I agree with this side of the theory more.
Perhaps Mihawk did that on purpose as he doesn't really want to harm Luffy…
The eye shot was to show that Mihawk was serious. He wasn't holding back. If he was he wouldn't of tried to cut off Luffy's arm.
I agree with this side of the theory more.
Perhaps Mihawk did that on purpose as he doesn't really want to harm Luffy…
The eye shot was to show that Mihawk was serious. He wasn't holding back. If he was he wouldn't of tried to cut off Luffy's arm.
That and the point of Oda showing the image of Luffy's arm being cut. He could of easily had Luffy just stop the attack and then comment after saying I could've been cut. Which would've given the readers the thought that Luffy just decided not to attack becuase he would've got cut. But for some reason Oda all of a sudden showed a image of Luffy's arm being cut with Luffy reacting to it with the shocked !!? look. So Oda wanted the image to signify the reason why Luffy stopped the attack mid-attack.
It was Oda's way of trolling all the OP forums in world.
It was Oda's way of trolling all the OP forums in world.
I mentioned a theory about the whole mantra/ambition/Luffy thing to my friend the other day (on AIM). I can probably dig it up. Has it already been discussed to death, or are people still interested?
@Kairouseki:
Or Mihawk inflicted the fear onto Luffy which I think makes more sense seeing as the panel before that is a zoom up of Mihawk's eye.
Oh, stop that nonsense. Luffy is immune to that, considering his "King's Disposition". What's the point in that title if he can be easily scared by such thing? I smell Mihawk fanboys…
I don't remember when was the last time that cautiousness was shown like vision of what will happen. So may be it's a little glimpse of what will come.
The eye shot was to show that Mihawk was serious. He wasn't holding back. If he was he wouldn't of tried to cut off Luffy's arm.
But I hate explaining things in depth…
Okay, Mihawk wants to fight Zoro; to have someone worthwhile fighting him, and Luffy is the captain of the pirate crew Zoro is in. If Mihawk kills Luffy, He would therefore potentially stop Zoro's growth, and in the end everyone loses.
Wow, that was brief!
Alright think about it this way if no manga-proof will convince you. Oda has been putting tons of references to haki lately, which we all have seen. We have also already seen Luffy use his haki inadvertently for instance vs the gorgon sisters. This has all been building up a hype for when Luffy will learn/develop his haki. Why would Oda, who have built up such a hype for Luffy's haki, make such an ambivalent scene where people would suspect Luffy using haki and becoming excited, and ruining it by stating that no, it wasn't his Haki, it was Mihawk who inflicted fear upon him. That would be a severe anti-climax for all the hype that has been built up, and then when Luffy finally DOES learn to use haki, it won't be as exciting anymore, and all that hype-buildup would have been in vain.
Also, if Mihawk hade purposefully inflicted fear upon Luffy because he didn't want to cut off his arm, he WOULDN'T have said "you are SURPRISINGLY clear-headed". If he knew that he inflicted the fear upon Luffy he wouldn't have said anything, or atleast he wouldn't have been surprised that Luffy didn't attack.
If Mihawk "accidentally" inflicted fear upon his opponent to stop him from attacking and therefore denying Mihawk the advantage in the fight, he is one SHITTY swordsman, and we all know he isn't.
ALSO remember that before they started fighting, Mihawk said "Sorry Shanks but I won't hold back" etc… It's not like he was saying it to someone, it was him "speaking" to himself... Now is he schizofrenic? Why would he lie to himself?
Q.E.D.
Mihawk had the same close up on his eyes during an attack during his first appearance. Just like July there's no haki.
Alright think about it this way if no manga-proof will convince you. Oda has been putting tons of references to haki lately, which we all have seen. We have also already seen Luffy use his haki inadvertently for instance vs the gorgon sisters. This has all been building up a hype for when Luffy will learn/develop his haki. Why would Oda, who have built up such a hype for Luffy's haki, make such an ambivalent scene where people would suspect Luffy using haki and becoming excited, and ruining it by stating that no, it wasn't his Haki, it was Mihawk who inflicted fear upon him. That would be a severe anti-climax for all the hype that has been built up, and then when Luffy finally DOES learn to use haki, it won't be as exciting anymore, and all that hype-buildup would have been in vain.
