Speaking of One Piece, I've seen some people underestimate how crazy the characters are due to the age of sail aesthetic. Specifically, early series Luffy is a lot more absurd than you'd think from basic concept of "pirate with rubberman powers".
To wit:
He's shrugging off gunfire and a spiked metal club to the head basically from the start. Nevermind one-punching a huge sea monster.
In Usopp's introduction arc, he shrugs off a direct hit to the head from a bladed chakram. In the same arc, he also fights an opponent moving faster than the human eye can follow and strikes that opponent down by instinct.
In Sanji's introduction arc, he punches barefist through spiked steel plate armor - the same armor a moment earlier was shown to shrug off point-blank shot from a handcannon.
In Rogue Town, he's hit by lightning when on the execution platform and is none worse for the wear.
In Arlong Park, he catches the blade of a sawblade sword between his fingers and breaks it to pieces by squeezing hard.
These all foreshadow his (even more absurd) feats of strength and durability when the series proceeds to Grand Line and beyond. Yet I still sometimes people go "well he's only immune to bludgeoning damage, just cut him LOL". People tried and failed to cut him before he even had explicit Haki. Dude legit had bones harder and tougher than steel from the first volume onward. Swordsmen in the series only pose a threat to him because they are equally absurd.
Originally Posted by Vahnavoi
Speaking of One Piece, I've seen some people underestimate how crazy the characters are due to the age of sail aesthetic. Specifically, early series Luffy is a lot more absurd than you'd think from basic concept of "pirate with rubberman powers".
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