It's time to welcome Luffy's final gear in one piece

Monkey D. Luffy is the protagonist of One Pieceand currently he is among the strongest characters in the entire series. After the recent events in One Piece's Wano Country, Luffy officially rose to become one of the most powerful in the entire world, after defeating one of the Yonko, Kaido. Luffy has now become a Yonko himself and it is safe to say that he is an extremely powerful individual.

But Luffy still hasn't reached his full potential. His Devil Fruit has awakened and he can max it out, but that's not to say Luffy won't use stronger forms of it. Luffy's final Power-up is yet to come and fans will most likely see it the great war which will see him take down Imu and world government once and for all. Luffy's most likely final Power-up will be his Final Gearand the fans are absolutely ecstatic, waiting for Oda to reveal this legendary power-up to them.

Luffy will get another power-up after Gear 5

Gear 5 Luffy is still weaker than rocks

• Rocks was stronger than Luffy in God Valley

• Stones still lost to Imu

Fans often mistakenly assume that Luffy's Gears are always derived from new Devil Fruit forms. For example, Gear 2 allowed Luffy to pump blood faster and become stronger, while Gear 3 allowed him to inflate his legs. Gear 4 allowed for muscle inflation, but at the same time, Gear 4 also saw Luffy use Maximum Armament Haki to create maximum tension in his body and use it to great effect in battle.

In other words, Haki is an important part of Gear 4. Now Gear 5 was completely a Devil Fruit transformation, considering it was the result of his awakening. But fans must remember that Luffy's Haki can still grow and he can use it in exciting ways to become even stronger, which is what will give rise to the Final Gear.

In fact, Luffy's Gear 5, while strong, isn't enough for him to beat Imu at the moment, or even Blackbeard. Gear 5 is stronger than the likes of Kaidoand maybe even Elders, but that really doesn't put him anywhere near Rocks in terms of power, and if Stones lost to Imuthen Luffy is nowhere near Imu's strength. Gear 5 is clearly not enough for him to beat such a monster.

Luffy won't beat Imu without a new gear

Luffy vs Imu is inevitable

Luffy needs a new Gear if Imu is to be defeatedand that is a fact. Luffy is strong, but not strong enough to take down the likes of Imu yet. This is where Final Gear comes in. The first thing fans need to consider is that Luffy's new Gear will likely see him using one subform of Gear 5as Gear 4 did with the likes of Snakeman, Tankman and Bounceman.

Then you have to keep that in mind Luffy will soon learn advanced Conqueror's Haki which can even harm immortals in the Final Saga of One Piece. When these two powers are put together, Luffy will have his final gear, and fans absolutely cannot wait to see what this form of Luffy will look like.

One Piece Chapter 1163 is out in two weeks. 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 October 26th. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1163 is October 26, 2025. 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 Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko 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)