Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Every Luffy fight begins from this punch, and the name tells you everything about him: a rubber boy who describes his strongest move as a pistol and means it. The "Gomu Gomu no" pattern became the template for hundreds of numbered, named attacks across the series, and fans shout it with arms stretched back. Which English version you know it from tells you when you started watching.
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In context
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The attack is Luffy's first named move. In the Japanese original it is "Gomu Gomu no Pisutoru", with pisutoru written as pistol. In the anime it first appears in episode 1, "I'm Luffy! The Man Who's Gonna Be King of the Pirates!", when Luffy, fished out of a barrel by a cruise ship, fights off Alvida's pirate crew and uses it on Alvida herself. His stretched punch gets its name from his boast to Shanks that his fist is as strong as pistol fire. In the Funimation and VIZ versions it is "Gum-Gum Pistol", while this page keeps the Japanese form fans shout.
Sources (2)
- One Piece Wiki: Luffy's attacks (Gomu Gomu no Pistol)Pre-Timeskip Attacks, Gun and Artillery Themed AttacksReference checked
- One Piece Wiki: Episode 1Episode box and Long SummaryReference checked
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