And we've seen ADCOA which is not supposed to touch the target touch Kaido like 100 times already. It was just one of these inconsistencies Oda has with Haki.
Yeah, Kid needs more strong members if he's gonna keep up with ma boy Luffy. This theory gets my support. :cheers:
Killer was amazing in this chapter.
Inconsistency or not. You can't deny that Adv COA is a prerequisite to be able to use this form of COC. The first time advanced COA is demonstrated by Hyo, he blasts Alpacaman with a shockwave without making contact with him. It's more likely that there are more ways to use the concept of flow than having it not touch all the time. Even the diagrams Hyo show and Luffy's punch to the tree are fairly consistent.
The act of not touching has been signaled as an ADV COA thing. It's only more evident/noteworthy when you mix it with Conquerors because again, Ragnarok and Thunder Bagua are Adv COC attacks yet, they make contact unless ADV COA is used.
Even if you find an inconsistency in that all of this the main point remains.
To Coat yourself in COC you must know ADV COA because it is about the concept of letting Haki flow. Without it, you can't do what Luffy, Kaido, Linlin, Roger/WB have done.