It's time to admit that Luffy and the Straw Hats are still too weak in one piece

The Straw Hat Pirates are central to the story of One Piecewith Luffy as the protagonist driving the story forward. Fans have been following their adventures since East Blue, and in the two years they've been a crew, they've grown tremendously in power. However, each new trial is greater than the last, and it's time to admit that right now, despite being a Yonko crew, the Straw Hat Pirates are still far too weak, especially against the threats in Elbaf.

Imu's power far surpasses that of Rocks and Rogersand the Straw Hats are nowhere near strong enough to face this threat right now. The monster trio is certainly strong but has yet to reach its peak. The rest of the crew also desperately needs Haki, which should be a must for one Yonko level crew.

Luffy is no match for Imu and his crew is still weak

• Zoro has no control over his conqueror's Haki

• Sanji hasn't even unlocked Conqueror's Haki yet

Elbaf has proven to be exciting, and when it first started, few expected it Imu to join the arc and become its main threat. While many believed that Imu's power could be unnerved by channeling it through someone else, Imu remains far too overwhelmedregardless of whether this is the case or not. Even against Gear 5 Luffy, Imu wouldn't struggle to win. IN One Piece chapter 1163, even Rocks, Roger, Whitebeard, Garp, Bug Mom and Kaido couldn't dent Imu when they attacked them together, and that should tell fans how grim the situation is right now.

Luffy is still too weak, especially when it comes to Haki. Zoro was recently reprimanded by Gaban for not even realizing he had Conqueror's Haki, and Sanji has yet to unlock hisalthough it is likely that he will. The monster trio is still too weak and has no counter to immortality yet, even though they have high rewards.

Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Jinbe are the only strong Haki users

The rest of the Straw Hat Pirates are below the Yonko Crew's expectations

The Monster Trio and Jinbe are the only crew members known to use Armament Haki and Observation Haki. Having only four Haki users in a Yonko crew is underwhelming, especially compared to other crews like Red Hair Pirates, Beast Pirates or Big Mom Pirates.

If the Straw Hats really want to earn the title as a Yonko team, all members should learn at least one type of Haki. In the Final Saga, the threats keep growing, and the rest of the crew simply cannot ignore mastering Haki forever. Elbaf it may be time for Oda to change this.

Regardless of what happens, one thing that can be said for sure is that Luffy, even with Gear 5, cannot beat Imu, and the Straw Hats are nowhere near ready to fight and beat the Holy Knights. The crew needs to get stronger and do it fast or the journey won't end well for them.

One Piece's next chapter comes out this week. As usual, One Piece will be released on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece will be released at 12pm JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on November 2nd. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

Directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Author

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)