User blog comment:AYET/Luffy post-TS : The battle above FI/@comment-34981281-20120627055851/@comment-4754162-20120627104601

YOHOHOHO! Ryu-chan, thanks for the opinion.

About this statement "Of course he's not going to throw everything he's got in his first fight". Ya see, if I remember correctly, he almost died due to the lil' kiss he got from Hody.

Now, think if it was you in Luffy's shoe, knowing that you may lose your virg... AHEM, life at any moment due to the kiss and you still have some good stuffs hidden, will you still keep 'em hidden and just keep trying your mediocre best to defeat an annoying ES-powered shark, risking your life and the lifes of others in FI as well (since you still need to stop Noah at that time)? No use in keeping your best cards under sleeves if you lose in the current round and not able to advance further, this is what I am trying to say. If it was me, I'd pull out all the best I've got to KO the annoying bastard fishman and stop Noah asap.

Its due to these points that I'm thinking that's all Luffy got at that point in time, thus not happy with his performance. Sorry for the disagreement, I'm not seeking to argue with you, just to share my thoughts on the fight. ;-P