Latest Posts by doyoulikeslimes - Page 11

Out of all of the many many reasons I love gear 5, one I haven't talked about yet is how much Luffy so obviously loves gear 5 as well.

It is honestly revolutionary to have a shonen protag's final form be enjoyable for them. To not be something born out of anger or hate; a thing born out of strict necessity that has to be unlocked by painful emotions/the loss of someone they loved (temporary or otherwise) but rather born out of joy and a desire for freedom. To have them want to be in that final form, to have it spit in the face of the idea that the only way to be powerful is to be serious, edgy, ""mature"" and to abandon joy and happiness in favor of that.

I LOVE that Luffy's final power-up doesn't come at the cost of who he is as a person, and instead amplifies and uplifts who he is. It uplifts his carefree nature, his goofiness, his creativity, his sense of wonder. And as such, the form is something that he enjoys more than any other gear he has used. It allows him to be the freest version of himself, allows him to bend the world around him to his whims, of course he's going to love it.

It also (in a weird way) acts as a message of self love. Luffy does not have to abandon who he is to become stronger, but rather has to lean even further into who he is. The traits that make him 'weird' and 'strange' by pirate (or hell, even just by regular standards) are the very things that boost him up and allow him to win against his foes.

A "ridiculous power" Kaido called it, and yet it was that power that sent him hurdling to the center of the earth, toppling his reign over Wano with the very thing he robbed from its people.

bonney normally speaks very coarsely- she usually uses omae as her ‘you’ pronoun, which is uncommonly rude and aggressive for women and is normally only used by men. however, when she addresses luffy-as-nika for the first time directly, to say “i’ve been searching for you,” she switches over to anta for ‘you’, which is still informal but far less confrontational.

and then when luffy is just completely not getting it in the next line (“huh? we’ve been together this whole time!”) bonney instantly snaps back to using omae again for her subsequent lines. respect gained -> lost speedrun INSTANT

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gear 5 *crowd goes wild*

WHAT was that FRAME I’m in LOVE

i'm so normal about gear 5 luffy (no)

Something i made to celebrate catching up on the manga :}

Local doctor tries to comprehend wtf just happened to him

Egghead arc goes CRAZY.

i just realized today why their ship is called thousand sunny 😭

live laugh luffy

luffy 🙂 / the cooler luffy 😎

luffy WILL bring the dawn

the duality of men

Wanted to draw him with scribbly lines and conflicting vibes.

HATERS MAD I CAN EXPERIENCE CHILDLIKE WONDER ☀️🌟‼️‼️‼️

egghead becoming animated has permanently changed me as a person

happy episode 1071 day !!

gomu gomu of your eye

Kinda criminal that he has a transformation power-up that color coordinates any outfit as a side effect, and the anime just… keeps him in bleached jorts.

Sunny day

Gear 5 Luffy just does something to my brain that I cannot explain he’s just so ??? Pretty? Happy? Silly? Perfect? Idk but I ADORE him and this character design is and always will be everything to me.

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You draw hats so well and im like so amazed by it because every time i try it looks like they're wearing buckets?? how do you draw them?? :o

pringles

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I think Luffy would've been. fun to parent

SIBLING SHENANIGANS!!!!!

that one opla scene

i like to think that ever since they met it was mutually ON SIGHT bullying <3

they’re both losers (said with love)

Unexpected fan

Shanks realised too late he had in fact just been adopted by Luffy as his dad