Luffy’s new move “Gonmu Gonmu no Dawn Kraken Gatling,” unveiled in the latest One Piece chapter, became a hot topic on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G board (a general live-discussion board). Alongside comments that the lengthy move name was “just too hard to say,” posters weighed in on the abrupt way the new technique was revealed and on the backstory behind Luffy’s power shifting from “Gomu” (rubber) to “Nika.” Some even speculated the name was modeled on Dragon Quest’s tiered spell names (Frizz → Frizzle → Kafrizz), showing the kind of engagement only a long-running series can generate—though opinions were split on the pacing of recent battle arcs.
This is physically uncomfortable to look at
Is that Zakoshi Shou? (a Japanese comedian famous for wild facial impressions)
Luffy himself only gets vague hints dropped on him, nobody's actually explained it to him properly, so he doesn't know
do the Nika Nika Eyeball Gatling already
A pirate manga where nobody acts like a pirate
You can tell Oda's washed just from a few pages
Please stop tarnishing your own legacy any further…
Knowing when to step away matters for a mangaka…
but newbies wouldn't get that
and if a grown adult is still reading it, something's wrong with them
he had Gyaban lecture Luffy: "Hey Luffy, don't get cocky—if you're aiming to be Pirate King, act like it and show some self-awareness."
And then the latest chapter goes and gives us Re: #1…
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Guess I was an idiot for hoping Luffy might actually start fighting seriously after that
Actually, in the latest chapter he even had Usopp voice what Oda himself wants to say
He had Usopp say something like "Luffy's always been like this! It's got nothing to do with becoming Nika!" and I was like, nah, that's not it
Usopp was way off in the distance at that point though, so how does he even know what was said?
That's way too hard to say😭
People are gonna start copying it, just like they did with all the "___ Breathing" style names (a nod to Demon Slayer's naming convention)
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Please tell me that's not actually it? There's some deeper meaning here, right?
Like Dragon Quest's Frizz → Frizzle → Kafrizz spell tiers,
isn't it just Gomu leveling up into Gonmu…?
Apparently this old man was just shouting it at the top of his lungs
This old man's going on about stuff like "legend" and "great warrior" that nobody even said, it makes no sense
Oda's basically the emperor with no clothes at this point
Nobody around him can even offer advice
No wonder it just keeps getting worse
I've been seeing this floating around since yesterday, what manga is it from?
It's all rookie editors around him now, nobody left who can push back
"Because of your unnecessary comment, Sensei Oda lost his motivation and stopped drawing—how are you going to take responsibility for that?"
That's way too scary a thing to risk hearing, nobody's gonna say anything
There's just no way anyone could
Because trashing it is peak entertainment, that's why
I'm not even following it myself
you can get the gist of what's going on from anti-fan YouTube videos
and it's genuinely pretty entertaining too
He clowns around a lot too, even mid-battle, but he nails the serious moments perfectly when it counts, that's what makes him cool
Luffy's a lost cause because he's still clowning around even during the moments that are supposed to be serious
Background and Talking Points
As with “Gonmu Gonmu no Dawn Kraken Gatling,” One Piece’s special move names have tended to grow longer and more elaborate in recent years, and over the course of a series that now spans more than 100 collected volumes, the way Luffy’s powers are described has shifted dramatically from the original “Gomu Gomu no~” naming. The thread was split between readers who accept this as simple power-creep and those who felt something was off about the naming and pacing of these reveals—the latter group also voicing frustration that “the battles feel flat for a battle manga.” At the same time, some pointed out connections to earlier arcs, like the “homage to the Enel fight,” showing the range of ways longtime readers engage with the series. It’s worth noting that no concrete facts were presented about the author’s health or the production setup behind the scenes—the speculation in the thread remains just that, speculation.
※This article was compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Good News] Straw Hat Luffy Unveils New Move, ‘Gonmu Gonmu no Dawn Kraken Gatling’!”.
