Everyone after watching/reading the PH arc was complaining about how weak Smoker is compared to preTS Smoker and Luffy. How Luffy went ahead of him.
All this is true. However, I believe it all had a reason and PH played a very important role towards strengthening Smoker.
Lets get to it:
The enitire PH arc was meant to be a wake up call for Smoker.
He used to be stronger than Luffy but Luffy surpassed him during the TS.
Luffy had 3 main wake up calls during preTS that made his see his weakenesses and train hard to be where he is rite now ie:
Aokiji encountre. He wasnt strong enough to defeat his enemy. He also thought he could take onanyone and everyone.
Kizaru and Sentomru in Sabody. He couldnt protect his dream ie he needs to be alive, not in prison and have his crew to be the PK.
Ace’s death. He couldnt protectsomeone precious to him ie Ace.
PH arc was meant to showSmoker that he is weak and needs to step up his game. Luffy, Law and Vergo who are in his league clearly outclass him @ the moment.
Just like Luffy had 3 major eye opening experiences, Smoker also had them in PH ie:
He got defeated by Law and had to beg for his life from a pirate(Law).
He had to fight Vergo who clearly whopped him. He saw the injustice in the marine and was unable to do anything about it since he lacked the strength. He had to depend on a pirate, the scum of the earth, to fight his battle for him.
He had to fight DD who was beyond his level and almost killed him and his crew.
All thesescenarios showed Smoker that:
He wasnt strong enough to defeat his enemies and He also thought he could take onanyone and everyone. (Law, Vergo and DD)
He coudlnt protect his dream (couldnt stop the injustice and corruption)
He couldnt protect those precious to him ie his crew(against DD and to some extend CC and Vergo)
This experience will make Smoker stronger:
The fact that Luffy went ahead to him will fuel his drive and motivate Smoker to train harder.
His willpower will be strengthen and his determination to achieve is dream will also be strengthened.
He was already stronger than Luffy preTS, so after this the next tymhe is shown he will be on Luffy’s lvl.
Therefore Everything that happened in PH was neccessary for Smoker to grow stronger.
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.
There are many theories on Brook’s fruit, the best I’ve heard are that Brook’s fruit is the hell fruit & that Brook’s fruit gives him soul manipulation. But imho there is a better power that fits the title of Yomi Yomi no mi other than the aforementioned theories; I believe that the Yomi Yomi no mi grants its user the power of Necromancy.
WHAT IS NECROMANCY?
Necromancy is magic that is used to manipulate the dead, http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Necromancy . If you read the page that i linked it states that necromancy can give the user the ability to cheat or bypass death… this sounds a lot like Brook
WHY NECROMANCY?
I believe that necromancy is the most likely power that the yomi yomi no mi has for several reasons. First, http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi the fruit’s official english name used by both Viz and funimation is the revive revive fruit; how would the underworld or manipulating living souls even make sense if the fruit is called the revive revive fruit? Now i know that Yomi no kuni means underworld, but if that was the case wouldn’t Oda have told Viz/ funimation to just call it the yomi yomi fruit rather than translate it to english. I believe that the reason it’s called the revive revive fruit is because it’s power centralizes on reviving the souls of the dead; i mean if Brook can revive himself, why not others?
WHAT POWERS WILL BROOK HAVE AND HOW WILL THEY WORK?
Brook’s power will allow him to talk to souls in the underworld, it will allow Brook to make contracts with the dead. Once a contract is made, Brook can then summon the spirit whenever he pleases. The spirits he summons can only exist for 30 minutes a day unless they are bound to an earthly object; but whenever the spirits are summoned they have the intangibility and recovery of a logia. He can control and manipulate the powers of the spirits he summons, in addition he can fuse his spirits to objects/weapons to make them stronger; finally Brook can merge his soul and the soul of the spirit to become stronger, like Moria’s shadow assguard. The spirits he summons will retain their original haki and strength but will lose any devil fruit ability that they used to possess.
WILL THIS RUIN ONE PIECE?
I knew that if i brought up this theory, many people would disagree with it since it could potentially be used to revive important characters like Ace. Well for your info. none of the spirits that Brook will use will be any significant dead character, however i can see Brook telling Luffy that he had a conversation with Ace and how Ace told Brook that Luffy is the one who will surpass Roger
WHAT IS SOUL SOLID?
