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Shanks’ Endgame

22/07/201723/07/2017

Shanks is probably the Yonko that has the least endgame goals of all the Yonko. Shanks seems to be that person that is just having fun and partying with the people he likes and loves, while still desiring to be free and lawless. The fact that Shanks is such a laidback guy that isn’t actively pursuing more power, influence, allies or territory and still hold the rank of one of the four strongest pirates in the world, is pretty scary. It’s very unlikely that Shanks has any desire to become Pirate King, because as a former member of the Roger Pirates, he should have the clear advantage when it comes to finding Raftel and knowing the entity of the ‘One Piece’.

One possible endgame goal for Shanks might be that he is ‘guarding’ Raftel and the ‘One Piece’ until a suitable successor of Roger comes into play. It is possible that Shanks is blocking anyone from nearing Raftel, and he might even be guarding the ‘lost’ Road Poneglyph. If this is his endgame goal, it would explain why he isn’t actively pursuing anything except for having a good time, while still making sure that he and his crew are strong enough to compete with any other pirate crew in the world.

*by L.

Could Shiki be the Shogun from Wano?

22/07/2017

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A Wiki entry described the design of Shiki as a typical shogun design.
It also stated that Shiki is commanding a bestial crew similar to Kaido and in addition to that Shiki´s name is Shiki the Lion, which is also a reference to Kaido´s Crew full of beasts.

Then I remembered a cover page (631). The man on that page looked similar to Shiki, the man also wore a hat typical for Wano.Then I added 1 and 1 together and came up with the idea that Shiki is the Shogun from Wano, who killed Oden together with Kaido.

*Theory by PoorMansRose

Admiral Ryokugyu and His Devil Fruit Power Theory

21/07/201721/07/2017

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As we all know after the timeskip there was a major change in the marine structures. After the great battle on Punk Hazard between the two admirals, Aokiji and Akainu, the former one was elected Fleet Admiral while Aokiji defected, thus leaving two vacant positions. The first one was taken by Admiral Fujitora that replaced Aokiji and the second one by Admiral Ryokugyu. The last admiral is the only one we got no info and thus I’d like to speculate a bit on his powers but first we lay down quickly the knwon facts:

The first three admirals were inspired by the legend of Momotaro as follows:
•Aokiji – Blue Pheasant- with blue representing the power of ice and pheasant his lad back personality
•Kizaru- Yellow Monkey- yellow the colour of light and monkey for his irresponsible personality
•Akainu- Red Dog- red for the power of magma and dog for him being loyal but persistent

•The new admiral Fujitora- Purple Tiger- purple the colour of his gravity attacks and tiger for his fierce character

Also we see a major change in the power theme with Fujitora changing from a Logia to a Paramecia and this implies a great consequence for Ryokugyu’s new power. There are two famous speculations. It either goes to the science theme or to the three fruits theme.By the above logic:
•Ryokugyu- Green Bull- green for his power(also aestheticaly even the colouring of his attacks like in Fujitora’s case) and Bull for his personality as a hotheaded guy.
As we all know the colour green in japanese culture but even abroad is asociated with nature, fertility, youth, vitality. Also the colour green in japanese is midori which means vegetation.
Now, we must get something clear: if the power goes by the science theme it would be a paramecia or logia, I believe, but the zoan theory seems more plausible for me because it completes the new trio and it also gives a sort of equilibrum because we haven’t seen such a strong guy in the marines that has a zoan type so I’m going with this hypothesis. Now, if he bears a zoan type fruit there is a slight change in the meaning different of the other admirals. If he is a zoan he should fall in the class of bovines as his monkier suggests because you can’t nickname him Green Bull and give him another animal type; it just wouldn’t make any sense. Thereby I got two versions of his zoan type fruit:

1- Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: AurochsThe aurochs is a famous extint type of wild cattle and is the ancestor of domestic cattle which was extincted around 1627. He had an average height at the shoulders of 155-180cm in bulls and 135-155cm in cows, with horns at 80cm length and 20 cm girth. He was much heavier and bulker than the modern cattle with long athletic legs and strong leg and neck muscles.
Now this goes for the standart bovine zoan he might have and the fact it’s ancient zoan makes its raw strength and physical power quite formidable.

2- Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: HakutakuThe Bai Ze, or as it is known in Japan, hakutaku is a mythical creature with a bovine body with nine eyes and six horns arranged in set of three and which is quite knowledgable and intelligent. Also in one account it once appeared in Mount Tateyama and predicted that a deadly plague would sweep through in the next few years and prescribed that its own image be used as a talisman to ward off the disease, and since then the hakutaku has been worshiped as a guardian spirit of herbal medicine.

Now this brings us to the analysis we made at the beginning that his powert will be themed after the colour green and how this colour correlates to vegetation and growth, virility. Since he got the power of the hakutaku he might be able to grow trees with healing powers, use nature based attacks except for his strength granted by his bovine nature. He might also “eat diseases” (as in the myth of the Bai Ze) or cure himself and on top of that he might even be a doctor in the marines by profession.
Hope you enjoyed!

Theory by Black Wing

THEORY MONKEY D. DRAGON – THE THUNDERBIRD

20/07/201720/07/2017

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I think I’ve figured out Monkey D. Dragon’s devil fruit and can’t keep it to myself.
I was looking up mythical creatures and came across “Thunderbirds”. The Mythology comes from Native American culture.
So I basically learned they controlled the weather by flapping their wings and can shoot lightning bolts out of their eyes. This would explain all the abilities done so far.
Then I thought about his tattoo and if their could be any correlation between them.
First I looked up “Algonquin tattoo” because they believed in Thunderbirds and then typed in “Thunderbird symbol” and came up with these images:
These images explain the tattoos on his face.
So I kept searching for more info.
One video explained the Thunderbird could take the form of a man buy pulling back its mask/hood. The feathers would then form into a blanket that they wore. Which I think explains his cloak.
Then I came across this:

In this video (and others) I learned that in the later stages of the Thunderbird mythos it was said that they were featherless, which gave the appearance of a dinosaur or…
A DRAGON!!
Name explained.
*Theory by Patrick M.

ELBAF IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU THINK

19/07/2017

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Elbaf will be a plot heavy arc just like Zou

Some people see Elbaf as a less important “filler” arc that has been hyped up through the story, but I’m here to tell you that it will be one of the most important plot driven arcs in the series just like Zou. Why? Poneglyphs!

Let’s remember that on Zou we found out about the creators of the poneglyphs, the Kozuki of Wano Kuni.

“800 years ago, in the Wano Country, a clan of stonemasons known as the Kozuki Family invented indestructible stone blocks for the purpose of recording important history on them while preventing it from being destroyed. Those stone blocks would become the Poneglyphs.” – One Piece Wiki

History was very important to the Kozuki and there were worried about losing it so they decided to carve it into indestructable stones. These stones were scattered all around the world to hide them from the world government.

The only question is….How did the Kozuki move the stones around the world??? These are giant, heavy, indestructible stones. They are not easy to move around! The answer is it was the giants of Elbaf that moved these stones! Why are the giants scattered around the world? Why don’t they just stay in Elbaf like the Samurai stay in Wano or the Minks in Zou or the Merfolk in Fishman Island (mostly). These are all persecuted races after all! Of course they would want to stay secluded away from the humans. The answer is that the giants were good friends with the Kozuki and they did what the Kozuki couldn’t do to save history! They hid them from the world government and spread them around the world.

This is foreshadowed by Oda in Jinbe’s cover story

Wadatsumi carries the poneglyph for Jinbe because it is much too heavy for any other race to move!

My theory is that the Elbaf arc will happen, not only because it has been foreshadowed by Oda, but because it will play a major role in the plot of One Piece and the story of the void century just like Zou and Wano.

Theory by Cpt.

Perfect time for Ryokugyu to be introduced?

