It began as a tremor in his chest. Not pain. Not exhaustion. Something older. Luffy’s eyes, wide and frantic, suddenly went dark. His pupils contracted. His breathing stopped.
He ran.
He raised a fist, superheating the air.
He coughed blood, grinning.
Men who had faced Whitebeard without flinching now lay unconscious at a boy’s feet. luffy haki in marineford episode
The episode ends not with a victory, but with a failure. Ace dies. Luffy breaks. It began as a tremor in his chest