Over the time skip, Brook figured out how to use his sword to freeze his opponents and named it soul solid. Now many people say that soul solid is Brook projecting his soul into the sword; however when Brook talked about the sword, he mentioned the land of the dead and how the longarm tribe “sharpened the sword”. This leads me to think that soul solid’s power was somehow increased by the longarm tribe. So here’s the theory:
-When Brook was with the long arm tribe, namakura island( the island Brook landed on first http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Namakura_Island )declared war on the longarms
-The people of namakura wanted revenge on the longarms and therefore invaded
-However knowing that their military was weaker and that they would never win, They had planned to suicide bomb themselves offering their bodies to satan
-When the namakurans met with the admiral of the longarm army, they bombed themselves
-After seeing the explosion, Brook ran to the scene; all the namakurans were dead but the longarms were still alive however they were all fatally wounded
-The admiral told Brook that he reminded him of his son, Scratchman Apu who happened to love music as much as Brook did. The admiral told Brook that Apu was loved throughout the tribe but secretly wanted to be a pirate, which the admiral disproved of, then he told Brook that one day he and the army came together to persuade Apu to give up being a pirate. Apu ran away from his father and the army, snuck into a boat and was never heard of again. The admiral along with the surviving members of the longarm army(who were about to die) began to cry and say that all they wanted to do was see Apu again, but they knew that that would never happen. Brook then tells the admiral along with the rest of the army about what his fruit can do, then the army begs Brook to make a contract with them after they die so that if Brook ever met Apu Brook could summon the army and they could finally see Apu.
-Brook grants their wish as they die; Brook then summons the all of the army and stores their souls in his sword. When Brook said the longarms sharpened his sword, he meant they enhanced it by giving the sword their souls.
This makes sense since it is called soul solid; in science a solid is the most dense form of matter. Soul solid is a sword that is dense with souls packed inside of it. Every soul is cold by nature, but when you pack so many souls into on sword; the temperature of the sword drops to below freezing temperatures.
TECHNIQUES:
Rebirth: Brook summons a soul from the underworld
Condemn: Brook attaches a soul to an earthly object
Devour: Brook combines his soul with the soul of the undead to create a “shadow assguard” version of Brook, Brook’s “shadow assguard” mode wouldn’t necessarily be larger than his original form, but will increase the power of Brook’s strength, speed, regeneration. This form will also give him all the haki of the soul he absorbed
Blizzard of a thousand souls: Brook creates a shockwave of ice out of soul solid
Purge: Brook purges a soul: in this process, Brook sends the soul to heaven by burning it; once a soul is purged it can no longer be used by Brook. This technique allows Brook to use fire
Hellfire slash: Brook purges all the soul in his soul solid to create a massive blast of fire, this is a 1-time attack that brook will use to finish Apu when they fight
Shinigami mode: due to consuming too many spirits, Brook’s body overflows with spirit energy giving him a cloak of energy. This greatly enhances all of Brook’s abilities
Anyways i believe that apart from the longarms, Brook will have many other souls; each soul has a different power and whenever Brook eats a soul he obtains a new power.
I know this theory has been thrown around and some people believe that BlackBeard has like an ogre like zoan, hydra like zoan, or Chimera like zoan, I have heard about the parasitic twins theory (Which in my opinion is the best theory, even better than this one I am writing about) But I have a huge feeling about Blackbeard being a Cerberus Zoan(hellhound zoan) before he obtain the Yami Yami Devil Fruit.
Here is a short video where I talked about this theory:
So let’s start with why do i think Blackbeard has the Cerberus Zoan type.
Ok let’s take a look at what I call the Legend of 3(totally made that up but it will make sense)
The original Blackbeard’s real name was Edward Teach but in other parts of the world others called him Edward Thatch
Oda basically grabbed one real life character and turned him into 3 fictional characters.
Edward Newgate (the most badass character in One Piece so far)
Thatch (He has a badass design!)
and of course or beloved Marshall D. Teach
I think its amazing that oda went this route, so basically In One Piece Oda has a theme where the number 3 seems to show up a lot when looking into Blackbeard.
Let’s start with his Jolly Roger (which looks like a Cerberus)
I believe that Blackbeard had already ate the zoan type Devil fruit, of course I also believe that that zoan is a Cerberus. His Jolly roger is strong evidence that this could be true . But notice how Black Beard’s Jolly roger has 3 skulls right? ok lets move on. I recently notice that Black Beard sports 3 flint locks? hmmm 3….the number 3 shows up again.
To be honest Blackbeard is such a bad ass character he is just eating pies, drinking beer, carrying flintlocks, having multiple Devil fruits, this guy just screams last villain!
Ok so Blackbeard wears these odd rings in his hands, he wears 4 in inch hand but only 3 of them on each hand have gems on them (maybe he puts the devil fruit powers on the rings so that he is not effected by water) again the number 3 shows up yet again.
Then we have Red Haired Shanks who was given a scar by Blackbeard Pre darkness Devil Fruit.
