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I have a hunch that the Great Kingdom was attacked by the 20 nations because it was a mobile nation: kind of like a ship, but not exactly.

And that Joyboy's the first pirate in history mainly because he was the first one to actually set off on a ship with that kingdom's flag.

I think he sought to get stronger and went to the other races to challenge all their warriors.

And at the end of his journey, perhaps on the nation of giants, he ate the the Mythical Zoan fruit Nika and managed to awaken it early by the time of the War against the Great Kingdom.

Well, it's just a hunch, but what if the D in "Will of D" is DRIVE.

Drive is not just a word for a cruise, but also a word for will. And that somehow the great ancient kingdom was known as Drive because they believed in the beauty of the duality of the word.

As you might recall, Ju Peter is the youngest looking member of the 5 elders who serve Imu.

This caused Mr Morj, who ran through a list of previous villain subordinates, to say Ju Peter is the Gorosei who would betray Imu.

However, I think it's possible his apparent youth is an indication that he's probably the most loyal Gorosei. As he's so young, it's possible he loved during Emet's rampage 200 years ago in Marijois. This would make him a staunch enemy of anyone who'd even dare spout their stance against the world nobles.

What do you think?

• Luffy will be captured.

• The Straw Hats will have to escape without him, but decide to leabe Bonney, Vegapunk and Kuma with the giants while they go and rescue their captain.

Significance of this arc

It ties into Sanji & Zoro's reaction to Luffy's near death experience at Loguetown as opposed to their optimism during the battle against the Lead Performers on Onigashima.

It allows Luffy to be "repaid" for helping and rescuing his friends who'd been in similar situations: especially Nami, Nico Robin and Nami.

Expected Plot

Fleet Admiral Sakazuki is eager to eliminate Straw Hat Luffy, whose notoriety has shamed the Marines and pushes Luffy's execution to the earliest point, possibly within the week of his capture.

With the Straw hats unable to rescue him in time, Sakazuki can flex the full power of the Marines by eliminating the recently crowned Emperor of the Sea.

Sakazuki needs this incident in order to clash with Luffy's friends and very beliefs.

• Boa Hancock and Bartolomeo the cannibal are the first to get there and stall the Marines.

• Leo the Tontatta and the remaining Straw Hat fleet arrive to provide Backup, forcing the marines to have to rely on Vice Admirals like Fujitora.

• Soon, Alabasta, Dressrosa and Happosui kingdoms' forces team up to rescue Luffy too.

• The Fishmen warrior royals also join in the fray.

• Sabo and the Revolutionary Army join too. This is the most important time in this incident because it allows Sabo major character development as Luffy's brother while also pitting him against Sakazuki, perhaps Sabo fighting on his powerlessness during Ace's execution.

• Koby and Sword free up Sakazuki.

• The Straw Hats arrive.

The Straw Hats need to arrive because they need to flex their power and decimate the false goodwill the Marines have established: shattering the notion of justice which the One Piece world believes, falsely, equates to eliminating pirates.

This whole incident will be necessary to shift attention away from Vegapunk's revelations and prevent further info-dumping, because it deepens the stakes and allows all of Luffy's friends and good deeds to finally shine in one cathartic release in the end of the old generation of Marines.

Why now is perfect for this incident:

• Blackbeard will distract the Five Elder Planets with Garp as his bargaining chip.

• Shanks is making for the One Piece and might have to deal with the Cross Guild on the way.

• Law and Kid had been taken down by the other two Emperors, so are MIA

• Imu pressures the Five Elders to bring Vivi to her

• Five Elders need to quell the mess Vegapunk's revelations made throughout the world.

Shanks visited the Five Elders and thry gave him audience, where he wanted to discuss a certain pirate.

It's likely Shanks didn't know everything about the Gum gum (Gomu gomu no) devil fruit when he stole from CP9 way back, but now as an Emperor and probably after visiting Elbaf, it's likely he learnt all about Luffy's devil fruit and then went to the Five Elders to discuss it with them.

Is that really what happened? We might find out soon as we're getting to the conclusion.