How do you know Luffy didn't use haki?
When Luffy struck Kaido, we see black lightning:
Black lightning isn't always indicative of haki usage, but it's commonly seen in haki clashes.
Anyway, the Katakuri fight is completely irrelevant. This is Luffy after he ran out of G4 against Kaido:
He couldn't even dodge Mama's attack by himself and had to be carried by Zoro:
He's once again carried away from danger by Zoro:
Zoro once again carries Luffy and Luffy is helpless in Kaido's tornado:
He can't even prevent himself from being bitten:
Luffy is once again dead weight that can't do anything by himself:
Zoro has to once again carry Luffy and dodge Kaido's attacks:
Luffy is once again utterly spent:
Compare the Luffy I just showed you (post Boundman cooldown), to Luffy in this chapter.
He attacks Kaido head on:
He gets rejected:
After getting rejected, he attacks Kaido again, stating that he believes their attacks should be working:
He's once again rejected:
Notice how Zoro isn't literally carrying him around like he's a sack of potatoes? How Zoro is instead cautioning him to think before brashly attacking the Yonkou?
Luffy still has the energy to scream and shout:
Compare Luffy's utter exhaustion in 1003 to his defiant smile in 1008:
The fact is that Post Boundman Luffy was a sack of potatoes that could not even lift a single finger by himself and was constantly carried around by Zoro. In this chapter we see him attack Kaido head-on twice. To claim that Luffy went from being a sack of potatoes to the most energetic of the Supernova while he still can't use haki is unfathomably stupid.
@Admiral Lee Hung, @Celestial D. Dragon, @WesMidnight.
When Luffy struck Kaido, we see black lightning:
Black lightning isn't always indicative of haki usage, but it's commonly seen in haki clashes.
Anyway, the Katakuri fight is completely irrelevant. This is Luffy after he ran out of G4 against Kaido:
He couldn't even dodge Mama's attack by himself and had to be carried by Zoro:
He's once again carried away from danger by Zoro:
Zoro once again carries Luffy and Luffy is helpless in Kaido's tornado:
He can't even prevent himself from being bitten:
Luffy is once again dead weight that can't do anything by himself:
Zoro has to once again carry Luffy and dodge Kaido's attacks:
Luffy is once again utterly spent:
Compare the Luffy I just showed you (post Boundman cooldown), to Luffy in this chapter.
He attacks Kaido head on:
He gets rejected:
After getting rejected, he attacks Kaido again, stating that he believes their attacks should be working:
He's once again rejected:
Notice how Zoro isn't literally carrying him around like he's a sack of potatoes? How Zoro is instead cautioning him to think before brashly attacking the Yonkou?
Luffy still has the energy to scream and shout:
Compare Luffy's utter exhaustion in 1003 to his defiant smile in 1008:
The fact is that Post Boundman Luffy was a sack of potatoes that could not even lift a single finger by himself and was constantly carried around by Zoro. In this chapter we see him attack Kaido head-on twice. To claim that Luffy went from being a sack of potatoes to the most energetic of the Supernova while he still can't use haki is unfathomably stupid.
@Admiral Lee Hung, @Celestial D. Dragon, @WesMidnight.