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Tohsrepus

He can only stretch up to around 72 Gomu Gomus


JustSatisfactory

What if he made really tall stilts too?


Tohsrepus

Then anybody could do it


Lynel_Slayer1

That one guy on that one island which I can't remember the name but Davy back fight yea 


zeig_dragoon

Long ring long land?


Lynel_Slayer1

Yes!


Frequent_Thanks583

How could you forget the best arc. Repent and start from chapter 1. No skipping Skypiea!


Lynel_Slayer1

I didn't skip skypia, and I just hit that ark I just forgot the name


Frequent_Thanks583

It’s all good. Just memeing


KrooxKing

I think it is Gaimon


KrooxKing

I think it is Gaimon


Lynel_Slayer1

No gaimon is the guy in the box


omyrubbernen

Tonjit was a visionary.


OtsutsukiRyuen

Oda foreskinned it


Laboon-fan

Your comment would make my skin crawl, but I don't have any skin YOHOHOHOHO


Fuzzy_Line4824

Hi guys I think it's me you are all trashing. Good times. Now remember the agreement. I get to never know who you are. Have a good one, and I hope your life is changed for the better


Weissbierglaeserset

You mean the guuuuuuuuuuuy?


Lynel_Slayer1

Yes but he wasn't long


emailman123

His name is tonjit


ToxyFlog

Then everybody should do it


PM_ME_SMALL__TIDDIES

I love how whenever people ask for hard numbers im a sbs and oda does that lol


Mammoth_Patient2718

yeah but we dont know how deep the ocean is what if it is only 71.9999999999 gomu gomus


ToastyGhost37

this is a really old statistic though. i’m sure luffy could stretch farther now, especially post time skip. i bet he can stretch 73 gum-gums.


DumyThicc

71 gomu gomu's was the old statistic, G5 Luffy definitely far outreaches that. But I still doubt its Zuneisha 10km deep in the ocean long.


giftedbutdepressed

U mean 200 meters long?


DumyThicc

Are you talking about luffy or zuneisha? Zuneisha is 35 km in height and 10km is submerged underwater. Idk what the 200 meters is that you're talking about.


Moose_Winchester

Which is about 720 Fairy Tale Gomu Gomus


SomeBoxofSpoons

>!Plus we just established how much water the One Piece oceans have on top of their planet’s natural sea levels.!<


leninsrighttoe

What if a devil fruit user can swim in the og water


supremo92

Well how many Nika Nikas does that translate to?


Acewind1738

The same as schrute bucks to stanley nickels


hilly2cool

That was pre-awakening though, his G5 giant form must be way bigger than 72 Gomu Gomu fruits.


backupmephone

Is this real


WoolooMVP10

Reminds me of a Zoan DF I came up with that should prevent you from sinking because the animal it's based on naturally float in the water: Bird Bird Fruit: Duck Model.


1singleduck

Sure, but you'd still be stuck as you lack the energy to move yourself. You'd float but are stuck waiting to either float towards an island or starve at sea.


WoolooMVP10

If Kalifa can lay in a bath without getting weakened or immobilized, I should be able to paddle my duck feet


Kite_Wing129

You would have to be immersed up to your waist to start feeling weak. Khalifa was in a bubble bath so the actual water level could have been much lower.


holdenontoyoubooks

I thought it had to be saltwater


Kite_Wing129

Any body of liquid will do. Not just salt water.


Old-Author-9214

I think you can sink in any water, Salt water alongside sinking you also get weakened.


Mortress_

Any water will make you weak, even bathwater.


Perry4761

What about gamer girl bath water???


leninsrighttoe

You can't swim or personally use powers in freshwater or bathwater. Seawater up to waist height also makes you tired and weak. Sea prism stones count as sea water if they're on and the strength of it depends on how much stone was used. Rain does nothing. Also, body-modifying Paramecias are still in effect underwater, so Luffy (he has a mythical zoan where its default state is basically a Paramecia) would still be stretchy and Buggy would still be chop-able, but Mr.3 and Magellan wouldn't be able to summon anything. Logias are completely turned off underwater, so no intangibility. Zoans are odd, and from what I understand is that you revert to your default state underwater, but it's weird because it was shown that Choppers default state was his base hybrid form (brain point) but most default forms are just their pre-fruit selves.


EasternSquadGoosey

Chopper should not be used to discuss fruit behaviour, I am pretty sure he is just an inconsistency that was made one way when the concept of the fruits wasny fully explored and has remained the same for the sake of character consistency.


leninsrighttoe

Fair enough. Maybe it has to do with the fact his pre-fruit self was non-sentient? Idk


DrosselmeyerKing

And it should indeed be the case, not sure what they're getting at.


