General & Others No one is weak against swords however most characters are susceptible to swords not “weak against”

#83
People need to realize that Luffy is "weak" to swords, in comparison to being "immune" to blunt damage. You can damage him more easily with Swords, than you can with blunt force.

He does not, however, receive more damage from a Sword attack, than your average person. So it's not a true weakness in the same vein like fire is weak to water, ice is weak to fire, or robots are weak to lightning, etc...

Durability differences aside, Rubber is Enels weakness, but Enel doesn't take more damage from Luffy's punches than Arlong does.

Logia intangibility aside, Crocodile is weak to water, but a water coated punch from Luffy doesn't deal more damage to him than if he landed a normal punch on Crocodiles body.

It's the same principle for Luffy being "weak" to swords.
 
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#84
I want to debunk the notion that characters are weak against swords. This is an argument used against Luffy a lot. Someone even told me Kaido is weak against swords which I find ridiculous.

First let’s define what it is to be weak against “something”. To be weak against something means that you will take more damage than the average person if you are attacked with that “something”.

Let’s give an example - A devil fruit user is weak to sea water. When submerged in weather they lose their ability, sink and will drown without help. But the average person will not be effected.

Therefore, Luffy is not weak to swords but he is susceptible to sword damage.

Let’s define what’s susceptible is - the likely hood that you will be harmed by something.

Let’s give examples:

Zoro was harmed by Mihawk slash, that doesn’t mean he’s weak to swords. Yet he is susceptible.

Kaido was harmed by Bajrang Gun, that doesn’t mean he’s weak to punches. Yet he is susceptible.

Kaido was cut by Oden, that doesn’t mean he’s weak to swords. Yet he is susceptible.

If anything Kaido is strong against pretty much everything until it’s infused with ACoA and ACoC.

Moral of the story is Luffy isn’t weak to swords it’s just one of the only ways to damage Luffy. He is affected by swords the same way anyone else is if you can bypass his haki. If you can’t do that our sword is useless hence Rebecca.
Kaido isn't weak to swords,but he does have Oden ptsd.
 
#91
Human flesh will always get cut by a sword, the fuck y’all on? It isn’t any more a weakness than any other person getting cut.

It’s just a weakness in the sense that Luffy is more vulnerable to getting slashed because of the nature of his devil fruit if he’s caught lacking. His encounter with Mihawk was a good example at Marineford. Physical blows are much harder to do damage to him so a blade proves more effective as well.

It’s not like he’s naturally weaker than others to getting cut, as in doing way more damage.

Common sense.
 
#96
Alrilght Agenda Piece people here are the possibilities :
1- Luffy is as weak to cutting as the next guy but since Hody Jones was able to break Luffy's CoA with his teeth then ''sharp objects'' AP > big panchi which means Swordsmen ap > any other ap
2- Luffy is weaker to swords than other characters which means it's time for your meltdown.

Whatever you want it to be, the result is that Luffy is weak to swords, is it alongside the rest of the verse or is it just him ? You choose which one requires less copium.
 
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