While reading over the most recent chapter, something became apparent about

the way Whitebeard died. Quite a few characters had wanted to land the killing b
low themselves, but in the end, who does it? Not Blackbeard, but the Blackbeard
Pirates as a whole, reinforcing how Blackbeard feels about his crew and his Evil
Counterpart status with Luffy by having them take part in his big moment.
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It's more like showing that despite all his big talk and apparent simila
rities to Luffy, Blackbeard's nothing but a coward. The anime shows it especiall
y well. Whitebeard, despite his condition, is easily trouncing Blackbeard, and y
ou can see the fear in Teach's eyes, and the instant Whitebeard hesitates, Black
beard calls his crew in to gang up so that he can be sure that he finishes the o
ld man off, rather than risk defeat.
This was from a filler part of the War on Marineford arc where Ace is offici
ally made 2nd Commander of Whitebeard's fleet. The crew pulls him in as he eats
and crowds on him, which exactly mirrors Chopper's first party as a member of th
e Straw Hats. Essentially, it was the same dynamic of an outcast that had been t
aught that he was a monster finally finding acceptance in group that treated him
like family! It also gives a heartwarming spin on the Whitebeard pirates' deter
mination to rescue Ace: he's their Chopper!
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You could also draw plenty of comparisons between Ace and Robin. Both ha
d to grow up being told that they were scum simply for existing (even if the peo
ple were only being hypothetical with Ace), and both found crews that were perfe
ctly willing to invade heavily defended Government bases in order to get them ba
ck. Also, each rescue started somewhat similarly, with Ace/Robin screaming for t
he Whitebeard/Straw Hat pirates to just leave him/her alone and leave him/her to
his/her fate. Followed by the rescuers ignoring the request and just commence w
ith the rescuing anyway.
In the same vein: Luffy went to a goverment island (Enies Lobby) to
save one crewmember, declaring war on the world in the process. Whitebeard went
to Marineford (another goverment island) to do essentially the exact same thing.
Luffy was also the only one involved in both, and he caused major troubles in I
mpel Down to save one person, too.
Why did Whitebeards ships come up to Marinford? He had just come from fishma
n island.
Or Whitebeard was, you know, getting past the first line of defense.
In an SBS a while back, Oda said that if a human ate Chopper's Human-Human F
ruit, they'd become "enlightened." This is actually foreshadowing Sengoku's powe
rs because he ate the Human-Human Buddha Model Fruit!
Luffy is pegged as a threat by the government early on because of his defeat
s of Buggy, Krieg, and Arlong. This level of danger only escalates in the govern
ment's eyes as Luffy's accomplishments increase. This comes to a head during the
Paramount War, when Luffy's uncontrolled burst of Haki levels many of the comba
tants. Sengoku makes Luffy his highest priority short of Whitebeard himself. As
noted in a few entries above, King's Haki users are among the most powerful peop
le around, but there's even more to it here. According to Whitebeard, when someo
ne finds the One Piece, it'll shake the world and Sengoku is afraid of that happ
ening. Among the known users of Supreme King Haki, Luffy is the only one seen ac
tively seeking the One Piece and Sengoku knows it. This puts Luffy high on the k
ill-before-he-can-become-a-serious-threat list.
Benn Beckmann threatens Kizaru enough for the man to halt his attack. What c
ould Benn have in his gun to make Kizaru hold off? Seastone bullets. Unless bull
ets could be imbued with Haki, seastone bullets would be the one type of bullet
which could even harm a Logia-user.
It may be possible that his bullets are imbued with haki since the Kuja
of Amazon Lily do this with their arrows.
Being the the two major deaths in the major timeline, Ace and Whitebeard mee
t their ends in rather similar ways. They both die for the sake of family, but i
n different ways. Ace of course loved the Whitebeard pirates like his family, bu
t symbolically gave it up to protect Luffy (with his Whitebeard tattoo utterly r

avaged).
Sengoku tells Blackbeard that Marineford can just be rebuilt. He would know
after the fight with Shiki and Garp left it destroyed.
