Luffy Moisture-Drain Mummification On-Page Suffered

Status: confirmed · Technique: chekhov-explicit + parallel-arc-structure

The seed

Crocodile counter-grabs Luffy’s arm after the Crescent Cutlass (Ch. 178 pp. 9-11) and instantly mummifies it on touch (SHWINK). Luffy: “It’s mummified!!! My arm’s mummified!!!” Crocodile: “That’s the way of the desert. This is one of the properties of sand. It absorbed the moisture in your arm. And once it’s absorbed all your body’s moisture, you’ll be just another shriveled monument to my powers.”

The payoff

Earliest known caller

(N/A — confirmed at debut.)

Why this matters

The mechanic is now standardized as Crocodile’s combat-finisher — touch-activated, not ritualized, anyone can suffer it. The just another shriveled monument phrasing strongly implies a desert full of mummified Crocodile-victims somewhere. Pre-loads: the Crocodile-arc-climax requires either (a) preventing the touch, (b) re-hydrating after, (c) Haki-coated armor.