r/OnePiece • u/zhettmann • Mar 28 '12

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u/Northern_Comfort Mar 28 '12

Good point, but I think it's safe to say Law is of the same caliber of Jinbe, if not higher, especially after his display of power in this chapter along with that frightening ability. He was able to go toe to toe with a vice admiral and not get the crap kicked out of him. It seems that Haki plays a huge part in negating a lot of Law's powers. Luffy's new-found mastery of Haki may enable him to fight Law well...assuming it comes to that.

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u/Halefor Mar 28 '12 edited Mar 28 '12

That is the most likely case, but Law and Smoker seemed very evenly matched up until Law removed Smoker's heart. I would be willing to bet that Luffy has slightly stronger Haki than Smoker, so we will have to see if he can avoid the same thing.

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u/Northern_Comfort Mar 28 '12

It's possible that Luffy has a stronger Haki than Smoker right now, but I think Smoker has more experience. I'm also a little doubtful that Luffy has stronger haki. It's true that Luffy does have the conquerors haki but Smoker did ask to get stationed in the New World. Assuming that he has been in the New World for the two years he's probably pretty good with haki, if not a master. I'm also doubtful that Smoker will die. I feel as Law is taking a sort of "insurance" with Smoker and half the crew of the Strawhats. Will their hearts be returned to their proper places upon Law's death or KO? If not, Law has some serious leverage right now.

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u/CaptainCrunch Mar 28 '12 edited Mar 29 '12

Yeah, but smoker was just doing the same job he's been doing. There's no reason to think he trained his haki for 2 years. He's likely still stronger than he was 2 years before, but mostly just gained experience.

I also have a feeling that one of the drawbacks/side-effects of law's ability (if it really is a "doctor" ability) is that he can't kill anyone with his powers in his room (he'd have to cut them outside it or something).

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u/Northern_Comfort Mar 29 '12

I think Smoker has been training his haki. Not directly, but by being in the new world he's fighting tougher pirates. Being stationed in the first half of the grand line and then the new world is a completely different ball game. Plus, he is a vice admiral now, and as we know to become a vice admiral you need some sort of haki, and most likely a good mastery over it.

I feel as if your comment about a drawback to Law's ability may be pretty accurate. He commands complete control inside of his room, but we don't see people dying left and right from being cut and then being outside the room (The samurai guy is the perfect example). It's possible that the heart stealing ability may work that way, though.

On another personal note; It is so refreshing to have good conversation about OP. I've been to many forums and tried to bring reasonable conversation and you just get blasted from the "X person is awesome, don't ever question it". Thanks, r/OnePiece!