User blog comment:Dmurray1031/Luffy's newfound speed./@comment-2210898-20110505152652

its a combination of his improved haki and his speed. if you can tell when something is coming at you and avoid it, it seems slow. But im pretty sure those lasers dont move at the speed of light for a number of reasons. 1. in episode 377 when zoro was fighting kuma he dodged a few laser beams. this was before the two year skip. if he dodged it back then, that means those lasers arent that fast. 2. those lasers in the pacifistas are artificial they cant be as strong as the natural powers of the Pika Pika no Mi. they cant go as fast as the real power of a devil fruit. 3. epsisode 402 the whole crew dodges those beams again before the 2 year timeskip. i just think that its his haki.