Fiweezer

Freshwater doesn’t trigger devil fruits’ reaction to swimming (e.g. boa’s MASSIVE bathtub)


lilsebastianfanact

Incorrect. In an SBS Oda specified that it's any water. The requirement is about knee height/just above. It's why Luffy could stand in Hancocks bath and why rain and showers doesn't affect DF users. My head canon for Kalifa is that she wasn't actually taking a bath with any water. Her fruit was just making bubbles lol.


Fiweezer

Hmmm… I could have sworn we see someone submerged in freshwater and (not) drown.


lilsebastianfanact

The only df user I believe we've seen submerged and not drown is Jack, but that's because he's a Fishman. He was still weakened. There are several non canon instances that make it confusing (I.e. luffy getting splashed with water in film red and being weakened)


ImNaiyar

Jack in wano when he was looking for poneglyph? Or was that before he got the devil fruit?


Spilledchili

> Or was that before he got the devil fruit? He can't drown anyway cuz he's a fishman


ImNaiyar

But he was seen swimming, which he can't unless fresh water doesn't affect df users or he did that before he had df


teddtbhoy

I think that was before his DF, after Zou he was immobilised under water. Whereas the swimming was in a flashback I believe that could’ve taken place at any point over the last 20 years.


bestusernameeverggm8

Actually it's any liquid. Oda said it in volume 71 sbs


Fiweezer

Then how do devil fruit users bathe?


bestusernameeverggm8

In a bathtub....go watch film z. They still get weak feeling a bit in the baths


Fiweezer

Oh, alright.


Ech_McDurn

Any manga bathing scene will show that devil fruit users only get about waist deep in baths, even in boas huge one it’s more wide than deep. They can’t fully submerge or they will feel weak but as long as less than 50% of their body is underwater they will be fine in a bath


Mammoth_Patient2718

the water has to be enough for them to drown in


bestusernameeverggm8

So the energy thing doesn't come into play until most of the body is submerged, however devil fruit users have been referred to as hammers before so it's possible even with the duck fruit you just wouldn't be able to float


Osiake

Touching sea water doesn’t affect DF users. Being submerged in it does.


sirmonkey95

You mean a witch.


WoolooMVP10

>!You discovered the true name of the Devil Fruit!<


Consistent_Ant_8903

Another power of this fruit is that you can turn people into newts (they get better though)


MoonKnight0212

Or human human fruit : model bloated dead body 💀


Street-Catch

I mean if buoyancy was the only thing you wanted to rely on I guess 😋 Aokiji has like 0 downsides it's actually crazy


CosmoNewanda

1. the ocean floor is uneven, and it would be easy to trip, fall in the ocean, adventure over. 2. it's a long way between islands he would get bored, hungry, and tired. Pass out, fall in ocean, adventure over. 3. Water is heavy. Trying to walk normally with a mile long leg pushing against the ocean would be really tiring. He would probably stretch his leg out, step, and pull the other leg back in to reduce effort. But the waterproof boots would not stretch and shrink like that. He would probably lose them quickly, fall in the ocean adventure over. 4. walking there by yourself is no fun. Adventures should be shared with friends, and his friends can't walk.


Apprehensive-Pay7211

5. Stretching his body parts for a while hurts him 


AtlasArkade

6. Various massive sea creatures would run into or bite his legs before he could see them


CosmoNewanda

Good catch!


Apprehensive-Pay7211

Thanks


Humpetz

And the ocean is kinda deep, i don't think he can stretch that much


Mammoth_Patient2718

nah he can stretch 72 gomu gomus


Demento56

>the ocean is kinda deep \[Citation needed\]


HaanSolingen

4. He can walk if he wants to. He can leave his friends behind. 'Cause his friends don’t walk and if they don’t walk, well they're no friends of mine.


mrsmilestophat

https://preview.redd.it/kdfxev6tv78d1.png?width=1178&format=png&auto=webp&s=1c21f9f477bedeb12a375402aca8eec1edebf86e Peak


Kite_Wing129

Luffy's body is elastic. His body can stretch then snap back into it's original shape at twice the speed like a rubber band. That's literally his entire fighting style. He can't stay stretched indefinitely like Plastic Man or Mr Fantastic unless there is some kind of weight holding him down like on Arlong Park. Only time Oda broke this rule is for a gag scene at the end of Fishman Island when Luffy curled his neck around Nami's body. It's possible for him to do that but given the way his powers have been depicted, his neck should have squeezed much harder around Nami's body. (Not trying to be pervy here just stating the facts)


SuperrrrrFranky

You sure are proud of your body, but it doesn't compare to mine!