How the hell did blackbeard get close enough to give Shanks 3 scars? wait did I say 3 scars? the number 3 shows itself yet again!
Some of you guys might say “but John Black Beard had a weapon that had claws and that could be the reason why Black Beard gave Shanks a scar” but the thing is that weapon had 4 claws and shanks has only 3 scars.
Now lets take a look at my actual theory, My theory is that Blackbeard has 3 souls. I believe that he absorbed 2 souls specifically White Beard and Thatch (ironically those 2 would make him complete since Oda separated them for this show) There are multiple ways I can see BlackBeard doing this theory about getting the souls. In some legends Cerberus are know to eat or rip out the souls from there victims. I believe thats what Blackbeard did to both Thatch and Whitebeard. Another possibility is that he stores there souls in the rings he carries. Lets say he did take 2 souls that would mean he has 3! what! yes i said 3! But wait theres more!
If Blackbeard has 3 souls that can explain why he has 2 Devil fruits (I believe he has 3 already)
Maybe the reason Blackbeard Darkness fruit does not work as a normal logia does is because he had already the zoan type devil fruit, maybe because of that he cant do the whole not being effected by attacks like the other logias.
Make sure you check out my video on this because i believe i explained it better on my video.
What do you guys think?
After chapter 783 and a slew of Gear Fourth theories, I decided to also make one. (LOL)
And I believe Luffy will reveal 2 more “Gears” in the future.
Gear Fifth and the “Reverse”.
I’ll just get straight to the point, here goes:
During the Enies Lobby Arc, Monkey D. Luffy invented 2 gears, namely Gear 2nd and Gear 3rd, to make a somewhat accurate guess on what Gear 4th would be, we need to look back and see how Luffy made the first 2 gears up and what’s the difference between the two.
First Gear (in a way) is Luffy’s natural fighting form, consisting of attacks named after “guns” after bragging to Shanks that his punch is as strong as a pistol.
Gomu Gomu No Pistol, Bazooka, Gatling Gun, Rifle, Rocket, Cannon….you get the point.
He also names his attacks after “weapons” namely, Axe, Whip, Sickle, Spear and other special things like Gomu Gomu No Storm (which he used against Crocodile), Fireworks (which he used against Captain McKinley’s troops) and Windmill (Against Moomoo when he fought Arlong)
Now, of all the attacks he used in his first form, its interesting to note the last 3: Storm, Fireworks and Windmill.
We all know that the basic Luffy have came from his fascination with pirates, and named his attacks with the weapon they used.
But the last 3 attacks are attacks he invented upon seeing or hearing something. Luffy is a battle genius.
He invented the Gomu-Gomu No Storm as either some sort of tribute to the drought in Alabasta or to Crocodile’s “sandstorm” itself.
He invented the Gomu Gomu No Fireworks after seeing the troops of Captain McKinley shooting Milky Cloud trails.
And he invented Gomu Gomu No Windmill (Pinwheel) after seeing Genzo’s pinwheel.
I brought this up because it applies to the logic he used with his “gears”.
Luffy invented the “gears” after being fascinated with the Sea-Trains at Water 7 and seeing the Elbaf Giants, and he acquired the method of those attacks from CP9’s Rokushiki techniques (specifically Soru) and from the Elbaf Giants he met at Little Garden.
Gear 2nd was him pumping blood to his veins in order to make him faster than his usual capabilities.
Gear 3rd was him expanding his rubber bones in order to imitate a limb of a giant.
And the last similarities is that, all his gears have “dangerous consequences” once used. Gear 2nd being him draining his life, and Gear 3rd making him slower than usual and turning into a smaller Luffy for a few minutes.
So if we review his gears, they have several similarities:
1. They are invented after Luffy sees something he takes interest into.
2. Luffy imitates the attack of other people he fought.
3. There’s a serious consequence for using it.
4. It modify his body past his limits. (for 2nd its Blood, for 3rd its his bones)
5. It’s Luffy using the properties of rubber.
And an additional hint: Doflamingo comended Luffy for his quickness but noted that he “lacked power”, and Gear 3rd is too slow to hit Doflamingo.
So we could assume the 4th gear is fast enough to hit Doflamingo, but is strong enough to hurt him.
So what do I think Gear Fourth is?
I believe Gear 4th is “Revenge”.
Yes, and it pertains to the “Recoil” or “Rebound” capabilities of rubber and how it can sustain “stress” and “vibrations”.
Basically, I believe that this gear is a desperation move, that’s why I called it “Revenge”. If you played Street Fighter 4, you might know the “Revenge Meter” right?
