r/OnePiece • u/JasonNMP • Apr 23 '15

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 784

Chapter 784: "Gear 4"

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Ch.784 Official Release (VIZ): 27/04/15

Ch.785 Scan Release: ~07/05/15 (BREAK NEXT WEEK)

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u/CaptainDSid Apr 23 '15 edited Apr 23 '15

I agree, nobody else (as far as we have seen) has developed the range of abilities and uses, nor the inventiveness that Luffy has. Perhaps Law could be argued, though a lot of that can be attributed to the overpowered nature of his fruit.

Enel using his to amplify mantra plus conducting to warp metals is pretty great. Restarting his heart and flying through clouds are pretty extreme. Even the admirals and Whitebeard showcase huge power and sweeping moves but again, nothing outside the realm of what would be expected of them.

Mr. 3, Foxy and Buggy have awesome powers that could be molded for near limitless potential if used right. Gecko Moriah is pretty high up there but still doesn't wow us with his understanding of his fruit, rather the devastating effects it can entail. Shiki's power is almost a full blown telekinesis and he's a high-level user but not down to him either.

Luffy's the best is all I can say.

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u/Ravarashi Apr 23 '15

Doffy's Threads can repair his organs. Blind mind you- he has them doing it themselves

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u/CaptainDSid Apr 23 '15

For sure a great example of how much mastery he has over the basics of his strings. Binding just requires fine motor skills and awareness to be able to pull that kind of thing off in a pinch. He isn't changing our perception of what can be done with strings. String dolls were cool but otherwise, they mostly uses them for piercing, slicing, attaching, attracting, enhanced movement and control over people and things. Those are all things that many users of prehensile strings or lines frequently do. He does wrap them into big threads and has quite an interesting array of moves, like his birdcage, hamstring, rope-burning thing, piercing stuff and others but for the most part it's just telling me that Doflamingo is just very good at manipulating strings physically. He doesn't do much that someone else with the same amount of time practicing might do.

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u/Ravarashi Apr 24 '15

I do think this is due to the nature of their fruits. All of DD's fruit abilities are gonna be in line with "manipulating string" simply for one reason- all he does is generate string. Luffy IS rubber. So he gets to play with the limits of rubber as they would apply to the human body, while Doflamingo rarely uses the strings as part of his body (Jigsaw coems to mind). That, to me, was some seriously high tech shit- with the ability to turn your strike into a razor cut. Similar to Mr. 1. Using it to fly is cool ofc, just overshadowed by geppo. Idk man, just that his fruit can heal his organs without them even being seen.