#Joyboy

[themetalhiro]

The End

[evichuart]

i'm so normal about gear 5 luffy (no)

[andaniellight]

You see, Luffy is lucky and special because death will always follow him everywhere, but it's in the form of his deceased fun big brother

Edit: Other version of this AMV

[redinthesea]

Sun God of Liberation, Patron Saint of Silliness, but most importantly, Official No.1 Enemy of the State

[skullbird]

He is so fun to draw.

[forged-in-kaoss]

biblically accurate luffy joyboy nika

[revlischarm]

That’s his boyfriend, your honor.

[lewiscarrolatemybrain]

Something something Luffy laughing through his teeth (shishishi!) as if it's spilling out of him, something too great for his body to contain rushing up and pushing its way out through the cracks in his teeth vs Joyboy's laugh being a traditional hahaha that demands an open mouth and throat and lungs, the kind of laugh that's all percussion and booming air, unrestrained and uncontained and free

Also something something Gear 2 (which is Luffy making his heart beat faster and louder as he circulates blood more quickly through his body) making his body heat to the point of steam rising from his skin, and Gear 5 using the Gear 2 pose and making his heart beat the Drums of Liberation and condensing that steam into clouds, and shishishi being a hissing sound like steam escaping through a vent, and the prevalent themes of fire and heat and the way steam only makes that kind of noise if it had been under extreme pressure and how that pressure is usually caused by high temperatures

Something something Luffy swallowed the sun as a child and it sits burning in his belly and he laughs like steam hissing its way out of a vent because his joy is that of a god's and his body is a very small vessel for such awesome power

And something something I don't really have anything coherent to say here this is just me wildly overthinking and drawing connections where there probably aren't any but like you get it. The themes.

[beaulesbian]

One Piece ep. 1076 || "I know exactly who Joyboy is. The one who will defeat me!"

[sanjipussyindulgence]

joyboy fucking SPOTTED

[luffyism]

MONKEY D. LUFFY in ONE PIECE / ワンピース (1999) EP 1071 • luffy's peak - attained! gear five

[themetalhiro]

Violent Sun

[hunnismokah]

nika boy… HES ALMOST HERE

[0ynes]

The fact that only Luffy could use this fruit to it's true potential. If he didn't believe in his freedom, if he wasn't a silly little guy, he would not be able to awaken the fruit. It's the most ridiculous power, because it's so unserious and that's why it fits Luffy perfectly and no one else.

And of course, before him only Joyboy was able to awaken this power too.

[sonicspeeddemon]

[joyboyish]

i love love LOVE the new one piece episode...

im saying my gear 5 things again just because i NEED to talk about it

like how sun god nika brings a new dawn, and luffy was born on dawn island (the sun rises east after all)

oda says the flower that represents luffy is a sunflower which symbolizes unwavering faith and always faces the sun rise, and zoro is wisteria which means devotion that transcends death representing luffys faith in zoro and zoros devotion to luffy

how you can hear the drums of liberation in skypeia

laughter is one of the main themes in one piece, its not even like hidden. there are so many ways you can show it too! for instance someone on twt i think??? said the final island is called Laugh Tale bc this is a tale about laughter

luffy associates laughter with freedom, and as the viewer, you're supposed to as well. luffy wants to be the king of pirates, not because he wants to rule the seas with an iron fist, but because he wants to be freer than anyone. he wants to be able to laugh with his friends with out a worry in the world, and thats why in wano he gets so upset when he finds out about smile. kaidou took something he associated with being free, and made it into a prison. when luffy awakened his fruit, used gear 5, and turned into sun god nika, he laughed. its out of place bc the whole fight luffy is more upset than he is during most of his fights. hes lost 3 times now, he failed to keep his promise to tama, he failed to save momonusuke and kin'emons country but he laughed. he has a whole silly battle where hes laughing the whole time and using funny gags as a fighting style. wano shifts the way we view laughter in one piece, by showing that the people of wano are stuck suffering and unable to show their emotions, and then shifts it back by showing luffys laughing, even when hes at his lowest.

luffy is laughter, he is the sun, warmth, love, and liberation. its not a coincidence the brothers of the sun god ate a fruit that let them control fire.

that montage during his gear 5 transformation where we seeframes of everytime hes used his gears, showing us his growth as a fighter, as a pirate, and as a captain, while the fate of an entire country is on his back, while he fights to protect his loved ones and while we see luffy do everything hes wanted to do (his words too!!).... yeah this was a great episode lmao