Basically, the higher the damage you received, the stronger your “Desperation Move” using the “Revenge Meter” would be.
And when I mean it’s a desperation move, I mean it’s a desperation move: Luffy can only launch this attack ONCE.
And it’s the reason why Luffy uses it as a last resort if the 2 first gears don’t work, and if he is beaten badly.
Luffy stores all the impact and stress in his body, from his other attacks and from his opponent’s attacks, and then launches it with a super-fast attack and him dealing all the damage back to his opponent tenfold.
So how did Luffy come up of this Gear?
King’s Punch.
Let’s not forget that Luffy is watching that fight, and let’s not forget that it was mentioned that King Riku’s punch is able to take down a Yonkou.
And it’s just King Riku, while it’s true that I believe the Fourth Gear is a “One-Time” desperation shot, and he got that idea from King Riku, I believe that Luffy got that idea of using “Vibrations” by being against these guys.
Don Chinjao, Sai and Boo.
And I believe that the Fourth Gear is so powerful that Luffy’s punch will literally explode which he got from fighting another coliseum competitor.
Cannon Ideo.
Summing it up, I believe Luffy’s Fourth Gear is a combination the King’s Punch, Hasshouken and Ideo’s Cannon Punch.
Who or what will pay homage for this move though?
Bellamy.
I believe Luffy will pay homage to Bellamy, he is also the reason why Luffy thought of this Gear in the first place, and the method came from King Riku, the Happou Navy and Ideo.
It’s very very meaningful that Luffy pays homage to Bellamy against Doflamingo.
What are the consequences for this move?
Basically everything, before Luffy use this move, he can’t attack….so he pretty much needs to defend entirely until he finds an opening.
After attacking, his whole body would be worn out and the inside of his body will rupture (good thing his body is rubber) but it still puts him in a really dangerous position since he is using the inside of his body to contain the impact.
Luffy basically is a walking Reject Dial in this gear, It’s basically Luffy’s version of Rokougan.
If he misses, he would be open for a very long time because his reaction time and his recovery from this attack would be very slow.
Why there are last 2 gears and what are they?
I honestly never even believed there would be a Gear Fourth until the recent chapter, but now it’s revealed, I sincerely believe that Luffy will imitate an engine (eventhough trains only got 2 gears. LOL).
Gear Fifth I believe would be Luffy finally having Elemental attacks. Remember when Luffy fought Enel? He insulated Enel’s electricity but who knows if he can produce it now that he took all of it?
He is already using a fire-attack, so I believe it would be more different than that.
As I said, Luffy will imitate an engine, and rubber can stand 2 elements: Fire and Lightning.
I believe that in the Fifth Gear, Luffy can freely produce Fire in one hand and Lightning in another hand, much like Blackbeard though he haven’t ate 2 devil fruits.
Remember Blackbeard’s abilities: Darkness and Vibrations.
Fire fights Darkness (figuratively and literally) and Lightning is another form of Vibration.
So basically in this form, Luffy could fight neck and neck with Blackbeard. I believe that not only Luffy can produce fire and lightning in his punches, he could also send shockwaves of lightning and fire if he punches the ground with it.
The drawback would be Luffy dealing damage to himself as well, not a long term damage like gear 2nd deals, but damage that he would feel while he is fighting in that moment.
Gomu Gomu No Stun Gun? LOL
Like this, basically:
Gear 2nd, Luffy imitated the piston of the engine, producing speed and steam. Gear 3rd, Luffy imitated the wheels of the car, and inflated his bones. Gear 4th, Luffy imitated the acceleration and brake properties of the car, producing a sudden burst of speed and power. Gear 5th, Luffy imitated the heat and electricity of the engine, producing the ability to produce fire and lightning attacks.
Gear Sixth or Reverse
I believe Luffy will fully harness the Conqueror Haki’s full potential and he would basically be just in his normal mode, but his every attack utilizes the devastating power of Conqueror Haki’s wave.
One drawback: Luffy cannot control himself in this gear, and he risks the safety of him and everyone around him, and he can only uses for a short amount of time before it kills him.
Exactly when you reverse your car, minus the guide mirrors.
The big question on everyone’s mind is ‘what is Gear Fourth’? How has Oda developed Luffy’s abilities and allowed him to push himself beyond his current limits? And how will Luffy’s fighting style and attacks evolve with Gear Fourth?
A theory I have for Gear Fourth is Luffy incorporating the use of vibrations into his attacks. With his rubber body Luffy can create vibrations/enter into a “vibrating state” through rapidly stretching and contracting his body (vibrating his muscles). By hardening his limbs with Haki, Luffy can amplify the vibrations created within his body and apply them to his attacks where the vibrations being produced within him are transferred onto and into his opponent when the attack lands. In effect Gear Fourth will allow Luffy to perform piercing/focused attacks with vibrations that can bypass the defense of his opponent.
