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Naruto Uzumaki, The Number One Hyperactive, Knucklehead Ninja and Konoha’s Seventh Hokage

Monkey D. Luffy, The Rubber Man and Captain of The Straw Hat Pirates

Out of the Shonen Big 3, both Naruto and One Piece have always had the most direct comparisons. From their protagonists being two hard headed powerhouses who dream of achieving the greatest titles, to fighting a world corrupted by their past. It’s the Ninja who will change the world vs the Pirate who never changes!

Before We Start…

Our primary sources for both will be the original manga and the long anime adaptations of their respective series. Boruto will be included for Naruto as it is still canon (deal with it lol). However both will also get secondary material. Naruto will get Storm 4 and all films, while Luffy will be getting the long line of films One Piece has had over the decades.

Naruto

Background

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“I’m not gonna run away. I never go back on my word. That’s my nindo! My ninja way!”

On the night of October 10th, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki were expecting the birth of their firstborn son, Naruto. However, Kushina was the jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox, one of the nine legendary Tailed Beasts in the ninja world, and her pregnancy would risk the Nine-Tails escaping its seal during childbirth. Right as Naruto was born, the masked Obito Uchiha intervened and took the newborn hostage. While Minato was able to save his son, Obito kidnapped Kushina and released the Nine-Tails to wreak havoc on Konohagakure, a.k.a. The Hidden Leaf Village. As the Leaf shinobi engaged with the Tailed Beast, Minato fought Obito one-on-one and defeated the masked intruder, forcing him to retreat. With their options whittling down, Minato and Kushina sacrificed their lives to save Naruto and sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox inside him.

In their dying moments, Minato and Kushina gave their final words to their son with Minato requesting his predecessor for Naruto to be seen as a hero for saving the village and not be hated for containing the Nine-Tailed Fox within him. Unfortunately, Naruto grew up ostracized by most of the Hidden Leaf, blamed for the Nine-Tails’ attack on the village and ended up alone for most of his childhood. Worst of all, he never knew who his parents were or why the village hated him. Normally, any other person would grow up resentful and filled with hatred, but not Naruto. Instead, he had a dream: to become Hokage. The Hokage is the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village, and Naruto believed becoming Hokage would earn him the respect and acknowledgment from the village. In order to achieve his dream, Naruto’s first step is to attend Konoha’s Ninja Academy and become a shinobi.

Unfortunately, Naruto would always get into trouble in and out of the classroom for his pranks and failed the graduation exam three years in a row. This made it easy for Mizuki to trick Naruto into stealing a scroll of forbidden jutsu. When Naruto’s teacher Iruka Umino found him, Mizuki revealed his true intentions and told Naruto that he’s the Nine-Tailed Fox, the monster that brought death and destruction to Konoha 12 years prior. Right as Mizuki is about to kill Naruto, Iruka jumps in to shield his student and takes the hit instead. Iruka tells Mizuki that while he does hate the Nine-Tailed Fox, he doesn’t hate Naruto. To Iruka, Naruto is an excellent student and a citizen of Konoha, not the demon fox. Inspired by his teacher’s kind words, Naruto reveals a jutsu he learned from the forbidden scroll: The Shadow Clone Jutsu. With his army of shadow clones, Naruto defeated Mizuki and finally graduated into a full-fledged shinobi.

Now as a genin, Naruto became a member of Team 7 alongside his rival Sasuke Uchiha and one-sided crush Sakura Haruno with Hidden Leaf jonin Kakashi Hatake as their new sensei. Team 7 would go on several low ranked missions, but everything changed when a simple escort became a bodyguard mission against mercenary ninja Zabuza and Haku. It was during a fight with Zabuza and Haku that Naruto first experienced the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox, revealing the hidden potential within him. Later on, Team 7 entered the Chunin Exams with other ninja teams. Among them was the cold and bloodthirsty jinchuriki Gaara of the Sand. During the Chunin Exams, Naruto learned the Summoning Jutsu from Jiraiya the Gallant, one of the Three Legendary Sannin and Naruto’s godfather.

The Chunin Exams couldn’t reach its end as Jiraiya’s former teammate Orochimaru and the Hidden Sand Village unleashed a joint invasion on Konoha. While the invasion was stopped, it came at the cost of the Third Hokage’s life. During Konoha’s reconstruction, Naruto had his first encounter with the Akatsuki, a mysterious organization dedicated to capturing jinchuriki. Jiraiya later took Naruto to find his other teammate Tsunade Senju and taught him the Rasengan. After Tsunade was brought back to Konoha to be the new Hokage, Naruto found himself in a battle with Sasuke, who grew jealous of how strong Naruto had gotten. While their fight ended prematurely, Sasuke saw how far ahead Naruto was and left the village to seek Orochimaru for more power. Despite Naruto’s best attempts to bring Sasuke home, he ultimately lost their second battle. With Sasuke now gone to Orochimaru as well as the looming threat of the Akatsuki, Naruto was permitted to leave Konoha to train with Jiraiya.

After three years of training, Naruto came back to Konoha from his journey with Jiraiya and reconnected with his old friends and teachers. Of course, the happy reunions didn’t last forever as the Akatsuki became more active with their hunt for the jinchuriki. Naruto and his friends would constantly battle the Akatsuki, bringing down their numbers even though the organization kept capturing more Tailed Beasts. Naruto underwent further training to learn new techniques such as the Rasenshuriken and Sage Mode. However, Konoha did experience heavy losses in the war with the Akatsuki, including the death of Jiraiya. During his battle with Pain, Naruto got to meet his father Minato for the first time. After Pain’s defeat, Naruto was finally celebrated as a hero by the Hidden Leaf, but the war with the Akatsuki didn’t end with Pain’s death.

The Akatsuki’s true leader Madara Uchiha declared war against the Five Great Ninja Villages for his plan, the Infinite Tsukyomi. During the Fourth Great Shinobi War, Naruto continued training in order to control the Nine-Tails’ power. As he fought the Nine-Tailed Fox, Naruto met his mother Kushina. With her help, Naruto took control over the Nine-Tails’ power to obtain Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and entered the war. During the war, “Madara” was revealed to be Obito Uchiha all along and brought back the real Madara with Kabuto’s help. As Naruto battled Obito and Madara, he bonded with the Nine-Tailed Fox and learned his true name: Kurama. Now with the help of Kurama, his friends, and the newly returned Sasuke, Naruto was more than ready to defeat Madara and Obito.

In the climax of the war, Naruto convinced Obito to switch sides after realizing the latter was just like him. It was then that Naruto and Sasuke met the Sage of Six Paths, who tells them the story of his mother Kaguya Otsutsuki and reveals that they are the reincarnations of his sons Asuna and Indra. But even with Obito’s help and new transformations obtained by the Sage of Six Paths, Madara was still too powerful and unleashed Infinite Tsukyomi on the world. Then in an unexpected twist, Black Zetsu betrayed Madara and revealed he orchestrated everything from the beginning to bring back his mother Kaguya. With one last obstacle to end the war, Team 7 and Obito worked together to seal away Kaguya and Black Zetsu. However, there was still one final battle to be had between Naruto and Sasuke. After a hard fought battle that ended in a slugfest, Naruto won and the war was truly over.

After the war, Naruto fell in love with Hinata Hyuga and the two got married with three children, Boruto, Himawari, and their newly adopted son Kawaki. Not only that, Naruto achieved his dream of becoming Hokage long after receiving the acknowledgement and respect he rightfully earned. However, even though peace among the ninja villages has been obtained, there are still new enemies threatening it. These new enemies include other members of the Otsutsuki Clan, the Uchiha clone Shin, and the secret society Kara, amongst others. Even with all the new threats this era has to offer, don’t expect the Lord Seventh to run away. Naruto Uzumaki will always step forward to protect his village and the people important to him. Believe it.

Experience & Skill

At a young age, Naruto was pretty athletic and had an insane amount of energy, capable of jumping on multiple buildings while being chased. Ever since Naruto wanted to become a Hokage to gain the recognition and love he really desired, he knew he needed to prove himself by attending the Ninja Academy. Naruto has been trained by multiple people throughout his journey as a ninja, starting with Iruka Senesi, the very first teacher for Naruto, he started teaching him basic martial arts and ninjutsu techniques like the Transformation and Shadow Clone Jutsus. While Naruto was struggling to perform these techniques correctly, he didn’t stop trying until he succeeded in achieving them.

After his graduation, Naruto received his headband and became a member of Team 7 under the leadership of his new sensei Kakashi Hatake, along with his teammates Sakura Haruno and his rival Sasuke Uchiha. After the team was formed, Naruto’s ninja skills and battle IQ began to shine afterwards, with Kakashi even outright declaring Naruto to have the fastest ability to grow out of Team 7.

Throughout his time as a simple Genin, Naruto’s trickery was key in allowing him to reach victory against much stronger foes. In a more light-hearted example, he was able to catch Sasuke off guard and tie him up, thanks to his Shadow Clone Jutsu. In more serious scenarios, this trickery is just as useful. After being eaten by a gigantic snake, Naruto came up with the brilliant idea to use Shadow Clone Jutsu, filling the snake up so much it burst open. And in his fight against Neji Hyuga, he tricked him with his unconscious shadow clone, then hit him after coming out of the ground, landing the final blow.

While striving to win the Chunin Exams was when Naruto met his most important teacher, Jiraya, one of the three Legendary Sannin. He taught Naruto everything a strong shinobi should know, such as walking on water, using summoning Jutsu, and his most iconic ninjutsu: The Rasengan, Naruto used it against Orochiamaru’s assistant, Kabuto Yakushi for the first time, surprising even Tsunade, the fifth Hokage. Later on, Sasuke left the Hidden Leaf Village to gain more power from the evil Orochimaru and Naruto tried to stop him in a fight. Despite losing, he kept up with him fairly well.

Naruto spent around 3 years training outside the village with his mentor Jiraya before finally returning. Over time, he developed his own technique, the Rasenshuriken, and was able to defeat Kakuzu, a member of the Akatsuki who fought the first Hokage, Hashirama, famously known as the god of shinobi long ago. Naruto also mastered Sage Mode, a very difficult state that requires perfect balance between a ninja’s chakra and natural energy. With the help of this mode, He defeated the leader of the Akatsuki, Pain/Nagato, a former pupil of Jiraya who destroyed the Hidden Leaf Village with one attack. Naruto grew even more powerful once he learnt how to fully control and befriend the Nine-tailed fox, Kurama. He can manifest a full-sized Nine-tails form to challenge massive foes and unleash a tailed beast bomb strong enough to annihilate mountains.

During the fourth shinobi world war, he was one of the strongest ninja on the battlefield, capable of matching incredible foes like Obito Uchiha with his ten-tailed form which stated to have the power of all the nine tailed beasts combined. Madara Uchiha, the legendary shinobi who is an equal to Hashirama and defeated the entire allied shinobi forces along with the five Kage alone. And finally, the Mother of Chakra, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. After the war ended, Naruto and Sasuke decided to have one final fight to settle things once and for all, they were evenly matched throughout the brutal fight. But in the end, Naruto was victorious after Sasuke admitted defeat and accepted Naruto’s friendship. Time passed, and Naruto went from being that one kid who always failed at Ninja Academy to the greatest, strongest, and most loved Hokage in The Hidden Leaf Village History.

Equipment

Kunai

One of the basic tools for a shinobi, and Naruto is no exception. Naruto keeps a fair number of kunai on his person, and he uses them either as a melee weapon to stab someone or as a projectile. Kunai can also be infused with chakra, increasing their piercing power considerably.

Shuriken

Another standard weapon used by shinobi. Shurikens are four-pointed throwing stars often used as projectile weapons, though sometimes they can also be used as melee weapons. Aside from killing opponents, shurikens can also be used as a means of distracting an opponent or pinning them to a surface.

Naruto also carries fuma shurikens, which are completely larger than your average shuriken and therefore 100% more lethal, and would often incorporate his shurikens with his jutsus.

Explosive Tags

A signature item for a shinobi. These tags possess special seals which contain an explosion within. These explosions can be triggered in a variety of ways, detonating after a set amount of time, being remotely detonated by Naruto, or being triggered by fire, but the result is always a big kaboom. Many shinobi place their tags on their kunai and shuriken, combining the projectiles with large explosions.

Smoke Bombs

Like a true shinobi, Naruto carries around smoke bombs! They’re basic tools, giving Naruto free smokescreens in order to hide the true nature of his many tricks, and Naruto is enough of a tricky bastard to do the absolute most with them.

Absorbing Hand

In his climactic final battle with Sasuke, Naruto lost his right arm. However, after the battle against Momoshiki Otsutstuki, Naruto had an idea for a Scientific Ninja Tool to assist him in battle, and the Absorbing Hand was developed. With this arm, Naruto is capable of absorbing enemy ninjutsu, neutralizing attacks entirely, though he’s unable to fire those jutsu back at the original caster.

Abilities

Chakra

The core foundation for nearly all of a shinobi’s abilities, Chakra is the energy formed from the combination of one’s mental and physical energies, blending together one’s body and spirit. Chakra flows inside of a person’s body through the Keirakukei, a Chakra Network intertwined with the organs that allow for Chakra manipulation, composed of 361 nodes known as Tenketsu. Chakra can also be used as a medium, connecting souls and allowing for the transference of life force.

Being a truly great shinobi requires complete mastery over one’s Chakra energy, and plenty of Naruto’s training was dedicated to reaching that level. Through Kakashi’s tree climbing exercises, Naruto learned how to control how much of his Chakra he uses at all times, and how to focus it into specific parts of his body. By focusing all of their chakra on your feet, for example, Shinobi are capable of exponentially increasing their speed, moving faster than their opponents could ever expect otherwise.