18/07/2017

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The only Admiral not introduced, Ryokugyu. It would make perfect since for the Admiral to show up within the next chapters.
Stussy is in CP0, why is she on the island anyway. Is it to investigate the potential power jump of the Big Mom Pirates because they would have obtained Germa technology? This would seem like an important task because its a potential game changer on the balance of power and the WG would need to know how much stronger Big Mom would become. Stussy could be there for a multitude of reasons but this seems more likely because she was assigned an undercover role as an underworld emperor, something that would allow her to be in direct contact with the plans of a Yonko and her official title is ‘Intelligence Operative’.

The WG has been after Big Mom since she was a child and they obviously couldn’t get to her…Until now. Big Mom has entered one of her frenzies where she attacks whoever in pursuit of her craving of the moment. Currently it is something that cannot be produced so quickly, the wedding cake. Stussy is there to see everything unfold and bringing the World Government forces to Whole Cake Island at this particular time could result in an easy win. The islands are in panick, all of her strongest children are right in front of her and as said by Mont-d’Or, even her children are are not safe when she is raging.

What’s most important is that Streusen turned the castle into sponge cake and some if not most of the people in the area are covered in icing. Big Mom goes for sweets when she is raging so it’s likely that she will eat the people close to her like she has done before. The Big Mom Pirates will have to save the citizens, and make a decadent cake all while hoping Big Mom doesn’t come for them in the process because everybody that would do these things are right in front of her. This spells disaster for the Charlotte Family and they will have to try and stop her or run away until they can get a cake.

Big Mom will be out of commission and there might not ever be a time where WCI forces are spread thinner. It would be in the WG best interests if Stussy were to inform them of the current sitaution. If the WG were to act then no doubt they would send one of if not two or three of their top fighters, the Admirals. If the Marines bring a fleet to WCI it will bring some much needed action to the under satisfying Arc, especially if the new unseen Admiral were to show up and bring a fight to the Yonko. If the WG were to show up then it should be Ryokugyu because we have already seen Kizaru and Fujitora. Fujitora just showed up in Dressrosa and it was interesting to meet a new character of that caliber. Ryokugyu would bring the same hype and I can’t think of a better time to unveil an Admiral than to send them into a Yonkos den.

The Sunny is also a day away and the Straw Hats could be right in the conflict. There are also theories about Sanji helping to make the cake, Pudding changing Big Moms memories, Big Mom becoming an ally, and etc. this fits right along with those theories because if the Straw Hats are responsible for ending Big Moms frenzy just in time for her to defend against the Marines than they should be let off of the hook for everything they have done because essentially, they saved her family and if they were to become ally’s than their first fight together could be against approaching Marines, Ryokugya.

I don’t think this arc is over just yet and there is potential for some good action to come. There is too much left in the air for this to be over.

Best time for Ryokugyu to be introduced.

*Theory by AnonymousStrawHat

SANJI’S DURABILITY UNDERRATED?

17/07/2017

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I see that many people claims Sanji’s durability isn’t even close to Zoro’s, which imo is just wrong.

Pre-TS Sanji defeats monstrous Absalom, -who had invisibility powers- after getting a knife wound.

This is impressive since Zoro couldn’t do the same against Buggy after receiving a knife wound.

Another example,

Sanji defeats Jyabura (who has the same level douriki with Kaku and more experienced as a DF user)

After getting serious wounds from Kalifa ;

This is just impressive, the guy gets the beating of his life and still defeats someone who can give high-diffs to Zoro.

He takes dual punches from Luffy and Jinbe, and he gets up like nothing happened.

And once again, he gets the beating of life, and almost died because of Caesar ;

And still goes toe-to-toe with Vergo (except for one move), who has a special CoA Haki level, and defeated Smoker with mid-diff.