When Buggy tells Shanks that he hates him so much because is his fault that
he ate the Bara Bara fruit, Shanks' response is only "so that's what happened" f
ollowed by Buggy bewildered that Shanks take it so lightly. While Funny as hell,
it actually makes sense. Shanks, along the rest of the crew, saw Buggy eating t
he fruit, and the next time he sees him, he can't swim. Everybody knew the rumor
s of no being able to swim, so there was no reason for Shanks to think that was
his fault anything that happened to Buggy.
Whitebeard's death, despite the Marines thinking it would be a good thing, w
as not due to the territories under his protection being open for conquest by hi
s enemies. While this consequence would occur from the death of any of the Yonko
s, it's more significant with Whitebeard's. Other than Shanks, Whitebeard was th
e only Emperor that was a good guy. The other two were revealed to be evil, afte
r the timeskip. If one of the two villanious Yonkos, or possibly both died, thei
r death(s) would actually be good for the world of One Piece, because their evil
rule would be put to an end, leaving their territories open for Whitebeard or S
hanks to become their benevolent rulers. Whitebeard's death is significant, beca
use without him balancing out the good/evil ratio of the Four Emperors (two good
guys and two bad guys), the ratio is now one good guy (Shanks) to three bad guy
s (Kaido, Big Mom, and Whitebeard's replacement: Blackbeard).
Going along with this, it also gives a logical reason as to why Sengoku
respects Shanks, as well as Whitebeard. Sengoku knows that while Shanks and Whit
ebeard are pirates, namely a Yonko, he also knows that they are good people, who
are pacifistic(aka not causing chaos), and care about maintaining the balance o
f peace, unlike most pirates. While he did put up Ace's execution publicly, due
to being the son of the Pirate King, he could have also done it out of respect f
or him, knowing that as the good-natured man that he is, doesn't want to risk th
e bad side of him attacking Marineford. You can see this, in that Whitebeard hel
d back by not attempting to destroy Marineford, until Akainu killed Ace, decidin
g to use his full power. Also, Sengoku allowed Shanks to take Whitebeard and Ace
's body because he secretly agreed with not wanting to dishonor Whitebeard, even
in death, which could be supported by Shanks stating that Sengoku respected Whi
tebeard.
Post-War Arc
First time we meet Ace, he is more or less 100% fangirl bait with a shapely
bod, no shirt to hide that or his tattoos, and a cool head to contrast with Luff
y's impetuity. However, every facet of this has a reason for existing: he's went
under more rigorous training living under Dadan than Luffy (since living under
Dadan meant you ate what you hunted); his tattoos actually illustrate very impor
tant stages of his pre-story Character Development (the Whitebeard mark being an
obvious one to his acceptance of Whitebeard as his true father and the misspell
ed name on his left arm being a tribute to his first friend Sabo); his flame pow
ers would burn off any shirt he put on since his Logia powers woule instantly ac
tivate if anyone tried to hit him torso-up; and his maturity is not only based o
n him being Luffy's main caretaker when they were kids, but also Sabo's last req
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uest to look after him, their little brother.
Luffy is often considered to have the least tragic backstory of the main cha
racters. Yet in more recent events, Oda decided to break the "One Piece characte
rs only die in flashbacks" rule, starting with Ace. However, it rather fits Luff
y's character; he's the kind of person who doesn't care about the past, as evide
nced with his disregard for Robin and Nami's pasts. Therefore, the worst tragedy
for the hero himself happens in the present day.
As the date of his execution drew near, Ace told Jinbei that he didn't have
to worry about Luffy after meeting the Straw Hhat crew back in Alabasta. After A
ce's death, Jinbei reminds Luffy of his crew, giving him a much-needed snap-out
from his Heroic BSOD. The first scene actually makes more sense in the anime, si

nce about 400 episodes ago Ace had spent a good time travelling with the Straw H
ats, rather than the brief encounter he had with them in the manga. In other wor
ds (at least in the anime's context), what we thought of as filler episodes with
one of the series' Ensemble Darkhorses a few years ago indirectly led to one of
Luffy's most crucial moments in the whole story.
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In the anime, there is a brief scene showing Kuzan sneezing. He's been doing
a lot of work because of recent increase in piracy. The most effective way to d
o his work is by using his Ice Devil Fruit. He caught a cold from too much ice.
It was a Sneeze Cut, as Sengoku and Kong had just been talking about him
.