Of course, Chakra is a limited resource. Every time Naruto weaves a Jutsu, he wastes more and more of his pool of energy, and if he is pushed to his limits, he will eventually run out of juice. However, Naruto boasts some of the greatest Chakra Reserves in the entire shinobi world, having noticeably more than most full-fledged professional ninja even back when he was but a child. This is, of course, thanks to the gift left for him by his father…

Nine-Tails Chakra

As the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox Kurama, Naruto can directly tap into the beast’s power for a massive surge in Chakra. The power of the Nine-Tails gives Naruto great regenerative abilities, healing his wounds instantly upon activation. With merely a roar, Naruto can deflect incoming projectiles with extreme ease. And since the Nine-Tails is its own separate pool of Chakra, Naruto can call upon its power even if he cannot access his own main Chakra Network.

The Nine-Tails Chakra is also akin to a deadly poison. As the fox causes wounds, its chakra makes its way inside of its victims, with even medical experts struggling to deal with its presence. Naruto, however, is able to use this dangerous chakra without much issue.

Transformation Jutsu

One of Naruto’s signature tricks, the simple Shinobi ability to transform your appearance into anything else. Naruto can take the form of an enemy or ally to cause confusion, or even do more esoteric transformations like turning into a Shuriken for one of his Shadow Clones to launch.

Sexy Jutsu

Naruto’s most legendary and most iconic jutsu. This almighty technique is so potent it has even defeated the Third Hokage himself, a move so deadly it could take out anyone: Turning into a really hot naked babe.

But Naruto has turned this technique even deadlier. By combining the Sexy Jutsu with the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Naruto created the Harem Jutsu, surrounding his enemy with dozens, maybe hundreds of naked ladies, instantly knocking them out. And don’t worry, ladies, you’re included too! With Reverse Harem Jutsu, Naruto ensures that you’ll be affected by his trickery regardless of preference. An all-inclusive ultimate victory.

Shadow Clone Jutsu

After training for a single night while reading a forbidden scroll, Naruto learned and mastered the Shadow Clone Jutsu, more specifically, a forbidden variation known as the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu, allowing him to create hundreds of clones all at once, though the distinction is a bit arbitrary.

Shadow Clones, unlike basic clone techniques, are completely tangible flesh and bone copies of the caster, created by splitting up one’s Chakra per clone. As such, Naruto can use this Jutsu to instantly take the numbers advantage in every fight he’s in, even being able to organize combo moves with his doppelgangers, such as the Naruto Uzumaki Barrage!

The most important trait of the Shadow Clones isn’t how they assist in combat, however. Every single thing that a Shadow Clone experiences is passed towards Naruto when the Shadow Clone expires. This essentially multiplies the amount of training and experience Naruto can acquire times a thousand, as he contains within him every single thing his clones have done. This comes with a downside, however, as all of the fatigue of the Shadow Clones comes straight into the caster as well.

Body Flicker Technique

An incredibly common movement technique for shinobi. The Body Flicker consists of enhancing one’s body with Chakra to the point where their movement becomes nearly invisible to the untrained naked eye, to the point where it can appear as though Naruto is teleporting from one place to the other.

Substitution Jutsu

A basic shinobi technique. Through sheer speed and skill, Naruto can swap places with a nearby object or enemy, making the opponent believe they landed a hit on him, only to reveal they had been duped by a basic log.

One Thousand Years of Death

A disturbing taijutsu technique where Naruto jams two fingers up an opponent’s ass, causing them pain extreme enough to launch them flying into the air. Naruto was once the receiving end of this technique but later adopted it as part of his moveset. During the joint invasion by the Sound and Sand villages, Naruto used a variation of this technique on Gaara where he used a kunai with an explosive tag attached instead of his fingers.

Summoning Jutsu

During his training with the Pervy Sage Jiraiya, Naruto signed a contract with the Toads of Mount Myoboku. Thanks to this contract, Naruto is able to utilize the Summoning Jutsu by forming the required hand signs and planting his palm on the ground, calling upon many of his froggy friends to assist him in battle! Naruto has called upon the aid of many of Myoboku’s Toads, which will be listed in the Support section.

Fuinjutsu

During his training with Jiraiya, Naruto became familiar with Fuinjutsu, sealing techniques, though he primarily uses this to store weapons inside of scrolls in case he needs to quickly grab them in the heat of battle.

Rasengan

Invented by his father and the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, the Rasengan is one of Naruto’s most iconic jutsus. To create the Rasengan, Naruto manipulates the shape of his chakra into a rotating sphere that grinds into its target at a devastating power. The Rasengan requires intense chakra control since Naruto is spinning his chakra into multiple directions at once while increasing the volume and power of his chakra at the same time. Luckily, Naruto was able to subvert this difficulty by having a Shadow Clone on standby to help contain his chakra while he focuses on rotation and power output.

The Rasengan’s destructive power is so outstanding that, in Naruto’s first fight against Kabuto, Kabuto had concentrated all of his chakra at the point of impact to begin healing the damage before he was even hit, and even with his absurd healing prowess he was still unable to get rid of all of the damage the Rasengan can cause.

Later on, Naruto became capable of creating the Rasengan without needing a Shadow Clone. After mastering the Rasengan, Naruto created different variations of the technique.

Big-Ball Rasengan – A bigger version of the Rasengan that Naruto invented during his journey with Jiraiya. For this variant, Naruto increases the amount of chakra he puts into the Rasengan, causing it to release more destructive power than the original version upon contact. Just like the original, Naruto needs a Shadow Clone to help make this jutsu. With Sage Mode, Naruto can further increase the size of the Big-Ball Rasengan to match Pain’s summons and hold one in each hand.
Ultra Big-Ball Rasengan – An even larger version of the Rasengan that can cause shockwaves when it hits. Similar to the original Rasengan, Naruto needed a Shadow Clone to help him create this variant. However, by the time Naruto becomes an adult, he can create the Ultra Big-Ball Rasengan by himself.
Super Ultra Big-Ball Rasengan – It’s the strongest version of the Big Ball Rasengan, powerful enough to overwhelm Delta’s absorption and crush her. It can even create shockwaves strong enough to uproot nearby trees.
Rasenrengan – This revolutionary jutsu involves Naruto making TWO Rasengans at the same time, one in each hand, doubling his power!
Planetary Rasengan – Naruto creates a Big-Ball Rasengan along with three regular Rasengans orbiting it similar to moons orbiting a planet. When Naruto hits an opponent with this move, a powerful vortex is created due to the multiple Rasengans rotating at different directions.
Rasenrangan – In his Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak, Naruto generates several Rasengans, using his chakra arms to slam them each into separate opponents.
Rasenkyugan – Naruto makes a large Big-Ball Rasengan and grabs nearby opponents with his chakra arms, slamming them into the Rasengan itself!

Wind Style

After 300 chapters of Shadow Clone and Rasengan spam, Naruto was finally taught about Chakra Natures. Most people possess Chakra that fits into one of five elemental natures: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and Lightning. Many ninja are able to tap into more than one, but everyone has a primary type, and for Naruto, that’s Wind.

The Wind Style is renowned for its prowess at cutting, tearing and severing everything in its way, deemed unrivaled when it comes to battle power. Asuma once described the activation of Wind Style as “imagining your chakra splitting in two and grinding them against each other, as if you’re finely sharpening the blade between the two parts.”

Mastering the Wind Style was pivotal for Naruto to develop one of his greatest techniques…

Rasenshuriken

As Naruto continued his training, it was discovered that Minato intended to combine the Rasengan with elemental chakra. However, this process was too difficult for Minato to complete and when Naruto started his attempt, he too found it difficult at first. Molding the shape of his Chakra into the Rasengan already required a lot of focus, and trying to reroute his concentration into the Nature Change made the Rasengan dispel itself. However, similar to how he mastered the Rasengan, Naruto used his Shadow Clones for an easy shortcut. To do this, Naruto needed one clone to help him make the Rasengan and another clone to provide the elemental chakra, splitting the work and bypassing the issue entirely.

By combining the Rasengan with wind chakra, Naruto created the Rasenshuriken, a giant shuriken of wind chakra with four blades capable of slicing through any material and completely disintegrating a human being. If the Rasenshuriken is thrown at a certain distance or comes into contact with something it can’t cut, the sphere in the center will explode and engulf the surrounding area with a vortex of wind. Anyone caught inside the vortex will find themselves cut apart on the cellular level by the jutsu’s microscopic blades.

At first, the Rasenshuriken wasn’t perfect. Naruto was only able to use it as a melee weapon because the Jutsu would sometimes dissipate at random. In addition, Naruto would risk permanent damage to his arm if he uses the Rasenshuriken, so he could only do it sparingly. However, by combining the Rasenshuriken with senjutsu chakra, not only can Naruto finally use the jutsu as a projectile without the risk of permanent damage to his arm, but he can also expand it for a better AOE. Just like with the Rasengan, Naruto created different variants of the Rasenshuriken as well, like the Big-Ball Rasenshuriken and the Mini-Rasenshuriken!

Earth Style: Mud Wall

Naruto can raise the ground he’s standing on into a wall of earth as a barrier against incoming attacks. Not only is it a good technique for defense, but it can also be used to trap opponents and keep them from escaping.

Senjutsu

After training with the Toads of Mount Myoboku, Naruto learned how to utilize the art of Senjutsu. While normal Ninjutsu utilizes the Chakra formed from a person’s mental and physical energies, Senjutsu is all about mixing that Chakra with the energy of nature itself. By harnessing the power of nature, one can greatly enhance not only their jutsu techniques, but their physical strength as well, granting a boon in Taijutsu!

Mixing Senjutsu Chakra is an incredibly difficult process that requires perfect balance. If one were to take in too much natural energy, their body could wind up completely petrified. It also requires complete stillness, as one has to stand perfectly still in order to draw in nature energy into their body.

Naruto can generate this unique amount of Chakra at any time, but actively using it requires one to enter Sage Mode, which will be discussed under Forms.

Taijutsu

By the time Naruto became Hokage, his taijutsu was in a league of its own. He could overwhelm Otsutsuki like Momoshiki and Isshiki in close combat, taking on opponents with millennia of combat experience. Against Delta, Naruto used his movements to draw her away from the kids, controlling the fight while gradually wearing her down despite her enhanced physical abilities. Kawaki even compared their movements to a dance, highlighting how Naruto used his skill to keep the fight on his terms.

Tailed Beast Abilities

Naruto possesses within him the Chakra of all Tailed Beasts, as he has become friends with all of them. As a result, Naruto can tap into the Chakra of each individual Tailed Beast, and use their unique one-of-a-kind jutsu.

From the One-Tailed Tanuki, Shukaku, Naruto gained access to Magnet Style, as well as the ability to utilize cursed seals. This manifests primarily in the Magnet Style Rasengan, where Naruto places seals on the Rasengan, transferring them over to an enemy at the moment of impact.

The Two-Tailed Bakeneko Matatabi is a being with Fire Style abilities, granting Naruto access to blue flames. When used by Yugito Nii, these blue flames can be molded into homing projectiles, pursuing their target until the ends of the earth.

The Three-Tailed Giant Turtle, Isobu, grants Naruto access to Water Style. Isobu also possesses abilities such as the Coral Palm, allowing it to generate coral upon contact with an enemy, covering their body with Coral to immobilize them.

The Four-Tailed Monkey, Son Goku (no not that one) possesses the unique Kekkei Genkai of Lava Style. Naruto has made Rasenshuriken amplified by Lava Style before, greatly empowering it and increasing its destructive power.

The Five-Tailed Horse, Kokuo, has access to Vapour Style. By boosting his chakra to the boiling point, Naruto gains a massive increase in his physical prowess, an unparalleled strength.

The Six-Tailed Slug, Saiken, can produce corrosive acids capable of completely disintegrating what they make contact with. In addition, it can utilize Water Style.

The Seven-Tailed Insect, Chomei, can produce Scale Powder, scales that shine so brightly that they temporarily blind one’s adversaries. In the anime Chomei can also generate Cocoons to slow down the effects of chakra absorption.

Finally, the Eight-Tailed Ox-topus, Gyuki, allows Naruto to generate Ink! With this ink, Killer Bee was shown to be able to create clones that can entangle with enemies to bind their movements completely.

“Talk no Jutsu”

We’re not joking around here, this is truly one of Naruto’s greatest and most important talents.

Throughout Naruto’s career as a shinobi, he possessed a trait that many around him were quick to notice. His stubbornness when it came to his beliefs and his charismatic personality was enough for him to form incredibly strong bonds with the people around him with ease. Kakashi even describes this as Naruto’s special power, the ability to strike up a friendship with anyone without exchanging many words.

Naruto is extremely empathetic and capable of understanding the pain others feel, and he has a gift for knowing what to say in order to show others just how much and how genuine his care is. This talent, this unrivaled ability, allows Naruto to convince many whose lives were filled with pain to see that they’re not alone and don’t have to succumb to hatred. Zabuza, Neji, Gaara, Tsunade, Nagato, Obito, these are only some of the people whose worldview changed all thanks to this one hotheaded shinobi.

Naruto will stop at nothing to save others from darkness. And that makes everyone who meets him have endless trust and faith in him. Naruto Uzumaki is truly someone you’d always want to bet on, no matter how dire things become.

