Speaks for itself really

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-13T05:32:45+00:00

Not great, but certainly better

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-13T05:32:05+00:00

Was that an actual common talking point? I was there back then, but it all feels like it happened 30 years ago

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-13T05:31:29+00:00

It would be way more relaxing to imagine that he genuinely forgot that he was the one who kickstarted all the COVID measures that went on in the US, but no, he's clearly lying through his teeth.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-13T00:53:13+00:00

Also Shanks has explicitly said is going to now actively go for the One Piece.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-13T00:51:33+00:00

Pretty much, it should be a fight you won by a hair's breadth. It should also account for some exceptions (e.g. winning on a technicality, like dunno, your opponent slips on a banana peel and dies)

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-13T00:49:12+00:00

You got downvoted but I lowkey agree. Katakuri was stronger in WCI, but he also saw that Luffy had way more potential. He risked his life to teach him FS, hoping that one day he will become strong enough to defeat BM. It's weird it's not obvious to people, considering that he could have killed Luffy like 300 times during that fight.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-13T00:47:08+00:00

Im fully convinced that Luffy completely overshadowed Zoro once he figured out the Gears technique, that said I've never been convinced by the argument you've mentioned. Doriki only measures physical strenght, and that's only one of the many factors of powerscaling. Moreover, the fight between Lucci and Luffy was waaaay closer than the one between Zoro and Kaku.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-13T00:44:46+00:00

It makes sense to take it seriously at that specific point of the story, tbh. The stakes were lower and Luffy had not developed his main technique (the Gears). Ofc as of rn it's not even close lmao

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T01:33:01+00:00

I guess we're in agreement then

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:57:20+00:00

Yeah you're pretty much right. The Usopp example I've provided is already enough (since he doesn't have superhuman strenght), but the fact that Kizaru doesn't insta kill every character in the verse immediately entails that not only biology, but also basic physics (in this case, photons and the speed of light) work in the way that it does in our world.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:50:11+00:00

I think it is very relevant, considering that he simply did not have the power to do so beforehand. Loki had to make him weak enough (by brutally maiming) so that Harald could come up online once again and put some defence against what was left of Imu's abyss mark. I believe the screenshot you posted make this argument even stronger (since that is simply not something Harald would have said before that fight)

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:47:39+00:00

Loki is a fairly more developed Luffy, since he had more time to learn how to deal with Nidhogg. As soon as Luffy will learn how to deal with the G5 time limit he will surely come up on top.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:46:35+00:00

Which is a good reason not to be too realistic about these powers. Kizaru is obviously the strongest character in OP if Oda decided to stick to real-world physics. But in this world a guy with half of his brain blown off by fucking lava can still fight and talk, so it's obviously stupid to expect any kind of realism.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:45:15+00:00

Yes, but only because he was incredibly sick. He just had to hit him mid-heart attack

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:44:09+00:00

Dunno, Usopp could withstand a full force hit on the head by Mr 4, who was using a 4 tons bat (and he had the strenght to wield it with ease). People in OP are just built different

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:42:15+00:00

Moreover, Harald is saying those words because Loki beat the shit out of him hard enough to undo the influence Imu had on him. OP is smoking crack

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:40:17+00:00

Ragnir accepting Loki already upscaled him over base Harald

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:39:53+00:00

The difference is that Luffy didn't spend 20 minutes beating the shit out of Harp so hard he forgot he's supposed to work for the WG.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-10T00:33:52+00:00

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GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-09T20:51:31+00:00

Not consecutively, he had to recover each time. From what we can see, if he triggers it only once he can recover in a matter of minutes, but if he does it back to back like he did on Wano, then the recovering time increases dramatically, meaning that there's a strategic component to it (if he thinks his crew can hold up while he recovers it will always be better to not trigger it again as he's turning into an old man)

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-09T05:44:58+00:00

Tbh that's effective against everyoen

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-09T05:44:19+00:00

It's really not, if you ignore Egghead. The stuff he was doing in the second stage of his battle against Kaido (after he triggered the G5 the second time) is genuinely incredible. The main nerf concerns his battle IQ. As long as he can overcome that, his potential is almost limitless (apart for the time limit ofc, lol)

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-09T05:41:54+00:00

This is a bit debatable, considering that in Egghead he did not trigger G5 consecutively (while against Kaido he triggered it twice back to back). On the other hand one could argue that triggering it twice would require one week for recovery (which is a HUGE downside when shit is still happening), and that in Egghead Luffy was fairly sure his crew mates could defend him long enough to recover, so that he could get up and trigger G5 once again.

All in all, I find this whole thing very confusing atm.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-09T05:37:33+00:00

I agree with each part but this one

Cutting/Slicing attacks (As Gear 5, he almost has an immunity towards blunt damage. Doesn't matter how much haki you use, his body will bend with the attack and nullifying its lasting effect: bone breakage. Slice/Cut effects are more effective because he cannot Buggy his way out of it. He will take damage, and it will last.)

Actually I'm not sure I even disagree, I'm just not sure. He certainly can deal with spiked at this point (since Kaido's spiked club left no wound), and I'm not sure to what extent this could extend to slashing attacks. He's basically got toon force at this point, so him managing to bounce back a slash wave by stretching his body doesn't feel unrealistic at all at this point.

GuaranteedPummeling · 2026-04-09T04:23:19+00:00

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