Most people assume he will get it, but part of me feels like he might just never awaken. Just because a power exists and Luffy could learn it, doesn't mean Luffy will learn it.
For example, Luffy doesn't learn rokushiki, or three sword style, or a myriad of different other powerful abilities that exist in the one piece world. Luffy doesn't use science and technology, nor does he use any sort of weapon. So why does he need to awaken?
From the timeskip, Luffy's fighting style has always focused on haki. Yes, his devil fruit exists but from dressrosa on, his haki started to greatly overshadow other aspects of his power. His strongest ability was gear 4th, a haki technique, and he soon developed advanced forms of CoO, CoA, and now CoC. Now we're in wano and Luffy needs one more power up for him to beat kaido.
We have no idea what this is but in 1014, this is what Kaido said(official translation):
Right before Luffy got KO'd, he used a specific ACoC technique against kaido that was crude and clumsy. We have no idea what this technique is but given what we know about Luffy's fighting style, I'm willing to bet its a gear 5 or a modified version of gear 4th that infuses the gomu gomu no mi with haoshoku haki similar to how boundman infuses the gomu gomu no mi with armament.
Ultimately, while Luffy could get awakening in the future. Every power up he's gotten post skip has just been haki power up, after haki power up, after haki power up. There seems no end to this. Unlike Kid or Law, who have powerful devil fruits they rely on in battle, Luffy's fruit just isn't that strong by itself. So he relies on haki as his greatest power, similar to roger or shanks.
This is ultimately why I feel like rather than Luffy ever awakening, he might just get level 3 advanced haoshoku haki, whatever that is. Or perhaps advanced voice of all things, again whatever that is.
For example, Luffy doesn't learn rokushiki, or three sword style, or a myriad of different other powerful abilities that exist in the one piece world. Luffy doesn't use science and technology, nor does he use any sort of weapon. So why does he need to awaken?
From the timeskip, Luffy's fighting style has always focused on haki. Yes, his devil fruit exists but from dressrosa on, his haki started to greatly overshadow other aspects of his power. His strongest ability was gear 4th, a haki technique, and he soon developed advanced forms of CoO, CoA, and now CoC. Now we're in wano and Luffy needs one more power up for him to beat kaido.
We have no idea what this is but in 1014, this is what Kaido said(official translation):
Right before Luffy got KO'd, he used a specific ACoC technique against kaido that was crude and clumsy. We have no idea what this technique is but given what we know about Luffy's fighting style, I'm willing to bet its a gear 5 or a modified version of gear 4th that infuses the gomu gomu no mi with haoshoku haki similar to how boundman infuses the gomu gomu no mi with armament.
Ultimately, while Luffy could get awakening in the future. Every power up he's gotten post skip has just been haki power up, after haki power up, after haki power up. There seems no end to this. Unlike Kid or Law, who have powerful devil fruits they rely on in battle, Luffy's fruit just isn't that strong by itself. So he relies on haki as his greatest power, similar to roger or shanks.
This is ultimately why I feel like rather than Luffy ever awakening, he might just get level 3 advanced haoshoku haki, whatever that is. Or perhaps advanced voice of all things, again whatever that is.