Has his monstrous stamina come from his childhood beatings from his siblings and the beatings he took from Zeff?

by Erkan12

Kaido and desire to die

14/07/201716/07/2017

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This is merely speculation as we don’t know much about Kaido, However, I am seeing a trend in the Yonko.
As Big mom seems to display signs of dissociative identity disorder, Kaido seems to be a deeply depressed character. In Kaido we are given a character that has reached almost the pinnacle of his territory. And yet, something more seems to be at work. When we see Kaido he is either extremely angry or very depressed.He has also tried to kill himself multiple times. However, this does not seem to be a hobby, more like a cry of pain.
From what we know of Kaido he is a beast wanting to die, as such, we must wonder what has transpired in his life for this to happen.
Yes, he has been captured and tortured, but he does not seem to recover from these losses well. He seems to carry the burden of this loss almost like a chain around his neck.
In fact, he has become so disdained by life that all he wants is death, to the point of looking for new ways to die.
Yet, what if Kaido is the representation of suicide in One Piece? What if Kaido like Big Mom has a bigger role to play in Oda’s Story. That role is to represent the mental health aspect of characters that we don’t pay attention to.
He may be a symbol of what so few people pay attention to and don’t understand, that being suicide. In this sense, Big Mom and Kaido seem to represent two coinciding pains of life mental illness and suicide.
They may represent the over exaggerating people see in their minds. They could, however, be Oda’s tools to make people pay attention to life struggles few see.
This is merely speculation but is quite possible.

*Theory by Rhodehawk

WHERE’S MARCO? NEKOMAMUSHI’S TRIALS BEFORE WANO

14/07/201701/12/2017

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We aren’t going to Wano just yet, not before this.

This theory concerns where we go after we leave WCI. Smart money would be directly to Wano, but these things are rarely ever that simple. And why I believe we won’t be able to head directly to Wano are for a couple reasons.

However before I start, let me just say, I don’t expect anything to happen with this plotline until next year. I am sure that once WCI officially concludes, Oda will spend the appropriate amount of time catching us up on the current state of affairs with Momonosuke on Zou, and the other Strawhats who went ahead to Wano. Luffy and Co. will probably take a backseat for awhile. There is also Reverie to consider.

That said, let’s get back to this field trip that Nekomamushi is on. It seems far too good to be true. Are we expected to believe that Nekomamushi will just show up on Wano with Marco and the others at the last second to turn the tide of the battle for us? It’s that simple to defeat a Yonko? Nah.

From what we know of the Whitebeard Pirates, they have been dormant and inactive ever since the Payback War. Oda clearly understands that we are outmatched yet he has given us the easiest way out for the audience to accept. The Whitebeard Pirates, whose abilities we know and are familiar with, will lend us their strength, just because we know some old buddies of theirs. This strikes me as far too easy as without a doubt the likes of Marco could almost 1v1 a Calamity without much help.

In my opinion, this whole “Get the Whitebeards” to help is a Red Herring by Oda, and we won’t actually end up with the Whitebeard Pirates in the end. This search will give an ally though, but one I think we aren’t supposed to expect. It all starts with who I believe Nekomamushi will run into on his search.

It’s far too convenient for me at least that we already have someone hunting to exterminate said remaining Whitebeard Pirates and their allies. And somehow, Nekomamushi will just get to them first without running into him. Such is the way Shonens work. You need an antagonist to obstruct your protagonists. I am expecting Nekomamushi to run into and LOSE to Edward Weevil.

For one of two reasons, his raw, physical strength has already been hyped to be comparable to Whitebeard in his youth. And a fight with Luffy was foreshadowed by Oda in the brief moment we were introduced to him. And two, Nekomamushi has just lost an arm and that may play a role in him losing. This I think will play a role in the rest of our alliance losing contact with Nekomamushi. Then someone has to investigate since we are dependent on getting the WB Pirates as allies. Since the others have already made it to Wano, assuming of course, and Inuarashi is with Momo on Zou (I have ideas on this as well), Luffy and the others may be asked to track down Nekomamushi and find out what happened to him.

Which puts us on a collision course with Weevil.

Now you know just as well as I do, that Weevil seems off. Everything about his existence and his claims seems false. For me it is obvious that there is someone behind the creation that is Edward Weevil, probably unbeknownst to him cause he’s so stupid. So in this case, who is responsible for falsifying a fake WB and hunting former WB Pirates? Who has such little respect for WB’s legacy and stands to benefit from this extermination? Well the answer is clear.