Resistances

Soul Removal: Naruto is able to hold onto his soul while under the influence of Nagato’s Naraka Path, preventing it from being removed
Starvation: Naruto can at any time reverse summon himself to Mount Myoboku or have his summons bring him food that restores vitality and counters poisoning, making him weirdly well equipped to survive being stranded on a desert island.
Paralysis: KCM Naruto was able to easily break out of the Shadow Paralysis Jutsu
Hypnosis: Perfect Jinchuriki are virtually immune to Genjutsu, as their Tailed Beast partner can automatically break them out of any mental hold.
Poison: Naruto is immune to the effects of Kurama’s chakra.
Transmutation: Naruto is able to utilize senjutsu with enough balance to avoid turning into stone. He also possesses Hashirama Cells, and is able to keep them in check without turning into a tree
Extreme Heat: Naruto is able to grab Roshi’s Lava Body, in spite of its heat. His Chakra Cloak also allowed him to ward off the Amaterasu, which is as hot as the sun.
Sealing: Mainly for Kurama. The full volume of Kurama’s chakra is so utterly and incomprehensibly vast, it is impossible to fully seal it in one go.
Deconstruction / Existence Erasure: Kicked away a Truth-Seeking Orb somehow

Forms

Kyubi Mode Version 1

At the Valley of the End, Naruto’s rage skyrocketed, his desire to bring Sasuke back with him no matter what manifesting the power of the Nine-Tails in a way never before seen. In this state, Kurama’s chakra bursts out, cloaking Naruto’s entire body. The chakra can move on its own, branching away from Naruto’s body and acting independently of Naruto’s will. It can also form forcefields, shielding Naruto from massive attacks.

However, the Kyubi Mode has a terrible side effect. The chakra surrounding Naruto’s body is not simply covering it, but actively damaging his body, with only his healing keeping his body intact from grievous damage. But the more Naruto was consumed by rage, the more of the Nine-Tails’ chakra leaked out, granting Naruto more and more tails as time passed by.

Kyubi Mode Version 2

The Kyubi Mode’s second stage, starting when four tails leaked out and reemerging when six of them were unleashed. Naruto’s skin peels off, replaced by pure crimson chakra. His sense of self and his control are completely gone, reduced to a rampaging monster purely focused on destruction.

As a mass of chakra, Naruto can extend his limbs extremely far, chasing down Orochimaru with ease. Orochimaru’s snakes melted just from making contact with it, and it showed the ability to shapeshift in order to catch enemies completely off-guard. And it is in this state that Naruto unleashed the legendary Tailed Beast Bomb for the very first time.

Sage Mode

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When tapping into the power of nature and using Senjutsu Chakra, Naruto enters the state known as Sage Mode. While on Sage Mode, Naruto’s strength, speed, stamina, reflexes and durability skyrocket and he is able to sense nature energy and chakra. In fact, Naruto’s sensory ability in Sage Mode is so vast he could simultaneously feel every battlefield of the Fourth Great Ninja War from Turtle Island.

Thanks to his training with Fukasaku, Naruto learned to utilize Frog Kata, a martial art in which the natural energy around Naruto becomes an extension of his body, allowing him to land invisible attacks that can only be seen by other masters of senjutsu. With the Frog Strike technique, Naruto can even cause destruction from the inside out, transmitting chakra inside the target like a wave.

While Naruto’s Sage Mode only lasts a short period of time, he can always set up some Shadow Clones to stand still and charge up Senjutsu for him to retransform once his energy runs out, though he can only make a couple of them.

Nine-Tails Chakra Mode

Upon learning how to steal the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and use it himself without giving in to the beast’s hatred, Naruto learned how to access this Chakra Cloak, coating his entire body with yellow chakra. In this state, Naruto generates powerful life energy that radiates around him and possesses a unique type of sensory ability, where instead of sensing chakra, Naruto can sense the negative emotions of the people around him, making him able to detect anyone who happens to be near him. He can also generate extra chakra arms, which he can use to extend his range, smash foes with ease, and make Rasengans and Rasenshuriken without needing to make Shadow Clones!

However, this form is an incomplete state, as Naruto had not tamed the Nine-Tails at this point. Whenever Naruto enters the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, the Fox would drain his own supply of Chakra, gradually depleting his supply until Naruto would die.

In order for Nine-Tails Chakra Mode to be truly reliable in battle, Naruto still had one thing left to do, and truly tame the Fox Spirit.

Kurama Link Mode

As a result of Naruto’s boundless empathy, he was able to truly connect with the Nine-Tails and learn his true name: Kurama. Now truly working in sync, Naruto’s Chakra Mode evolved to match, creating the Kurama Link Mode.

Since Naruto and Kurama are now working as one, Naruto no longer has to fear having his chakra drained by the Tailed Beast, being able to use it to his heart’s content.

Linking with Kurama also allows Naruto to manifest a full-size chakra avatar of Kurama, known as Tailed Beast Mode. Naruto pilots this avatar from within its head, controlling all of its movements while it tears through the battlefield. He can even unleash the amazing destructive power of the Tailed Beast Bombs at will. He can even manifest individual parts of the avatar without calling upon the full thing, blocking attacks with just the Kurama head or just the tails. This mode also allows Naruto to lend some of the Nine-Tails Chakra to his allies, greatly strengthening everyone that fights beside him.

As an extra boon, Kurama even allows Naruto to utilize Sage Mode while in Kurama Link Mode, combining Senjutsu and Nine-Tails Chakra for even greater levels of sheer power output!

Six Paths Sage Mode

After acquiring the Chakra of every single Tailed Beast and receiving the blessing of the Sage of Six Paths, Naruto was granted new power. Naruto’s strength increases massively, eclipsing his strength in Sage or Kurama Modes. His sensory ability increases as well, allowing him to feel Madara’s invisible Limbo clones. Naruto also gains the ability to levitate, fighting while soaring through the air. And with his Yang Power, he is able to restore people’s damaged bodies, saving Guy from the effects of the Eighth Gate and giving Kakashi a brand new eye.

In this state, Naruto also manifests nine Truth-Seeking Orbs. The TSOs are special constructs, made through Yin-Yang Style Jutsu and said to encompass all Jutsu Natures. They have the ability to nullify all ninjutsu, and no technique based on Chakra can prevent their effects. This renders abilities like regeneration and healing completely moot, ensuring that wounds caused by the TSOs do not heal. The orbs are extremely malleable, being able to take any shape the user desires, though Naruto primarily uses them as staves and to create platforms for his allies. Their destructive power cannot be understated, being said to be able to reduce anything to dust in an instant. The damage caused by the TSOs seems to be spiritual in nature, as Minato’s ghost lacked its arms after they were destroyed by the Orbs earlier.

Even Naruto’s Tailed Beast Mode gets a boost from this form, being able to fuse with two shadow clone Avatars in order to become the Ashura Tailed Beast Mode!

Baryon Mode

Even as he fought alongside Sasuke and his son Boruto, Naruto found himself at the losing end of his battle with Isshiki Otsutsuki. However, Kurama revealed to the Seventh Hokage a do-or-die technique that would let him turn the tides on Isshiki. Baryon Mode is a new Tailed Beast transformation that consumes both of Naruto’s and Kurama’s chakras to significantly boost Naruto’s strength, speed, and reflexes. In this new form, Naruto gains a new chakra cloak with nine tails that can act like tendrils. In addition, Naruto can drain his opponent’s lifespan just by contact alone. However, Baryon Mode also has significant drawbacks. For one thing, Naruto needs to keep his focus in order for the transformation to last long, meaning no unnecessary movements or stray thoughts. The biggest drawback though is the transformation comes at the cost of Kurama’s life. Once the transformation is over, Kurama’s very being will be destroyed. While Naruto won’t die from losing Kurama, he will lose access to the benefits of being Kurama’s jinchuriki (healing, near unlimited chakra reserves, Nine Tails’ transformations, etc.). However Kurama will revive later on, just not inside Naruto.

Support

Kurama

Naruto’s never truly fighting alone. In addition to granting Naruto access to a lot of abilities, Kurama can take center stage in a few ways to assist his Jinchuriki. While Naruto is fighting, Kurama can take control of a Shadow Clone and store up a massive amount of Senjutsu Chakra, allowing Naruto to suddenly gain a gigantic power boost at the last second. If push comes to shove, Kurama can take complete control of the Kurama Avatar while Naruto fights by himself, allowing them to do battle on two fronts at once.

Gamabunta

The Chief Toad, and Naruto’s first ever summon! With his massive tanto blade, he can slash through even Tailed Beasts! With a mastery of Water Style, he can shoot out gigantic liquid bullets! And like any good Toad, he can fire out oil, which can be combined with fire to create massive flame bombs!

Gamakichi

Gamabunta’s eldest son, and Naruto’s greatest toad buddy! Being as skilled with the blade as dear ol’ pops, Kichi can easily cut through attacks from the Ten-Tails’ clones, and can shoot out a massive Syrup Gun to try and ensnare opponents!

Gamatatsu

While this yellow bum only makes a brief joke appearance in the manga, the anime made Gamatatsu, Gamakichi’s little brother, a summon that Naruto called upon a few times during Shippuden’s early stages. Thanks to Gamatatsu’s knowledge of Water Style, Naruto developed a combo move with him known as Wind Style: Toad Water Pistol. By having Gamatatsu mold his chakra into an incredible amount of water, and combining it with Naruto’s own Wind Style, they create an extremely powerful water stream that can strike with incredible force, being able shatter even the extremely tough Jade Crystal Labyrinth

Gamaken & Gamahiro

Toads that Naruto called to help face off against Pain. Gamaken is an ungraceful giant toad, wielding a mighty shield and a sasumata polearm. Gamahiro possesses two large katanas, skewering any foe in his way. These two are great allies for Naruto to rely on in battle against other summoners!

Feats

Overall

Solved the conflict of a Boruto filler arc in a few seconds (No, really)
Freed the Nine-Tailed Fox from its hatred
Became the strongest Hokage in history.
He repeatedly defied destiny, finally breaking the cycle of hatred born from Indra and Asura (Suck it, Neji)
Safely escorted Tazuna, leading to the creation of the Great Naruto Bridge
Played a key role in bringing an end to Operation Destroy Konoha
Brought back Sasuke to the Hidden Leaf Village
Defeated Haku, Neji, Gaara, Kakuzu, Pain, Obito, Kaguya, Toneri, Momoshiki, Delta, Urashiki, Ishikki, Sasuke

Power

Speed

Durability

Scaling

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Naruto has grown tremendously in power since Shippuden’s story ended. He’s shown himself to be capable of taking on incredibly powerful opponents like Toneri, who’s capable of splitting the moon in two! Of course, we can’t forget about Momoshiki either, and he’s powerful enough to strike fear into Kaguya herself, yeah, that Kaguya. Naruto and Sasuke whooped him pretty handily. At his peak, Naruto can even stand up to a character like Isshiki, who has strength that’s unprecedented in the Naruto universe, and he put the hands on Isshiki. If a new evil arises, you’d best expect that they’re no match for this force of nature.

Team 7

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Sasuke Uchiha

Outsped Zaku’s sound waves (Mach 1.2)
Survived the blast wave of Deidara’s C0 (4.6 – 29 teratons of TNT)
With enough Fire Style jutsu, was able to conjure a storm
Moved the Chibaku Tensei across countries (500.5 zettatons – 520 yottatons of TNT)
Easily blocked a flying slash from a Samurai (5.4 times FTL)
Dodged Killer B’s Lariat, where he rushes forward at lightspeed. (4.7 – 193.3 times FTL)
Contributed half of the power behind the Majestic Attire Susanoo, which was the strongest Ninjutsu in history at the time
Summoned Kirin to destroy the Uchiha Hideout (103.8 teratons – 1.3 exatons of TNT)
His ultimate jutsu as an adult in Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (600 zettatons – 1.4 quettatons of TNT) (4.8% SoL)
Ran to the Valley of the End in a short timeframe (Mach 902.2)

Kakashi Hatake, the Copy Ninja…

Sakura Haruno

BROKE KAGUYA’S HORN HOLY SHIT

Hidden Leaf Shinobi

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Madara Uchiha

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Used the Deva Path to bring down two gigantic meteors (11.6 teratons of TNT) (kinetic energy)
- Which resulted in an impact overwhelming Onoki’s Lightning Boulder jutsu and Gaara’s sand and producing an earthquake that was felt several countries away.
Sliced apart an entire mountain range with his Perfect Susano’o. (45 teratons of TNT)
In his Ten Tails jinchuriki form, created multiple giant meteors (5.2 zettatons of TNT)
Spread the God Tree’s roots as the Ten Tails jinchuriki (1 yottaton of TNT)
In his Ten Tails jinchuriki form, absorbed the God Tree (1.8 – 474.2 yottatons of TNT) (3.1 – 46.5% SoL)
Reacted to Mabui’s Heavenly Transport (31 – 63% SoL)

Akatsuki

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Pain has…

Konan has…

Split the ocean and detonated a large area with 600 billion paper bombs
Blew up Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei with her paper bombs in Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution

Itachi has…

Kisame has…

Orochimaru has…

Summoned three giant snakes that created this large crater
Summoned two giant snakes that created this large crater (4.7 to 2.7 kilotons of TNT per snake)
Destroyed Tanzaku Castle by summoning Manda (37.8 tons of TNT)

Deidara has…

Sasori has…

Kakuzu has…

Released this large blast of fire that vaporized a massive volume of water (392 megatons of TNT)

Zetsu has…

Absorbed chakra from the God Tree (Mach 3245.4)

Obito has…

The Five Kage

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Tsunade

Oonoki

With Particle Style, could have atomized the entirety of Turtle Island (1 – 4.1 exatons of TNT)
Lifted Turtle Island above the clouds

Raikage A

The Lariat rushes forward at the speed of light

Gaara of the Desert

Next Generations

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Boruto’s..

Sarada’s

Mitsuki

Can perception blitz Orochimaru in his sage form

Eida

Can light a hole through the planet (98.4 Tenatons of tnt)

Otsutsuki & the Ten-Tails

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The Ten-Tails…

In its weakened Gedou Mazou state, created the world of the Limited Tsukuyomi (51.8 FOE)
As Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Madara absorbed the God Tree (1.8 – 474.2 yottatons of TNT) (3.1% to 46.5% SoL)

Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki…

Moved the moon together (218.6 yottatons – 1.9 ronnatons of TNT)

Kaguya Otsutsuki…

Toneri Otsutsuki…

Sliced the moon in half (15.8 zettatons of TNT – 41 ronnatons of TNT) (19.1% SoL)
Moved the Moon (1.9 – 85.6 ronnatons of TNT) (Mach 550.3 – Mach 3632.2)

Momoshiki Otsutsuki…

Implied to have caused a massive crater on a moon in Kaguya’s Dimension

Was repeatedly stated to be a bigger threat than Kaguya.
Destroyed a god tree by aura farming

Urashiki Otsutsuki…

Flew from the cancer constellation to Earth (432c)

Ishikki Otsutuski…

Jura…

Miscellaneous

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Higher Naruto Stat Metas

By now, you’re probably aware that the Naruto series has arguments for being Universal. However, the arguments for his have been the subject of heavy debate over the years. They might have some merit to them though, so let’s get into it.

