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Originally, Wukong was the strongest under the heavens and essentially the main enemy of heaven and a dictator. In a way, he was an existence similar to Kaido. Before the events of Journey to the West, Buddha beat him and trapped him under an enormous mountain, the 5 phases mountain, which...

I prefer his undying body being trapped under Onigashima while also mostly submerged in the water. It ties up the whole "Floating Onigashima" plot a little bit better, has extra mythological context (Wukong), seems slightly more possible than Luffy permanently transforming someone into rubber...

There's just no pleasing you, is there? He's done that like 6 different times in this fight so far. This latest time according to people with Observation Haki, Kaido literally killed him. Reviving from death with sheer willpower... What is he? Jesus? Even Enel needed a fruit power to do...

Spoiler: The ridiculousness is basically just an optimistic perception of what a Rubber fruit awakening might've legitimately looked like + Zoan regeneration to let him fight for long enough to actually use it. It's got limits. There is definitely still tension. I'd even argue that Kaido is...

You mean the misrepresentative spoiler that came out for it? Yeah; the spoilers aren't exactly written by professionals. Unlike the actual chapters, they aren't designed to keep your interest. I will enjoy my visually interesting, unique and tense climax. Thank you.

Ah. So this mentality is why so many idiots exist in the vs forum.

Yep. And forgive me for answering the title so directly, but we're on the way towards this reality as we speak. The tension can be saved if/because even Gear 5th Luffy will lose to Kaido. On the contrary, Gear 5th seems to control his emotions. "Even though i lost, I'm having fun for some...

There are lots of compeling aspects of Gear 5th, even if you do prefer as little comedy as possible in your manga. For one, it might be goofy, but it's basic design doesn't look inherently goofy, unlike rubber ball Gear 4th, and arguably Gear 3rd. In a way, it's akin to a super saiyan...

Even at this point, I actually don't think that Luffy beats Kaido at all. I don't think that Luffy will get another power-up (I mean, he's literally on fifth Gear) and if you play attention, even now, Kaido is still the one dishing out most of the damage. Flashback included, I think that Luffy...

It is simple, which is why I don't understand why you don't get it. And apparently you don't feel Luffy's right now? It's not that. Idgf about that as well. The symbolism there is minor and poorly implemented at the best case. No. It's the eyes. He's smiling, sure. But look at the eyes. The...

Basically, it allows Luffy complete control of the way in which his body stretches whereas previously he needed to rely on his muscles, inhailing air, and physics kickback in order to stretch himself. There has always been a limit to how far Luffy can stretch, and the limit of Luffy's body...

Momonosuke is going to drop Onigashima on his head.

If you dont think that there is a subtext of deep emotion in this fight, you aren't looking closely enough at the panels. We've seen anger from Luffy. Without a doubt, there have been tons of panels where Luffy has the lined shading over his eyes. However, this is the first time we've ever seen...

I think that the new, goofier tone is a good thing. And the powers themselves get my approval so far for being fun and interesting. That said, the whole reveal about Luffy having not eaten the rubber fruit is pretty stupid and is a major mark against how tightly written the series previously...

Luffy should beat Akainu. It should be a stomp upon transformation though, like Luffy vs Blueno was, and shouldn't be the main fight of the arc.

I largely agree. Though certain panels from Luffy vs Kaido (Post-Gear 5) kind of break my immersion too much to be real peak "One Piece".

The simple answer is that Oda probably decided to have Nika's fruit be a story thing at the last minute, about half way through the Onigashima battle, and they just didn't have enough time for Robin to read any poneglyph about it in a way that feels natural. I suppose I don't blame Oda for the...

There was arguably one bit of foreshadowing to this transformation... Why was Shanks willing to sacrifice his arm (when he probably didn't need to) just so that one devil fruit consuming kid could live? Because that devil fruit was legendary. Was that enough foreshadowing for a reveal like...

It had been pretty good up until now, so I just decided to take comfort in that.

CoO is an incredibly important skill for characters to have to make sure that they dont simply get clowned on outside of direct combat. Without substantial CoO, getting snuck up on and one-shot by Sugar would be a possibility for even Kaido.