Lol it would be of a misnomer for the moves of a protagonist who never kills anybody.
Yeah, haha, forget it.
Lol it would be of a misnomer for the moves of a protagonist who never kills anybody.
Yeah, haha, forget it.
"Force" sounds more fitting than "power"
if it's a pressure and speed power it would be cool to hear "rapid" or even "engine"
"engine rifle". sounds cool imo or "rapid rifle"
Watch it be something similar to when Gon went ape shit on Pitou in HxH.
Watch it be something similar to when Gon went ape shit on Pitou in HxH.
You mean, like Nightmare Luffy?
Don't we do that regardless? Are you saying like manipulate which rubber he's made out of at the moment?
Yeah, but I think this gear will allow Luffy to contract/expand/bunch/whatever his muscles in such a fashion that would destroy muscles that weren't made out of rubber.
The same way that his heart can handle Gear Second, but a normal heart would explode.
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Yeah, haha, forget it.
…it would sound cool though :)
I'm really curious to known how do you achieved such percentage…
int percentage = 70 + rand() % 30;
Yeah but without the assistance of Moria-sama
That would be nice. But are you fine on seeing Luffy being a Hulk from time to time? He's gonna go spamming gear 4 once it's introduced. And be constantly in that mode if fighting an arc boss. I don't really think the author is willing to go that direction.
That would be nice. But are you fine on seeing Luffy being a Hulk from time to time? He's gonna go spamming gear 4 once it's introduced. And be constantly in that mode if fighting an arc boss. I don't really think the author is willing to go that direction.
I don't honestly think that either just speculation without probable cause at this point. Sometimes I think its more fun to do it that way.
Gomu Gomu no Red Storm! Just saying, he used the storm against Croc and Moriah. All good things come in threes. And Mr 3 was in this chapter…783. Half Life 3 confirmed.
Hmm what else could it be ? He wants to be Kaizoku Ou…he is fightinh a king...he saw the king punch earlier... King Bazooka!!! Ou Bazooka !!!
The more I think about it, the more I want to see Mikata Robot in action. Champion Rifle !!! Now that was great. Did I mention Mr 3 ? Foreshadowing…or not!
Gomu Gomu no Red Storm! Just saying, he used the storm against Croc and Moriah. All good things come in three**.**
Why not Meteor Storm?
Doffy traps him in a technique similar to that used against Sanji and Jozu.
Luffy breaks free mid air and and starts a gatling of red hot meteor like punches falling from the sky burning through all the strings of Doffy just like his punches pierced through Croc's Sand.
Watch it be something similar to when Gon went ape shit on Pitou in HxH.
This is exactly what I've been imagining. I see Luffy somehow becoming muscular.
or Luffy Loses all his hair and becomes one punch man :ninja:
Oni is devil or ghost. Did u mean O?
gear 4 huh, here comes the real king punch..
I do think most likely gear 4 is related to muscles but he won't turn in 'The hulk', but more like slim guy with muscles, like toguro.
Gear 4 will be upgraded version of this.
http://s244.photobucket.com/user/burn816/media/13.jpg.html
Or the squid thing.
http://i.imgur.com/J69cgDs.jpg
! Best theory thus far
You mean going afro would be the best.
It could be. Personally, i believe Red Hawk is a Gear Second move.
My guess is that the G4 is just the application of Busoushoku on the G2, which could lead to a every attack to cause an explosion. The same friction caused the burning rush in Punk Hazard. You can even see how that rush panels recall the G3 when Luffy broke through Enies Lobby's metal door.
I really want the fourth gear to be haki unrelated. I always viewed the gears themselves as upgrades that show how smart luffy is with his use for his stupid devil fruit.
@NER:
I really want the fourth gear to be haki unrelated. I always viewed the gears themselves as upgrades that show how smart luffy is with his use for his stupid devil fruit.
Absolutely agreed.
I don't really get the whole "maybe gear fourth is a mix of 2nd, 3rd and haki".
Y'know, since we've seen that quite a lot post-timeskip already lol
I think I speak for most in that I would feel slightly ripped off if we got a haki-gear. It's just plain tacky if it happens.
Muscles theories are alright. they got more to back them up than the rest of other theories but I still wish for Gear Four something so unique that none of us managed to think of.
We don't have much to go on. The leads are weak.
Absolutely agreed.