He is easily the number one suspect behind a nefarious plot to exterminate the WBs. It helps him as well because finding Marco means more powerful abilities at his grasp. He’s on an ability hunt. We know this. But I know what you are thinking. How would BB even have the capability of making someone look like the son of Whitebeard? The answer is, he doesn’t. I believe Blackbeard is working with someone else. That someone is..

Yes this is nothing new, but I will get to why Moria is involved here. These three escaped Thriller Bark together using Absalom’s invisibility. The key to all of this however is Hogback. Recall what Hogback said about Blackbeard in Ch 486. He relayed the information about BB replacing Crocodile and was greatly impressed by the feats he displayed. It seems that Oda was foreshadowing this alliance between BB and Moria all the way back then. I believe Hogback is responsible for Edward Weevil’s creation and they are currently working under BB.

Obviously Moria is only interested in biding his time until he believes he is powerful enough to challenge for Pirate King. But that is besides the point. I think after escaping Marineford, Hogback tracked down BB and the three have made a deal. Under BB, Hogback’s creations ahve gotten more powerful and finding the truth behind Weevil I believe will be the focus of this short diversion I am predicting. Which will lead us to Moria. But to what end?

I BELIEVE MORIA AND HIS NEW FORCES ARE THE FINAL ALLIES WE WILL GAIN BEFORE FIGHTING KAIDOU.

Now I know that seems far-fetched. Moria hates Luffy and Luffy hates him. However, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. We know Moria has been to Wano before. We know it was the place for his defeat against Kaido. Basically, Moria hates Kaido more than anyone else in the world. Luffy included. Even though I’m not sure how it would work out, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Edward Weevil looks very similar to a zombie and that doesn’t lead us to one of Kaido’s former enemies.

After all this is the Vs Four Emperors arc. It would be foolish to not at least get a glimpse into the machine of BB’s forces post timeskip before we have the final showdown of that arc. So we get a little of BM. We get a little of BB and then we get Kaido at the end. What do you guys think?

*Theory by TheConqueror

DRACULE MIHAWK WAS A FORMER NOBLE?

13/07/201715/07/2017

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DRACULE MIHAWK A FORMER NOBLE? (NOT NECESSARILY A CELESTIAL DRAGON)

Dracule Mihawk is easily the most mysterious warlord of the original seven. We know a few things about him, such as:

– He had daily duels with Shanks
– He trained Zoro in the usage of armament haki (observation too probably)
– His bounty is unknown
– He lives on a deserted island, within a castle (with Perona now)
– He’s known as “The Greatest Swordsman in the World”
– Dracule is based off “Dracula” (See Vlad III Dracula, who was prince of Wallachia )

Some of these can relate to the possibility that Mihawk was a former Noble (please keep in mind not all Nobles are Celestial Dragons).

Mihawk’s unknown bounty could possibly mean that he had no bounty to begin with kinda like when Blackbeard became a warlord. Mihawk could have been bored with being a Noble so he decided to venture out on the seas. The fact that he lives in a castle could be kinda like an “old habit” sorta thing and enjoys drinking wine and sitting back. He is also very stoic and prefers to do things on his own (probably believes working with others is a sign of weakness or he just prefers to keep to himself). (His ship is also a one-seater! But with green flames on the candles of his ship. Green symbolizes fertility and money, among other things. So he probably lived in an area with a lot of greenery as well.)
His character design looks similar to that of Athos of the Three Musketeers who hid is identity as a Count. Athos would also drown his secret sorrows in alcohol akin to how Mihawk would drink alone in his castle. Perhaps this means he didn’t like his life as a Noble or had a rough childhood. What if his parents thought him as useless for some reason or abandoned him because of his infamous eyes? (Red in the manga, yellow in the anime) Then Mihawk went out to sea to prove that he can make something of himself and eventually became the greatest swordsman in the world?

Athos apparently quit being a warrior which might also mean the possibility that Mihawk will eventually resign from the warlords.

Theory by PirateKing Monkey D Luffy