Luffy | 4th Gear First Time Episode [best]

But Luffy was already bouncing again, fists ready, steam trailing behind him like a banner of rebellion. The sky split. The earth groaned. And in that moment, Monkey D. Luffy proved that the throne of the Pirate King was no longer a dream—it was a destination.

Silence fell over Dressrosa.

His skin turned a deep, glossy crimson, and strange, swirling patterns emerged across his body like tribal flames. His rubber body had become something else entirely—a hybrid of elasticity and raw, compressed power. luffy 4th gear first time episode

Doflamingo’s smirk wavered for the first time. “What… is that?”

“Gear…” Luffy growled, his voice deeper, more primal. “Fourth.” But Luffy was already bouncing again, fists ready,

The punch connected like a cannonball made of thunder. Doflamingo’s eyes went wide as the impact shattered his string barrier and sent him rocketing through the air, through two buildings, and into a distant mountainside. Dust and debris rose in a mushroom cloud.

Luffy didn’t answer with words. He bit into his forearm—not his thumb, but deep into his muscular arm—and then blew . His body convulsed as air rushed into his muscles, not through his bones, but into the very tissue itself. His arm swelled grotesquely, then his legs, then his torso. Steam erupted from his skin, but this wasn't the light vapor of Gear Second. This was thick, volcanic— haki infused steam. And in that moment, Monkey D

The sky above Dressrosa had turned into a battlefield. Doflamingo, suspended in the air by his cloud-like strings, laughed as he hovered over the shattered plateau. Below him, Luffy lay crumpled among the rubble, his Gear Second steam fading, his body pushed far past its limits.