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| 3 | !! This is a list of Wild Mass Guesses which are still possibly true. JustForFun and silly guesses go on the [[WMG/OnePieceSilly silly page]]. If a WMG is {{Jossed}}, please move it to the [[WMG/OnePieceJossed jossed page]], if it is Confirmed, please move it to the [[WMG/OnePieceConfirmed confirmed page.]] |
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| 5 | ''Please add new entries to the bottom of the page.'' |
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| 7 | [[WMG: Pedro will get his stolen years back]] |
| 8 | Specifically, Big Mom will actually be briefly knocked unconscious when the "Tamatebako box" (or whatever it's called) from Fishman Island explodes in her face and everything she's affected with her soul powers will deactivate; all of the stolen soul fragments in the Homies and in Big Mom herself will return to their rightful owners (or just disappear if their owner is dead, like Zepo or Moscato), meaning Pedro gets his life back. |
| 9 | ** This has become more unlikely (but not impossible), as the box has fallen off the cliff where the wedding takes place. |
| 10 | ** This has now become even more unlikely (and probably impossible) because [[spoiler: Pedro would appear to be dead. At least for now.]] |
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| 12 | [[WMG: Jewelry Bonney's true identiy]] |
| 13 | Jewelry Bonney is a supernova who has a hate for the Straw Hats and Blackbeard. She was captured by the latter and was face to face with Akainu. After the timeskip, she was realesed for unknowns reasons. We have noted that she shares similarities with the Yonko Big Mom like Glutonny, hot-blooded, a hate with the Straw Hats, pink haired...After all, she has a cake ship and Big Mom has many children who carry names of sweet food (indeed, Bonney may be allused to Honney Bonbon).We are concluded that this girl is the daughter of Big Mom.But if I say you that with her strange power of age changement,she may be not the daughter but the mother of Big Mom and also of Nami. Indeed, these two girls have a common point:she has a power linked with the weather, they are hot blooded and greedy. What’s more, nami has found in a twon with a tempest (like a power of Big Mom). Bonney may be a factor in Big Mom’s behavior (again unknown) but Nami may be a linked with her unknown father (Whitebeard has highlighted Bonney's sad reaction to his death). |
| 14 | ** Likely jossed, as we now have a plausible explanation for her release: [[spoiler: She's the daughter of then-warlord Bartholomew Kuma]]. |
| 15 | *** Jossed altogether. [[spoiler:She was actually the daughter of a Celestial Dragon and Ginny, and was adopted by Bartholomew Kuma.]] |
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| 17 | [[WMG: The true reasons for Sanji's sibling's behavior.]] |
| 18 | We have seen that the Sanji's brothers are true douchebag motherfuckers and that Sanji and Reiju inherited Sora's kindness. This is because their mother used a drug which altered their gene pool but which only succeeded with Sanji and Reiju. But there's mismatch because Niji, Yonji and Ichiji have been programmed to be mean but they feel disgust against the library of Big Mom and are attracted to Nami (who looks like Sanji's mother). What's more, their mother is named Sora (like the propaganda comic hero) and even if she was a great genius like Vegapunk she would have been unable to create this drug without her husband learning about it. So maybe like Pudding she isn't the sweet and adorable mother that she seems to be. Thus, she may be an agent of [=CP0=] who was assigned to kill Judge but also his true son. Unfortunately, she was defeated by her husband and Judge punished her by making her a test subject. What's more, in using this drug and maybe psychic power, she is reincarnated in Reiju's body and is disgusted with Niji, Ichiji and Yonji because the drug failed and they remained cruel. |
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| 20 | [[WMG: Sanji's mother was a descendant of the legendary Sora]] |
| 21 | In the ''One Piece'' world, it'd be too much of a coincidence for a character to share the name of a (presumed) fictional character that was discussed earlier. In truth, the ancestors of Judge and Sora fought each other for some time, but due to mutual respect, common interest in science, and possibily the original Sora discovering something about the past of Germa (like why they're a reign without a land) that put them in a more sympathethic light, ended up becoming friends. The friendship was passed on to following generations, finally leading to the two families becoming one. |
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| 23 | [[WMG: We will meet an character that was given eternal youth by a previous user of the Op-Op fruit.]] |
| 24 | How else would people know that it was capable of that? And naturally, that person could definitely still be around today. They might even know about the void century. |
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| 26 | [[WMG: Big Mom is the weakest of the four emperors]] |
| 27 | Not sure if I actually believe this but just throwing it out there. I can see the idea of after her defeat, Linlin taunting Luffy that she's nothing compared to Kaido, Blackbeard, and Shanks. And considering how the Strawhats spent the first half of the arc played for complete and utter fools,and her DF being one of the strongest paramecias seen, that's terrifying. |
| 28 | * After learning more about her, I'm not so sure. Big Mom's invulnerability seems to be right up there with Kaido's (as long as her WeaksauceWeakness isn't triggered at least). It seems more likely that Blackbeard or Shanks is the weakest, but even then there's no way to tell just yet. |
| 29 | * You're probably right, like I said I wasn't completely convinced when I suggested it, I was just thinking it was possible because she is the first of the yonko, Luffy is facing and I couldn't help but think, Oda is just going to make it harder from here on out. |
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| 31 | [[WMG: Judge does NOT have swirly eyebrows]] |
| 32 | That's why Oda keeps his eyebrows shadowed- the swirly brows probably aren't genetic, but a result of the modifications he made to his kids. Sanji's brows pointing in the opposite direction of the others is also a sign of the drug Sora took reversing most of it's effects in utero. I think Reiju was modified after birth so I don't know how she fits in this theory, but we'll see. |
| 33 | * Makes even more sense if you consider where else we usually see similar swirly pattern: on ''Devil Fruits''. Remember, Judge and Vegapunk (person who actually found out what Devil Fruits are) researched Lineage Factor together. If you think about it, modified humans and Devil Fruit users aren't that much different: in both cases their powers come from altering their Lineage Factor. And now Oda's joke on SBS that Oda himself "wonder if Sanji himself is a Devil Fruit" sounds too much like foreshadowing. |
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| 35 | * Maybe Reiju was a test run to see if Judge could even slightly modify embryos in relation to Devil Fruits, without changing her too much, and after she was successfully born and the mother and the kid didn't die from it, Judge started planning even more babies with even greater modifications. I mean he already wanted an army of his own -- I wouldn't be surprised if just conceiving the boys was planned. What are the changes of Sora actually conceiving Quadruplets by chance and giving Judge his own private little army? She was probably fine with having her pregnancy altered from one embryo to four because the more the merrier (if she even knew about it), but she did NOT agree to having them modified like that. |
| 36 | ** Also someone mentioned that their difference in hair color and etc are a result of these modifications and Sanji is the one that looks the most like Judge because his modifications failed. Makes sense seeing how if they have the same mother and father and were born at the same time -- the boys really should have been identical looking (But that's assuming we're following real life rules of biology and ignoring Big Mom 80 something children. That many pregnancies is NOT normal (But i mean Big Mom is NOT normal herself. For all we know she could be an experiment too.)) |
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| 38 | [[WMG:Pudding will end up following Sanji's footsteps and cut her familial ties.]] |
| 39 | Thanks to Sanji being the first person in her life to call her ThirdEye beautiful, she will end up falling in love with him for real, and will somehow escape Totto Land for her own good. Given the bad memories of her childhood, and Big Mom's general treatment of her children (for Pudding herself, she refused to look at her until she grew longer bangs, and she wanted to exploit her ability to read Poneglyphs as soon as it develops), she will regret how she turned out and set out to redefine herself as an act of redemption. She could even use her own memory-manipulation powers on herself (if it works to that extent) to make it easier to move on from her horrible family. |
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| 41 | As for her life outside of Totto Land, she could join the Baratie's Sister Anko ship to continue her career as a chocolatier. |
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| 43 | [[WMG: Judge will be revealed to have a shitty past that made him who he is.]] |
| 44 | I used to think he was simply an asshole from the get go, but after his VillainousBreakdown that intentionally made him look pathetic, I can't help but think there may be good reasons that ''made'' him such an asshole. Of course, this won't be enough to redeem him, but it'll bring his actions and motivations under another light. |
| 45 | * Well of course. Is there any major character in One Piece ''without'' a shitty past? |
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| 47 | [[WMG: Raftel is the great kingdom.]] |
| 48 | Whoever made the Poneglyphs would have no reason to unless Raftel was the great kingdom. On top of that, Silvers D. Rayleigh said that visiting Raftel let him know the truth behind everything. Why would a place that has nothing to do with the great kingdom be written about in the Poneglyphs? (Keep in mind the poneglyphs were written before the One Piece was on Raftel). Simple, it must be that Raftel and the great kingdom are one and the same! Not only that but the people on Zou island are descended from the people who made the road Poneglyphs. Zou happens to be very close to Raftel as far as i can tell. |
| 49 | ** If it is Raftel was the capital but not the name of the kingdom, they wouldn't have shot Clover to prevent him from mentioning the name if it was the same as Raftel. |
| 50 | ** Not necessarily. The Great Kingdom is supposedly long gone. If Clover named it as Raftel, that would be something the WG really doesn't want known... That at the end of the Grand Line, ''The Great Kingdom still exists!'' |
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| 52 | [[WMG: Streusen has much more "useful" purposes for his cook-cook fruit than just preparing meals...]] |
| 53 | He can turn anything he cuts, or does an action resembling cooking apparently, into fresh food. An unscrupulous man like Streusen who LAUGHED at Big Mom EATING HER FRIENDS AND MOTHER FIGURE, could find a creative use for his devil fruit power... like disposing of evidence... |
| 54 | [[{{Squick}} Eaguh]] |
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| 56 | [[WMG:What will be done about the live-action TV series]] |
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| 58 | Now that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-21/one-piece-manga-gets-live-action-hollywood-tv-show/.119132 a live-action series is in development in the United States]], they will have to figure out a way to adapt the series faithfully without turning it into Film/DragonballEvolution 2.0, and to find a decent cast and directors that can pull it off. I think one of the things would be to use an AllStarCast that fit the characters' designs and emotions. |
| 59 | * Or it will simply end up like ''Dragonball Evolution''. |
| 60 | ** If the ''One Piece'' adaptation doesn't work out, it would also end up like ''Speed Racer'' or ''Ghost in the Shell'', given how the film's BoxOfficeBomb and negative reception had an impact on the franchise. |
| 61 | ** Season 1 enjoyed a very positive reception, so all is well. |
| 62 | * They could end up releasing it on Netflix or premiere it on a broadcasting network if it's necessary. |
| 63 | *** Confirmed. The series is going to stream on Netflix. |
| 64 | * Given the expensive cost of the series' production, it may end up being turned into a TroubledProduction or stuck in DevelopmentHell like some films in the ''Star Wars'' series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe were. |
| 65 | ** Jossed - it was affected by the global pandemic, and the second season is held up by the [=WGA=] strike, but the series [[PragmaticAdaptation made smart editing choices to keep costs reasonable]]. |
| 66 | * If it ends up becoming a success, it could be a case of ItWillNeverCatchOn for the fans and critics and might become a SleeperHit. |
| 67 | ** Jossed - It topped Netflix charts during it's release. |
| 68 | * They might do a TakeThat to 4Kids similar to what Funimation's dub of the anime is doing if the series is successful. |
| 69 | * They could use cameo appearances from the English voice actors and its staff members (both from the dub and the staff of the live-action series), similar to ''Star Wars'' and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. |
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| 71 | [[WMG:Visual Effects companies for live-action TV series]] |
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| 73 | Given how much the production of the LiveActionAdaptation would cost per episode, which is at least $9-10 million, it would potentially include quite a few visual effects such as explosions, miniature effects, computer-generated ships and locations, rotoscoping, water and snow effects, digital compositing, matte paintings, and motion capture for some characters. As such, I'm including a list of possible studios that might take up the task for it: |
| 74 | * Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic: They've been around since its 1975 founding by Creator/GeorgeLucas. ILM is famous for their work on the ''Star Wars'' film series, most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films (such as the ''Film/IronMan'' films, ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', ''Film/AntMan1'', ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'', and ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''), ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' film trilogy, and the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series (which also centers on pirates). Not only that, but they pushed the boundaries of the use of CGI animation and [=iMocap=] systems. Given their extensive experience in on-set practical and visual effects, it would be no surprise that ILM might be involved. |