Ever since witnessing the destructive nature of the Happo Navy’s Hasshoken (and how unblockable such attacks are), I have been of the opinion that such a technique/form would be incredibly useful in evolving the way Luffy attacks and fights. Vibrations imbued onto Luffy’s attacks would make them incredibly destructive as they would be able to pierce beyond the opponents defense and leave substantial damage. Vibration based attacks also don’t have to directly land on the target, they can affect the surrounding area of the source. Gear Fourth will leave Luffy in a “vibrating state” (like an active car engine) allowing Luffy to perform attacks that generate shock waves. With such a Gear, Luffy can increase the destructive nature of his attacks and avoid having to inflate his limbs, which slows him down, to increase his strength.
Using vibrations against Doflamingo would be an effective way to bypass Doflamingo’s defense and injure Doflamingo internally, which will also have the added effect of interrupting Doflamingo’s internal “repairing” whenever he has it active. Doflamingo did ridicule Luffy for having weak punches but with vibrations imbued onto his attacks, Luffy can soon have Doflamingo eating those very words when his attacks are able to penetrate through Doflamingo’s defenses. Vibrations can also be a good way for Luffy to affect the “string” power of Doflamingo by disrupting the resonance of the strings. I can imagine Luffy’s finishing move sending Doflamingo flying into the Bird Cage and with the vibrational power behind that attack being transferred onto the Bird Cage, the strings forming the cage around Dressrosa would end up being disabled and undone, thereby destroying Bird Cage along with Doflamingo (and removing the “thorn” in Luffy’s side).
The initial source of inspiration behind Gear Fourth is most likely Whitebeard and the way he utilised his Gura Gura no Mi during the Marineford War. Whitebeard’s vibration imbued attacks were devastating and completely overwhelmed all those who were subject to it – including Akainu, Blackbeard and the Marineford Island. Luffy may have gotten an idea from that experience about how to make his attacks more destructive.
The reason Luffy wanted his nakama away from the nearby area may be because of the destructive nature of Gear Fourth. Thanks to Luffy witnessing Whitebeard’s magnificence two years ago he realises how destructive vibrations can be and is aware that with the release of Gear Fourth (if it is focused around vibrations), not even the Palace on top of the plateau would be safe.
Another significant point to note is by Luffy having a Gear that can utilise vibrations in his attacks, a means to combat Blackbeard, the current user of the Gura Gura no Mi, has opened up. Luffy’s battle against Blackbeard will happen sometime in the future, it is an inevitable fate the two share. It is possible that with a Gear utilising vibrations Luffy can develop a way to counter Blackbeard’s Gura Gura no Mi attacks and avoid being completely overwhelmed by it. Additionally Luffy can give Blackbeard (and Akainu) a taste of what the Gura Gura no Mi’s power (vibrations) taste like again.
Gear Fourth incorporating vibrations (produced by Luffy’s muscles) would help to evolve the way Luffy fights. Overtime Luffy may find ways to use Gear Fourth in conjunction with Gear Second and Third, if he hasn’t already. A Gear Third attack used in Gear Fourth (vibrating state) would be a sight to see. A downside to Luffy using Gear Fourth would be overusing his stretching ability and tiring his muscles out ultimately leaving him in a fatigued state where he has reduced stretching ability. Upon using Gear Fourth Luffy will have to wait a while for his body to recover before being able to fully utilise the stretching ability his body offers.
Vibrations can evolve Luffy’s fighting style in an interesting way, but ultimately it rest with Oda to determine how Luffy grows stronger. Can’t wait for the next chapter.
“Not you, Teach… You are not the One Roger is waiting for!” – Edward Newgate
For the most part, this sentence surely means that Pirate King Gol D. Roger put his hopes into the next generation, that will bring forth a Chosen One (Monkey D. Luffy). But what if it’s interpreted literally? If Roger is actually waiting somewhere?
Who would he wait for?
The Chosen One, Someone who can finish what Roger started, Someone who can change the world, Someone who can hear the Voice of All Things, Someone who wears the Straw Hat -> Monkey D. Luffy
Where would he wait?
At the place no one can reach without hearing the Voice of All Things, The Place where the Straw Hat finds its fate -> Raftel
How is this even possible?