Return to Sabaody Arc
The fake Straw Hat pirates look nothing like the real ones. The only excepti
on is fake Sanji. If he cleaned his appearance, he could pass for the real thing
. Now why would he be the only one who looks like the Straw Hat pirate he's tryi
ng to impersonate? First, the bounty posters would be the only reference availab
le to determine what the Straw Hats looked like. Second, Ruleof Funny would make
them look nothing like the posters they're copying. Therefore, it stands to rea
son the fake Sanji would look almost exactly like the real Sanji because Sanji's
poster happens to look nothing like the real thing.
Luffy's Haki. He has his own form of Armament Haki, the only one to make his
own except Shanks with Conqueror's Haki and Eneru with Observation Haki. Why wo
uldn't The Hero specialize in the chosen one Haki? Because the point of Luffy is
n't that he's chosen, it's that he's ridiculously determined. Now, if not that H
aki, which one? The one that lets you hit really hard, of course.
He specializes in all of them. He simply prefers to use Armament Haki be
cause there's a good chance a lot of his opponents have very high willpower.
Add in that it is obvious, especially on re-reading, that he is usin
g Observation Haki; take note of how he dodges attacks, even from behind, or bei
ng shot at from the side.
Why Chopper couldn't tell that the fake Straw Hats were impostors: ever try
to tell apart a group of reindeer?
Fishman Island Arc
Hody Jones is what Arlong would have become if he hadn't fought Kizaru. Hody
is very similar to Arlong, but with one major difference: he's never been to th
e surface. He's always been on Fishman Island, the big fish in the small pond. A
rlong saw the strength of others, and found out just how small he was. Arlong kn
ows to lay low, Hody thinks he can chew the admirals up and spit them out
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It's also become clear that the majority of his crew has most likely nev
er been to the surface, either. If Hody got his ass kicked by Luffy so easily, w
hile the crew (all 100,000 of them) got so easily decimated, then there's no way
in hell they'd last against the World Government. Surely some of them had been
to the surface, and they'd been smart enough to know that such a small army woul
dn't stand a chance against what is effectively the entire world. They'd have en
ough common sense to at least warn Hody of the possibility, though considering h
ow he treats his crew, it would have been a moot point. Nyame
Luffy declares during Fishman Island that he has no desire to become a hero,
and explains it using an example of having a huge piece of meat that a pirate w
ould devour himself and a hero would share. He wants to eat meat! The beauty of
this outlook is that, if that were true, Luffy would get meat whatever happens!
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Franky's nipple lights. Why? How is he supposed to see if he's using his eye
s as lights?
As disappointing as it is that Jinbe turned down Luffy's invitation to join
the Straw Hats until a later time, Oda had a good reason for it. Right now, Jinb
e's bounty is higher than Luffy's, which would go against Oda's rule of having a

member of the crew with a higher bounty than Luffy (Zoro, despite being equal t
o Luffy, has a lower bounty). Obviously, during the time between now and Jinbe r
eturning to join the Straw Hats, Luffy's bounty is going to get a major increase
.
I beg to differ; we've never seen Jinbe's bounty yet. Some of the Warlor
ds of the Sea (of which Jinbe is formerly a member) had a comparatively little b
ounty before they got "frozen" (heck, Blackbeard's got no bounty). Of course, th
is doesn't take into account the possibility of bounty increase after Time Skip,
especially since Jinbe's bounty might've been reinstated again...
It WAS reinstated. And it was said that it rose to over 400 million, whi
ch is Luffy's current bounty.
Numerous parallels exist between Skypeia and Fishman Island. Some are more o
bvious than others.
They're both several thousands of meters above and below respectively.
Both possess Poneglyphs, and we later learn Skypeia's explicitly refers
to Fishman Island.
Large ships, the airship Maxim and the sunken Noah, feature prominently
in each arc and are a potential source of mass destruction until stopped.
The villains of each arc believed themselves all-powerful, with Eneru th
inking himself a god and Hordy Jones thinking he operated under divine mandate.
Both villains are also big fish in a little pond.
Odd as this may sound, both feature the Straw Hats' first extensive expe
riences with Haki. Even if we didn't know it at the time, Skypeia showed us the
first unambiguously identifiable instance of it in the Mantra used throughout th
e arc. Fishman Island showed the first in-depth, deliberate, and controlled uses
of it by Luffy against a major villain.
