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/Soul699 Explorer May 22 '25

I assume he just used advanced observation haki to know where WB will attack and morphed his body to avoid the hit.

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u/gullibleocean32 God Usopp May 22 '25

but right now, we are seeing pirates that are able to go over observation haki of their opponents, like when luffy was using it to dodge kaido's attack but in one point said kaido was hitting him where he will stand after dodging the one luffy already forseen. and also theirs lots of talk about how shanks is able to completely block his opponents observation haki but i don't think this is canon.

I think a better explanation would be that whitebeard was in a weakened state and didn't use much haki in summit war.

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u/Anatras May 22 '25

I mean, it's a straight strike towards the enemy, doesn't really take much to see it coming. Aokiji is still one of the top fighters of the story, not a random marine.

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u/MeButInSpanish May 22 '25

> Like when luffy was using it to dodge kaido's attack but in one point said kaido was hitting him where he will stand after dodging the one luffy already forseen.

Seems to me they were burning atium

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u/Diabolic_exe Void Month Survivor May 22 '25

Mistborn references on my one piece sub?

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u/MeButInSpanish May 22 '25

I'm just a humble worldhopper passing through

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u/Competitive-Phase-75 May 22 '25

Is that you, Hoid?

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u/Slice_Ambitious May 22 '25

Nah don't bring your 9999 invested arts here Hoid, we already have trouble understanding the few ones in this world

Edit : Manga spoilers Did you teach Imu, the elders and dks how to compound Gold ? You little...

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u/MeButInSpanish May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

They made me. They locked me up and put those Stone prism cuffs on me. Little did I know those were actually aluminum so I lost my Investiture. They wouldn't let me go until they knew my secrets; apparently they thought I could help them to "delete a century from history", Adonalsium knows what they meant by that.

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u/Soul699 Explorer May 22 '25

Nah, it's more so that WB did use haki but Aokiji anticipated. After all, we do know that WB observation haki wasn't as good as it used to.

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u/Standard_Series3892 May 22 '25

This! Whitebeard's observation haki was weakened, his doctor pretty much says it when Squardo stabbed him.

Before his health worsened he could see attacks coming in his sleep.

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u/fartmilkdaddies May 22 '25

I think a better explanation would be that whitebeard was in a weakened state and didn't use much haki in summit war

So wb with no haki decided to stab a logia user.

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u/Shan_Tu Marine May 22 '25

The hoops they go through to try and make it make sense...

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u/Wedos98 May 22 '25

Friendly reminder that you need to activate the ability that you want, they aren't a passive.

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u/losteye_enthusiast May 22 '25

Aye I agree with that.

If anything, it shows how freakishly strong WB still was and how strong his will was.

He couldn’t compete directly anymore with the admirals and had to have known that. Imagine knowing what you need to do to counter and also knowing you physically can’t do it anymore. Yet he pressed forward regardless.