Although there is no confirmation yet, it is suspected that Garp’s death on Beehive Island will likely cause Luffy to activate his Gear 6. It is known that the members of Monkey D Garp and SWORD go to Beehive Island with a mission to save Koby, who was killed. kidnapped by Blackbeard in the previous chapter. Although there weren’t many of them, the pirates were shown to be powerless against Garp and SWORD.
At this time, we also get to see Garp’s other strengths, for example when he destroyed parts of Beehive Island and even forced Aokiji to the ground. However, according to the information leaked in chapter 1087, Garp’s figure eventually had to lose after dealing with the rest of Blackbeard’s crew and was even left for dead.
Garp’s death activates Gear 6 Luffy
Although there has been no official confirmation from Oda, the condition of Garp, who was seriously injured, gives a sign that he could die. The Vice Admiral is badly injured after protecting Koby from Shiryu’s attack. Garp knows that Shiryu is attacking him by taking aim at Koby’s life. The condition itself is not good when this is a clue that Garp is most likely dead.
Not many other characters know what happened on Beehive Island, because basically Garp only invites certain people like SWORD. However, given Garp’s extraordinary reputation, news of his death will undoubtedly spread very quickly. And the news of Garp’s death sooner or later will be known by his grandson, Luffy.
Luffy and the Straw Hats are currently on Egghead Island. They are preparing to face a huge threat, namely the navy and a Gorosei, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn. There they meet Vegapunk and discover facts about the past. In fact, we also later learn that Saul was still alive thanks to a Vegapunk story.
It is possible that Luffy will hear the news of his grandfather’s death after it all ends on Egghead Island. And the reaction that Luffy shows is clearly angry and sad. What is interesting is that there is a possibility that Luffy’s extraordinary anger regarding Garp’s death is a factor in Luffy activating Gear 6 of the Nika devil fruit that he has.
Gear 6 is likely to be Luffy’s strongest team after Gear 5. Luffy will use the powerful power of Gear 6 to end the life of Blackbeard, who is trying to avenge the death of Ace and his grandfather. And maybe, this Gear 6 is Luffy’s practice in his battle towards the end of the One Piece story.
Gear 6 appearance suggestion
Some geeks may be skeptical of Nika’s Devil Fruit Gear 6 Luffy’s appearance. This makes sense considering that the Gear 5 of this devil fruit is actually very powerful and so far no one has been able to match the power of it. So, it’s hard to predict if there will be another powerful power that emerges from Luffy’s devil fruit.
However, we can see again how Gear 5 could materialize. Previously, a fan had asked in one of the SBS columns about the possibility of Gear 5 appearing after Gear 4, which by the way was the strongest at the time. Oda himself doesn’t answer clearly and tends to answer ridiculously. In fact, he considers it to be a type of network.
In the Wano arc, during Luffy’s fight against Kaido, we see how Luffy finally managed to awaken his devil fruit. And so the Gear 5 that we know today arose. Based on this, it is not impossible that Luffy will return to present another epic power that is none other than Gear 6.
Fans themselves suspect that Luffy may still feature the epic power of Gear 6. Popular speculation has it that Oda was inspired by gears or gears from vehicles, especially cars, where most vehicles have Gear up to 6. If Gear 5 appears because Luffy is determined to defeat Kaido and free Wano, then Gear 6 could appear due to Garp’s death.
Vegapunk will help Luffy
After information about Garp’s death surfaced, many fans put forth speculation. One that is no less interesting is how Luffy will go back to training to increase his strength. The time frame itself is slightly shorter than the time skip period. And the figure that will teach Luffy is one of Roger’s former subordinates.
This speculation is still related to the speculation about Luffy possibly awakening Gear 6. Apart from Luffy’s emotions that can trigger Gear 6 to appear, there are also other possibilities that could occur. For example, how can Vegapunk help Luffy summon Gear 6? This makes sense considering that Vegapunk knows a lot about devil fruits.
As geeks know, Vegapunk is the smartest scientist in the world and also a major character in this latest arc. With the awesomeness of him, Vegapunk certainly knows about devil fruit and human DNA as well. He has learned a lot about humans and genetic engineering, which of course can help Lufy access Gear 6.
If then Gear 6 really is going to be introduced by Oda as Luffy’s final and perfect force, what will the manifestation be like? Chances are, there won’t be any big changes or differences between Gear 6 and Gear 5. In that case, Gear 6 will probably have a lot of the same things as Gear 5. Only everything is much better. For example, Luffy’s elastic strength will be much more terrible.
In another speculation, it is explained that the level of elasticity in Gear 6 will be able to affect space and time. So Luffy’s giant body size will also be much larger than what we saw in Gear 5. Luffy’s size can be the same as Sanjuan Wolf’s size or even more. For now everything remains mere speculation but it is not impossible if Oda later makes this happen.
