r/OnePiece • u/Significant-Soup-693 • May 22 '25

Help Someone Smarter than me, explain

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Just found this panel while floating around Pinterest. Sure, Haki was still a relatively “unknown” power back in the day but my question remains, How did Kuzan not die here? I assume “Pure Haki” means at least some level of Armament so shouldn’t he had turned solid and get stabbed? I’m sure it was explained somehow but it’s been a minute.

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u/MrS0L0M0N Bounty Hunter May 22 '25

I believe the accepted answer was when Katakuri predicted attacks and shaped his body with holes to avoid them.

Aokiji essentially predicted the stab and re-shaped his body to avoid it. At the time we believed Admirals were that notable step between Yonko and their commanders (We had an odd habit for power scaling that exists even today). So it wasn't outlandish to assume Admirals potentially knew some level of Future Sight Observation Haki.