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The Fish-Man Island is under both World Government's and Luffy's protection, so could Luffy do the same to Arabasta or Dressrosa?
As far as I know, the only island which is affiliated to both a Yonko and the World Government is the Fish-Man Island, but it can be explained due to its location isolated from the surface world, which makes protecting the island a tough task for the Marines.
Also, in Alabasta we saw that if Vivi's relationship with the Straw Hats were revealed to the Marines she'd have trouble.
Now I wonder: Is it allowed for a country to be affiliated to the World Government while under a Yonko's flag?
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The Warlords System was meant to establish a balance, forming the Three Powers concept. However, if you take a good look, they could've take down the Emperors with great operations.
For this demonstration, I'mma consider Whitebeard as the weakest Emperor.
If the Warlords and Admirals attack the Emperors without warning they could take them down easily. For example:
Whitebeard Pirates X Admirals & Seven Warlords
Whitebeard < Aokiji, Akainu & Kizaru.
Marco < Mihawk.
Ace < Crocodile.
Jozu < Kuma.
Commanders (12) < Hancock, Doffy & Moria.
Big Mom Pirates X Admirals & Seven Warlords
Big Mom < Aokiji, Akainu & Kizaru.
Katakuri < Mihawk.
Cracker < Crocodile.
Smoothie < Hancock.
Big Mom sons (many) < Kuma, Jinbe, Doffy & Moria.
Beasts Pirates X Admirals & Seven Warlords
Kaidou < Aokiji, Akainu & Kizaru.
King & Queen < Mihawk.
Jack < Jinbe.
Tobiroppo < Kuma, Hancock & Crocodile.
Hawkins & Apoo < Doflamingo.
I don't know if they'd be able to take down the Red Hair Pirates since Sengoku introduced Shanks' crew as inexpugnable, and Mihawk would probably refuse to fight Shanks' crew as Jinbe did against Whitebeard.
I had an epiphany like Paul on the road to Damascus while thinking about the last chapter and why Laugh Tale is called that... Based on what Vegapunk said in his post-death speech, Joy Boy fought a war against the 19 countries of the world government because of their different ideologies; but this happened after he left his "treasure" since he died in that war. In my opinion, Joy Boy feared or even knew that he wouldn't make it, and that's why he decided to pass down the 3 ancient weapons to posterity, precisely to help them defeat the world government and complete his will.
So, what is at Laugh Tale? And why did Roger laugh when he saw the One Piece? And why did none of the crew decide to take possession of it? Simple, because they couldn't.
As of now, we only know that the One Piece is an enormous treasure left by Joy Boy and that those who find it learn the truth about the void century... so we can hypothesize that the One Piece, or a part of it, is something that tells a story, like a Poneglyph... "One Piece" could mean what this priceless treasure is, "A Piece", one single thing, the One Piece is a treasure composed of a single object, a Poneglyph... but not just any Poneglyph, but the most important one of all where Joy Boy wrote: his story, his will (which will be known as the will of the D) and how and why to fulfill it.
The One Piece is nothing more than a way for Joy Boy to be sure that sooner or later he would win against the world government; but not someone else, it would be him! or rather, his reincarnation... In fact, when Luffy becomes Nika, all of Joy Boy's old companions (Zunisha, Emeth) recognize him as such; so, just like "Poseidon" was reincarnated in Shirahoshi... Joy Boy was reincarnated in Luffy.
So the One Piece can only be for one person: Joy Boy, in this case Luffy; because it contains the necessary information to defeat the world government and become the new emperor of the world. But why is it only for Luffy? Because the One Piece is a "message" that Joy Boy left for himself, and in this case, it refers to Luffy since he is the only one who can become Nika.
One must "be" Joy Boy to take possession of or use the One Piece, anyone else who finds it will have made a pointless journey and that is precisely why Roger laughed, because after Oden read the Poneglyph to him, he realized that it wasn't meant for him, because he wasn't Joy Boy, and thus his journey was in vain.
So I think there won't be any problem if someone reaches the One Piece before Luffy because they won't be able to do anything with it; but it will only be when Luffy finds it, that after learning everything, his devil fruit or the will of Joy Boy residing in him will fully awaken, granting him greater strength and a new objective. Who knows, maybe the fruit will even make him relive or see some of Joy Boy's memories?
Anyway, this is my theory, let me know what you think.
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Welcome back to my series "Guess The" One Piece edition.
