The “One Piece” team at Toei Animation kicked off the Spring 2024 anime season (April – June) with success. According to the latest ratings on IMDb, episode 1100 of the One Piece anime is titled “The Power of Another Dimension! Luffy vs. Lucci!” This is officially the episode with the highest rating in the entire series to date.
One Piece episode 1100 currently has an impressive overall rating of 9.9/10, only higher than One Piece episode 484 titled “Navy Headquarters Collapse! Whitebeard's Wordless Rage” a decimal point, was released in Japan on January 23, 2011.
The episode in question recounts the exciting confrontation between Monkey D. Luffy and Rob Lucci, an elite assassin working in the World Government's intelligence group, Cipher Pol.
Sakazuki – the current Fleet Admiral of the Navy revealed Luffy's location on Egghead Island and his relationship with Dr. Vegapunk. When Lucci learned of this, he headed to Egghead to confront Luffy, despite being warned not to do so by his teammate CP0. This leads to a major confrontation, with both sides shifting to their strongest states. Lucci sets out to find out firsthand why Luffy's Gear 5 form is so powerful.
Fans of the anime “One Piece” got their first look at Luffy's famous Gear 5 form in “One Piece Film: Red” before witnessing it in full glory in episodes 1071 – 1072. Luffy's Gear 5 possesses incredible strength and endurance, allowing him to absorb the full power of his attacks.
In addition, the Hito Hito Fruit also greatly increases the flexibility of Luffy's rubber body, leading to a series of absurd transformations on the battlefield. Eiichiro Oda, the author of “One Piece” admitted that he was inspired by American animated films such as “Tom & Jerry” to give the character an attractive cartoon appearance. “I drew this because I wanted to have fun”, Oda once explained.