“I will not die, my friend.” – Gol D. Roger to Rayleigh
Is Roger dead? Yes, for sure. But what if he was able to leave something of himself behind? Like an image of his former self, or an echo of his voice? He was able to hear the Voice of All Things, he could have mastered that mysterious ability to the extent of being able to leave behind his own echo. That means that those with the ability to hear the Voice of All Things would be able to hear Roger’s voice once they reach Raftel.
Roger’s spirit, similar to the Will of D., lives on, until its destiny is fulfilled: Once Luffy reaches Raftel, he will hear the last inspirational words from Roger, an echo of the Pirate King.
What’s the role of the Straw Hat?
The Strawhat is the key to all of this! The strawhat is either the medium, in which Roger “saved his voice”, or it simply enhances the ability to hear the voice of all things. Whatever the case may be, once the Straw Hat returns to Raftel, it will trigger the ability to hear the echo of the Pirate King, the echo that was left behind by the former user of the Straw Hat.
The Ancient Kingdom
I believe Raftel was part of the Ancient Kingdom, the origin of all D. characters. Now we know Roger and his crew (Shanks & Buggy) reached Raftel. But do Buggy and Shanks know everything about the Ancient History, about the One Piece? I dont think so. I think when they reached Raftel, only Gold Roger was able to hear/see all 100% of the truth. Rayleigh is his first mate and good friend, Im sure he and other high crewmembers were told the story by Gold Roger. But do they really know the entire story? Buggy and Shanks? I dont think so.
If Raftel is indeed the Ancient Kingdom, the origin and graveyard of many D. characters, then I think Roger heard an “Echo” himself when he set food on Raftel, and only he was able to hear it, Rayleigh and his nakama werent able to, and neither were Buggy nor Shanks. Only Roger got 100% of the knowledge, through his ability to hear the Voice of All Things. With that knowledge, he left a message for the next chosen one – Luffy.
Let’s face it, Dr. Vegapunk is arguably one of the most mysterious characters in the One Piece universe, he is the official head scientist of the marines yet never hesitated to aid Kuma when he wanted to protect the Thousand Sunny, at the same time he created the war machines Pacifista and ships that are able to cross the calm belts using Kairoseki on the bottom of the ship to hide it from Sea Kings. Even Artificial Devil Fruits are not beyond his reach.
Now, there are several things that are known about his personality- he seems to be a moral person, trying in his youth to be as benevolent as possible to the inhabitants of Karakuri, however unfortunately not finishing a lot of projects.
His benevolence also continues to be presented, he highly opposed to Caesar Clown’s inhumane experiments, including his mass-destruction weapon Shinokuni and his experiments to turn children into giants.
However what I found enigmatic is the fact that it really is incompatible with the fact that he created the Cyborg weapons – the Pacifista, and the even more bothering fact is that “Pacifista” seems to come from the word “Pacifism” or “Peace”.
And then the final enigma- why would a terrifying Pirate (in fact a revolutionary) Bartholomew Kuma cooperate with the Marines and Vegapunk and allow them to create some fearsome human weapons?
You could say that he had a change of heart and is now against the revolutionaries- but if so, why would he help the Strawhats that much? That obviously means that he didn’t have a change of heart and the fact that he went to Vegapunk voluntarily and the fact that Vegapunk granted his final human wish made me think about his true nature.
At first I thought he might be apolitical, just doing scientific research and so on, but then I noticed something interesting: There is another great scientist in his island Karakuri- professor Tsukimi, now considering Vegapunk was described as “old”, and considering I don’t assume there are many inhabitants in the island he and Tsukimi might know each other or even be relatives!
But what does it say? Well, in Enel’s Great Space Exploration he meet Tsukimi’s “Automata”, very advanced robots with artificial intelligence and emotions, they went to the moon after the Space Pirates’ explosion caused their creator’s death and they want to seek revenge, the Space Pirates are being punished by Enel, who later enter the ruin of an ancient Moon civilization called “Birka” who migrated to the “Blue Planet” due to lack of resources, but there’s more! In the ancient drawings of the Birka in chapters 470 and 472 we see creatures that look precisely like Tsukimi’s Automata! But how can he know? Well- that’s because he went there himself once!
Tsukimi’s and Birka Automata side by side, he must have been there!
Even thought to yourself how can Vegapunk be able to create such unbelievable technologies? Well, I think that he visited there too alongside with Tsukimi (Who might be his friend or even brother) and learned from the Birkans’ ancient and advanced technology!
But what does it have to do with his political opinions? Well, according to my theory, the Birkans are the ancestors of the Ds, they migrated to Earth in the void century, but the natives feared them so 20 kings created an alliance to destroy the Great Kingdom, and erase any trace of them from history.
