Warning: Contains spoilers for chapter #1118 of One Piece.
Summary
Bonney transforms into Gear Five along with Luffy by recreating his transformation. Bonney's understanding of Nika and Gear Five redefined her role and significance in the series. Fans are divided on Bonney's ability to easily wield Gear Five, though that could make her a permanent addition to the Straw Hats.
A pieceEgghead's Arc was full of surprises but its latest chapter single-handedly changed everything fans thought they knew Gear Five, revealing Luffy's true successor. Jewelry Bonney has been at the center of the Straw Hats' adventures in Egghead since the beginning, and while many expected Bonney to play a key role in the Straw Hats' escape, the new shocking twist of One Piece sees her take on a larger role than anyone could have anticipated.
According to spoilers that have resurfaced online, One Piece chapter #1118 shows that Bonney has finally become Nika in the true sense of the word. In the chapter, Bonney also transformed into Gear Five along with Luffy, uses his Distorted Future ability, has white hair, white clothes, and even ring pupils like Luffy.
The reveal revealed that Bonney finally realized the secret of Luffy's Gear Five form when she recalled him describing the transformation as the state in which he was most free. So she envisions a future where she is also completely free and eventually manages to recreate Gear Five, joining Luffy in an epic battle against the remaining Marines around the island. .
One Piece revealed Bonney can also use Gear Five
Bonney's new transformation revisits the importance of Sun God Nika and Gear Five
Although Bonney had previously attempted to transform into Nika, she was unable to truly replicate Gear Five's powers and abilities as she was said to not understand the true meaning behind the transformation and what Nika was. truly representative. Bonney knew Nika as the Liberation Warrior who went around bringing joy to people, but did not know that Gear Five and the Sun God Nika personified that freedom.
Bonney finally had this epiphany in chapter #1118 when Luffy encouraged her to fight alongside him, reassuring her that she could do it too. No matter how simple his words may be, in the end they are empowering her to believe in Nika's existence and in herself, to let go of my pain and sadness, and finally be truly free. Inspired by Luffy, Bonney eventually took her destiny into her own hands, like so many did before her in One Piece, like Koby, Vivi, and Momonosuke.
Furthermore, Bonney uses the same devil fruit power that caused her, Kuma, and Ginny so much suffering to achieve her dream of becoming like Nika. This ironically refers to the cruelty of the World Government finally made their worst nightmare come true by giving birth to a second Nika, Gear Five's true purpose may be to inspire others to fight for their own freedom.
One Piece's new Gear Five Twist has divided fans
As exciting as Bonney's new transformation is and what it means, this reveal received mixed reactions from fans. Some argue that Bonney's ability to use Gear Five easily alleviates the difficulty Luffy went through to awaken it. Admittedly, Luffy died fighting Kaido before he awakened the Nika fruit, but death is hardly a core requirement for awakening.
Devil fruit awakening is described as a process that takes place when the user's mind and body are attuned to the power of the devil fruit and in Luffy's case, his death is said to have occurred. allowing his mind to catch up to the Devil Fruit's will. Luffy is willing to die for Wano's freedom meaning he finally shares the same ideals as the Sun God Nika and that's probably why he awakened Gear Five.
On the other hand, Bonney did not imitate Luffy's devil fruit awakening but simply materialized an alternate reality where she presumably had the power of the Nika Fruit like when she tried to transform into Nika before that but now with better understanding and the same mentality as Luffy needed to truly awaken Gear Five.
Overall, Bonney's latest achievement in A piece pretty much confirms that she could indeed become a permanent addition to the Straw Hats. Her childlike innocence means she would be a perfect fit for Luffy as a teammate and fighting partner, and it would certainly be fun to see what kind of silly attacks the two get up to. will think together.
Be sure to check out the official release of chapter #1118 of A piece on Viz Media and Manga Plus.