Also, if Mihawk hade purposefully inflicted fear upon Luffy because he didn't want to cut off his arm, he WOULDN'T have said "you are SURPRISINGLY clear-headed". If he knew that he inflicted the fear upon Luffy he wouldn't have said anything, or atleast he wouldn't have been surprised that Luffy didn't attack.
If Mihawk "accidentally" inflicted fear upon his opponent to stop him from attacking and therefore denying Mihawk the advantage in the fight, he is one SHITTY swordsman, and we all know he isn't.
ALSO remember that before they started fighting, Mihawk said "Sorry Shanks but I won't hold back" etc… It's not like he was saying it to someone, it was him "speaking" to himself... Now is he schizofrenic? Why would he lie to himself?
Q.E.D.
He won't hold back because he wants to test Luffy to his limits.
And Haki is still a cloudy subject - We don't know if a person can have more than one type of Haki at once.
ALSO remember that before they started fighting, Mihawk said "Sorry Shanks but I won't hold back" etc… It's not like he was saying it to someone, it was him "speaking" to himself... Now is he schizophrenic? Why would he lie to himself?
Heh, nice post. Keep it up.
He won't hold back because he wants to test Luffy to his limits.
Then why did he mention fate? "Will his life end here?"
I don't remember when was the last time that cautiousness was shown like vision of what will happen. So may be it's a little glimpse of what will come.
All the time. As far back as:
But I hate explaining things in depth…
Okay, Mihawk wants to fight Zoro; to have someone worthwhile fighting him, and Luffy is the captain of the pirate crew Zoro is in. If Mihawk kills Luffy, He would therefore potentially stop Zoro's growth, and in the end everyone loses.
Wow, that was brief!
That would make sense if Mihawk was shown to be holding back. So you're saying Mihawk used his intimadation (eye zoom) to scare Luffy from attacking since he doesn't want a butthurt Zoro if he kills Luffy.
Let's put that theory to the events of the manga.
Mihawk appears before Luffy. Basically tells Shanks he's sorry since he's about to test the destiny of this New Age pirate with his black blade. Luffy appears before him. Mihawk sees a fleeing Luffy then attacks him from afar. Knocks Luffy down and cuts him. Does a downward stab move which Luffy dodges. 2 Newkama try to back up Luffy. Mihawk hits them and basically calls them fodder. Essentially goading Luffy into attacking. Luffy does a Gomu Gomu no Bazooka. The holding back Mihawk Theory starts here Mihawk uses a intimindation move indicated by the zoom of his eye. Which stops Luffy from attacking since he doesn't want to kill Luffy so he put the fear into Luffy by making him think he'll cut off his arms. Let's not have a butthurt Zoro Theory part done. Mihawk says that Luffy is unusually calm now immediately after indictating he is wondering why. A Mihawk that doesn't want to kill Luffy then does a attack aimed at a Luffy that is powerful enough to cut a tidal wave Glacier in half. Image what would've happened if that hit Luffy. Mihawk then asks Luffy what'll he do now after attacking him a bunch of times since he's running aawy from his brother. Luffy switchs with Buggy who Mihawk immediately attacks. While the epic Mihawk vs. Buggy battle is going on. Luffy runs away and Mihawk says it's not over meaning he's not done yet with Luffy. Vista stops Mihawk while Luffy escapes.
So a Mihawk that is holding back since he doesn't want to hurt Luffy due to a butthurt Zoro attacks a fleeing opponent multiple times, does a attack powerful enough to cut a glacier in two right after he did a intimidation move (indicated by his eyes) aimed at the guy he doesn't want to kill. Comments how he is surprised by Luffy's unusually calm right after he did a intimdation move. Then is only stopped becuase someone else (Vista) steps in. Yeah makes no fucking sense at all. Especially in the context of the events that happened in the manga. Common sense would tell you if Mihawk was the cause of Luffy stopping he wouldn't be surprised by Luffy's unusally calm state. Hence it was Luffy himself who somehow figured out he shouldn't attack. Which was the image Luffy saw.
