Bartolomeo’s barrier capacity
D: Oda-san, hello~. About Bartolomeo, he said something about how his barriers have a limit or whatever, so how many Bari-Bari’s worth is its maximum capacity? P.N. Hoichael Jackson
O: Great question. There is in fact a limit to the space his barriers can cover, as well as how many barriers he can put up at a time. He can only hold up one barrier at a time, and they say that this one barrier can cover up to 50 thousand Bari-Bari’s!! Amazing! 1 Bari-Bari equates to roughly 100x that of 1 Bori-Bari-Bari, so in other words, his barrier capacity is just about 500 Pickle-Pori-Pori-Bari-Bari’s.
(Translator’s Note: Bari, Bori, and Pori are all Japanese sound effects that roughly translate to ‘crunching’.)
ELEMENTAL HAKI Theory
What we know about haki right now is literally just the basics. Basics of Observation Armament and Conquerors. As we go along we learn a little more about it. I think there’s going to be a next step in haki involving elements. I’d say there’s been foreshadowing but really that’d be underselling it this is rock solid evidence. Allow me to give examples of Elemental control seen in the story.
Luffy’s red hawk
There’s Sabo’s Dragon Fist Breath.
The New World pirate Mcguy.
Brook’s ice attacks
So basically we’ve seen multiple characters use elements in their attacks. Sabo who had no devilfruit seemingly used the force of his haki or wind to destroy the coliseum ring. The move ended with the word “Breath” tho which makes me think Sabo created wind.
Luffy’s Red Hawk is my biggest example for this theory. With just the addition of haki he was able to use fire literally out of no where and it’s clearly not from just the Armament because if so Luffy would always be on fire when his Armament is up. I believe fighters can master a form of nature with haki. Different fighters have different elements that are a representation of that persons spirit or personality. Then you “will” that element into existence because that’s all haki is will power or your spirits power same thing. Luffy made fire under water so he clearly willed that flame into existence.
We’ve seen Mcguy use lightning and we know he doesn’t have the lightning devilfruit I guess he could be half Mink lol. Luffy’s fire,Sanji’s fire, Sabo’s wind and even Zoro used fire against Ryuma. So there’s loads of people in the story using Elemental powers with no explanation like at all.
This being a next step in haki would answer so many questions. As well as add new ones like what determines your element? I believe Sabo’s may have became wind because of Dragon. Possibly Dragon trained him to use wind with his haki. The 2nd question would be can you learn more than 1 element.
What’s even weirder about this element theory is that the monster trio all have fire as their current element. Maybe people with similar spirits have an affinity towards the same element. Maybe being around people with the same element just has it rub off on you who knows? Well Oda knows but he’s stingy with sharing info. Maybe you can have more than one element too but we’ll have to see about that.
This being the next step in haki would answer a lot of questions. It’d allow us to know about how these attacks work. As well as give us more powers to look forward to seeing the SHs master.
*Theory by RomanceDawn
The Beasts Pirates
The Beasts Pirates are a powerful pirate crew ruling in the New World, led by the Yonko Kaido.
Kaido, the captain, has full control over the crew. He is noticeably much larger than an ordinary human being and feared by his fellow crewmembers due to his drunken rampages and extremely violent mood swings. Most of his subordinates dress similar to barbarians and viking warriors, wearing armaments such as helmets, belts, furred and feathered cloaks with pauldrons, swords, gauntlets, long pants, and boots. Their chests, however, are generally left uncovered; the one exception, needless to say, is the female crewmember Ginrummy, who, while scantily clad in general, has metal breastplates. Like their horned captain, almost every single member of the Beast Pirates bears an ornamental headpiece of animal horns as well, or possesses actual animal horns, while others even have fangs or other animal traits, and a large amount of the crew sports hair that is some combination of long, wild, or flowing.
Due to Kaido’s alliance with Donquixote Doflamingo and Caesar Clown, they had access to SMILEs to help form an army of over 500 artificial Zoan Devil Fruit users.They also have access to Caesar’s poison gas weapons, which they used to destroy a city of Minks. The crew is also affiliated with X Drake, an ancient Zoan-type user and a member of the Worst Generation, as well as fellow Worst Generation member Scratchmen Apoo.
At Kaido’s side are three beings known as the Disasters. One of them, Jack, has the ability to become a mammoth, granting him immense size and strength. Jack has authority over the Gifters and Pleasures.
