User blog comment:Ghmorello/Chapter 893 - Never Interrupt A Manly Fight!/@comment-143.52.103.197-20180202121509/@comment-24850639-20180202172918

You don't get to call it plot armor when the protagonist himself acknowledges that there is no such thing as "playing dirty", and that it's no one else's fault but his own that he couldn't dodge the dart and subsequent mochi thrust.

You don't get to call it plot armor when the protagonist suffers a barrage of attacks due to outside interference, and gets right back up with no complaints.

You don't get to call it plot armor when someone who has earned the reputation that Katakuri has through combat gets upset from someone below him thinking that he needs their help.

You don't get to call it plot armor when the injury Katakuri inflicted on himself does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to hamper his combat effectiveness. A stab wound is NOT the same as a stab wound + a paralyzing dart.

I'm so sick of arguing with people that don't understand these concepts, but are so quick to dismiss every little break that Luffy catches as some kind of "asspull" or armor. The only part of this fight that is undeniably plot armor, is Brulee just conveniently laying around after Gear 4th ran out, and no explanation of why Luffy wasn't completely immobile afterwards like he was against Doflamingo. All the rest of this fight has been Luffy getting his ass kicked and learning on the go, like he always has against tougher opponents.