Here I'll do a brief setup of how the failed theory would make sense and I'll make it brief.
Luffy runs toward Mihawk at the end of 560. Mihawk thinks how he doesn't want to seriously fight Luffy since he may kill Luffy and Zoro will be butthurt. Luffy starts attack Mihawk. Mihawk has no intention of fighting the attacking Luffy. Mihawk does he eye thing. Which scares off Luffy who runs away. Failhawk stands there doing nothing while Luffy runs away. THE END.
mihawk used sharingan. let's go team hawk.
Only disappointing thing about this whole arc is the New World captains can't shine or look like fodder. In a battle this epic I know that Oda can let everyone shine, but at least show that the New World captains are truly to be a force to be reckoned with. And I am so unhappy about how relatively weak the 13th division captain is. He didn't even stand a chance against flamingo.
And I wish everyone gets in awe of every little character. The marines were so impressed with the prisoners, and they haven't shown that they're any better than just sheep for the slaughter.
Well, I think the New World Captains and their Crews are doing quite well, most of them look impresive, the problem is that Oda can´t focuss on everyone.
And about Atomos…To be fair, we can´t say if he is strong or weak, since the only thing we saw about him is beeing controled by Doflamingo. If that dissapointed you, you should also be dissapointed with José el Diamante, since Doflamingo stopped him with his trick. We will have to wait and see more of him...Who knows, beeing named the water buffalo, he might be a DF User...
@Brave:
mihawk used sharingan. let's go team hawk.
Thats the rinnegan bru.
I'll just say that if it were just Luffy using caution then why would he just happen to see/think of one of his arms being cut off and not both? His bazooka attack uses both arms stretching out an equal distance simultaneously so why see one particular arm and not both unless it was some form of mantra? Secondly, people are saying that this is just Luffy putting extra thought into this fight and reconsidered because his opponent is so dangerous, but people forget a very similar scenario in the third Croc fight in which Luffy charged Crocodile, who then raised his right hand to catch Luffy and dry him up.
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v22/c205/10.html
In that scenario Luffy visually adjusted to Croc's counter by turning midair and kicking Croc yet in that situation which was very similar, Oda didn't show us a panel of Luffy seeing a dried up version of himself (what could've happened to Luffy) so why would he do that now? No in this situation Luffy was in mid attack (a jet bazooka so one of his fastest attacks) and quickly redirects it because of this image.
The emphasis of that scene was the image itself, Luffy sees it, becomes horrified by the image, and then comments like it would've been a guaranteed outcome in that situation. The argument that it's just Luffy learning when to choose flight over fight is impactless if you consider that this has already been established as something Luffy has learned in Shabondy and ID.
Now I can't say it was definitely haki but it seemed like it. I'm more convinced that Mihawk himself was using haki in those eye zoom panels than I am on Luffy accidentally using mantra but it's definitely arguable.
So the fact that Sengoku has suddenly decided to hide the PXs from the public is just more proof that the government is evil, I think.
not going through all the pages…
but we need dragon/RA now
Now I can't say it was definitely haki but it seemed like it. I'm more convinced that Mihawk himself was using haki in those eye zoom panels than I am on Luffy accidentally using mantra but it's definitely arguable.
Haki? Why Haki? Why not a DF Fruit/superhuman hability? Maybe it's just me but this eye thing semms a really special trait on Mihawk, or i just still hate the "blame haki" stuff.
We seriously need an admiral colorspread in the next few weeks…
Shanks did something similar in the first chapter too.
@Kairouseki:
Shanks did something similar in the first chapter too.
Exactly, that eye thing is one of the only things that points to haki for sure.
Neither a fan nor a hater of mihawk, I have to say I liked him in this chapter. Luffy ran FAR away once he caught a glimpse of Mihawk, but Mihawk caught on very fast, and his slash attacks have a massive range. Luffy's speed and reflexes weren't enough to save him from Mihawk, so Luffy had to awaken his haki that allowed him to dodge all those attacks. And then the Buggy intermezzo, and finally Vista shows up, who will be no problem for him. They had to bring in a 5th commander just to have someone who can temporarily hold off Mihawk. I'd say Mihawk is a real beast!
