Luffy's Gear 5 Is The Perfect OP Power Up (One Piece)

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[goombaboomba]

A common misconception of the nika fruit is that people think that its the strongest fruit in the world. But in fact, its stated that its the most ridiculous fruit, the goofiest fruit. If any other character in the op verse was given this fruit, it wouldn’t be nearly as strong. Bcz its luffy’s childlike whimsicality, his creativity, and his nature for freedom that makes this ability strong. Also another thing that i love about G5 is that its such a joy to read. Its always a surprise and its just pure fun.

[dusancookiewolf]

i absolutly love that luffy's fruit is literally being a cartoon. Fits his goofyness so much.

[Wynaro]

Luffy being the GOAT is a great video to drop just before "Nobody understands Zoro"

[MagnificantSasquatch]

People forget something crucial with this fruit: the broken shit *_only_* kicks in after you awaken it. There’s no retconning of Luffy’s journey (I'm speaking specifically of his journey to grow and become incredible, I recognize the fruit's _nature_ was retconned) because until that point, it really was just the "Gum-Gum Fruit". Just a thing that makes you rubber. Hell, it’s the first DF to have a dual-classification for this reason.

Until he gets stricken dead and limit breaks, it’s still the same fruit that made him need _several years_ to learn how to so much as _throw a punch_ again. And as for his strength, we know that’s all him and has nothing to do with his fruit; that was half the point of the Udon internment and seeing that physically he was still immensely strong even with his powers locked off. G5 isn’t a retcon of his journey, it’s his journey’s _reward._

[donniebell]

My favorite part of this whole thing is looking back on all the drawings and depictions of gear 5. They were all super serious/edgy/intense with spikes and full body haki, lion man, dragon man etc. Then out of nowhere: GET READY FOR A SWELL BATTLE!
Goda built different for that.

[Indarow]

What I love about it is that his fruit is one that allows him to turn his imagination into physical reality, it plays perfectly into *why* he was able to develop his previous gears and why he had been thematically constrained to rubber powers through the whole of the story until now.

Luffy was told he ate the Gum Gum fruit, he was under the belief that it was the Gum Gum fruit, therefore it was. He mentally constrained himself to rubber powers so his body was made of rubber.

Every gear he developed still made some level of sense to rubber powers, but hinted at his imagination slowly pushing the boundaries of impossibility further and further.

Oda is a master world builder and character writer, and the revelation of Luffy’s true fruit is a testament to that.

[Ablestron]

I live that the translation isnt "the strongest" but "the most rediculous" which is such an oda move and a perfect fit for Luffy. I was laughing and playing the loonietoons theme in my head the whole battle after the reveal xD so hilarious and perfect

[TheHeroOfLimes]

Luffy's fruit being something other than rubber was a theory I never liked until I saw Gear 5 in action. Now I think it's fantastic and think Gear 5 is one of the coolest transformations in anime.

[InsaneGamersPro]

I think Oda will handle the use of Gear 5 very well. Just from the bits of Luffy using Gear 5, we can see that there is still a bit of a limit to its usage. At least till Luffy can manage to master it, that is. Looks like Luffy can't use it willy nilly for how ever long he wants. There seems to be some sort of time limit for now and when he's out of the form, he's completely exhausted from it's usage. To quote one of the best characters ever "The price of freedom sure is steep."

[kombat]

So many people believe that red hawk was just Luffy's fist moving fast enough to catch on fire due to friction in the air but that doesn't explain why any of his attacks using it made explosions or even work under water.

[imatiu]

The thing about being another fruit is actually very well foreshadowed during the entire series, his ridiculous healing factor, how some techniques don't make much sense if the fruit was only Rubber and how many guys commented on how his fruit made no sense, Doffy, Katakuri and Kaido all commented that his fruit wasn't making sense at several points.

[Lorlic]

Luffy's fruit quote "Lets you fight in what ever manner you wish". In other words, the reason he is able to do all these batshit insane things is because he BELIEVES its possible. Thats the theme of OP in my opinion. Your only limited by what you think is possible.

[deadsoon]

The downside being the possibility of Luffy losing his mind if he stays in this form for too long is so interesting to me. One of the most glaring things with his awakening is how his behavior changed, his laughed changed, and how his mood shifted so dramatically. Suddenly he was borderline manic despite being at the brink of death a few moments prior. That could lead to either Nika taking over (and people seem to hate) or getting carried away and dealing damage to himself or others without noticing, because he's just _that_ happy. It's a terrifying power indeed, if you look at it from this perspective. It's no wonder Nika was considered a deity.

[tylerprime]

Its not even like luffys training was in vain or anything, he still had to work his ass of to get to his current point. You aren't just gonna eat the nika fruit and immediately become a cartoon character you have to fully understand and work alongside the fruit. The nika form is only usable by someone who has luffys ideals, if akainu ate this fruit he wouldn't be able to awaken and likely wouldn't end up creative enough to match luffys use with the fruit.

Its not just about the devil fruit, its about the user too

[jesseekemezie]

I think the fact that he still thinks he has the rubber fruit is what makes it so great 😂

[ryangentry]

I’m waiting for the OP chapter where Luffy literally breaks the fourth wall and starts messing with the paneling

[psychronia]

The perfect thematic power-up.

Also, I've noticed that I'm really excited to see a fight whenever Luffy goes into Gear 5th now. Gear 2nd, 3rd, and 4th are all cool and all, but they're mainly just physical power-ups with comedic elements.

Now, I get to wonder what nonsense Oda will write every time Luffy uses this form.

[HeraclesN-fpbw]

Honestly i did not mind that Oda made this change to Luffy's fruit since just before the reveal Oda did have the Gorosei mention of fruit wipe from any records & also the fact that if you payed really close attention there were hints to it being the Nika Fruit like the first Devil Fruit type mentioned was the Zoan type while it wasn't until the Skypiea Arc that Logia & Paramecia types were mention, & then during Skypiea Luffy was against a man with a Logia claiming to be a God while Luffy a God was thought to be a mere Paramecia

[balevoid]

Honestly his fruit makes complete sense to me, all along Luffy was a modern rubber hose cartoon within an anime and since his fruit basically is toon force (the ability to alter reality in favor of comedy) he was really only limiting himself because Shanks told him it was the Gum Gum fruit and he accepted that without question.

[lobsterbisque]

I like to believe that for most people the Gum-Gum Fruit would have stayed as the Gum-Gum Fruit. But because Luffy is Luffy, the fruit is allowed to be broken as hell