D: Why does Sanji-san’s eyebrow curl up at the end? Please give a real answer!!

O: Hey!! You, sit right there!! Now listen!! Everyone lives in circles!! The sun, the moon, and the earth all spin around!! And!! If the earth suddenly stopped spinning!! It would be a disaster, tidal waves everywhere!! Now remember that Sanji’s eyebrow channels that circular energy!! Reflect upon this!! You may go!!

 

So, there is a Famous Rumor Going around that one of the Brokers is Lucci. I used to believe this but found inconsistencies and that was that.
This is one of the images that people have used to try to proof that:

And truly, they do look alike, but then, this came up in the manga:

And the Anime came in and kinda obliterated the idea.

This man is elderly and has got a mustache.

This is another scene of the man. But truly, is there only one man? or is Oda trying to mess with our minds?

I’m gonna go through these images and share something I found.

First. Let’s make it clear that the Anime studio doesn’t go around making up their own thing without consulting Oda first when it comes to creating and filling in scenes like this.
If they would, then the anime would end up very inconsistent to the source material and end up like the 4kids version(~Shivers~).

Starting with the Face and Facial Structure.
Lucci and the Old man have got very unfamiliar facial structures now when you compare them together.
The chin on Lucci is nothing like the old mans chins.
The Nose on Lucci is smaller and he doesn’t have those “lines” on his cheeks, like the old guy has got(I don’t remember what they were called).
Lucci got a Beard while the elderly chap got a mustache. One can see the mustache in the manga, they are hard to notice at first glance as they don’t really have outlines like the anime.
The things they got in common is the similar hairstyle and dress attire.

Also, the butler seems to have changed appearances a tiny bit from the look of things, although I think this may be Oda or the Studio redesigning a bit. I Can’t be certain. (The changes don’t really affect this theory in any way, but I wanted to point it out since I just noticed the changes.)

Then we go to the thing that was supposed to seal the deal. The Drinks.

People have said that they have the same brand of Alcohol, but clearly, those look nothing alike.
The bottle on the left looks like a Wine bottle while the one on the right looks like more of a whiskey bottle.
One is Round. One is Rectangular.
As for the Glass. I’m Pretty Darn sure that Lucci isn’t the only man on his planet that uses those type of glasses and puts ice in his drinks. In fact the glasses don’t look exactly alike, both are see-through, sure.
But the one on the right is straighter then the left one. :V

Now we go to the Walls. Yes! The Walls.

Look closely at the walls. The one on the top, the manga one is just rough, but added detail in the anime shows it as a Brick wall.
In the other scenes, we do have enough detail to distinguish it. It looks like Wood, or to be decorated with wood. These decorations cannot be seen on the Brick wall near the screen like it is supposed to be.
Meaning we got a different room. They probably didn’t change Rooms, this was a very important moment, so they were more then likely Glued to the screen until Ceasar got beaten.
The Bottom pictures are the same Rooms from the look of it and when you look closely, you can see a end of a table or something next to bottom left of the screen((picture on the bottom right) The table edge seems to share a similar pattern as the decorations on the walls). The pattern on the wall that goes down is the same in both bottom pictures. These things are absent in the top pictures.

And then there is the Last and probably the most important bit. Look at the bottom and top pictures.
Those Screens are not the same screens. One of them looks like a flat screen(TV) while the other looks like a Projector Screen. The screen on the bottom left picture got a white line on the bottom similar to the one on the right. While the Top pictures doesn’t have any.
The Screens in the bottom pictures also seem to be lower on the wall compared to the other one.

So now we are at the conclusion.
To start with: I’m pretty sure the bottom pictures weren’t used in the anime. This is most likely due to them probably giving too much detail away compared to the manga. Cause the Anime is in color and therefore makes it easier for us to see detail better. The detail in shading is also much greater.
I remember going through the episodes they were supposed to appear in and not finding them. I could be wrong. If so I’d be glad if someone could post them.

Oda can easily deceive fans. IT is one of his best traits that helps him to mind-blow us later on in the series.
He thought he could fool us. Sure it took time but we saw through his trickery. But that begs the question.

Why do we have two characters that look so Very alike? Are we gonna have a family Reunion happen next time we meet Lucci?
Or, maybe? Is that perhaps a former WG agent that Lucci used to look up to and now dresses in the same way as him?

I find it a bit weird that we got two persons who look so very similar, watching the same Event Live at the exact same time.

So apparently, we got 3 guys now, if we go after the anime. Let’s look at the manga panels and their counterparts.

Here we see the first Scene:
Manga:

Anime:

This guy would be the one that looks like Lucci and the point I made in my theory still stand. This guy and the Old man are not the same guy.