Hell Shaboady, Fishman Island and a bit of Punk Hazard are full of r
efereces to things that happened pre-timeskip. Luffy befriending a princess: hap
pened for Alabasta, a swordsman full of himself challenges a opponent he cant ho
pe to beat: happened at the Baratie, frog reference included, Luffy fighting alo
ngside Jimbe: happened in the Whitebeard War saga, etc, etc,
There are even parallels between Fishman Island Arc and way back to
the Romance Dawn Arc; Luffy after telling the cowardly, pink-haired crybaby (Shi
rahoshi and Coby respectively) that he doesn't like them, yet ends up both befri
ending them and inspiring them to be stronger, not to mention being (to an exten
t) pivotal in unleashing their hidden powers later; Coby unlocks his Observation
Haki during the Whitebeard War, Shirahoshi unleashes her power as Poseidon in c
alling forth Sea Kings.
Luffy's declaration that he's not a hero isn't just to address the morality
issues. Later, he declares Fishman Island to be his territory to Big Mom, mirror
ing Whitebeard before him. Despite his denial of heroism, Luffy found a way to h
elp his friends while still remaining true to his pirate ideals.
It seems really convenient that Oda had Robin come up after Jinbe's flashbac
k since otherwise we would be aware much sooner that Koala would become a Revolu
tionary.
The modified version of the Mark of the Sun tattoos that Hody's gang uses is
pretty significant too. The center is hollow, which would defeat the original i
dea of masking a slave brand and further demonstrates that none of Hody's crew h
ave actually been slaves themselves. As an extension of that, it shows that they
have abandoned the core principles of Tiger's mission and don't intend to prote
ct anyone.
For that matter, Fisher Tiger's Sun Pirates tattoo appears to be a delib
erate tracing over the template for the mark of the Celestial Dragon so that it
would completely absorb the dragon claw marks into a bigger design of sunbeam fl
ares. But why this and not another kind of Sun Pirates brand? Tiger designed it
to cover up his own slave mark!
I don't really see how this is Fridge Brilliance at all. Covering up
the slave mark is the explicitly stated goal of the Sun Pirates' tattoo.
Why Luffy's post-timeskip attacks tend to be named after animals? (Elephant
Gun, Grizzly Magnum etc.) Because he was training on an island with dangerous be

asts. Maybe each technique is actually named by the first animal he defeated wit
h it?
Punk Hazard Arc
Why did Doflamingo know about the final phase of Kuma s cyborgisation when the
said information should be classified and the marines don't trust the warlords
enough to reveal all their secrets to them? Marines didn't share the information
about Vegapunk and Kuma, but Doflamingo has another means to get valuable infor
mation to be sold to a highest bidder.
Law becoming a Warlord, might have more to do with him being a subordinate o
f Doflamingo, than sending a hundred pirate hearts to the government.
Trafalgar Law has stated his immediate plans are to be one big Spanner in th
e Works for Donquixote Doflamingo. Given this, it's no wonder he teamed up with
Luffy. Who better to ally with when that's your goal? Pity the poor Emperor this
monkey wrench gets thrown at.
Logia types are likely to be the rarest type of devil fruit power you'll fin
d in the New World. You would think that since they are supposedly the strongest
type of devil fruit powers, they would be more common in the most dangerous sea
in the world, right? However, if you think about Pekom's comment about logia ty
pes having short lifespans, it makes perfect sense. Logia types have a habit of
depending entirely on their logia defense; however, since everyone in the New Wo
rld has some kind of mastery over Haki, this makes this defense useless, and the
ir inability to cope with this causes their deaths. It should be noted that the
logia types that have survived the New World (the Admirals, Crocodile, Ace, Smok
er) are some of the most powerful characters in the entire series.
Protecting children is certainly not an uncommon redeeming quality, but I wo
ndered specifically why Nami was so defensive of them (going as far to keep Usop
p from attacking them while they were enraged). But I also realized that of the
Straw Hats, Nami was explicitly one of the few who expressed shame at her famili
al circumstances initially (wishing she had been adopted by a rich family). Ther
efore she didn't want to turn her back on them, especially when her own adoptive
mother risked her life and pride as a mother.
