Every Remaining Character Luffy Will Fight In One Piece

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
3:05 #1
6:19 #2
9:12 #3
10:49 #4
14:46 #5
15:53 Honorable Mention

[RaffDGoat]

I’m more excited for the conversation between Luffy and Blackbeard than the actual fight.

I remember thinking Luffy’s true dream will be revealed during their confrontation to show the difference between the two.

[GamerBoyDevin]

Tbh, I'm really curious how the Cross Guild will end up affecting this. What if Buggy, Luffy and Shanks all show up to laugh tale at the same time? Or what if Cross Guild is involved in a davy back fight? The first one had a very carnival theme to it and that would fight Buggy's style perfectly.

[Eeb]

I’ve always felt like Kid’s DF was used in the past to polarize all of the islands, creating the situation for which the log poses work the way they do in the present

[joelsasmad]

4:15 Kuma's history has been such a huge part of this arc and he has stated his desire to be like Nika. I think even if Luffy might get the final blow, that Kuma will be a significant factor in Saturn's defeat.

[SSJTerris]

I have this vision in my head of Luffy and Usopp having inverse arcs in Elbaf. Luffy and Shanks hit it off fantastically as you'd expect, whereas Usopp has an unexpectedly bad reunion with his dad. But as the arc, and likely Davy Back Fight goes ender way, these relationships reverse. With Usopp having a Heart-to-Heart with Yasopp, them both coming to a better understanding of each other, and making up; meanwhile Luffy and Shanks have the opposite, a Heart-to-Heart where Shanks makes it clear the expectations he has for Luffy, the "destiny" of his Nika power, and how he's been preparing the world for Luffy's rise, all for this go rather poorly with Luffy who isn't about being controlled or set upon a path, he made that much clear at Whiskey Peak. This could lead to more heated battle between Luffy and Shanks. The winner choosing Luffy's destiny.

[shyguypro]

I'm still holding out hope for Kid. If there's one trait of his that's been highlighted above all others, it's his determination and refusal to give up no matter how many set backs he faces.

He was defeated by the Red Hair pirates and lost an arm, but then went on to raid Big Mom and seemingly successfully take what he wanted (presumably a Poneglyph rubbing).

He was betrayed by Apoo and crushed by Kaido, but his spirit was never broken and he eventually joined the alliance that broke the power of Big Mom and Kaido.

He was once again thoroughly crushed by the Red Hair Pirates, this time by Shanks himself. However, there's nothing conceptually different about this defeat vs all the others he's faced.

No matter how many times you break Kid apart, he'll just keep putting himself back together. I think that's a very cool concept for a rival for Luffy.

[funkmasterhexbyte]

My take: Luffy will not take down Imu, Blackbeard will. At that point, Blackbeard will finally have the top 3 fruits of every category (logia: darkness, paramecia: quakes, zoan: whatever imu has). Given the recurring theme of "inherited will" and the ushering in of a new age, it makes perfect thematic sense for a new/modern big-bad to usurp the throne as well, and there's no one more fitting for that role than Blackbeard. I mean, imagine the despair Blackbeard would bring to the world. He'd use the Mother Flame or the ancient weapon or whatever to destroy literally everything, even more so than Imu.

We saw during the marineford arc that Blackbeard wants to destroy EVERYTHING, especially the marines. That means he has just as much motivation to challenge the WG as the SHP. He's also the only antagonist explicitly implied to have a strength-of-will comparable to Luffy (i guess Wyper kinda counts, but Oda wrote him out of the story lol). Thematically, it makes just as much sense for him to be the one that takes down Imu. After all, Blackbeard is Luffy's foil and a fellow member of the D clan. His objective is to replace the Celestial Dragons' rule with "absolute darkness", while Luffy is setup to replace the Celestial Dragons' rule with "the dawn of the world".

You know what? Lemme go mask off. Blackbeard will ALSO lose an eye in his fight against Imu, and become the first pirate in One Piece to wear an eyepatch. You heard it here first, folks.

[MrMrkman]

Personally I'm more of the mind that Blackbeard will be Luffy's final major opponent. Blackbeard seems to be THE perfect foil to Luffy.