| 75 | ** Jossed for the first season. |
| 76 | * Creator/{{WETA}}: WETA Digital and WETA Workshop were used for co-founder Creator/PeterJackson's films such as the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, ''Film/TheFrighteners'', the ContinuityReboot of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' beginning with ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', and ''Film/TheHobbit'' trilogy. Not to mention that it was involved in the production of various films like ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/IronMan3'', ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', and ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''. WETA Digital also used the MASSIVE crowd-simulation software for their works and also developed proprietary software packages for their visual effects such as [=CityBot=] and has worked with ILM on occassions. |
| 77 | ** Jossed for the first season. |
| 78 | * Creator/DigitalDomain: The company has provided visual effects for over 100 films such as ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', ''Film/Apollo13'', ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''. They've also worked with ILM and WETA on some occasions, and they might also get involved given how popular Digital Domain has been since its founding in 1993. |
| 79 | ** Jossed for the first season. |
| 80 | * Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks: They've made visual effects and motion capture work for films such as the ''Film/SpiderMan'' films (including its ContinuityReboot back in 2012 and ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''), ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', ''Hotel Transylvania'', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'', ''WesternAnimation/Beowulf2007'', and ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow''. |
| 81 | ** Jossed for the first season. |
| 82 | * Creator/AnimalLogic: They've been involved in various films like ''Film/ThreeHundred'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' and have also contributed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe films along with WETA Digital, Digital Domain and ILM. Also, they've worked on ''Film/TheMatrix'' and ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' along with SPI and the first film in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' alongside WETA Digital. |
| 83 | ** Jossed for the first season. |
| 84 | * Creator/{{Framestore}}: They've worked on ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' (along with ILM), as well as the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films (along with WETA Digital for Vol. 2), ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' (along with SPI, Digital Domain and WETA Digital) as well as ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and, of course, the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films (along with ILM for the first six films). They were also responsible for developing virtual camera and motion rig systems. |
| 85 | ** Confirmed. |
| 86 | * M5 Industries: Founded by Jamie Hyneman in 1996, this special effects workshop is where ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' was produced. |
| 87 | ** Jossed for the first season. |
| 88 | ** In addition to Framestore, Creator/RisingSunPictures, and Creator/{{Scanline}} worked on the series, among others. |
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| 90 | [[WMG:Luffy will get a Love Interest through deceit]] |
| 91 | At the end of the manga when Luffy finally becomes "King of the Pirates" a female character (The more obscure, the better) asks if she can be his "Queen" Luffy (being a celibate idiot) says "Sure, why not?" |
| 92 | * Pretty unlikely. Luffy's stupid, but he's not ''totally'' oblivious; he actually does know what marriage is, and his comments about Sanji and Pudding's wedding proves that he knows what kissing is, love and etc. And he also straight up told Hancock to her face already that he wouldn't marry her. So I think he would have to have a pretty big change of heart to be ok with something like that. |
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| 94 | [[WMG:Characters that originated from Wano or Kano Country]] |
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| 96 | Roronoa Zoro -- Follows Bushido, plus Oda once stated he would be Japanese in the Real World |
| 97 | * Confirmed by SBS volume 105 -- Zoro is of Wano descent through his grandmother Shimotsuki Furiko, who illegally departed her homeland 53 years before the start of the series, moving to Shimotsuki Village in the East Blue and marrying Roronoa Pinzoro; their son, Roronoa Arashi, is Zoro's father. |
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| 99 | Shiliew/Shiryu -- Resembles Yasumpri Kato |
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| 101 | Izu -- Geisha crossdresser |
| 102 | * Assuming you meant Izo, this is the only one of these actually confirmed. You know what they say about broken clocks... |
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| 104 | Koshiro -- [[StayInTheKitchen His attitude toward woman]] |
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| 106 | * Jossed, his Vivre Card confirms he's from East Blue. His ''father'', on the other hand, does come from Wano. |
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| 108 | Kaido -- a has Mongolian features compete with a Fu Manchu mustache, His name can translate into "Church" or "Temple", and wears a Shimenawa for a belt |
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| 110 | Mihawk -- it's possible that The World’s Strongest Swordsman was trained by Wano Samurai, since they’re to be stronger than the Marines. |
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| 112 | Kumadori -- Kabuki theatrics |
| 113 | * Jossed -- South Blue |
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| 115 | Jabra -- martial artist clothes, Fu Manchu mustache |
| 116 | * Jossed -- North Blue |
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| 118 | Caesar Clown -- basically '[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/Naruto Orochimaru]] with [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/Bleach Mayuri Kurotsuchi]] powers |
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| 120 | Shiki -- His appearance resembles a Shogun |
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| 122 | Jimbei -- Oni facial features and sumo fighting style |
| 123 | * Jossed -- Wano doesn't exactly seem to be overflowing with fishmen |
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| 125 | Kuina -- excellent swordsmanship |
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| 127 | * Nope, she was born and raised in East Blue. Her grandfather did come from Wano, though. |
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| 129 | Oars/Oars Jr. -- Oni Giants |
| 130 | * Jossed -- North Blue |
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| 132 | [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/0/06/Red_Hair_Crewmember_4_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20141206183920 This guy]] -- Has a ponytail, carries a sword. |
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| 134 | Boa Hancock -- wears a qipao and lives in a Ancient Chinese Palace |
| 135 | * Jossed -- Amazon Lily (Also those are Chinese -- if anything, that would make a case for Kano) |
| 136 | |
| 137 | Tashigi -- Meganekko |
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| 139 | Akainu -- Modeled after the late Bunta Sugawa famous for playing Yakuza gangsters |
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| 141 | Fujitora -- Modeled after Shiintaro Katsu, famous for portraying Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman |
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| 143 | Ryokugyu -- Although Green Bull is likely to on a based a Japanese actor like the other Admirals, I feel that the yet-to-seen character will have a more Chinese flavor to him/her |
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| 145 | * I don't mean to sound rude, but if such flimsy, farfetched and completely unrelated reasons were enough for one to hail from Wano, we might as well say that Wano Country is actually the entire world. All those entries are next to impossible, and based on very minor and unrelated things. |
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| 147 | [[WMG: Reiju has a crush on Nami]] |
| 148 | * All her brothers (even though they have no emotion) have a crush for Nami, so why not have Reiju join in on the fun. |
| 149 | ** Eh, if anything, I would expect her to be more taken up with Luffy after that "poison sucking" episode. |
| 150 | *** Why Luffy of all things considering Reiju had just said she found the poison to be a delicacy. At any rate Reiju could still have a thing for women, nothing has been shown either way yet. |
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| 152 | [[WMG: Sora's sacrifice didn't affect just Sanji]] |
| 153 | When Sora took the drug [[spoiler:that would reverse genetic enhancements]] to save her unborn-quadruplet sons, the only child who was visibly affected was Sanji [[spoiler:who retained all his emotions and was strong as a normal boy]]. Because of this, Sora was convinced that Sanji was her only success... unaware that another son, ''[[EvilTwin Niji]]'' was affected, too. While he still turned out as bad as his brothers, Niji has a slightly larger emotional range than his brothers because of the drug, as Ichiji became an utter [[TheStoic stoic]] while Yonji's childhood brattiness stayed with him. Niji can feel anger, if his [[HotBlooded temper]] is to go by; was more freaked out by Big Mom's "[[AndIMustScream library collection]]" than his siblings; and was more excited and affectionate with Sanji (even though it might be interpreted as CondescendingCompassion) than the rest of his brothers. He even screamed for Reiju in concern when Big Mom pounded her into the ground, while [[NervesOfSteel Ichiji]] coldly told him to ignore their sister and focus on buying time for the Straw Hats. The irony here is that Sora saw emotions as part of being human and something to celebrate; thanks to Judge [[spoiler:who psychologically altered his sons in utero]], the (little) emotion Niji was able to have because of Sora's sacrifice turned him into an even worse person because of the teachings he grew up with [[spoiler:and even if he did have emotion, his literal lack of emotional understanding left him unable to comprehend them]]. |
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| 155 | [[WMG: Sanji knowing how to use a sword will come to play in the future]] |
| 156 | This Sanji's skill is just way to noticeable to be a just a piece of his characterization: |
| 157 | * It's not just "you can use a weapon", Judge specifically say "sword". |
| 158 | * After Sanji's training with a sword was mentioned in chapter 833 it's actually showed up in a flashback in chapter 840, so it's definitely not just throwaway line. |
| 159 | * Weirdest part about this particular skill is that none of the Vinsmokes actually use swords. Vinsmoke siblings are genetically enchanted super soldiers who didn't need any weapon to begin with and Judge himself use a spear. |
| 160 | So it's seems reasonable to suspect that it was actually foreshadowing and at one point of the story Sanji will have to use a sword, probably to protect his deadly wounded and unable to fight crew mates from way too powerful opponent, whom Sanji can't fight with only his kicks. Bonus points if that wounded crew mate will be Zoro and extra bonus points if Sanji uses Zoro's sword(s). |
| 161 | * Sanji has repeatedly sworn to only use his hands for cooking and never for combat which presumably extends to wielding weapons, so if this comes to pass it would likely do more to depress Sanji than anything. |
| 162 | * Sanji will reveal that he puts his sword skills to good use when he cooks to enhance his skill with cooking knives, to make his meals better as an insult to Judge. |
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| 164 | [[WMG: Luffy has mastered the Life Return ability]] |
| 165 | There's nothing else explaining how he could near-instantly burn off all the fat from eating his way out of the mountain of mochi that Katakuri buried him in. The chefs witnessing it even {{lampshade}} that this isn't how human metabolism works. Luffy is obviously using a technique to rapidly bring himself back into fighting shape after he eats too much, this is one of the known applications of Life Return, as demonstrated by Kumadori. |
| 166 | Also, Luffy's Gears are based heavily on observation of CP9's Rokushiki techniques. While Life Return is distinct from Rokushiki, it's also something he witnessed Rob Lucci using. It's possible that copying Life Return is part of what makes Gear Fourth work. |
| 167 | * There actually is a much simpler explanation to all of that: RuleOfFunny. While there's no doubt Luffy is very good at incorporating his enemies' techniques into his own fighting style, I heavily doubt something as mundane as losing fat is due to a technique; Life Return is used for a lot more than that, so if Luffy really did master it, it would have been clearly revealed. |
| 168 | * There is nothing mundane about losing huge amount of mass in a near instant (hell it breaks the law of the conservation of mass for one, but lets not bring hard science into this), it is also quite reasonable that Life Return is not a CP exclusive technique (Kumadori mentioned that he got it during his travels, while the man has a tendency to dramatize I still think he will not lie out right, Lucci might have gotten it from Kumadori or even figure it out himself, since its a technique that is similar to a natural function of the living beings in the One Piece world namely Bio Feedback it comes to reason that it too can be obtained naturally) , from Luffy himself we have multiple examples: one is at Whisky Peak right after waking up from the party he immediately got into a fight with Zoro while still looking like a balloon but instantly loses all the mass after knocking out Mr. 5 and than kept on fighting Zoro after; The other and more disturbing example is at Impel Down right after beating the poisons inside his body, Luffy consumed an staggering amount of food in order to recover, turning him initially into a monstrosity with a emaciated upper body and a gigantic balloon belly, then he digested all the food in an instant and change all that into muscle mass in a more detailed and slower depiction changing his shriveled body into a healthy and muscular one in a matter of four panels. While you can argue the first example is play for laughs (which I don't see how fighting your friend is supposed to be funny), the Impel Down example is too gruesome for that in my opinion. I personally don't think Luffy got this technique from CP9, since he has shown to be able to do before even knowing what CP9 is, but that he learned to do that on his own in a almost instinctual level, he knows he can do it, as he sometimes try to do it intentionally, but I don't think he knows how or care, he might even figured it is part of the power of gum gum fruit (which may or may not be true). Life Return would also explain some strange powers employed by Gear Fourth, for example the Culverin's tracking and momentum defying versatility, and the strong yet still elastic Gear Fourth musculature (which gave Mingo quite a surprise, implying that he didn't think it was possible in normal circumstances), giving its user complete control of one's body will make all of the above possible (in the one piece world anyway). |
