23/02/2025
Yasotakeru Is One Of Gaban's More Serious Attacks
First things first, fans must keep in mind that Scopper Gaban is incredibly overpowered and that his full strength hasn't been seen in the story. Yasotakeru, which is the technique that he launched at Luffy and Zoro, is a strong attack and that goes without saying, but he likely has plenty of other powerful attacks as well. As far as this attack goes, it is phenomenal, to say the least. With Yasotakeru, Gaban was able to slice a big chunk of Aurust Castle, which is a castle made for Giants. For comparison, it must be remembered that when the Straw Hat Pirates woke up in the fake Elbaf, they were actually in a castle. In fact, the fake Elbaf, which was of the size of a town itself, was a single room in the castle. Aurust Castle is much bigger than that castle, and Gaban didn't just take out a room, but a whole tower with his attack. This in itself makes Gaban's casual attack strong enough to wreck a whole town or a city.
Hey old man, you just tried to kill us! — Luffy and Zoro
In terms of how potent the attacks are, fans must remember that Zoro immediately tapped into his Supreme King Haki to deal with Gaban, alongside Luffy, who immediately went Gear 5 to counter his threat. Clearly, Yasotakeru was strong enough to push these two to their mightiest levels, and more than that, it had them team up against him, which just goes to show that Gaban could've comfortably dealt with either one, or potentially even both.Coming back to Yasotakeru, while this attack was immensely powerful, fans should remember that it was a casual Gaban attack. Scopper Gaban is capable of much more and his powers are tremendous. In fact, while Yasotakeru did immense damage, it wasn't even infused with Haki, or at the very least, not with Supreme King Haki. Had Gaban actually gone all out and infused all his attacks with Supreme King Haki, then it would've been extremely more devastating and likely led to a lot of casualties. The attack that casually cut through a tower of Elbaf tower and a cloud in the sky, would've been much stronger and potentially even strong enough to deal deadly damage and injure people like Zoro and Luffy in battle rather easily. Undoubtedly, it could've been one of the mightiest blows in the whole series.