#haki

[opbackgrounds]

Don't worry, we'll find out how Rayleigh did this in...checks notes...Wano

[czlowiek-lasu]

On today’s episode of Hakiposting:

[v-67]

Yeah idk man, I'm simping for this character design. Like wow. Just look.

Katakuri

I hope he doesn't do something which makes me hate him😩

Episodes 835 to 847 somewhere

17th January, 2024

I have an exam tomorrow😭😭😭😭

Will watch Onepiece after 29th January now

[bubbydarkstar]

uncle shanks in honor of the new ep

[noodlenood]

RED HAWK

[coneg]

marguerite of the kuja pirates is on the hunt!

[sailing-ever-west]

you cannot convince me Nami doesn't have at least a little bit of conqueror's haki that death stare causes knockouts at a soul level

[have-i-threatened-you-before]

If you haven't yet discovered the amazing KobyLu story written by @okiedoketm then you're missing out! May I introduce you to

A true roller-coaster ride of emotions that will leave you breathless, tearstruck and laughing uproariously.

In addition to this, chapter 8 especially struck me hard leaving me to produce these pieces of art!

Under the cut to avoid spoilers for those who wish.

[wesleysniperking]

Out of everything that could happen in Elbaf for Usopp. I think the best possible thing would be for him to meet his dad. He’d be killing two birds with one stone. Meeting his dad would give him a bit more character introspection, and his dad could give him some pointers on observation haki. Win-win.

But I'm pretty sure RH pirates aren't on Elbaf anymore!!! Waaaaah! 😭

[forged-in-kaoss]

[luckycheesefoodie321]

I really do enjoy the creative changes they’ve made to the visualisation of Haki.

Making it abundantly clear it’s happening is fun too.

Like the observation haki being like a zap in their eye. And armament haki, while it used to be shown as just a black armour now has roiling flames covering like the power is steaming out of them. And here, the “Colour of the Supreme King” are these waves of golden power radiating from Luffy.

Again idk if this is purely a Wano thing or not but it does suggest that now they are even deeper in the grand line, everything has become more focused and at the forefront

Also side note. Zoro not being fazed at all by Luffy’s Conqueror’s haki is such a fun and subtle thing. I think he awakens his later? But just further proving how damn well chosen Zoro is as the right hand of the future Pirate King, that potentially may never have realised this ability if he had not joined Luffy, experienced what he experienced, and was willing to put on the line EVERYTHING for Luffy and the crew’s sake.

[opbackgrounds]

I think it's interesting that Oda starts to develop Luffy's conqueror's haki here, but it does make sense. For one, it helps set it up before Rayleigh's introduction, but more importantly, conqueror's haki is meant to show the power of the strong willed over the weak. This whole fight with the Flying Fish Riders has been a bit of a joke. These guys are way below the Straw Hat's level. So now that Luffy's gotten serious enough to actually end things, it's appropriate for his first use of the power to be over complete scrubs instead of something more dramatic, like his later scene on Amazon Lily.

[czlowiek-lasu]

Haki my beloved

[v-67]

Luffy v. Katakuri

End of fight. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FIGHT. MAJESTIC. AMAZING. AND PROPER.

Episodes 867–871

29th January, 2024

It took Luffy time to analyse and understand the technique. And he figured it out. But they showed us the process, the history of him understanding Rayleigh's words. Him failing at it, working it out and trying and slowly figuring it out. And finally making it work. And winning. And this end dialogue between them. Truly loved this fight.

[remy45]

Oda better give robin haki at some point because:

1- She deserves it

2- I want to see all of her beautiful arms covered in armament haki

[simplysamiblog]

How Luffy will lose his Devil Fruit power. My personal theory

Dense clouds darken the sky. Lightning bolts cut through them, tearing them apart. No problem for Luffy, who, in true 1930s cartoon style, turns the lightning into elastic ropes and starts bouncing around like a mad spinning top, all accompanied by hysterical laughter and amused grimaces. And he’s not the only one having fun, although Kaido’s entertainment is of a different kind.

Kaido, the immortal, has waited his whole life for this fight. Someone on his level, someone who could face him like no one ever has. This doesn’t mean he intends to lose, quite the opposite. Luffy’s Gear 5 caught him off guard, sure, it’s hard not to be destabilized by “such an absurd power,” but the emperor quickly recovers.

And not only that, in the heart of the battle, Kaido loudly declares something that feels immutable, something as certain as death:

“You can play around all you want! But…a Devil Fruit power will never conquer the world! It’s amazing how things work. Just how Roger was not a Devil Fruit power user…only Haki can triumph all else!”

Yeah, at that moment we learned something that until then everyone, myself included, believed to be the opposite: Roger, the Pirate King, did not possess the powers of a Devil Fruit. This man had conquered the Grand Line, discovered ancient secrets, and gained worldwide fame, using “simply” the strength of his Ambition (Haki).