One division of the Beasts Pirates is called the Gifters, a group of Artificial Devil Fruit users lead by the Headliner Sheepshead. All the Gifters have a pair of black horns.The Gifters were created through the use of SMILEs, which gives them the ability to transform some parts of their body, such as their arms or ears, into different parts of an animal’s body. With the defeat of Doflamingo, however, Kaido’s attempt at building up a giant army of Gifters was brought to an abrupt end.
Another division is the Pleasures, who resemble foot soldiers and do not appear to have any animal traits. They each wear a hat with one horn, and smile regardless of the circumstance, even when taking damage.
The crew’s Jolly Roger is a skull in the middle of a pair of intersected crossbones (similar to the Blackbeard Pirates’s flag). The skull has horns similar to Kaido’s, and there are two shapes flanking the skull.
How Kid lost his arm during timeskip – Theory
As we know Kid losing his arm post time skip remains a mystery. I think I have a theory on how he may have lost it.
We know Kid early on attacked Big Mom’s ships and later actually came into Big Mom’s territory only to be forcefully removed. So much so he changed his target to Shanks. How did he manage to leave without being killed.
He was forced to spin the roulette wheel landing on the arm symbol. Probably a lucky roll when considering the alternatives.
*Theory by themitchellbrothers
Shanks has a only human crew
Whitebeard
He had a fishman and a guy from horned race as his commanders 
Blackbeard
He has horned race , fishman and winged race under him and probably more now that he is a Yonko.
Big Mom similarly has Homies, Pekoms( a talking lion capable of turning into a tortoise) and Tamago (long-legged person capable of turning into a chicken), Bobbin (a wide-faced mask-wearing man), Randolph( an anthropomorphic rabbit who rides a crane), Pudding( hybrid between a human and a member of the Three-Eye Tribe) making her crew one of the most diverse.
Kaido has lot of different races like horned race etc..
Shanks
We don’t see anyone from different race
Probably Shanks doesn’t take anyone from different race in his main ship.
BROOKS PAST & BINK’S SAKE
I’m a huge fan of Brook. Have been so since his introduction
The tea sipping, panty seeking, suave skeletal son of a gun won me over the moment I saw him.
And the events of WCI have made pretty much all of us love him even more
But Brook remains quiet the mysterious dude. Before joining the Rumbar pirates…there’s essentially decades of life that we have no idea on. But there are a few hints here and there.
For one…he seems very politically aware(when he still had access to info of course)
And he also seems very in line with the idea of fate. He references Luffy having this kind of luck or fate multiple times throughout the story. This is just one example
Keep those two details in mind. And remember that we flat out know that Brook used to be a battle convoy leader for a certain kingdom.
Now what kingdom could this be? What kingdom could produce a man with formidable fencing capabilities? There is one other fencer that we have been introduced to.
Thats right! Its Cabbage! He was born and raised in Bourgeois kingdom
When asked in an SBS which country the SH’s would be from…Brook was said to be from Austria. This is what an Austrian Castle looks like!
So Brook was once a battle convoy leader for the Bourgeois Kingdom. Why would he give up that life and end up as a musician pirate?
It was due to his nature. He was a kind and wise soul who grew tired and traumatized after witnessing constant war. He left Bourgeois kingdom to hide from his past and went to a nearby island, Rommel Kingdom…which makes sense because this is the next Kingdom that Cavendish went to after his exile.
This kingdom seems very British doesn’t it?
When Oda released the SBS about country of origin, a lot of people complained that it made more sense for Brook to originate from England, due to his attire. The suit and tea are completely British after all! But had he stayed at Rommel Kingdom for a while…likely hiding from his past, his attire would make complete sense!
In Rommel Kingdom…he came across the Rumbar Pirates led by Yorki. A pirate who knew the true meaning behind Bink’s Sake.
Lyrics to Bink’s Sake
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Going to deliver Bink’s sake
Following the sea breeze
Riding on the waves
Far across the salty depths
The merry evening sun
Painting circles in the sky
As the birds sing
Farewell to the harbor
To my old hometown
Lets all sing out with a Don
As the ship sets sail
Waves of gold and silver
Dissolve to salty spray
As we all set sail to
The ends of the sea
Going to deliver Bink’s sake
We are pirates
Sailing through the sea
The waves are our pillows
The ship, our roost
Flying the proud skull
On our flags and our sails
Now comes a storm
Through the far-off sky
Now the waves are dancing
Beat upon the drums
If you lose your nerve
This breath could be your last
But if you just hold on
The morning sun will rise
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Going to deliver Bink’s sake
Today and tomorrow
Our dreams through the night
Waving our goodbyes
We’ll never meet again
But don’t look so down
For at night the moon will rise
Going to deliver Bink’s sake
Let’s all sing it with a Don
A song of the waves
Doesn’t matter who you are
Someday you’ll just be bones
Never-ending, ever-wandering
Our funny traveling tale
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
I’ll analyze this through each bolded phrase
Going to deliver Bink’s sake
Sharing sake with someone is a sign of peace or alliance in Japan. These people were on a mission of peace!
