One Piece

Act 3 by its lonesome is longer than most One Piece arcs.

Honestly I'm starting to think Oda just either decided not to do the "act" thing anymore or simply forgot.

"Act 3" is actually Act 3 of One Piece as a whole.

But for real, this latest chapter has added a lot of fuel to the theory that Act 3 ends with the defeat of Kaido, and Acts 4 and 5 will involve the World Government taking action.

Maybe Act 5 is the Final Arc itself

Act 5 of kabukis are typically quick resolutions. Since most everyone would probably be too exhausted to fight against the World Government should they attempt a takeover, a potential ending could involve the samurai persuading the Strawhats to flee Wano because, while it's going to suck for Wano to be under control of the World Government, they have faith that Luffy and the others will eventually defeat them.

Edited by drakecake72 on Oct 12th 2021 at 11:58:22 AM

Pretty much what Tekking's theory had been.

I'm more familiar with the Kishoutenketsu play structure, which is in four acts.

The final act is still a fairly brief wrap-up, which is what I expect here.

Footage of CP 0 pursuing the Strawhats after Wano:

Oda just released a comment that he has already revealed everything the fans need to know to correctly guess what Roger’s great treasure is. Make of that what you will.

I'll take the "Checkered Fate" theory conclusion that the One Piece is a cup, a Holy Grail of sorts, for drinking Bink's Sake with friends in a party.

I'll take the theory that One Piece is the new ocean that will form with the fall of the Red Line.

Random Thought: Has it been, at any point, suggested that the Road Poneglyphs are made of the same rock as the Red Line?

I don't like the idea of the One Piece and All Blue being the same thing, they feel like they should be separate but related end-goals.

Not directly, but I think it's heavily implied.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Oct 13th 2021 at 3:03:21 AM

I still don’t even know where the theory that the Red Line is artificial or otherwise “not supposed to be there” comes from, but it’s very popular. Anybody know the origin?

The fact that it's huge, red, and indestructible generally tends to be cited as evidence by itself.

Also, the anime occasionally gives world maps that make the Red Line look like it's just a straight line, but that's contradicted by a recent official world map for the manga that clearly shows it having lots of long peninsulas along the entire length.

The globe in the Ohara tree also showed the peninsulas. And that the One Piece planet apparently has multiple moons, too.

Edited by HamburgerTime on Oct 13th 2021 at 5:23:25 AM

There's all kinds of weird background details about the world like that. Like apparently, the Once Piece planet is WAY bigger than Earth is.

Where was THAT ever stated? If anything, it feels smaller, given the rapid travel times our crew goes from one island to the next in.

You'd think it'd be bigger though given it has multiple moons. That implies stronger gravity.

"Roger just laughed" is such a powerful moment in part because it's Oda making a promise to the readers: "When you find out what One Piece is, you will be laughing alongside Roger".

Any theories should be taking this into account imo.

Baby pictures.

One Piece swimsuit

One (crazy) thing I want to do when the series ends is read the whole story in chronological order, starting with the flashbacks.

X5 We can't use the same astronomy laws from the real to the world to One Piece world in other words, we can't consider One Piece world to us world without scale to the size of One Piece world. Plus we don't know what is the size of the satellites that surround One Piece world. About The One Piece, someone thinks it could be the egg that was in Gol D. Roger Ship? I was sure it was Uranus but the One Piece is also an option.

P.S. Sorry for my bad English, English isn't my native language.

Edited by TURI12345 on Oct 14th 2021 at 12:26:35 PM

When I read the laughing scene, I felt it was less "ridiculous" and more "holy shit, this can't be serious" kind of laugh. There is also a bit about Rayleigh telling Robin that she may come to a different conclusion when she reaches Laugh Tale, so I expect whatever made Roger's crew laugh to be actually pretty serious.

Edited by Kara on Oct 14th 2021 at 10:55:13 PM