So, Luffy dodging attacks from a Mihawk showing no mercy makes Mihawk a real beast?
I can not agree with that at all.
Mihawk overcompensates.
Does his sword really have to be that big and that black?
i agree that mihawk is a beast in general and one of the cooler characters in Op.
the way that he slashed the mountain or what ever it was,that was crazy.
and will be cool to see him vs the Wb crew sword guy,mihawk should proof why he is the strongest swordsman in the world in this arc,and i mean by showing how strong he is vs another strong guy like vista.
Long before the rinnegan existed, the "answer talker" ability existed, and dominated all, i.e. Gash Bell. Mihawk isn't using rinnegan. He's straight out of the Gash bell universe! http://www.onemanga.com/Zatch_Bell/260/01/
First When Croc is talking to Doflamingo he is saying that Doflamingo is his bitch because straight up stronger i think Croc would probably win in a fight because as far as we can tell he uses strings to cut and control people which he can't do to a logia… even using Joz he can't make Joz diamondy<(I know it's not a word) or use his abilities well (this part is because someone misread the manga and thought that Croc was saying that Doflamingo was stronger on page 5 i think)
Second People keep saying that Luffy is weak or something in this war, while he may not be the strongest he is easily in the top tier behind only A few Shichibukai, A few of the WB division commanders and Maybe a few of the NW captains I'm sure he could solo any VA (except Garp) and any pirate or marine besides the formentioned and even a Pacifista.
Third it kind of pisses me off that people go so far with their hate of haki I mean seriously it was put in the manga as an equalizer so that people like kizaru aren't omnipotent and it will really be useful and then people go as far as saying that someone has a special ability when it is obviously haki this just shows that people don't like change and are close minded.
First When Croc is talking to Doflamingo he is saying that Doflamingo is his bitch because straight up stronger i think Croc would probably win in a fight because as far as we can tell he uses strings to cut and control people which he can't do to a logia… even using Joz he can't make Joz diamondy<(I know it's not a word) or use his abilities well (this part is because someone misread the manga and thought that Croc was saying that Doflamingo was stronger on page 5 i think)
Second People keep saying that Luffy is weak or something in this war, while he may not be the strongest he is easily in the top tier behind only A few Shichibukai, A few of the WB division commanders and Maybe a few of the NW captains I'm sure he could solo any VA (except Garp) and any pirate or marine besides the formentioned and even a Pacifista.
Third it kind of pisses me off that people go so far with their hate of haki I mean seriously it was put in the manga as an equalizer so that people like kizaru aren't omnipotent and it will really be useful and then people go as far as saying that someone has a special ability when it is obviously haki this just shows that people don't like change and are close minded.
I agree that people hate a little bit on haki sometimes. However, I think you're really off base with Luffy. First of all you didn't even mention Sengoku or the admirals, who are obviously stronger than Luffy. We don't know that Luffy could take down any of the VA's, although I admit it's a possibility. Luffy can't take Smoker yet. He would probably lose to most of the division captains, not just a few, although we really don't know yet since we havn't seen all their strengths. So basically I'll sum this up with a chart
You think Luffy is in the top tier, yet all these people are most likely stronger than him…
Sengoku
Aokiji
Kizaru
Akainu
Garp
Smoker
Whitebeard
Marco
Jozu
Vista
Mihawk
Flamingo
Kuma
Any of the god knows how many Pacifistas
Probably Ivankov
and then here are some "maybe stronger than him's" that we don't really know
Moria
Croc
Jimbei
Boa
Some new world captains
Some division commanders
Some VA's
Now, Idk what you consider to be Top Tier, but in my mind, Top Tier doesn't mean everybody and their mother that is noteable in the war, it means the best of the best.
ha just read some old posts do you people honestly believe that rank has nothing to do with power…. complete stupidity
they show marco and joze as being on completly diffrent levels from the rest i'm sorry but this is just as stupid as when people were saying haki can't hurt df users even after the whole snake sister fight against luffy... honestly i'm starting to think some of our regulars (call them what you will) on this site are all trolls i mean people are bringing science into op, denying haki when it's stated it is haki, and now this omg sometimes i just can't take this... it seems some of your conversations are more retarded than all those fucking narutards back on their frekin fourms.... ugh i'm oing to bed see you in the a.m.
