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Though it was apparently obvious in some cases, Luffy's fight with Magellan
made me a bit skeptical.

  * At the initial punch (Jet Pistol) Luffy touched the venomous body of Magellan, causing him extreme pain.

  * In a later scene of the same fight, he used Jet Pistol to overcome his Hydra, but no sign of touching was shown.

In fact, in numerous cases, the way G2 works is ambiguous - some scenes imply
that the pure speed even without touch creates an air pressure "sphere" that
nevertheless causes huge injury when hits the target. Examples were seen in
case of Blueno and much later, Doflamingo.

On the other hand, when he defeated Lucci, it was clearly shown that he
actually punches him, and in several other cases it's often visible.

Which one is right? Or is itt possible that Luffy combines both?


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Does Luffy touch his enemies in Gear Second?


Jet pistol is actually shooting out air bullets, like a normal pistol does
with normal bullets.

Depending on the attack he uses he may or may not need to touch the enemy,
attacks like the jet bazooka, and the jet axe need to make contact with the
opponent to do damage, while others, like the jet gatling and jet pistol do
not.


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_Short Answer_ : **Yes he is**. He is just so fast that the hand is back where
he started before the opponent feels the impact. Thus creating multiple
impacts in some moves like Jet Gatling, almost instantaneously.

_Long Answer_ :  

**What exactly is Gear Second?**  
Gear Second is somewhat similar to what in real life we call "[Blood
Doping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_doping)". Luffy achieves this by
leveraging the fact that is complete body and not just the skin is made of
rubber. Thus his blood Vessels and Heart can sustain tremendous blood pressure
that no normal human could survive. Using his Hands/feet as pumps, Luffy
increases his blood flow in the whole body or just parts (Post-Timeskip)

> Essentially Luffy increases the blood flow by forcing more blood through his
> blood vessels thus increase his fighting ability. This mode's enhancements
> to Luffy's physiology giving him the ability to use a new, stronger set of
> techniques which are generally the same as his old ones, but **are so fast
> that even a skilled assassin would have a hard time actually seeing them**

Source: [Gear Second: Overview and
techniques](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi/Gear_Second_Techniques)

Also note,

> Most of the techniques in this mode are named the same as the regular
> attacks with "Jet" added after the "Gomu Gomu no" prefix

These are just much much faster and thus have the incredibly high damage due
to the impulsive nature of the impact. (Defined in physics as: A large force
applied for a very short duration)

Also note the description of some of the moves.  

  * Gomu Gomu no Jet Pistol: Luffy delivers a Gomu Gomu no Pistol so fast that the fist's movement is invisible, and it truly seems like he shoots his opponent[..]
  * Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling: [..]Luffy stands still, bends forward and moves his arms upwards at speeds which they can no longer be seen, leaving only jet streams in their place[..] The hits land so fast that, after a volley, they seemingly connect simultaneously. The circles of air bursts from the punches surrounding Luffy, resemble the many barrels of an actual Gatling gun.

From these descriptions and analyzing Luffy's powers we can assume he has to
touch the opponent for the desired effect. The attack you are thinking of is
shown to be achieved by Bartholomew Kuma, who can use hi DF power to repel air
using his palms.


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