Imagine Naruto's Eight Gates dropped into One Piece, where toughness is basically a lifestyle and some people throw out city-busting hits before lunch. The Gates are peak reckless power-up in Naruto Shippuden: you rip open the body's limiters, get wild speed and strength, and your muscles send you the bill. Now put that in a world with Haki, Zoans, and cyborg engineering. Things get interesting fast.
The setup
This is not about the obvious pick like Luffy. He is a layup. I am more curious about the other monsters roaming Oda's world who could actually survive the Gates or turn them into something even scarier. One Piece fighters do not just hit hard. Some heal. Some are tanks. Some can read your next move before you think it. Pair that with the Gates' raw taijutsu insanity and, yeah, it gets chaotic in a fun way.
"The Eight Gates is not just 'more power'. It is a timing-and-strategy nuke you only crack open when the moment matters."
Who actually thrives with the Gates
- Roronoa Zoro - Built for pain and payoff. We have watched him eat catastrophic damage and keep swinging: Thriller Bark's everything-or-nothing moment, battered bones in Wano and still finishing the job. Add Gates-level amps to his swordplay and advanced Armament Haki, and you get disgusting output. The real fit is his mindset. If the choice is scar up the body to win, Zoro has already said yes.
- Sanji - The Gates supercharge exactly what Sanji already abuses: speed and explosive kicks. Diable Jambe and Hell Memories are basically cheat codes as is; with Gates, he is dropping air-splitting, heat-loaded strikes most people cannot even track. Sky Walk gives him that fast, vertical mobility the Gates love. He eats serious punishment and keeps going, as Whole Cake Island proved. This is what high-speed martial arts looks like when you pour rocket fuel on it.
- Jinbe - Fish-Man Karate already turns water and air into shockwaves. Now imagine those shockwaves after a Gates boost. Jinbe has tanked Marineford chaos and Big Mom caliber hits, fought Yonko-adjacent threats, and stayed smart under pressure. Fish-man strength and durability mean he could likely hold mid-level Gates longer than a regular human before the body starts screaming.
- Charlotte Katakuri - Top-tier Observation Haki with actual future sight means he will not waste Gates speed on random flailing; he will turn every burst into a perfectly timed counter. His mochi body handles impact differently, which helps with damage. And his marathon fight in Whole Cake Island showed he can grind through long, brutal battles. Short, surgical Gates windows are exactly his thing.
- Kaido - The walking "you cannot kill me" problem. We watched execution attempts bounce off him and top-tier attacks pile up in Wano without stopping his night out. Ancient Zoan durability and regeneration on top of the Gates sounds like a creature designed to ignore the rules. The downside: the collateral gets stupid. He does not just win the fight. He redraws the map.
- Rob Lucci - Rokushiki already feels like baby Gates. Geppo, Soru, Rankyaku... it is body-control martial arts with absurd precision. His leopard Zoan stacks strength and recovery. Gates-enhanced Lucci would be an industrial-grade hitman: speed, hybrid-form power, and a style built on ruthless, accurate, bone-snapping efficiency.
- Eustass Kid - Pure aggression with a junkyard arsenal. Give Kid the Gates and his reactions catch up to his ambition, so those magnetized beatdowns land before anyone processes the threat. Wano showed how much punishment he can take. The metal prosthetics help soak impact, which is very on-brand for high-risk, high-reward Gates bursts.
- Franky - If anyone can open the Gates without his organs giving up, it is the guy whose organs are basically a suggestion. Franky's a shock-absorption machine, runs on cola, has eaten explosions and laser fire, and kept trucking. He can literally retool himself to handle backlash. Naruto characters had to respect biology; Franky can mod it.
- Killer - All gas, no brakes. Killer's dual-scythe style is constant pressure, constant motion. He is fast enough to carve up high-level opponents and tough enough to live in the New World. Give him the Gates and he becomes a blur of rotating steel and pinpoint finishers. With his assassination background, he would pop the Gates for quick, decisive openings, not drawn-out slugfests.
- X Drake - Ancient Zoans are stamina tanks with fast regen and big hits. Drake's Allosaurus form fits that mold perfectly. Layer the Gates on top and you get a high-speed wrecking ball. The bonus is his marine discipline. He would time the risk, not spam it, which is exactly how you keep the Gates from eating you alive.
Why One Piece bodies bend the Gates' downsides
The Gates chew through flesh and bone. That is the deal. But One Piece gives you tools Naruto humans do not have:
Observation Haki helps pilots handle Gates-level speed without overshooting the target. Armament Haki means those amped strikes actually stick on hard-shelled opponents. Zoan users bring regeneration to counter muscle breakdown. And cyborgs like Franky can literally repair the damage between rounds. Put simply, the Eight Gates would not just fit in One Piece. In the right hands, they get even meaner.
Final thought
Which One Piece brawler walks away after opening the Gates? Drop your pick. Also, if you want to revisit the chaos: One Piece, Naruto, and Naruto Shippuden are streaming on Crunchyroll.