I don't really get the whole "maybe gear fourth is a mix of 2nd, 3rd and haki".
Y'know, since we've seen that quite a lot post-timeskip already lol
The Gears are referring to his DF ability, so Gear 4 most likely is a new variation of his rubberbody.
(Were conform with it being related to his muscles) But adding somehow haki to that seems plausible (he
s doing so with grizzly gun etc.)and why not using something you trained for the past two years.
Gear Fourth's techniques will be named after those 3 dudes
So Luffy is holding his forearm up like he's about to bite it Gear 3rd style, so maybe he blows air directly into his veins?
or Luffy Loses all his hair and becomes one punch man :ninja:
But he'd become hero, and he doesn't want to be hero, cause hero got to share his meat!
@Don:
The Gears are referring to his DF ability, so Gear 4 most likely is a new variation of his rubberbody.
(Were conform with it being related to his muscles) But adding somehow haki to that seems plausible (he
s doing so with grizzly gun etc.)and why not using something you trained for the past two years.
Yeah, but that's just layering haki on top of the new gear, it wouldn't actually be a part of the new technique as such.
GEAR 4!
GOMU GOMU NOOO….... BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKA!
lol kidding!
GOMO GOMU NOOO....... PIRATE KING! AAAAAKUMMMMMMMMA PISTOLeeeeeeeeeT!
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But he'd become hero, and he doesn't want to be hero, cause hero got to share his meat!
I guess, its been a while that Toys and Gladiators of dressrosa didn't taste meat lol.. he ain't gonna be selfish for once!
I've been thinking the exact same thing too. Storing/compressing air in his muscle fibers and timely releasing some for propulsion. Very similar to the jet dial/jet punch a priest in skypeia was using. I'm also thinking like he can also use the stored air as range attacks, akin to Pad Cannon or Coup de Burst. It'll be nice if luffy will get a non-contact attack soon.
So Luffy becomes Danzou? :P
Or do you mean he'd shoot air out of his hands like Franky and Kuma? How would that work exacly? He'd make wholes in his hands to shoot it? :P
But yeah, some kind of cannon, maybe even something bit like king's punch… i like paralel between king attack and him wanting to be king of pirates. Woud kinda fit, but copying others techniques? Oh well, he got his soru version, so why not king's punch xD Yeah condenscending all his power into fist then realesing in one devastating and fast attack would be great.
Well, Gear 4… How unsurprising.
Anyway, Seeing Luffy needed Gear 2 even for CP9 I guess it was about time for an upgrade but it keeps me wondering about how Luffy needs to transcend his bodies limits by using gear 2 and gear 3 while someone like Doffy can easily not only keep up with Luffy but also kick his ass while at it, all the while Doffy isn't putting any strain on his heart (while a normal persons heart would explode when strained as Luffy does with gear 2) and while having destroyed organs. I'm guessing Luffy's base strength is something in need of an upgrade.
Yeah, but that's just layering haki on top of the new gear, it wouldn't actually be a part of the new technique as such.
Of course, it would just be an upgrade, the actual Gear has to be about his rubber ability.
I only can see it otherwise when thinking about CoC.
When Luffy is using that to it`s fullest(or at least higher) potential, it might be the stepping stone to create a new technique.
But that will become more relevant against a yonkou, i just said here already, that Gear 4 might be upgraded with a glimpse of the coming potential of CoC for the final blow orso.
I can't wait seeing Barto's reaction to Gear 4 and DoFla's beating…
@DHL:
Luffy walks into an Island to kick Doflamingos ass, then makes friends with someone who doesn't like Doflamingo and then says
"You ruined my friends life".
That to me sounds ridiculous, but hey it's a rubber pirate going up against a string bending maniac in a flamingo coat.
Except the fact that he befriended those people without even knowing that they had anything to do with Doula, so no, it's not ridiculous. This includes Law too.
I mean, are you going to say Luffy fighting for Nami was ridiculous? Or Vivi? Or Robin? Because those people all had their lives ruined before meeting Luffy.
@DHL:
Well he can't and hasn't solved everyones misfortunes.
Not everyone, but all his friends' misfortunes.