A real shock, right? Yes, but… on second thought, not so much.

Why? Well, it’s curious, but from chapter 1 of One Piece, we learn about a formidable character, incredibly strong, who does not possess the powers of a Devil Fruit. Red-Haired Shanks is the very first example. He is one of the Four Emperors, faces Whitebeard almost as an equal, and we know his Haki is very, very strong. But no Devil Fruit.

Other characters? Dracule Mihawk, the world’s strongest swordsman, no Devil Fruit, just his Haki, and of course, innate talent and discipline. Silvers Rayleigh, the first mate of Roger’s crew, a literal master in Haki control. Then we have Kozuki Oden, Benn Beckman (quite a few first mates, huh?).

In Luffy’s own crew, we have formidable characters like Zoro, who have never used anything other than their own strength and Haki. And without necessarily looking among the pirates, we find examples of extremely feared men who, with the sole power of Haki, rivaled the Pirate King himself, like Monkey D. Garp.

In short, Oda-san has said it in every way possible: you don’t need Devil Fruits to achieve great goals.

But why have ambitious people like Roger or Garp never exploited one of those fruits? Why did they never want that kind of power? It shouldn’t have been difficult for men with their knowledge and means to obtain one.

One could hypothesize anything, but knowing One Piece, and knowing the stubbornness of certain characters, I’ve honestly come to a simple yet banal answer: pride.

Are you kidding? Relying on such tricks? Imagine the scene: Roger has a Devil Fruit in front of him, all ready for him. “With this, you’ll become incredibly strong! You won’t have any rivals, and your journey will be much easier.” Roger would have had a big laugh and told anyone who proposed such a thing to go to hell. “I don’t need and don’t want my journey to be easy, bring on the strongest enemies, put me in front of the most incredible challenges: I will overcome them with my own strength and my crew, I need nothing else.”

Men of another time. A bit arrogant perhaps, but certainly true to themselves. Because that was THEIR life, that was THEIR journey, that was THEIR test.

And Luffy, I believe, will be put to the test. And Oda-san is preparing us for that moment, leaving us, as always, small, tiny clues here and there.

Teach, better known as Blackbeard, has discovered a way to steal and obtain the power of Devil Fruits, and to use more than one at the same time.

Teach and Luffy will clash sooner or later, I know it, you know it. It’s just a matter of when. According to my theory, one way or another, Teach will manage to overpower and steal the power of the Gum-Gum Fruit (or Hito-Hito Model Nika). And it will be at that moment, in that instant, that we will discover who is truly worthy.

Borrowing the infamous quote from Geto Suguru (from the now equally famous Jujutsu Kaisen), which I think fits perfectly in this situation: “Is Luffy the strongest because of the Gum-Gum fruit, or is the Gum-Gum fruit strong because of Luffy?”

There always comes a moment when you have to prove yourself, the moment when the truth comes out: who are we? What makes us who we are?

We might already have a possible answer. As Kaido said: “Only Haki can triumph all else!”

In short: Luffy’s Haki, his Ambition, will overshadow Teach’s, and this will allow him to win. But I don’t think it stops there. There is something deeper, something more true and tangible that Luffy has, and that Teach will never have. An unstoppable, faithful, infallible force.

Unlike the Gum-Gum Fruit, which was a strange and unexpected twist of fate, there is one thing that Luffy has sought, longed for, and cultivated with care and a lot, a lot of love.

“I don’t know how to use swords! I don’t know how to sail the oceans. I can’t cook, I can’t lie either! But…I can defeat you!”

Luffy is nothing without his crew, and the crew is nothing without Luffy. Devil Fruit or no Devil Fruit. That is one truth we can be certain of. And they’re never afraid to ask for help from each other; they’re each other’s strength.

And with his crew, with his family by his side, Luffy will always have the Ambition (Haki) to win, to be the strongest. He doesn’t need anything else.

Teach has none of this, and we saw it clearly during his fight with Trafalgar Law, where Teach’s crew sniper, Van Augur, to avoid Bepo’s attack, didn’t hesitate to dodge, letting his captain take the full hit instead.

Such a thing would be unimaginable among the Straw Hats. Teach’s arrogance and greed will be his downfall. And his fear will be his grave.

Because as Luffy said to Crocodile: “If you die, you die!”

Teach’s stolen Devil Fruit powers will become dead weight, while Luffy, free as he is and always will be, will still have everything that made him strong. And it certainly won’t be the lack of a trick like the Gum-Gum Fruit that will stop Luffy from winning.

And it will be then that he will have passed the test, it will be then that he will truly become worthy. Of what? We’ll see.

And don’t forget, it was Oda-san who said it: “A Devil Fruit power will never conquer the world!”

But we know, Luffy doesn’t want to rule anything, he just wants to be free.