[Theory] Luffys' Gear 4th power will be the ability to melt.

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I theorize that Luffys' Gear 4th ability, will be the ability to melt.
For starters, I believe this to be his next ability because all of his Gear techs involve taking controll of his heart and circulating his blood according to his will, be it speeding it up to advance his techs, or pumping all of it into one part of his body to produce a Giant body type.

Why? Because rubber melts, but for some reason he has shown high tolerance to heat, as we have seen from him standing in Aces flames from 572, and Enels golden ball that he stuck to Luffy when he still didn't melt (though he did scream that it was hot.)

The same way he can tighten his cells and pump up his heart, so hard that his skin can punch through a scythe as shown in the Corcodile fight, (an ability that was shown even prior to his gear techs)
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For him to heat up and loosen his cells and calm his heart rate should produce the opposite effect, melting himself.

The biggest benefit and primary use of this would effectively make him a pseudo logia, giving him logia like characteristics shown by Caribou. He is the best example of what Gear 4th would look like.
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Tl;dr- Luffy will show the ability to heat up his body through pumping blood, similar to how he uses Red Hawk to produce fire to rise his body temperature. Then he will control the composure of his body and loosen himself, so that he has he no longer holds himself together and melts, resulting in a pseudo-logia body type.

Thank you for reading, and with that, I'll include my theory!
Let me know if you agree or disagree in the comments below.
 

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I doubt it. For one, even if he did this, it wouldn't grant him any benefits of a Logia, as his body would still be his body. An attack hits, it'll do damage.

Secondly, how would he regain solidity? It's not like Gear Third where he expands with air and deflates back to normal when the air is gone. If he goes liquid, chances are, he's staying liquid.

Thirdly, I'm pretty sure if he goes around melting organs, they'll lose their function and he's gonna die.

Fourth, why does there have to be a Gear 4?
 

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This is one of my favourite theories for Gear Fourth along with a few others.
Is it likely? Kinda I guess. More likely than some of the other sh*t we get here XD
 

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I think if Luffy gains a Gear 4, it will revolve around flames. Sabo has a fire-themed power now, the very same one Ace had. Zoro showed an interest in learning Kinemon's Foxfire style, and Sanji has Hell Memories and Diable Jambe. This leads me to believe Oda will create a parallel with the M3 and the Pirate Brothers, Zoro and Sanji are like Luffy's family. Since his brotherly family has fire, and his nakama family has fire(well, Zoro may get fire, he's shown an attack that sets the enemy ablaze), Luffy will have a power themed around flames, and if there's a Gear 4, it will be this. Gear 4 will be like a heightened Gear 2, where the heat he generates from all that blood-pumping, which creates the steam of Gear 2, will get so high, his blows become explosive, like Red Hawk.
 

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I seriously hope not

And sorry but "because rubber melts" is a very, very bad answer to the why question. Rubber is solid matter so it of course has the other states of matter it's not a fact that only applies to rubber, it basically applies to the entire universe
 

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You didn't even give me rep for fixing your avatar. :(

 

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Nice thing, but i don't think that will happen.
 

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And who said he'll have a gear 4. If he even gains 4 next we'll see are theories on gear 5...smh
 
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