It was an incredible episode. Even though I’m not caught up to yet in terms of where I am in the series, I wanted to see this anyway since it’s probably the most anticipated moment in the whole series. It’s honestly the most anticipated transformation in anime I’ve ever had and the anime did an absolutely perfect job bringing it to life. Animated was really the only way this could be done right since we get to see Luffy’s silly and insane Loony Tunes physics in action and it was amazing and everything in it should explain why One Piece is one of the most amazing pieces of fiction ever created. The power pretty much encompasses everything that makes Luffy who he is and this moment deserves to be up there with Goku attaining Ultra Instinct in regards to things that crashed the internet. I’m also so happy that this is maybe Luffy’s strongest transformation because I’m extremely excited for this to eventually get a Banpresto figure so I can get it. I would love if Naruto’s Baryon form got a figure like this too so I could have that, Gear 5 Luffy and Ultra Instinct Goku together. I already have Gear 4 Luffy and Sage Of Six Paths Naruto with Ultra Instinct Goku since they were their most powerful transformations at the time, but now they’ve gotten more powerful forms so it would be great to get them and have the three of them together as my three favourite anime protagonists and characters ever. Anyway, I’m very excited for more Gear 5 Luffy animated and I’m even more excited for the English dub to catch up to it and see what it looks like and getting to that point in my actual watch through will be an amazing anime experience I’d never forget.
