As it turns out, the Awakening of the Gomu Gomu no Mi/Hito Hito no Mi allows the user to manipulate their environment in any way they please. Examples of this included Luffy running on air, stretching solid ground, and even burrowing through Kaido's eyeballs in order to rocket out of his nostrils...
Gum-Gum UFO allows Luffy to miraculously hover in the air, essentially giving him the power of flight, a skill coveted by many. Gear Four also gives Luffy the ability to fly, but Gum-Gum UFO doesn't come with the same haki-depleting consequences.
Basically Luffy is able to send shockwaves through anything he touches, including air, and he can attack people from a distance or through other objects by punching the object, and rather than it exploding from the impact of the punch, it rubberizes just while he hits it long enough to send a shockwave through it.
It won't enhance his Gears. Luffy calls it Gear 5, but in reality it's not an actual Gear, as Gears are him manipulating the rubber properties of his body, whereas this is a full state he can enter.
Overview. 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. He is then able to transfer the air through his entire body, requiring the torso to act as an interface for his various limbs.
Additionally, rubber has a maximum limit to how far it can stretch; in the first SBS, Oda stated that the user's maximum stretching distance is "72 Gomu Gomus". Attempting to go beyond this length can cause the user to bleed and be at risk of ripping.
Although like others who have eaten a Devil Fruit, Luffy cannot swim; when he is submerged in water or contacts the Sea-Prism Stone, he loses his strength and cannot move on his own. In addition to his Devil Fruit powers, he has immense strength, durability, speed, reflexes, agility, endurance, and stamina.
No. Luffy can't defeat Goku.
The more he laughed, the better he seemed to fight. Throughout the clash against Kaido, fans could see him laughing even though he was fighting a high-intensity battle, which just goes to show how important it is to his character.
While using Gear 5th, Luffy is able to extend his elasticity to inanimate objects. Luffy's devil fruit awakening allowed him to beat Kaido, who was considered the "Strongest Creature in the World." In his Gear 5th form, there are not many One Piece characters who can defeat him.
When he was a child, he was afraid when Garp would find out about his dreams of sailing as a pirate. He is wary of Nami's temper, as he thought whoever wanted to marry her is brave.
At the very end of chapter 1046, Luffy, while in his Gear Fifth form, leaps above Kaido and physically grabs hold of a lightning bolt. Luffy's relationship to electricity has been demonstrated before in Skypiea and it's no secret that he is immune to the effects of lightning.
Luffy is a rubber man is because as a child he ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi (Gum-Gum Fruit). However, all users of such fruits share the same weak point: seawater. They cannot swim and lose all their strength when they come into contact with the ocean. This is one of the great ironies of the series.
With his devil-fruit powers, Luffy is able to manipulate his rubbery body into various forms, which he calls “Gears.” Currently, Luffy has managed to unlock up to five gear forms, and his fifth gear is known to be his peak form. He was able to unlock Gear 5 after awakening his devil fruit.
Cracker overpowers Luffy in battle, revealing that he can multiply his limbs and weapons just by tapping on his body.
While the effects of this technique have been mitigated in post-time-skip One Piece thanks to training, the prior uses have already caused irreversible damage to his body. Luffy dies from gear 5th strain on his heart and law gives up his life so they can win. This causes Luffy to go into gears without dying.
The concept of power up Gears has been a core part of the One Piece franchise and allowed Luffy to take on the most difficult of foes. Fans speculate Gear 6 is inevitable – and with the series winding up to its conclusion, it could play a pivotal part in the final conflict.
Since Luffy's Devil Fruit is actually a Mythical Zoan instead of a Paramecia, it granted him a completely new transformation instead and typical of Luffy, he ended up naming it Gear 5. In this form, Luffy gains a completely white transformation and takes on an appearance similar to that of the "Sun God" Nika.
Gear 10th Luffy is Luffy's ultimate form from the upcoming speculative fan-made sequel to One Piece, Son of the Pirate King. Luffy has continuously trained his haki and Devil Fruit powers during his time as Pirate King until he achieved this gear.
5 Weaker: Luffy
Luffy's strength, however, isn't on par with that of an Emperor just yet. To achieve that power, Luffy will have to train his Haki and Devil Fruit powers even further. At the moment, Luffy is weaker than his father, Monkey D. Dragon.
While Luffy is notably much stronger in this form thanks to the ability to manipulate his body at whim, Gear Fifth really shines in its increase to his durability.
All Devil Fruit eaters lose their ability to swim after consuming the Devil Fruit. It's not just a loss of muscle memory; entering a body of water saps them of all energy. Even entering a bath can drain a Devil Fruit eater of energy and prevent them from using their abilities.
Due to his rubber body, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) is immune to blunt force attacks.