Road to Ninja

In the Naruto: Road to Ninja movie, Obito harnesses the power of 7 of the Tailed Beasts. Using their chakra, he creates what he describes to be a “perfect copy” of the existing world. The jutsu would physically send the target to that made-up world. It’s further proven that this world is real and tangible by the fact that Ino stumbles upon the version of Sakura that existed in the Tsukuyomi world after she fell out of the sky. This is extra emphasized when Sakura directly confirms that she’s not from the same world, and that she likely isn’t the Sakura that Ino is used to. So now that we’ve established that the Limited Tsukuyomi world is real and tangible and all of that, how large is it? Well, the standard interpretation of the Limited Tsukuyomi is that it is Solar System level via the existence of a sun, as well as a vast starry sky at night. However, in the official extended trailer for the Road to Ninja movie, the Limited Tsukuyomi world is referred to as a “Parallel Universe”, which would be in line with Obito’s statement of the world he created being a “perfect copy”. Considering that the realm he created consists of a vast starry sky, it is more likely that Obito used the Bijuu’s chakra to actually copy the entire universe, as opposed to the planet and the sun/moon.

With that being said, we know what you’re probably thinking: “That’s cool and all, but why should Naruto or Kurama scale to any of this?” It took the chakra of 7 Tailed Beasts to make an exact replica of the Universe, so naturally, whether or not Kurama could stack up to multiple Tailed Beasts at once would come into question. Fortunately, he can. When Naruto first unleashed Kurama’s power, he was able to easily counter Bijuu Bombs from 5 other Tailed Beasts at once, and even when the Ten Tails had absorbed all of the other Tailed Beasts (except for 8 and 9), he could still fight back for a time (It’s impressive because the 10 Tails upscales all of them). What’s especially impressive is that Kurama was capable of performing all of these feats at 50% of his power. Note that this all occurs after Naruto had just achieved his ability to link with Kurama, and he would only become stronger as the fight progressed.

Ultimately, we believe that Road to Ninja would grant scaling anywhere from a range of Solar System to possibly Universal (As a high end)

Kaguya’s Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball Scaling

Kaguya’s Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb ranges from solar system level using strictly manga evidence, to multi-solar system or potentially universal if you accept the additional anime and game scaling evidence. We also have statements confirming that the orb pulls its targets into Kaguya’s dimension before destroying both them and the dimension itself.

A common misconception is that the ETSB is either purely hax-based or a non-standard ability because it requires the Earth’s population. However, Truth-Seeking Orbs aren’t purely hax. They’re capable of changing their properties to serve different purposes, from creating physical weapons to transmuting objects and producing energy-based attacks. The fact that Kaguya needs to accumulate chakra to expand the ETSB also suggests its destructive power isn’t simply an inherent property of the orb. The databook further classifies it as an offensive Ninjutsu.

The argument that the ETSB requires a non-standard amp is only half true. By the end of the fight, Kaguya was significantly weaker than when she first appeared, having wasted enormous amounts of chakra repeatedly teleporting between dimensions. The additional chakra was therefore largely replenishing her depleted reserves, rather than providing an entirely separate boost to her regular stats. This becomes even more apparent in Boruto, where Otsutsuki consume chakra from potentially thousands of worlds. While Earth is considered special, Naruto is specifically noted as being largely responsible for its unusual chakra properties and the distortion of its space curvature. This is reinforced by Momoshiki, who initially prioritises extracting Naruto’s chakra to create pills rather than simply consuming the planet. Only after losing that opportunity does his plan shift towards the usual Otsutsuki world-eating approach.

Another counterargument is that the ETSB is an overtime feat, meaning its energy shouldn’t apply to conventional scaling. However, the context of the fight clearly establishes a sense of urgency, with Team 7 desperately trying to seal Kaguya before her dimension is destroyed. There’s also little evidence that she’s continuously pouring chakra into the orb rather than it expanding using the chakra initially supplied. Even if we assume she was gradually feeding it energy, you’d need to argue that Team 7 and Kaguya were just chilling around for 15 years to reduce the feat to Planet-Star level amounts of energy per second. That’s an absurdly generous lowball.

As for who actually scales to the ETSB, there are four potential arguments.

First, Kaguya may have been capable of surviving her own ETSB. She deliberately remains inside her dimension while the orb expands, since leaving would give Team 7 an opportunity to follow her and seal her away. Her plan was to either kill them herself or let the explosion finish them off. The main uncertainty is whether she could genuinely tank the explosion or simply survive it through her immortality, especially given her connection to the Ten Tails and the ability of lesser Bijuu to survive physical and spiritual destruction.

Second, Kaguya’s Vacuum Fist may actually be more powerful than the ETSB. Despite the attention the orb receives, statements identify her Vacuum Fist as her strongest offensive Jutsu. Since the ETSB is also classified as an offensive Jutsu, this potentially places the Vacuum Fist above it in raw potency. The orb still offers advantages such as a much larger area of effect and the ability to destroy the entire dimension, which explains why Kaguya would use it instead. Naruto can temporarily match her Vacuum Fist with his chakra arms, then use Boil Release to overpower it and send her crashing into a cliff.

Third, Naruto scales through the Majestic Attire Susanoo. The Boruto V-Jump magazine identifies it as the strongest Ninjutsu in history, placing it above Kaguya’s ETSB, with Naruto supplying half of its power. Jigen later overwhelms Naruto and Sasuke even while they’re inside their avatars, Isshiki is stated to be on an entirely different level from Jigen, and Baryon Mode Naruto can match Isshiki. This gives us a straightforward ABC scaling chain.

Fourth, Just general narrative support

We also have Scans of characters like Naruto and Jigen having Super Dimensional power. The Japanese term chō jigen (超次元) literally translates to something along the lines of “super dimension” or “beyond dimensions”, with chō meaning “super” or “transcending” and jigen meaning “dimension”. Now, shonen magazines love throwing around terms like this to hype up a fight and make it sound like the characters are operating on a completely different level. So I wouldn’t necessarily take it as a literal reference to higher dimensions. But even if you assume it’s just promotional exaggeration, the point still stands. It’s establishing that these characters are operating comfortably above anything we’ve seen before, including Kaguya’s Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb.”

Weaknesses

Naruto is, in short, a loser. While he can be incredibly crafty and intelligent in combat, he can often get caught up in his own hype and forget important details, such as when he made a big show out of going into Kurama Link Mode against Obito while forgetting that they needed to focus exclusively on Senjutsu to damage him.

Plus, while Naruto has absurd chakra reserves, his pool of chakra is not unlimited. If a tough enough enemy forces him into using a lot of big strong moves, that pool will begin to deplete faster and faster until he’s unable to use most jutsu at all. And with forms like Baryon Mode risking Kurama’s life, his Chakra pool would only get even smaller.

Luffy

Background

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“I wanna live in a world where all my friends can eat all the meat they want!”

Long ago, the World Government had successfully apprehended and executed the most infamous pirate in all the seven seas: the King of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger. But before he could be sent to Davy Jones’s locker, Roger would exclaim that he left all that he acquired in one piece, challenging anyone and everyone to set out and find it. This kickstarted a new era, new and old pirates sprouting from all corners of the world in order to capture the fabled treasure for themselves. But in a world as cruel and unforgiving as the Grand Line, only a select few pirates can truly stake their claim for King. One of those few being Straw Hat Monkey D. Luffy.

Born on Dawn Island in a small village, Luffy always had dreams of setting out to sea and becoming a pirate himself, much to the chagrin of his Marine grandfather Garp. From stabbing himself under the eye to eating a mysterious fruit that gave him miraculous rubber powers, it was clear Luffy was serious about his goals, attracting the attention of another famous pirate, Red Haired Shanks. Intrigued by the boy’s grit and determination, Shanks gave Luffy his lucky straw hat, telling him to give it back to him once he became a great pirate. This inspired Luffy even further, spending his childhood toughening himself and training his Devil Fruit abilities to take on the threats that loomed beyond the sea. Eventually, at 17 years old, Luffy finally left his home village on a small raft, officially declaring that he’ll be the King of the Pirates… only to get caught in a whirlpool and nearly drown.

Luckily, Luffy was resilient as ever and began his journey in Shells Town, coming across the feared bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro, who was set to be executed for defending a little girl against a Marine’s pet wolf. Despite Zoro’s status as a pirate hunter, Luffy saw the goodness and ambition in Zoro, asking him to join his crew as his right hand man. While Zoro initially refused, he eventually said yes after seeing Luffy nearly sacrifice his life to save his. Luffy’s numbers would only continue to grow from there, recruiting the likes of expert navigator Nami after saving her and her village from the evil fish man Arlong, the sniper and tinkerer Usopp after saving him and his village from the evil pirate Kuro, the chef Sanji after helping him defend the Baratie from Don Krieg and his crew, and the doctor Chopper after helping him avenge his mentor’s death on Drum Island from the cruel Wapol. Luffy would also recruit the archeologist Nico Robin after saving her from the clutches of the World Government, the shipwright Franky after convincing him to help save Robin and put his shipmaking skills to good use, the musician Brook after helping him regain his shadow from the ominous Gecko Moria on Thriller Bark, and lastly the helmsman Jinbei, a former Warlord of the Sea who helped Luffy through his darkest moments.

With a crew as powerful and faithful to their captain’s dream as the Straw Hat Pirates, it seemed like nothing could stand in Luffy’s way of becoming the Pirate King… until it did. After being separated from his crew at the Sabaody Archipelago and hearing about his brother Ace’s impending execution, Luffy did everything he could to get to Marineford, making allies out of old enemies in order to save his brother. But as Luffy made his way onto the battlefield between the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates, it was clear he was way in over his head, the Marine Admirals being far too powerful for him to simply punch his way past. In a climactic final chase to escape the clutches of the Marines, Luffy had to bear witness to the ruthless Admiral Akainu executing Ace right in front of his eyes. While Luffy managed to escape before he met the same fate, having to watch his brother be killed broke the young Straw Hat, believing himself to be too weak to save anyone. But after a heart-to-heart pep talk from Jinbei, Luffy realized that he needed to become stronger, writing to his crewmates to do the same. And so, Luffy and the Straw Hats took a two year-long hiatus from pirating to prepare themselves for the rest of the Grand Line.

Two years later, the Straw Hats reunited at the Sabaody Archipelago and continued their journey, the crew now much more powerful and more prepared to take on whatever threats came their way. From saving the fishmen from the extremist Hody Jones, stopping the production of the dangerous SMILE fruits and overthrowing the corrupt king of Dressrosa Doflamingo, it was clear Luffy had not only gotten stronger, but became an increasing nuisance to the World Government, his bounty only rising the more he threw wrenches in their corrupt schemes. At the same time however, Luffy’s name had also been held in reverence among the islands he helped and liberated from either crooked pirates or malicious authority. But Luffy’s reputation would only continue to grow, coming to a head when he traveled to Wano, where he faced one of the Four Emperors of the new world, Kaido.

In what was his hardest-fought battle up until that point, Kaido pushed Luffy to his absolute limits and, in a shocking moment, seemingly killed the captain of the Straw Hats… until he heard the sound of drums. With a white aura surrounding him, Luffy had successfully awakened the full potential of his Devil Fruit, allowing him to transform into the legendary Sun God Nika, the Warrior of Liberation. As it had turned out, the Gum Gum Fruit that Luffy ate all those years ago was merely renamed and hidden by the World Government in order to hide its true nature. Now in the hands of Luffy, he used it to humiliate and defeat Kaido, saving Wano and establishing himself as one of the most powerful pirates in the Grand Line.

Even after all he’s gone through in just two years and reaching the supposed peak of his strength, Luffy’s journey across the Grand Line is more than likely far from over, continuing to take on increasingly powerful threats on both the side of the pirates and the side of the Marines, as well as discovering more secrets about the world that the World Government had sought to erase. But through it all, no matter who he has to take on or what obstacle he has to push past, Luffy will continue to do what he’s done best and sail forth into new adventures no matter how insurmountable the odds may be. To protect his friends, to liberate the world, and most of all, to become the King of the Pirates.

Experience & Skill

Luffy is an incredibly talented and prodigious fighter, able to give even the greatest warriors in the sea a run for their money through his tenacity and creativity in the heat of battle. After acquiring the Gum-Gum Fruit, a Devil Fruit most believed to be completely worthless as a power, Luffy spent ten years training and practicing with it in order to make it as strong as it could be, even spending some of that time going on adventures with his sworn brothers Ace and Sabo! It also helps that his grandfather, Garp, would give him great training exercises such as leaving him alone in a jungle, throwing him down an unfathomable ravine and tying him to balloons and letting him float away helplessly… A little concerning, but it made Luffy gain incredible endurance in the long run.

After beginning his adventure, Luffy spent very little time actually training, but his skill as a fighter proved to be more than enough, at least until the New World! Luffy was able to do battle against pirates like Buggy, a former member of Gol D. Roger’s Pirate Crew, the deadly Arlong of the Fishman Pirates, and even put belt to ass on multiple members of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, incredibly powerful pirates that helped maintain the balance across the oceans. Even when faced against the seemingly unbreakable wall that was Enel, the God of Skypiea who could foresee Luffy’s every attack, it didn’t take long for Luffy to create a combat strategy tailored to countering such a technique and managing to actually land attacks on the self-entitled Kami, by rebounding his attacks off a wall so that even he wouldn’t know their trajectory.