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| 170 | [[WMG: Katakuri's ability to [[spoiler:avoid armament haki charged attacks]] is the secret of all high level Logia user's seeming invulnerability even against haki users.]] |
| 171 | It has always been a mystery about how some top class Logia users like Aokiji and Akainu can survive seemingly fatal (as in visibly deformed, impaled) haki charged attacks in the past, even though they remarked it makes fighting haki users troublesome, then in chapter 884 Luffy figured out that the reason he cannot damage Katakuri even with haki is because his attacks never did connect in the first place,[[spoiler: Katakuri uses his superior Observation Haki to transform partially to move out of the way of incoming attacks]] making his attacks fail for seemingly no reason. If high class shapeshifters (special Paramicia and Logia users) in the highest echelons of power all uses the same technique, it means that [[spoiler: Observation Haki]] is much more important in high level combat than what was previously shown as the victor must match and surpasses [[spoiler: both Armament and Observation haki along with combat ability in order to come out on top]], Luffy has much further to go yet still but this fight is definitely an eye opener (and catalyst) for Luffy (whose power is still stuck on time skip levels seeing that Gear Forth was created to fight beasts on Rusukaina), shown him how to get even stronger than ever before. Gear Fifth is beckoning... |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[WMG: Katakuri will come out from his hedonist closet at the end of the arc.]] |
| 174 | Once he's defeated and everyone sees him on the ground, he will no longer be a SlaveToPR and allow himself to eat together with the others, once all the hype around him weakened somewhat. He might even be happier about it as well. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | Just a small thing that we might see play out in a cover story format, probably with him snacking with the others at least in some dignified manner, in sharp contrast to closing himself off completely like before. |
| 177 | |
| 178 | * Jossed as far as "at the end of the arc" but could very well be a cover story in the future. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[WMG: The experiments to suppress Niji's emotions will eventually break.]] |
| 181 | As Niji is the one who shows concern for Reiju when she's attacked by Big Mom while Ichiji states that it's fine for her to die "if she's so weak" I think that’s a clue that the emotional suppression on Niji will break at some point. |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[WMG: Chopper and Carrot will become the Straw Hats' OfficialCouple.]] |
| 184 | Look at Chapter 888. See Chopper's reaction to Carrot's Sulong form? That is the look of someone experiencing lust. |
| 185 | |
| 186 | Sure, Oda-sensei has said the Straw Hat crew is, first and foremost, "in love with adventure". That doesn't mean things can't change. Or at bare minimum, the two youngest members of the crew (assuming Carrot joins the nakama, as many are predicting) won't give in to their hormones. |
| 187 | |
| 188 | * Five words from Chopper from 889: "she's like my little sister". |
| 189 | |
| 190 | * Plus he already showed definite attraction to Milky, a reindeer mink on Zou, heart eyes and all. The simple fact is Chopper probably is not attracted to Carrot for the same reason he is not attracted to any human; she aint a reindeer. |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[WMG: The anime series will have an ending credit scroll in the GrandFinale.]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | As in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', we may end up getting an entire credit scroll with actors and their major characters, as well as main staff members such as screenwriters, directors and producers. |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[WMG: There will be a dedication at the end of the anime.]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | In the GrandFinale of the anime, there will also be an InMemoriam section with the voice actors who have passed away throughout the series' run. |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[WMG: The secret of Mariejois (not sure where this would go)]] |
| 201 | [[spoiler: Disregarding the possible connotations with Roger's -- and by extension, Luffy's -- straw hat, the fact that the deep-buried secret of the World Nobles is, of all things, a giant straw hat beneath Mariejois says a few things about its importance. The Nobles have unchecked depravity and an almost illogical level of power; the mere act of touching one is enough to be arrested and harming one is crime punishable by the hands of an Admiral. Shown time and time again, the only things they care about are themselves. A straw hat is fragile and easily-damaged (admittedly, Luffy's is resilient), so if the matter was simply getting rid of it, it would be simple. Yet not only was Doflamingo simply knowing of its existence and threatening to reveal it to the public something completely unthinkable, the idea of simply ''destroying'' it to invalidate his claim was so much '''worse''' that they would happily kowtow to his demands without incident, allow their high-and-mighty selves to answer to someone ''lower'' than them, and even provide him a comparable level of power himself. That means that they have to have a level of reverence for this hat that surpasses their own self-preservation. Whatever is in store for the mind-incinerating revelations of this hat are going to be '''cataclysmic'''.]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[WMG: Katakuri's Mochi Mochi no Mi isn't the only "special" Paramecia Devil Fruit.]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | Gasparde's Ame-Ame no Mi (based on candy syrup) in movie 4 was one too; it was just mistakenly classified as Logia at the time. |
| 206 | |
| 207 | [[WMG: Awakened Devil Fruit Powers have something to do with Conquerer's Haki]] |
| 208 | Using awakened powers involves 'commanding' material outside yourself with Conquerer's Haki. |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[WMG: When / If Luffy's powers Awaken, he will upgrade the Thousand Sunny by turning it into rubber]] |
| 211 | Because an entirely rubber ship would be AWESOME. |
| 212 | * I don't believe it works or would work that way, considering all the work which went into crafting it in the first place, but I could see him temporarily turn ''parts'' of it into rubber, to bounce an especially brutal attack right off. |
| 213 | * [[spoiler: I'm really hoping this has just happened, as of the end of Chapter 900]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[WMG: The majority of the remaining Supernovas will have their Devil Fruits revealed in the Wano Country arc.]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | Of the original eleven Supernovas, nine have Devil Fruits; three of those have been identified. Of the remaining six, at least half are confirmed to be involved in the coming arc, and are all but guaranteed to have their Devil Fruits identified: |
| 218 | |
| 219 | * Apoo and X. Drake are currently working for Kaido and will most likely come up against the Straw Hats. |
| 220 | * Kid fought Kaido but lost; he is being held as the Yonko's prisoner and will undoubtably want revenge, breaking out while the Straw Hats are in Wano and aiding them in retaliation for Kaido's actions. |
| 221 | |
| 222 | Of the other three: |
| 223 | |
| 224 | * Hawkins' current status is unknown, but he witnessed Kaido's arrival on their island; he may or may not involve himself in the coming battle for Wano. If he does, his Fruit will probably be identified. [[spoiler: He's working for Kaido.]] |
| 225 | * Urouge also spoke with Kaido briefly; he may or may not get involved in the battle for Wano. |
| 226 | * Jewelry Bonney is the only one who hasn't encountered Kaido; she is unlikely to be involved in the Wano arc, and will probably be the last to have her Fruit revealed, sometime after Kaido's defeat. |
| 227 | |
| 228 | ** Possible, but considering how many Supernovas still need proper introductions for their powers, I don't believe all of them will be revealed in a single arc. I instead suspect only Apoo and /or Drake's fruits will be revealed there, and the others will either be revealed after Wano or in a hypothetical post-Whole Cake cooldown arc. |
| 229 | |
| 230 | *** With chapter 911's reveal that Hawkins is working for Kaido, that brings us to four who are either in Wano as a prisoner (Kid) or directly working for Kaido (Drake, Apoo and Hawkins), and thus likely to have their fruits revealed during this arc. Urouge and Bonney are still up in the air. |
| 231 | |
| 232 | *** As of chapter 913, Hawkins' fruit has been officially named. It's the Straw-Straw fruit, and allows him to make voodoo dolls to deflect damage from himself to the people he based the dolls on. |
| 233 | *** As of chapter 929, X. Drake's fruit has been officially named. It's the Dragon-Dragon fruit, Model: Allosaurus. |
| 234 | *** As of SBS volume 99, Kid's fruit has been named as the Jiki Jiki no Mi. |
| 235 | *** Officially confirmed; the Vivre Card booster packs released for September 2021 have named Apoo's fruit as the Oto Oto no Mi. That's four out of six; Urouge and Bonney's are the only ones left, with Bonney's later being revealed in SBS volume 107. |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[WMG:Devil Fruits and other abilities are almost never brought up by the newspaper]] |
| 238 | While certain characters like Ace or Crocodile have well known Devil Fruit abilities, nobody seems to know that Luffy has eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi. It seems that most of the journalists never bother to write anything about Devil Fruits or which person has eaten which fruit. Otherwise characters would have been aware that certain characters have certain powers. This would also explain why so many people in the East Blue aren't aware of Devil Fruits being real. |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[WMG: Katakuri will HeelFaceTurn before the series is over.]] |
| 241 | His VillainRespect for Luffy, who couldn't care less about his looks and refuses to blame him for another's actions in interfering in their fight, will lead to his changing sides at some point, possibly taking some of his siblings with him if he knocks some sense into them. |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[WMG: If the manga does end with a spinoff about Luffy's son going on an adventure we will not know the identity of his mother.]] |
| 244 | Because Mother is the antonym for Adventure and to spite the shippers. |
| 245 | * Heck, maybe Luffy adopted his kid and raised them by himself, or with the assistance of some very frustrated crew members. |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[WMG: Urouge and the Fallen Monk Pirates will ally with Luffy.]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | With the public reveal that Luffy defeated Cracker (the Sweet Commander who beat Urouge) and Katakuri, Urouge will desire to meet him. During this eventual meeting, it will come out that Urouge is a Bilkan/Birkan, or had ties to Skypeia (and thus has reason to dislike Enel), and that the Straw Hats visited Skypeia before and beat Enel. Urouge, already impressed by his feats in Totto Land, will thus develop even more respect for Luffy and choose to ally with him. |
| 250 | * Not jossed yet, but the detail about Urouge being impressed by Luffy having defeated Cracker and Katakuri isn't looking likely, since none of the Supernovas' reactions to Luffy's feats were shown. Still, it's not impossible. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[WMG: The Raftel Arc, or whatever the hell the last arc is...]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | ... will feature a MacGuffin that allows instant transportation to any place on the planet (possibly the whole universe). It ''may'' be One Piece (perhaps Roger's first and last use of it was turning himself in?), it ''may'' be Blueno's Door-Door fruit in "awakened" form (can Paramecias awaken? [Yes, they can. Doflamingo's fruit was awakened.]). Story-wise, this will allow every single ally -- maybe even every single enemy -- the Strawhats have ever met to take part, in the greatest ContinuityCavalcade fiction has ever known. |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[WMG: ''One Piece'''s sequel will revolve around a rookie Marine's quest to capture Luffy, the legendary Pirate King.]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[WMG:How Buggy would (theoretically) react to a swordsman using Haki.]] |
| 259 | There's been a ''lot'' of fan debate on this (for theory purposes we're assuming Mihawk ''didn't'' bother to use a Haki slash back on Marineford), ranging from "he'd die instantly" to "he'd laugh it off without lifting a finger". Personally, I'd like to split the difference: a Haki-imbued slash ''would'' hurt and make him bleed, but as long as it didn't kill him in one hit he'd still be able to instantly reattach and heal the damage (if not the mental trauma). |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[WMG:A future arc (less likely, a FillerArc or movie) will feature a CurseOfBabel plot.]] |
| 262 | The world of ''One Piece'' is wide and vast. Technology levels fluctuate wildly but most islands seem pretty damn isolated, and the World Government controls the only thing resembling mass media. Logically speaking, there's no real reason for everyone to be speaking a CommonTongue (it's especially blatant for the inhabitants of Skypiea, who ''really'' shouldn't be so easily intelligible to the Strawhats considering [[spoiler:half of them came from the freaking moon and never went down to the Blue Sea]]). |
| 263 | |
