One Piece Chapter 604

[Assertn]

I can't see him "one shotting" a giant octopus under water. He's still weak to water, as far as we know.

By the way, that was kind of BS. Luffy struggled to reach his arms out into the water to bring back Sanji, yet he seemed to have no trouble reaching his arms out into the white-white sea to rescue Ussopp back when they were heading to Skypeia.

[Archangel]

By the way, that was kind of BS. Luffy struggled to reach his arms out into the water to bring back Sanji, yet he seemed to have no trouble reaching his arms out into the white-white sea to rescue Ussopp back when they were heading to Skypeia.

So? Were we ever told or shown that the white sea also negated a devil fruit user's abilities?

[Assertn]

So? Were we ever told or shown that the white sea also negated a devil fruit user's abilities?

We were told that devil fruit users become a hammer in the white sea, yes. This also happened to Luffy when he tried to use one of those jetski things and wiped out immediately.