Why did this Awaken now?

Why did this Awaken now?

Luffy has almost died countless times in the series by now

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felt like it lol

it was convinient for the plot at this point

Because Oda decided it was time for Luffy to reach Gear 5 and awakening was the next logical power up?

For one not everyone can awaken their fruit, there are a lot of fruit users around and you dont see everyone awakening.
Luffy was both at a point he could awaken his fruit and got almost killed

that makes no sense

Cause Law and Kid awaken his fruit too, why Luffy wouldn't too.

yo ho ho neither does any of the bullshit that just happened in this chapter.

>captcha: YMATO

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Kaido actually killed him

Maybe Oda will explain later?

Luffy gained the exact needed EXP for awakening.

The meme answer is that the circumstances were right for it to awaken, which Oda will explain later
The non-meme answer is that Oda is pulling shit out of his ass again... like O MY RUBBER NEN

This time, he fought for the right reason and failed. he risked everything to free the people of wano from a tyrant and staked his life for them. normally, his goal was to become a pirate king, that's what drove him, but against Kaido, more honorable goals drove him. that's how he got the fire, the will that makes a hero.

Something that teach will never feel and achieve, he is not one of them.

We would have to go all the way back to the beggining of Wano, Luffy saw from first hand the conditions in which the people of Wano lived.

Up to this point he fought only because he wanted to kick ass but for the first time he was fighting for the freedom of others just look at what Luffy saying as he was fighting Kaido in the latest chapters.
Wano's people are nothing but slaves, and the sun God Nikka was represents liberty.

The Gorosei also stated that Zoan fruits have minds of their own so given the circunstances it just was the perfect scenario for it to happen.

because kaido squashed him like a gorilla does to an infant

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He reached the required lvl + actually died as the trigger
I know that's arbitrary as fuck but I don't write this story

>for the first time he was fighting for the freedom of others
>for the first time
Really faggot? What then was Arlong Park and Arabasta and Skypiea and Enies Lobby and Marineford and all those other times he fought to save and free people he cared about/barely knew?

>That fruit was the One Piece
Ohnononoonononono

he learned ryuo before dying this time. Maybe each fruit has a different awakening method and his demands ryuo. Could alsohave a temporal pre-requisite

Cause Oda ran out of rubber powers.

This should have been a Special Paramecia or a unique Logia. It would have made more sense.

This just raises more questions. It also creates too many plotholes and totally rapes the lore.

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So are zoan/mythical zoans awakenings different? With Law, Kid, and Dof it just seemed like they gained a new ability over getting this new form.

maybe he died this time and the fruit kicked in? I hope oda has a real explanation