Pirate Luffy vs. Sweet Commander Katakuri

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Luffy launches his new form in the ruined mirror world: "Gear 4 Snake Man." Smoke coils around him as he pulls his fist back and fires it forward in a compact, high-speed strike. Katakuri sees the change immediately. Luffy, wheezing from the toll of the transformation, says, "Huff... huff... Snakeman?" while Katakuri observes, "You do look a bit different than you did before." Luffy answers, "Yeah...!! Compared to earlier... I'm much faster!!!" His fist shoots across the battlefield with a "swish" and detonates with "Boom!!" Katakuri blocks and studies the new speed with a sharp "!?" The page establishes the core shift of the fight: Luffy is no longer relying on raw force alone, but on a faster Gear Fourth form built to pressure Katakuri's future sight.

Luffy's arm does not return in a simple line. It stretches, bends, and keeps moving with a "wrring... wrring...!!" as Katakuri tracks it. The punch suddenly whips around and slams into Katakuri with a heavy impact, making him grunt, "Ugh!" Katakuri's eye narrows as he realizes the attack path is not straightforward. The strike curves around his guard, and the next panel catches Luffy's extended arm biting into Katakuri's body from an unexpected angle. Katakuri reacts with a stunned "!!?" while Luffy watches with fixed concentration. This page clarifies that Snake Man's threat is not only speed; Luffy's fist can keep changing direction after the first dodge, turning Katakuri's prediction into something he must constantly update.

Katakuri sees the fist coming from the side and thinks, "From the side!?" He moves to evade, but the attack keeps chasing him with the same "wrring... wrring...!!" rhythm. Katakuri is certain he dodged the first line of attack, yet the blow changes course and crashes behind him with "Boom!!" He thinks, "What was that just now...!?" while Luffy's extended arm coils back through the wreckage. Luffy says, "I'm sure I dodged it!!" as if reading Katakuri's reaction and confirming that the attack itself is breaking normal expectations. The mirror world is scattered with shattered structures and broken reflective walls, making the curving trajectory even harder to track. Luffy's new form is forcing Katakuri to deal with attacks that keep accelerating and redirecting after the initial future he sees.

Katakuri watches Luffy's stretched fist extend toward him again, its path snapping through the air with a sharp "Zoom!" Luffy declares, "I get it now!!" and names the attack: "Chase!! Python!!" The fist whips around the battlefield like a hunting serpent, turning at hard angles and refusing to let Katakuri escape by one dodge. Katakuri braces as the blackened fist closes in, his expression showing that he understands the danger but cannot simply dismiss it. The technique's purpose is now explicit: Luffy is using Snake Man to make his punch pursue Katakuri even after he avoids the first trajectory. This lets Luffy pressure a future-sight user without needing to match every prediction perfectly at the start of the exchange.

Katakuri commands the attack to stop with "Halt," but Luffy's fist keeps driving forward. Katakuri snaps, "It's useless!!" Luffy begins another attack cry, "Gomu Gomu no...!!" while Katakuri analyzes the motion: "Even though my arm's stretching, it's still speeding up!!" The fist does not slow as it extends; it gains speed and force. Luffy completes the blow as "Jet Culverin!!!" and slams Katakuri with a heavy cross-shaped impact. The page turns Snake Man's mechanics into a direct hit: the stretched arm accelerates instead of weakening, so the longer path makes the punch more dangerous. Katakuri is forced to guard and absorb the strike rather than simply out-read it.

The battle becomes a blur of redirected punches. Luffy's limbs pound through the mirror world with "clink," "thud thud thud," and "boom!!" as Katakuri dodges, blocks, and is pushed into the rubble. Luffy's fist keeps ringing back into the fight, and Katakuri's face tightens as he tries to follow each turn. The bottom panels slow on Luffy's battered body, steam and Haki still rising from him, then on another fist spinning toward Katakuri with a shouted "Uwoo ooh!!" and "Wring... wring...!!" There is little dialogue because the sequence is pure pressure. Snake Man has made Luffy's offense continuous: Katakuri can dodge one hit, but the same attack keeps returning from new directions before he can reset the distance.

Katakuri adapts by answering with his own power instead of only dodging. He shapes a massive spiked ball of mochi and drives it into Luffy, naming the attack "Diced... Mochi!!!" The impact catches Luffy hard and sends blood flying from his face. Luffy's earlier momentum stops in a brutal instant as Katakuri's spiked weapon crushes into him through the broken mirror-world wall. Katakuri's grin shows that he has found a way to punish Snake Man at close range. The page is a warning that Luffy's new form is not a guaranteed solution. Katakuri can still read, counter, and hit him with overwhelming force if Luffy commits too deeply to a chasing attack.