| 264 | We could, of course, just chalk this up to ArtisticLicense and call it a day. But knowing Oda's worldbuilding, he could well pull an explanation for this 200 or 300 chapters in the future. Perhaps someone from the Void Century (or even earlier!) used his Devil Fruit/Haki/whatever to grant the world a ''Blessing'' of Babel, and the World Government has just now figured out a way to reverse it? |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[WMG:In the final arc, every character that has ever appeared will join in the final fight.]] |
| 267 | Some will align with Blackbeard, some with the Marines while most will fight with the Straw Hats |
| 268 | |
| 269 | [[WMG:Kuma will come back and become a future benevolent figure in the story in a brand new body.]] |
| 270 | We all know that Kuma is supposedly converted completely to machine and thus died, but what we don't know is what happened to his brain after removal, was it destroyed? Or did Vegapunk has some other plans in mind for it? My bet is that he is too important to be reduced to a flashback only character, and will certainly come back into main focus sometime later. |
| 271 | * Neither confirmed nor jossed so far, but the Reverie Arc will answer this one. So far, Kuma's ''body'' is being used by the Celestial Dragons as "the indestructible slave" that they take turns using. Kuma's mind's whereabouts are unknown, if it even exists anymore, but the Revolutionaries are moving to attack the Celestial Dragons directly to retrieve Kuma. In addition, Kuma is [[spoiler:the former king of Sorbet Kingdom and the father of Jewelry Bonney.]] |
| 272 | ** Still neither confirmed nor jossed, but the Reverie arc having ended, answers might be given at the end of the Wano Country arc. Also, the bit about [[spoiler:Kuma and Bonney being father and daughter]] is pure speculation and extrapolation; the only thing we do know is that these characters have ''some'' connection. |
| 273 | ** [[spoiler: As of Egghead Island, they are confirmed to be father and daughter.]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[WMG:Both the Redline and the Grandline were man made 800 years ago.]] |
| 276 | The Gorousei noted that the Nefertari family choose to stay behind in the lower realms 800 years ago implied that the Celestial Dragons were all from the lower realms before then, this begs the question: who lives in the upper realms of the Redline? One possibility is that there were no upper realms before then, the Redline was referred to as indestructible in the past yet we have seen a number of island destroying devil fruit abilities and examples of super human strength that should made this impossible, so its durability might be a indication of extraordinary origin than a natural geographic feature, and as the Grandline was similarly extraordinary and closely connected with the Redline it follows that they share a similar origin. They might have been the result of planetary scale terraforming using scientific means or devil fruits, they separate the world into six manageable sections and prevent large scale uprising over the separate regions and since the world government monopolized world scale transportation they will maintain a upper hand against any and all powers within it. The Grandline itself was probably engineered specifically to funnel their opposition into the dangerous region so that they will either eliminate each other or fell to the extreme weather conditions and hostile flora and fauna inside, a meat grinder before the vault holding the truth of the world. |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[WMG:Mihawk lost interest in dueling Shanks is not because of concern over his power loss due to losing an arm]] |
| 279 | Since the common stance of Shanks' condition after losing his dominant arm was that he wasn't weakened by it over all, Mihawk's lost of interest over dueling the Yonko mush be due to a different factor than power loss. My guess is that Mihawk no longer regards Shanks as a fellow swordsman and thus a valid target of his challenge. If all Mihawk cares about were combat strength, any of the Yonko would have been valid targets including Shanks who must have supplemented his combat style with either a greater use of different haki (using conqueror shock wave) or maybe even martial arts into his combat style (kicking for example) after the loss of his left arm, yet he did not challenge Yonkos (other than that one slash against Whitebeard) tells me that he only interested in fighting pure swordsman which non of them are (anymore in Shanks' case), he did not even seem to want to fight people who uses devil fruit powers to supplement their swordsmanship, otherwise Kisaru would have been a valid target as well. My conclusion is that Mihawk only challenges pure swordsmen, and will only tolerate the use of haki in their competition. |
| 280 | * Except Shanks ''is'' still a pure swordsman with Haki, no fruit powers seen since then. |
| 281 | ** Please read my points on Shanks before putting your objection up, it is really not that long. |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[WMG:The Straw Hat represents an ancient power/threat to the World Government]] |
| 284 | That only Im knows about (Maybe before the World Government, there was an ancient world power whose troops wore straw hats) |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[WMG: Im's true identity is a version of Luffy from the future that originally was to be.]] |
| 287 | After some unclear incident that caused Luffy to turn his back on the pirate lifestyle, possibly the death of his crew, he uses some power, possibly the One Piece depending on what that turns out to be, to travel back and found the World Government himself, causing pretty much every WG obstacle and situation his present self has encountered in the series. The Straw Hat that's kept as a treasure is the same one iconic to the series. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | This could be a gambit too, knowing the Government exists in the world the people he knew and cared about lived in, ensure things take the correct course until time reaches where the Straw Hats would've normally perished, before suddenly flipping the script. If this is the case, he's kept his Straw Hat as a reminder not to let things go the way he remembered them going. |
| 290 | |
| 291 | Alternatively, Future Luffy went off the deep end, coming back in time and developing a god complex in his grief. Though his original intentions may have been pure, he's created the very world that swallowed his friends up in death, no longer caring about how things began. If this is the case, the Straw Hat is being kept out of the last remaining shred of sentimentality Luffy has left. |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[WMG:Hawkins was sent to do recon to see what kind of force and manpower Kaido needed to allocate to dealing with the Straw Hats.]] |
| 294 | He's powerful, but there is absolutely no way that he is on either Luffy or Zoro's level, and even the weakest Straw Hats could likely survive a fight with him. That's not the point. The point is that now that the Straw Hats as a whole and ''especially'' Luffy have gone from being on Kaido's radar to actively being targeted by him, he's going to try and get a sense of what they're capable of before he goes all-out on them. Hawkins is incapable of winning a fight with any of the Straw Hats who are currently in the Wano Country, and both he and Kaido know this. He is, however, ''extremely'' capable of surviving a fight with them, and it stands to reason that Kaido sent him because even if he does get his ass kicked, he's going to leave alive and is going to be able to give Kaido a better idea of what he's dealing with. |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[WMG:The reason Kuma was replaced piece by piece was for researching Devil Fruits]] |
| 297 | I can see two reasons to do this to a Devil Fruit user, both will answer some hanging questions about Devil Fruits themselves: |
| 298 | |
| 299 | First possibility is that the World Government is trying to test the limits of Devil Fruit ability retention for a living being, for example if you replace the limbs of a Devil Fruit user whose primary power is limb based (i.e. Kuma's Nikyu Nikyu no Mi) will they retain the power of the fruit through their prosthetics? Or will the power be lost and return to a suitable fruit nearby? Kuma's situation seems to indicate the former. Taking it further, when will a user loses their power? When they lost 50% of their original body? 70%? When you remove the brain? What if you keep the brain in a jar? Will the power still be retained by the brain itself as long as it is alive? What if you put the brain in a new body, cybernetic or organic, will the power manifest in the new body or stay with the old? All these questions maybe answered by what was done to Kuma, and sickening as they are I wouldn't put it past the World Government to try just to make use of the knowledge. |
| 300 | |
| 301 | Second possibility is that these has to do with the new Pacifistas, super weapons that if completed will be powerful enough to completely replace the Shichibukai system, my answer to that is the technology to clone Devil Fruit power. It was said the Devil Fruit works by affecting the lineage factor of the user, and we knew that Vegapunk and Vinsmoke Judge used to study lineage factor together in the past, with Judge successfully manage to create a clone army and four super soldier children with psudo Devil Fruit powers using this tech, we also knew that the World Government has an army of Kuma lookalikes in their labs, it is very possible Vegapunk has been trying to clone Devil Fruit powers by using Kuma's lineage factor (which was modified by the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi inside him). By studying the method by which Devil Fruit powers were inherited the World Government may have successfully created an army of Nikyu Nikyu no Mi using Pacifistas in their control, or better yet the tech to do this with any Devil Fruit they can get their hands on (which means any Devil Fruit abilities from the past to the future of One Piece can return as the power of the World Government). Remember how some Devil Fruit abilities seems to be wasted on weak or uncreative users in the past? They may come back in their fully realized form one day under the guiding light of Im sama. |
| 302 | |
| 303 | These possibilities are not mutually exclusive, and either way (or some other ways that I can't think of), this is going to get the WG to unseen heights of power. |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[WMG:Speed will undergo a sincere HeelFaceTurn]] |
| 306 | She's become an ally due to Tama's power but, as she spends more time with the little girl, she may get to know better of the condition of the people she helped oppress and also get sincerely attached to Tama, who wouldn't even realize the effect of the mochi on Speed has waned. At some point, Speed's former allies will attack her with no consideration for their past comradery, leading her to cast aside any doubt on whose side to take. |
| 307 | * Implied to be the case at the end of Wano: Tama says her animal charming power wears off eventually, and the subjects make up their own minds on how they feel about her. Speed says she'll continue to be by Tama's side, but she was still brainwashed at the time so who's to say? |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[WMG: The Wano arc will briefly pause Wano-related stuff and cut back to the Reverie.]] |
| 310 | After all, the Straw Hats and their allies prepare to invade Kaido's island in two weeks' time, while the Reverie, which has already started, ends in ''one'' week's time. It's definitely not impossible that we'll get a brief moment showing us how they're doing, even if for one chapter only. |
| 311 | * Possible since 924 states the end of Act One of the Wano arc. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[WMG:The Straw Hat Pirates will meet someone with skill that surpasses Lucci.]] |
| 314 | * This person will have ventriloquism skills that are even better that Lucci's ventriloquism. |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[WMG:A future arc will feature the Straw Hats exploring/being trapped in RealLife, possibly via dimensional portal or something.]] |
| 317 | * Or, at least, Oda's approximation thereof. It may be the plot of a zillion and one fanfics already, but who's to say Oda wouldn't at least consider it if he's feeling a little tired of building fantasy islands and cultures from near-scratch? |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[WMG: All Ds can handle two devil fruits.]] |
| 320 | * Blackbeard's unusual biology isn't just his own, any D can gain a second power, building on this, Luffy might gain a second power at some point, maybe right before his final battle with Blackbeard. |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[WMG: At the end of the manga, Oda will canonize ALL the fillers]] |
| 323 | * And I do mean all of them. Everything from [[Recap/OnePieceWarshipIslandArc Warship Island]] to [[Recap/OnePieceGEightArc G-8]] to the movies and specials. Not as part of the main plot, of course, but as bits and pieces of a huge montage showing all the places on the Grand Line our heroes may or may not have seen... [[AndTheAdventureContinues and may yet see]]. There are, after all, six other routes to Raftel; who's to say you won't find Thousand Dragons, or a memory-stealing seahorse, or a resort island with a deep, dark secret on one of them? |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[WMG: The Straw Hat Pirates will reach Raftel without finding the fourth road poneglyph.]] |
| 326 | * Bear with me. We know it has been lost for centuries. We also know the Roger Pirates got there ''somehow''. Voice of All things, perhaps? Luffy has this as well, but that needn't be the answer for how they'll reach it. Because Luffy has been set up to meet Shanks before reaching Raftel, my theory is that he and Shanks will clash to show how they've grown over the years, and then Shanks, who sailed with Roger, will tell Luffy and crew what he remembers of how to get there, which Nami will combine with the information on the three Road poneglyphs to open the way! |
| 327 | ** As a counter, Shanks has since secretly acquired the last Road Poneglyph and will willingly share it with them once they prove themselves. |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[WMG: The Straw Hat Grand Fleet will aid the Straw Hat Pirates in facing the Emperors.]] |
| 330 | * It was confirmed that the fleet will play a key role in a pivotal event in the future, and with the Straw Hats gearing up to face one of the Four Emperors, this may be that pivotal event. |
| 331 | ** [[spoiler: Jossed as far as Kaido and Big Mom, but there are three Emperors left to go...]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[WMG:Carrot possesses both Armament and Observation Haki.]] |