As for the other scene:
Manga:

Anime:

Well, would you look at that. 3 characters with similar apparel and two of them have even got similar interior.

I intended to talk about the hats when I first made this theory and now is the right time. All of their hats are quite different when you compare them.

But now we got them all together. All are quite different. Now I am pretty damn sure that Lucci is one of the spectators.

*Theory by Whitey Bay

The reason behind Ace’s tattoo is the symbol of Sabo’s flag and Sabo’s letter.

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As we know, Luffy hasn’t killed anyone, yet.

Oda explained why all Luffy’s former enemies are still alive :

D: Why doesn’t Luffy ever kill his enemies? If you look back, he didn’t kill Mohji, he didn’t kill Helmeppo or Captain Morgan, or anyone. Well, Zoro was the one who beat Morgan, but still. Why?

O: Ahh, good question. First of all, Morgan is still alive. He’s being held in prison now by his former subordinates. So why didn’t Luffy kill him? In this era, people put their lives on their beliefs and convictions, and fight. When he goes into battle, Luffy is destroying others’ beliefs. And when these enemies’ beliefs are shattered and defeated, they feel a pain equal to death. I think that for these pirates, killing or not killing is secondary to winning or losing.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Explanation of the theory’s nature:
Welcome to my new theory, I call this theory my ultimate “Wano Arc theory” as this theory, like no other I have made is a complete theory regarding the important Wano Arc.
I have previously made theories regarding it, and other things which you will see, but this one is the gathering of all of those theories and sources and their combination into a One Piece (pun intended).
As you have seen in the list of contents, this theory would be divided into several sections, unincluding this Introduction section we will begin by re-describing the known information about Wano in the series of One Piece.
Then I will describe my opinions and theories regarding the origins and influences of the Wano and it’s arc.
Afterwards, I will look into every known (And unknown as well) important plotpoint of the Wano arc.
At the end, I shall describe the fights in the end of the arc.

CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW OF WANO KUNI
All known info:
So far, we know that Wano Kuni is a country unaffiliated with the World Government, it is ruled by the Samurai- powerful Swordsmen.

Real-World influences:

Even it’s name basically shows the influnece- Wano Kuni. While Wa no Kuni was a name Japan received in it’s medieval era.
Also the existence of the Samurai show that.

The country then is most likely ruled by the Shogunate, ceremonically working under the Emperor (Who has no executive powers).
The country is also very isolated, like medieval Japan- and they seem to see Devil Fruits as “Sorcery”, showing how isolated they are.

CHAPTER 3: PLOTPOINTS IN WANO ARC
Strawhats are welcome in Wano:

As the Strawhats would get to Wano, alongside with the Heart Pirates, I believe that they will be respected.
However, at some moment, people will discover that Zoro is the one holding the Shusui- the Shogunate in the name of the Emperor will then chase the Strawhats.

However, I believe that as some moment, suddenly Zoro will be stopped near a statue of Ryuma, at that moment people will see their similarity and now Zoro is thought to be Ryuma’s descendant- leading the people to apologize for their actions.

Afterwards, the Strawhats will eat somewhere, I believe that at that moment an old man would try to grab the Shusui, Zoro would stop him, and the mysterious old man would disappear. This man would only arcs later be revealed to be Scopper Gaban.
The reason I think that is because of this pic:

Zoro learns to cut the elements:
Now that the Samurai are very sorry for their fight with the Strawhats, Zoro would ask if they can teach him how to cut the elements, and thus Zoro will train.
It will not be yet shown if he manages to do so or not.

CP9 and Ninjas:

Now we’ll see people we haven’t seen in a while, the CP9 group. They now live in Kumadori’s hermit house, the Strawhats would be cautious and surprised to se them.
Lucci might say that now he is a criminal as well for the World Government.

Lucci will note that he is now a broker in the Underworld yet he didn’t expect him to defeat Joker. Now he notes that the Strawhats should be extra careful in Wano, because it is more dangerous for them than what it seems.

At night, I think the Strawhats would be attacked by Ninjas, it will be yet unknown who ordered it, but of course it will be the Sei i Taishogun, leader of the Shogunate and basically ruler of Wano (As of now they’ll be convinced the Emperor is though)
I think Sanji is the one to quickly notice the Ninjas, I’ll explain why later.

Smoker and Tashigi undercover:

Smoker and Tashigi, undercover, visits Wano as well, Smoker would tell Tashigi that this is not a World Government territory and that they cannot expose themselves as Marines, therefore they stay undercover.
They see the Strawhats.

Musashi ruler of the Shogun:

As an apology, the Sei i Taishogun would invite the Strawhats, in order to apologize for earlier when the Shogun attacked them (Not in reality though).
To Zoro’s surprise, the leader of the Shogun is none else than Musashi, someone he knows from his past, and inspired him to become a Swordsman.

