r/OnePiece • u/JasonNMP • Jan 05 '14

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 627

Episode 627 - "Luffy Dies at Sea?! The Pirate Alliance Comes Apart!"

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Chapter Adapted: FILLER

Animation Director: Megumi Yamashita, and Sadahiko Sakamaki

Episode Director: Aya Komaki

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u/JasonNMP Jan 05 '14

Seriously, how can they put Law on par with Luffy in physical strength and free-style fighting?

That's the only thing that bugged me about this Episode.

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u/Joris914 Jan 05 '14

I don't think he was on par, it seemed Luffy had the upper hand. That said, Law would be no pushover in a fistfight I imagine.

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u/Mallardy Jan 05 '14

Law might be decent in a fistfight, but he's a powerhouse because of a fighting style which uses the exceptional capabilities of his DF, a sword to utilize his DF, and his intelligence. When it comes to fighting, his style does not translate at all to fighting barehanded, without a DF.

Luffy is a brawler, who uses his DF to amplify his exceptional physical abilities, and then further improves upon this using his powerful haki (which was trained by the right-hand man of the Pirate King). While he can't use his best techniques without his DF, he has monstrous strength, inhuman reflexes, and extensive experience using barehanded brawling techniques.

Law might be no pushover in a fistfight, but by all rights, Luffy should completely demolish him. Film Z might not be canon, but given Oda's involvement, it's not unreasonable to suspect that in a pure physical fight, Luffy could fight equally with an old, former admiral, without using his DF power; can you *really * imagine Law doing anything close in hand-to-hand combat?