@garonne:
Hasshoken was explained in the same exact chapter by the same exact person. You believe one but not the other?
Punch was launched from his shoulder? By the statement of that same Gats?
@garonne:
Also, how is a special fighting technique far fetched? That whole chapter you can see it was introductions and displays of special fighting techniques. The ideo thing, hasshoken, jeans special sniper fighting technique and Bobby's hard body which in it of itself is a "special fighting technique" (you can take or leave bobby if you want tho)
Jean's technique wasn't explained, might have been his skill, might have been a devil fruit. Bobby supposedly posseses natural toughness. Ideo's exploding punches as a special fighting technique is farfetched because of apparent ease of execution. No preparation, no momentum, just punch and blast.
Sanji was never shown spontaneously igniting his leg, without doing anything.
@garonne:
Also he wraps his hands because his stature and looks is that of a martial artist, elizabello is wearing boxing gloves as well just a different type. Speaking of which, so elizabello's attack is ok but ideo's is weird and has to be a weapon?
Elizabello warms up for an hour for a single punch, Ideo punches blasts with every punch like it's nothing.
@garonne:
To finish shouldn't the shoulders seeing that they are weird be the reason to believe its a special fighting technique?
Uhm, no? If there were no shoulders shooting backdraft while he punches, effectively launching his punches, like Gats says, then yeah, I would believe it's a fighting technique.
You make it seems as if it's confirmed to be a fighting technique and it's ridiculous to think it could be a weapon designed to increase the momentum of the punch and cause blasts upon impact. I've shown enough to at least make you admit it's possible. Don't have any more to say about it, would just be repeating stuff.
@garonne:
While I'm at it, I also doubt that arm guard is a weapon as burgess had to "charge up" to use it but this we'll see eventually
Don't know how "charging up" removes the possibility of it being a weapon. Perhaps the motion is neccesary to activate that attack. That smoke coming out of those holes wasn't just for show. I guess we'll have to wait 2 weeks to see if he can throw another one of those.
@madriano:
I believe Ideo is from the Long Arm tribe, and his strange looking shoulder is actually his arm. When he punches he stretches his arm, that's why it's so powerful.
! http://img.batoto.net/comics/2013/08/02/o/read51fc02b0eb64b/img000013.png
It shows he stretching his arm and you if look at the last right panel you can clearly see he has two elbows.
It's an interesting idea, but it doesn't fit well. His arm is never stretched long enough to look like one of long arms. Then there's part about Gats saying his punch was launched from the shoulder. No reason to be so criptic if he's actually from long arm tribe. But it wouldn't be the first time Oda did something like that.
Also, that other "elbow", the left one, is not an elbow. It's a part of his armor encompassing his armpit.
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