The Reason Hito Hito no Mi Nika Luffy Doesn't Have a Full Zoan

The appearance of Nika Luffy's Hito Hito no Mi awakening in One Piece 1045 raises questions. Before One Piece 1045 it was mentioned that

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so we know that the average zoan user has three forms; man, hybrid, and full beast. so do you think gear 5 is luffys hybrid or beast form? what would his beast

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Does Luffy have the Hito Hito no Mi? - Quora

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Oda said that Devil Fruit Users instinctively know the name of their fruit. So, how did Luffy not realise he had the Hito Hito no Mi Model Nika, and not the Gomu

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If Luffy's fruit is a mythical zoan, and gear 5 (Nika Man) is supposedly his full form, does that mean that the other gears were hybrid forms? - Quora

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