Part of why Luffy is such an incredible fighter is his sheer combat instinct, which is best demonstrated in his battle against Mr. 3. Galdino had created a massive amount of perfect wax duplicates of himself, hiding his true presence to land sneak attacks on the Straw Hat Captain. But simply by following his gut, Luffy was able to figure out the exact location Mr. 3 was hiding at, and finish the fight with a single mighty blow. But Luffy is always, constantly evolving and developing new abilities and techniques as he travels, always striving to become as strong as he needs to protect his crew. After witnessing the members of CP9 utilizing the Shave technique, Luffy was able to intuit the mechanics behind it all by himself and not only figure out how to use it, but completely master it in a short time, which is the basis behind Gear Second as a whole.

As he reached the New World, further training was indeed necessary. Not a problem for Luffy though, as he spent two years alongside Silvers Rayleigh, the right-hand man of the Pirate King, mastering the usage of Haki and becoming a lot tougher and stronger as a result. It is said that Haki blooms in the heat of battle, and this is unquestionably true for Luffy. During his battle against Katakuri, he awakened Future Sight and quickly became proficient with it. After losing to Kaido once, and mastering Armament while training in the Udon mines, Luffy challenged him again and proved to be a lot stronger, even learning how to coat his attacks with Supreme King Haki while in the middle of his fight against the Beast Emperor. Luffy has more than proven his skill as a fighter, and his many battles have safely placed him as an Emperor of the Sea, one of the four most powerful pirates that roam the Grand Line. And he’s only going to get stronger from here, all the way until he becomes Pirate King!

Equipment

Straw Hat

The iconic straw hat that Shanks had passed down to him as a kid. While it doesn’t really have any use in combat, damaging his beloved hat is sure to piss him off.

“Nika’s Fantasy”

Luffy doesn’t carry any equipment on him normally, but when he transforms into Gear 5, his hair and the clouds that surround him become “a gateway to Nika’s fantasy”. This explanation is incredibly vague, but Luffy can essentially imagine whatever object he wants and manifests it in reality. He has imagined goggles and a paint can to turn a tree’s trunk into a baseball bat, but who’s to say what the limit is for Luffy’s imagination?

Abilities

Gum Gum Fruit

The legendary Devil Fruits. Some believe them to be incarnations of the Sea Devil, but some understand them as embodiments of humanity’s dreams and desires for evolution. Whatever the case, a single bite of a Devil Fruit is all it takes for one to be gifted incredible powers… at the cost of permanently losing the ability to swim.

The Gum Gum Fruit was stolen from a World Government vessel by Red Haired Shanks and eaten by Luffy during a fit of frustration without realizing what it was. This was a Paramecia type fruit, essentially the catch-all type that encompasses all fruits that aren’t Logia (Elemental powers) or Zoan (Transformation into animals and beasts) powers. The Gum-Gum Fruit transforms you into a Gum-Gum Human, giving Luffy a variety of incredible powers!

Rubber Physiology

Due to being made of rubber, apart from being able to stretch his limbs, Luffy’s body is far more durable than the average person’s, able to take far more blunt force and being virtually immune to bullets and cannonballs. In addition, he is completely immune to lightning, much to Enel’s horror.

Gum Gum Move Series

While Luffy couldn’t even throw a proper punch at first, he eventually got a handle on his new Devil Fruit abilities and began to develop his own proper fighting style, exploiting the inherent properties of his limbs to fight in a way no one else could. These moves include:

Haki

Haki is a dormant power, present in everyone, but laying dormant. Only through great training can one truly master Haki, though Luffy had showcased glimpses of Haki far before he understood its true nature. Haki comes in three separate types, and Luffy has showcased a complete mastery of all three of them.

A notable trait of Haki is that Haki transcends all. In other terms, a strong enough willpower, and therefore a strong enough Haki, can negate the abilities of Devil Fruits, allowing Luffy to break through the abilities of those who cannot match the strength of his will. As established earlier, in a battle of Haki, Luffy can even grow stronger during a fight in Haki, such as proven with his battle with World, where he initially struggled keeping up in the final battle, but later on in it was able to match and even surpass him.

Observation Haki

The Color of Observation, the power to acutely sense an opponent. Known as Mantra by the inhabitants of the Sky Islands, this power allows one to sense the location of any nearby enemy, as well as being able to see their movements with ease. Observation even allows one to sense the emotions of others, or even sense someone’s Haki itself, gaining an idea of how strong they are. According to Rayleigh, Luffy is especially attuned to sensing the emotions of living beings, allowing him to predict upcoming attacks.

Luffy, however, has achieved an Advanced level of Observation Haki, thanks to his battle against Charlotte Katakuri. He is able to use Future Vision, which does exactly what the name implies! Through focusing his thoughts, Luffy can observe future events, being able to use that knowledge to prevent those futures from ever happening.

Armament Haki

The Color of Armament is akin to an invisible suit of armor that surrounds the user and enhances their strikes, commonly visualized as their body parts becoming jet black. Armament is, at first, as simple as it sounds: by hardening your body and coating it with Haki, your attacks become significantly stronger and you become far tougher and harder to harm. You can even imbue weapons with Armament, a good trick for those who rely on weapons for combat.

However, Armament does include some other fascinating attributes. First of all, the power of Haki is said to be a countermeasure against Devil Fruits, allowing one to bypass the intangibility of Logia users and strike them no matter what. As proven with Luffy, it can also affect Paramecia users’ bodies.

In addition, masters of Advanced Armament wield unique abilities in battle. They are able to unleash the power of their Haki without requiring direct contact with their target, releasing an invisible burst of energy to reach enemies that cannot be touched. In addition, Luffy has mastered the art of Internal Destruction, allowing Armament Haki to flow inside of a target and destroy it from the inside out.

Supreme King Haki

The Color of the Supreme King, or Conqueror’s Haki as it is commonly known, is the power to overwhelm. Is it an embodiment of the user’s spirit, and only a select few possess enough willpower and strength to wield this type of Haki. It cannot be achieved through training, and grows in power as the user’s spirit grows stronger.

The Color of the Supreme King is, essentially, an incredible pressure emitted by the user. If Luffy so desires, he can unleash the Color of the Supreme King to completely knock out everyone around him, so long as their willpower is significantly inferior to his own. However even with good enough will power, Conqueror’s Haki can still affect you, like how Shanks was able to even affect Vice Admirals. Even outside of incapacitating enemies outright, the will of a Conqueror makes others completely subservient to commands, with Luffy often being able to make beasts and animals fall under his control with little more than a glare.

True masters of the Conqueror’s Haki can coat it into their attacks, something Luffy first learned was possible in his battle against Kaido. Essentially, Conqueror’s can be used as an even greater variant of Armament Haki, dealing far more damage as a result. It can even temporarily slow down the regenerative abilities of immortals, who can regenerate from having half their bodies destroyed, even being able to land a killing blow when striking their steel heart, which also takes Conqueror’s Haki to destroy.

“The Most Formidable Power Of All”

Luffy’s greatest power is not his Supreme King Haki. It is not the power of the Sun God, nor his skill as a fighter. He possesses a gift, something far more valuable to a pirate than all of those combined.

That is, of course, the charisma to turn all those he meets into allies willing to help him through thick and thin. Which Dracule Mihawk deems the greatest power one can have.

Luffy is an incredibly approachable and friendly guy, being able to strike a friendship with anyone if he so wills it, and he stops at nothing to protect those he deems his friends. He was willing to do whatever it took to save Nami from Arlong, and fought through the Summit War of Marineford just for a chance at saving his brother Ace. This kind of behavior makes it easy for those around Luffy to like him right back, becoming willing to fight by his side and aid him in whatever way he could.

Luffy is beloved by the citizens of every kingdom he saved, some of which would willingly go against the Marines if it meant keeping Luffy safe. His charisma convinced several pirate crews to choose to fall under his command, creating the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. It allowed him to earn the respect and admiration of several Warlords of the Sea. The list goes on, but the point is clear. This straw hat boy is simply impossible not to like.

Resistances

Blunt Force and Electricity: He’s made of rubber! How did that happen?? Yohoho he took a bite of Gum-Gum fruit!
Poisons: Due to being bombarded with poisons from the Poison-Poison Human, Magellan, Luffy has acquired a nigh-immunity to poison attacks.
Extreme Cold/Sleep Manipulation: Powered through Monet’s snow, so cold that it could have drained him of all his stamina until he died in his sleep
Extreme Heat: Luffy was able to withstand Kaido’s Boro Breath. When asked how he was able to tank such a powerful fire attack, Luffy simply responded: “Guts!”
Spatial Manipulation: Strong enough Haki can make one immune to the effects of Law’s Ope Ope no Mi, as demonstrated by Kaido and Big Mom.
Biological Manipulation: Law was able to negate Doc Q’s Shiku Shiku no Mi, which had transformed him into a woman, through his Haki.
Soul Manipulation: Big Mom’s Soru Soru no Mi can be resisted with strong enough willpower.
Sex Appeal: Luffy is completely immune to Hancock’s Mero-Mero Mellow, which petrifies anyone who feels attracted to Hancock. Given that Hancock is the most beautiful and gorgeous woman in the sea, this must mean that Luffy is completely immune to being horny. He’s really our asexual icon and future pirate king!
Corrosion: Haki resistance would include corrosion abilities like the Rust-Rust Fruit, Luffy has even survived hits by cream that can melt flesh off bone

Forms

Gear 2

Luffy’s special technique rapidly increases his strength and speed to overpower foes, it involves using his rubber limbs as pumps to accelerate the blood flow inside his entire body, causing it to release steam along with making his skin have this reddish colour with light pink glow. This form helped Luffy land more powerful blows while moving so fast, it’s difficult to see him. And with the two-year timeskip training, it evolves even further and Luffy can activate it instantly. While there’s never been an officially stated multiplier for Gear 2, based on just CP9’s Power Levels, it would at least be about a 4.5 times increase. However it is likely more, as proven in the film 3D2Y, Luffy going Gear 2 was able to match World using his More-More Fruit to increase his speed by a hundred-fold, and with it likely the same increase in strength.

While Gear 2 is incredible, it has the drawback of causing Luffy to get tired quickly if he uses it for too long. Gear 2 consumes a significant amount of stamina, which can lead to sweating and struggling to breath. It might eventually paralyze him for a period of time. Overall, according to Lucci as he observed this form in combat, any use of this form would reduce his lifespan. Though thanks to his training with Rayleigh, this weakness has largely been made a nonissue, as he frequently uses it on individual limbs to minimize the strain on his body.

Notable Gear 2 attacks include:

Gum-Gum Jet Pistol: An evolved version of Luffy’s first ever move. This time using Gear 2 to massively amplify the speed of the punch to the point that it looks pretty much invisible, like Luffy was shooting an actual pistol.
Gum-Gum Jet Stamp: a faster version of Stamp
Gum-Gum Jet Spear: a faster version of Spear
Gum-Gum Jet Rifle: a faster version of Rifle where the twisted arm already untwists moment of contact
Gum-Gum Jet Rocket: Luffy launches himself even faster than his normal Rocket attack.
Gum-Gum Jet Bazooka: Luffy charges at his opponent to deliver a fast paced bazooka.
Gum-Gum Twin Jet Pistol: Luffy unleashes two Jet Pistols at once.
Gum-Gum Jet Bullet: A faster version of his normal bullet
Gum-Gum Jet Axe: A faster and longer version of his normal axe
Gum-Gum Jet Gatling: An evolved version of Gum-Gum Gatling, and one of the best performances from their actresses
Gum-Gum Jet Human Shield: Luffy grabs a random person really fast to protect himself.
Gum-Gum Jet Hammer: Luffy twists his legs and grabs someone with that, then while un-twisting himself back, slams his opponent down.
Gum-Gum Red Hawk: Coating his arm in Armament Haki, Luffy does the normal stance for a Bullet, delivered so fast that he can ignite his arm, delivering burning damage to his opponent. A flame so hot it can even burn underwater. A tribute to a fallen brother and a powerful attack all in one.
Gum-Gum Eagle Bazooka: Luffy coats both his arms with Armament Haki and stretches them back and then launches them both towards his opponent, dealing a lot of damage.
Gum-Gum Hawk Whip: Luffy covers his entire leg with Armament Haki and then swings it towards his opponent in an elongated kick.
Gum-Gum Jet Cannon: initially needing to build momentum, Gear 2 increases his speed enough to where he no longer needs to, launching it instantly with his fists rather than his palms, different from his Bazooka.
Gum-Gum Jet Stamp Gatling: Does multiple jet stamps, similar to his regular gatling.
Gum-Gum Hawk Gatling: Similar to his regular Gatling, but this time his arms are infused with Haki

Gear 3

Unlike Gear 2, Gear 3 requires a different activation method, Luffy sticks his thumb into his own mouth and bites it in order to have a small opening. With this opening, he blows a huge amount of air right into his bones, increasing the size of his fist tremendously, with Luffy himself describing it as having the arm of a giant.

Luffy gains destructive power with this technique. He destroyed these heavy doors that are made of steel with ease. It’s really effective when he uses it as a way to break through enemies’ defenses or smash through buildings. Luffy’s physical strength can be greater and his attack range can be changed depending on how much air is stored inside his fists or legs. Initially, due to the increase in mass this caused, Luffy’s attacks used to be much slower in Gear 3, but this has been mitigated after training.

Before the timeskip training, it had a side-effect of him getting shrunk after use and his body needed time to fully recover, which can leave him very vulnerable if the opponent can still fight. But he no longer faces this problem thanks to his mentor Silvers Rayleigh.