Moria's fascination and usage of an army of zombies at first seems to be jus
t tying a Freudian Excuse and a horror themed villain together. But his Arch-Ene
my Kaidou seems to have an army of zoan fruit beasts. Inspiration perhaps?
Law constantly seems surprised or frustrated with Luffy when he acts goofy a
nd disregards Law's plan. To us the audience it's obvious that Luffy would act t
hat way, so why is Law surprised? Because the two times he interacted with Luffy
before, Luffy was totally serious. Law encountered Luffy when the Strawhats res
cued Camie from the slave shop, and right after Ace died. Luffy wasn't screwing
around either time, and Law thought that was his default personality.
Doflamingo's devil fruit powers are so much stronger than one would expect.
How can simple strings be so durable? Answer: they're not. The haki he imbues th
em with is incredibly powerful.
Or maybe the string he uses are simply that strong. Moria's powers aren'
t exactly that you'd expect out of a shadow either.
Dressrosa Arc
After Zoro, Sanji, and Kinemon run after the thieves who stole Shusui, Frank
y holds Luffy back and tells him that he's already figured out how the local und
erworld faces work and knows what needs to be done. How? Because HE used to be t
he underground face of his own home town and is basically falling back on the kn
owledge of his previous profession.
When the Caesar Return Team cross the bridge to Green Bit, it made sense tha
t Caesar would be able to turn to into a hot air balloon. Apart from his Devil F
ruit allowing it via turning into something like helium, it makes sense since he
's full of hot air considering most of his experiments are either copied from Ve
gapunk's, or are complete failures.

Chapter 708, when Luffy accidentally reveals his name in the Colosseum after
they see the Lucy name tag one of the competitors reassures the others by sayin
g that the real Strawhat Luffy is an eight foot giant. If you go back to the Ret
urn to Sabondy arc, Demalo Black is an eight foot giant. Ole three tongued, just
helped Luffy maintain his cover, and that idiot fell for it too. - Rayfire
Chapter 719, which concludes the fight between Luffy and Chinjao, offers two
pieces of Fridge Brilliance in one shot.
First, the revelation that the treasure Chinjao wanted so badly was enca
sed in an unbreakable block of ice goes a long way to explain why he was after t
he tournament's prize to begin with.
Second, we see something of the contrast between Garp and Luffy in Chinj
ao's backstory. We see that Garp is responsible for flattening Chinjao's once-ve
ry drill-like head, locking him out from his prized treasure. How does Luffy fin
ish their fight? By hitting Chinjao so hard it pops his head right back into its
old drill shape. As a Marine, Garp dedicated his life to stopping the goals and
dreams of pirates (and, often, rightfully so). Luffy, as a pirate, is a firm be
liever in dreams and will typically protect someone else's dream unless he's att
acked first or the other party otherwise prove themselves villainous. For all hi
s antagonism, Chinjao isn't truly the villain of this piece. As for Luffy, take
away the Sins of Our Fathers scenario and he has no real animosity towards Chinj
ao. In the end, Garp's act crushed Chinjao's dreams. Luffy's restored them.
Donflamingo claims his mission to dispose of Moria came from "higher up" tha
n Sengoku. Who's higher up than the fleet admiral? Him.
Chapter 722 appears to truly confirm this with the revelation that the D
onquixote family were the rulers of Dressrosa before going to Marie Jois becomin
g Celestial Dragons. It explains a lot about what we've seen about Doflamingo so
far.
His declaration during the Paramount War about how history is Writte
n by the Winners? He is descended from people who did exactly that.
How he, as a pirate, successfully took over a country and be regarde
d as a hero rather than usurper? He's descended from the original royal family,
giving him a claim to the throne. And that's assuming he didn't simply set up th
e Riku family to take the fall for his own actions.
Law & Fujitora wondered if Doflamingo had the authority to fake the
newspaper article claiming he'd quit the Warlords? The answer: If he's a Celesti
al Dragon as his claims imply, he really does.
More of a Wild Mass Guess, but the Human Shop way back on Shabody? I
t was frequented by Celestial Dragons likely because they knew it was run by one
of their own.
