User blog comment:Monkey D Dragon 0304/Luffy Won't Defeat Katakuri/@comment-24850639-20171218161059

I re-read Ch. 888, and have made a couple of new observations:

- Luffy & Katakuri had already caused quite  bit of destruction to the Mirro World, but in this opening scene, the smoke/dust around them is fresh. Luffy is also panting heavily, so the two of them have been throwing down for a little bit already by the time this scene starts.

- Luffy tries a Hawk Gatling-esque attack. This is a rather interesting decision considering how it turned out for him the last few times he tried this attack against Katakuri. Even more interesting however, is the way that Katakuri dodges it. He's explained now that he uses haki to predict where the attack will hit and thus alters the shape of his body accordingly, however in this panel he simply ducks the attack.

I havent figured it out quite yet, but I'm definitely under the impression that Luffy is approaching this with a strategy in mind now. Perhaps he's trying to exhaust Katakuri's observation haki by spamming attacks, since he knows that haki can eventually run out. Maybe he's going to employ a similar strategy to what he used with Enel, where he allowed his attacks to flow without putting much intention behind them so that his movements couldn't be read with haki. I just hope that it doesn't drag, especially now that what's going on at sea with the crew is much more important.