#opwmspoilers

Luffy -- the sun -- is the power source feeding the ancient iron warrior, isn't he?

The drums of liberation sound ドンドン is killing me yeah; and it is probably that sound -- that sounds coming off Luffy’s heartbeat -- that is reawakening the iron warrior.

Also worth mentioning that Luffy was "knocked down there"; probably close enough for his song to reawaken the warrior.

I've never seen anything more beautiful in my life

Now, Kuma has climbed the Red line; fought his way through, but he doesn't seem to want to wreck the place. He wants to pass through and cross into the 2nd half of the Grand Line (New World).

Akainu mentions; 'You’ve lost your will, your mind, everything…' Where could you be going?

Of course, considering these are devil fruit powers, this is most likely his hybrid form. But it is pretty rare for hybrid forms to be so split between human/creature in such a perfect way. They're normaly a blend - an animal standing on 2 feet (with abs).

Even Marco, which has a very human like hybrid form, is blended to the Phoenix with wings for arms and bird feet.

The only case of centaur hybrid form I can think of is Big Maria. And the interesting part is that it was kinda confirmed by Oda that it was an altered transformation, like Chopper's transformation points in a way.

Which begs the question... Is Saint Nusjuro using/used drugs to allow him wider variety of transformations... Or is this some secret ancient knowledge technique? Or is this not a devil fruit ability at all?

Technically Oda hasn't confirmed them to be df users. He just gave us the names of the demons "their powers are modeled after". Which... Normaly means... Devil fruit power.

But i wouldn't be surprised if they are actual demons and devils fruit are modeled after their abilities/to follow the same rules of their powers.

Devil fruits were created most likely, the fact that Vegapunk can clone dfs, and ceaser can create artificial dfs kinda supports that they are technology from the past that has become an everyday things (just like the dials in skypiea)

It would not be surprising for dfs to be created or modeled after existing things or powers. It would not be surprising for... Instead of the gorosei having dfs... They are devils and... Devil fruits are modeled after them.

While I understand the worry - I too enjoy the fact that Luffy is just a regular kid and not some destined messiah - I think some ppl might be forgetting or simply misunderstanding how fate works in One Piece.

Fate is extremely significant in the story and is a concept Oda has been constructing and clarifying over the years. In One Piece a person’s fate or destiny isn’t something set to stone or that is created when they are born. Instead, a person’s destiny is something that becomes possible through the actions someone makes as they live.

A very obvious implication of this happens in Impel Down. Bon Clay constantly mentions Iwa-chan as a “miracle worker”, and he expects Iwa to make a miracle for Luffy and save him. Yet “Miracles only occur to those with the determination to never stop trying!” and that is the reason Luffy survived! This is exactly how prophecy works in One Piece, not to a born chosen one but to those that, through actions, determination, persistence, rise to unimaginable heights, making others see them as “saviours or godly”.

Luffy of course isn’t the only character in the story that can “create miracles”. Zoro is a good example too. In Dressrosa, Zoro turns says “I’m going to stop the birdcage” and Kin’emon looks at him like he’s insane. Of course you can’t stop the birdcage?! But in the end of the day Zoro did stop the birdcage. It was his actions that spurred an entire country to push back the birdcage and ultimately stop it and delay it enough for Luffy to win against Mingo.

Luffy will be the Pirate King. Zoro will be the world’s greatest swordsman. We know this. Chapter 5 is called “The Pirate King and the (world’s) greatest swordsman”. It’s their fate. But they will achieve this not because they were destined to or born to, but because they trained, fought, fell and got back up, again and again. This is how fate works in One Piece. It doesn’t happen to someone that has never done anything to achieve their goals, but to those with the determination and motivation to thrive.

While I don’t know much about Joy Boy or the Sun God Nika I do have the feeling that what is happening is something along these lines. If “Joy Boy” is a tittle, Luffy earned it through his actions. If “Joy Boy” is incarnating in Luffy, or his Will is being Inherited by Luffy, it’s because his spirit found in Luffy what he was looking for in order to bring the dawn to the world.