User blog comment:Staw-p/Luffy should have a weapon./@comment-3119203-20111229235751

Your argument completely lacks basis. He should have a weapon.......just because other captains have them? Does it make him not a captain because he can't use a sword? No, it doesn't. Let's see, who was a captain and didn't have a weapon: Jinbe, Blackbeard (not anymore. Maybe there is a reason there), and Ace (never uses his knife anyways). Not to mention Akainu, Garp, Magellan, Ivankov, Sengoku, Mr. 2, Sanji, Doflamingo, Hancock, Marco, Lucci, Jabra, and Kuma. All of them monstrously powerful individuals. And not one of them has ever had a problem with a blade-wielding individual (Shiki vs.Sengoku/Garp, Akainu vs. Whitebeard, Ace vs. Marines, Magellan vs. Shiliew, Kuma vs. Zoro).

And you also say that bladed weapons can harm Luffy. So can poison, magma, ice, lasers, and haki. What is he supposed to do about them? And Luffy has never been "weak" to swords or anything like that. He fought Zoro well at Whiskey Peak, evaded Mihawk for quite some time (he is the strongest swordsman in the world, no small feat), kicked Don Krieg's weapon-laden ass (weapons didn't help him defeat Luffy too much did they?), took out Arlong and his blade, fought Crocodile's poisonous hook, battled Ebel's staff/trident, and hundreds, if not thousands, of Marines and soldiers on Enies Lobby and Marineford (I think he defeated 2000 on Enies Lobby single-handedly, if memory serves me correctly. All of them had weapons.) He defeated all of these enemies with his BARE HANDS. Why waste time learning how to use a weapon when you have two of them that are infinitely more powerful (for Luffy anyways) on the ends of your arms? As for him stopping blades, that hasn't stopped him. he crushed Arlong's saw with his bare hands, no problem.

Point is, Luffy doesn't need weapons to be a badass. It simply doesn't suit his fighting style. What kind of moves would there be anyways?