And the countless mentions of "that's not how rubber works"

[@JuanRodriguez-le1jw]

@@AlexLJ55 or the IS that even posible? Hahaaha

[@Mr.KittensAndGibberish]

That also explains why Brook is able to do it, because Luffy thought it would work on him as well.

[@odinmanders556]

Oda said in a recent interview that he heavily based gear 5th of Tom and Jerry and that he has made this form so cartoony because he actually hates how most authors draw only serious expressions in most manga nowadays. He litteratly made gear 5th to have fun, another reminder that Oda doesnt back down and writes the story he wants to write.

[@thehahahaha88]

Source please

[@FirstLast-yh7gj]

I agree with Oda manga these days are all about being edgy to the point where it can just be a bit too much

[@ratedr7845]

@@FirstLast-yh7gj nah

[@kimguir303]

*Which could become a detriment*

[@Cipher_Paul]

Luffy has Toon Force confirmed 😂

[@WhackitoDCierp]

Hanuman also climber to a tall mountain for a cure for a disease. He became immune to fire lightning and posion. He also had his shadow stolen by an ogre.

[@WhackitoDCierp]

Also hanuman and ganesh were good friends. Zunesha is based off ganesh and joyboy would be hanuman

[@peytonkersee6727]

Now, where have I heard that before?

[@dhruvaggarwal2071]

😂 Lord Hanuman didn't climb the mountain, but lifted the entire thing and flew with it

[@26singhraj]

Hanumanji also has power to expand his body to the size of mountains or shrink to small sizes. Now I don't need to explain how it's related to luffy.

[@WhackitoDCierp]

@@dhruvaggarwal2071 different story lol. He still climber a mountain to collect an herb for sick villagers. Luffy climbing the Mt in drum kingdom to heal nami

[@mackpack8763]

I like to imagine at some point Luffy is gonna turn Usopp's "fake" 20T hammer into a real hammer still wieldable by Usopp with Gear 5th

[@roccii_ae]

Would be sick.

[@lonnpton5239]

What about the 200t Hammer ?

[@simpleace256]

@@lonnpton5239 *Every hammer.*

[@natureisfun3325]

THAT WOULD BE INSANE! IT should be like that EVEN Zoro cant pull it but ussop

[@Speed001]

@@roccii_ae could be a stick

[@dhruvaggarwal2071]

I have a really good theory about Dragon devil fruit As a Hindu I know that Luffy devil fruit gear 5 is inspired by Hindu Lord Hanuman, Lord Hanuman is also known as 'Pavanputra' which means'Son of Wind', so it makes sense that Dragon devil fruit grants him power to control wind.

[@peytonkersee6727]

A wind-wind DF

[@ham3203]

Good

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

That would also be a much better fruit for him on the seas than a storm fruit, since he could control the airflow and give any ship he’s on a max speed boost. Equally he could change the air pressure enough to cause storms

[@venkyratnam]

Yeah this theory has legs. He is indeed titled Pavanputra/Pavansuth Hanuman

[@roronoa7896]

Well the chapter after ace's death is named the son of the wind or something like that-

[@YonkoDGoofy]

The pure white of G5 just oozes the pure radiance of freedom that Luffy continously carries throughout the entire series. I absolutely love this design more than all of the Gears so far.

[@AnonymousEnigma19]

When I saw "G5" in your sentence I thought for a second you were talking about G-5 marines that we met in Punk hazard, but then this hit me in the face that Oda right then and there through the name of that Marine branch was telling us what was to come gear fifth.

[@milangracea1]

@@AnonymousEnigma19 where can I watch it

[@kaiky_3821]

@@AnonymousEnigma19 Also Ceasar Clown has a similar smoke surrounding him just like Gear 5

[@timgersh6787]

5th gear is how you say it in english, I mean I get it you wana show your tribe you belong so you take a phrase from Japanese that makes no sense in english because it speaks to your tribe. May everybody just learns Japanese and you can use words in sequence that make sense. It fails because a small number of viewers will learn one of the hardest languages ever to watch something that isnt worth it but on the flip side you wont look like an ass anymore

[@kaiky_3821]

@@timgersh6787 Bro, what the fuck are you talking about

[@deathsheir2035]

Gear 2nd: He forces the blood in his body to pump at a much higher rate, thereby getting oxygen to areas of his body at a much faster rate. An increase in oxygen comes with it an increase in temperature as well. With his body all rubbery, his body is able to keep up with the increase in oxygen demand relatively easily. The steam coming off his body, is his sweat evaporating almost immediately in an attempt to cool the body down.

