So I'm a little on the fence with this one, but with so many people talking about what is and isn't AdCoC, and bringing up the Luffy vs Katakuri fight, I went back to look at the fight for myself.
Now initially, nothing seemed out of the ordinary during the fight that would indicate that AdCoC was ever used, until we get to the very last clash between :uffy and Katakuri. What makes the end of this fight so strange, is that Oda never once showed either Luffy or Katakuri's attack making direct contact with the other persons body.
He has never finished a fight like this throughout the entire run of One Piece. At the end of chapter 895, we are shown Luffy and Katakuri's attacks just about to land, and that's where the chapter ends.
Then when we pick back up in the fight in chapter 896, we are shown a scene of Luffy and Katakuri's attacks with impact marks all throughout, but still the attacks are not connecting with either of their bodies.
Now there is probably different reasons, or explanations people can come up with that explain why Oda decided not to draw their attacks connecting, or something else that is happening in the scene with those two, but what happens afterwards is what makes it extremely questionable.
When Katakuri first used Buzz Cut Mochi, which was a smaller version of the one he used in the final clash with Luffy, ground exploded on impact, and left a massive crater.
However, in their final clash, the ground where Luffy was standing was perfectly fine at first after initial impact.
Then it looks like it slightly erupts outwards, before caving in on itself, almost as if it was destroyed internally.
So yeah, not really sure what is going on with this whole situation, or why Oda chose to draw it this way, but it is definitely questionable. The attacks never touch the other ones body, but still showcase impact marks, and the ground itself doesn't collapse in the same manner that it did when Katakuri used a smaller version of Buzzkill Mochi, that he used earlier in the fight, but yet left a much bigger crater. It might be possible that those lightning coated fists of Luffy and Katakuri was CoC coating the entire time.
Like I said, I'm on the fence about it, but I'll leave it to others to form their own opinion.
Edit: Just to be clear, I am not saying Luffy used it consciously, as I know he figured out how to use it himself on Wano in the Kaido fight.
Now initially, nothing seemed out of the ordinary during the fight that would indicate that AdCoC was ever used, until we get to the very last clash between :uffy and Katakuri. What makes the end of this fight so strange, is that Oda never once showed either Luffy or Katakuri's attack making direct contact with the other persons body.
He has never finished a fight like this throughout the entire run of One Piece. At the end of chapter 895, we are shown Luffy and Katakuri's attacks just about to land, and that's where the chapter ends.
Then when we pick back up in the fight in chapter 896, we are shown a scene of Luffy and Katakuri's attacks with impact marks all throughout, but still the attacks are not connecting with either of their bodies.
Now there is probably different reasons, or explanations people can come up with that explain why Oda decided not to draw their attacks connecting, or something else that is happening in the scene with those two, but what happens afterwards is what makes it extremely questionable.
When Katakuri first used Buzz Cut Mochi, which was a smaller version of the one he used in the final clash with Luffy, ground exploded on impact, and left a massive crater.
However, in their final clash, the ground where Luffy was standing was perfectly fine at first after initial impact.
Then it looks like it slightly erupts outwards, before caving in on itself, almost as if it was destroyed internally.
So yeah, not really sure what is going on with this whole situation, or why Oda chose to draw it this way, but it is definitely questionable. The attacks never touch the other ones body, but still showcase impact marks, and the ground itself doesn't collapse in the same manner that it did when Katakuri used a smaller version of Buzzkill Mochi, that he used earlier in the fight, but yet left a much bigger crater. It might be possible that those lightning coated fists of Luffy and Katakuri was CoC coating the entire time.
Like I said, I'm on the fence about it, but I'll leave it to others to form their own opinion.
Edit: Just to be clear, I am not saying Luffy used it consciously, as I know he figured out how to use it himself on Wano in the Kaido fight.
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