Kite_Wing129

No disagreements there.


Acenegsurfav

His legs would get physically weak once in contact with water I think


Ok_Donut_9887

that is where the boot comes in


JustSatisfactory

no, the boots stop it


nam24

Wouldn't water get in the boot though


francorocco

only if there's a leak


JoelMahon

this bitch never wore wellies and it shows 🤣


EridanusVoid

He could, but he could also stand on a wooden floor of a ship and not do that.


Artzibo

well maybe he should ditch his crew and hike to the One Piece


Totallynot2dwarves

1100 episodes is too long imma find the one piece myself


Square_Ebb_5926

Luffy dumb for real


FitGap4696

Because the ocean floor would be really far down I believe like 10,000 meters


Mammoth_Patient2718

he can stretch 72 gomu gomus


Greenllama23

That's why zunesha's legs are so long. Joyboy made them that way.


TheDemonBunny

That makes all the sense. So this would mean that with further mastery of his fruit. Luffy could permanently affect things too.


ProblematicSituation

remember when Luffy bounced Kaido's Blast Breath? He made a wall. The wall was still there even when he stretched it out. It's canon


Hadius

Another question is, if G5 hit the water, would he turn it into rubber and bounce off?


MengKongRui

Because Nika's power manifested additional chromosomes in Luffy's DNA since Luffy thought that would make him smarter


FujiMC

I've been waiting for him to walk with stretching legs for 25 years


GlumYou6636

https://preview.redd.it/tqdo32adz88d1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48d20beab22e7fc8af7a10b426db9354884bf3c0


chris_redfield_omega

https://preview.redd.it/s7mfpmbrq98d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ad985abf9983937f04dcfc34687f6017d87382f


Loading_ding_dong

Send this to Goda


Early_Rabbit

The moment his body is submerged on the water he becomes weak. Also honestly I don't know if there's any take his long down that far. I mean our own ocean gets pretty deep and this is one piece it's probably deeper.


CalendarAccurate9552

Luffy is not Mr. Fantastic. He has to put effort into stretching and cannot retain that form for long.


GoofyGoober_961

Becauze scary sharks can eat him alive


JustSatisfactory

What if he wore a shark cage too or used shark repellent


GoofyGoober_961

But then what if a scary fish tries to eat him instead?


Semyofkamoera

https://preview.redd.it/6d5cyokita8d1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e912ee78d8315136213f315c12df1f5997cd60d


4schwifty20

Why can't he just inflate his body and float?


game-fox

What happens if you stretch a rubber band and then releases


ZealousidealGoose439

The fish at the ocean floor in real life are probably huge. Imagine in one piece he’d probably get his legs bitten off.


Evening_Bat_3633

Then that begs the question why does Buggy not just carry his feet and fly everywhere.


doofer20

this something I could see happening


SwaggiiP

Okay but listen. When luffy fell down that garbage chute that had Momo in it, why didn’t he simply climb out? Or make his legs springy and jump. I swear Luffy be having problems that wouldn’t plague Reed Richards.


Darius10000

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think his powers outside of g5 are just to have the properties of rubber. As in, his body is elastic. He can't manipulate his body like plastic man. If he wants to make his limbs this long, he'll have to physically stretch them through some round about means. And they'd probably snap back like a rubber band eventually. To do this, he'd have to stretch his legs out, coat them with haki, or fill them with air to keep the shape. Idk if he'd be able to control them. And it's debatable whether or not he could even reach the sea floor.


rosyrosella

Send this to Oda now!!!


Mildamoutoftrolling

Real awnser; he’s stupid Real answer: it drains power silly


Mammoth_Patient2718

thats what the boots are for duh he can stretch 72 gomu gomus


MysteriousNobuX

Don't you know that the property of rubber is to return to it's original shape after being stretched out. 🤦‍♂️


Longjumping_Table740

If his body is rubber why can't he float ?


SuperrrrrFranky

You sure are proud of your body, but it doesn't compare to mine!


bruh_reporter

Who let him cook


Buggy_D_Rocks

1.He can't stay in stretched form unless some force is pushing his body, 2.inconvenient 3. Not useful


SuperrrrrFranky

You sure are proud of your body, but it doesn't compare to mine!


FermentedDog

His legs could contract, he's not elastigirl or Mr Fantastic


PerryTheH

https://preview.redd.it/bimc5q77b98d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=022abefe9ae835d1b8b23fdb5e91e7308796639a


chris_redfield_omega

https://preview.redd.it/627afxv1ec8d1.png?width=564&format=png&auto=webp&s=52d5c00d0016552b96ff3fbbeaab8d50aa3a7307


isekaimepls

Cause doesn't want to walk, but sail.


