by Cheb » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:53 am
There's one important detail: while many an anime portray a spiritual energy, with mostly similar effects of its use, they always invent a new name for it! ki, haki, reiki, reiatsu, and so on and so on.
So, forget the name, compare the effects. Is OP haki that different from ki in Ruroni Kenshin or Ki in Ranma?
You could safely assume that these are the same thing.
The names may vary with strength, but the fact is, a strong enough Ki could counteract the devil fruit power.
Also, how does Sanji kick so hard or Zoro cut stone with his swords? What *else* but ki could it be?
Also don't forget CP9 and their martial arts. Many of those weren't a devil fruit powers, still being monstrously strong.
So there's ki, and there's the devil fruit power. I dare to say the first is needed to fully utilize and control the second. How else the df users would grow in strength? Make the devil fruit a focus for their ki.
P.S. This places Ranma and Ryouga in the 100 million Beli strength range.
Just think how would these two do against Arlong.
P.P.S
Just watched the episode 413. Haki is definitely able to counteract the devil fruit power. Up to the point of Luffi being hurt by squashing and blunt strikes, to which he should have been immune.
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