DIFFICULTY: Extremely hard
Congrats @InevitaPICKLE for winning today's Guess The for the SECOND time in a row!
CLUES:
Ally's with the World Government
he is considered wise and extremely intelligent
introduced in egghead arc
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Shoutout to @InevitaPICKLE , the winner of our last Guess The!
POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!
So we saw a lot of powers and abilities of the Five Elders. All of them have Mythical Zoan type Devil Fruits, but it’s been speculated in the fandom that they’re actual demons called Yokai rather than having Mythical Zoan fruits and they all have awakened their powers. In addition to their Yokai/Mythical Zoan powers, the Five Elders can telepathically communicate with each other and they can summon each other through usage of a magic summoning circle. St. Jaygarcia Saturn, the Warrior God of Science and Defense, can transform into a Gyuki. St. Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, the Warrior God of Finance, can transform into a Bakutso. St. Marcus Mars, the Warrior God of Environment, can transform into an Itsumade. St. Topman Warcury, the Warrior God of Justice, can transform into a Fengxi. St. Shepherd Ju Peter, the Warrior God of Agriculture, can transform into a sand worm. Warcury has Conqueror’s Spirit Haki and maybe the other four has it as well. The person ranking below the Five Elders is the Commander-in-Chief. The Commander-in-Chief is a World Government official that has authority and power over the Marines, the Cipher Pols, and the Seven Warlords before their disbandment. The Commander-in-Chief can also issue a Buster Call on any island they deem a threat and can give a person the authority to issue a Buster Call. The current Commander-in-Chief is Kong who was also the Fleet Admiral before Sengoku. Since the Five Elders are Yokai or have powerful Mythical Zoan fruits, what special power do you think Commander-in-Chief Kong has? I personally have seen some theories that says he has a Sun Wukong Mythical Zoan fruit (a Sun Wukong is basically a monkey god). If he does have that Devil Fruit power, it would be really interesting to see. We have barely seen Kong in the manga and anime, so it’s difficult to tell what his powers could be. He most likely at the least knows advanced Armament Haki and Observation Haki. Him having a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit would be really cool.
The Five Elders in their Yokai/Mythical Zoan forms. From left to right, Ju Peter, Nusjuro, Saturn, Warcury, and Mars.
Commander-in-Chief Kong, formerly the Fleet Admiral of the Marines.
As we know, the World Government was created 800 years ago. After the war against the Great Kingdom, the World Government went to great lengths to hide what happened during the century long conflict. They continue to go to great lengths to hide the true history which includes hiding Joy Boy, Nika, and the name of the Great Kingdom. The World Government hides the true history to prevent uprisings and such things. My question is, why is the World Government continuing to go to great lengths to hide the Void Century? Is knowing the truth really that important? I’m willing to bet that the average citizen in the One Piece world doesn’t care about the Void Century, Joy Boy, the One Piece, or even the world’s history. Most of the time, average citizens only care about their work and being able to provide for themselves and their family. If Imu really is immortal and is from the Void Century and he/she fears Joy Boy that much, it’s possible he/she is projecting their fears onto the Five Elders and thus onto the World Government. The World Government practices slavery and are responsible for the Amber Lead Incident (Law’s backstory), the Ohara Incident, and they cover up numerous terrible crimes, all of which is somewhat widely known. Seeing that the World Government is 800 years old, they probably have committed thousands of atrocities in the world and cover ups are extremely common. All that being said, what else could the World Government possibly be hiding? What could they possibly fear being revealed? Something worse than slavery, the Celestial Dragons having diplomatic immunity, and the World Government basically having the power to blow up any island they deem a threat. I can’t really imagine something worse than slavery and the Celestial Dragons, but maybe some really dark and evil stuff happened during the Void Century. What are your thoughts?
Who All Would Come To Rescue Luffy And Possibly Try To Destroy The World Government
Recently, we were introduced to the Iron Giant, a giant sized robot that randomly attacked Mariejoa 200 years ago. For an unknown amount of time now, Vegapunk has been trying to find out how to awaken the robot, but he’s had no luck. He says that he has no idea what the Iron Giant is powered by. I have a theory. I think it’s powered by will, specifically Joy Boy’s will. I think 200 years ago, the Gum-Gum Fruit/Nika Fruit came into physical contact with the Iron Giant which temporarily awakened it and made it “resume” its duties of fighting the World Government. When it was about to attack Mariejoa, I think the Iron Giant knew it was going to be depowered, thus failing its task. When it woke up in the recent chapter, it said “I’m sorry Joy Boy” because he didn’t have the will to resume its duties 200 years ago. Now that Luffy awakened the Gum-Gum Fruit and the Five Elders are on Egghead, Luffy’s will awakened it again and now it can resume its duties. What do you all think?