[@briantidenberg4253]

Was here to say this but you beat me to it

[@mittelz5976]

I always liked this pseudo scientific explanation of Gear 2nd, but I do think the new general explanation of "Luffy just imagined what would help here and it somehow works out" fits his character better.

[@zorocz4444]

@@mittelz5976 I think Luffy is very smart in terms of fighting tactics he came up with many very useful techniques so i think its possible that he thought of something like gear 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

[@fredogotthedrip9657]

I was going to say this, theres an actual name for this “Blood Doping”

[@ProjektTaku]

@@fredogotthedrip9657 doesn't that add red blood cells instead of just pumping blood around faster?

[@yuvrajganguly]

Now that I think about it, Luffy's fighting style is actually quite similar to Hanuman's. Hanuman is also someone who can grow, shrink, jump crazy and overall, can do pretty much anything he can think of. I can't think of any other god in hindu mythology, whose powers are simply put; wacky, silly and defies logic.

[@leinadatidumarp]

Hanuman is also well-known for being a white monkey.

[@peytonkersee6727]

@@leinadatidumarp White Monkey D Luffy

[@Prince-ox5im]

And don't have any sharp weapon like sword

[@harikiran4339]

@@Prince-ox5im nope just blunt mace

[@gurucool_upsc650]

Not only that just like hanumanji's father was wind god here it's Dragon with wind fruit....i think Shanks is Rama for luffy's hanuman

[@tehnoobestworld]

Gear second was actually explained really well by blueno and makes perfect sense if your whole body is rubberized, I don’t know where this idea that it doesn’t make sense came from, by making his legs into pumps or his arms using there elastic properties he can cause the blood to flow through his body much faster increasing stamina reaction time and muscle performance exactly like doping a real world thing, except luffy since his heart and veins are rubber can do it even faster, this like doping increases your internal temperature causing his sweat to evaporate from his body, the increased blood flow also explains the red tint like when you blush. It’s actually very competently explained for a shonen

[@bigkirbyhj666]

Also doesn't Elisbetho also kinda had a gear secondish ability and it could be a rokushiki technique.

[@shmeegan860]

Wasn't it Rob lucci who explained it or am I dum?

[@tehnoobestworld]

@@shmeegan860 no he revealed it to blueno on the roof and he explained it

[@freakindamnshiki]

@@tehnoobestworld yeah it was really well explained in that fight, and last i recall it was not because of Kuzan, but because they saw CP9 moving super fast and wanted to try too

[@Speed001]

And every minute is a year off your life because he's pushing his body to the extremes for rubber.

[@klaw8335]

The fact that gear 5 is essentially the power of imagination, it makes sense how his fist lights on fire with Red Hawk, since he was inspired by Ace and what he could do

[@zorocz4444]

Gear 2nd does make sense though. One of the limits of running is that your muscles dont have enough oxygen causing you to be slower and get tired faster. So in theory gear 2nd supplies oxygen to luffy's muscles thus making him faster.

[@pingucrimson750]

I love gear 5’s design a lot more than gear 4, excited to see how Luffy grows from here

[@Naija_Ninja]

I'm equally excited to see it in the anime. I'm 99% sure it's going to be one of those Megumi episode masterpieces.

[@Zeblon44]

@@Naija_Ninja i feel like the chapter 1043 will be the megumi episode so basically like ep1015 and chapter 1044-1045 would be like ep1017 and 1026

[@FirstLast-yh7gj]

I love the fact that the form is white it's just so different

[@boxofcans461]

Yes gear 4 proves that post time skip was worse. I believe that one piece ended in skypea and the rest of the story isn't canon.

