Instead of talking about Haki, let's talk about Devil Fruits. For starters, what are they?
Now that's out of the way, what is my point? My point is
As much as I hate this page (I'm not a LuNa fan) you have to pay attention to Luffy's neck. It looks like Orochimaru, yes. Has he done it before, no. I mean, pre-skip Luffy had to pull back any part of his body for it to stretch. I believe that during the time skip, he also trained in his Devil Fruit, get acquainted with it better.
Why would this topic be important? Well, in my case I believe that not everything is Haki. Remember Akainu being attacked by Marco and Vista? Or when Whitebeard attacked Aokiji?
Haki is supposed to be the only thing, aside from the usual weakness, that would make people touch DF users or bypass DF defenses. As you can see, Akainu was struck by an ambush of 2 Haki users, WB commanders even. Yet he didn't go down ... why would that be?
The first possibility would be that he used his Kenbunshoku (CoO) Haki to sense the attack. It would have been fine, except that he never anticipated the attack at all, as evidenced by the line "So you two are Haki users."
The second possibility would be that Akainu has trained his Haki to the extent of applying logia defense unconsciously. You heard that right, no more gag feats like Ace and Smoker's back in Alabasta. I believe with this arc, Smoker's DF mastery has gone up as well, and while Luffy can hit Smokey, he won't be able to put him down as easily as well. Smoker may as well have no Haki (since Akainu remarked "So you two are Haki users, evidence that not all pirates in the NW use Haki, even experienced ones) but he might have trained his DF to the extent that he can compete on a level with them.
Luffy being able to do Mr. Fantastic-esque moves only proves one thing: we will see even more moves like Snake Shot in the future. His attacks have been too linear for one thing; no matter how fast or strong it is, it will be blocked. If Luffy had the ability to control the direction of his attack though, it would be even better. Big Mom wouldn't see what's coming.
Off topic: I'm just 3/4 done with my project, and I can't watch Planetes for my break since Megavideo decided to screw with me (not talking about the time limit)
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As much as I hate this page (I'm not a LuNa fan) you have to pay attention to Luffy's neck. It looks like Orochimaru, yes. Has he done it before, no. I mean, pre-skip Luffy had to pull back any part of his body for it to stretch. I believe that during the time skip, he also trained in his Devil Fruit, get acquainted with it better.
Why would this topic be important? Well, in my case I believe that not everything is Haki. Remember Akainu being attacked by Marco and Vista? Or when Whitebeard attacked Aokiji?
Haki is supposed to be the only thing, aside from the usual weakness, that would make people touch DF users or bypass DF defenses. As you can see, Akainu was struck by an ambush of 2 Haki users, WB commanders even. Yet he didn't go down ... why would that be?
The first possibility would be that he used his Kenbunshoku (CoO) Haki to sense the attack. It would have been fine, except that he never anticipated the attack at all, as evidenced by the line "So you two are Haki users."
The second possibility would be that Akainu has trained his Haki to the extent of applying logia defense unconsciously. You heard that right, no more gag feats like Ace and Smoker's back in Alabasta. I believe with this arc, Smoker's DF mastery has gone up as well, and while Luffy can hit Smokey, he won't be able to put him down as easily as well. Smoker may as well have no Haki (since Akainu remarked "So you two are Haki users, evidence that not all pirates in the NW use Haki, even experienced ones) but he might have trained his DF to the extent that he can compete on a level with them.
Luffy being able to do Mr. Fantastic-esque moves only proves one thing: we will see even more moves like Snake Shot in the future. His attacks have been too linear for one thing; no matter how fast or strong it is, it will be blocked. If Luffy had the ability to control the direction of his attack though, it would be even better. Big Mom wouldn't see what's coming.
Off topic: I'm just 3/4 done with my project, and I can't watch Planetes for my break since Megavideo decided to screw with me (not talking about the time limit)
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