Gear is Luffy’s special technique which first introduced on the Enies Lobby Arc. One of them is Gear Second that enhances Luffy’s punch strength and speed. This technique helps Luffy to defeat the member of CP9, Blueno in one blow. 

Gear Third is a technique which makes Luffy’s body inflate like a balloon To be able to use it, Luffy need to blow the part of his body. Unlike Gear Second, Gear Third has some weaknesses. Besides slowing down his movement, after using this technique, Luffy’s body will shrink like a child.

Of course in that form Luffy will lose his ability to fight. He needs time to recover. In short, although it has a great destructive power, this technique is quite risky for its user. Luffy must have faith that he can finish his opponent with this technique.

After timeskip, Luffy’s body didn’t shrink anymore after he uses Gear Third. A reader asked Oda on SBS column, “Oda-sensei, when Luffy uses Gear third, he didn’t shrink anymore. Is it because Luffy’s skill has grow?”

Then, Oda answered “The answer is because Luffy has a better control on this technique. Luffy has been training with Rayleigh for two years so he has a better control on Gear Second and Gear Third.” Funnily, Oda explained that his staffs are happy after learning that Luffy’s body won’t shrink anymore after using Gear Third.

The staffs are happy because they usually draw Luffy in his chibi form and wait until he return on his normal form take a lot of drawing column space. The staffs also said that they were helped and thanked Luffy. Oda answer is make sense, because after timeskip Luffy has a better control on Gear Second and Gear Third.

It was not explained on how Luffy did it so that his body won’t shrink anymore, it is obviously because of his hard training for 2 years. It seems like Luffy who was shrinking after using Gear Third also made it difficult for Oda and the other editors because it takes up much space.

After Gear Third, Luffy also mastered Gear Fourth which first seen during the battle against Doflamingo in Dressrosa. But this technique takes a lot of Haki. Luffy can stay on this form for a few minute. Will Luffy able to defeat Kaido if he can overcome his weakness?

So, that is the reason why Luffy’s body didn’t shrink anymore when using Gear Third after time skip. Look forward to other discussion on One Piece only on DuniaGames!

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