As Doflamingo revealed, the Nefertari family is one of the twenty royal fami
lies whose kings founded the World Government. Meaning that technically speaking
, Vivi is a World Noble in spite of the fact that she does not reside in Mariejo
is.
And both these revelations go some way to explaining why Doflamingo's Hu
man Shop was tolerated but Crocodile's attack on Alabasta was not. Doflamingo st
ill has some leeway as a former Celestial Dragon, and the fact that he caters to
his former peers helped that. Crocodile, however, engineered what basically amo
unt to a coup of one of the founding kingdoms of the World Government, and was r
uled by what are essentially Celestial Dragons even though they do not reside in
Mariejois or use those privileges bestowed to the descendants of the twenty kin
gs. If it had been any other kingdom they could've easily covered it up as the r
ulers being complete despots and Crocodile being a champion of the impoverished
people, had he not acted so directly against them.
Doflamingo's heritage does certainly explain his being one of the series' bi
ggest Jerkasses.
Robin's Facefault in Chapter 728 might seem like just a normal gag but then
one remembers that it never happened before and she was mostly stoic throughout
the series. Then, however fridge logic kicks in and Crowning Moment of Funny tur
ns into Crowning Moment of Heartwarming. Robin was stoic and always wore the sam
e expression because of a lifetime or horrors, running away and essentially not

being able to show any weakness. This means that she actually feels comfortable
enough around Straw Hats that she can show her emotions and weakness around them
. She finally has people she can laugh and cry with, people who will always prot
ect her and whom she doesn't have to hide anything from.
Not to rain on your parade, but that was settled all the way back in Eni
es Lobby. Even afterwards, while she softened up her personality, she was still
Robin, just without the enormous pressure of being caught by the World Governmen
t. Thus chalking the Wild Take to a different reason: how openly trustworthy the
Tonnatatas are. In the world of One Piece, secrecy is a huge theme going on, wh
ere even Luffy had Hidden Depths. So it's only natural for the characters to alw
ays hide something, only revealing those things to people they trusted. The Tonn
atatas, however, immediately trusted themselves with Franky, Usopp and Robin. Co
nsidering how her whole life taught her the value of secrecy, this was so agains
t what she was used to that not even she could hide her surprise.
Another one for Robin is during the story of how Doflamingo took over Dressr
osa, when the Thuderous Soldier of Rage explains that the King's daughter Viola
joined Doflamingo's crew in exchange for sparing King Riku's life, you can see a
saddened and somewhat pained looking expression in Robin's face since it mimick
ed her circumstances in how she joined Crocodile.
Why did Doflamingo shoot Law three times instead of finishing him off with h
is Devil Fruit power? Because if he uses it on public, people will figure out wh
at happened to King Riku 10 years ago and revolt.
Confirmed when the people of Dressrosa finally figure out what actually
happened when Doflamingo initiated "Birdcage".
The Straw Hat Crew disguising themselves with ridiculous moustaches and disg
uises? Silly. Said disguises allowing Sabo to disguise himself as Luffy/'Lucy'?
Not so silly after all.
While many fans consider Usopp momentarily running away from the fight with
Trebol to be Character Derailment, Oda has an excuse for it. He didn't lose his
nerve until Robin was turned into a toy, and like all the other toys, all memori
es involving her existence were forgotten. In other words, Usopp lost his memori
es of the brave things he did on Enies Lobby to save her, returning him to his p
re-Character Development state.
How did Doflamingo know about Scarlett and Rebecca if Scarlett had faked her
death earlier? Monet, having spied on the Riku family and most likely figured o
ut who the royal family was sneaking off to visit.
Usopp was called "God" by Doflamingo and the latter issued a 500 million Ber
ry bounty on his head. Who else was called God and stated to have that much boun
ty? Enel. Usopp even does his infamous face after the announcement!
Throughout the Arc, the coat Law has been wearing has the word "Corazon" wri
tten on the back. At first one thinks its just a Bilingual Bonus referencing his
crew, the Heart Pirates, but then the reveal of chapter 749 makes you realize t
hat its Law's way of remembering his dead friend, Corazon, Doflamingo's brother.
In fact that's probably how the Heart Pirates got their name.
I'll do you one better, what if "Corazon" is printed there because the c
oat was originally his? It's Law's version of Luffy's straw hat!
