## One Piece Chapter 1045, pages 7-8: Next Level - Chapter: 1045 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Kaido, Yamato, Kozuki Momonosuke, Beast Pirates ### Summary Page 7: Luffy's giant Gear Fifth form stands over Kaido, and Kaido, Yamato, and Momonosuke all react to the impossible size. Kaido's subordinates below ask whether Luffy's voice is coming from that thing and whether it is really him. Luffy grabs Kaido's dragon body and starts using him like a jump rope, shouting "Jump Rope!!" while Kaido groans in pain and anger. The panel turns one of the series' most intimidating enemies into an object in Luffy's hands. Gear Fifth's ridiculousness is not harmless comedy; it is a new mode of combat where Luffy can treat Kaido's immense body as a toy and still deal real damage. Page 8: Luffy continues swinging Kaido like a jump rope until Kaido fires "Blast Breath!!" straight at him. Yamato yells that Luffy took the blast head-on, and the attack appears to burn him as he drops into a charred silhouette. Luffy's body falls and smokes, but the effect is still exaggerated and elastic. He mutters that this is the last straw, then suddenly pops back out of the burnt form with a "poof," as if the damage were part of the same cartoon logic as the rest of Gear Fifth. The page shows Kaido's attack still hurts, but it no longer produces ordinary consequences; Luffy's body processes even a direct blast breath in a wildly unnatural way.