This one might be a long one. In the Enies Lobby Arc, we see an orrery of some kind in Ohara, an island that used to be in the West Blue. That orrery depicts Earth having six moons which would explain the erratic weather in the Grand Line. It’s known that there used to be an ancient civilization on one of the moons and that civilization are the ancestors of the Skypieans, Birkans, and Shandorians. That moon civilization had very advanced technology and architecture, but they left due to the lack of resources and they went to Earth which took place over 1,000 years ago. I think that Imu, if he/she truly is immortal, and the old ancestors of the Celestial Dragons are from another moon which is why the current Celestial Dragons wear space suit like outfits (I’ll refer to them as Ancient Celestials for simplicity). I think that the Ancient Celestials went from moon to moon greedily taking what they can in terms of resources, power, etc. and when nothing was left on the moons, they finally went to Earth, but they arrived after the people of the Moon civilization who, by then, greatly befriended the tribes and people that were already there: Giants, Minks, Humans, Buccaneers, etc. and formed a very harmonious, advanced Kingdom. The Ancient Celestials who arrived during the height of that Kingdom were welcomed with great kindness, but they eventually grew envious of the Great Kingdom and coveted the resources, power, wealth, etc. that the Kingdom had gained. As the Great Kingdom continued to rise in power, the Ancient Celestials bided their time, becoming fierce fighters, warriors, and creating weapons. As they did that, they created Houses: Nerona, Nefertari, Donquixote, Jaygarcia, Topman, etc. and the heads of those Houses named themselves Kings. When the Ancient Celestials were ready, they waged war against the Great Kingdom. I think that the people of the Great Kingdom were complete pacifists who had never or at least very rarely knew war or violence. The advanced technology they had was used to harmonize with the land, the sea, the sky, the animals, and the people, all of which was freely shared amongst everyone and was not used for war, battle, or greed. I think they built the Ancient Weapons Uranus, Poseidon, and Pluton out of desperation. As the war was nearing an end, they created the Ponegliffs to tell their story and the Ancient Celestials won soon after and created the World Government. I think Imu created the Five Elder Star ranking system who would “rule” the World Government, naming the ranks after the moons which they came from; Ju Peter, Saturn, etc. What do you all think?
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Nearly everyone with the will of D is defiant towards the World Government. They are also defiant towards death. Nefertari D. Lili defied the World Government.
D could also stand for Democracy if you consider the destruction of the great kingdom. The World Government considered the Great Kingdom to be a dangerous enemy, which could be because they had opposing political beliefs. Nefertari D. Lili could have betrayed them to try and prevent a global autocracy.
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I believe Shanks could be some failed experiment or maybe successful experiment by the WG, ditched on god valley. Perhaps Shanks will be some kind of psychological warfare tool for the WG, and that he was intentionally put on Roger’s bot so that Shanks could learn haki from him, It’s possible Shanks was hypnotised from birth and can do anything at the command of the WG. It’s also possible that he was hypnotised at the time he was going after the Gomu Gomu no mi, thus the reason why he hadn’t eaten it yet.
This also makes sense just because so far every kinda of warfare has been used in One piece by the WG or associated nations, including artillery, chemical and biological. Perhaps Shanks is somewhat aware that he can be controlled at the drop of a hat and that’s why he was allowed in Marijoa, because he couldn’t try anything no matter what it was.
What are the chances there are no side effects from eating more than one devil fruit. What are the possibilities that the WG has engineered a lie in which supposedly two fruits will “make you explode and die without a trace.” Think about it, we haven’t actually seen this in action, there is no manga panel with a trustworthy source (unless you count Blueno) that represents a devil fruit user exploding due to proximity or consumption of another devil fruit, I’d even go so far as to say that maybe everyone’s theories avout BB are wrong, and that maybe he’s just the only person to realise that it’s fine to eat two fruits.
So what are the chances The five elders have two fruits? What are the chances Imu has two fruits? What are the chances that that is the WG biggest secret.
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