Notable Gear 3 attack include:

Gear 4

Boundman

During the two year timeskip, Luffy developed a new Gear technique in Gear 4. Using his newfound ability to use Haki in tandem with his rubber powers, Luffy blows his entire body into a balloon-like shape and coats it with Haki, becoming much larger. His “main” form, Boundman, prioritizes making his upper body as large as possible, allowing him to bounce back from hits easier while maintaining his strength. In addition, his limbs can essentially springload back into his arms and legs, allowing him to both move at high speed in the air by rapidly kicking off, and deliver obscenely powerful attacks entirely unlike his prior moves and forms. However, while his body is hardened, his rubber physiology still allows him to be resistant to blunt force attacks. Though by applying his power in such a manner, Luffy rapidly drains his Haki while using this form, leaving him unable to use Haki until he’s had time to take a breath. However, he has learned to minimize this weakness over the course of the story to the point that it is mostly a nonfactor by Wano, and can even do Gear 4 attacks without even entering forms by the time of Elbaph.

Notable Gear 4 attacks include:

Tankman

While fighting Charlotte Cracker of the Big Mom Pirates, Luffy found himself in a seemingly endless war of attrition against Cracker’s Biscuit Troops… That is until he started devouring them thanks to Nami softening them. Eating more than he ever has for hours, resulting in a new modification of Gear 4: Tankman, Stuffed Version! In this variant of Gear 4, Luffy’s body is completely malleable, being so hard that it can’t be pierced, and yet so soft that it can move

Notable attacks include:

Gum Gum Cannonball: By sucking an opponent into his fat, Luffy can build up momentum to launch them a great distance.

Snakeman

Yet another modification of Gear 4 Luffy debuted against Charlotte Katakuri, instead of durability and power this form emphasizes speed, as his Python ability he possessed in Boundman is now taken to its logical extreme, increasing in speed with every turn. Thanks to his newfound mastery in Observation Haki, his ricochets can border on being homing punches, and with his speed he can better avoid attacks, which he needs since unlike the other Gear 4 variants, he takes damage as he normally does in his base form.

Notable Snakeman moves include:

Gum Gum Jet Culverin: By accelerating his arm and bending it, he returns his fist back to directly attack his opponent
Gum Gum Black Mamba: The Snakeman equivalent to a Gum Gum Gatling
Gum Gum King Cobra: Luffy bends his fist around himself and brings it back to punch his opponent
Gum-Gum Hyrda: A version of Black Mamba, this time with Supreme Haki

Gear 5

At last, the truth behind Luffy’s Devil Fruit is revealed! It was never the Gomu Gomu no Mi, the simple and worthless Paramecia, but instead the Hito Hito no Mi: Model Nika! This whole time, Luffy wasn’t simply turned into a rubber man, but instead he became much more, a new coming of the Warrior of Liberation himself! During the battle against Kaido, Luffy reached the pinnacle of a Devil Fruit’s power, the Awakening, and entered what he considers his peak. A form in which he can fight in whatever way he wants. The most ridiculous power in the world: Gear 5!

In this state Luffy is absolutely and completely free to do as he wishes. He is far stronger and more durable than any of his previous Gears, and becomes borderline indestructible, being able to eat lasers, physically remove and reattach his eyes and scars or just pop right back up after being flattened like some sort of looney toon. Plus, he can freely shapeshift his body to his heart’s desire, being able to turn into a massive giant, or even turn into a genie.

In spite of the Zoan reveal, Gear 5 also displays aspects of a Paramecia Awakening, allowing Luffy to turn his environment into rubber, his enemies included. Thanks to this property, Luffy can turn the battlefield into a bouncy castle, grab bolts of lightning to throw them straight into his enemies, smash and squash his opponent into a flat disc he can then throw far away… The possibilities with Luffy’s fruit may as well be infinite. Of course, such power has to come with a cost. Gear 5 is a massive stamina drain, and once the beat of his heart can’t keep drumming, he’ll revert back to normal, his vitality extremely worn out. He can eat some food to recover, but he is otherwise almost completely helpless.

Here are all the notable Gear 5 moves that Luffy can perform:

Gum Gum Balloon: A Gear 5 Variant of Gum Gum Balloon.
Gum Gum Gigant: Luffy can basically become giant by activating Gear 3 on his body with no drawbacks and stomp his opponents easily!
Gum Gum Bajrang Gun: Luffy’s strongest move to date. He can enlarge his fist to the size of Onigashima itself, all while it’s covered in both his Advanced Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki. With a single one of these punches, Luffy would easily be able to one-shot Kaido and end their long-running battle between them.
Gum Gum Mole Pistols: By punching his fist into the floor, he can rubberize the material and stretch it around his fist to deliver a sneak attack from below.
Gum Gum Dawn Whip: The Gear 5 version of his Gum-Gum Whip move.
Gum Gum Dawn Rocket: Luffy launches himself into the environment while rubberizing it to turn it into a temporary slingshot, to which he then sends himself flying while spinning his arm around himself. When his fist lands onto an opponent, it cartoonishly stretches them as it sends them flying while dealing a whole lotta damage.
Gum Gum Dawn Stamp: When Luffy gets the chance to line up multiple enemies in a straight line, he’ll use this move to deliver a kick that will go through all of them at once!
Gum Gum Star Gun: Empowering his arm with Armament and Conqueror’s Haki, Luffy charges up a punch that will literally knock the stars out of you.
Gum Gum Dawn Gatling: The Gear 5 version of Elephant Gun. It comes out much sooner and Luffy can even perform it without needing to enlarge his fist first.
Gum Gum Dawn Cymbal: After enlarging his hands, Luffy can clap an enemy between them to turn them into a flat disk that can be thrown a far distance. He used this against both Kizaru and Saturn at once, although Saturn was seemingly strong enough to redirect himself back towards Luffy and return to his normal self.
Gum Gum Dawn Balloon: By mixing Armament Haki with his ability to inflate his body, he can send enemies flying when he grabs ahold of them and brings them close.
Gum Gum Dawn Pistol: An Gear 5 and Haki-Enchanced version of Gum Gum Pistol.
Gum-Gum Tummy Cracker: Luffy inflates his body and spreads himself across as a means to catch allies.
Gum-Gum Dawn Kraken Gatling: Luffy shakes up his usual punch barrage by wiggling his arms while stretched out, causing each of his Haki-coated punches to fly in from multiple directions

Also, as this is an Awakened Zoan, Luffy could lose control and have his mind and body overtaken by the Sun God Nika. But like, what are the odds of THAT happening any time soo-

You have got to be kidding me.

Water Luffy

After drinking a huge amount of water from a barrel, Luffy turned into Water Luffy. This form might look silly but it proves to be effective against people who don’t like water. He can spit out water bullets from his mouth, and with his belly full of them, Luffy won’t run out of these bullets anytime soon……unless he’s leaking.

Afro Luffy

SO FUNKY! I CAN FEEL THAT DRIVE LIKE A FIRE IN MY SOUL–

Feats

Overall

Formed the Straw Hat Pirates, and leads the Straw Hat Grand Fleet
Earned the highest bounty in the East Blue (30 Million Berries)
Traveled to the Grand Line, and made it to the New World!
Saved Alabasta, Skypeia, Fishman Island, Dressrosa, Wano
Won a Davy Back Fight against the Foxy Pirates
Declared war on the World Government for Nico Robin
Overcame two of the Four Emperors alongside the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance
Became one of the New Emperors of the Sea with a bounty of 3 Billion Berries
Defeated Arlong, Crocodile, Enel, Foxy, Blueno, Rob Lucci, Gecko Moria, Oars, Shiki, Hody Jones, Ceasar, Z, Doflamingo, Tesero, Cracker, Katakuri, Bullet, Tot Musica, Kaido, Kizaru

Scaling

(All scaling images by GraveTLK)

The Straw Hat Pirates

Luffy’s loyal crew have been through numerous adventures across the ocean and are currently considered one of the strongest pirates in the era. They proved themselves how strong and useful they are to their Captain. Together, The Straw Hat freed countries and islands whether from dangerous pirates or corrupted rulers. Since Luffy is the strongest member of the crew, there is no doubt he should scale to all of their feats.

Roronoa Zoro
- [Pre-Timeskip] Was able to cut steel
- [Pre-Timeskip] Sliced a set of train carts in half
- [Pre-TImeskip] Reacted to Kuma’s Pad Cannon
- [Pre-Timeskip] Reacted to a Pacifista laser in Thriller Bark (0.083c)
- [Post-Timeskip] Sliced the Mountain Man Pica in half
- [Post-Timeskip] Sliced off the horn of Onigashima (234 Teratons – 76.8 Exatons of TNT)
- [Post-Timeskip] Blocks a combined attack from Kaido and Big Mom for a second
- [Post-Timeskip] Scars Kaido
Nami
- [Pre-Timeskip] Reacts to Lightning
- [Post-Timeskip] Uses Zeus to create a Breeze Tempo (22 Gigatons of TNT)
Usopp
- [Pre-Timeskip] Survive the kickbacks of impact dials
- [Pre-Timeskip] Survives multiple explosions
Vinsmoke Sanji
- [Pre-Timeskip] Kicked giant crocodiles
- [Pre-Timeskip] Nearly broke Blueno’s Iron Body
- [Pre-Timeskip] Reflected an attack from Oars
- [Post-Timeskip] Kicks away a large fishman
- [Post-TImeskip] Boeff Burst launches Queen out of Onigashima (1.67 Gigatons of TNT – 547 Teratons of TNT)
- [Post-Timeskip] Kicks away Kizaru’s light
- [Post-Timeskip] Draws blood for an Elder
Chopper
- [Post-Timeskip] Dodges a laser from Queen (0.61c)
Nico Robin
- [Pre-Timeskip] Destroyed Igaram’s ship in a massive explosion (90 Gigatons of TNT)
Franky
- [Pre-TImeskip] Coup De Vent destroys a Shipyard
- [Pre-Timeskip] Survives the Nightmare of Baltimore (1.7 Gigatons of TNT)
Brook
- [Pre-Timeskip] Survives being used as a sword against Oars
- [Pre-Timeskip] Survives a long fall in Thriller Bark
Jinbe
- [Pre-Timeskip] Fought against Ace for 5 days
- [Pre-Timeskip] Halts Akainu’s Attack
- [Post-Timeskip] Moves a lot of water with Ocean Current Shoulder Throw (56.5 Gigatons of TNT – 18.5 Petatons of TNT)

Warlords of the Sea

Sometimes the might of the Marines aren’t enough to take down the pirate threat, and so the World Government enlisted the help of a group of notorious pirates in hopes that their intimidating power would further suppress the oncoming pirate uprising. Luffy has seen more than his share of these Warlords of the Sea, from squashing Crocodile in Alabasta, Gecko Moria in Thriller Bark and Doflamingo in Dressrosa. He also found himself fighting alongside Boa Hancock and even frequently teaming up with a former Warlord and captain of the Heart Pirates, Trafalgar D. Law, much to Law’s chagrin. It’s these instances and Luffy having far surpassing a majority of these foes prove that he’s well above or at least comparable to their level of power.

Crocodile:

[Pre-Timeskip] Desert Espada (271 Kilotons of TNT)
[Pre-TImeskip] Ground Death (451 Kilotons of TNT)

Gecko Moria:

[Pre-Timeskip] Cracked Thriller Bark apart with a punch, a ship the size of an island (666.2 Megatons – 7.22 Gigatons)
[Pre-Timeskip] Was able to fight Kaido when he was younger

Kuma:

[Pre-Timeskip] Moved faster than his Lightspeed Pad Cannons (44c)
[Pre-Timeskip] Shook Thriller Bark with Ursus Shock (1.1 Teratons of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Drew blood from Saint Saturn

Boa Hancock:

Broke Smoker’s Nanashaku Jitte with just a kick

Doflamingo:

[Post-Timeskip] Slices buildings with his string
[Post-Timeskip] Almost destroyed Dressrosa with his birdcage
[Post-Timeskip] Reacted to Fujitora’s Meteors (1222c-6223c)

Mihawk:

Became a better swordsman than Shanks
[Pre-Timeskip] Destroyed the 50 ships
[Pre-Timeskip] Blitz- I mean slices through a block of ice
[Post-Timeskip] Completely destroys Fujitora’s Meteor

Trafalgar D. Water Law:

[Post-Timeskip] Slices Vergo and the entire island of Punk Hazard in half (206 Megatons of TNT – 22 Gigatons of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Created a massive hole whilst piercing Big Mom with Puncture Wille
- Low-End (3.5 Petatons of TNT – 1.15 Zettatons of TNT)
- High-End (19 Exatons of TNT – 6.2 Yottatons of TNT)

The Emperors

What was once a simple pipe dream eventually became reality: Luffy transcended the status of a mere low-class pirate and reached the pinnacle of what it means to be an enemy to the government, an Emperor. These select few pirates are among those alive with the highest bounties around, signifying their danger level to the World Government. While this can be interpreted as perceived danger rather than actual danger as seen in Buggy’s case, more often than not, pirates with bounties that high are among the strongest in the world, such as Kaido, Big Mom, Whitebeard and Shanks, and eventually Blackbeard and Luffy as well after knocking off the previous Emperors in their own cases. While Luffy might not be reaching the level of power of someone like Shanks just yet, his encounters with Kaido and Big Mom and likely being comparable in strength to Whitebeard during the Paramount War more than prove he deserves to stand among the strongest, proving his scaling.

For Shanks…

[Pre-Timeskip] He and Whitebeard clashed with each other with their Supreme King’s Haki that split the clouds in two.
[Post-Timeskip] Blitzes Kizaru in Film Red, as well as reacting to his attacks (104c)
[Post-Timeskip] One shots Useless Captain Mid after observing the future where he destroys all of his fleet

For Shanks’ Crew

[Post-Timeskip] Yasopp blows up guy’s ship

For Whitebeard..