[@ScorpioRising4723]

@@boxofcans461 😐

[@doughytown4188]

That fruit turned Luffy into The Mask and I can't get enough of it

[@Jan-rm7wu]

Love how we just started to measure people in units of other people

[@HenshinFanatic]

If it works for the Sayajin, it'll work for us.

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

I mean, in the US we measure people in feet so we've been doing that for years.

[@samsadowitz1724]

It happens. In the dnd campaign I'm playing in we measure hp by the character with the lowest hp pool

[@pirocassensei9929]

1 thing I love from gear 5th is that the sounds he makes by punching and stuff actually appear in the world of one piece its not just the manga trying to create a sound

[@Tobi-hq3xe]

Wait, actually?

[@brandonsellers1076]

The drums of liberation are cartoon noises. AWESOME!

[@roccii_ae]

@@Tobi-hq3xe yeah toon force

[@bribri0812]

I love the current design of G5. The powers of the awakening are definitely inspired by Loony Toons and The Mask with Jim Carrey.

[@creativegaming412]

“It truly has NO limits …. Now with that being said here are its limits “ lmao

[@ultimatechris12]

The way luffy started gear 5 back up was LITERALLY just like starting gear 2, I hope we see luffy use this ability like a SSJ transformation

[@shruikan64]

I've thought his DF was controlled by his imagination since the G5 reveal. It explains so many things way back in the beginning such as when Crocodile impaled him and later luffy leaked water like a cartoon character from his belly when he was full. On another note, Luffy's DF has the same swirls and Sanji's eyebrows. The Dark-Dark Fruit has the same swirls and Germa 66. We know Judge is connected to Vegapunk. Maybe more relation between DF's and them.

[@baning23]

I had already set my theory on having Luffy extending the power of "freedom of imagination" to his allies in the final battle of the series, nice to have the confirmation he can do it

[@hito-hitotv319]

^

[@devin9934]

In the Hindu religion, Hanuman was said to “lift a whole island/mountain to save someone from inside from an illness”. I find this comparable to Luffy going into his giant form to help stop the island and save people.

[@lazilycloud]

or maybe it’s laugh tale, which people with devil fruits apparently get sick

[@filthyfrank8782]

Hanuman , Monkey-Man yay lol

[@christiandunn5824]

Also kinda reminds me of Luffy climbing that mountain on drum island to save nami (who was sick)

[@Prince-ox5im]

Hanuman was ordered to bring some plants that was a medicine for a disease and when he got there Hanuman couldn't remember what the plat was so he just Took the whole moutain and lifted it on his shoulder and came with the whole moutain Stupid like Luffy 😂😂

[@idkwhutimdoin]

Gear 5 is one of the best forms in all of anime and I absolutely love it

[@PortgasDAce-wt2qu]

you might think i'm biased but i agree!

[@ape16583]

I meeeeean it's nothing crazy or new pretty much just looks like ui

[@PortgasDAce-wt2qu]

@@ape16583 i'm sorry what?

[@Someguyonline7732]

It really has been incredible watching this channel grow from basically the beginning

[@abhishekchandra2474]

that mostertrio panel in 1055 was so satisfying....as zoro on right of luffy, sanji on left and jimbe on his back......with red green yellow blue theme ...just beautiful

[@Ahab1765]

Oda is just the best. Pure childlike imagination with the foresight and structure to create a wonderful and mysterious story.

[@BRUCEYBOY]

I think Luffy's Gear 5th affects others only by proxy. Because the fruit by design grants freedom, and nothing will hinder or stop its freedom, so it goes where it wants. I think Kaido's eyes not bursting and instead going back to normal helps this.

[@millionshadesofdarkness2165]

He had rubberized Kaido's eyes. Still interesting how a zoan fruit has a zoan and paramecia awakening ability. The power of 'freedom' is boundless i guess

[@romanchojnowski6485]

I’m excited for Oda to show off his creativity with Gear 5. We’ve already seen many creative Gum-Gum moves. Now we’ve got Gear 5 with a bunch new moves to come. Stoked.

[@Gerone722]

Each gear is Luffy enhancing a certain organ system (circulatory for gear second, skeletal for gear third, and muscular for gear fourth) and I like to think that gear 5 is Luffy enhancing his mind by unleashing his imagination and accomplishing what he sets his mind to

[@willbrashear]

I can see Luffy actually thinking that way.

