User blog comment:Ricizubi/The Shinu Shinu no Mi/@comment-82.34.184.188-20111006234235/@comment-82.34.184.188-20111007104136

Whitebeard was The Strongest Man in the World (he was a ) he has years of experience and power, but even he died went he was stabbed, shoot, etc (after more than 100 hits) and luffy is a rubber man, meaning he can survive bullet, but not being stabbed, explosives, etc.