| 334 | The Vol. 11 Vivre Card pack had revealed that Pedro had Armament and Observation Haki. Since Pedro was also Carrot's mentor, he could have trained her beyond just mere close-quarter combat. Not only has Carrot learned to control Sulong at an early age, she probably has been trained to use both Armament and Observation Haki. She is after all, in Pedro's words, "quite the fighter." |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[WMG:The Rumble-Rumble fruit will appear again.]] |
| 337 | At the hands of Blackbeard's crew. |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[WMG:The thriller bark pirates will be killed and zombified by Blackbeard.]] |
| 340 | In chapter 925, we saw that Absalom got killed by Catarina Devon and got his fruits stolen by Shiryu. Catarina then lured Moria into a sense of comfort by turning into Absalom before having Shiryu take out his zombies, trapping him on the island. Earlier that chapter, Perona found out Moria is alive and left Kuraigana Island to find him. Catarina is also known for killing beautiful women, which Perona certainly qualifies for. Moria would most likely object, only to be killed himself. |
| 341 | * Van Auger could get the Horo Horo No Mi, he could shoot the hollows at people from insanely long distances. Also, it could make a intresting scene if he takes on Usopp. The only reason Usopp beat Perona was because Usopp was too pessimistic to be brought lower by the hollows. But with Usopp's development, the hollows likely would affect him now. |
| 342 | * The Kage Kage No Mi could go to Doc Q, who doesn't have that strong of a body himself and could really benefit from a pick me up via a few dozen shadows. He's also a doctor and could stitch up corpses to make zombies. It's debatable if he could do it as well as Hogback, but it's something. |
| 343 | ** The fruit guesses have been {{Jossed}}, but Moria is probably still imprisoned on Hachinosu, and we don't even know where Perona is, so they may still end up dead like you predicted. |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[WMG:Laboon will become Luffy's [[LivingShip final ship]] at the series end]] |
| 346 | Because nothing says "I am King of all the Pirates in the world" after finding One Piece, quite like riding and commanding the equivalent of the ''Leviathan'' itself. |
| 347 | * After all, Laboon is mechanical on the inside thanks to Crocus, so Franky might be able to rebuild Laboon into a ship. After all, he does have experience rebuilding and modifying cyborgs such as himself and when you realize that Laboon is basically a cyborg whale... |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[WMG: Ace and Whitebeard will return]] |
| 350 | As Gekko Moria's new zombies! Since Moria encounters Blackbeard, it's possible they're going to join forces to create an army against the other Emperors and the entire World Government. With Ace and Whitebeard in their army, it will be the most epic and heartbreaking fight the Straw Hats and their allies will have to face! Will Luffy have the strength and the courage to face his brother again? And will Marco and the WB crew be able to face their beloved father? The possibilities are endless! |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[WMG: Both Carrot and Yamato will join the Straw Hats at the end of Wano]] |
| 353 | * A lot of people have been arguing on whether Carrot or Yamato should be the eleventh member of the Straw Hat Pirates (not the Grand Fleet as division commanders, but a main part of the crew). So why not blindside everyone by having ''both'' of them join instead? |
| 354 | * Seemingly jossed: Yamato stays behind in Wano for the time being, while Carrot is anointed as king of the Mink Tribe by Dogstorm and Cat Viper. |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[WMG: Who's facing and defeating who in the Wano arc?]] |
| 357 | * Each arc traditionally has Luffy's current crew assist him in defeating various enemies generally in rank of abilities and overall strength which is matched by whoever they are battling. So who is it for Wano? Of their leader and his highest-ranking officers, the following either are currently happening, or are speculated to happen: |
| 358 | ** Luffy Vs. Kaido (Captain Vs. Captain, as is tradition) |
| 359 | ** Zoro Vs. King (speculation -- they're both swordsmen, so Zoro is likely to be the one to face him once he recovers) |
| 360 | ** Sanji Vs. Queen (happening as of this writing) |
| 361 | ** Nami Vs. Ulti (defeated; currently facing Big Mom but unlikely to be the one to officially defeat her) |
| 362 | ** Usopp Vs. ? (was helping Nami against Ulti, but now they're up against Big Mom) |
| 363 | ** Chopper Vs. ? (was fighting Queen but Sanji's taken over; currently unable to battle) |
| 364 | ** Robin Vs. Black Maria (happening as of this writing, with Brook's aid) |
| 365 | ** Franky Vs. Sasaki (happening as of this writing) |
| 366 | ** Brook Vs. ? (currently helping Robin against Black Maria) |
| 367 | ** Jinbe Vs. Who's-Who (happening as of this writing) |
| 368 | |
| 369 | The only one of the All-Stars or Flying Six left who hasn't defected or been knocked out is Jack; not sure who'll face him. Luffy needs to be the one to personally defeat Big Mom. Uncertain where her crew fits in in this arc. |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[WMG:Garp is not Dragon's father.]] |
| 372 | His father is actually Rocks D. Xebec; Dragon just had a baby with Garp's daughter, whom they named Luffy. |
| 373 | |
| 374 | After Roger and Garp defeated Xebec, they both found a little boy hiding in Xebec's ship. That boy turned out to be Xebec's son Dragon, raised to be a powerful evil pirate like his father. |
| 375 | |
| 376 | Garp took him in to raise along with his daughter to become great marines. This would explain why Roger trusted Garp to raise Ace. |
| 377 | * Since the God Valley Incident occurred 38 years ago and Dragon being currently 55 years old post-timeskip, he approximately would have been 17; this is the same age as Luffy was when he started his adventure. Coincidence? |
| 378 | * Could Dragon have played a smaller, more subtle, role in helping Roger and Garp defeat Xebec? Did he turn Whitebeard against Xebec? Could he have been motivated by love for Garp's daughter? 17 is an excellent age to both fall in love, and rebel against parents. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | [[WMG:Shanks is a Celestial Dragon]] |
| 381 | When Shanks was a baby, he was kidnapped by Rocks D. Xebec along with the other World Nobles during the God Valley Incident. Shanks' Noble parents were killed by Xebec and after he was defeated, Roger took him in to raise as an apprentice in his crew. Shanks uses his connections to the Celestial Dragons to gain access to Mary Geoise, probably because his bloodline is one of the top out of all the other Celestial Dragon families . |
| 382 | * I'd go even further and say that Shanks is directly related to Im in some way. Celestial Dragons are the public rulers of the world, but Shanks has this air about him that tells me that he's much higher up than some stuffy noble. This is best seen with that famous scene with the Gorosei, where they not only meet with him but seem to be making time specifically for him, with no sass or backhanded comments about it. |
| 383 | * It's implied but not confirmed in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmRed'', as Five Elder Stars mentions belong to the Figerland family. |
| 384 | |
| 385 | [[WMG:Hiyori might have a Devil Fruit]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[WMG:There will be (a) character/s who will be a reference to the historical Edelweiss Pirates]] |
| 388 | Oda loves naming characters after real-life historical figures, so why not reference these guys? The [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss_Pirates Edelweiss Pirates]] were a group of rebellious teens who opposed UsefulNotes/NaziGermany during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII; sort of like the Revolutionary Army. Maybe one revolutionary will be introduced and named Edelweiss? |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[WMG:The reason all four red Poneglyphs are needed]] |
| 391 | Laugh Tale has been out there, somewhere, for over twenty years. Even though the Grand Line has dangerous weather that makes it difficult to travel freely, the strongest pirates should have been able to find it if it was just sitting there. But Oda hinted at this with Skypiea. Both were lost hundreds of years ago, contain a vast treasure, and Bellamy specifically compares the two in that many people doubt their existence. In order to reach Skypiea, the Straw Hats had to find out when and where the knock-up stream and the cloud carrying Skypiea would sync up. The method to reach Laugh Tale is similar. You can't just use two or three Ponegylphs, and sail along the lines they create hoping that Laugh Tale will be sitting there somewhere. The four Poneglyphs together point you to the exact location where some special process, similar to the knock-up stream, will take you to Laugh Tale. |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[WMG:There will be someone important who has the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Tyrannosaurus]] |
| 394 | I find it strange that no one in the manga that has the ability to transform into a T-Rex yet, and considering how famous the T-Rex, it's pretty weird. I believe it might be being saved for someone important, but who it will be? My own bet and guess is on Luffy's mother, but we don't know for sure yet. |
| 395 | * Tyrannosaurus the mouse will be revealed to have the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Tyrannosaurus fruit. |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[WMG:Shanks' father was a pirate named "Redbeard"]] |
| 398 | He was a powerful pirate during Rocks's time and started the "beard" idea for Whitebeard, Blackbeard, Brownbeard, and Peachbears. Redbeard was one of Xebec's rival during that era, similarly to the Four Emperors of Luffy's time. He was probably an AbusiveDad to Shanks like Kaido was to Yamato, causing him to run away and join the Roger Pirates. |
| 399 | * Jossed on Shanks running away since he was found by Roger as a baby in a treasure chest. |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[WMG:The Rumbar Pirates were killed by the Rocks Pirates]] |
| 402 | The timing would make excellent sense, as Roger was considered a rookie during Brook's original time. Besides that, the identity of who annilated them wasn't revealed, and usually when Oda keeps a detail like that obscure, it means there are bigger implications. |
| 403 | |
| 404 | [[WMG:The Thousand Sunny [[MidSeasonUpgrade will be given a Devil Fruit power]].]] |
| 405 | During the Egghead Arc, the exact process Dr. Vegapunk used to feed Devil Fruits to inanimate objects will be revealed, and the Straw Hats will use it to empower the Thousand Sunny. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Of course, the ship will sink into the ocean as a consequence]], but Franky will use his engineering brilliance to compensate for the Sunny's tradeoff, impressing Vegapunk. |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[WMG:Pluton is a CombiningMecha]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | [[WMG:Lovecraftian insperations]] |
| 410 | I can't be the only one who sees it can I? |
| 411 | |
| 412 | * The Fishmen are Deep ones in all but name. |
| 413 | |
| 414 | * The imagery of some of Robin's stranger tactics. (More so when eyes are involved.) |
| 415 | |
| 416 | * Forbiden knowledge that caused hardened men to brak down laughing. (Don't feer for Luffy, if I am right about what is there Oda's views on the matter will keep him and the others safe.) |
| 417 | |
| 418 | * The Tremor Tremor fruit strikes me as eldritch geomotry. |
| 419 | |
| 420 | * Monster Point make anyone else think of Vicar Amelia? Or is it just me? |
| 421 | |
| 422 | I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of. |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[WMG:The next cover story will be a third Decks of the World arc]] |
| 425 | So far, there have been two cover stories focusing on the Straw Hats' allies reacting to the crew's endeavors, known as "Decks of the World". The first of these stories showed their reaction to the Straw Hats' resurgence after the two-year timeskip, while the second one focused on them reacting to the crew's new bounties after Dressrosa. [[spoiler:With Luffy now an Emperor, this seems to be the perfect time to bring back the Decks of the World cover story to see how the world reacts to Luffy's newest achievement.]] |
| 426 | |
| 427 | [[WMG:Jimbei ''did'' die as he helped the Straw Hats escape Whole Cake Island]] |
| 428 | Luffy told Jimbei to not let death stop him from joining his crew, and Zoro mused on the possibility that Jimbei died when Luffy noted that Big Mom arrived at Wano, while he didn't. Perhaps it's possible that Jimbei was somehow killed (or came really close to being killed) by Big Mom when she arrived to confront the Sun Pirates and Germa 66. However, not willing to break his promise to Luffy, Jimbei revived himself a la [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] in order to not let his new captain down. |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[WMG:Caribou will become an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom after Egghead]] |
| 431 | He already knows a lot of sensitive info, has the risk of eavesdropping on more of it on Egghead, and at one point mistakingly assumed the Straw Hats would be heading to Mary Geoise in the near future. If he gets captured by the Marines at the end of the arc, there's a good chance they might get him to spill the beans. |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[WMG:Koby is related to Rocks D. Xebec]] |
| 434 | People have been wondering about Teach's reasons for taking Koby, so this came to mind. There are a few reasons to think this is the cause. |
| 435 | |
| 436 | * Koby is supposed to be Luffy’s mirror within the series, so it would make sense for him to be a D. even if he isn’t a Rocks. |
| 437 | |
| 438 | * Another fight/war seems to be about to break, one that will parallel the God Valley Fight between three D. So far, two of those D. are Marshall D. Teach = Rocks D. Xebec, Monkey D. Luffy = Gol D. Rogers, but as for Monkey D. Garp’s parallel, no one besides Koby comes to mind. It would make sense for the roles to be reversed, with the grandsons fighting on opposite sides than their grandfathers once did. |
| 439 | |
| 440 | * Teach is obsessed with the Rocks Pirates. He named his ship after them, purposely got into a former Rocks crew, fought another to get one of their islands. He also seems to be aware of a lot of past and erased history. Him kidnapping Koby doesn’t make a lot of sense as far as we can tell (they only met once during the Rocky Port Incident and Teach knows nothing about his friendship with Luffy, and Koby doesn’t have a high position within the marines to warrant his attention), so there must be another reason for his actions. Him being related to Xebec, someone Teach seems to admire or at least be interested in, could explain that. |
