Been part of the OP fandom for a certain time (13-14 years), one recurring complaint is that Luffy « steals » fights he has no business in.
The salt when Luffy ended up 1 vs 1 Doffy with Law only being able to watch during Dressrosa was truly something.
Overall a « flaw » is that Luffy and his crew do not always that much emotional investment when it comes to defeating x crew/organization, at least compared to some side characters, making their triumph not as impactful as it could have been.
Why I said ironic? Because the amount of emotional connection and investment in a supposed Luffy vs Akainu is arguably the biggest in the series for , even bigger than vs Blackbeard.
-Only character to give Luffy actual PTSD
-Only character to kill someone as precious as his crewmates (if not more), right in front of Luffy's eyes
-Only character to break Luffy's will, even making him question his dream.
-Only character to permanently alter Luffy's design in almost 1100 chapters even though Luffy got stabbed, laser beam'd punch, clubbed etc, etc thousands of time
-Still makes Luffy grind his teeth and seethe in anger after 2 years, even though Luffy made peace with Ace's death
-Only character to make Luffy's scar throb, just through the mention of his name
Since I'm at it, instances of scars throbbing :
Add to this Akainu played a big part in the timeskip as his killing of Ace made Luffy realize he needed to train, and it's clear that within a small dozens of chapters
that as a villain Akainu had an impact on Luffy nobody else had.
Based on all these things a Luffy vs Akainu confrontation seems self-evident or at least widely accepted and yet...
...somehow, a decent sized part of the fandom managed to genjutsu themselves into how this fight has no meaning, for the simple reason that if it were to happen, it would destroy their headcanon powerscaling, can't have that I guess lol.
The salt when Luffy ended up 1 vs 1 Doffy with Law only being able to watch during Dressrosa was truly something.
Overall a « flaw » is that Luffy and his crew do not always that much emotional investment when it comes to defeating x crew/organization, at least compared to some side characters, making their triumph not as impactful as it could have been.
Why I said ironic? Because the amount of emotional connection and investment in a supposed Luffy vs Akainu is arguably the biggest in the series for , even bigger than vs Blackbeard.
-Only character to give Luffy actual PTSD
![](https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2023/21/2/1684851417-akainu-luffy-ptsd.jpg)
-Only character to kill someone as precious as his crewmates (if not more), right in front of Luffy's eyes
![](https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2023/21/2/1684851539-ace-akainu-luffy.jpg)
![](https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2023/21/2/1684851808-lufffffy.jpg)
-Only character to permanently alter Luffy's design in almost 1100 chapters even though Luffy got stabbed, laser beam'd punch, clubbed etc, etc thousands of time
![](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/12/ca3e4-16708149702182-1920.jpg)
![](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/12/0a3ba-16708153701305-1920.jpg)
-Still makes Luffy grind his teeth and seethe in anger after 2 years, even though Luffy made peace with Ace's death
![](https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2023/21/2/1684852140-akainu-luffy.jpg)
-Only character to make Luffy's scar throb, just through the mention of his name
![](https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2023/21/2/1684852256-throb-scar.png)
Since I'm at it, instances of scars throbbing :
![](https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2023/21/2/1684852406-throbbing-scar.jpg)
Add to this Akainu played a big part in the timeskip as his killing of Ace made Luffy realize he needed to train, and it's clear that within a small dozens of chapters
that as a villain Akainu had an impact on Luffy nobody else had.
Based on all these things a Luffy vs Akainu confrontation seems self-evident or at least widely accepted and yet...
...somehow, a decent sized part of the fandom managed to genjutsu themselves into how this fight has no meaning, for the simple reason that if it were to happen, it would destroy their headcanon powerscaling, can't have that I guess lol.
![](https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2023/21/2/1684852946-fuck-off-so-true.jpg)