When Oda showed the Warlords were as children, note how Doflamingo is seen e
njoying his life? However, note how Doflamingo says he killed his World Noble fa
ther because he made his life hell? Note how he says that he's experienced an un
lucky past due to his position? See how these pieces of information seemingly co
ntradict the former? Doflamingo's father renounced his title, status, and privil
ege because he wanted his family to live like normal people. Doflamingo wanted t
o go back to being a World Noble with all the privileges it entailed, and blamed
his father for having to live like a normal person... and this was enough for h
im to kill his own father. The information regarding his past and Oda's depictio
n of him as a kid in light of this further point out how he's a spoiled egocentr
ic psychopath with very little in the way of redeeming qualities.
With chapter 763, Law's choosing to ally up with Luffy instantly becomes Fri
dge Brilliance with the revelation that his full name is Trafalgar D Water Law.
Doflamingo seems to be familiar with the abilities of the Op-Op fruit, impli

ed to be because he wanted its ability for eternal youth. However the fact that
his brother Corazon died to save the life of the kid who ate it, means he can't
actually use that ability without making his brother's sacrifice pointless. With
this in mind Doflamingo's patronage of artificial fruits suddenly takes on a ne
w light.
It is stated that Corazon hates children. The first thing he does when he me
ets a ten year old Law is to literally throw him away. However, later we see him
talking with Sengoku who asks how the children are doing and if they are still
there. Corazon answers that yes, those three (Buffalo, Baby 5 and Dellinger or L
aw) are not going away. Corazon doesn't necessarily hate children, he is just sc
aring them away so they don't become pirates!
Sai is from the Happo Navy of which has the Japanese word for 8 + Baby 5 = 1
3, the number which adorns his abdomen and is a reference to him being the 13th
leader of the Happo Navy.
Usopp's cowardice when facing Trebol and Sugar is at least partially explain
ed by Robin being turned into a toy. The Hobby-Hobby fruit Retcons its victims'
existence; meaning that, in Usopp's mind, Enies Lobby never happened (they had n
o reason to go there without Robin) and he never defeated Perona in Thriller Bac
k (remember how he asked for help before turning the tide of the battle? "Sogeki
ng" answered that call, but if Sogeking never existed in the first place, he pro
bably figured someone else from the crew saved him.). With his two greatest Mome
nt Of Awesome retcon'ed out of his mind, is it that surprising that he lost most
of the bravery he had since the Time Skip? It also explains why he acts more co
urageous later once Robin is back to normal and his memories restored.
I was rewatching the scene where Bellamy fights Bartolameo and keeps failing
due to his devil fruit power, and I kept wondering how no one could figure out
what his power was. Then I remebered a scene from Dragon Ball in which Krillin f
ights Roshi and is everyone in the arena can't see them moving. Assuming that th
is carries over to the OP universe, no one can tell because every one there is t
oo fast for them.
In chapter 783, Luffy introduces a new technique called Gear Fourth. One asp
ect of this technique is the ability to compress his limbs and using elastic pot
ential energy to increase his strength tenfold. Sound familiar? Bellamy. Who, re
cently, Doflamingo cut off from his family for being deemed 'too weak'. Aforemen
tioned Shichibukai, starting chapter 784, is getting his ass kicked around, quit
e literally, by Luffy's new technque.
Fridge Horror
Brook is pretty lucky, considering how if he had found his body earlier (but
still having gotten lost), he would have been a rotting zombie. Being 100% skel
eton runs on nonsenseum, but if he still had flesh when he came back to life, wo
uld he have become a leper due to all the bacteria that were decomposing his bod
y? All the other undead have been preserved (IE Odz) or made from fresh corpses,
while Brook's body has been completely exposed to the elements for 50 years.
Er, actually...Brook had only been out of his body for a year after dyin
g. It just took 50 years for the Straw Hats to find his ship. Still, one year wo
uld be plenty of time for an unpreserved body to decay completely.
Speaking of Brook, remember the Bink's Sake song? Theoretically, he can
outlive the Straw Hats, too, even though they're all pretty young now.