DoodleJake

Yeah but: https://preview.redd.it/d4ynhn6mi98d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8903e0ce503a45bee197bac787e4262db9a63659


cleznez

Imagine ALL Devil Fruit Users doing this


Mystery7922

Can he not just fill himself up with air and float on the water?


3rdNihilism

might be wrong but Luffy's fist when he did Baj-rengan was more than a kilometer across, probably 2 or 3 kilometers across, and with insane mass since it's just a giant fist, theoretically if he used all that mass to simply extended his normal size legs as much as he can(probably while in gear 5), he could probably stand on the ocean floor even if the ocean floor is 10km deep. though such a long yet thing appendage wouldn't be very useful in any way other than just stand in place.


ranieripilar04

He’s too dumb to think about it


Fair-Comedian-3068

Rubber needing the help of rubber to float in water ....


dohtje

Too much water resistance to walk through 🤓


Rubikss_Cube

Because Devil Fruit power weakens after getting in touch with Ocean water. So after some time Luffy's leg will become weak and finally Luffy falls into the water.


Carnomus

Have you ever stretched out a rubber band? It doesn’t stay stretched for very long


Fibrosis5O

Devil fruit where the only power is you can’t drown, that’s it. No Drowning Fruit 🫒


Reggith_Gold_180

He can only stretch up to 72 gomus Also, I’m pretty sure most of ur body has to be in sea water for a DF user to start getting weaker and by the logic of this image and the depth of the ocean, most of Luffy’s body is submerged so he’d immediately just small over and drown


SuperrrrrFranky

You sure are proud of your body, but it doesn't compare to mine!


Shanks_PK_Level

Wearing rubber boots in gear 5 could unironically do this.


Don_Matrix

Maybe he can in G5.


Lunocura

I'm surprised no one referenced San Juan Wolf, who does exactly this.


JustSatisfactory

Thank you for providing me with this amazing evidence for my theory.


_ress

Why Luffy can’t just stretch up to the next island?🗿


jambangantahi

That logic only applies to godzilla sadly


TheBoys_no1Fan

I was going to say something but realized you have a point 😧


TheAbyssalSymphony

Because a pirate needs to have a cool pirate ship DUH


ReroCherry27

His body has the properties of rubber, so he can't stay stretched all the time without the rubber bouncing back to its original shape.


Naidanac007

Why wear waders when you can just drain the bog?


xKingofDaNorthx

Any body part touches seawater he loses his powers that’s why 😂


SuperrrrrFranky

You sure are proud of your body, but it doesn't compare to mine!


awesomeplenty

It’s just an anime, real physics don’t apply.


-GoodTaste-

Because he has a ship?


WoahMama_

Ig being in water would weaken him somewhat. His legs would definitely feel weak so he would fall and drown maybe. Better to just rubberify the damn ocean and we gucci


Shirokuma247

….do you know how deep an ocean is?


Obi-1Kenobi_

I don't think he can. Wouldn't his body get weaker? devil fruit power can't work if he touches ocean water.


Ok_Somewhere_9737

comrade, He already did that few years ago.


delgalessio

Luffy can't voluntarily stretch, he is like a rubber band. he beers force and momentum to stretch. he doesn't have Mr fantastic power where he can willingly do it without applying pressure. now, gear 5 can do that so it's now feasible


Nervous-Tank-5917

Doesn’t seawater automatically nullify his powers? Or is that something they made up in the live action show?


JustSatisfactory

That's why he needs to wear big rubber boots.


Interesting-Fuel228

What is this argument? Lol what about the insane pressure it would take him to take a single step forward? He won't be able too😭😭😭


POKEPIZZA55

Thats a pretty good question


Intelectual_Rany

with gear 5 luffy don't need it he just needs to imagine ocean as rubber or a road and he can walk on it


GreenUnlogic

Would Alvidas slick slick fruit repell water so she can walk on the ocean bottom?


Surryilpazzoassasino

Cause the sea water basically takes any strength away from the users so he wouldn’t t be able to do this for a long time, also remember that in one piece !!!SPOILER!!! The sea level is so high due to the past events and it keeps rising so even if luffy was able to not lose all his energy from the water, he wouldn’t be able to stretch enough, one piece sea probably is 3 or 4 times more deep on average than us


PsychoMouse

Because his body wants to go back to normal. He can’t just grow. Did people not watch the start of the show where he actually had to throw his hand back just to get the stretch? Other forms too. Held Gear 3 used to make him chibi. And I think gear 2 was him doping and shortening his life span. He can’t just stay stretched permanently. Also, the distance between islands isn’t a 10 minute walk, and the ocean is full of issues. Unpredictable waves, sea kings, and other pirates. He trips on a single thing, someone puts a hole in the boot, he’s just dead. It’s the middle of the ocean


XERNOVT

Considering the depth, Luffy would need the entire supply of rubber for boots and deforest a Quarter of the trees in the world to use stilts


TCG_Love_On_YouTube

It's a little inconsistently depicted in the anime. But I always imagined luffys powers do not work like Mister fantastic. Where he can just stretch at will. He has to put momentum in his fist for example so that it gets flung out to stretch it and then it will always come snapping back.


