One Piece: Gear IV

[Soras Teva Gee]

"I am real Super Sand Cyan!"

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[AtlanteanTroll]

And that joke went over my head until a quick Google check.

[Soras Teva Gee]

And that joke went over my head until a quick Google check.

I got a three for one but I refuse to explain all of them.

[Iruka]

I got a three for one but I refuse to explain all of them.

Would someone else be willing to explain?

[Sigh]

Who wants to bet that if there's a Gear 5 it'll be completely defensive in use?

[Soras Teva Gee]

Who wants to bet that if there's a Gear 5 it'll be completely defensive in use?

Nah next level will be Gear God.

[Sigh]

Nah next level will be Gear God.

What no clearly they'll save that for when they're making OP movies 10 years after the show and manga have ended.

[Soras Teva Gee]

What no clearly they'll save that for when they're making OP movies 10 years after the show and manga have ended.

So Battle of Pirates premiering sometime 2040?

[Dasgovernator]

So Battle of Pirates premiering sometime 2040?

You think it'll end that soon?

[Tvtyrant]

You think it'll end that soon?

Someone is going to do lost century at some point.

[Razade]

Would someone else be willing to explain?

It's supposed to be "I'm a Super Saiyan". Though Saiyan and Cyan aren't pronounced the same way.

[ben-zayb]

Spoiler: By the gods, that was a thing of beauty!

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So it is indeed haki based...and it just makes sense with his growth; Gear 2 operated similar to Soru, which is a powerful technique introduced to him that time. And then we have this CoA-heavy technique that is blended with his DF's recoil property.

Dangit Franky will be so jelly that Luffy now turned into a heavy bomber.

[Iruka]

It's supposed to be "I'm a Super Saiyan". Though Saiyan and Cyan aren't pronounced the same way.

Ah, I thought there was a pun ( or several) in the name of the thread.

[Kato]

Aw, not my suggested edition of "th" to the title?

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Aw, it's so... strange. So, Luffy turns from skinny to muscle beast and uses the fact that you can store energy in an elastic thing to increase his damage... well, that's not too bad. I maybe expected something a little more flashy but it's fine. Mingo getting his various body parts kicked gives me such satisfaction.

[Razade]

So great. This chapter was amazing and worth the wait.

[chainer1216]

*begins foaming at the mouth like Barto*

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the return of nightmare luffy!

[Soras Teva Gee]

Ahahahahahahahah that freaking hilarious. This week on One Piece GT.... what a nightmare!

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Seems like Bellamy will be defeating Doffy after all.

[LaZodiac]

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I'VE SPENT TWO YEARS FIGHTING HUGE MUSCLE WEIRDOS.

SO I DECIDED...TO BECOME SWOLE AS ****!

Gear Fourth was worth the wait.

[Tvtyrant]

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So he basically stole Bellamy's power and added it to his own? I have to say it has been worth the wait

[Dasgovernator]

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So he basically stole Bellamy's power and added it to his own? I have to say it has been worth the wait

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Kind of fitting too, considering how low of an opinion Doffy had of Bellamy. Don't piss off Luffy or he'll beat you to death with Irony.

That being said--Dammit Luffy, why did you punch the guy who is perfectly willing and capable of using human shields into a crowd of innocent bystanders. Doffy's probably getting desperate (I doubt he can take much more abuse from Luffy at this rate since he's clearly become outclassed, and unlike G2 or G3 there doesn't seem to be any downside to G4 that can be exploited like what Lucci did), and he's in what he probably considers a win-or-die situation. I'm expecting one last heinous move from him before he finally goes down.

[ryuplaneswalker]

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The good, Gear 4 makes sense in what we have seen how Luffy's powers act

The bad, It is freaking ugly as heck and that is terrible since we will be seeing luffy use it a lot going foreward.

[Areswargod139]

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The good, Gear 4 makes sense in what we have seen how Luffy's powers act

The bad, It is freaking ugly as heck and that is terrible since we will be seeing luffy use it a lot going foreward.

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Much like Naruto's demon mode, I suspect it will get a redesign somewhere down the road.

[Sigh]

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Much like Naruto's demon mode, I suspect it will get a redesign somewhere down the road.

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This is assuming that there aren't other "modes" involved in this new Gear, remember that when he invented Gears 2 and 3 he didn't name them "Steam Man" and "Balloon Man", but this new form is called "Poundman". To me this implies that there are other functions of Gear 4 that will involve other "-man"s.

[Areswargod139]

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This is assuming that there aren't other "modes" involved in this new Gear, remember that when he invented Gears 2 and 3 he didn't name them "Steam Man" and "Balloon Man", but this new form is called "Poundman". To me this implies that there are other functions of Gear 4 that will involve other "-man"s.

Did anyone else think of megaman?

[ben-zayb]

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This is assuming that there aren't other "modes" involved in this new Gear, remember that when he invented Gears 2 and 3 he didn't name them "Steam Man" and "Balloon Man", but this new form is called "Poundman". To me this implies that there are other functions of Gear 4 that will involve other "-man"s.

So sorta like Chopper and Franky having other freakish forms? I like it!

[chainer1216]

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Much like Naruto's demon mode, I suspect it will get a redesign somewhere down the road.

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Or like zoros asura, it'll never show up again.

[LaZodiac]

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Or like zoros asura, it'll never show up again.

Implying it won't show up again...

[Lord of the Helms]

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Or like zoros asura, it'll never show up again.

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Actually, that one did get used a second time during the Saobody Pacifista fight pre-timeskip. It hasn't shown up post-timeskip, but to be fair, Zoro hasn't really had a truly challenging fight since then, unless you count his brief encounters with Fujitora that were always cut short.

[LordRahl6]

Change of subject people, but how long until we wrap up the Dressrosa arc? Considering we finally reached the Curb Stomping of Doflimingo can't be more than twenty chapters.

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So sorta like Chopper and Franky having other freakish forms? I like it!

I personally foresee at least one other form that imitates an elephant, with an enlarged torso covered in Haki along with enlarged hands also Haki'd up, leaving the arms and legs along with his head exposed. This form would be used for bull-rushing and similar wall-breaking uses.

Along side that I could also see another form that wholeheartedly imitates a snake as opposed to just the one attack that Luffy's arm used near the end of the latest chapter. Kind of have it be like a boa constrictor where it would be used for close combat grappling and wrapping around opponents to restrict their movements, as well as using all 4 of his limbs to do the whole "fist geppo" thing at once for those opponents that are REALLY fast or sneaky.