What Would Happen If Gear 5 Luffy Was At Marineford?

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Original Title: What Would Happen If Gear 5 Luffy Was At Marineford?

If Whitebeard could use advanced conqueror's haki coating at Marineford, he would use it against Akainu. His health didn't allow it.

[cayde]

Ace's death was sad, but necessary for the character development of Luffy. The realisation that he couldn't protect his brother completely changed him for good.

[sanketgadge]

Having seen glimpse of shanks's power, divine departure, my respect for Mihawk is increased exponentially.

[fmmeeem]

Ohara's "What if's" storiesare pretty great. Tbh, I was devastated because of Ace's death. I was literally crying while denying the fact that he died but then it was indeed necessary for the character development of Luffy. I think Oda did great in writing One Piece.

[July-gjst]

Tbh, I think Golden Budha vs Gear 5 would be an awesome clash. Remember that Gear 5 is technically still Sun God Nika so it would be two literal god-like beings clashing.

[djsreja]

If Nika was at Marineford, ain't no chance Shanks is stopping Kaido, so there would be Luffy, Shanks, Whitebeard and Kaido fighting with marines and BB

[JustEpik]

I think the 2 year timeskip would still happen because either Luffy or Rayleigh would realize that the rest of the crew is way less powerful than Luffy. But i think this time Luffy would train his fruit to an even higher power level and would learn to control gear 5 even better while the straw hats train much harder to be somewhat as strong as Luffy. Rayleigh might come up with the idea of the 2 year timeskip but i could also see Luffy coming up with it since i don't think he would be blinded by his strength and think that he could protect his crew without them having to train.

[faizoktoraa]

I think even though Luffy's crewmate are underpowered, Some of his crew are also competitive and also Nami did ask usopp to make her a weapon to protect herself and to not be useless

[flighteldgar]

small correction on the what if. if he had successfully rescued ace and went immediately to the new world to do the things he is currently doing, he wouldn't meet kin'emon and the others because 20 years hasn't passed yet.

[nadrewod]

Ace's death was a tragedy, but Jinbei helped Luffy pick the pieces back up and keep moving forward. It pushed him to stop flying by the seat of his pants and actually focus purely on training for the first time since his voyage started, while hearing about Ace's death in the newspaper made all of the Strawhats realize how much suffering their captain was going through because of how weak they all still were.

Without Ace's death, Luffy would not have had the time to master his three kinds of Haki enough to have Gear 4 stable in time for Dressrosa (not to mention Luffy likely avoiding Dressrosa if Doflamingo hadn't announced Ace's Devil Fruit as the tournament prize), and he wouldn't have had enough experience with both Gear 4 and fighting Awakened Devil Fruit users to unleash Gear 5 on Kaido.

Luffy simply didn't have enough battle experience or training to pull off anything close to Gear 5 by the time of Marineford. He already spent years training on Grey Terminal's island just getting used to his Devil Fruit, so if he had started his journey earlier, he would have been even less reliable in a fight, and would have likely missed the golden recruiting opportunities for many of his current crew (Zoro not being set up for a firing squad execution, Ussop not having the courage to follow his dreams without seeing the Strawhats' capabilities defending the island from a pirate invasion, Nami still being a few years away from having enough money for Arlong to have the Navy rat steal it, Chopper not being encountered if Nami wasn't terminally ill with a disease from Little Garden, Robin still being a few years away from Crocodile's "Project Utopia" coming to fruition, Franky not recognizing the determination and integrity of the Strawhat crew without Ussop or his hometown's Going Merry ship). Also, the earlier Luffy gets on the Navy's radar, the closer all of their Old Guard will be to their physical primes, meaning that they'd be even stronger.

Realistically, there's no way this is possible without the kind of time travel shenanigans you only see in bad filler arcs or complex sci-fi stories.

[PortgasDPale]

I absolutely love the "What if" videos you put out. Thanks for all the hard work, Manu. It really shows!

[ryanhobbs]

I believe with Blackbeard, he may take the second, far scarier gamble of just grabbing ANY strong Devil Fruit (Akinu) who would have been severely beaten enough to possibly put down.

[Bazorki]

I was just thinking the main reason Nami's punches hurt Luffy is not because of Haki but because Luffy imagined it would hurt!

[Wakozi]

To be honest, I think if the events had played out this way during the Marineford arc, the manga would have ended much quicker, but not in a satisfying manner. If Luffy had appeared as G5 at Marineford, Imu and the Gorosei would have caught wind of it much faster than they did during the events of Wano. Remember, when they learned about G5, they reacted by sending one of the Gorosei over to Egghead to deal with it (ofc due to Vegapunk's involvement along with Luffy being there). However, this information came from a somewhat unreliable CP0 agent's report.

But if Luffy had shown up as G5 at Marineford, there would have been no doubt in their minds that G5 Luffy was, in fact, Joyboy. I wouldn't even be surprised if all 5 Gorosei had immediately rushed to Marineford. Despite Luffy and his allies' strength, I believe the Gorosei would have eventually overcome them. Alternatively, if the Gorosei didn't go to Marineford, they might have chosen to bide their time and target him when he and his crew were alone. In that scenario, it would have been a lost cause because the other Straw Hats wouldn't stand a chance against them.

[Mrsausge]

The thumbnail is crazy
Akainu is protecting ace now wow donut maker is the donut wow donut mess with donut maker number 2

[griffinmadsen]

Really cool idea! I love these ‘what if’ situations. One thing I can’t get off my mind though, would Luffy have learned/created moves like Red Hawk and Red Roc had Ace not been killed? Cause it seems like he kinda made them in memory of/in reference to Ace. Either way though, g5 Luffy would dominate this war for sure

[bakshev]

Gear 5 Luffy in Marineford means that the pirates win. At this point he's stronger than Whitebeard was at Marineford.

[sfkidstv]

2:17 the sandals pointed out made me laugh to death
Also luffy's scream was equally funny

[somebodythatisnobodyo]

The rest of the crew- That one overleveled starter.

[dominiccampbell]

I think it might be time to do an updated version of this considering the new information we have.
1. His Conquerors is knocking out way more people.
2. The moment he goes Gear 5, Kuma is going to recognize Nika, and once that gets revealed, at least half the Warlords are immediately switching sides.
3. Akainu, being the hothead he is, is probably not going to survive Marineford, especially if he keeps pursuing. Garp, Luffy, Whitebeard, Shanks and Ace all have more than enough reason to end him, especially if he tries to kill Koby.