Monkey D. Luffy vs Son Goku — May, 2018
If they fought under tournament rules… who actually takes it?
What happens when two completely different power systems collide?
Japanese fans didn’t just joke about Luffy vs Goku — they tried to logic it out.
And somehow, the argument spiraled into “Luffy might actually win.”
Luffy’s Spec Sheet vs Goku’s Minimalist Profile
1: Anonymous Pirate
Luffy’s specs:
- Can knock people out with Haki ← this alone beats most characters, probably even Goku dies
- Rubber body so blunt attacks don’t work ← makes him top-tier in melee
- Gum-Gum Balloon can reflect long-range attacks ← strongest at both close and long range, even Kamehameha gets bounced
- Observation Haki + Gear Second lets him dodge anything ← basically impossible to touch
- Armament hardening makes him tough ← slashes don’t work, even Kienzan-type attacks get nullified
- Gear Fourth lets him fly ← no ring-out loss
- Gear Fourth Snakeman guarantees hits ← dodging is impossible
Goku’s specs: - Can become a god ← just powers up
- Can go Ultra Instinct ← but can’t activate it at will
2: Anonymous Pirate
But Goku can dodge everything with Instant Transmission.
5: Anonymous Pirate
>>2
Snakeman can’t be dodged.
“You’re Overrating Luffy” Pushback
4: Anonymous Pirate
Even highballing him, Luffy’s like Raditz-level at best.
50: Anonymous Pirate
This is hilarious lol.
6: Anonymous Pirate
Can he even beat Tao Pai Pai?
7: Anonymous Pirate
Kienzan would slice him clean.
9: Anonymous Pirate
>>7
Luffy can harden.
Scale Matters (Or Does It?)
10: Anonymous Pirate
>>9
Still gets sliced.
12: Anonymous Pirate
Think about the scale of battles, dumbass.
There’s no way Luffy has a chance.
16: Anonymous Pirate
If you can move faster than rubber stretches, just grab his head and tear him apart.
19: Anonymous Pirate
Honestly Luffy wins.
Goku dies from disease anyway.
20: Anonymous Pirate
One light chop and Luffy blacks out without even realizing what happened.
21: Anonymous Pirate
Blast One Piece: “I’m gonna become a Derby horse!”
Instant Transmission Abuse & Counterarguments
22: Anonymous Pirate
Instant Transmission → toss him into space, done.
30: Anonymous Pirate
>>22
Instant Transmission requires sensing ki.
23: Anonymous Pirate
You need someone in space to lock onto.
And even touching Luffy is impossible — Observation Haki reads everything.
Dragon Ball Anti-Feats Get Weaponized
23: Anonymous Pirate
Toriyama: “If Goku gets shot by a laser gun from a Frieza soldier, he dies.”
That’s weak as hell lol.
29: Anonymous Pirate
>>23
Don’t underestimate Frieza Force tech.
24: Anonymous Pirate
Luffy can’t even use Sky Dance, right?
34: Anonymous Pirate
>>24
Gear Fourth Boundman lets him fly.
Planet-Busting vs Rubber Logic
31: Anonymous Pirate
Goku stopped Vegeta’s Galick Gun — a planet-busting attack — with Kaioken x3 Kamehameha.
Luffy can’t stop planet-level attacks.
38: Anonymous Pirate
>>31
Gum-Gum Balloon reflects it.
Speed, Tracking Attacks, and Ring-Outs
37: Anonymous Pirate
Goku can lap the Earth in seconds, by the way.
41: Anonymous Pirate
What if Goku fires homing Kienzans and ki blasts at the same time?
43: Anonymous Pirate
>>41
Armament hardening blocks it.
52: Anonymous Pirate
>>43
Gets blown off the ring. GG.
54: Anonymous Pirate
>>52
Doesn’t work, he won’t get blown away.
60: Anonymous Pirate
>>54
Even if it doesn’t injure him, the impact should send him flying.
66: Anonymous Pirate
>>60
Hardening blocks impact too. He won’t move.
Plus Observation Haki means nothing ever hits him anyway.
Meme Scaling Enters the Chat
46: Anonymous Pirate
Isn’t Luffy like Prince of Tennis-tier?
47: Anonymous Pirate
Instant Transmission → drop him in the ocean, done.
48: Anonymous Pirate
Luffy wins.
He’s basically a Yonko now.
55: Anonymous Pirate
Goku loses because he messes around.
57: Anonymous Pirate
67: Anonymous Pirate
Luffy: immune to blunt force, electricity, poison
Goku: dies to illness and laser guns
Final Chaos
73: Anonymous Pirate
The Goku description is insanely biased…
79: Anonymous Pirate
Luffy’s power level is like 100.
Power level 139 destroys the moon,
18,000 destroys Earth.
33: Anonymous Pirate
Goku: “Ka… me… ha…”
Luffy: “Too slow!” BAM
One punch, Luffy wins.
(´・ω・`) Isn’t this Goku though?
👉 Why Japan Keeps Arguing Luffy Has a Chance
This isn’t about who’s objectively stronger.
Japanese fans love system exploitation — rules, conditions, loopholes.
Once this became a tournament fight, durability, ring-outs, and gimmicks mattered more than raw destruction.
👉 What This Thread Actually Reveals
Power debates in Japan often turn meta fast.
Anti-feats, author quotes, and joke logic get treated as valid ammo.
The real fun isn’t the answer — it’s seeing how far the argument can be pushed without breaking canon logic.
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