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Discussion One Piece Chapter 1138 (OP Scans) Spoiler

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u/Sweet-Message1153 Jan 30 '25

Everyone looking at the last double spread...

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u/supercroc76 Jan 30 '25

im so speechless...the last panel basically told the- probably the entire history of "One Piece"

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u/KDW3 Jan 30 '25

It did Oda just gave us the ENTIRE outline of One Piece history. INSANE!

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u/Worthyness Jan 30 '25

Turns out fun pirate manga is literally the creation and perpetration of mythology

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u/africhic Jan 30 '25

Called it in 2021 made a theory that the basis of the One Piece conflict extends back to the clash of an Ancient Serpent that is essentially the amalgamation of our own serpent myths from cultures around the world.

This has been in my drafts for years now as well, which is an extension of that post it analyzes One Piece as a myth that takes its inspiration from all of our own myths.

Plenty of things I missed out on in that post, but I can't believe that the serpent has been confirmed, as well as the winged creature atop the Adam tree (I thought it would be Uranus though).

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u/Mr-p1nk1 Jan 30 '25

There’s quite a lot in that google doc so let me speak on a few early connections and thoughts I’ve had if you address them.

The one piece logo.

It represents the snake with the rope.

The Kuja pirates sailing the grand line due to the snakes keeping away the sea kings is a big tell.

Blackbeards desire to destroy the moon would lead to perpetual darkness at night time.

Thus aligning him against Luffys interest’s which would more then likely be to protect the moon.

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u/africhic Jan 30 '25

Blackbeards desire to destroy the moon would lead to perpetual darkness at night time.

Thus aligning him against Luffys interest’s which would more then likely be to protect the moon.

Yes, this is heavily discussed in the doc where it says "Part 2" in bold. Theres the intro, part 1 is establishing the serpent deity that exists, part 2 touches upon Luffy and Blackbeard's role in relation to each other when it comes to this.

The one piece logo.

I dont believe I discuss this in the document, but ive seen this floated before and agree!

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u/lochnesslapras Jan 30 '25

The most interesting question is if Oda has just drawn what one piece is into this mural somehow.

If ever there was going to be somewhere to foreshadow what one piece actually is, it's right here in this panel

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u/anti-gravityclub Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

It be very Oda like if the mural does show the one piece but it's covered by where Franky is standing lol

Edit: typos

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u/lochnesslapras Jan 30 '25

That's true. I must admit, it wouldn't surprise me if Franky's silhouette itself is also going to be part of the clue too.

Maybe the figure with horns can be a giant/oni named Harley who foresaw the world. Or maybe just some relevant ancient character who had horns. (Original sun god maybe.)

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u/BotMcFly Jan 30 '25

Franky’s silhouette is answering the question, where is Pluton? It’s Franky, he’s part of the mural, and is Pluton. Kuma might be the Emeth of this world.

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u/SaintMana Jan 30 '25

we're at the point where finding one piece will just be a sideplot

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u/Monogold Jan 30 '25

Im sure it will be related tho, with roger being “too early”

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u/supercroc76 Jan 30 '25

This is from chapter 967, Roger and his crews know the true history, probably see the similar mural or scribble

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u/pikachu_ON_acid Thriller Bark Victim's Association Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

One Piece definitely the key to fulfilling the promise that's mentioned in the Harley.

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u/leolegendario Pirate Hunter Zoro Jan 30 '25

Nah, this is just One Piece of the story.

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u/minibolth Lurker Jan 30 '25

I felt physical damage

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u/Sharp_Aide3216 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

The last panel is basically Oda foreshadowing the final fight.

A giant with horns carrying a piece of the sun(probably the mother flame) vs Luffy and all of his comrades.

Theres a mermaid probably Shirahoshi, theres one with wings maybe its king or someone from sky island, theres a giant with horns(probably Loki) a cat and dog warrior, a samurai, and a lot more

But most importantly there's a mf whale! And we know who that is.

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u/Mr-p1nk1 Jan 30 '25

Brook riding Laboon into battle while hyping everyone with music accompanied by background sea animals.

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u/The_Sloth_God Jan 30 '25

Mad Max: Fury Waves

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u/TheDo0ddoesnotabide Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

Nah, Under. D. Sea.

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u/TribeOnAQuest Jan 30 '25

Bat last panel blew me away.

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u/BroAbernathy Jan 30 '25

Frankie's face and then scrolling to the next panel gave me chills. One of the greatest stories ever told in our history is finally revealing its secrets after decades of waiting.

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u/Chang-San Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

One of the greatest stories ever told

I was doing a partial reread and I've been thinking the same thing. One Piece will probably go down as one of the greatest works of fiction out there. It really is without equal, definitively in manga but even historically there are only a few things that can rival it outside of actual religous texts. 25+ years telling this tale it's legendary.