[@Jrust139]

maybe during the fight with blackbeard he'll fall into that madness of the fruit. if blackbeard's darkness pulls in and destroys everything, maybe it could even work to suck the joy outta luffy during gear 5th. there would be lots of good subtext and metaphors to the fight happening (which is when one piece fights are at their best).

[@Masterminddudu]

6:20 Lord Hanuman during his childhood, he saw redish sun though trees and mistakenly took that as ripened Mango 🥭. He flew to space and reached the sun ,, he cannot seat it coz it was far bigger than his size…so he increased his size ,,,then Sun god trying to protect himself further increased his own size…but he had limits that he cannot increase his size after a limit as sun will explode and life on earth will extinct .but Hanuman had no limits so he became so big that sun was smaller than his mouth,,,Hanuman swallowed the sun…then later on he took out the sun from his mouth (as earth became too cold for life to exist and became dark ) then he went back to earth.

[@pampamtamtam4001]

I hope gear 5 doesn't have to get reserved for the most powerful opponents. I want to see Luffy go crazy with it more than twice.

[@calculator91]

Depends if Oda adds huge drawbacks to it like he did Gear Fourth.

[@The_Andromeda_Galaxy]

@@calculator91 maybe the drawback could be him losing himself to the zoan which is why he tries not to use it too much. At least initially until he learns to control it like chopper did, then he just cuts loose with it.

[@calculator91]

@@The_Andromeda_Galaxy That would work with me. No other Devil Fruit in One Piece has such massive drawbacks for the user than Luffy's. It would be a nice change of pace.

[@Rubberman202]

Edit: I'd like to point out that there IS a train of logic behind Gear 2, in that Luffy uses his rubber body to pump his blood faster, as seen when he smacks his legs to activate it, the steam comes as a result of the increased body heat from his increase blood flow. ...Or at least, that's the impression I always got out of it, still seems like a pretty out-there way of using a rubber body and not one that I or anyone else would think of. Edit2: Hearing about backstories cut for time and space really breaks my heart. Oda has so many stories he wants to tell for these characters but there are just too many of them and only so many pages in a single chapter to tell them all. Oda's ambitious when it comes to his characters and their stories are both his greatest strength and his greatest weakness. Original Comment: I'm glad Oda tried to set the record straight with Gear 5, though to be honest it still sounds extremely overpowered, which seems to be the case with most Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits. At the very least, he said that Luffy's Devil Fruit awakening at all is "a miracle", i.e. it was unlikely to happen up until it did. I think this is Oda trying to suggest that it's not like Luffy had these God-like powers and could have used them at any time in the past, thus undermining the tense and dramatic moments Luffy went through throughout his journey. I also like the idea of the potential risk of the "animal" within Luffy's Zoan Devil Fruit potentially overtaking him, could be a source of potential conflict, should he use Gear 5 again; like, Luffy is so focused on being goofy or laughing that he forgets what's really important to him or something along those lines. I was already happy with the whole "Luffy becomes a literally Golden Age cartoons God" angle, but Oda giving these extra details and risks that come with it only make me more happy with this decision. Really looking forward to how these new powers get used in the final saga!

[@toasted_donut2308]

it would be an interesting touch if luffy got overwhelmed with the nature of his df. It's like his body gets limitless freedom while he himself loses his own free will. Since his ultimate goal is to become the most free, it would make sense for the end of the story to feature him struggling with his own free will so that it would be more satisfying when he finally achieves this goal.

[@About9000]

The only thing i wish Oda elaborated on was Law's interactions with Hawkins. their powers have such interesting effects on each other, perhaps i would've wracked Oda's brain to figure out how to make a satisfying battle between them which is why he off screened it. It wouls certainly make Hawkin's apparent removal in the story more palitable

[@lynx4082]

I'm still confused on how the hell Luffy knows who/what Bajrang and a Roc is

[@Dark_Jaguar]

Toon force rules! If you're a toon, you have infinite stamina, but if you're a human using toon force like Michael Jordon or Eddie Valiant or The Mask, you've got limited stamina. Toon force is not literally unbeatable however! If instead of fighting it, you lean into the gags and subvert them, you can defeat it! You simply have to be funnier than the toon you're facing against. Eddie Valiant managed this (plus a mild touch of toon force to survive his own self-harm) to kill the weasel gang by making them laugh to death.

