We know that Luffy's Fruit allows him to bend reality to his will. We see this when he grasps lightning.
In the current arc, Kuma is shown to be able to make intangible things, like pain and memories, tangible, and put them into the real world as material objects. This implies that, within the One Piece world, concepts themselves can be physically interacted with.
If this is the case, then who is the best suited to alter reality itself? Obviously, this guy:
Luffy's fruit BREAKS REALITY. If time travel is going to happen in One Piece, it's going to happen with Luffy "reaching" or "stretching" back to the past.
Considering Kuma's memories are currently present in Egghead, if that popular time travel theory does happen, I think it might be now: Luffy will use Gear 5 to transport himself to Kuma's past, and experience it like time travel, rather than a flashback.
So, we'll have a mini-arc in Egghead, where Luffy, Chopper, and Bonney explore Kuma's memories, physically.
That's where Vegapunk disappeared to, as well: Kuma's memories.
Obvious, this isn't true time travel, but, it will open up Luffy "time travelling" to the Void Century in the future. The dude doesn't do explanations: Luffy needs to see what happened in the past with his own two eyes and one Straw Hat.
Thoughts?
In the current arc, Kuma is shown to be able to make intangible things, like pain and memories, tangible, and put them into the real world as material objects. This implies that, within the One Piece world, concepts themselves can be physically interacted with.
If this is the case, then who is the best suited to alter reality itself? Obviously, this guy:
Luffy's fruit BREAKS REALITY. If time travel is going to happen in One Piece, it's going to happen with Luffy "reaching" or "stretching" back to the past.
Considering Kuma's memories are currently present in Egghead, if that popular time travel theory does happen, I think it might be now: Luffy will use Gear 5 to transport himself to Kuma's past, and experience it like time travel, rather than a flashback.
So, we'll have a mini-arc in Egghead, where Luffy, Chopper, and Bonney explore Kuma's memories, physically.
That's where Vegapunk disappeared to, as well: Kuma's memories.
Obvious, this isn't true time travel, but, it will open up Luffy "time travelling" to the Void Century in the future. The dude doesn't do explanations: Luffy needs to see what happened in the past with his own two eyes and one Straw Hat.
Thoughts?