Luffy won't have much real trouble (if any) with opponents for the next arc or so, he'll use Gear 5 and make a mockery of everyone. People will complain about how much oda uses it and be upset about the stakes being taken away but this choice by Oda may be purposeful. The reason he will be so unrelenting with Gear5 is because the two characters that stand between him and the One Piece both have the ability to neutralize/take away Gear 5/Luffy's Devil fruit power. Blackbeard with the Yami Yami no mi and whatever Imu's ability is (shown to be able to puncture Sabo). These two characters having the ability to cut the joy and laughter of gear 5 short at any moment will raise the stakes higher than nearly ever before and force Luffy to show the people that he's joyboy with or without the fruit while also fighting for his life with only Haki/Will
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