## One Piece Chapter 388, pages 8-10: Gear Second - Chapter: 388 - Pages: 8-10 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Blueno ### Summary Page 8: Blueno hardens himself with Tekkai and tries to receive the attack head-on. Luffy's body coils and launches both arms forward, the motion cutting across the panels in a burst of speed and pressure. Then the name lands with the blow: "Jet Bazooka!!!!" The strike smashes into Blueno's guard and blasts him backward despite his defensive technique. Blueno's face twists under the impact, and the page gives him almost no dialogue because the result is visual and immediate: even the strongest Tekkai he can call up is not enough to stop Luffy's new Gear Second power. Page 9: Blueno is left upright only by stubbornness, steam and heat still hanging around Luffy. Blueno admits, "... You really are tough..." Luffy, still straining from the new form, says, "... Then I'll show you something even more interesting," though even that promise comes with a pained "Gnn..." He tells Blueno, "Watch this..." and starts, "Gear..." But before another stage can truly begin, Blueno's body gives out. With a heavy crash and a final huge "!!!", he falls face-first onto the rooftop. Luffy watches, surprised by the sudden collapse. The fight ends not with a second transformation, but with Blueno finally reaching the limit that Gear Second has forced onto him. Page 10: The roof goes quiet after Blueno falls. Luffy stands over him, breathing hard: "Haa..." then "Haa!!!" His body sways, and he admits the cost of what he has just done: "I'm dead tired..." He looks down at himself and thinks, "I guess my body hasn't gotten used to it yet." Then he decides not to dwell on it: "... Oh well, I don't care... About my body for now." The important thing is still Robin. Looking toward the great structures of Enies Lobby, he says, "He wasted a lot of my time already." The victory over Blueno is only a door opening; Luffy is exhausted, but the rescue cannot wait.