admonition : Contains spoilers for chapter # 1118 of One Piece .

Summary

One Piece ’s Egghead Arc has managed to surprise fan yet again with the shocking revelation thatBonney has make out to replicate Gear Fiveand , controversial as this wrench may be , it hints that there may be much more to Luffy ’s awakening than meets the oculus . Ever since the truth about Luffy ’s devil fruit was bring out it has been readable that there is nothing normal or predictable about its power and the same may be true even for its wakening .

Bonney ’s shift in chapter # 1118 ofOne Piecesuggests that Luffy ’s awakening may have more than one effect on the physical object and people around him . Other than turn people and things into rubber , the true obscure power of the awakened Nika Fruit may be the power to awaken freedom itself .

As see in the latest chapter , Luffy inspires a mother wit of freedom in Bonney , which finally allows her to transform into Nika and replicate Gear Five using her devil yield . This would also explain many ofGear Five ’s perplexing abilitiesand world - defy effort as a product of the Nika Fruit simplyimbuing Luffy ’s surroundings with exemption , allowing him to manipulate anything and everything as he sees fit .

the nika devil fruit from one piece featured in the center with Luffy in Gear Five looking angry to the left and saint saturn to the right

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Gear Five Has More Than One Effect on Luffy’s Surroundings

The Nika Fruit’s Awakening Has Properties of a Paramecia Awakening

As far as Zoan wakening go , the Nika Fruit already has one of the most uniquedevil yield wakening inOne Piece . Much like Kaido notes in chapter # 1045 , Luffy ’s ability to reassign his rubber powers to his surroundingsmimics a Paramecia awakening , but his white - hirsute appearing is more like that of a Zoan awakening , which usually grants a newfangled transformation with greater military posture , speed , or durability .

According to Volume 3 of the Road to Laugh Tale , there are quite a few Mythical Zoans that have Paramecia - alike power , like Kaido ’s ability to create flame clouds , Sengoku ’s power to plough his trunk into gold , and Marco ’s power to turn his body into flames . However , only theNika Fruit behaves like both a Paramecia and a Zoanwhen it get to its wakening .

Gear Five also has the rare ability to extend Luffy ’s stretch to the people and other living things around him , as see to it by his ability to screw up Kaido up like a balloon , and hisdisturbing ability to elongate Kaido ’s eyesto touch out and seize his nose . Luffy has done so even on Egghead when he comically flattened Kizaru and Saint Saturn like pancakes . These instances prove that the Nika Fruit ’s awakening can affect people , and as such it is very much potential that Gear Five could have a 2d , more abstract effect on citizenry , like pervade them with freedom .

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Gear Five’s Abilities May Have a Simpler Yet Genius Explanation

Luffy Doesn’t Just Make Things Stretchy, He Makes Them Free

The idea that the Nika Fruit can awaken freedom in people and Luffy ’s surroundings might well explain why Gear Five ’s abilities often keep up no logic . At first , it was well-to-do to explicate many of Gear Five ’s feats as Luffy simply make affair stretchable . However , recent fights suggest the Nika Fruit ’s big businessman go much beyond that , making his surroundings loose from rules of logical system and rationality and allowing him to bend them to his will .

As see in chapter # 1111 , Gear Five can also apparently conjure objects out of nowhere and misrepresent the flow of time . Gear Five continue to defy all logic , and it would make perfect sense if there was an in - cosmos explanation to go withOda ’s desire to make thing more goofyand cartoonish . This hypothesis also perfectly link up in with the impression that the Nika Fruit ’s index are confine only by Luffy ’s imagination and creativity and why the Nika Fruit has been distinguish meter and time again as the ability to release resourcefulness into reality .

Luffy Has Been Awakening Freedom in Others Since The Very Start

As unexpected as Bonney ’s shift into Gear Five was , the ontogeny make sense in the context of Luffy ’s interactions and his journeying inOne Piecethus far . Luffy has arguably been inspiring mass to be devoid since the very beginning of his journey , long before he ever waken the Nika Fruit .

Luffy also prize freedom above all else , with his mysterious dream also being reliant on becoming the Pirate King just so that he can be the freest mortal in the existence . As such , the Nika Fruit ’s power to physically awaken freedom could not be a more meet power for Luffy and might even explain why the devil yield chose him in the first station .

Overall , there is still much that lover do not know about the Nika Fruit , or even devil fruit awakenings for that matter . Many things aboutGear Fivestill do not make horse sense , withOne Pieceleaving many blanks to be filled as it often does with so many of its whodunit . With Vegapunk effectively taken out of the picture , it is unclear whether there will be any more chance to delve into the secrets of devil fruits and their awakenings , though fans can only hope the Final Saga will address these mysteries in some way or another .

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Created by Eiichiro Oda , One Piece is a multimedia enfranchisement that began as a manga serial publication and follow the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as run by Monkey D. Luffy . Luffy , an enthusiastic plagiariser with a thirst for risky venture , is afflicted by a mysterious expletive that throw him various mightiness he practice to protect himself and his friends . The manga eventually gave way to the anime serial , with the two being some of account ’s long - running Zanzibar copal and manga serial . Along with over fifty video games made over the years , the series come in the alive - activity world with Netflix ’s 2023 version .

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Bonney transformed into Sun God Nika with Luffy in the background

Created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece is a multimedia franchise that began as a manga series and follows the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as led by Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy, an enthusiastic pirate with a thirst for adventure, is afflicted by a mysterious curse that gives him various powers he uses to protect himself and his friends. The manga eventually gave way to the anime series, with the two being some of history’s longest-running anime and manga series. Along with over fifty video games made over the years, the series entered the live-action world with Netflix’s 2023 adaptation.

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Created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece is a multimedia franchise that began as a manga series and follows the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as led by Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy, an enthusiastic pirate with a thirst for adventure, is afflicted by a mysterious curse that gives him various powers he uses to protect himself and his friends. The manga eventually gave way to the anime series, with the two being some of history’s longest-running anime and manga series. Along with over fifty video games made over the years, the series entered the live-action world with Netflix’s 2023 adaptation.

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