Long Time No Blog, Eh?

Yeah, yeah, long time no blog, go ahead and sue me. :P

Bet no one comes to my cheap blog nowadays. Gotta go do some "advertisement" I guess. o_O

Nothing much to write, so might as well, we shall have a lecture on One Piece Attacks! O.o

First off, main character, Monkey D. Luffy. His most powerful attack in "Gear First" is probably Gomu Gomu no Storm.



Luffy begins by launching his opponent into the air. Luffy then uses Gomu Gomu no Fuusen (Balloon: Luffy inflates himself rapidly, pushing foes away or deflect projectile attacks.) and twists his body around tightly, then blows the air towards the ground. This propels Luffy spinning upwards, where he delivers a flurry of punches similar to Gomu Gomu no Gatling Gun (Luffy uses his stretching ability to bring his fists forward repeatedly in a blurry, rapid barrage that creates the illusion of him having multiple arms.).
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His most powerful attack in "Gear Second" is probably Gomu Gomu no Jet Bazooka.



Luffy charges at his opponent at high speed, and delivers a very fast Gomu Gomu no Bazooka (Luffy stretches both his arms far back, and then hurls them forward, striking his opponent with both simultaneously. Usually used as a finishing move.).
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Now for the Straw Hat Pirates' First Mate and Swordsman, Roronoa Zoro.

His most powerful attack is without a doubt Santouryu Ougi: Sanzen Sekai, which means Three-Swords-Style Secret Attack: Three Thousand Worlds.



That video above was when he failed. The video below, although just pure imagination by Zoro, serves as prove of how destructive the attack can be if succeeded.



Zoro holds two of his swords at an angle against each other and spins them while running towards his opponent.
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Next, on the "power" list, we have 108 Pound Cannon.



This attack uses the air itself to slash the target from a distance, and its strength increases with the number of swords Zoro use. As he say in the video, "One lifetime, thirty-six desires. Two lifetime, seventy-two desires. Three lifetime, hundred-and-eight desires." Thus, this attack with one sword is called "36 Pound Cannon", while the attack with two swords is called "72 Pound Cannon".

The name of this attack is actually a pun. In Buddhism, there are these 36 Earthly Desires, sight, hearing, speech, smell, touch, thought, good, evil, neutrality, purity, corruption, etc., etc., until we reach 36. In Japanese, "36 Pound Cannon" can also mean "36 Earthly Desires", or "36 Pheonixes of Passion and Desire".

But why "36 Phoenixes of Passion and Desire"? Well, the name of this attack in Japanese is called "Hyaku-Hachi Pound Hou". "Pound" obviously refers to the unit for weight, thus "36 Pound Cannon". Written in Kanji, the attack name is "三十六煩悩鳳". This Japanese attack name can also be understood by Chinese as well. Since I'm a Chinese, I can tell you that "三十六" means thirty-six, "煩悩" means trouble and "鳳" means phoenix. Mmkay?

Same concept goes with 72 Pound Cannon and 108 Pound Cannon. In the American version, 36 Pound Cannon, 72 Pound Cannon and 108 Pound Cannon are called Single Sword Rising Phoenix, Dual Sword Soaring Phoenix and Triple Sword Soaring Phoenix respectively.


I found 36 Pound Cannon along the way too.
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And if you think the XX Pound Hou is a very complicating pun, here comes one more!

Oni Giri: Zoro crosses his two swords across his chest and uses them to cut through the opponent. The blade in his mouth cuts near the shoulder. The three swords join to form an asterisk.

Oni is a demon in Japan mythology, Giri means slash, so Oni Giri means Demon Slash. But Onigiri (one word) means Demon Slash! o.O

Then, in Little Garden, after being covered by wax by Mr. 3 and burnt by Luffy to prevent him for suffocating, Zoro's katanas got on fire. Then, he learnt a new technique, and used it against Mr. 5. Yaki Oni Giri!

Yaki means Burning, so Yaki Oni Giri means Burning Demon Slash. But Yaki Onigiri means Grilled Riceball. o.O

And then he learns a new technique.



Enbima Yonezu Oni Giri: A variation of Oni Giri where the swords are twisted during the slash for added force, resulting in this attack striking multiple opponents instead of one.

Enbima Yonezu Oni Giri means Charm Demon, Sleepless Night, Demon Slash. But Enbima Yonezu Onigiri means Riceball with Mayonnaise added. o.O
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Moving on, we have Tatsumaki, another of Zoro's attacks. Tatsumaki, when read as "Tatsu Maki", means Dragon Twister, while being read as "Tatsumaki", means Tornado. Basically, Zoro turns himself for a lot of times and then stop, creating a forceful tornado that will eject the opponent up into the sky as well as deal them damage.

In One Piece Movie 3, Zoro has a really cool style of using Tatsumaki. With all three swords, he seemingly hack-and-slash randomly around him, but as his opponent charge towards him, he creates a powerful tornado that finishes him off.

Zoro can execute Tatsumaki both when using Santoryu (Three-Swords-Style) and Mutoryu (No-Swords-Style). It is unknown whether he can do Tatsumaki with Ittoryu (One-Sword-Style) and Nitoryu (Two-Swords-Style)
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Ok, ok, one last time on Zoro! :P

Some of his attacks are "Iais", which means to draw and resheath. These techniques are very fast, very forceful, and obviously utilizes "qi", or inner force.



Shishi Sonson is an Ittoryu Iai that enables Zoro to cut steel. He learnt it when fighting against Mr. 1. Since Mr. 1 ate a Devil's Fruit that allowed his body to be as hard as steel, Zoro had trouble due to him being unable to cut steel. Just as he was about to lose, he remembered his Sinsei teaching him about Qi. Just as Mr. 1 falls to the ground in a pool of his own blood, he asks Zoro, "Will you try cutting diamond next?" To which Zoro answered, "Nope. Would be a waste."

Rashoumon is a Nitoryu Iai. Will be covered along with the other Straw Hat Pirates in the next post. :D