[@charlesberg1234]

It was originally going to be taught to him by gaimon.

[@knoxverdex3228]

the thing about the eyes and toon like eye pop thing. oda has done this a lot throughout the series. in scenes that have nothing to do with luffy too. remember ussop on dressrossa? he was actually the first time we saw this new eyes screwing out of the head look, it was used to make sugar pass out. he usually did not have the eyes swirl around like a cork screw untill this moment. i really think its more of just an art choice. i mean so many characters long before this with no contact to luffy had eye pop out scenes throught the show, enemies friends luffy himself. it really doesnt seem right if that is a consequence of his fruit. doesnt make sense to me. also not sure why people think this is a new toon form the show has been super toony from the get go. sure its a lil more at random it seems cause of the setting, but its not new for one piece or luffy.

[@brandonsellers1076]

I feel the same way about the eye pops and even when they're pissed their teeth turn all sharp n s#!+. One Piece has always been Zany, but the eye pops are different and consistent now...the same kind of eye pops associated with Gear 5th. Luffy even did it when. He saw his new bounty from Kid. So I'd say there's a difference and agree that Luffy is effecting his environment. He pulled the ground as a rubber shield, his fist was obviously sinking into Kaido's body more with his punches and the famous punch through the head. Kaido's body looked cartoony as Luffy rumbled inside of him. So on one hand, I totally agree that Luffy has paramecium properties with his awakening, I also agree that the cartoony effects have always been present in this manga due to its own very nature of being a Zany Pirate Adventure.

[@hito-hitotv319]

@@brandonsellers1076 ^

[@BruceCruce]

I think instead of taking every word a little to factual just watch him do what he does, so far it has been extending his rubber powers to just about anything, he hasn't displayed any reality warping in that sense. So i wouldn't go to far with the toon force yada just yet. It's a perfect power to cut loose with the cartoonish style Oda has been waiting to draw.

[@klevistp12]

Well said!!

[@calculator91]

He also has greater control of his own body to the point of exceeding mere rubber capabilities like his giant mode. He also seems to be immune to piercing damage as scene with his face melding to Kaido's club spikes. But yeah, i agree that it's kind of pointless to take every descriptive word literally.

[@BruceCruce]

@@calculator91 yeah his rubber powers got significantly stronger and extends to other people and the environment, but kaido states himself during the fight that he's still weak to slashing attacks and luffy also gets severely hurt by kaidos both Thunder bagua doom something and dragon twister which doesnt really strike me as omnipotence and more so goes in line with a power upp in his already existing attributes and an extension of them.

[@jd_redbeard]

I haven’t laughed this hard…since brook laughed at sanji when they met Duval. Thank you Liam. You bring all the true joy out of one piece with a clever scale of humor and fact!

[@legacy9685]

So if he does affects others it effectively takes away resistance and the hardness of enemies skins like kaido and BM and makes it ineffective, cuz he just makes it rubbery and does more damage, I'd like to think it does more damage by not only hitting but when the opponent it does back to normal from being rubber it does some more damage

[@SPEYERE]

Oda said that Luffy would have the power to get GrandLineReview to 1 million subscribers, so more people will get consistent One Piece culture into their youtube feed.

[@visionaryvjae5641]

You know on the "awakening allows the animal to take over you" I think Kaido actually did use his awakening too. It's very subtle and I could just be wrong but at the end of Kaido's drunk modes he enters a form called the homicidal drunk mod. This form has a few different design elements from Kaido's normal hybrid form: 1. Kaido has his dragon eye brows 2. Kaido's eyes look like they're a rinnegan 3. Kaido looks extremely bulkier. 4. Kaido's nose is more rounded. The reason I say this could be his awakening is due to the side effects of zoan awakenings, when Kaido cut loose in this homicidal mode for a while he lost himself in the battle and ended up accidentally "killing" Luffy after the CP0 agent interrupted the battle. In the last moments of his battle with gear 5 Kaido also enters this form again as he tells Luffy that haki is above all and these blows Luffy can't absorb/morph around like the previous ones and it forces Luffy to use black hardening for the first time and then charge up the Bajrang gun. Also before Kaido starts drinking he tells Luffy that he's drinking because he's acknowledged his strength and that he will become stronger from drinking. The drinking could be a catalyst that allows him to have more control over his awakening.