So I think that Vegapunk, maybe due to his visit- might know what happened in the void century, and has decided to aid the revolutionaries even without them knowing it (Maybe except for Dragon, but Ivankov didn’t seem to know), Bartholomew offered himself to be researched on so Vegapunk could create the Pacifista, however I think that the real reason behind it is to be weapons of the revolutionaries, not the Kaigun! I think that at the final war the Pacifista would start attacking the Kaigun and help the Revolutionaires and Luffy, so they can change the world and carry the “Will of D”- to destroy the Red Line and have the Tenryubito and Gorosei lose their powers. That also matches the name “Pacifista”- the bringer of Peace, and with it Vegapunk attempts to indeed bring peace to the world by aiding the revolutionaries.
Gear second was blood, gear third was bone, my idea is gear fourth is muscle/flesh.
I thought it’d be interesting if he took full control of the elasticity of his body. In my idea of Gear Fourth, he retains the same shape, but gets slightly darker, like a lighter version of armament haki.
He’d fight in this way without stretching, as we’re used to with the rest of his gears. When he fights in Gear Fourth, he takes any blow, or counters it with one of his own, has his body internally vibrate, strengthening the attack, and returning the attack with his own power PLUS the force he was hit with almost immediately.
Say someone punches him, and Luffy counters his punch by punching the dude in the fist (because that’s how he fights) the dude’s strength shockwave travels through Luffy’s body into his attack on the other side of his body. When Luffy swings and hits the dude with his next punch, the force of that punch is Luffy’s PLUS the force the dude hit him with at first.
Now, he could chain these attacks, as each successive attack could be considered stronger than the last (force waves bouncing back and forth inside of Luffy’s body, allowing Luffy to strike at the right times to build them up and make them stronger).
Another idea I thought of is Luffy could go Gear Fourth, and start punching into his hand as he usually does before battle, and he just keeps punching harder and harder, faster and faster, building up the force, and then smashes the big bad in the face. That’d be an interesting introduction, we just see Luffy one shotting a big bad he’s had trouble fighting previously with Gear Second and Third.
The downside, because every awesome bonus must have a downside is two fold:
One, if he doesn’t connect with a hit after building up sucessive hits, the force just propagates uncontrollably throughout his body and he goes back to regular Luffy, with his limbs/body flailing everywhere as the forces he’s been bouncing back and forth in his body are unleashed. Doesn’t nessecarily cause bodily harm, but it makes Luffy temporarily lose control, for longer and stronger amounts of time based on how much force he’s accumulated.
Two, and the real issue, if Luffy continues to attack like this and doesn’t win in time, the forces inside of his body could build up enough to literally tear him apart. With this, if he gets to a certain point where he hasn’t won yet, he’d have to force himself to miss and hope that the guy he’s attacking doesn’t take advantage of the fact that he’ll be vulnerable when he loses control of the forces inside his body.
Maybe after some training he can learn to ground himself before building up too much power.
Alright, first lets get it out of the way, Kuina is dead, and she is not coming back. Oda doesn’t like the concept of reviving dead characters in a manga, as stated in a 2007 interview with Playboy. But there is one question on everyone’s mind, that has sparked countless amounts of theories that Kuina and Tashigi are the same person, and that is, why does Tashigi look almost identical to a young Kuina, and share a similar sword style? I decided to actually sit down and think about it, and with the help of an awesome archaeologist, the pieces of the puzzle started to fall into place. Tashigi is in fact, Kuina’s sister….. So without further adieu lets dive into the theory! Lets start off by taking a look at the individual personalities and traits between the two.
Kuina (Source Wikia): When first introduced (in a flashback), she was cocky and confident in her ability as a swordsman. However, she was always living with the knowledge that since she was a woman, it would only get harder as she gets older for her to compete with men and had been informed by her father of her future woes. She covered her hesitation and fear with cockiness and acted confident instead of fearful and weak, trying to prove to her father that she could become the world’s greatest swordsmen. Her gender would force her to give up the swordsman’s life as she grew.
Tashigi (Source Wikia): While adept at sword fighting, she is usually clumsy. She is also very well-versed in katanas, knowing their names and origins; even when in danger, she would become obsessed with discovering a famed blade. Tashigi is very brave and reckless when fighting her opponents. She will battle anyone who she considers her enemy, regardless what their reputation is or not. As demonstrated through her fight with others, Tashigi has a “sore loser” personality when it comes to losing a battle. Tashigi’s stated goal is to remove all meito from the hands of those who would use them for their own selfish ambitions. Like Kuina, Tashigi felt that as a woman, she would be perceived as inferior to men as a swordswoman.