Two of the Devil's Fruit powers of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Barholomew
Kuma and Marshall D. Teach can be this. Kuma's power is pushing anything, which
one such example is pushing people so fast that it's akin to teleporting. Now,
there's nothing saying he can't poof you to the center of the sun or thousands o
f miles under the sea, and there's nothing you can do about it. Teach's power is
basically being a living Black Hole, and during his raid on Impel Down, he suck
s in some guards inside of him, and later expels them. The guards are horribly c
rushed, bleeding, and can only mutter Darkness!, meaning no light, and being cru
shed by gravity, utterly helpless to avoid it. Boa Hancock's power of turning pe
ople to stone could have been this, but they are unconscious while turned into s

tone.
You think Kuma's powers is bad? You haven't seen half of it. He can lite
rally push pain and injuries away from one's body (and that's nightmare fuel in
itself), so what stops him from pushing your soul out? Maybe...The characters ha
ve no soul. Now this is Nightmare Fuel.
He probably just never though of it. If he did, he probably wouldn't
WANT to do that to someone. Seriously, that's just way to cruel.
They have souls. Brook's one was seen when he explained his powers.
So, yup, he can push your soul out....
Apparently Law has this ability.
Almost, but not quite. He can't cut your soul out with his ability,
he cuts your heart out. The soul isn't a tangible thing. (I mean, where does Bro
ok keep his? We'd be able to see it.) The heart is, but it seems hearts have the
'essence' of the person in the same way Brook's soul does when he escapes his b
ody. Maybe in One Piece, your soul is stored in your heart?
No, we've seen Law cut out Smoker's heart and it seems that it's not
at all the same as what he did to the Straw Hats.
Adding to this, Law's ability affects only the physical position wit
hout regards to function. Within his Room, he can rearrange things at will but t
hey still work like normal. This explains why Monet died when her heart was dest
royed and people that have been dismembered are still living like nothing has ha
ppened, albeit in multiple locations.
Upon getting a good look at Franky with his skin burned off, we can get a go
od idea of just how much of his body was replaced when he became a cyborg. But t
hen, keep in mind that he did all these modifications by himself, on a rusted ol
d ship, without any anaesthetic. Look at just how much metal he's got in there,
and try to imagine doing that to yourself. Then try not to barf.
Now remember, he didn't rebuild his body in a single day. For some time
Franky looked like a mess of meat and metal. And he was missing for four years,
maybe living all that time in the rusted old ship. Stranded in a boat, alone for
years, with a scary appearance... Does it remind of someone? That's right: Broo
k. Even Robin was perplexed about the question which Franky asked to Brook in Th
riller Bark, but his insight becomes less surprising in hindsight. Franky knew B
rook should need a strong motivation to continue living, because he went through
the same situation.
Franky: "If you go out and meet people with the way you look you know wh
at kind of reactions they'll have... right? You're a talking skeleton. There's n
o way that you could become friends with a guy that creepy. Something that abnor
mal will die of shame! Even if you got out of this Cursed Sea, your fate will be
the same as those hopeless years you spent here. You said that "You were loneli
er than death", right? If I was you... I would've given up living a long time ag
o!!! Living such a small existence... Acting like a gentlemen from time to time.
.. Tell us what you left out of the story! To go that far, to live like that...
What did you want to accomplish? What was the promise that you made with your na
kama!?"
While he did mention that getting shot with bullets hurts, isn't it poss
ible that at least a good deal of his pain receptors are dead? So it still hurts
, just not as much as it would for other people?
There's also the implications of the Pacifista project in which Barholomew K
uma was on, substituting his body part by part until they finally ripped off his
personality and free will.
There were several marines and pirates who had half of their face turned to
stone by Boa Hancock when she kicked them. That part of their head or face now i
s frozen in stone possibly forever (seeing how Hancock isn't so forgiving to men
) and also cracked and shattered from her kicks. Even if Hancock reversed the pr
ocess, they have a gaping hole where their brain and face should be.
Decken had been stalking Princess Shirahoshi for 10 years. Chapter 622, whic
h took place 15 years ago from present time, shows Shirahoshi as an infant. That
means when Decken first touched Shirahoshi, she was around six years old.
Chapter 625 reveals that the real reason why Decken wanted to marry Shir

ahoshi was because of her special ability to summon Sea Kings. He wanted to marr
y a six year old just to get her powers. It doesn't make it any less creepier.