Come on man, you’ve read this series long enough know that plot is a valid excuse for stuff like this. Oda wanted Kuma to be the one to save his daughter. And he couldn’t have Luffy enter a forced G5 because then he’d be done for the rest of the arc after entering raisin mode again against Saturn
We know for a fact that Luffy can force a 2nd round of G5 based on what happened in Wano, so I don’t get how you can even argue it wasn’t an option for Luffy. Running around a bit made Luffy more exhausted than literally dying did?
He could do that in wano because he had still energy left.
Against Kizaru, everything was gone, he couldn´t even move anymore...
Saying only because of Plot is dumb, it doesn´t change these facts:
- Luffy couldn´t move anymore
- Kizaru feed him up...
Sorry but like it or not, this is a offical W for Kizaru.
He won that battle.