User blog comment:DancePowderer/Demised Pangaea/@comment-972068-20120424185720

Somehow I think you are overthinking, but at the same time I think you're right-on-the-mark. Oda works in mysterious ways, he probably bases most of his stuff on things that he doesn't even realize. He could either be a genius, or just some guy with a strong sub-concious.

Something like this makes me think when One Piece ends, it will end up like Lost: A trillion questions asked, a few answered, but only ending up raising further questions.