Yep, all the veterans are trolls and only the new members are not. You've figured it out, but now you have to die. I wouldn't go to sleep if I were you.
ha just read some old posts do you people honestly believe that rank has nothing to do with power…. complete stupidity
they show marco and joze as being on completly diffrent levels from the rest i'm sorry but this is just as stupid as when people were saying haki can't hurt df users even after the whole snake sister fight against luffy... honestly i'm starting to think some of our regulars (call them what you will) on this site are all trolls i mean people are bringing science into op, denying haki when it's stated it is haki, and now this omg sometimes i just can't take this... it seems some of your conversations are more retarded than all those fucking narutards back on their frekin fourms.... ugh i'm oing to bed see you in the a.m.
So you make a post calling peoples convo's "more retarded than all those fucking narutards back their frekin forums" and you say other people are trolling? Incase you don't realize the irony I'm calling you a hypocrite.
Exactly, that eye thing is one of the only things that points to haki for sure.
What Shanks did is no different from what Reileigh did in the People Sellers and what Luffy did to the Wolves.
Luffy is immune to that - Look at the way the panels work Luffy perfoms the Bazooka - Mihawk sees it coming - Luffy's arm is cut - luffy then shoots the ground - but all indication is that the three panels are a Haki representation of what will happen.
But you know you'll believe your way I'll believe mine and it'll be shown for real in the show and then we have the definitive answer and it'll be who can backpeddle the fastest or edit their responses saying they knew it was Haki all along.
What Shanks did is no different from what Reileigh did in the People Sellers and what Luffy did to the Wolves.
Luffy is immune to that - Look at the way the panels work Luffy perfoms the Bazooka - Mihawk sees it coming - Luffy's arm is cut - luffy then shoots the ground - but all indication is that the three panels are a Haki representation of what will happen.
But you know you'll believe your way I'll believe mine and it'll be shown for real in the show and then we have the definitive answer and it'll be who can backpeddle the fastest or edit their responses saying they knew it was Haki all along.
I like this guy, he knows his stuff.
The anime is the default!
@Fiasco.:
I like this guy, he knows his stuff.
The anime is the default!
I found that funny too, although in his defense they might idk, talk to Oda about it?
What Shanks did is no different from what Reileigh did in the People Sellers and what Luffy did to the Wolves.
Luffy is immune to that - Look at the way the panels work Luffy perfoms the Bazooka - Mihawk sees it coming - Luffy's arm is cut - luffy then shoots the ground - but all indication is that the three panels are a Haki representation of what will happen.
But you know you'll believe your way I'll believe mine and it'll be shown for real in the show and then we have the definitive answer and it'll be who can backpeddle the fastest or edit their responses saying they knew it was Haki all along.
Erm… I wasn't disagreeing with you, I was just implying that Mihawk's eye thing seemed to be haki related. And lord never use the anime as a deciding factor for arguing anything except filler.
I found that funny too, although in his defense they might idk, talk to Oda about it?
While the anime is not the default and does add stuff in, it does make certain things easier for people to see , if luffy did use haki it will show up in the anime .
It better than a certain manga site which have people using mistranslation of chapters.
The first time we get a more detailed insight into Mantra is with Sandersonia. Luffy mentions he is going to attack a certain way and Sandersonia pretty much states what he said back to him and dodges. What I get from this is when an individual is doing some action you pretty much know what it is instantaneously.
However, in this situation with Luffy and Mihawk its a bit different. First Luffy didn't fully engage the bazooka he charged it up and before unleashing he decided otherwise. How can Mihawk choose what to do about an attack that has not even been initiated. Then again Mihawk may have some idea and be thinking if he sticks his hands out I'll cut them. If that isn't true though then Luffy can't know what Mihawk is gonna do to him cause Mihawk himself doesn't what attack he will unleash. I guess I'm reserving judgment till it is cleared up later.
