“I have to put brakes on him”: Don’t Expect Luffy to Defeat The Five Elders Anytime Soon After Eiichiro Oda’s Comments on the Newest Yonko

Eiichiro Oda admits to finding Luffy’s character challenging to control due to his strong will.

SUMMARY

Fans speculate on whether Luffy can defeat all Five Elders at once in One Piece.
Saturn’s immense strength poses a significant challenge for Luffy.
Based on power alone, Luffy appears unlikely to win against the Elders.

The latest development in Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece has really shocked fans all around the world. We have finally got to witness the full power and true forms of the biggest villains of the story, the Five Elders.

One Piece Chapter 1110 reveals that the Five Elders have finally arrived on Egghead Island and confirms that they are truly a big deal in the world of One Piece.
Luffy in One Piece
It was revealed that just like Saint Saturn, the other four Elders also possess Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits and they can also transform into many other kinds of demons and monsters from the Japanese and Chinese mythology.

The same chapter also suggests that the Five Elders have already awakened their Devil Fruit powers, which makes them even more unbeatable.

Can Luffy Defeat All Five Elders In One Piece

The big question on every One Piece fan’s mind right now is whether Luffy will be able to defeat all five of the Elders at once, however, it is not going to be that easy.

In terms of power and pure strength, it is kind of really hard to see how Luffy could take on all Five Elders and defeat them. We have already seen how extremely strong Saturn is, as he was able to ignore Luffy’s powerful attacks without even breaking a sweat.
Saint Saturn in One Piece
So based on pure power and strength, this really should not be a fight that our rubber guy could win, at least not as he is now, and he must find some kind of solution to the incredible powers of Five Elders if he has any hope of defeating them.

On top of that, previously Eiichiro Oda reveals something shocking about Luffy as the character.

He said,

“Luffy bothers me the most. I have to put brakes on him with obstacles, or he’ll soon defeat the villain. My characters act as if they have a will of their own. When I forced them to move for the sake of the story, my audience complained.”

No doubt Luffy is the main character of the story, and it is not like Eiichiro Oda finds Luffy difficult to deal with. It is just that this particular character of One Piece is written so well that Oda often has to put brakes on him, or the story will not proceed as Oda wants.
Five Elders in One Piece
That is the reason why fans should not expect Luffy to defeat The Five Elders anytime soon in the story.

Why Eiichiro Oda Had To Nerf Luffy In One Piece

The problem of Luffy being too powerful has become a lot more significant after the two-year time skip in the story.

At this point in the story, Luffy is just insanely strong and he could easily defend himself in the way of the villains and defeat them right away, but that will be something pretty boring.
Luffy in One Piece
That is why Eiichiro Oda had to “nerf” Luffy a lot of time in the story. For example in Fishman Island, when Luffy could have easily beaten Hody and his crew single-handedly.