[Pre-Timeskip] Moves Marineford with his Quakes (228 Petatons of TNT)
[Pre-Timeskip] Can create a worldwide Earthquake (18.55 Yottatons of TNT)
[Pre-Timeskip] Can stop his Moby Dick with one arm
[Pre-Timeskip] Is stressed to have the power to destroy the world by Sengoku
[Pre-Timeskip] Creates a quake across the International Charity Sanctuary
[Pre-Timeskip] Clashes with Roger (306 Gigatons of TNT)

For Whitebeard’s Crew…

Ace’s first Fire Fist (1.9 Gigatons of TNT)
His clash with Yamato in Wano (10.61 Teratons of TNT – 34.84 Exatons of TNT)
[Pre-Timeskip] Marco intercepts Kizaru’s Lasers (0.71c)
[Pre-Timeskip] Jozu stops Mihawk’s swing

For Kaido…

[Post-Timeskip] Destroys a mountain (1.5 – 183 Megatons of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Lifted the island of Onigashima (836 Petatons of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Moves Onigashima (3.1 Teratons of TNT – 1 Exaton of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Clashes with Big Mom (3.29 Teratons of TNT – 1 Exaton of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Hits a CP0 agent really hard (Why didn’t Kaido kill him? Bro really have no kill count besides killing Oden and two fodders with Devil Fruits in flashback.)

For Kaido’s Crew…

[Post-TImeskip] King’s Jackpot (3 Teratons of TNT – 1 Exaton of TNT)

For Big Mom…

[Post-Timeskip] Casually stops a punch from Gear 4 Luffy
[Post-Timeskip] Her casual punches are no slouch either (1.1 Teratons of TNT – 364 Petatons of TNT)
[Post-TImeskip] Can create storms (1.7 Megatons of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] made a massive hole in Onigashima with her Ikoku Sovereignty (15.2 Teratons of TNT – 5 Exatons of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Her Fulgora in Onigashima (162 Teratons of TNT – 53 Exatons of TNT)

For Big Mom’s Crew…

Oven boils the sea (266 Gigatons of TNT)

For Blackbeard…

Right after gaining the Quake-Quake Fruit, created an earthquake strong enough to send tsunamis towards the Sabaody Archipelago (188 Exatons of TNT – 2.56 Zettatons of TNT)
Creates a massive Earthquake against Law
Created a black hole (977 Ronnatons of TNT, likely inapplicable)

For Buggy…

Can solo your favorite verse
Last man standing in the Organization Battle Royale

The World Government

800 years ago, the World Government was founded supposedly to protect citizens from pirates and bring absolute justice to the entire world. Luffy is widely considered one of the greatest threats to the empire. Even during the Pre-Timeskip, he encountered Kizaru, Aokiji, and Akainu all at once when he was about to rescue Ace. After the defeat of Kaido, Luffy became an emperor, gained the bounty of 3,000,000,000 Beli, had an intense battle against the Five Elders, and recently fought the secret ruler of the World Government, Imu-sama. With all that being said, it’s clear that Luffy should comfortably scale to the entire empire.

Vice Admirals:

[Pre-Timeskip] Monkey D. Garp could crush mountains without using Haki
[Pre-Timeskip] Garp throw cannonballs faster than normal cannons
[Pre-Timeskip] He and Roger split the sky in a clash against Rocks
[Pre-TImeskip] Throws a large ball
[Post-Timeskip] Garp’s Galaxy Impact attack generates a massive explosion

Admirals:

[Pre-Timeskip] Aokiji’s Ice Age was able to freeze a sea king and created what’s described as a continent of ice
[Pre-Timeskip] Aokiji freezes a bunch of water at Marineford
{Post-Timeskip] Freezes lava in Film Z
[Pre-TImeskip] Kizaru’s explosions are really big
[Pre-Timeskip] The battle between Akainu and Aokiji permanently changed the environment of Punk Hazard
{Post-TImeskip] Fujitora brings down meteors
[Pre-TImeskip] The original three admirals were able to stop Whitebeard’s Quakes

Fleet Admiral:

Uhhhh

World Elders

[Post-Timeskip] Nusjuro slices an island in half

Misc.:

[Pre-TImeskip] T-Bone slices a Sea King in Half
[Pre-Timeskip] Saga moves the moon (0.0117 FOE)
[Post-Timeskip] Former Vice Admiral Zephyr can move his Smasher really fast (.37c and 205 Gigatons of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Zephyr blows up an island and survives it

Miscellaneous

Sea Kings are really big (164.67 Petatons of TNT)
[Pre-Timeskip] Dorry and Borgy’s murder of the Island Eater
[Pre-Timeskip] The Bird fuck from Alabasta that should be dead survives a 5 km bomb (172 Kilotons of TNT)
[Pre-Timeskip] Golden Lion Shiki moves Meriville (1 Exaton of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Elizabello’s King Punch (83 Teratons of TNT)
[Pre-Timeskip] Don Chinjao splits the Ice Continent
[Post-Timeskip] Tesero’s Gold Splash (25 Gigatons of TNT)
[Post-Timeskip] Sabo intercepts Kizaru’s lasers (48c)
[Post-Timeskip] Tot Musica destroyed everything in Uta’s world, and is a threat to the Real World (0.135 FOE)
[Post-Timeskip] Loki shakes Elbaph (1.183 – 52 Zettatons of TNT)

Weaknesses

Luffy is not invincible by any means. Devil Fruits are known to give the user a permanent inability to swim in seawater and Luffy is not an exception, he becomes completely paralyzed and unable to fight back in dangerous situations, but this negative effect only triggers when most of his body is submerged. Minor things like water splash and rain are not enough to prevent him from moving.

Another major problem for Luffy is obviously his recklessness and lack of intelligence, he always prefers to use raw power and jumps directly into danger without thinking of the consequences, which can make him predictable as the fight goes on. While his rubber body can endure massive hits, it’s vulnerable to slashing and cutting whether from blades, swords, axes, etc. Finally, Luffy’s Gears consume significant stamina which can leave him exhausted, especially if he overuses them.

Verdict

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Power

Both of these shonen heroes stand at the very top of the hierarchy of their respective worlds, so what better place to start than by figuring out exactly how strong and fast they are? Let’s begin by analyzing the sheer extent of their power.

Beginning with the Seventh Hokage, Naruto has been shown to be more than a match for the greatest shinobi of his world, and even warriors from beyond it! With his own direct showings alone, Kurama was able to match five Tailed Beast Bombs with a single one of his own, totaling 2 Exatons of TNT, and Naruto was able to cut through the God Tree with a Lava Rasenshuriken, equaling 480 Exatons of TNT as a low-end, and all the way to 4.7 Zettatons of TNT at the highest. After the Ninja War, Base Form Naruto’s Chakra being ripped out of his body blew a hole through the moon, which can be calculated at 535 Exatons as a low-end and all the way to 1.2 Ronnatons as a high-end. In addition, using Ninja Storm’s True Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken, he can even generate explosions so massive they are visible from outer space, totalling 4.3 Quettatons of TNT!

Incredibly impressive direct showings for sure, so how does the Future Pirate King stack up? What better place to look than his deadly battle with Kaido of the Hundred Beasts, the World’s Strongest Creature? In this bout, Luffy’s clash with Kaido split the very sky itself, a feat which, as a high-end, can reach numbers equaling 1.9 Zettatons of TNT. And in the climax of this battle, with his Gear 5, Luffy unleashed the mighty Bajrang Gun. Lower calculations allow this attack to reach 152 exatons, but the highest arguments get all the way to 51 yottatons!

Comparing their feats directly, it’s clear who holds the edge here. Luffy’s greatest display of power is superior to many of Naruto’s showings during the war, and outclass the low ends of the moon hole, but the higher ends as well as Ninja Storm’s Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken completely outclass Luffy, even in his fifth gear.

But that’s only for direct feats. Naruto was able to create the world’s strongest Ninjutsu alongside Sasuke, and Luffy is one of the most powerful men on the sea, so how does their Scaling change things? Sadly, not much.

Naruto was able to fight evenly against threats like Momoshiki and Isshiki Otsutsuki, threats considered superior to even Kaguya herself and deemed the most powerful threats to the Shinobi world. This allows him to scale to the Limited Tsukuyomi created by an incomplete Ten-Tails, equaling 51.8 FOE, as well as Kaguya’s Expansive Truth Seeking Orb, which can get to 350.9 KiloFOE.

When faced with this absurd level of cosmic power, Luffy just can’t keep up. Characters like Whitebeard can generate earthquakes that could destroy the world, reaching 18 Yottatons of TNT at best. Even utilizing threats from the movies such as Saga, who could move the moon, and Tot Musica, who threatened to destroy the entire world by merging it with Uta’s World, it isn’t enough to match the power of Kaguya’s ETSO, and Kaguya’s one of the weaker Otsutsukis Naruto has battled against. Power goes to Naruto.

Speed

Speed, however, is a different story entirely, and much much closer.

Both Naruto and One Piece have several feats highlighting characters moving at speeds far greater than light itself, which our protagonists are more than able to scale to.

Directly, Naruto was able to dodge the lightspeed attacks of Haku, moving at speeds 3 times faster than light. This happened very early during Naruto’s journey, and he became much faster as he grew up and gained various new powers, even outspeeding the Fourth Raikage’s fastest attack and dodging Madara’s Light Fang. This means that Naruto should be comparable to feats like Gaara outspeeding the Raikage at 124 times FTL, Sasuke dodging the Lariat from Killer Bee at 193 times FTL, Rock Lee and Might Guy blitzing Haku at 244 times FTL, and finally, Kisame vomiting enough water to reach the horizon, which can reach speeds of 587 times FTL all the way to a staggering 2925 times FTL!

Don’t count Luffy out, because he can more than match Naruto’s speed with his own! Characters like Enel, Kizaru, the Pacifista and Bartolomew Kuma all utilize attacks that move at the speed of light, with Luffy and other pirates on his level being able to avoid these projectiles with relative ease. Zoro reacting to a laser reaches 3.9 times FTL, and Kuma outspeeding his own Pad Cannon can get to 44.3 times FTL.

But by far the greatest showings of speed in One Piece come from Fujitora’s battle with Doflamingo. Fujitora dropping meteors on Doflamingo could require speeds at about 41 times FTL, with some showings even reaching 213 times FTL, but Doflamingo being able to intercept and cut through them makes him much faster. Lower ends of his speed reach 1222 times FTL, but matching the fastest of Fujitora’s meteors warrants speeds as high as 6223 times FTL!

Putting everything into perspective, Naruto is a bit more consistent with speed showings on the triple digits, but Doflamingo’s feat exceeds anything shown in Naruto… though surprisingly, not by much. Comparing Doflamingo to Kisame, the Warlord’s low-end is only about two times faster than the Ninja Swordsman’s own, and the exact same can be said about their high-ends!

Of course, both Naruto and Luffy far eclipse Kisame and Doflamingo in speed, with KCM1 completely blitzing the former and Gear 4 utterly demolishing the latter. Numerically, Luffy holds a small edge when it comes to speed, but the gap is low enough that Naruto can still very much keep up with him in combat!

Abilities

Let’s address the elephant in the room before we truly get things started folks: Unfortunately, the Sexy Jutsu would not work on Luffy. It is disappointing, but his resistance to Hancock’s similar powers means he simply wouldn’t understand the art of such a mighty technique.

But getting real for a second, both Naruto and Luffy are warriors with incredible arsenals filled with all sorts of random powers and abilities, and both are incredibly creative with how they use these powers in the heat of combat.

There’s no better place to start than Naruto’s (other) signature move: The Shadow Clones. These clones are an incredible advantage to have, as they give Naruto a pretty significant numbers advantage against Straw Hat, with our Orange Hokage being able to make dozens, if not hundreds of clones at a time. Luffy isn’t immediately outmatched by this, however. He’s had plenty of experience fighting hundreds of marines or pirate soldiers at the time, has incredible range and battlefield control with his stretchy limbs, and famously knocked out fifty THOUSAND fishmen with a burst of his Supreme King Haki, so he can likely hold his own, right? Well, the problem is that each and every one of these clones is equivalent to the real Naruto in every way. While Naruto has to split his chakra reserves into every clone, they still come out strong enough to fight against some of the strongest shinobi in history all by themselves, and since they all share Naruto’s own willpower, it’s unlikely for simple bursts of Haki to be enough to take them out of the fight entirely. Luffy can very well fight off the Shadow Clones, but they aren’t going to make it easy for him to do so.

Though the Rubber Man isn’t without good abilities of his own, as he has mastered all forms of Haki. His Future Sight Observation in particular can be extremely helpful in most battles, as he can see Naruto’s attacks in advance. Though it wouldn’t be able to tell which of the Narutos is the real one amongst the sea of clones, since even the Byakugan can’t tell the difference between them, combined with Luffy’s speed advantage, it can allow him to outmaneuver Naruto and avoid most of his attacks. Naruto, however, has experience against various members of the Uchiha Clan and their Sharingan, which grants similar levels of precognition that allowed them to read and predict Naruto’s every move, and he came out on top even against Sasuke at his strongest, so it’s unlikely that this is a power that Naruto can’t strategize around.

Between Naruto’s Rasenshuriken and Luffy’s Advanced Armament, Naruto has the superior ability to bypass traditional durability. Luffy can target Naruto’s internal organs, which can seriously harm him in the long run, but Kurama’s chakra has been shown to be able to heal against the Gentle Fist, which does similar damage to the human body. Meanwhile, Luffy has never withstood cellular cutting to the extent of the Rasenshuriken, and his rubbery body doesn’t have any special resistance against cutting attacks.