| 441 | ** Regarding this point specifically, it seems more probable that the reason Blackbeard took Koby prisoner is to serve as bait for Garp, who ''does'' have a connection to Xebec. And it ''worked''. |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[WMG:The climax of the Egghead Arc will have Luffy battle Kizaru, while the Straw Hats fight the Seraphim]] |
| 444 | I think Luffy facing Kizaru is a given, due to Luffy having grown strong enough to defeat an Emperor--he's more than ready to fight an Admiral. In addition, the Light-Pressure Gloves shown earlier in the story would be an effective ChekhovsGun which would allow Luffy to harm the light-based Admiral. |
| 445 | |
| 446 | Meanwhile, the rest of the Straw Hats could fight the Seraphim, who may turn on them and Vegapunk [[spoiler:thanks to one of the Five Elders being higher on the Pacifista Authority Hierarchy than Vegapunk and his satellites]]. If so, then the Straw Hats could fight the Seraphim in groups: Zoro and Brook could fight S-Hawk, Nami and Robin could fight S-Snake, Jimbei and Sanji could fight S-Shark, and Franky, Usopp, and Chopper could fight S-Bear. Of course, this may not happen, due to how strong the Seraphim have proven themself to be (even putting Blackbeard on the defensive), but we'll just have to wait and see. |
| 447 | * [[spoiler: Confirmed, at least as far as Luffy vs Kizaru]] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | [[WMG:The Blackbeard Pirates will eventually arrive at Egghead and Elbaph]] |
| 450 | In Chapter 1063, it was revealed that after the events of Wano, the Blackbeard Pirates pursued Law to obtain his Poneglyph rubbings. If that's the case, it's possible that other members of Blackbeard's crew are headed to Egghead and Elbaph, the current whereabouts of Luffy and Kid respectively, in order to obtain their Poneglyph rubbings as well. |
| 451 | |
| 452 | * Partially confirmed as of Chapter 1079; a ship belonging to the Blackbeard Pirates is shown approaching Egghead before cutting away. Whether or not they're targeting Luffy's Poneglyph rubbings is still unknown. |
| 453 | |
| 454 | [[WMG:Franky will start using Green Blood after the Egghead Arc]] |
| 455 | Seeing as he's a massive Vegapunk fan and a cyborg, it'd make sense for Franky to gain the technological power-up. As for which Devil Fruit's power he'd gain, maybe Senor Pink's Swim-Swim Fruit since he and Franky have a mutual respect for each other and Franky commented on S-Shark having the same power. |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[WMG:Sanji's mother, Vinsmoke Sora, wrote the comic strip ''Sora, Warrior of the Sea'']] |
| 458 | It's possible that Sora is the author of that comic, writing the story that's based around her life. She also wanted to show the world how bad Germa 66 is. Let's look at the connections: |
| 459 | * Sanji's mother and the character share the same name |
| 460 | * Sora fights Germa 66; Sora "fights" against her husband Judge's ideals |
| 461 | * Stealth Black is a very popular character; Stealth Black is Sanji's (Vinsmoke Sora's favorite child) alter-ego |
| 462 | |
| 463 | [[WMG:Lilith will be the SoleSurvivor of the Vegapunks]] |
| 464 | With [[spoiler: Shaka and Pythagoras]] seemingly killed off, it doesn't seem out of the question that more of the satellites could meet their demise before the Egghead arc is over. The fake-out at the beginning of the arc that would lead the reader to believe that Lilith is the sole Vegapunk could be an example of Oda's iconic foreshadowing at play. |
| 465 | |
| 466 | [[WMG:Shaka will be the man with the burn scar]] |
| 467 | Unlike the other human Vegapunk satellites (Lilith, Atlas, York), Shaka has his face covered by a helmet. While the helmet may be a cool design choice, it's also possible that the helmet covers a severe wound Shaka had in the past. That wound could be a burn scar. It could also mean that Kid and Killer's visit to Elbaph to meet Saul was a RedHerring, since everyone thought that Saul was the person that would be crucial to winning the war for the One Piece. |
| 468 | * Looks to be jossed as of Chapter 1081. |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[WMG:Fullalead is now a mobile island]] |
| 471 | Avalo Pizarro's Devil Fruit allows him to fully meld into the island of Fullalead. Perhaps as part of the Isle-Isle Fruit's capabilities, when Pizarro decides to move while the fruit's abilities are active, he could take the entire island of Fullalead with him. This could make Fullalead a fully mobile island, similar to the Germa Kingdom being a mobile kingdom. |
| 472 | |
| 473 | [[WMG:The Egghead Incident will ultimately be the final battle of the series]] |
| 474 | Oda teased that ''One Piece'' only has about three years left before its end as of 2022. Because of that, it seems unlikely that we'll see everything people are anticipating, like the Straw Hats' adventures on Elbaph, the Moon, and Marijoa, within that minute timeframe. Additionally, he mentioned drawing the biggest war in the manga's history after the events of Wano; in his Jump Festa 2022 message, it was implied that a battle royale would be happening within the next year, indicating that the final battle would be happening soon. As of Chapter 1080, we have some light on what the final battle could be like: the Egghead Incident was teased to be a world-shaking event, that began when the World Government decided to assassinate Vegapunk. Now, at least 100 Marine ships are heading to Egghead, along with Admiral Kizaru and Saturn of the Five Elders. That alone could be a huge setup for the final battle of the series, and throw in other key players like Blackbeard (see below for potential participants), and you have what could very well be the final war of ''One Piece''. |
| 475 | |
| 476 | [[WMG:Participants in the Egghead Incident]] |
| 477 | As detailed above, the Egghead Incident could be the final battle in ''One Piece''. If the theory is correct, then there will certainly be a lot more parties involved than just the Straw Hats and the Marines. So who could also partake in this potential battle royale? |
| 478 | |
| 479 | * Blackbeard Pirates--they're seemingly being built up to be the final big opponents the Straw Hats will face, and a ship of theirs is shown to be approaching Egghead in Chapter 1079. |
| 480 | * Straw Hat Grand Fleet--they've been hyped up to start an incident of massive proportions, and their arrival to back up Luffy and his crew could very well kick off the battle on Egghead. |
| 481 | * Red Hair Pirates--since Blackbeard may arrive at Egghead, it should seem plausible that Shanks somehow heads to the island as well. |
| 482 | * Cross Guild (or at least Buggy)--completing the Four Emperors, Buggy, along with Crocodile and Mihawk, could partake in the final battle. As of Chapter 1082, Buggy and the Cross Guild are officially on the hunt for the One Piece. In addition, Crocodile implied that in order to create a new utopia for the world, they'd need weapons (indicated by only saying the letter "w" before Buggy cuts him off). If Buggy's searching for the One Piece and Crocodile needs weapons, they could head to Egghead for both needs: Buggy for the Road Poneglyph rubbings Luffy has (since he can't head to Laugh Tale without them) and Crocodile for the Seraphim (which could be the weapons needed for the utopia). Or perhaps only Buggy will head to Egghead (just so Crocodile and Mihawk could send him out to die). |
| 483 | * SWORD--they're currently on Fullalead in order to rescue Koby from Blackbeard's forces. If the rescue's successful, they could flee to another island for safety (potentially bringing Blackbeard's fleet with him)--potentially Egghead, where they get caught up in the Egghead Incident. |
| 484 | * Big Mom Pirates--with Blackbeard holding Pudding captive, her family probably wants to save her. And if Blackbeard is heading to Egghead, the Big Mom Pirates may be tailing him. They could also try to settle the score with Luffy due to the events on Whole Cake Island. |
| 485 | * Thriller Bark Pirates--Moria was revealed to be Blackbeard's prisoner after refusing to join his crew. If Moria's freed, his crew could begin to wreak havoc again, eventually arriving on Egghead. |
| 486 | * Ryokugyu and Weevil--the former explicitly revealed he was connected to Vegapunk, and the latter is hinted to be connected to the doctor. |
| 487 | * Marco and Buckin--when we last checked in on them, the two seem to be heading Egghead so Vegapunk can prove to them how Weevil is Whitebeard and Buckin's son. |
| 488 | * Kuja Pirates--after the Seraphims' attack on Amazon Lily, Hancock implied that she'll finally head to Luffy in order to protect her people. If so, she and the Kuja Pirates could provide Luffy some extra ammunition in the upcoming battle and even potentially join the Grand Fleet. |
| 489 | * Akainu--as shown in the Egghead Arc's early chapters, he's growing more and more frustrated that he isn't taking action as much due to being Fleet Admiral. Perhaps he'll finally decide to partake in battle during the Egghead Incident. It could also allow Luffy to try and avenge Ace by fighting and defeating his murderer. |
| 490 | * Caribou--he's probably the biggest wildcard yet. Since he went to Egghead with the Straw Hats, he'll probably partake in the battle as well. |
| 491 | * Burn Scar--Chapter 1081 revealed that the alleged keeper of the last Road Poneglyph, the fabled man with the burn scar, seems to be working for the World Government. If that's the case, then he could be called to help in the Egghead Incident. Perhaps in the midst of the chaos, the Straw Hats will manage to obtain his Poneglyph rubbings. |
| 492 | |
| 493 | [[WMG:Luffy's true dream is the become King of the World]] |
| 494 | In Chapter 1060, Luffy revealed that becoming King of the Pirates was just the first step in an even bigger dream. As for what the dream is, it's possible that Luffy's setting his sights on becoming something even bigger: King of the World. Luffy's crew stated that his actual dream is impossible to achieve; if he's trying to become King of the World, then it does seem impossible. After all, there's the matter of the Empty Throne, which everyone believes means that there cannot be a single ruler of the world (which, of course, was proven false thanks to Imu). In addition, Rocks had that same dream when he was alive, so Luffy may be mirroring Rocks's ambitions (albeit in a more benevolent light, by the looks of it). |
| 495 | |
| 496 | [[WMG:Momousagi, Chaton, and Kurouma will all be come Admirals in the future]] |
| 497 | The alias of all three Marines have the same naming scheme as all five Admirals in the series so far: a color followed by an animal. In addition, the former two were both in the running to be Admirals, but are currently Vice-Admirals. Because of that, this could be foreshadowing for the next wave of Admirals in the series. |
| 498 | * Kurouma merely works as director of the Naval Bureau of Investigation. Unless he is an AlmightyJanitor, I don't see how he would be promoted straight to Admiral. |
| 499 | |
| 500 | [[WMG:Straw Hat Pirates vs. Blackbeard Pirates matchups]] |
| 501 | With all Ten Titanic Captains officially revealed, now we can predict which member of the Straw Hats will fight who when they inevitably clash: |
| 502 | |
| 503 | * Luffy vs. Blackbeard: their battle has been building up ever since Jaya, and it would be a clash against captains. |
| 504 | * Zoro vs. Shiryu: both are the respective swordsmen of their crews. It's a lock. |
| 505 | * Nami vs. Lafitte: also a lock; both are their crews' navigators. |
| 506 | * Usopp vs. Van Augur: another mirror matchup, this time with snipers. |
| 507 | * Sanji vs. Catarina Devon: with her gender and shapeshifting abilities, Devon could force Sanji to finally fight a female opponent for the first time. |
| 508 | * Chopper vs. Doc Q: another obvious choice, since both are their crews' doctors. |
| 509 | * Robin vs. Kuzan: now that we know that Kuzan is a Titanic Captain, it would make the most sense for him to fight Robin due to their past encounters. |
| 510 | * Brook vs. Vasco Shot: as shown on his character page, Shot is being implied to be an EvilCounterpart to Brook, so that's the reason for this matchup. |
| 511 | * Jimbei vs. Jesus Burgess: both are the helmsmen of their respective crews. |
| 512 | |
| 513 | [[WMG:Burn Scar will be the person with an eyepatch]] |
| 514 | Oda teased that he will introduce someone wearing an eyepatch at some point in the story. That person would particularly appear near the end of the story. Now that we're basically in ''One Piece'''s endgame, perhaps Burn Scar is the person with that eyepatch. |
| 515 | |
| 516 | [[WMG:Burn Scar is the "lurking legend" Oda teased]] |
| 517 | He mentioned that during Wano, a man only described as a lurking legend will make their debut; this person would be the ultimate opponent standing in the Straw Hat Pirates' way. And while he never made an appearance in Wano, Burn Scar was teased by Kid in one of the arc's final chapters. And since he's rumored to have the final Road Poneglyph, Burn Scar could be that final opponent Luffy will have to face before obtaining the One Piece. |
| 518 | |
| 519 | [[WMG:Burn Scar is Scopper Gaban]] |
| 520 | Recall that the Road Poneglyph he's supposed to be guarding used to be in Fishman Island. The last people known to have accessed it were the Roger Pirates - and just so, Roger Pirates seem to have been scattered about the Grand Line as watchers and guardians, to wait for the Joy Boy to appear and to guide him forward. Crocus, Rayleigh, Shanks... and now, having scooped up the one Road Poneglyph that was just lying around all too easily and soon for anyone to find, taken it elsewhere into better safety, we've got the third-in-command of the Roger Pirate Crew, the much-expected Scopper Gaban. |
| 521 | |
| 522 | [[WMG: Buggy use the Chop-Chop Fruit power to defeat Apoo.]] |
| 523 | Apoo's Tone-Tone Fruit only works if the target hears the sounds the fruit user generates. So Buggy will detach his ears and put in a box so Buggy's ears can't hear Apoo's sound. |
| 524 | |
| 525 | [[WMG: The prevalence of the Seraphim will be the last straw that lead to the Marines rebelling against the WG.]] |