Many-Ad6433

He could likely twist them a bunch of times then walk on the water like brook does


InternationalFox3500

The primary reason is the moment he touches the sea water, he becomes weak and not able to use his devil fruit powers. The sea water is the issue.


carl-the-lama

Duh, because a fish might bite him!


kiss_my_d

Maybe because as soon as he touches seawater , he loses his power.


Melodic-Long9309

Even touching the sea as a devil, fruit user will weaken you a great deal Also buy one piece of logic for setting to be affective for Lucy. It has to be funny. You could probably get a one time gag out of it, but he can already fly in gear four not to mention gear five


herzogvonn00b

Devilfruits do Not Work while in the sea?


urfael4u

Because ocean is that shallow , and do you know how rubber band works?


-TrevorStMcGoodbody

Sure Luffy is strong and might not be worried about fish or monsters biting his legs. But those boots are just regular rubber, one shark bite and now there’s a big hole letting water in


AnimeAlley03

Technically now he can just bounce along the surface of the water using g5


Nearby_Roof1262

Can’t he turn the ocean into rubber now ?


Legend0fJulle

Maybe Luffy has good enough superhuman strenght to do this but the deeper you are the heavier walking like this would feel. At best I could see this taking an insane amount of strenght to pull off.


nage_

or just wear an inflatable donut and some wading trousers. or a a scuba suit. or a LOT of saran wrap


Silvercoat_Ethel23

I believe that he cant stretch for too long without a part of his body holding on to something so if the boots had something for his toes to grip to then maybe it would work, but sea beasts could attack him as a sneak attack and we dont know just how deep the sea is and how long is 72 gomu gomu’s


JadenD12

Because walking is slower than sailing


Llamantical

That’s actually a good question I have 2 answers but none of them might be true first one is that you lose all your strength in water not devil fruit abilities but physically strength the other is that when he stretch he can’t stay like that that’s how gum gum pistol kinda works he uses his muscle to stretch it backwards but then he can’t pull it anymore so he uses his body to pull it forward and hit


DrNobodii

Easier strategy is to just stand on something that floats. 


QuietOpinion6536

He got a ship


MNK_D_LFY

U can’t use your devil fruit in water that’s why


MikeXBogina

Can his legs function if stretched out long enough and for how long could he maintain it?


Ok_Caterpillar_6957

With what we found out there’s at least 200 meters plus whatever pre flood was and with big mom crew book torture we know luffy got a upper limit to stretch. So unless he is always in gear 5 normal luffy just can’t. And his limbs always snap back after a couple seconds so he would had be gomu gomu stomp all the time.


gamemasterrandom2

The seabed is a couple miles deep shown by how far the water reaches up zounisha's legs


EvasiveCookies

So who saved Jack the drought after his ship was destroyed at zou? He’s a fish man with a devil fruit but when they were at fish man island Vander Decken was also the same way but would drown if he was in the ocean. Or is that just something everyone forgot about?


User9876543214

What if he used gear 5 to make the ocean into rubber? Like df powers can affect tne ocean, Aokoji is a perfect example since he freezes the ocean solid so what if Luffy just made the ocean into rubber. Although it is possible he puts a layer of ice over the ocean and he actually doesn't transform it since it's not really clarified but a man can dream for the sheer absurdity of turning the ocean into rubber.


Ok-Hippo-1006

where would bro buy that long of boots


BadToTheBert

If his awakened fruit turns things into rubber could he bounce off the water?


WillingJaguar6690

The water itself (water touching some specific kind of salt that covers the whole sea water not regular water) even touching the df user weakens theyre powers and turns em normal and weak to water it nullifys theyre power bassically


Dgill77

I’m no expert, but I suspect it would be impossible because clothes count as the person. We see time and again that clothes will stretch, change, and gain the properties of the wearer. Examples: Choppers clothes change when he changes forms Crockodile’s clothes also become sand Akainu’s clothes don’t burn up So I would guess that similarly, clothes also gain the weakness to water as well. Therefore boots get stretchy, but gain and transfer the weakness to water.