Don't know if being serious. If that confirms Ace had haki, it'll also confirm Ace defeated BB and Ace had a bottle of rum :sdo:
Ace should have had haki tho, second ship commander and a new world veteran. It's just that haki wasn't a fully developed concept when Ace was alive. Ace vs Smoker shouldn't have played out that way if Ace had haki, and then when BB grabbed/hit Ace on Banero Island, he wouldn't have said something like "it's been long since someone hit Ace".
Well he's been a logia for the longest time even when he entered the new world, so he could not have buso haki but just extreme control over his devil fruit to bypass buso haki attacks (depending on the level) and decent cqc skills when devil fruit powers are ineffective.He always had. Maybe even Emperor Haki.
He always had. Maybe even Emperor Haki.
He did have Conq haki and buy all reason he should have it and a lack of showing isn't evidence he didn't have it.
When it comes to discussing manga, lack of feats displaying an ability does mean that you didn't have it until you're shown having it.
Not necessarily when there are implications within the manga that a character of that caliber should have it, there's conflicting indications so neither can truly be used as proof for their case.
On a side note, why does Ace's hand look so webbed in that figure?
When it comes to discussing manga, lack of feats displaying an ability does mean that you didn't have it until you're shown having it.
X Drake has displayed Haki, try again.Do you also doubt that Snack and X Drake have Haki?
X Drake has displayed Haki, try again.
Yup. If they ain't shown it, I'm not attributing it to them. It's likely he does, just like Kaido is likely to, but without feats, can't use in battles or say "Yeah, he 100% has it." Pretty simple.
Well he's been a logia for the longest time even when he entered the new world, so he could not have buso haki but just extreme control over his devil fruit to bypass buso haki attacks (depending on the level) and decent cqc skills when devil fruit powers are ineffective.
Crocodile was that way and Moriah back in the day was like that too. Even Doffy relied more on his extensive control over his devil fruit more than he did haki, so it's not impossible for Ace.
Dude, but Haki was not full develop at that time. We can see a Logia like Ace vs a Logia like BB fighting. If he didnt had it then there was no way you could give him a fight.
Yeah, considering that Oda told his editor during Kuma's first appearance "This guy will separate the Strawhats" and it came to fruition 8 years later, it's highly unlikely he didn't know Haki was going to be the thing that would counter one of the earliest powers ever displayed, especially since Haki was shown all the way back in Skypeia and even the first chapter. It was dropped by name in the original Japanese text when Teach commented on Luffy's bounty, and talked about during the Water 7 Saga when Shanks used Haoshoku on WB's ship.
Ace had multiple cases where using Busoshoku Haki was needed, and he didn't. Compared to him having zero instances of Buso, and there being viable explanation to how he'd survive in the NW without it, there's more case that he didn't use Buso than the case that he did.
The term was already in, but not showed with the black color.
Dont think so honestly.
By this logic, I can go around saying Luffy has Shigan because he uses Geppou and Soru and its within his caliber.
Until a character shows that they can use an ability, they can't use it.