Coating his body with Haki could protect him from the Rasenshuriken, in a similar way as the Third Raikage’s chakra cloak, though Naruto’s tendency to spam dozens of Rasenshurikens at a time could eventually overtax the Armament. In addition, Naruto possesses the Frog Strike ability, allowing him to transmit his chakra into Luffy’s body and destroy him from the inside-out, in a way not too dissimilar from Advanced Armament,More conveniently, Naruto can also just transform his arm into a pure chakra construct to phase directly through Luffy’s body, giving him multiple avenues to bypass Luffy’s physical defenses even if he happens to be Rasengan resistant

Most of Luffy’s Gears merely increase his speed and strength greatly, and are matched by Naruto’s Kurama Cloak and Six Paths Mode, but Gear 5th gives Straw Hat a lot more to work with. Being able to create random objects won’t change the fight too much, but being able to completely rubberize all of his surroundings definitely helps. In Sage of Six Paths Mode Naruto gains the ability to fly, but in any other state he’d be forced to focus his chakra on his feet just to not lose his footing as the battlefield becomes one massive bouncy castle. Coating attacks with Supreme King Haki grants Luffy superior internal damage than Advanced Armament, and one could make the argument that it would disrupt Naruto’s healing to an extent, if one equalizes Kurama’s healing ability to that of God’s Knights, though this is a temporary measure if Luffy fails to land a killing blow.

Meanwhile, Naruto’s Sage of Six Paths Mode gives him access to the Truth Seeking Orbs, which can completely obliterate Luffy’s body without him being able to do anything about it other than dodge and pray they never land. This complete destruction on both a physical and spiritual level is something Luffy has never had to overcome before, and they’re far from the only boon Naruto gets in this form. Shukaku’s Magnet Release could create a sealing Jutsu to trap Luffy forever, Kokuo’s Boil Release would increase his physical stats even further, Saiken’s acids could melt Luffy into nothing and Gyuki’s Ink could bind Luffy’s movements and leave him vulnerable for a finishing blow.

And, while extremely risky, Naruto’s Baryon Mode presents a perfect way for Naruto to exploit Gear 5’s most crippling weakness. Staying in Gear 5 greatly drains Luffy’s stamina, leaving him immobilized after only a brief period fighting against opponents on his level. Baryon Mode’s ability to carve away the lifespan of those Naruto strikes would ensure that Luffy would be left completely incapacitated if he lands even a small handful of punches, which, given Luffy’s tendency to stretch his limbs or make himself gigantic for stronger attacks, would be extremely easy for Naruto to accomplish.

Of course, Luffy could always theoretically… pump air into Naruto and inflate his body until it pops… which actually would probably win him the fight. Huh. But it’s unlikely that Naruto would stay still for long enough to give him that kind of opportunity without decking him in the face or shoving a Truth Seeking Orb up his butt, One Thousand Years of Death style.

In short, Luffy simply lacks the resistances necessary to withstand the sheer amount of techniques Naruto has acquired throughout his journey as a shinobi. When it comes to their tricks and abilities, the young prankster takes yet another category!

Tertiary Factors

Both Naruto and Luffy have been through it all, having overcome every challenge that has come their way, so what better place to start than their Experience?

Luffy’s obviously no slouch. He spent ten years training to master the Gum Gum Fruit as well as going on adventures with Ace and Sabo, honing his abilities as much as possible before his trip, and went through a monstrous amount of battles throughout his journey to become the Pirate King. Crocodile, Moria, Doflamingo, Kaido, all pirates who have been at it for decades and were feared throughout the entire sea. Rob Lucci, a super assassin who was trained from childhood to become a perfect killing machine. Katakuri, fabled for never being defeated or letting his back touch the ground. All of them enemies that Luffy was able to decisively surpass in battle.

But ultimately, Naruto is the more experienced of the two. As a shinobi, Naruto has been training for essentially his whole life, and he is significantly older than Luffy, being in his thirties by the events of Boruto. Much like Luffy, Naruto has fought some of the most legendary figures of his world, overcoming prodigies like Haku and Kabuto who could match highly skilled Jonin in spite of their young age, defeating Gaara of the Desert and the murderous Tailed Beast Shukaku, defeating the leader of the Akatsuki, Pain, fabled for never having faced defeat, and even playing a key role in taking out ancient legends like the Third Raikage and Madara Uchiha. And even after that, Naruto kept his momentum by taking on multiple members of the Otsutsuki Clan, aliens who absorbed all of the biological information of entire planets, and matching them blow for blow.

No matter how you slice it, Naruto is the more experienced out of these two.

In regards to their strategy and Battle IQ, both of our heroes are somewhat even! Luffy is an incredibly creative and inventive fighter, capable of coming up with methods to deal with unbeatable opponents like Crocodile and Enel through clever uses of his Devil Fruit. He is mostly self-taught, but his training under Rayleigh and the Udon Mines have greatly increased his combat prowess, and as his Haki blooms in battle, he is able to gain even more skills while in the middle of a fight and quickly master them entirely! He also has incredible instincts, even before obtaining Haki, which greatly helps against a trickster like Naruto. Against most other enemies, Luffy’s quick thinking would be a massive boon.

Unfortunately, Naruto completely matches him in this category. Even as a young genin, Naruto was able to create strategies and battle plans that fooled even experienced Jonin like Zabuza Momochi, and he’s only honed his craft further since. He managed to perfectly plan around the 5 second gap where Pain had to recharge the Almighty Push to land a finishing blow, was able to bring an end to the Third Raikage after getting minimal information about him from Gyuki, and his clever usage of Reverse Harem even successfully dropped the guard of Kaguya Otsutsuki, allowing him to land a clean hit on her!

Ultimately, it’s hard to define a clean winner this time. Naruto is ultimately more clever, but Luffy’s sharp instincts and his own creativity allow him to even out the playing field, ultimately tying this round.

Comparing their stamina makes for an interesting discussion. At a glance, Luffy possesses absurd showings of superhuman endurance, surviving Magellan’s poisons in Impel Down, matching the greatest pirates in the sea, who can fight for several days without ever stopping, and in general being quite hard to take down in a fight, his willpower persisting no matter how badly he’s hurt.

Unfortunately, Naruto can absolutely match this level of endurance. As a reminder, whenever Naruto creates his Shadow Clones, he has to split an even amount of his Chakra between them, and their fatigue all goes right back to him once they despawn. During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Naruto created clones and proceeded to send one clone, by itself, to each and every single battlefield of the War in order to provide support for his allies, with one such Clone having to do battle with one of the strongest Kages in recorded history after exhausting KCM1. Even so, he was still able to fight off several Tailed Beasts, fight against Obito, battle the Ten-Tails, lend Kurama’s Chakra to every member of the Shinobi Alliance, and then battle against Ten-Tails Obito, all without any sort of rest.

Put into perspective, none of Luffy’s battles have ever required this level of back to back to back effort without any sort of rest, and he typically needs someone to feed him after he gets tired in order to keep at it. All Naruto needs to keep going are his Chakra reserves, which are virtually unlimited now that Kurama’s on his side. All this without taking into account how Luffy’s Gears drain his stamina, though as of current One Piece this only seems to apply to Gear 5. Naruto can keep the fight going for a lot longer than Luffy can, giving him the overall win in the final category.

Conclusion

“And my future dream is to be the greatest Hokage! Then the whole village will stop disrespecting me and start treating me like I’m somebody. Somebody important!”

Advantages:

Much stronger
More versatile
Multiple ways to bypass Luffy’s durability
Incredible battlefield control with the Shadow Clones
Has better AOE moves that can put Luffy down for good.
Baryon Mode can drain Luffy’s lifeforce at an extremely rapid pace
Older and more experienced.
Greater stamina and endurance
Can overcome internal damage via regeneration…
Bisexual icon
Banger Music

Disadvantages:

Slower
…But Supreme King Haki can disrupt Kurama’s healing.
Kurama’s like 90% guaranteed to die in the animation ripbozo
Too many filler episodes….
Upcoming Live Action Movie.

“I’m not going to conquer anything. The Pirate King is just… The freest man on the sea!!”

Advantages:

Faster, increased by Future Sight which allows Luffy to react even easie
Internal Damage can hinder Naruto via Advanced Armament Haki and..
…Supreme King Haki can disrupt regeneration.
Can use both Advanced Armament and Conqueror’s in base
……INFLATION WINCON IS REAL (I wish I was kidding) (Kriemhild: What the fuck?)
Asexual icon
Live Action Show is actually really good
Better Drip ( Fluffy:DEBATABLE )
Great Fortnite Collaboration
Banger Music

Disadvantages:

Much weaker
Less versatile
At a severe numbers disadvantage
No counter for Truth Seeking Orbs
Less experienced
Baryon Mode takes advantage of Gear 5’s greatest weakness
Toei Ass Pacing, oh god…
That fucking Fortnite Pirate Token🖕
GOT A NEW FORM TOO LATE FOR IT TO COUNT LMAOOOOOOO

In this legendary shonen battle, it’s clear to see who stands at the top of the Big Three. In a fairly clear cut result, Naruto simply has too many abilities that Luffy isn’t properly equipped to handle, combined with a monstrous strength advantage making it hard for Straw Hat to make good use of his edge when it comes to their speed. On the other hand, Naruto’s trickery and experience would allow him to figure out ways to counteract the gap in speed, and his absurd toughness means he’d be able to keep on the fight until he lands that decisive killing blow.

Luffy was an incredible fighter, and he’ll surely make things closer by the time he fulfills his lifelong dreams, but the Orange Hokage had the Shonen Jump on him, taking today’s victory!

The winner is Naruto Uzumaki, dattebayo!

Final Tally

Naruto (13) – Bladeworksmaster, Fluffy, Frost, GraveTLK, Isa, Khero, Kriemhild Harley, KrisWarlock, Landon, Pasbros, Spirit, Toxin T Taker, VampyreNVRmore

Luffy (0) – Stand proud, for once you were truly future Pirate King

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21 responses to “Death Battle Predictions: Naruto VS Luffy”

Redlinkkid

November 13, 2026

Looking at the scaling and feats you gave characters, it really highlights how consistent the verse is in the Moon-Planet range if not for Kaguya’s Dimension which throws a wrench into everything. Considering you guys also put Luffy into a similar range, and I don’t remember Death Battle ever using Kaguya Dimension in any previous Naruto episodes, I think they’ll end up using the normal planet scaling which will make this MUCH closer than what the blog members ending up deciding on.

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Smf

November 13, 2026

How disappointing there was no Spongebob mention for Luffy smh

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Mace Da Ace.

November 13, 2026

I find it extremely funny and fitting that Luffy got ANOTHER POWER BOOST right before the Death Battle. Great blog.

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TheLyingSpectre

November 13, 2026

LUFFY NOOOO

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Alief

November 13, 2026

Man, This blog Is really fun. Love It so much.

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AJ

November 13, 2026

THATS MY GOATT

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DThunder

November 14, 2026

Amazing Blog, I agree with all your results. Stamina and Attack power is just too heavily skewed for Naruto. Can’t wait to see what the next time is?

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sdhnuaihjdasjiasduhiasd

November 14, 2026

luffy wins lol just wait kid

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Pun

November 14, 2026

😦

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whatthewhat

November 14, 2026

Fantastic Blog.

However I have a question. Based on the RTN scaling does the results of Akatsuki vs Espada vs Warlords change?

In that blog the RTN scaling was granted to Ten Tails and up, and here its for Naruto & Kurama unless im mistaken

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Moss head

November 14, 2026

No calls for luffy effortlessly grabbing kizaru who was travelling at light speed while in giant form? Even vsbw has him at 40.1c for that feat alone

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1. Horgus6
  
  November 14, 2026
  
  I mean, Luffy already upscaled from much faster feats from earlier arcs anyways (Doflamingo’s feat being the fastest according to this blog). So that feat wouldn’t really have contributed much
  
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Zoe

November 14, 2026

Death Battle was definitely generous for both characters. Though I think they were more generous to Luffy. Naruto higher level is universal+ with Kaguya being able to move the Naruto space-time itself. Naruto speed higher level can get into Billons times and the Speed of light if you take into account Kaguya absorbing chakra from the Main universe from her dimension and Sasuke tracking it, also Urashiki dashed from one star to the cancer constellation in a very short time(also the trip from cancer to earth took almost a year because he was searching for Toneri across different star systems not knowing his exact location. Good blog regardless.

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HokageFan

November 14, 2026

I agree with most of this. I still think Naruto is faster. Especially in Six Paths. And his 8 senses make him even crazier. The regular 5 senses plus chakra sensing, sensing through Kurama, and Sage Mode senses.

And yeah Baryon mode imo is overkill. Six Paths would be more than enough. But in a situation that that it is Baryon mode vs Gear 5, Baryon mode gets a few hits in and Luffy reverts back to base due to his life force being drained. Gear 5 heavily depends on Luffy’s condition. And no Luffy won’t be able to pop back into it if Naruto is literally draining him on every instance of contact.

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Ace

November 14, 2026

no counter for truth seeking orbs ? You mean like future sight? Oh yea guess you forgot about that

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chardeetheboring

November 14, 2026

Hey question did you anyone try to calc the Urashiki speed calc of him traveling through space in episode 8 of the boruto anime heard it can get into really high numbers

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1. nomen
  
  November 14, 2026
  
  pointless its a travel feat not a combat speed which no one could scale to other then Urashiki
  
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Varp

November 14, 2026

why Luffy illogical cartoonish abilities was not taken into account into countering truth seeking orbs and the such. Also future sight is severely underestimated, looking like 5-10 seconds into the future while being faster than your opponent should at the speed they’re going even a split second is a massive difference.

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XMTS

November 14, 2026

Luffy’s got this.

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grifterion

November 14, 2026

I hate Death Battle 2025-2026 in every fiber of my body. Every character that I rooted for since childhood gets neged by another character in a show made by Youtubers hurts me and causes me to go over the edge. I have been getting too many timeouts on the discord and getting slandered many times. I hope everyone doesn’t take the show WAY too seriously so nobody could end up like me or anyone else. Power scaling is only a hobby.

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1. G1 Team
  
  November 14, 2026
  
  maybe you should go outside
  
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