8 characters who could have killed Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy one piece series. As the story progresses, Luffy is able to gain the upper hand in most fights. But at times he was clearly overwhelmed and came close to death. Although rare, some one piece The character almost killed Luffy, but luckily the worst-case scenario was avoided thanks to the plot or the intervention of another character.

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Charlotte Katakuri

One Piece Charlotte Katakuri character who could have killed Luffy

  • Devil Fruit: Mochimochi no Mi

  • Affiliation: Big Mom Pirates

Charlotte Katakuri Definitely one of the most loved antagonists in One Piece. As the most powerful commander of the Big Mom Pirates, Katakuri was the Straw Hat Pirates' main obstacle throughout the entire island arc. To help his crew continue their voyage, Luffy entered the Mirror World and battled Katakuri.

But immediately after, it was very clear that Luffy was outmatched compared to Katakuri, at least at first. It can be said that Katakuri had quite a few opportunities to kill Luffy. During this confrontation, Luffy was forced to kidnap Brulee in order to escape and restore his energy. If Luffy hadn't done that, Katakuri would have definitely killed him. Not only that, even after the battle was over, Katakuri could have fought further, but out of newfound respect for the Straw Hat captain, he decided to give in and give in to Luffy.

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sir crocodile

Crocodile character one piece that could have killed Luffy
Crocodiles use sand-sand fruits in battle.
Image via Toei Animation.

  • Devil Fruit: Suna Sunanomi

  • Affiliation: Baroque Works (formerly), Cross Guild

sir crocodile He is one of the first main antagonists of the One Piece series, serving as the main villain of the Arabasta Saga. Luffy and Crocodile fought several times, three times to be exact, on the Alabasta side. Until the final fight, Crocodile took the opportunity to kill Luffy.

In fact, Luffy survived for the first time thanks to Nico Robin's intervention. Even at the end of the third fight, Luffy still had to use his wits and blood in battle to defeat the crocodile. Fighting Loggia in the pre-time skip was no easy task, as Crocodile proved.

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Rob Lucci

One Piece Rob Lucci character who could have killed Luffy

  • Devil Fruit: Fruit Nekonekonomy, Model: Leopard

  • Affiliation: CP9 (old), CP0, World Government

Rob Lucci The Straw Hat Pirates were a powerful enemy that Luffy faced when he set out to rescue Nico Robin in the Enies Lobby arc. Rob Lucci is one of the CP9s and also possesses the abilities Zoan Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard.

With his Six Powers, Luffy certainly struggled to take Lucci down. In fact, if it weren't for Usopp's speech that allowed Luffy to get back up and continue fighting, Luffy would have been defeated and dead at that moment.

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buggy

Buggy characters that could have killed Luffy One Piece

  • Devil Fruit: Barabaranomie

  • Affiliation: Buggy Pirates (old), Cross Guild

buggy This is a character that One Piece fans will meet at the beginning of the story. At the time, he was a fairly weak and unconvincing character. Typically, as seen in the Orange Town arc, people like Luffy were able to easily defeat him.

However, when Buggy returned to Rogue Town, he succeeded in capturing Luffy. At the execution table where Gol D. Roger died, Buggy almost ended Luffy's pirate career. In fact, Luffy would have definitely died if his father, Monkey D. Dragon, had not intervened with a thunderbolt and saved his life. Luffy was really lucky and almost never made it.

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Big Mom

Big Mom Character One Piece Who Could Kill Luffy

  • Devil Fruit: Sorusorunomi

  • Affiliation: Big Mom Pirates

big mom One of the four emperors of the One Piece series. She first appeared in the Fishman Island arc, but went on to become a major looming threat in the Whole Cake Island arc.

By the time of the WCI arc, Luffy was already quite strong enough to use abilities like Gear 4, but that alone wouldn't have been enough to defeat Big Mom. In fact, Luffy and Big Mom collided briefly, but flew back off quite easily. There was only one option left for Luffy and the Straw Hats on Whole Cake Island: run away from Big Mom and survive.

In the end, Luffy was able to escape after fighting Katakuri thanks to the sacrifices of the Fishman Pirates and Germa 66.

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Kaido

One piece Kaido character who could have killed Luffy
Kaido in full beast form with fire surrounding him.
Image via Toei Animation.

  • Devil Fruit: Uouonomi, Model: Seiryu

  • Affiliation: Beast Pirates

Another Emperor of the Sea, KaidoHe was a powerful character who could end Luffy's life. In Wano, Kaido was the main antagonist, and Luffy had to overcome him. At the beginning of Wano, Luffy was so confident that he decided to attack Kaido head on. In one fell swoop, Kaido defeated Luffy. At that moment, Kaido could have easily killed Luffy, but he decided to send Luffy to prison to break Luffy's spirit.

Kaido technically killed Luffy later in this arc. During the Onigashima Confrontation, Kaido killed Luffy on the rooftop after CP0's intervention. However, Luffy's heart started beating again thanks to Awakening Gear 5. In any other situation, Luffy would have been defeated and killed here. It was only after his awakening that Luffy was finally able to defeat him.

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black beard

One Piece Blackbeard character who could have killed Luffy
Captain Blackbeard laughs and shows off the power of the Dark Fruit.
Image courtesy of Toei Animation

  • Devil Fruit: Kuragura no Mi, Yami Yaminomi

  • Affiliation: Blackbeard Pirates

black beard He is set to be Luffy's biggest rival and enemy. one piece. Blackbeard and Luffy have a deep history as he was the main reason Ace died.

Even before acquiring the Guragura no Mi, Blackbeard was already a big threat and character that could kill Luffy. Blackbeard and Luffy fought in Impel Down, and if Jinbe had not intervened and incapacitated both men, Blackbeard could have taken Luffy's life on the spot. Even now, if Luffy and Blackbeard meet again, there is a possibility that Blackbeard will take the initiative to take Luffy's life.

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magellan

Magellan character one piece that could have killed Luffy
Magellan uses the poison fruit to coat his body with poison during the Impel Down arc in One Piece.

  • Devil Fruit: Tokudoku no Mi

  • Affiliation: World Government

magellan He became a major threat as a prison guard during the Impel Down arc. If there was one character that Luffy and the others should avoid, it was definitely him. Magellan possesses a poison known as the Devil Fruit Doku Doku no Mi, and anyone who comes into contact with his poison will surely be doomed.

Magellan severely poisoned Luffy, and Luffy was able to survive thanks to the miracle of Bone Clay and Ivankov's Horuhorunomi. Luffy got incredibly lucky and had to cut his years short to survive Magellan's poison.


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one piece


release date

October 20, 1999

network

Fuji TV

move

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Ito, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudo, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yuji Endo, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Sato

author

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shoji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda.


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    Mayumi Tanaka

    Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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    Kazuya Nakai

    Roronoa Zoro (voice)


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