Monkey D. Luffy, the protagonist of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga, is known for his many epic battles. One of his most interesting fights was against the villain Magellan, who poisoned Luffy and left him for dead. But as fans know, Luffy didn't die during that fight. In fact, he came back stronger than ever, and that's exactly what we're going to talk about today. Namely, surviving Magellan's poison allowed Luffy to gain a strong immunity to most, if not all, poisons. In this article, we'll tell you whether Luffy is truly completely immune to poisons or not.

Luffy isn't immune to poison. Luffy managed to survive Magellan's poisoning thanks to Ivankov's intervention, which also allowed Luffy to develop an astonishing immunity to toxins. He isn't completely immune to toxins, however. As we later saw, he's significantly more resistant to them than ordinary people, meaning that toxins that would usually kill someone would simply knock them out.

This article will explain Luffy's immunity to poisons and other toxins. You'll discover exactly how Luffy acquired immunity to poisons, what happened at that point, how it manifested later, and whether it really works on all types of poisons and toxins. There will be spoilers in this article, so if you're not fully up-to-date on the events of One Piece, be careful how you approach this article.

Luffy became immune after surviving Magellan's attack.

Regarding Luffy's immunity, its roots must go back to the epic confrontation he had with Magellan in Impel Down. The battle was fierce, but it intensified when Luffy was finally able to hit Magellan after numerous attempts. Magellan is surprised by the fact that he actually took a hit from Luffy, but the latter is in worse shape than him as the poison is eating away at his hands. Regardless, he gets up and hits the guardian with another "Jet Pistol." Magellan then throws a poison ball at him. Luffy dodges and launches a jet pistol. However, Magellan stops it with his Hydra.

Canceling the attack, Luffy is left with even more poison on him. He then tries to gain some distance, but Magellan releases a poisonous mist called Poison Cloud into the air, which blurs Luffy's vision and, in the process, causes him to lose his hearing. Magellan tells Luffy that the cloud will eventually kill him. Luffy's vision then begins to blur. On Level 6, Ace demands to know what is happening on the upper floors, but the guards say it is nothing. Despite this, Luffy attempts to attack Magellan again, but the attack does not reach him, and the poison continues to affect him. Magellan is still amazed by his mental and physical strength.

Missing his attack again, Luffy tries again. Finally deciding to call it a day, Magellan completely engulfs Luffy in his Hydra to end the conflict. After being poisoned from head to toe, Luffy is defeated. Magellan claims this is revenge for attempting to attack Impel Down and believes Luffy will go through hell in a day. Even though Luffy will die anyway, Magellan orders the guards to throw him down to Level 5, as Luffy weakly whispers Ace's name.

But it didn't turn out that way. Emporio Ivankov soon found Luffy, and when Luffy weakly told him that he had to go save Bon Kurei, Ivankov decided to save him as well. He took him to his "Newkama Land" on level 5.5 and chained him to a platform, explaining that he would take ten years off his life to give him a very slim chance of surviving the poison.

He then injected him with healing hormones and watched Luffy suffer extreme pain, as the healing process was so intense. Inazuma, who was there with Ivankov, assumed it would take Luffy at least 2.5 days to heal, but the Straw Hat Pirates resisted the poison after only 20 hours, waking up weak and hungry. He was then given an amount of food that should have lasted several days, and he consumed it in just half an hour, returning to full health easily and quickly. He thus gained incredible immunity and was able to escape Impel Down.

Luffy's immunity is not complete, as the series has shown us.

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Now, as we've said, the experience of surviving Magellan's extremely potent poison increased Luffy's immunity, and he was now completely immune to most poisons, toxins, and even diseases. Namely, Magellan's poison is extremely potent and deadly, so the fact that Luffy was able to survive it, thanks to Ivankov's intervention, means that he developed immunity to anything that was actually weaker than Magellan's poison, and this included a whole plethora of substances that Luffy was now completely immune to. This included Caesar Clown's poison gas, which had absolutely no effect on Luffy.

But is Luffy's immunity truly complete? No, it isn't, but from what we understand, it's completely black. Namely, there have been several instances where Luffy was affected by a poison or toxin. For example, when he consumed the extremely deadly venomous skin of the armored stonefish, he fell into a coma but didn't die (the skin usually kills a person instantly). He also required treatment from Chopper when he was hit by Queen's Excite bullets, but the bullets apparently had very little effect on him, even though they contained a disease.

What does this mean? Well, it means that Luffy isn't completely immune to the effects of extremely powerful poisons and toxins, but as far as we can tell, he can't die from poisoning. The poison will affect him in some way, but it won't kill him, no matter how strong it is. This is a result of his immunity, which is strong and nearly perfect, but certain substances can penetrate his defenses and have a certain effect on him.