User blog comment:Ghmorello/Chapter 895: No Step On Snakeman!/@comment-24850639-20180216153026

Seems the people who believed that he was sacrificing power for speed were correct. The blows he landed on Katakuri didn't seem to do any significant damage, and Katakuri's advantage in Busoshoku haki certainly showed. Luffy was however able to read Katakuri's movements a lot better, even though the pacing of the chapter made this seem like a lost element. I like how Oda made it clear that SnakeMan didn't give Luffy any kind of significant advantage over Katakuri other than maybe speed, so it's not lost on him that Luffy does still need to improve his busoshoku haki. I feel comfortable in assuming that the fight's not actually over yet, or at least I would hope Oda knows that we are very comfortable in our assumption that Luffy never loses to a move that he's already seen before.

I don't expect the next chapter to focus on Luffy and Katakuri, since I wouldn't assume that a great deal of time has passed since 12:05, but I'll of course be happy to be wrong.