Lets all sing out with a Don
“Don” is the phrase that Tom used.
Living with a “Don” is just another of saying living with gusto. Living without regret and with the full force of your convictions. These people had full conviction in what they were doing!
As we all set sail to
The ends of the sea
Their journey would take them to the ends of the sea! Which is exactly what the Rumbar Pirates said.
The journey to deliver Bink’s sake would take them to the ends of the sea…the sides of the Red Line!
We are pirates
Sailing through the sea
…..
Flying the proud skull
On our flags and our sails
These people on a mission of peace were Pirates! Who flew the jolly roger!
And we know this song is extremely old….and I hypothesize that its so old, that the people singing it were in fact the first pirates!
This breath could be your last
But if you just hold on
…..
Someday you’ll just be bones
Never-ending, ever-wandering
Our funny traveling tale
On top of all that these pirates were such that they acknowledged death…and were happy with facing it…because someday they would be bones anyways!
So who were these pirates?
These were people who acknowledged death and were happy to face it. These were people who lived life with a “Don” and extreme conviction. What sort of people are happy when facing their own death and lived their life to the fullest?
These pirates were from the Clan of D. The first pirates…the messengers of peace..were D’s.
This is the Story of Brook
Binks Sake was a song sung by the first pirates. A group of people who accepted death and lived life with great conviction…..these people were the D Family. They flew the skull and bones not as a sign of war or intimidation…but to show to the world that they were people who accepted death and didn’t fear it at all! They embarked on their journey to share Bink’s sake with the world…they traveled to make friends with the world….they traveled to bring peace to the world. Hundreds of years later this dream was inherited by a man named Yorki.
Yorki was a man who understood the meaning of Bink’s sake and with his love of music formed the Rumbar Pirates.
A group of pirates who “make crying children smile”.
Alongside his journey he came across the retired soldier Brook in Rommel Kingdom, and grew incredibly impressed with his skills and convinced him to join. Sometime after Yorki had met Brook, Brook told him of his past.
He was born in Bourgeois Kingdom and served as leader of a battle convoy for many years…but his true passion was music. He fought and fought till he became tired of having his hands soaked with blood and upon this realization he left and traveled to Rommele Kingdom. There he tried to completely change himself and adopt their look…and went from bar to bar perfecting his musical ability….while hiding from his past and from his guilt.
After he joined Yorki’s crew….Brook changed from a soldier of war to a messenger of peace…who traveled with the Rumbar Pirates spreading joy and happiness wherever they landed. After making friends with Laboon
and entering the Grand Line, Brook was met with tragedy after tragedy. With his captain’s sickness
and his crew’s death
He himself died and came back as the living embodiment of the symbol of the first pirates….he came back as the Skull&Bones.
He then spent the next few decades alone..choosing to live because of his promise to Laboon and that of Bink’s Sake
He had his shadow stolen and was forced to remain in the Florian triangle till an eventful day brought him in contact with Monkey D. Luffy and his crew…the Strawhat Pirates. They helped him gain back his shadow and became his first friends in over 50 years of loneliness…and he came to recognize that Luffy…a man from the D clan…would be the one to complete his dream of delivering Bink’s sake.
It was his fate after all
*Theory by cardboardspectator
DEVIL FRUITS EXPLAINED
Analysis on Devil Fruits nature and origins, Awakening, Vinsmoke relation to them and more…
I made this theory long time ago, and i guess it’s time to share it to see what you guys think.
Devil Fruits are quite a mystery in OP and Oda said that a certain professor (Probably Vegapunk) will explain the complex mechanism of all Devil Fruits soon.
So let’s analyse some of what we know about them and try to make our own conclusions:
- Only one bite is needed for the user to gain the power of the Devil Fruit.
- When a DF user dies, their ability is reborn into another fruit. (The closest)
- Object can have Devil Fruit powers through unknown method for now.
- These objects seem to gain consciousness. (Soul/Spirit or whatever you want to call it)
- Why fruits in particular ?! (And not any other object or even other food)
– From these points i concluded that Devil Fruits don’t contain merely just powers but it also contains some kind of a soul or spirit and they are like parasites who want to inhabit a living body however they can’t do it alone and they must be allowed (Consumed) and therefore:
- These souls enter the consumers body as soon as he takes a single bite.