[@leikkimatto7858]

I love this idea

[@asgard2019]

Kaido main enemy in wano is plot armor itself. Awakening is write off in his book because the author doesn't know how to beat him if he has one

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

I kept trying to say this during the chapters and just got laughed at

[@lazilycloud]

i believe kaido’s dragon form his is awakening and is pervious form as a koi fish

[@todddempsey1277]

I just though the awakening was that big lava dragon form he made at the end of the fight.

[@williambaldwin684]

Fun fact about gear second. The steam effect is actually realistic IRL. Although the requirements are different. Basically I got it many time when I used to do intense swimming training in an outdoor pool during winter. The intense body heat against the cold air created steam very similar to gear 2. The more you know

[@auggie6969]

When he said " and of course when we soon come to discover, pin wheels are the natural counter to sharks" i believed him and was literally about to Google it. Till I repeated it in my head and rewinded a few times. I'm so dumb.

[@joefloggg3257]

No it makes sense

[@HORNYORPHAN]

Man I love how this Chanel has grown since I joyed. You’re so close bro to a Million! You’ve got this

[@aaronpena1692]

Gearcm fifth is a strong form and I feel people underestimate it due to its goofy nature

[@michaeldup4350]

No one is talking about that one snippet that says the user of the nika nika fruit gets stronger the more they laugh. And the *SPOILER* Luffy's laugh in 1055

[@MegarionZ]

Think about this: since Luffy is so innocent and naive, he always believed Usopp's stories. Could that mean that maybe Usopp would be super OP if affected by Luffy's power?

[@tenkaichi412]

Could that be the reason all usopps lies have become true?

[@FriedShrimpPasta]

If that's true usopp is gonna be op

[@raijinshima520]

I think a good take away from road to laugh tale is that not every character is going to get fully fleshed out. Stuff is gonna get left out for the sake of the greater story and it’s something we’re just going to have to accept.

[@okkkkk4361]

Imo gear 5 looks like the hybrid form of luffys Df so I still think there's another gear for him to unlock and he'll fully transform in his mythical zoan form

[@redcrow213]

God Mode

[@darrenraphael]

Giant form is is his full Zoan transformation.

[@gunilive781]

i really like the idea that oda only made gear 5 so he can stop explaining how shit works lmao

[@venkyratnam]

Regarding Hanuman, there is also the fascinating tale about him turning his body gigantic so that he can carry a hill while flying. Maybe Oda will use this bit later on.

[@Prince-ox5im]

Hanuman was ordered to bring some plants that was a medicine for a disease and when he got there Hanuman couldn't remember what the plat was so he just Took the whole moutain and lifted it on his shoulder and came with the whole moutain Stupid like Luffy 😂😂

[@superneenjaa718]

Hanuman didn't fly. His jumps were so insane that they looked like he could fly.

[@mire184]

keep it up dude. your videos are actually brilliant in every aspect

[@deadcool3227]

I hope some of those cut pages make it into the anime. Like, at least, they should add the one with Yamato and Fuga

[@ShadedVoid]

One piece directors cut would be like dressrosa (Rebecca flashback happens)

[@FreakyHimmel]

So excited to see where Luffy goes from here, he's strong now, but imagine he masters gear 5 without it being exhausting.

