ONE PIECE GOLD
Oda likes to use myths, legends and fables, e.g. “fable” backwards = Elbaf. In chinese mythology, there are said to be 4 seas: North, South, East and West
Those 4 seas are represented by four colors: Yellow, Blue, White and Red
They have also been represented by different animals over the time including a Monkey, a Bird, a Dragon, and a Dog
This of course screams:
A north sea with a yellow monkey = Admiral Kizaru
A south sea with a blue bird = Admiral Aokiji
A west sea with a red dog = Admiral Akainu
-> That would leave the East Sea = Admiral White Dragon (Shiroryu)
There is a similar myth that supports this:
The myth is about a king who had 4 loyal followers: One had the shape of a bird, the 2nd the shape of a monkey, the 3rd the shape of a dog, and the last the shape of a pheasant. Some day, the bird realized how evil the king was, so he left his king, but not without letting the other followers know the truth. To his disappointment, the dog was too loyal to his king, the monkey was an idiot and he couldn’t understand what’s going on, and the pheasant was simply too lazy to do something.
Now all this resembles the Admirals in One Piece a lot. The colours + the animals + the attitudes! (This time, the bird = dragon)
I believe that Sakazuki’s loyalty to the Navy and the Absolute Justice, Borsalino’s (pretended) goofiness, and Aokiji’s laziness are taken from those myths, hence I believe that the White Dragon, who saw the truth about the evil of his king, is Monkey D. Dragon, Admiral Monkey D. Dragon, with the person of the “King” being taken by the institution of World Government.
Growing up as the son of the famous and renowned Marine officer Monkey D. Garp, combined with the experiences of racism, humiliation and discrimination he made while living on Dawn Island, it’s plausible that Dragon joined the Marine or the WG with hopes of changing the world. But he had to realize (like the Dragon in the myth), that the WG is too evil, too set in their ways, and that the system couldnt be changed. He deserted his position, formed the Revolutionaries and dedicated 100% of his effort to achieving his goal: Changing the world, changing the system, erasing racism, discrimination and humiliation from the world.
I say “dedicate 100%”, because he didnt even take care of his own son, or he wasn’t able to take care of him.
Whatever the case may be, something must have happened in his life, to trigger a young man to abandon his former life and to start a life of secrecy and rebellion. And since love & romance are not a big subject in One Piece at all, I doubt that his Wife (Luffy’s Mom) or even Garp’s Wife (Dragon’s own Mom) have much to do with this. I believe the evil of the WG, that he experienced at first hand, triggered Dragon’s decision to start a revolution.
What do you think about Dragon’s Past?
*Theory by Gobee129
i like that, quite good and interesting
Then Dragon must have a chance of fighting Gol D. Roger . Right?
i like the way u put on the theory but i disagree one is if he was the admiral i think enough navy and people would know his fullname as well his relation ship with garp and he just dont disagree the way the justise is defined by WG but he completely oppose it
The thing is there is another theory where they assume that they had planned out the admirals for each seas but once dragon found out the truth and left they changed it to 3 admirals this is before even the marines knew about the admirals and I’m assuming no one likes to talk about the situation….
Without doubt Dragon has the 3td Ancient Weapon, In the Fight Roger vs Shiki, Shiki knows that Roger found one of the Ancient Weapons and tries to offer him a deal. The Weather turned immediately and Roger won the Fight without Fighting. Years Ago Dragon got the Weapon, and was able to control it, at Grey Terminal he saves People by blowing Wind, and at loguetown he called a storm (lightning to save luffy and wind to blow the strawhats away) . As we know the first Ancient Weapon Pluton is a Ship, and only Franky got it and could use or build it. a ship? yes, its the strongest ship ON the sea, no other ship can destroy or compare to it. The second ancient weapon is a mermaid who can control the seakings, the seakings as strongest creatures in sea, and guardian UNDER the sea. The last one has to be OVER the sea, and it has to be control the weather, or wind or storm cause the guy who got the most freedom on sea is the pirateking, therefore he can control every wind, and can reach every island without using a log pose or need good weather. In the end luffy will “control” all these things, cause the ppl around him help him using these powers.
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one of the most valid ones iv heard … there is another which is a little different that dragon was a marine but his wife died due to a mistake made by the marine heads so he left
In my opinion :
The first mithology about pleasant, monkey, and dog is about Momotaro, he did have 3 Holy-Beast. He gain fame from killing evil demon and he become a hero. Then his fame and justice grow bigger, he become too right even for his pal (His Holy Beast).
And if you put dragon to match the mithology, WG have Celestial Dragon. Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru are nickname so if we need to find a matching word I think it’s better to choose Tenryubito.
Lastly, I don’t really think Dragon’s “dedicate 100%” is true. He sent Luffy off at Logue Town with encouragement word. If it’s about not take Luffy along with him, I think it’s ok to assume he want Luffy to choose his own way, he decide to choose different way from his own father. Maybe another reason because Garp didn’t let Dragon take Luffy with him,
Overall, I think it’s a good one. It’s could turn to be like that.
This just gave me aids, in chinese mythology there are 4 winds, each a colour and different animals, north is the xuan wu and its colour is black it is also a combination of a turtle and a snake, south is the pheonix which is red, west is the white tiger and east is the blue dragon, there is a final wind which is the centre, the jade emperor and supposedly a quilin, please.. if your going to talk about mythology atleast get your facts straight so you dont look like an idiot