User blog comment:Uraharattack/King and his Haki/@comment-24850639-20190124222157

- As IchiNii89 mentioned, we were already shown that there are levels to buso haki. We were shown this way before Luffy fought Katakuri though. We were shown Buso Haki before the timeskip, and it wasn't the "koka" variation that turns black. Even after the timeskip, where the "koka" variation now seems to be the standard, Zoro's clashes with Pica and Luffy's clashes with Doflamingo showed that in a battle of 2 Buso users, it's about who's haki is "stronger". That Katakuri fight just made it more clear to the audience, since Luffy showed his pain from it. If I'm not mistaken, Luffy's buso haki was still overpowered during a panel or two after he activated G4 Snakeman.

- Zoro wasn't the first to coat a weapon in haki. Rayleigh does it when fending off Kizaru, Vista does when attempting to hold back Akainu, and post-timeskip we saw Vergo do it with his bamboo stick. In either case, the level 2 you're suggesting is essentially creating form and substance out of thin air, which I don't think Oda would do. Even in a world like One Piece, where Buso is meant to level the playing field a bit for folks who may not have a DF, an ability like this just seems too hax. Wouldn't mind being wrong though.

- You really lost me full-body haki thing. There's a slight correlation between the total surface area of one's body you are capable of coating, and your actual proficiency with the skill, but there is none between that and the strength of your haki. Pica and Vergo being able to coat their bodies in haki shows they are proficient users sure, but that doesn't mean that they are more proficient users than say, Doflamingo just because he never displayed this ability himself. Definitely doesn't mean their haki would be stronger than Doffy's either. King is probably an amazing buso haki user, likely rivaling or even outclassing Katakuri. But passively wearing buso haki as your clothes? Just no. Law informed us during Dressrosa that haki is something that can be "overused", which Luffy reminded us of before getting back into the fight. Wearing haki as your outfit 24/7 certainly seems it would qualify as overdoing it. I do most definitely think you're on to something with the different wing styles, but I'm not ready to chalk that up to haki.

- While the haki elements are interesting - especially considering that the way Red Hawk works hasn't been explained, I agree on your assertion that full embrace of it is a bit much for One Piece when there's already Devil Fruits. Lightning has been observed on several occassions when two Haoshoku Haki users clash their buso haki with each other, and Kaido's attack was no different. Sure it hasn't been confirmed yet that he has conqueror's haki, but I'll honestly be quite surprised if he doesn't. He was certainly able to sense Luffy's Haoshoku Haki being focused on him.

Don't get me wrong, I totally agree that the's a new level of Busoshoku Haki that has yet to be explained. Luffy combining it with the rubbery qualities of his DF in Gear 4th is a phenomenon that we still don't quite get. There's definitely  more to the story, just can't tell when Oda will finally reveal it, and who in the story will explain it.