One Piece Season 2: Will Haki Finally Arrive on Netflix? 5 Powers We Need to See

One Piece live-action season 2 has been bubbling up for a few weeks now, thanks to the creators dropping fresh updates. The big fan question hanging over all of it: are they really going to bring Haki into the story this early?

Short answer: it might actually happen

In the original story, Haki isn't formally introduced until much later. But plenty of fans have long argued that Alabasta quietly flirted with Haki ideas before anyone was calling it that. If Netflix's adaptation wants to streamline the power system and make future arcs cleaner, season 2 is a convenient place to make Haki official.

How season 2 could weave Haki into Alabasta

1. Observation Haki - Think of it as a sharpened sixth sense: reading emotions, sensing presence, predicting movements, and sometimes glimpsing moments ahead. It's one of the strongest recurring tools in the series. While Oda never confirmed it, Luffy appears to use this more than once in Alabasta. There's also long-standing speculation that Zoro taps into Observation during his showdown with Mr. 1, which is one of his all-time standout fights. If that battle makes it into season 2 as expected, don't be surprised if the show finally labels it.
2. Armament Haki - Fans have also read Zoro vs. Mr. 1 as a proto-Armament moment. The whole fight revolves around Zoro not being able to cut steel, thanks to Mr. 1's Devil Fruit. After pushing himself to the edge, he finally slices through and wins — which has always looked like an Armament breakthrough. In the lore, Armament boosts offensive power (perfect for swordsmen). The manga never stamped this as confirmed, but if the live-action nods to it, nobody's going to blink.
3. Conqueror's Haki (Domination) - The heavy hitter. Conqueror's lets a user impose their will, overwhelm opponents, and even knock out the weak-willed. Alabasta doesn't really show signs of it, but let's be honest: fans would love to see the live-action tease it anyway, even if it's just groundwork for later arcs.
4. Future Sight - An advanced branch of Observation that lets you see a few seconds into the future. There's a popular read on Luffy vs. Crocodile that says Luffy briefly touches this — he gets tagged by Crocodile's sand attacks, starts anticipating them, then adjusts. It's never officially labeled as Future Sight, but if the show wants to make that ability explicit early, this is a crowd-pleaser way to do it.
5. Conqueror's Haki (Domestication) - A fun, weirder angle we've seen multiple times: overwhelming beasts with sheer will. Shanks scaring off a Sea King. Luffy accidentally taming Duval's bull, Motobaro. In Alabasta, Luffy crosses paths with all kinds of animals — from the giant Lapahn rabbits to the Kung-Fu Dugongs — and beats them into line. If the live-action leans into a "domestication" flavor of Conqueror's here, it would fit their habit of smoothing out concepts for newcomers.

"Why didn't Crocodile use Haki against Luffy?"

That question blew up once Haki entered the canon properly. The manga and anime never give a definitive answer. The live-action has an opportunity to address it head-on — even a throwaway line would go a long way.

Where things stand right now

Season 2 is aiming for 2026, with no firm date yet. The first season is streaming on Netflix now and sits at 8.3/10 on IMDb.

So, does Eiichiro Oda sign off on introducing Haki this early, or does the show keep it vague until later arcs? I'm curious where you land — early Haki to set the table, or wait and let the reveal hit when it did in the source?