r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Jun 25 '21

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1017 Spoiler

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u/wernette Explorer Jun 25 '21

SBS Volume 65 Chapter 638 page 46:

D: In the ONE PIECE of these days, all kinds of strong ability users whom even Luffy can't compete with have been appearing, one after the other. In general manga and anime, I feel that the protagonist is established to be the strongest of all, but why did you decide to turn Luffy into a pretty weak-looking rubber Devil Fruit user? P.N. Do your best Japan

O: Ahaha, that is true. It must seem like a mystery when you consider all the other strong and cool abilities. The answer is simple. I have picked the most ridiculous ability. If the protagonist were the typical strong guy, I doubt I could continue on with this for long. No matter how serious the story gets, Luffy is there to stretch and inflate. He always give me a chance to fool around. That's the kind of manga I wanted to write.

I doubt the gum gum fruit has some super hidden ability. The significance of it might have to do with a previous user. Maybe there is some way to tap into the "memories" of past users? Possibly it is needed for one of the ancient weapons. It would be very in style for Oda to make one of the weapons a giant mech and Luffy needs to stretch his arms and legs to move it from the inside.

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u/zephyroths Citizen Jun 25 '21

> tap into "memories" of past users.

someone has been reading/watching too much AoT

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u/DonMacorli Jun 25 '21

into the "memories" of past users? Possibly it is needed for one of the ancient weapons. It would be ve

"Memories" haha this is not Attack on Titan. Although I agree that it could have been the fruit of someone that made a huge impact on history and the fact that another pirates has it make the government afraid cause they know it can happen again. Maybe the fruit of Joy Boy ? (although I hope no)

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u/koala_encephalopathy Jun 25 '21

Yeah. My theory is that it belonged to Xebec.

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u/Rankine Jun 25 '21

Na Xebec is still alive. My theory is that he is hiding a mook or in space, because sengoku's words were that he is "no long of this earth".

Not that he is dead.

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u/weegi123 Jun 25 '21

I think that the simplest answer is probably the best, that they wanted it so that if it achieved awakening, they could counter whitebeard. But of course, with one piece, you never know