![]() ![]() This allows a majority of Luffy's arm to remain as it is, permitting him to stretch it, thus allowing him to attack and withdraw much faster than pre-timeskip. However, Luffy after two years can seemingly control where the air is stored within his limbs, where his fist becomes large and instead of the air being equally distributed throughout his arm, an equivalently large mass forms behind the fist at his wrist. Previously, Gear 3 would increase the size of the majority of Luffy's arm, thus reducing the speed of the attack in exchange for a powerful impact. When Luffy used Gomu Gomu no Gigant Fusen during his encounter with Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Sengoku himself referred to Gear 3's increased size as Gigantification.Īfter the timeskip, as with Gear 2, Luffy seems to have obtained better skill at utilizing Gear 3. During the Whitebeard War, this drawback was not shown during every use, perhaps being glossed over by the many different battles taking place all at once but the anime still includes the drawback. Being fast enough to defeat Jailer Beasts, who possessed Soru-level speed. But during the Impel Down Arc, Luffy demonstrated using his Gear 3 with great speed. Another strategy is only using Gear 3 for a few seconds for only one move, so his shrinkage is minimized. The best strategy Luffy could use, while waiting for himself to return to normal, is to run and hide from an opponent for the duration of the shrinkage. This shrunken form has shown little to no ability to stretch at all, and it has been shown that Luffy loses an incredible amount of strength when he kept hitting Lucci's face to no effect. The amount of time Luffy spends in his shrunken form is roughly equivalent to the amount of time spent in Gear 3 mode. The deactivation of Gear 3 brings about shrinking, which is a negative side-effect for Luffy due to the massive expansion undergone prior to release. ![]() To deactivate Gear 3, Luffy leaves the form by exhaling heavily, which can cause him to be propelled backwards. Luffy inflates his arm to begin Gear 3 before the timeskip.īefore the timeskip, while in Gear 3, it proved quite difficult for Luffy to move while part of his anatomy has been converted to gigantic proportions, making the Gear inadvisable to use against opponents capable of moving at high speeds (like Lucci) or in an enclosed place as he is leaving himself vulnerable to attack, which is why since his battle against Rob Lucci, Luffy tends to only activate Gear 3 against massive and often slow-moving targets whom he likes to assault with his Gear 3 moves coming from high above in mid-air, where the said attacks could not be obstructed. The downside is the lag time in which it takes Luffy to transfer and re-channel the amount of air trapped inside his bones can be very disadvantageous. In between his attacks, Luffy brings the air back to his chest and then shifts it into another body part. Because of Luffy's raw strength, he is able to move his gigantic arm with ease. The bones being much harder also mean a lot of compression of air takes place when using Gear 3, making Gear 3 not just a "for-show" move as Lucci initially thought, but like a giant mace of astounding mass when used in attacks. Unlike the normal Gomu Gomu no Fusen technique, bullets ricochet off of Gear 3 instead of bouncing off. Gear 3 is generally used when raw physical strength is needed, the bones are the key difference between this form and his old " Gomu Gomu no Fusen" move, where his balloon form was soft and squishy like a regular balloon, whereas the inflated bones are very hard, similar to an inflated car tire. This is called Gear Three in the VIZ manga, and Third Gear in the Funimation sub and dub. ![]() Used with his already-strong physiology, this apparently gives his arm more mass and a larger area to attack with far greater strength, but he sacrifices mobility for this strength, as his limbs are now so large that Luffy has trouble moving. Luffy blows so much air into his body that when they are all focused on a single limb, they become the size equivalent to (or greater than) that of a giant's, if anything resembling Oars' size. He is then able to transfer the air through his entire body, requiring the torso to act as an interface for his various limbs. Luffy corks his mouth with his thumb, bites into his thumb joint (making a small opening) and blows hard into his bones, which inflates his arm. ![]()
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