1. created a crew based off of selfish desire that will disband as soon as they don't find each other profitable while Luffy took in crewmembers with their own dreams and formed an unbreakable family
2. Luffy is the "Sun God Nika" and Blackbeard has the "Dark Dark" fruit like cmon.
3. They both want to be pirate king, but it's already been established that "you're not him" by whitebeard while Luffy has been told "he's the one" by half a dozen characters now "Kuma, Rayleigh, Saturn, etc.)
4. Blackbeard seems to have some grand plan to rule over the world like a tyrant and Luffy wants to be free from responsibility(pretty much the exact opposite)
5. BB likes cherry pie. Luffy doesn't
6. etc.

Blackbeard is the Character with the most connection to Luffy when it comes to theming and would be the more interesting final fight compared to Imu. I hope Oda wants the final battle to be the most meaningful one rather than just a box to check.

[wordsandyou]

Kid!!! Such a bittersweet mention. I sure do hope he gets something good. It’s been long enough since wano and the one tap that I can muster some hope again. Oda paying good attention to killer during Wano without really showing the character stuff that makes kid worth following is another reason to believe we might get something out of him.


But yeah hardest character to be a fan of since Chad from Bleach.

[Kosmos]

Koby is an underrated encounter . Koby probably grew the most of everybody in the entire series .

[jackdslime]

If the Shanks davy back fight is what happens wouldn't it be interesting if he picks Luffy to join his crew in the first round. The strawhats would have to fight to get him back thus bringing Luffy's promise of gathering a crew stronger than Shanks' to fruition. It could also be Robin because so far they have no way to read Poneglyphs and this would make it impossible for Luffy to reach Laughtale.

[taktful]

I actually think Blackbeard will be the final boss instead of Imu. Narratively I think it'll work better because after Imu is defeated and the World Government is overthrown, a new era will emerge and its direction will be decided by another 'crossroads of fate' between Luffy and Blackbeard. The world will either reach it's long awaited dawn or be plunged into another even darker night.

I think it'll play out with Luffy defeating Imu, and Blackbeard swooping in after stealing Imu's fruit in classic Blackbeard scheming fashion. Blackbeard will finally get his foreshadowed third fruit power, presumably a mythical zoan completing the trio of logia, paramecia, and zoan powers, and this final act will not only parallel the end of Marineford but Ace's battle at Banaro Island as well. Light vs Darkness, Sun (god) vs Night.

As a tangent I'd really like to see Luffy fight Aokiji at some point. I think it'll be fitting not only for Luffy to defeat all three admirals from pre-timeskip but Aokiji is still one of the only characters to beat Luffy one on one who Luffy hasn't had a rematch with yet.

[AXDaemon]

You're the most reasonable person I know in the one piece community. I really enjoy your videos. Keep it up.

[someoneelse]

Just realizing now that Kuma is meant to be a John the baptist figure in relation to Luffy, who plays the role of the messianic savior.

[joelsasmad]

My prediction. Akainu is not an enemy for Luffy but for Coby and Garp. The battle for the soul of the Marines will be Akainu's most important role.

[tkjjokey]

I think you laying out just how imperative it is that Luffy, as nika, be the one to defeat Saturn lays out just what the revelation that shocks the world will be at the end of all this. I think that in defeating Saturn, Luffy will make a clear declaration of war against the Celestial Dragons themselves and start a revolutionary spark that every figurehead in this story has been dreading since he defeated Crocodile. He might even literally declare war against them as he did against the WG and Big Mom, especially if Bonney does end up joining and it’s her dream to end the CD’s rule.

[tonyscaletty]

I'm excited for Shanks vs. Luffy. I think it will start off with a celebration and cheerful reunion, followed by one of them challenging the other to a fight. We know Luffy wants to defeat Shanks, he just didn't want Shanks to be first.

[apg]

I feel that there might be multiple match-ups for several characters. For example, Sakazuki may fight Luffy first, then Sabo (replacing Ace), and finally Koby (the Future of the Marines). This would cover all of his thematic framings.

[elrond]

Bro your comnentary is so good.Your analysis and how you put those thoughts into words is excellent and nice to ears.

[abbamalami]

What I'm interested in seeing is luffy's future power ups, in all his previous battles he always gets a power up but now it seems like he's hit his peak