| 526 | Things are not going well for the Navy. Pirates are everywhere, there's upheaval all over the world following the defeat of Big Mom and Kaido, multiple countries are starting to rebel, and [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted there are now bounties being placed on Marine Officers the same way they do with pirates]]. Admirals and Vice Admirals both are being stretched thin to contain the concurrent crises. The fact that they're even rolling out the Seraphim before the creatures are fully completed means that the whole organization is on the verge of collapse. But now that the Sera's are being rolled out, what now? If they work, and from we see on Amazon Lily they do, then the Gorosei won't have many reasons to continue tolerating [[KnightTemplar Fleet Admiral Sakazuki]] and his demands that they figure this shit out. And they get rid of him, then no one's safe. Akainu already hates the World Nobles, so if they try and cut him loose, he's just not going to stand for it. The guy may be unpopular, but the one thing most marines can agree on is that they can't stand the upper echelons of the Government. We might be looking at a full scale [[EnemyCivilWar civil war]] in the near future. |
| 527 | |
| 528 | [[WMG: The Yuki Yuki no Mi reincarnated on the Thousand Sunny.]] |
| 529 | When a Devil Fruit user dies, the fruit gets reincarnated into the nearest fruit, right? Well, we know that Nami would have her tangerines on board the Sunny (just like previously on the Merry), and the Yuki Yuki no Mi would have to go ''somewhere'' to be reincarnated, right? It's just that they haven't found it yet, since the fruit is conveniently hidden underneath some of the leaves from the tangerine plants. |
| 530 | * Devil Fruits don't reincarnate into the nearest fruit. The only concrete information we have is that they reincarnate "somewhere". |
| 531 | |
| 532 | [[WMG: Alvida's Slip Slip Fruit will prove to be a ChekhovsGun.]] |
| 533 | Specifically, it will prove to be capable of somehow [[NoSell no-selling]] anything Blackbeard can throw at her. Even more so if she somehow manages to awaken her Devil Fruit. |
| 534 | |
| 535 | [[WMG: Seraphim's Fate]] |
| 536 | The Seraphim will end up adopted by either one whose DNA was used to clone the Seraphim or by someone close to that person. |
| 537 | * Hancock will see S-Snake as her daughter with Luffy, given how S-Snake has Hancock's love of Luffy in her. |
| 538 | * Bonnie will adopt S-Bear as a younger brother as her father may not be fully recovering from his ordeal. |
| 539 | * If Jimbei is still travelling with the Straw Hats, S-Shark will go be with the Mermaid royal family. |
| 540 | * Mihawk will find some joy in having a son and at the same time be frustrated by S-Hawk. |
| 541 | |
| 542 | [[WMG: ''One Piece'' wil get an ImmediateSequel]] |
| 543 | In 2020, Oda stated that ''One Piece'' will end once the One Piece is found. And Whitebeard mentioned during his final moments that once the One Piece is found, there will be a massive war that would engulf the whole world. Because of that, there could be a follow-up sequel to the series that could detail this massive war Whitebeard teased, the so-called Throne Wars--although not done by Oda (he was clear about not helming a ''One Piece'' sequel; he could still leave lots of notes for a potential successor to follow). In addition, the sequel could follow Luffy as he pursues his true dream, the one in which finding the One Piece is only the first step. |
| 544 | |
| 545 | [[WMG: Egghead will ultimately have a DownerEnding which has Luffy being captured]] |
| 546 | It's said that the Egghead Incident will be one that would shock the entire world. One idea is that the incident will end with the capture of Luffy, a person that everyone thought could never be defeated, one that people were rooting for. The world would never think that someone as undefeatable as Luffy could actually be defeated and captured, so it's possible that this could be the incident's end result. |
| 547 | |
| 548 | [[WMG: If ''One Piece'' does get an ImmediateSequel, it'll take from the Skypiea Saga]] |
| 549 | Upon closer inspection, the first half of ''One Piece'' begins to take notes from the East Blue Saga once the Straw Hats reach the Grand Line, while the second half (going on now) takes from the Alabasta Saga. Because of that, of ''One Piece'' does get a follow-up, it could draw from the Skypiea Saga. As for how: |
| 550 | * The sequel would follow Pirate King Luffy and the Straw Hats waging war against the World Government. |
| 551 | * Dragon and the Revolutionaries would mirror Wyper and his faction, while Imu, the Five Elders, and the Celestial Dragons would reflect Eneru and his army. |
| 552 | * The Holy Knights would be really prominent figures in the story, similar to Gan Fall the Sky Knight playing a key role in Skypiea. |
| 553 | * A Sky Island would be the setting for at least one saga, quite possibly with Urouge as a major character. |
| 554 | * In addition, there would be a saga focusing on the Emerald City, which Bellamy mentioned alongside the City of Gold in Jaya. |
| 555 | * The Straw Hats would also visit the Moon, where they could reunite with Eneru. |
| 556 | * The Mother Flame (or Uranus, if Ivankov's correct) would be Imu's version of Raigo; a weapon that would annihilate the land from below. |
| 557 | * Due to them being mentioned alongside the Sun God (Nika) in a flashback, there would be Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits of the Rain God, Forest God, and Earth God. |
| 558 | |
| 559 | [[WMG:Following the above theory, a hypothetical ''One Piece'' sequel will also mirror sagas from the second half of the original series]] |
| 560 | In addition to paralleling Alabasta, the second half of ''One Piece'' also seems to be mirroring story arcs from the first half of the series: Fishman Island = East Blue, Punk Hazard = Drum Island, Dressrosa = Alabasta/Jaya/Skypiea, Zou = Water 7, Whole Cake Island = Enies Lobby, Wano = Thriller Bark, Egghead = Sabaody. A possible sequel would likewise mirror the story arcs from the series' second half. As for how: |
| 561 | * Fishman Island will be destroyed by someone wearing a straw hat. |
| 562 | * Near the beginning of the story, Noah will finally see action, be raised to the surface, and begin its mission. |
| 563 | * Luffy (now the Pirate King) would reunite with Shirahoshi, paying off the foreshadowed meeting of the two sovereigns teased during the Oden flashback. |
| 564 | * As they were first mentioned during Fishman Island, the certain someone Caribou mentioned there and at Wano will begin to make their move, probably by targeting Shirahoshi first. |
| 565 | * Luffy will fight an opponent who's a master of Hasshoken, paralleling his fight with Chinjao in Dressrosa. Wang Zhi's a possibility, owing to their Chinese name (similar to the Happo Navy's Chinese motif). |
| 566 | * We'd also get story arcs focusing on each member of the Grand Fleet (a Cavendish arc, a Bartolomeo arc, a Sai arc, etc.) |
| 567 | * The origins of Zunesha would be unveiled, as well as what crime he committed 800 years ago. |
| 568 | * Something would happen that would finally have Wano's borders opened (either by Wano themselves or someone else) so Pluton could be released. |
| 569 | |
| 570 | [[WMG:Noah's true purpose]] |
| 571 | Noah is said to have a certain purpose that it needs to do when a certain day arrives. People speculated that it had to do with the Fishmen, but recent developments heavily indicate another strong option. As seen in the Egghead Arc, Imu used the Mother Flame to destroy Lulusia--and the world's sea level was raised by 1 meter. Say that Imu uses the Mother Flame countless times. If what happened after Lulusia is any indication, every usage of the Mother Flame would flood the world bit by bit, until there's no land left. Which leads to Noah's true purpose: to save those from the gradual flooding of the world. After all, that would parallel the story of Noah's Ark: God floods the world and destroys nearly all of humanity, but Noah's Ark saved all of its animals. And since Imu, a self-proclaimed God, looks to flood the world of ''One Piece'', leave it to an ark named Noah to save everyone. |
| 572 | |
| 573 | [[WMG:Contrary to what everyone believes, Elbaf will not be the next arc after Egghead]] |
| 574 | As of now (Chapter 1093), everything's building up to the long-awaited Elbaf as the Straw Hats' next destination. Aside from it being a highly-anticipated location that hasn't been explored in full yet, Chapter 1066 reveals that Vegapunk has a connection with Elbaf (having seen its giants recover Ohara's books, then visiting the island himself and meeting with the still-alive Saul to research them), and Chapter 1090 reveals that the only needle on Nami's Log Pose frozen in place leads to the island. All signs point to Elbaf--but perhaps everything's being set up for a massive BaitAndSwitch. With each story arc in the second half of ''One Piece'' seemingly paralleling a story arc from the story's first half, Egghead in particular seems to parallel Sabaody. And when the Straw Hats arrived at Sabaody, everyone was expecting the highly-anticipated Fishman Island to be the next destination visited, only for the Straw Hats to be defeated and separated, with Amazon Lily being the next island visited instead. Because of that, Egghead could end with something similar: a massive curveball will be thrown, forcing the Straw Hats to delay their trip to Elbaf as a result--with the next island visited being completely different than what people expected. |
| 575 | |
| 576 | [[WMG:Related to an above post, the Egghead Incident will end with Luffy and Robin's captures]] |
| 577 | It's possible that the shocking ramifications of the Egghead Incident may not just be the capture of Luffy, as mentioned above, but also the capture of Robin as well. Robin has been a major target of the World Government due to her ailing from Ohara and being able to read the Poneglyphs, so they could finally capture her after failing to do so in Wano. As for Luffy, the Government could capture him due to not only everything he did, but also due to awakening his Devil Fruit. |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[WMG:Each of the Five Elders' titles foreshadow future story arcs where they play major roles in]] |
| 580 | As revealed in Chapter 1086, each of the Five Elders have a title dedicated to one or two fields of interest. For example, Jaygarcia Saturn is the Godhead of Science and Defense, Shepherd Ju Peter is the Godhead of Agriculture, Marcus Mars is the Godhead of Environment, etc. It's possible that each field acts as a hint to where the Five Elders will show up in future story arcs--for example, Saturn, the Godhead of Science, is currently playing a major role on Egghead, an island devoted to science. Because of that, Saturn could have a major role in another story arc, taking place on an island devoted to defense. Meanwhile, Ju Peter could appear on an island focused on agriculture, Mars could appear on an island focused on the environment, and so on. |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[WMG:Several Straw Hats will have another dream to pursue after fulfilling their initial one]] |
| 583 | Luffy stated that he has another dream that he intends to pursue after becoming King of the Pirates. If Luffy has another dream to chase after when he completes his first one, it's possible that other Straw Hats could gain a new dream after completing the one they have now. For example, after Sanji finds the All Blue, he could gain a new dream involving him making a grand banquet using the All Blue's ingredients. |
| 584 | |
| 585 | [[WMG:Saturn will override Atlas's new commands to the Pacifista]] |
| 586 | At the end of Chapter 1093, Atlas managed to override Kizaru's orders and command the Pacifista to attack the Marines. However, [[HopeSpot this may not last for long]]--and it's possible that Saturn may finally take action and override the commands Atlas gave the Pacifista. After all, as seen on the Pacifista hierarchy, the Five Elders are above Vegapunk and his satellites, meaning if Saturn relays orders to the Pacifista, Atlas's orders will be overridden--which would not bode well for the Straw Hats. |
| 587 | * Confirmed: the following chapter has Saturn command the Pacifista to stand down. |
| 588 | |
| 589 | [[WMG:Kuma, Blackbeard, and Big Mom all share the same rare origin]] |
| 590 | We're now being told that Kuma is from a special people. This is vaguely reminsicent of what we heard before about Blackbeard's ability to have multiple fruits being a result of having a special body. Kuma and Blackbeard already have a lot of similarities, including being large men with [[TopHeavyGuy top-heavy bodies]], curly black hair in similar styles, staying conscious through immense pain, and having notably high durability. However, I also suspect that it is something both of the men share with Big Mom. Big Mom's backstory revolved around her also possessing unique traits not explained by any of the existing power systems of the setting. She is also the only character other than Blackbeard to have somehow gained a Devil Fruit through the corpse of its owner rather than through the fruit (aritifical or otherwise) itself. While incredible durability is not unusual in One Piece, Big Mom is another character whose durability is noted for being exceptional even in-universe, with Capone Bege observing that she only seemed capable of receiving wounds in specific circumstances. Perhaps as if to foreshadow this, we now know that Kuma was once the king of Sorbet Kingdom, a location named after a sweet, much like every place Big Mom named. With One Piece otherwise being very consistent about power sources (usually either devil fruits, haki, or being innate to a species), it seems conspicuous that three characters were special from birth in ways that have yet to be explained, but with the story in its final stretch, it seems more likely that all three will have the same explanation rather than spending time elaborating on three entirely different origins. We know Big Mom was born to human parents, but Bonney doesn't seem to fit in this list either, so whatever is special about these characters may not be hereditary. |
| 591 | * Or is hereditary but skips generations. |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[WMG:The reason why Blackbeard wants Fullalead to become a government-based kingdom]] |
| 594 | Blackbeard and his crew mentioned that the final Road Poneglyph is in the possession of a man with a burn scar. Shiryu in particular implied that Burn Scar may be affiliated with the World Government, preventing pirates from obtaining the Poneglyph and finding Laugh Tale. Because of that, Blackbeard probably wants his home base of Fullalead to become a kingdom of the World Government so he could get closer to Burn Scar, and obtain his Road Poneglyph. |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[WMG:SWORD and Moria will form an uneasy alliance to take down Blackbeard]] |
| 597 | Both parties have their reasons for wanting to defeat Blackbeard: SWORD to save Garp, and Moria to avenge Absalom. In addition, Koby was already implied to have freed Moria from Blackbeard's captivity, so that could be grounds for an alliance to take shape. |
| 598 | |