Also people should stop smack talking Mihawk. Being able to make slices at a person like 30 yards away without hitting the dozens of people in the way is pretty skillful swordsmanship. I really doubt he was going all out against Luffy. The way he talks he needs some kind of personal interest or his life in danger to get serious.
Seeing Luffy's arm get cut off reminds me of Sanji's thoughts about Luffy's arm getting bit off by Arlong. It was just the thought of what could happend rather then the prediction that his arm was going to get cut off. But it does appear that Mihawk did something to shock and almost scare Luffy.
Not sure who said it some pages ago, but Luffy has gotten scared before. As well as Boa who also has this King Haki jibberish. Yeah they can stand above all others, but when something from their past shows up, like Granpa or bad slave memories hey both seem to fold like an umbrella. My point is it shouldn't be impossible for Mihawk to Haki spook Luffy just a bit, if it even is a technique at all.
While the anime is not the default and does add stuff in, it does make certain things easier for people to see , if luffy did use haki it will show up in the anime .
It better than a certain manga site which have people using mistranslation of chapters.
Sorry yeah that was my point - the Anime tends to allow for things to be conveyed more clearly.
And I have a feeling that anything they propose to put in will be run past Oda, so it can be considered cannon. They can get artistic on things like Zoro as Beary but when it comes to a battle and that scene there it'll show it more so either Haki or common sense.
I know the Manga comes first but well the Anime is like the directors cut - Oda can add in what he wants to have to flesh out the series.
no, i'm just tired of him posting like he's the end all be all guide to one piece
You're not alone in that feeling, just be tolerant of goofballs. It's the internet.
It is clearly haki, it's the same as when the Gorgon sisters predicted Luffy's next move even before he started it.
oh come on guys, you really don't need haki to see that mihawk will cut your hands if you attack him. You' re really trying too hard with this haki thing.
@Kairouseki:
Or Mihawk inflicted the fear onto Luffy which I think makes more sense seeing as the panel before that is a zoom up of Mihawk's eye.
if that's the case
wtf that's sharingay,
the zoom in Mihawk panel before luffy's amputated hand,is for that epic slash while luffy standing infront of him,that cut the glacier in half,like it was nothing to him
maybe the haki fans group are correct or they have a point,it's like foreshadowing,you saw the(luffy's shock face & his amputated hand in
one panel)
if it comes from Mihawk,it will be a separate panel,but it's not,so maybe the haki fanclub is correct,maybe luffy using his brain or luffy is not that smart,to predict that his hand will be amputated with his jet bazooka/ accidentally using hakiawruafoawe prediction,maybe I'm wrong,but I'm going with luffy using his brain,he didn't say(what was that)if that's the case,luffy used his brain lol,luffy realize this is not his league like impeldown
& for sharingay fans
(haki)it has nothing to do with the eye,the panel only zooming in & thus the pupil is visible
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/503/18-19/
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/511/13/
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/561/05/
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/519/17/
if that's the case
wtf that's sharingay,the zoom in Mihawk panel before luffy's amputated hand,is for that epic slash that cut the glacier in half,like it was nothing to him
maybe the haki fans group are correct or they have a point,it's like foreshadowing,you saw the(luffy's shock face & his amputated hand in
one panel)
if it comes from Mihawk,it will be a separate panel,but it's not,so maybe the haki fanclub is correct,maybe luffy using his brain or luffy is not that smart,to predict that his hand will be amputated with his jet bazooka/ accidentally using hakiawruafoawe prediction,maybe I'm wrong
& for sharingay fans
(haki)it has nothing to do with the eye,the panel only zooming in & thus the pupil is visible
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/503/18-19/
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/511/13/
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/561/05/
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/519/17/
If anything those 4 links only support the opinion that Mihawk used Haki.
That would make sense if Mihawk was shown to be holding back. So you're saying Mihawk used his intimadation (eye zoom) to scare Luffy from attacking since he doesn't want a butthurt Zoro if he kills Luffy.
