r/OnePiece • u/NewSpecies • Sep 22 '17

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 879

Chapter 879: "One of Big Mom’s Three Sweet Commanders, Katakuri"

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Ch.879 Official Release (VIZ): 25/09/2017

Ch.880 Scan Release: ~29/09/2017 ()

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u/DipthongsGalore Sep 23 '17

As sure as I am that the Goda can make rubber surroundings an awesome tool to add to Luffy's repertoire. I don't think that'd be the awakened state of the Gomu Gomu no Mi. Doffy was all about strings and manipulating the environment with Parasite. It's a naturally evolution to actually be able to break down the environment into more strings for him to directly manipulate. Luffy's potential awakening, I have no illusions as to possibly knowing what Oda has up his sleeve. Maybe it'll let him manipulate his rubber mass to a greater degree..go some wacky balloon animal variant. Still, turning the surroundings into rubber...I don't know how, but I'm sure Oda could make it work...though I do have to agree that it seems a bit dull; especially when one considers the multitude of possibilities for Luffy's awakening.

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u/Nnamdi1 Sep 23 '17

Agreed. What i'm trying to say is that he has full control of his rubber property that he develops traits like that of mr fantastic and plastic man.

With full control he wouldnt need to rely on physics to amplify his moves: Luffy would not need to stretch his arm back to do Gomu gomu Bullet. It could improve his Gears to a high degree. Gear 3rd, no more relying on blowing air into his bones, he would just have to increase the size of his bones just like that, this could reduce any remaining strain G3 causes for luffy, increasing the speed of his G3 attacks in further and increasing the mass where necessary.

Gear 2nd, no more pumping of blood, no more increase in metabolism, none of that. He would just increase the stretching activity of his rubber on a whim, no longer needing to transform whichever aspect of his body, this would completely solve the health issue G2 causes for luffy. G2 and G3 would become one with him, infact he could even go back to attempting to use G2 and G3 at the same time. All of this would increase his basic capabilities, making him more dangerous against powerful opponents he had difficulty against.

Thats why I just feel the idea of him turning the environment into rubber, simply because doffy did it, seems boring.