| 599 | [[WMG:At their current strength, the Straw Hats will be unable to defeat Saturn -- not even Luffy]] |
| 600 | This could be another parallel to Sabaody: the biggest threat in the arc is a Government-affiliated person so powerful, that the Straw Hats can only try to escape them. For Sabaody, it was Kizaru. And for Egghead, which fittingly has Luffy fight on equal with Kizaru, it's Saturn. And he proves himself to be a massive threat, even [[YourHeadAsplode exploding someone's head just by gazing at him]]. This could prove that even if Luffy awakened his Devil Fruit, even if he defeated Kaido, and even if he becomes King of the Pirates, he'll still be massively underpowered to fight toe-to-toe with Saturn, let alone defeat him. And he could make other Emperors like Big Mom, Kaido, Blackbeard, Whitebeard and Shanks look like lowly Marine soldiers in comparison; that's how powerful he could be. |
| 601 | * While Luffy is able to repeatedly attack Saturn in Gear 5, all of his attacks don't faze the Elder at all, so this could be a soft confirmation. |
| 602 | |
| 603 | [[WMG:The Cross Guild will eventually issue bounties on Akainu, Kong, the Holy Knights, the Five Elders, and Imu]] |
| 604 | How much berries their bounties are worth could be a clear testament to how powerful they could be. |
| 605 | |
| 606 | [[WMG:Kizaru was not defeated by Luffy in Chapter 1094]] |
| 607 | He was just briefly put out of commission. Perhaps he could reappear at a point where things get more dire for the Straw Hats, and succeed in his mission now that Luffy has exhausted himself fully. |
| 608 | * Confirmed: he returns to the fight fully healed at the end of Chapter 1104. |
| 609 | |
| 610 | [[WMG:How Luffy could obtain Gear Six]] |
| 611 | While it seems highly unlikely for Luffy to gain another power-up, there was something that was elaborated upon during the Egghead Arc that could possibly give Luffy Gear Six: Garp's training regimen. By punching the hulls of battleships without using Haki or Devil Fruit powers, Garp's punches were amplified to a massive degree. If Luffy trains himself with that technique, it's possible that his awakened Devil Fruit powers could become even more stronger than before -- which could allow him to go beyond Gear Five and into Gear Six. |
| 612 | |
| 613 | [[WMG:If there's a ''One Piece'' sequel, Rocks' treasure will be the focal point]] |
| 614 | It's been revealed in Chapter 1096 that Rocks had a treasure that was allegedly stolen by the World Nobles and taken to God Valley. This treasure was stated to be such a big deal in the pirating world, that countless infamous pirates partook in the God Valley Incident to try and obtain it. Because of that, Rocks' treasure could be even more valuable than even Roger's treasure, so a sequel could build on that, focusing on the search for Rocks' treasure and what it is. |
| 615 | |
| 616 | [[WMG:Urouge will play a major role in the Elbaf arc and have his devil fruit named]] |
| 617 | So far all of the other supernovas have met with the Strawhats after the timeskip, have played a role in the arc they appeared in and if they have one, had their devil fruit named. Considering that Oda has stated this is the Final Saga, there can’t be too many arcs left so it’s likely Urouge will play a major role sooner rather than later. |
| 618 | |
| 619 | [[WMG:Kuma's predecessor in the Seven Warlords is...]] |
| 620 | * Shiki--every Warlord shown has an AnimalMotif. And Shiki shares that similarity with the group, with his animal being a lion. Because of that, he'd fit right in as a member of the Seven Warlords. |
| 621 | * Burn Scar--it's been revealed that Kuma's predecessor was dismissed after being defeated by Ace. And since Ace's Devil Fruit allows him to control fire, it's possible that he gave this Warlord that fabled burn scar pirates have been searching for. |
| 622 | [[WMG:Alpha is Kalifa’s sister or cousin]] |
| 623 | * They sure do look alike and are both part of Cipher Pol. |
| 624 | |
| 625 | [[WMG:The Dark-Dark Fruit's true name is the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Davy Jones]] |
| 626 | 1: If Davy Jones wasn't a real person, there can easily be a Davy Jones DF. 2: According to Robin, Jones steals everything that lands on the sea floor. What sinks in water? Devil Fruit users. Who's the only person that can have more than one Devil Fruit power? Blackbeard. 3: The Davy Back Fight rips [[TrueCompanions crews]] apart, making it the antithesis of Joyboy's goal of uniting the entire world in one piece. 4: Just as there are theories that the Dark-Dark Fruit is actually the Sea Devil Model, Davy Jones was thought of as the Sea Devil in real-world legend. 5: Oda's sketch of Davy Jones shares some similarities to Blackbeard. Namely several missing teeth, a bandana, and a beard. 6: The Dark-Dark Fruit's gravity powers could represent water pressure. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | [[WMG:The Mother Flame isn't actually a weapon]] |
| 629 | Ivankov noted that Vegapunk would never make a weapon of mass destruction for the World Government so maybe the Mother Flame isn't a weapon but rather an energy source that can be used to fuel a WMD. The WMD in question likely being Uranus which may have laid dormant for a long time necessitating a test with it's new power source. |
| 630 | |
| 631 | [[WMG:Each of the Five Elders oversee two fields of politics]] |
| 632 | This theory stems from the [[RedBaron titles]] of the Elders themselves. From them, each Elder is revealed to oversee one field of politics--Ju Peter is the Godhead of Agriculture, Mars is the Godhead of Environment, etc. The notable exception to this is Saturn, who is the Godhead of Science and Defense. Assuming that Science and Defense aren't basically the same field, this could mean that each of the Five Elders actually have two fields of politics they watch over with the Elders not named Saturn having their second field unrevealed for the time being. |
| 633 | |
| 634 | [[WMG:The unidentified party that allowed the Egghead researchers to escape and are currently travelling to Egghead in Chapter 1105 is Marco and Buckin]] |
| 635 | Both characters already have a reason to head to Egghead; Buckin's eager to prove to Marco that Weevil is Whitebeard's son, and Vegapunk's the only one that can prove it. Perhaps on their way to Vegapunl, the stumbled across the Marine ship dispatched to eliminate the fleeing Egghead researchers, and destroyed it. Bonus points if the researchers were directed to Whitebeard's home of Sphinx to lay low from the World Government. |
| 636 | * Jossed, it’s Dorry and Brogy. |
| 637 | |
| 638 | [[WMG:The Egghead researchers will head to Elbaf for safety]] |
| 639 | We now know that the party that saved the Egghead researchers from being killed by the Marines were Dorry and Brogy of the Giant Warrior Pirates. Given that giants rescued them, it's possible that the researchers were directed to go to Elbaf for safety. After all, Elbaf has a reputation as the strongest country in the world, so the World Government would have to think twice about attacking that island as a result. |
| 640 | |
| 641 | [[WMG:The great crime the Buccaneers committed was to create piracy]] |
| 642 | Buccaneers are prosecuted by the World Government for commiting a great crime in the past for which the punishment is total exctinction of their race. And with the name Buccaneer, a type of pirate, maybe it was them who were the first to sail the seas in total freedom thus creating the very concept of piracy. |
| 643 | |
| 644 | [[WMG:Toki is Nefertari Lilly.]] |
| 645 | Lily is said to have disappeared without a trace much like how Toki would have seemed to vanish when going to the future, Toki also came from right around the end of the Void Century, she was trying to get to Wano which we know had importance during the Void Century, and Toki could be a LineOfSightName from her Devil Fruit. He hair color is also reminiscent of Vivi and her mother, and it would make Momo and Hiyori part of the D Clan. This could also be what Oden tore out of his diary, details about her true identity and mission. |
| 646 | |
| 647 | [[WMG: The Strawhats, Blackbeard Pirates and Smoker’s marine subordinates will have a three way battle paralleling the God Valley incident]] |
| 648 | Considering Luffy’s relationships with Smoker and Blackbeard mirror Roger’s relationships with Garp and Rocks respectively, it seems only fitting someday in the future there’s a three way brawl that echoes the God Valley incident. |
| 649 | |
| 650 | [[WMG:The Giant Pirates have not arrived to take the Straw Hats to Elbaf]] |
| 651 | This could tie into Oda's tease during Jump Festa 2024, where he implied that the route after Egghead will ''not'' involve going to Elbaf, despite all the teases in the Egghead Arc this far. It's also worth noting that the Giant Pirates never made mention of taking the Straw Hats to Elbaf as of Chapter 1110. |
| 652 | |
| 653 | [[WMG:Saturn will defeat Luffy in one blow]] |
| 654 | Notably, Saturn didn't use any moves on anybody yet (attacking with his tendrils do not count), despite being pummeled by countless people (and subsequently healing his wounds). This could imply that when Saturn does use one of his moves on Luffy, the attack will be so powerful, that it'll defeat him instantly, even in his Gear Five form. This would be similar to Luffy's first bout with Kaido, where, after being attacked by Luffy multiple times, Kaido countered with an attack that defeated Luffy in a single hit. |
| 655 | |
| 656 | [[WMG:Bartolomeo will eventually fight Caribou]] |
| 657 | Given that the two are the idols of Luffy and Blackbeard, it's probably a given. |
| 658 | |
| 659 | [[WMG:Not everyone will believe what Vegapunk says in is worldwide broadcast]] |
| 660 | While everyone will understandably be shocked at what Vegapunk has to say about the world, not everyone will believe it. Whereas some people will embrace Vegapunk's claims about the truth of the world, others will oppose it. This could have the knockoff effect of those who support the broadcast joining the Revolutionaries in opposing the World Government. |
| 661 | |
| 662 | [[WMG:The details of Vegapunk's broadcast [[TheUnreveal will not be revealed to us immediately]]]] |
| 663 | While I may be wrong about this and the next chapter as of now (Chapter 1109) could very well unveil everything Vegapunk says regarding the truth of the world, there's also a possibility that the broadcast will be entirely offscreened so the details could be saved for later. Given how that happened for other important plot points, it may very well hold true for this one as well. |
| 664 | |
| 665 | [[WMG:The World Government's response to Vegapunk's broadcast]] |
| 666 | With Vegapunk about the reveal the truth of the world to the public, the World Government will understandably have to respond to what the scientist has to say. It's possible that they could dismiss Vegapunk's claims as lies in order to gaslight the public into not believing him. If that doesn't work, they could send the Holy Knights to silence those who support Vegapunk's words. Or, if the World Government obtains the Mother Flame for themselves, they could use it on nations that oppose them still. |
| 667 | |
| 668 | [[WMG: Enies Lobby was created by a previous firing of the weapon that destroyed Lulusia: The one that destroyed the Ancient Kingdom]] |
| 669 | The destruction of Lulusia left a giant hole in the ocean where the island used to be. Another such hole exists and was used as the site of Enies Lobby before it was buster called. This recurring element points to Enies Lobby being built over a previous victim of the weapon. I don't think such a connection would be drawn for just some random nation: It's likely that Enies Lobby was built over the remains of the Ancient Kingdom that was vanquished by the 20 Founding Kingdoms. Not only is the Ancient Kingdom said to have no traces left in the modern day, but Enies Lobby was also the first arc where it was mentioned, adding thematic significance. Furthermore, building a monument like the gates of justice representing the power of the World Government over the ruins of their most hated enemy is perfectly in line with the World Governments actions. |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[WMG: The final chapter/episode of the franchise will end [[BookEnds like how it began]]]] |
| 672 | It will have Luffy, as the Pirate King, [[PassingTheTorch passing on his hat]] to a young child who declares their intention to surpass him and his crew, just like in the manga's pilot chapter when Shanks passed on the hat to Luffy after the latter declared that he would gather a crew that would surpass the Red-haired Pirates. |
| 673 | |
| 674 | [[WMG:Lafitte is currently doing a solo mission of his own during the events of Egghead]] |
| 675 | As seen during the Egghead Arc, the Blackbeard Pirates have been making their move on multiple fronts. First, Blackbeard, Burgess, Augur, and Doc Q ambushed the Heart Pirates and took their Road Poneglyph rubbings. Then, Augur and Kuzan were revealed to have captured Pudding, owing to her heritage. On Fullalead, Kuzan, Shiryu, Wolf, Shot and Pizarro fought Garp and SWORD for the custody of Koby, and have implied to take Garp hostage as part of their plan for Fullalead to be a World Government aligned kingdom. And now, both Devon and Augur arrived on Egghead so the former could gain the ability to transform into one of the Five Elders. Only one member of the Blackbeard Pirates is notably exempt from all of these missions: Lafitte. Because of that, it's entirely possible that, as the rest of his crew are busy, Lafitte's going on a solo mission of his own, to further the Blackbeard Pirate's agenda. |
| 676 | |
| 677 | [[WMG:Saul has accompanied that Giant Pirates to Egghead, but he's currently on their ship, laying low]] |
| 678 | |
| 679 | [[WMG:Yamato's cover story will explain what Big Mom meant by some of the One Piece being in Wano]] |
| 680 | |
| 681 | [[WMG:The next cover story after Yamato's will focus on Big Mom]] |
| 682 | With Yamato's cover story, the cover stories have officially pivoted away from Whole Cake Island and into Wano. Because of that, it seems very likely that after Yamato's story wraps up, the next cover story will be located in Wano as well. One possible candidate for who could be the next headliner for such a cover story could be Big Mom. She did tease a return after being defeated by Law and Kid, so a cover story focusing on her (and possibly Kaido) could set up such a return. If a Big Mom-centric cover story does occur, we could see her reunite with her children, try and find what she referred to as some of the One Piece being in Wano (provided that Yamato doesn't find it first, as mentioned in an above WMG post), and even flash back to her and Kaido's clash on Onigashima, revealing what she said that convinced Kaido to join forces with her and form an alliance together. |
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