[@NeroPiroman]

After the skypea memes ultra instinct luffy became a reality

[@jozeydirtz]

KuroKumo could have been cool, imagine if he turned into ice oni too could have made hygoro bit more meaningful

[@hamburgermilk4652]

Gear 2: uses legs to pump his blood faster than the human body can withstand Gear 3: blows his rubberish bones up like a balloon Gear4: combines the last two gears with the inclusion of haki Gear 5: imagination

[@bennorfolk6633]

So, now we know Luffy's fruit imagination based. Obviously the practical side of his fire attacks is explained. But I think they came from his idolisation of Ace and prolly developed from luffy wanting to be more like him. Or even like an homage

[@MSSBy]

The play with Luffy eating a fruit vs. the monkey eating the sun is poetic writing

[@Prince-ox5im]

Hanuman was ordered to bring some plants that was a medicine for a disease and when he got there Hanuman couldn't remember what the plat was so he just Took the whole moutain and lifted it on his shoulder and came with the whole moutain Luffy would have done that too😂😂

[@jprest13]

film red is officially canon

[@Dusxio]

This does raise an interesting question... is the wacky nature of the One Piece World due to the actions of a previous Nika Nika fruit user? There are a lot of hybrid creatures, races like the long-arm tribes, places and rules of physics that are inconsistent, and even really random things that are just accepted. And since almost all of world history is lost or hidden...

[@WonderLady]

Imo, Luffy has been the only Nikki Nikki fruit user. He Is JoyBoy

[@Dusxio]

@@WonderLady Nah, remember the world government has been suppressing knowledge of the fruit. Their has been at least one user previously, the first JoyBoy.

[@ElderNewt]

I love how since he became G5 his laugh has changed even outside it

[@Tobi-hq3xe]

Wasn't it always "shishishi"

[@ElderNewt]

@@Tobi-hq3xe Pretty sure it was your standard hehehe and hahaha

[@Tobi-hq3xe]

@@ElderNewt i don't think so, though i can't say for sure 🤔

[@DunklerZebralord]

I'm a little confused about your Gear 2 argument. Like... It's obviously using his body's rubber capabilities. Even if that is way too vague for you, why did you say no one knows what the steam is? It's sweat. Very obviously just sweat cooking off because the accelerated blood flow heats him up.

[@cameronashford5744]

exactly!!!! he is just pumping his blood faster through his body

[@brodiegibb9996]

I mean people in the real world steam when there really hot compared to the temperature of the room/weather. I always thought that he steamed because his body was that hot not the sweat itself

[@treeoflife8060]

I usually rock with this guy’s videos, but this one ain’t it chief

[@simplyhammer5105]

You could say that it's just GumGum fruit awakening and him just bending reality as he pleases.

[@Entei9000]

Speaking of Luffy doing things that didn't make sense, I was always a bit confused by Gear Third. I get that he's blowing air into himself but for that to work he would need to make a hole. But if that's what he's doing, how is it that the air didn't just escape through that same hole?

[@roccii_ae]

Because one piece

[@kostasakas5473]

he’s not blowing into a hole, he takes a huge breath and then uses his thumb to stop him from breathing out, and then he positions that huge breath into the right place. the thumb is more like a cork than a hole

[@marcelahernandez369]

it really comes off as some sort of goofy Looney Tunes god type of power! Its like if he's always been goofy so now hes a godly gooofball 😂

[@TheMonkePrince]

This Awakining, this power, it ruins the power scaling, but it's such an amazing power. It's toon force being used as actual attacks. Its so freaking awesome.

[@kennethtumines2447]

What power scaling? 🤣 there's none in one piece

[@fbafoundationalbuck-broken6011]

@@kennethtumines2447 you do realize their is a power system ?

[@knotty_trout96]

Hello just subscribed started getting into one piece a couple months ago used to be a big naruto fan but that ended and i dont care for how they handled it anymore. So now im jumping into this vast world and thanks to ur videos the lore has been easy to take in this is a fun sea.

[@aurora3539]

I love the fact that Luffy has a child like imagination and trough out the whole series we where gradually watching his imagination and his devil fruit (joy boy aka. Nika) was affecting all of his gears and moves in the series. Wow honestly the best manga ever!

[@ikon.dadorkkings.3263]

"Looks like you're enjoying this fight. The greater the risk the wider your smile, right?" - Kaido statement to Luffy. This statement debunks the theory that Luffy will lose if he doesn't smile.

[@GameCyborgCh]

"anything he can think of he can make happen" this explains why Luffy is a rubber man, everyone believed he ate the Gum Gum fruit so naturally Luffy thinks he's now made of rubber so the fruit makes him into rubber. If the W.G. named it the Stone Stone fruit or anything else Luffy would have turned into something else. Maybe Oda could release a "Silmarillion" like book after he finishes One Piece. This way we don't get awful pacing due to Ode including absolutely everything but still get all the details he wants to add to his story.

