A passage of 1047 words by Kaido has caused a lot of controversy. After Kaido saw the ability of Luffy Nika's form, he said that he could not dominate the world by ability, and Roger was not a person of ability, but he could break out of the world. Finally, Kaido stressed that only domineering can override everything, and listening to this tone, domineering is indeed more important than fruit.
In the previous battle, Luffy had learned to be overlord-colored, but he still couldn't beat Kaido. If it weren't for Luffy Fruit Awakening and opening the fifth gear, One Piece would have had a big finale in the Land of Peace. Under such circumstances, Kaido said the words "domineering over everything", which is very intriguing, is the power of the Nika Fruit still not enough to defeat Kaido?
Some believe that this is Oda borrowing Kaido's mouth, once again emphasizing the dominance of domineering. Kaido gave the example of Roger, Roger did not eat fruit, still like One Piece, this is always true, right? Roger's success is enough to prove that the devil fruit is not a decisive thing, as long as the domineering is strong enough, no fruit can dominate the sea.
Others think that this is just Kaido's mouth cannon. After Luffy Fruit awakened, his strength increased greatly, and he gradually pulled back the situation; and Kaido had no advantage in terms of fruits, everyone was an esper species, who was afraid of whom? So Kaido seized on Luffy's young age, satirized Luffy's domineering cultivation as insufficient, and found a field for himself.
The Rambler leans towards the first point of view. Luffy's fruit is not weaker than Kaido's, why can't he take it? This gap lies in domineering. In episode 1037, Luffy and Kaido competed for domineering, and as a result, Luffy was not as domineering as Kaido, and was hit by Kaido. Domineering needs long-term cultivation, it is difficult to catch up with the surprise, which is also where Kaido looks down on Luffy: How many years has your boy practiced domineering?
The top strong people in the One Piece world are basically 30 to 60 years old at their peak, because of their domineering. Domineering is a water mill kung fu that needs to be practiced for many years, and there are no shortcuts. Even the youngest red-haired fourth emperor became the fourth emperor at the age of 33, which was already very fast. Luffy was only 19 years old, and no matter how he opened and hung, he couldn't make up for the domineering cultivation that had been different from Kaido for decades.
However, the demon fruit is different from the domineering, and the development of the fruit does not require the accumulation of years. Luffy aside, Ace is only 20 years old and has already developed the burnt fruit to a very strong level; Luo and Kidd are in their 20s, the demon fruit is awakened; and Joba, who has developed multiple transformations in his teens. It can be seen that in the fruit development, the advantages of the older generation are not so great.
The Four Emperors were able to stand firm in the New World, not because their fruits were stronger than those of the younger generation, but because their domineering cultivation was too deep, and the younger generation needed a lot of time to shorten this gap, and as a result, they were destroyed by the Four Emperors before they could wait for that day. Among the 11 supernovae, only Luffy will be three-color high-level domineering, and the overlord color winding is still learning to sell, no wonder Kaido does not think so.
Of course, we can't think that the Demon Fruit is useless just because Kaido said so. The improvement of The Nika form on Luffy is obvious to all, Luffy's fifth gear is only after the awakening of the fruit, and the super recovery ability of the "Drum of Liberation", with these, Luffy has the capital to fight kaido ultimately. This is enough to prove that the role of the devil fruit should not be underestimated, not an optional embellishment.
In fact, even Kaido himself could not rely on fruit without it. Without the Green Dragon form to create a fire cloud, Kaido would not be able to fly. There is also the super long standby of the animal esper species, as well as the ability to recover against the sky, which helped Kaido survive the wheel war of the Nine Heroes, Supernova, Yamato, and Luffy, and until now there is still power to fight. Kaido can become the strongest creature, and the Demon Fruit is also indispensable.
Kaido did not say that the demon fruit was useless, only that the fruit could not dominate the world. Who is qualified to talk about world domination? At least you must have the strength of the four emperors. The meaning of Kaido's words is that at the level of the Four Emperors, hard power is more important than fancy moves. Even though your demon fruit has a thousand changes, if your domineering spirit is not as good as your opponent, it is still difficult to win.
When Luffy hit Mingge to open the fourth gear, there was a problem of not being domineering enough; playing Kaido's skills upgraded, and the result was that the domineering spirit was not enough; it was difficult to learn the overlord color winding, and the fruit woke up again. In short, the growth of domineering has been lagging behind the development of fruits, forming a situation of "strong fruits and weak domineering". Kaido saw that Luffy was biased, so he would satirize Luffy.
To put it bluntly, nika fruit is very strong, but Luffy is not strong enough, and even because Luffy's domineering strength has not kept up, which in turn limits the play of the fruit, and there are side effects in the middle of the fight, and the body becomes aging. It can be seen from this that the strength brought by the Nika fruit is only temporary, and if Luffy's domineering spirit does not break through further and continues to overdraft the fruit ability, I am afraid it will not last long.
For Luffy's growth, Kaido really broke his heart. Judging from the progress of the comic, this should be the last lesson that Mr. Kai gave to Luffy. As long as Luffy's domineering spirit goes up one level, he should be able to win the battle against Kaido. In the process of teaching, Teacher Kai not only confiscated the tuition fee, but also ate and wrapped up (Rabbit Bowl Prison), one-on-one guidance, which is a good teacher who can't be found with a lantern!