It most likely shows his good perception. Hence his name, he has the eyes of a hawk. We see the focus on the eye when he spots Luffy through all those fighting marines and gets an attack through to him. It is already clear here that it is not intimidation (or haki for that matter). The second time we see the mihawk eyes is when Luffy starts launching an attack. Mihawk has spotted an opening to slice Luffy up when he goes through with his attack. But Luffy gets a sudden visage in his mind of what would happen if he did. It's his haki awakening, but he doesn't realize it yet. That's why he looks so surprised, and even verbalizes it. To this Mihawk replies "you're unusually clearheaded". He is surprised that Luffy showed the kind of restraint and premonition to avoid his attack. If he was trying to intimidate Luffy, this comment would have made no sense.
@SunWuKong:
oh come on guys, you really don't need haki to see that mihawk will cut your hands if you attack him. You' re really trying too hard with this haki thing.
Luffy got a vision in his head of what would happen and was surprised by this, very different from the vague notion that he might get cut.
In Vagabond it is normal, that you "can see what will happen, if you do that".
And i've seen a Miyamoto Musashi from Vagabond drawn by Oda, so i guess he's a fan - any relation?
My guess, it's just instinct.
That's probably the best chapter of OP I've read in a year and I totally didn't expect it from the title. This one's a keeper.
Clearly Usopp beat Luffy to this far sight -haki. He could envision his body being broken into bits if that Mega Hollow in TB would've blown on him. I say it's just Mihawk's murder-stare that scared the snot outta Luffy; that glare makes babies who pooped their pants suck the stuff back inside.. Some Zoro-style demon-stuff. If it were Luffy deploying haki-magic to see the next part of the battle, then the final fights in the series would essentially be two dudes staring at each other for 5seconds until the villain declares: "hey I just saw the whole fight of ours with my haki and you win with a haki giganto jet gatling gun… so you beat me and my plans are foiled, dangs and drats"
More importantly... Wonder what Sengoku's talking about? I can only imagine that they've cut a deal with Ace and he betrays WB in exchange of his own freedom or something. Aaand the Marines making deals with pirates would be such an outrage that they can't let the rest of the world know, while it'd secure them some form of victory as they'd take down the big bad WB. I just consider Ace to be so bleeding one-dimensional that I'm just itching to see him kick WB's mustache off, don a malevolent black hat and proceed to take over the world all while cackling maniacally.
Can't be merely the Pacifista that'd need to remain a secret from everyone. Those guys were running all over SA, so it's not like they're all too well-hidden or anything.
If its not Haki then you must believe Luffy is actually skilled enough to dodge attacks from Mihawk, which is entirely silly when his ability is precision based and he's so much stronger than Luffy.
The Haki explanation for everything did become incredibly g such as using it to explain Luffy instantly converting all the food he ate on level 5.5 or even explaining CP9's moves. However this is clearly an example of Haki development with the close-up of Mihawk's eyes, mental image of what would actually happen had he gone through with his Jet gattling, and maybe even slight foreshadowing of what King's Haki actually is.
The ability to make allies with anybody you wish much like the main character in SW:Knights of the Old Republic 2. What do you people honestly expect with Haki? That it will be a training arc or somebody will train Luff off camera and the chapters will be titled "Haki Explanation part 1: how to take away logia¶mecia defenses","Haki Training 2:lightspeed timing.
It is equally ridiculous to ignore details Oda lays out for you that clearly show more going on than whats on the surface. What exactly would be the significance of Oda illustrating Luffy imagining his arm getting cut off? Just to show he has developed some common sense? Because thats important, why put any emphasis on that at all when Oda literally had any number of different scenarios play out against this chapter.
I find comments like this especially odd.
well, i don't think luffy retracting his jet gatling the last minute and seeing his arm cut off was haki.i think it's more of a ssplit second "forethought" gain through experiences of numerous battle.
Why think Haki is completely separate from this?
Because they think that if this isn't haki, it means Luffy is already highly skilled and powerful - thus when he actually uses haki, he will be zomgwtfbbqhax strong.
Who the hell is this obscenely weird shaped dude in the bottom right panel?
http://read.mangashare.com/One-Piece/chapter-561/page013.html
Not saying I believe he'll be important but seems a really weird design for some random pirate in the war. I mean what was Oda thinking just randomly making such a pirate?