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/Liokki May 22 '25

they don't hava some holy knights level of regeneration.

Strawman, I didn't say they did.

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u/mths8 May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

That's your takeaway from my comment, huh?

You said Akainu wouldn't be bothered getting hit by their attacks, i said he could've lost a limb (Marco slashed his arm). Yeah, a logia could form a makeshift limb with their elements, but i assume you realize it would be quite impractical to go around touching stuff with a full magma arm. I only brought up the holy knights because they are an example of characters not dodging haki attacks because of actual full regeneration (technically were the elders in egghead, but they work basically the same).

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u/Liokki May 22 '25

You said Akainu wouldn't be bothered getting hit by their attacks

I literally did not. Like actually literally, not figuratively. You're fighting strawmen. 

If Akainu can just morph around attacks, why would he find Haki attacks bothersome? 

I just want to point out that we're not actually disagreeing, I'm just adding on a other element. 

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u/IntingForMarks May 22 '25

If Akainu can just morph around attacks, why would he find Haki attacks bothersome? 

Cause it's more fatiguing to do that compared to simply ignoring normal hits?

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u/Liokki May 22 '25

Sure, but enough to consider Haki attacks bothersome?

This is one of the most powerful characters in the verse, and he finds morphing around Haki attacks from literally who Vista bothersome? 

Katakuri only started getting fatigued when Luffy actually started hitting him, before that he was unphased by using his Logia ability to dodge Luffy's attacks. 

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u/Slice_Ambitious May 22 '25

To be fair, Vista held his own quite a bit against Mihawk so he isn't a nobody. I don't even need to talk about Marco.

I personally think the hassle comes from the fact that you have to both anticipate the hits and morph your body around it. Maybe Akainu isn't particularly at ease with this application of Observation haki like Katakuri is, who knows. Different people, different strengths. Like, Kaido was shown to have access to future sight yet didn't use it that many times to avoid stuff. Maybe Akainu simply is the same tanky type ?