#fourth gear

[mugiwara-lucy]

Goddammit Luffy 🤣

[diablademon]

Lets go, my dudes!

[jamestdesign]

2015 - OP26

[remastered-feedback]

Guilty Gear is great because depending on when in the story you're looking, the main character's weapon of choice is either "A big piece of concrete he stuck a piece of rebar into as a handle so he could hit stuff with it", or "This setting's equivalent of Excalibur, combined with a magical lightbulb that he stole from the UN, creating a magical thermonuclear rail cannon capable of blowing up literal gods, which he built himself because he has a PhD in magical theoretical particle physics" and those are the only weapons he has wielded in the entire series

[mugiwara-lucy]

Which is the reason i LOVED Boundman the SECOND I saw it!! 😍🤩

gear 4 reminds me of luffy's possessed state in Thriller Bark

do you think when luffy was working out gear 4 he said "yep i have an idea on what to do! :D"

i honestly would not be surprised

[mugiwarabr]

Gear's

[s0und-of-snow]

Got the idea from @scribz-ag24

[cake-nastyy]

WOE throws u all a collection of doodles

(second pic i posted on my twitter but FORGOT to put on here. oh well lmao)

[v-67]

Luffy v. Katakuri

Here we meet Gear Fourth : Snake man for the first time.

AAAAH LOOK AT THIS PANEL.⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Episodes 867–871

29th January, 2024

[four-rabbits-in-a-trenchcoat]

[mugiwara-lucy]

I like to headcanon that Fourth Gear was inspired by Nightmare Luffy 😊 like....just look at them! They do look kinda similar!

And given how DEVASTATING Nightmare Luffy was; no doubt Luffy would obviously try to emulate that power BUT without having to absorb 1000 shadows!

[innovatorbunny]

the four facets of meeeeeeeeee

[swivinge]

tired of being cute. look up at me

[human-trash-fire]

Luffy rly said “hang on bro, let me click it up a few notches, it’ll really lay you out”

[idreaminmugiwara]

Part 2 of 2! Alright, Dressrosa, let's talk about it. This will be SPOILER HEAVY so if you have not gotten this far in One Piece turn back, ye lousy land lubber!!! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!

This guy. This guy right fucking here. I love him, your honor. In a show that is absolutely chock full of attractive characters, Law wins Sexiest Man in the One Piece Universe for me. The man is a SURGEON, a Warlord of the Sea, and walks around shirtless with them abs because a motherfucker CAN. His backstory is, in my opinion, one of the top three most devastating in the entire series as well (Robin and Nami are the other two). When I found out his tattoos were to honor Corazon, the tears started falling, man.

I sincerely hope we get more of him in future arcs because while he did feature prominently in this one narratively, he was either getting carried around like a sack of potatoes by Luffy or getting his ass absolutely handed to him by Doflamingo. I can't wait to see him fully powered and healed up.

Now had it already been spoiled for me that Sabo would make a comeback and somehow also have the powers of the Flare-Flare fruit? Yes. Because the internet has absolutely no fucking chill. Did I expect his return to be one of the most powerful emotional beats of the entire series? I did not. Luffy's reaction to finding out Sabo was still alive was one of the most beautiful moments in over 700 episodes of OP for me. Mayumi Tanaka knocked it out of the park with the voice acting here. I sincerely hope to see Luffy and Sabo reunited in future arcs.

After waiting and waiting....and WAITING for the final duel between Luffy and Doflamingo, I have to say that Gear Fourth did not disappoint. It was entirely extra and completely in alignment with Luffy's personality. He earned the long and several tons of meat in the episodes that followed.

Final thoughts:

I mostly loved the collaseum fight. The pacing was great in the beginning and some of the newer characters, specifically Cavendish and Bartolomeo were a delight to have on screen.

The toy soldier episode broke me in twain. Gorgeous, emotional, Kyros wins for dad of the millennium.

Bellamy may be the dumbest motherfucker on this show and that's truly saying something.

Not loving how every single arc seems to sexualize and objectify young women's bodies (Rebecca is 16, y'all)

God Usopp was one of the funniest moments in all of One Piece

Zushi Zushi no Mi, god DAMN...is that potentially another world ending devil fruit like the one Whitebeard had??

The pirates swearing allegiance to Luffy gave me the CHILLS...homeboy is building a fleet without even friggin trying

The Straw Hats are a prime example of: if you believe in something strong enough, it will absolutely manifest. They're all goddamn magicians.

I just started Zou and am already in love. It's such a shift in tone and pacing from the exhausting yet important arc that was Dressrosa. On to the next binge session :)

[dullahandyke]

also i needed to make this poll