I'm just going off of what the manga says. People assume that black shading and lightning is needed for Luffy to use CoC in Gear 5. Nope, Oda just is inconsistent in drawing Haki.
Seeing these "Burrrrt the attack didn't have Haki" arguments is so stupid BECAUSE THE MANGAKA HIMSELF is refuses to draw the Haki consistently.
Can you recall a single instance of Kaido "Hardening" his body with Armament in Wano?
Am I supposed to believe Kaido wasn't coating his body with Armament Haki THE ENTIRE ROOFTOP FIGHT? Hell no, Oda is inconsistent, that's the explanation.
Seeing these "Burrrrt the attack didn't have Haki" arguments is so stupid BECAUSE THE MANGAKA HIMSELF is refuses to draw the Haki consistently.
Can you recall a single instance of Kaido "Hardening" his body with Armament in Wano?
Am I supposed to believe Kaido wasn't coating his body with Armament Haki THE ENTIRE ROOFTOP FIGHT? Hell no, Oda is inconsistent, that's the explanation.
In fact, I was arguing against that notion the whole time against a clown here
I completely agree, we can't say anything with certainly regarding haki cause Loda is inconsistent AF. And also making matters worse lightning is a thing with basic armament, advanced armament and advanced conqueror's.......so now people have to headcanon shit like lightning shape, thickness etc. Completely ridiculous
All I am just saying is that G5 and haki are not tied together, as in haki is not a necessity for G5 to exist.
Because G5 is just plainly put, DF awakening. There are no DF awakenings where haki is a pre-requisite. Luffy can use G5 without using haki, but he likely would use haki anyway since G5 is quite taxing and on time limit, so it makes no sense to not use haki