So you’re probably thinking, what does the personality and traits of each individual have to do with connecting them as sisters…..Well everything actually, considering the environment they both would have grown up in, and the principles and rules that would have come with it. It serves as the reason as to why Tashigi was never mentioned in Zoro’s flashback, and also serves as why Tashigi is so similar to Kuina (minus the clumsiness, but thats a major part of the theory) First I will give you guys a little synopsis of the theory, and then break down how it all fits.
Kuina and Tashigi were both born as daughters to a Master Swordsman. They both showed great passion in wanting to become strong swordswomen, but due to the fact that Tashigi has a clumsy nature, she was forbidden to enter the Dojo and learn. Kuina would teach Tashigi in private, and after the death of Kuina, Tashigi was forced to train herself, through books, and the basic knowledge of swordplay Kuina had taught her.
So lets get the biggest questions out of the way….Why wasn’t Tashigi ever shown or mentioned in Zoro’s flashback? Think about it for a minute, Koshiro is a firm believer in the fact that woman can not grow up to become strong swordsman, this belief however did not stop him from teaching Kuina how to use a sword. So why wouldn’t he teach Tashigi? The answer is simple, and that is, because of her clumsiness. He would never risk putting his daughter in harms way, and therefore she was forbidden from entering the Dojo, and practicing swordsmanship, therefore Zoro never met Tashigi as a child, and never knew of her existence. And before anyone says “Why didn’t Kuina ever mention Tashigi to Zoro” remember, she didn’t like Zoro in the beginning, and they didn’t become close until the night before she died….
The next question is…..If Koshiro forbid Tashigi from practicing with a sword, then where did she learn to use one? The answer is simple….Kuina taught her. It explains why Tashigi’s style is so similar to Kuina’s, and it also explains why she doesn’t possess the skills of a swordsman who has been trained by a Master all of their life. After Kuina’s death, Tashigi had no other option but to continue to train on her own, with the basic knowledge of sword fighting that her sister left her with.
Koshiro forbidding Tashigi from training as a swordsman not only explains why she never met Zoro, but this also explains another one of Tashigi’s passions, and that is why she is so obsessed with Swords, and learning about them. Considering Tashigi was raised by a Master Swordsman, being told she was not able to train must have been hard on Tashigi, and the only other option she would have to learn about swords after Kuina’s death was by reading.
And finally, there is one last subject I want to touch on, which is another huge question that has been on peoples mind, involving Kuina, and that is, how exactly did someone who trains to become a swordsman, die from falling down a flight of stairs? Well, it’s because she didn’t die from falling down the stairs, she was killed. Now you’re all probably wondering, who and why would someone want to kill Kuina? It’s not like she was next in line to inherit the dojo, because her father wouldn’t allow it due to the fact that she is a female. So to find the answer, I once again went back, and looked at Tashigi, and her characteristics, and it hit me. Tashigi’s goal or dream if you will, is to hunt down every Legendary Sword, and take them from those she considers evil (pirates) But what gave her this mindset? Did something happen in the past involving involving a pirate and one of these Legendary swords? Perhaps a pirate killed someone close to her, in an attempt to take one of these swords, and all of a sudden, the real reason behind Kuina’s death became apparent.
How Kuina died
The night before Kuina died, Zoro had challenged her to a fight using real swords, in which Kuina accepted. Instead of grabbing a regular sword from the Dojo, she took the famed Wado Ichimonji from the Dojo, and set off to the place where her and Zoro would fight. But they weren’t alone, in the Shadows someone was watching their duel, and recognized that the sword Kuina was using, was one of the 21 O Wazamono Grade Swords. After Zoro’s defeat at the hands of Kuina, they had their conversation about their dreams, and made their vows, after which, they went their separate ways. Kuina however, was attacked by the person who was lying in wait, hoping to get his hand on the sword she was carrying. During the struggle, Kuina managed to fend off her attacker, but not before receiving a fatal wound in the process. The attacker however managed to escape.
But why would Koshiro lie to Zoro about how Kuina died? The reason is because Koshiro had high hopes for Zoro, as he saw that he possessed great skill and determination. He knew that if he would have told Zoro the real reason how Kuina died, Zoro would have blamed himself, and spent the rest of his life tracking down the man who killed her. What Koshiro did not know however, was that by telling his other daughter the real reason, it would inspire, and make her even more determined to pick up a sword and fight. It made Tashigi despise those who would pick up a Legendary Sword and use it for their own selfish reasons, as the man who killed her sister was looking to do just that. Had it not been for people like that in the world, Kuina would still be alive. Zoro shares the same principles and dreams as Kuina, he always had, even when she was alive. But his will was always his own, he didn’t pick up Kuina’s will, Tashigi did…
ONE PIECE GOLD