[@Aether_GM]

Early grats on 1 mil. You're one of the first creators I look for

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

What's more to say it's clear that Luffy's devil fruit is the strongest most powerful of all time in all of One Piece history plus his devil fruit Awakening is again the strongest and most powerful of all devil fruit awakened users

[@lorddarkrai5753]

No it ain't going to be that way , Oda won't cast the dragon ball effect in One Piece.It's definitely one of the most powerful fruit but still , Haki can counter it and it doesn't nessecarily eliminate other powerful fruit like Soru Soru , Magu Magu , Pika Pika , Yami Yami , Uo Uo Ryu Model , Hito Hito Daibutsu Model and more.

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

Well when you put it that way I believe monkey D Dragon has the ancient weapon Uranus in form of a devil fruit which puts him above Luffy we just need to wait for the creator of one piece to announce it

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

@@lorddarkrai5753 and your right haki can conquer everything and to be honest I have another theory and guess the dragon doesn't have a devil fruit but instead insane and Powerful haki more than shanks

[@miguelmagana3691]

the fact that luffy didnt use haki says there is more to his new transformation

[@legendoflegends858]

Am I the only person finding Shanks more and more terrifying with every details released ever since he gave Luffy the straw hat? I don’t think it’s just combat and haki. I suspect he has diplomatic power with origins from dragons or has crazy damning knowledge. I mean he just said, it’s time to claim the one piece. Claim. And just terrified an admiral with his haki. It’s making me see Marineford, his encounter with Kaido, five elders, Gorosei and Whitebeard very different. His power is high. I really hope Oda writes him and his crew in such a way that it lives up to all the set up.

[@SlothfulSage]

The best comparison for Gear 5th luffy I can think of is The Mask.

[@icytea2774]

10:15 I really like her smile

[@justamon2281]

“Beefing up his allies “ I feel like the main drawback here is that if Luffy has an imaginative enemy then they also will fight in ways that defy logic

[@ericbristow2601]

I like to imagine that because of the nika fruit, Ussop's lies came to life

[@brendenhubert1992]

I look forward to Liam’s videos just as much as I look forward to the anime drops every week! But honestly not quite as much as I enjoy the weekly manga drops. Keep it up Liam!

[@joshuasears3016]

I remember when I first starting watching this channel it had around 230k subs. Happy I was here for the journey. So many great vids your so close to 1 mil!!!

[@donnieldavid9795]

Watched... I have to tell you thanks for this ... without you I would never have access to info like this that just makes you love one piece and oda even more ... so thank you again 💙

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

Huh so if I have a pinwheel with me I don’t have to worry about sharks?

[@GraveEnd]

I like how unique and different gear 5th is compared to more typical powerups

[@ArrogantAngel]

funny... so oda kinda made the concept of The Mask comic/movie into a devil fruit, even the part about it being based on a gods power. interesting. i kinda wonder if oda ever read the comics or watched the movie with jim carrey.

[@FreakyHimmel]

"he wouldve been 4 kaidos tall" Ah yes great measurements there

[@myu2k2]

"Are you tellin' me you could've done that at any time?" "No, only when it would be funny."

[@TheDarrylJMusic]

@4:40 I've always thought the way it was explained is he's overloading his metabolic function the steam you see is the moisture in his blood evaporating as he speeds up his heart rate to around 200bpm. That would make his reaction time strength speed, ect way faster.

[@justanotheryoutuber3532]

So he becomes the joker with reality bending power

[@moqeys881]

just finished 1055. waiting for your next upload patiently excited like we waited some shanks action for so many years.

[@loganstevenson931]

I'm so scared to click on One Piece videos for the next few days as I read the vis translation

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

Imagine humans evolved to only be able to chew on leather shoes for food. That's the existence of Koala's.

[@quesmark3683]

“Koala-fide” was a BAR 🔥 😂

[@FHK_88]

2:52 Horadric Cube! Turns out Liam is a fellow Diablo II player🙌