Long-time lurker who's come out of hiding and made an account thanks to this chapter.
My theory on Kuma's ability is as such. Although it does seem like he uses the Rokushiki (and even I thought as much when he tanked Sanji's Concasser. Hell, him "teleporting" around brought Soru to my mind as well), the details of his DF ability sorta cover everything. So, correct me if I'm wrong, but he can reflect/redirect anything he touches and can make these things fly off at the speed of light if he so wishes.
Well then, let's see what he's done. So far, he's:
- Completely stopped attacks (I take it by redirecting the momentum of the attack in the opposite direction)
- Redirected the paths of projectiles, which is a pretty simple usage of the power
- Redirected air away from him at a high speed, turning it into a makeshift projectile
- Redirected air into a condensed form, turning it into a makeshift bomb
- Redirected actual PEOPLE away from him (flying off at the speed of light HAS to suck)
- Redirected HIMSELF at the speed of light (I figure this is how he "teleports")
So, what other odds and ends are there? His mysterious bible could definitely play a part, but who the hell knows what it can do. His super-hard body is another mystery, but I figure that if my theory is correct and he truly does redirect himself at the speed of light in order to "teleport", he'd NEED a massively strong body in order to take the force of moving at that speed. Of course, if that's true, Perona might be suffering from a pretty bad case of the deads right about now (lolz, death in OP). Either way, I'm loving the debuts of the other Shichibukais. Really interesting characters and abilities.
Oh, and a comment on the "Usopp absorbs Ursa Shock" hilarity.
Step 1. Get Impact Dial.
Step 2. Install in Kabuto.
Step 3. Absorb gigantic motherfucking blast.
Step 4. Fire your own gigantic motherfucking blast WITHOUT killing yourself.
Step 5. ?????
Step 6. Profit!!!