I can't wait seeing Barto's reaction to Gear 4 and DoFla's beating…
Thankfully he doesn`t react as negative as some on AP forums react to everything :)
this so he's biting his forearm, is he gonna blow into he's whole body and become a giant ? kinda like this –-> http://www.volonte-d.com/perso/images/sengoku2.jpg
in my opinion i would prefer something more about speed, something more like an upgraded gear 2nd …. (and i agree that gear 4th must have something to do with his gomu body more than haki stuff..)
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and do you know how do i take this little fox/queer/sanji off my profil ?
@Don:
Of course, it would just be an upgrade, the actual Gear has to be about his rubber ability.
I only can see it otherwise when thinking about CoC.
When Luffy is using that to it`s fullest(or at least higher) potential, it might be the stepping stone to create a new technique.
But that will become more relevant against a yonkou, i just said here already, that Gear 4 might be upgraded with a glimpse of the coming potential of CoC for the final blow orso.
Maybe it's something that can only be used if he's protecting his entire body with Haki. You know, something that could actually seriously hurt him if there wasn't another force keeping his body together.
I'd like to see Luffy increase his spring coefficient so he contracts with more force and shifts his mass around his body to enhance his movements. One pet peeve I have is seeing Luffy's arm bent as he throws something like a G3 punch. On one hand it means he's swinging his arm faster than his body can contract, but on the other hand it means he's not getting much additional force out of his rubber body.
Ideally he'd be able to stretch far with low resistance, contract with such force that his arm basically inverts, then switch the elasticity to high again so that his fist retains maximum velocity. If he's capable of shifting his mass to something like his fist, as an added bonus he can bring the rest of his body to his fist for a second follow up attack. It would be kind of like how he can shift the G3 air in around his body.
Gear 4th is sumo muscle man. Think like street fighter E. Honda and his fist attack. Who can eat more then a sumo? Luffy! And Luffy also do the sumo bow when he change gear.
The first attack Luffy will land on Dofla while in G4 more will be a Bazoka
@DHL:
Luffy walks into an Island to kick Doflamingos ass, then makes friends with someone who doesn't like Doflamingo and then says
"You ruined my friends life".
That to me sounds ridiculous, but hey it's a rubber pirate going up against a string bending maniac in a flamingo coat.
Well he can't and hasn't solved everyones misfortunes.
I don't know, why did you mention them.
If I'm not mistaken, at first luffy's and Law's purpose in going to Dessrosa was to destroy the smile factory and make sure Dofla was arrested by the marine or at least was not on good terms with the marine (that's why Law's made dofla quit being a warlord). Sadly that plan backfire because Dofla was a noble and made a deal with the CP0.
Luffy just got dragged and into attacking Dofla when he discovered there was a tournament to win Ace's devil fruit and when he became friends with the annoying princess (because she gave him food) and discovered the dark past of the country by the wounded tournament fighters and Franky. But what really made him fight Dofla was Law's beating, kidnapping and past.
It's always like that in One Piece, the first purpose when going to an island is never to beat to a pulp the bad guys, but it always ends up being it for some good reason (helping a friend, fufilling a promise, …)
I always imagined that Luffy could take hits and those would flow through his body while building up more power before the hit bounces back even stronger on the enemy.
Like punching a soft rubber , who brings to you back the force you put into it..just doubling in the process the power.
Absolutely agreed.
I don't really get the whole "maybe gear fourth is a mix of 2nd, 3rd and haki".
Y'know, since we've seen that quite a lot post-timeskip already lol
I would be quite happy with a pure hard core haki gear 4, but can that really be classed as a gear on its own.
For what I understood, Luffy is going to destroy the cage first.
@Alpha:
Great, now we have to see what Gear 4 is all about. The theories and assumptions are going to flood the twitter, facebook and even instagram. . . somehow. But that's all in the dun of it is it not?
What if Oda doesn't even know and he's going to be using those two weeks to get idea from our theories? That would be hilarious.
Anyways, it's good to be back.
Oda already knows what it's going to be. He's always three to four chapters ahead of the current one. It would be funny if he went to fan sites to look for ideas though.
My wild guess for Gear 4 would be turning himself into a living impact dial. Able to absorb and concentrate any vibrations or force that's put into him and amplify it with his own strength. So if he blocks an attack he can absorb the power and send it back in a punch, or merely absorb the back force from his own punches and amplify each subsequent attack.
That being said the theories on taking advantage of his rubber muscles seems the most likely. Hockey puck Luffy, harder, faster but no stretching.