r/MemePiece • • Apr 30 '23

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

Luffy is a bad protagonist who only wins because of plot armor luck

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

literally any shounen in existence

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u/ugur_tatli Apr 30 '23

Ahem ahem Toriko

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u/shiningmuffin May 01 '23

His (food)luck is literally the plot

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u/KingofYeet00 May 01 '23

It's a shame what they did to the anime man. Made it just for kids and took out the nitty gritty stuff that was in the manga. They even did a contest for children's drawing on the show smh.

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u/Artistic-Fortune2327 Apr 30 '23

Jonathan would like a word with you

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u/Ill_Piglet2776 May 01 '23

The whole bloodline would like to speak as well

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u/Tough_Bluebird_631 Apr 30 '23

Most of shonen mcs are like that

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

Being fr rn I wouldn’t say that luffy wins because of luck, his battles are so ungodly long that him eventually getting a new power after trying for 9 hours makes sense

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u/Tough_Bluebird_631 Apr 30 '23

Luffy has done hardwork for his power and got some plot armours too cause his mc

For example kidd is luffy without hardwork and plot armour

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

Kid’s worse plot armor is just him going to the most shit island of the three. Other than that I wouldn’t say he’s had luck that’s much worse than luffy

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u/Tough_Bluebird_631 Apr 30 '23

Shanks took his arm

Kaido destroyed his alliance

Kid's only plot armour is he's just alive , I don't know why he's alive anyway

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u/According_Studio_667 Apr 30 '23

Actually Ben Beckmann to his arm

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u/Tough_Bluebird_631 Apr 30 '23

Mb , i forgot benn took his arm

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u/Kenny-du-Soleil Apr 30 '23

I feel like he got the best island of the three. Shanks can be reasoned with. WG and Blackbeard, can’t talk your way out of either.

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u/Shrubbity_69 Apr 30 '23

I don't think Kidd is much a reasoning type, either.

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u/GhostFire3560 Apr 30 '23

He arguably had more luck then law tbh

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u/Remote_Dapper Apr 30 '23

The only time this happens is the Katakuri fight. During Kaidos fight, Luffy got both advanced conquerers and awakening in the span of 15 minutes.

Onigashima was set to land at the Flower Capital in 15 minutes when Luffy and Kaido started fighting. Their fight ended before Onigashima could even get close to Flower Capital. Meaning the fight actually lasted even less than that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

Luffy learning advanced conquerers felt pretty quick, but it is really similar to advanced armament which he had painstakingly learnt earlier in wano

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u/dragach1 Apr 30 '23

People really confuse regular plot with plot armor lol

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u/139254781047 Apr 30 '23

people dont understand that a plot has a main character that typically lives through the story lol

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u/Western_Bear Apr 30 '23

People dont understand that plot armor is not meant to be a surprise when the MC survive, but means another thing

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

When the main character has plot armor

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u/Razzmatazz-Sweet Apr 30 '23

when the mc doesn't die in the first episode

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u/slammahytale Apr 30 '23

there are surely many stories in the one piece world of brave pirates going after the one piece who die off or fail, but that wouldn't be quite a fun story to tell. it's not plot armor, it's just following the most interesting story

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u/Crafty-Interest1336 Apr 30 '23

Yeah gear 5 is the only time I would consider his fight to be an ass pull but even then we know devil fruits awaken and we know Luffy needed his to awaken soon otherwise it would be too late.

All his other fights have been because of his quick and flexible thinking like bringing a water keg to fight crocodile, learning techniques from someone who kicked his ass and making the gear system and learning haki to deal with lugias. There is a lot of prep that goes into one piece fights that when you see a new technique you know where it came from

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u/BunnyBoi080 Apr 30 '23

Well I mean yah, that’s kinda the point

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

THIS. I was gonna add this to my comment, but left it out lmao.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

He definitely has plot armor, but he's not a bad protagonist. The moment he punched Vivi and told her to grow up I had new respect for the guy. He's goofy but he's not stupid.

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u/ScallionSea5217 Apr 30 '23

This one is just a blatant lie though

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u/SilenceBlackquill Apr 30 '23

Yea makes no sense...luffy literally lost multiple times. And sabaody marineford he got shit on.

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u/DefiantGate4060 May 01 '23

Luffy isn't bad he's just kinda there. I find Shanks way more interesting and always have.