Zoro’s flashback:

For the full version, read the full theory, all the reasoning’s there.
For now I’ll say that Musashi was a traveling Swordsman, challenging people to duels, one day he arrived at Zoro’s village and probably defeated someone Zoro knew, either in a positive or negative way.
Afterwords, Zoro was inspired to be a Swordsman himself, and even surpass Musashi by not fighting with 2 swords, but 3.

Zoro’s fight with Musashi and the rebel Yoshinobu and the Emperor:

Zoro would invite Musashi to a duel, which he will say yes and they’ll begin fighting however it seems that Musashi is stronger.
Suddenly, one of the Samurais attempt to stab Musashi in the back however is stopped by Zoro.
Yoshinobu would warn Zoro, however it was too late- Musashi cut Zoro in the back. Yoshinobu quickly grabs Zoro and tells the Strawhats to run as well, as the entire Shogun chases them.

Now I’ll first tell you the influence of such a thing, well you see, until real-life Tokugawa Yoshinobu, a Sei i Taishogun took power, the Emperor wasn’t the real ruler of Japan, he was only an official figure when everything was in fact ruled by the Shogunate and the Sei i Taishogun basically.

So because of this influence I think the following will happen: When they hide Yoshinobu will tell them the history of Musashi and Wano.
Until some time ago, Wano was ruled by the Emperor, however one day came the powerful Swordsman Musashi, he defeated the commander of the Emperor’s Army, the previous Sei i Taishogun and seized power for himself, now he rules Wano with an iron fist and also turned Wano to a country for the Underworld trade- Musashi in fact serves the only man that ever defeated him- the broker “King”.

At some point, he became a Shichibukai, however Fujitora was very against him becoming a Shichibukai, as he is the one who blinded him. Well you see, Fujitora is none other than the previous Sei i Taishogun!

Now they, the rebels want to bring down Musashi and “King” and have the Emperor rule again.
Luffy would agree to help.

Tashigi and Smoker arrive:

The rebel’s leader would be revealed to be Kitetsu, the one who created Zoro’s Sandai Kitetsu, the cursed sword, he is also a hermit and a friend of Kumadori.
He is unnaturally old, and he will be the one to explain the concept of an “Entity” and he will reveal Asura is an Entity in the Sandai Kitetsu.
Because he is Kumadori’s friend, the CP9 would agree to help. Rob Lucci is a broker but he is a rival of King, and therefore also Musashi.
In fact, I believe that the headquarters of the rebels would be at Kitetsu’s shop, and because of that guess who will enter the store? Tashigi and Smoker.

Tashigi will be surprised (Not in a good way though) to find the Strawhats, especially Zoro.
Despite that, they’ll offer their help.

Arrival of King:
At that moment, the broker “King” will arrive, after Musashi noted to him that the Strawhats arrived, from now on we’ll see a fight between 2 forces for the rule- at one side King and the Shogunate at the other the Emperor and the rebels.

CHAPTER 4: FINAL BATTLE
List of duels with reasoning:
Now, all the Strawhats and their allies would fight, but I’d like to only note the important ones of them.

Roronoa Zoro vs. Musashi:
Obviously a very important fight, after all it’s Musashi who inspired Zoro to become a Swordsman, in this fight Zoro will use Asura again, and perhaps when even that won’t work- he’ll open his left eye, showing that in fact it is only there to be a restraint and in fact he is even stronger than that.
He will also show an ability to cut the elements in this fight.

EDIT: It is also possible that Zoro would take Musashi’s sword after defeating him, though it’s also possible he’ll just leave Musashi’s 2 swords for Tashigi.

Monkey D. Luffy vs. King:

According to my theory, King would be even stronger than Musashi and Luffy would fight him.

Sanji vs. the ninja leader:

I think that the Ninjas would be on Musashi’s side (He’ll hire them), during this fight Sanji would be able to turn invicible after learning it from the Ninjas they fought the night before, and by that also accomplishing one of his dreams.

Impact:

I think there will be a massive impact, the first is that after Musashi is defeated, the World Government at the Reverie would abolish the Shichibukai system once and for all.
I also think that it will mark a collapse of the Underworld trade and would lead to the big fight against Kaido in Kano Kuni.

So what do you think?

*Theory by Jewish Kaizoku

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Throughout the Battle of Marineford, Whitebeard received 267 sword wounds, 152 gunshot wounds and 46 wounds from cannonballs — adding up to a total of 465 injuries at the time of death. Despite this, there was not a single scar on Whitebeard’s back showing cowardice.

 

In manga, Whitebeard lost half of his face in the fight, but that wasn’t so in the anime.