Katakuri swings the huge spiked mochi weapon again, dragging Luffy into a spiraling crash as Luffy screams, "Uwaaaaah!!" Luffy tries to pull away and realizes, "Dammit! I'm stuck...!!" He shouts, "Stop it!!" but Katakuri's attack has him trapped and spinning through the air. Luffy coughs and groans, "Huff... huff...!! Urgh!!" while the battlefield drops away beneath him. Katakuri's face darkens in the lower panel, focused and merciless. This page reverses the flow of the fight: Snake Man's pursuit had trapped Katakuri in constant pressure, but Diced Mochi has now trapped Luffy, turning his speed and extended limbs into something Katakuri can seize and punish.

The collision tears the mirror world apart. Huge chunks of mirrored architecture split upward and hang in the air while both fighters crash through the debris. Luffy and Katakuri lie far below in the wreckage, breathing hard with "huff" sounds and surrounded by dust. Katakuri slowly rises, his back and shoulders covered in damage, while the battlefield shows the cost of the last exchange. There is no clean advantage here. Luffy's Snake Man gave him speed and pursuit, but Katakuri's Diced Mochi has inflicted serious damage and broken the rhythm again. The silence of the page matters: both men are still standing, but each new movement now comes from exhaustion as much as willpower.

Luffy hangs in pain and complains through his breath, "This sucks!!! I'm so hungry!!!" then coughs, "Cough!! Huff... huff... That hurrrts!!! ...Huff." Katakuri, also exhausted, curses, "Daaam-miiit!!!" Luffy suddenly changes the tone of the fight. When Katakuri asks, "What the hell... are you saying...!?" Luffy answers from the middle of the exchange: "Everything that's been on my mind!!! But now I feel better!!!" He charges again, shouting, "Fall already, Katakuri!!!" The moment is blunt but important. Luffy is not making a tactical speech; he vents hunger, pain, and frustration so he can keep fighting with a clearer mind.

Luffy and Katakuri trade close-range blows again. Katakuri's fist smashes into Luffy's face, and Luffy cries, "Ow ow ow!!!" before answering with his own strike. Katakuri grunts, "Ughf!!!" as Luffy's Snake Man punches tear through the space between them in sharp, curving arcs. The panels show both men being hit in succession rather than one fighter dominating. Luffy's blows stretch and snap from strange angles; Katakuri's counterattacks remain heavy enough to stop Luffy's momentum. The bottom panel widens to show them crossing through the dust in opposite directions, fists extended like hooked paths. The duel has become a test of endurance and precision: future sight, speed, pain tolerance, and willpower are all being spent at once.

Luffy coughs, "Dammit...!!" as Katakuri keeps moving through the rubble, but Luffy refuses to stop. Katakuri charges and kicks through the broken field, while Luffy's Haki-coated arms keep firing out in answer. Luffy starts another attack, "Gomu Gomu no...!" Katakuri closes in, and Luffy completes it as "Black... Mamba!!!" A rapid storm of Snake Man punches launches toward Katakuri from multiple directions. Katakuri is struck and forced to guard while Luffy presses the sequence with everything he has left. The page makes Black Mamba feel like a barrage version of Python: not one chasing fist, but many fast, curving hits meant to overwhelm even Katakuri's reading ability.

The Black Mamba barrage floods the battlefield with strikes, each one whipping around Katakuri with "swish" and "whoosh" sounds. Katakuri recognizes the pattern and thinks, "It's that ability again!!" Luffy is still wheezing, but he keeps attacking. Katakuri begins forming another massive spiked mochi weapon and declares, "I'll put you to rest!!! This is the end, Straw Haaat!!!" Luffy refuses to yield and winds up one more attack: "Gomu Gomu noooo!!!" The clinking sound of the stretched arm marks the build-up. Luffy shouts back, "I don't need you to!!!" The page sets both final techniques against each other: Katakuri is preparing a finishing Diced Mochi, while Luffy prepares the decisive Snake Man counter.

The final clash erupts across a double-width battlefield. Katakuri hurls his spiked weapon and roars, "Diced Mochi!!!!" Luffy answers with his own finishing attack, "King Cobra!!!!" The two techniques collide in a huge sweeping impact, Luffy's extended fist cutting through the air while Katakuri's spiked mochi mass bears down on him. The wrecked mirror world explodes around them. In the aftermath, the narration asks, "Who will emerge as the victor?" as both fighters are framed through the dust and screaming force of the collision. The chapter ends on Luffy and Katakuri shouting through the impact, "UwooOOOOOHHHH!!!" with no winner shown yet. A note states that One Piece will be on break next week and continue in issue #14.

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