- When a DF user dies, the soul looks for the nearest fruit to inhabit.
- These souls explain why an object becomes alive when it consumes a DF.
- These souls inhabit fruits because they are the fastest way to enter a body (Food/Eating) and fruits are different from most other food in the fact that they are eaten directly and don’t need cooking. (Like i said Fruits are the fastest way to enter a body)
- Some will say that these souls can jump from food to food to faster find a consumer but i think that once they merge with a fruit they can’t leave it, probably because they are weak due to being fragments of souls and not a full soul.
- This explains why Haki is the only counter to Devil Fruit powers since it is a spiritual force, so logically only a spirit power can counter another spirit.
- This also explains why a person can’t eat two devil fruits since like Jabra already hinted at when he said “DFs contain devils and if someone eats two DFs those devils will fight resulting in the user’s death” (Not exactly what he said, just the idea).
– Another mystery is why can’t the same 2 Devil Fruits exist at the same time (Par example 2 Gomu Gomu No Mi users at the same time) !!! If we think about it, the only explanation is that all Devil Fruits were part of a whole (Devil Fruits contain powers and fragment of souls) meaning that there was something long time ago with all powers of Devil Fruits and then his powers were divided and his soul shattered resulting in each fragment of his soul taking a certain ability and inhabiting a fruit. (This thing was most likely called Devil explaining the name “Devil Fruits”)
– Also recently we were introduced to Lineage Factor AKA Blueprint of Life and we know that Devil Fruits effect the user by changing his Lineage Factor so my guess is that long ago, these powers were created by experiments on Lineage Factor of some creatures and nature forces.
– Germa are apparently not Devil Fruit users and yet they have certain powers like Niji’s lightning and Reiju’s Poison (Both used their abilities without the suit so it’s not the suit) meaning that it’s possible to create DF powers without a fruit.
– Like i said before these fragments of souls can also merge with any object (except living things) and this would explain DF Awakening, because we already were introduced to Armament Haki which is the power to control spiritual powers and it can be used to harden the user’s body or another object so if a DF user learns to control the additional fragment of soul he got from DF and use it the same way Armament Haki works then he would be able to effect other objects and environment (Just like Doflamingo, Diamante, Aokiji, Akainu, Crocodile and many others) this was also hinted at by Oda in Blue Deep Databook when he said that the only way to make Armament Haki more powerful is by using it with DF powers.
– In SBS Volume 7 this was mentioned:
(Reader: Why does Sanji-san’s eyebrow curl up at the end? Is it for fashion? Make it clear!!
Oda: Hey!! You there, sit down!! Now listen!! Everyone lives in circles!! The Sun, the Moon, and the Earth all spin in circles!! And!! If the Earth suddenly stopped spinning!! The planet would be covered in tidal waves!! It would be terrible!! Now remember that Sanji’s eyebrow channels that same powerful circular energy!! Reflect upon this!! You may go!!)
– We know that all Devil Fruits have swirl marks and patterns and i think based on this SBS question that it’s probably because of the energy rotation inside DFs, and if my theory proves right then it could be that Judge experimented on his kids the same way DFs were created long time ago, resulting in them having abilities (Reiju’s poison, Niji’s Lightning … etc) and most probably it explains Sanji’s abilities (Diable Jambe and covering himself in fire .. etc), this would also explain their swirling eyebrows (Which only the kids have and not their parents!)
So basically Sanji and his siblings have abilities like DFs but on a much lower level and they don’t have extra soul like Devil Fruits. (I mean their abilities want transfer when they die).
So what do you think?
*Theory by Salah Eddine Bouhank
Did You Know?
In One Piece Green: Secret Pieces an early concept of the crew was revealed. No changes in particular are seen in Luffy, Zoro, and Nami aside from a few small ones; such as Zoro carrying a bottle of sake on his waist and wearing a dark shirt rather than a white one, and Nami’s skirt being a little wavy rather than having straight cuts.
- Sanji was supposed to have a somewhat thicker goatee from the beginning.
- Usopp was supposed to be a vice captain/sniper that resembled his father more.
- Chopper was supposed to be more of a “realistic-looking reindeer”.
- Robin replaced a man that was supposed to be more of a plant lover than a history lover.
- Franky replaced the original midget carpenter.
- Brook also was supposed to have a Cavalier hat, instead of his trademark afro
Would have loved to see this fight!!
Whitebeard was introduced as “the strongest man in the world” while Kaido was introduced as “on land, on sea and air, he is a pirate who is known as the strongest creature among all living creatures”. Who is the strongest one in your opinion?