Luffy coats his arm in Busoshoku Haki before biting into his forearm. Similar to how he activates Gear Third,
he blows an incredible amount of air into his body, but this time he
inflates his muscular structure before distributing the air throughout
his body, with emphasis on his upper half.[1]
Luffy inflates his muscles.
Luffy's proportions become warped and his body becomes much larger in
size, with his arms, upper torso, and legs coated in Busoshoku Haki.
The coating across his torso resemble the wispy ends made from flames,
giving it the appearance of tattoos, and he gains shading around the
inner and outer edges of his eyes. He also physically grows taller,
standing around 4 meters tall. Similar to when using Gear Second,
Luffy is continuously emitting steam in this form. As a side-effect, he
is incapable of standing still on the ground, and instead constantly
bounces on the spot. This form was created in order to combat the many
powerful and large animals on Rusukaina.[1] This form is based on the fierce guardian entity called the Nio Statue,[3]
which fits well with Luffy's will to protect his crewmates with his
life and beyond. It also resembles his appearance when he became Nightmare Luffy
(except for the hardened Busoshoku Haki 'tattoos', the enlarged biceps
and a more rounded torso) due to Luffy's increased muscle size,
haircut's shape and sinister expression.[4]
On Volume 79's
cover, Luffy's skin is shown to take a pinkish tone (similar to Gear
Second in the anime). However, in the anime, though Luffy's uncoated
skin is unchanged, the Busoshoku tattoos take on a reddish tint.
Furthermore, he seems to take up some kabuki-like mannerisms, like exaggerated head-rolling, and occasionally dragging out words.[5]
However, due to his characteristics upon entering this form, his
enemies may see it as a joke and start to mock him, as seen when
Doflamingo laughed at this form upon seeing it.
Luffy's arm changes direction in midair.
While Luffy is using Gear Fourth, his physical strength and speed are
increased to the point where he is able to overwhelm a member of the Shichibukai, Donquixote Doflamingo, whereas before, Gear Second's lack of strength[6] and Gear Third's lack of speed[7]
were ineffective in the fight. Unlike the previous forms, Gear Fourth
focuses on compression more than stretching. While the compression
grants Luffy's moves overwhelming speed and power, the range of his
attacks is severely decreased. For example, the Gomu Gomu No Bazooka
is a technique that Luffy has proven he can execute over varying
distances, but due to needing to actually compress his fists for the Leo
Bazooka, it required him to be right in front of Doflamingo. When the
latter unveils his Devil Fruit Awakening, Luffy expresses his annoyance
at his difficulty getting close to the Shichibukai. However, he can
still deliver long-ranged attacks by stretching the part of the body he
wants to attack with while retaining great power and speed, as his body
is still greater in size and covered in Busoshoku Haki. Luffy also shows
a much more versatile side of the Gomu Gomu no Mi's
powers by changing the direction of his attacks mid-strike, by bouncing
off the air, to hit a moving opponent without losing momentum.[1]
Doflamingo's Busoshoku-enhanced kick bounces off of Luffy.
According to Doflamingo, the power of Luffy's attacks is greatly
magnified in this form. His durability is also enhanced: despite being
hardened with Busoshoku Haki, his body is still rubbery, so physical
blows (even ones enhanced with Busoshoku Haki) simply bounce off of him.[1]
This form, much like Gear Second, seems to utilize the principles of Rokushiki. It possesses both high speed movement reminiscent of Soru and the ability to kick off the air, similar to Geppo,
cleverly adapted to work even better with his body's elasticity: Luffy
not only bounces off the air, but allows attacks to bounce off his own
body. His body is also now strong enough to defend against cutting
attacks head-on.[1]
However, there appears to be a limit to how long Luffy can keep
Gear Fourth active, as noted by both Luffy himself and Doflamingo.[8]
Once this limit is reached, Gear Fourth is automatically deactivated,
leaving Luffy exhausted and barely able to move. He is also left unable
to use Haki for ten minutes after using this technique as it quickly
depletes his Haki reserves.[9]
Even afterwards, Gear Fourth is extremely taxing on Luffy's body and
stamina; after regaining his Haki from using Gear Fourth once, he barely
had enough strength left to fight back. After his brief use of it the
second time, it rendered him unconscious for 3 days. After this, he
seemed to mimick Ace's habits, namely his narcolepsy. Also, after he
lands on the ground after using an attack, he cannot seem to control his
landing due to warped proportions his body takes and bounces like a
ball in a comical fashion until he either loses momentum or he somehow
regains control and starts "flying" again.
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