The protagonist of the series, Monkey D. Luffy will undeniably end up as the Pirate King by the end of the series and in doing so, he’ll be the man who conquered all the seas. For Luffy to be able to do that, becoming the strongest of all-time is just as important
With lots of room to grow still, we’re sure that Luffy will become very powerful and possibly even surpass the likes of Gol D. Roger and Whitebeard in the process. Although that day is far away, every One Piece fan is waiting for it in anticipation.
About Luffy
Monkey D. Luffy , also known as “Straw Hat” Luffy, is a fictional characters and the main protaganist of the One Piece manga series, created by Eiichiro oda. Luffy made his debut in One Piece Chapter #1 as a young boy who acquires the properties of rubber after accidentally eating the supernatural Gum-Gum Fruit.
Born on May 5, Luffy dreamed of being a pirate since childhood. At the age of 17, Luffy sets sails from the East Blue Sea to the Grand Line in search of the legendary treasure, One Piece, to succeed Gol D. Roger as King of the Pirates. Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, recruits crew members, fights antagonists, and aids and befriends the inhabitants of several islands on his journey. Usually cheerful, he becomes serious when he fights. Luffy uses his elasticity to concentrate his power, executing a range of attacks. In his signature attack, Gum-Gum Pistol, he slingshots punches at opponents from a distance. Luffy also grows stronger over the course of the story, as reflected in his “Bounty” which is used to measure the threat he poses to the World Government. He is the grandson of Monkey D. Garp and son of Monkey D. Dragon,but was raised by Curly Dadan, his foster mother,meeting Portgas D. Ace and Sabo, his adopted brothers, in their childhood.
Will Luffy be the strongest?
Some devil fruit powers are just too OP. Luffy can maximize his powers all he wants, awaken his DF etc, and he still won’t be the strongest. Luffy wants to be king of the pirates, his goal is not strength or to be the strongest- He’s just getting strong as a result of that goal. (And he was born insanely strong too)
But I am sure their are some DF users who will always be stronger than him, simply because of their unique ability. If the admiral( who ate the glimmer fruit has/will awaken, then he can shoot around at the speed of light- he already has a speed of light kick, and I’m assuming punch. And that just seems like the standard powers granted by the fruit. I can’t even imagine what the awakened version is like.
Lava guy- can take virtually any character out with a single direct punch. Even- *sniff sniff*…I can’t. still too painful.
Gravity admiral- awakened he could probably create black holes that appear just fast enough to suck up his opponent and then disappear, essentially meaning all he has to do is get close enough to a single part of your body to create them and then you’re dead.
But yeah- the point is that if Luffy’s goal was to be the strongest, then definitely. But that’s not his goal. His goal is to be free, and he can’t imagine another way of doing that besides being the King of the Pirates. He won’t shackle himself to a different goal like being the strongest. People might start calling him that, but new DF are always appearing, and its more likely than not that other super powerful DF will appear that make the user inherently more powerful than Luffy.
I can’t even imagine how Luffy will beat the Yonko who is immortal. That guy is massively powerful, and he has tried killing himself an uncountable number of times, and failed.
Why is Luffy so week these days ?
Luffy is starting to appear weak, especially in the Whole Cake Island and Wano arc.
Monkey D. Luffy will become the strongest character by the end of One Piece and fulfill his goal of becoming the Pirate King. In doing so, he will surpass Gold D. Roger and the ones before him to usher in an entirely new era. However, how long will it take?
According to Oda, One Piece has barely 40% of its plot left, which means that Luffy should have technically progressed a lot by this point.
However, in most of the Whole Cake Island Arc and now even in Wano, all we have done is seen him run away.
Sure, we did see a few epic fights like the one against Katakuri and Luffy’s overflowing cockiness in Wano, his strength still overwhelmingly falls short against his opponents.
Is Luffy getting weaker, or is there an entirely different reason for his lack of feats? Let’s analyze!
1.Strong opponents
Unlike other mainstream Shounen shows, Luffy does not automatically gain super-boosts while facing powerful opponents and instead exhibits normal human-like behavior. He fights when necessary and knows when to run away.
At the age of 19, Luffy has already defeated most of the 7 Warlords or befriended them. Furthermore, he has jumped levels and made Yonko Kaido his opponent. All of these feats make Luffy powerful enough to be titled the 5th Emperor.
However, he is still not capable of fighting his current enemy, Kaido, alone.
In fact, it would be even more unconvincing if the Straw Hat Captain suddenly became strong enough to face the 4 Emperors. Thus, it is understandable why Luffy appears to be “weak” when facing these monsters.
2.Limitation of his devil fruit
Imagine a scenario where someone other than Luffy had consumed the Gomu Gomu no Mi. Would that person even reach a tenth of the heights the Straw Hat captain has reached? Probably not.
While the powers of the Rubber Devil Fruit are unquestionable, it is Luffy’s creativity that allowed him to achieve astonishing levels of strength. On its own, unfortunately, Gomu Gomu no Mi loses its glamour.
While Luffy has done his utmost to bring out the fruit’s strength through various forms, ranging from Gear 2 to 4, it places a lot of strain on his body.
The astonishingly powerful Gear 4 is unable to last a long time and consumes a lot of his energy. Furthermore, it isn’t easy to cook up new forms to better utilize the Devil Fruit.
The limitations of the Rubber Devil Fruit are stretched (pun intended) thanks to Luffy, but it is impossible for him to do so forever. Because of this exact reason, he appears weak compared to other characters with exceptionally powerful Devil Fruits.
3.Will Luffy Awaken His Devil Fruit?
Luffy is destined to become the Pirate King, which means that awakening his Devil Fruit is only a matter of time. While One Piece isn’t about a super OP main character dominating the world and is all about the journey and events, Luffy’s end goal means that he needs to grow stronger.
While it is possible that he won’t be the strongest, he will definitely be far more powerful than his present state.
Till now, Oda has managed to portray, foreshadow, and develop the one piece world brilliantly, and few moments feel forced.
With time, Luffy will naturally awaken his Devil Fruit and rise to greater heights. The question that fans now ask is what exactly will the Straw Hat Captain’s power be after that happens?
Some predict that Luffy will be able to create rubber and build a rubber world like Katakuri and Doflamingo, while others take a more humorous approach.
On Reddit, posts talking about Luffy’s DF awakening are aplenty, and quite a lot of upvotes go towards him gaining “Gomu Gomu no Bounce Castle,” which, let’s be honest, would be quite entertaining to watch.
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