Gear 5 Luffy has not only shaken the One Piece world but it has also brought a big change in the anime world as fans are witnessing a new form of Luffy that has never been seen before. When Gear 5 was first revealed, it broke the internet and proved to be his strongest power against characters like Kaido.
Gear 5 had a new appearance and attacks that changed Luffy’s fighting style and also made him look like a cartoon character. However, it was much more fun and added a comedic element to his fights that fans have loved since. However, Eiichiro Oda had something else planned for the future King of the Pirates that was witnessed during the Egghead Island arc.
The recent chapters of One Piece revealed that the gear fifth had two different forms which reflected totally different power levels. While one showed Luffy being happy and enjoying the fight, the other revealed his angry side that not only took care of one but two of the strongest World Government officials.
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Luffy’s Gear 5 Has Two Different Forms
Luffy’s Gear 5 transformation in One Piece is his most powerful ability shown thus far in the narrative. Luffy has at last been serious about defeating Saturn and Kizaru as the stakes on Egghead keep getting higher. He has moved past his goofy and silly nature and has gotten angry and serious compared to his past Gear 5 transformations.
Luffy eventually seizes control of the fight against Saint Saturn and Admiral Kizaru in One Piece chapter 1108, growing in size to seize hold of both and announcing that he would not allow them to escape. During this panel, Eiichiro Oda drew Luffy looking enraged because Saturn and Kizaru tried to harm his friend Vegapunk.
Initially, when Luffy was having fun during his fights, it was seen that although he was powerful, he could not match up to the strength of Saturn. However, him grabbing both Saturn and Kizaru at the same time when he is serious proves that Luffy has two forms in Gear 5: One has a happy, silly side while the other is much more serious and enraged.
The Biggest Difference Between Luffy’s Gear 5 Two Forms
The difference between Luffy’s two forms during Gear 5 was seen during his battles with Admiral Kizaru. During their first fight in Egghead Island arc, when Luffy transforms into gear 5, he is seen having fun with Kizaru. The biggest example of this is when he throws Kizaru away during their first fight.
However, during their second fight when Kizaru launched an attack on Vegapunk, Luffy got angry and grabbed Kizaru and actually squeezed him so hard that the Admiral coughed up blood. This showed that Luffy when enraged can be much more lethal. And he did so while he was holding Saturn with his other hand.
Luffy’s battles with Kizaru show the difference between his two forms during Gear 5. While his happy Gear 5 form just wants to have fun during battle, his enraged self does not care about the fun and much rather directly attacks the opponent causing significant damage.
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