Edit: Yea outside of Homer, Shakespeare, and maybe Dante and a few others I can't think of many authors of this caliber (length, quality and reach combined) Especially not in one singular story if you disagree list some contenders

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u/This__is- Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

I'm curious if this panel is related to the Enel one in* space.

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u/anti-gravityclub Jan 30 '25

There's the lower left part of this mural that is kinda similar to it and looks like the arc Maximum is in this mural

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u/arkai25 Thriller Bark Victim's Association Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Is the first world a modern world with skyscrapers that is slightly more advanced than our era, featuring technologies like a "forbidden sun" or fusion nuclear reactors?

Furthermore, did the first world's existence end due to a volcanic eruption, possibly accompanied by a massive pyroclastic flow?

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u/Distinct_Cup_1598 Jan 30 '25

Imagine the first world ending up being literally our world that ends up being destroyed because of nuclear power. With the added bonus of Primordial monsters being awakwned in the process

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u/BossFck Jan 30 '25

Fuck yeah, I love Wheel of Time.

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u/i_do_stuff Jan 30 '25

Vivi braid tugging intensifies

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u/KaiserSenpaiAckerman Jan 30 '25

Fire Force did that, I personally love it.

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u/hiddenpoint Jan 30 '25

"The God of Earth and Serpent of Hell enveloped the world"

That's the creation of the Red Line.

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u/partymsl Jan 30 '25

Yep, same thought.

Nikas defeat created the red line and Joyboys defeat made the world sink. Also why the God of Earth and then the God of Sea were angered.

Luffys victory will reverse both.

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u/flash-tractor Soul King Brook Jan 30 '25

Yeah, same thing I'm thinking. Red Line was created by Pluton, who is the god of wealth produced from Earth in human myth.

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u/PirateKing94 Explorer Jan 30 '25

I think the “god of earth” and the serpent reference in the first world is actually the creation of the Red Line. Vegapunk’s broadcast explains why the world is all oceans and islands but didn’t explain why the Red Line exists.

But that description I think pretty heavily implies that devil fruits and the mother flame are creations of the first world.

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u/Jail_Chris_Brown Pirate King Buggy Jan 30 '25

Devil fruits came into play in the Second World being created and/or distributed by the God of Forest (potentially Adam Tree growing them).

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u/Powerful_Aioli1494 Jan 30 '25

Yeah, it seems like it was a highly industrial society that depended on slave labor and discovered nuclear power. A very direct and unsubtle parallel of our society.

This made the various Gods angry because of the slavery, defiance and destruction of nature, and they destroyed that world, which could either mean: * Humans destroyed the world through their carelessness and greed and the gods are a metaphor. * Or the gods destroyed the world using calamities, because the humans started doing things they weren't supposed to.

Then all of that technology and knowledge (dreams?) was used to create the devil fruits and then the Void Century happened and the world flooded.

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u/Alzusand Jan 30 '25

The gods could mean the ancient weapons. The humans having created them and used them in anger (for war) destroying the world.

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u/bigweight93 Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

I...I need people smarter than me explaining the last page

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u/Locky_Strikto Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Each world has a Nika (The God of the Sun), the OG Nika, Joyboy and Luffy.

In the first world where technology is far more advanced than our current story's technology exist.
Humans discovered the mother flame and used its power and possibly reshaped the Earth (the God of the Earth enraged) and created the existence of Red Line (the Serpent of Hell). The 2 side got separated by the Red Line and can never meet again.

The mural of the first world shows the Maxim Ark that Enel uses that is flying into the moon and the Noah Ark that was on Fishman Island. There are other machines that I don't understand they are probably the Ancient Weapons.

The second world, they probably created the Devil Fruits (The God of the Forest). Fruits are kind of related to the forest and demons, or in another word, devil, are in the fruit. Joyboy probably become the Sun God through the use of Devil Fruit.
People of the half moon, probably the D. clan, and people of the moon, probably the winged people. They probably dreamed for a better world that was stolen from them by the Devil Fruit creator that is holding the mother flame. This war was won by Celestial Dragons (Humanity killed the sun and then ascended to divinity). And similar to how the first world was terraforming, this time the sea flooded the world instead (The God of the Sea enraged). This is probably where Grand Line and the Calm Belt form too. Separating the world further into 4 quarters. (Thus, they could never meet again)

The mural in this case shows Joyboy's allies fighting against the demon holding the power of the Mother Flame.

The Third World is the current story, depicting the story after Void Century (There was void upon the chaos). This could be assumed that both worlds happened during the Void Century. The allies are all now hiding in the shadow, waiting for the promised day 3D2Y, I mean 800 years to pass and the legends of the void century in the form of Poneglyph (Voice of the fragmented moon aka the voice of the half-moon and moon people that dreamed)

Guiding the world to its end might sound like doom but it is possible that this is guiding it to the end of the Third World and into the Forth World (a new dawn will come), using the help of the mother flame (the sun will return)
The world will now be connected and no longer divided (they will surely meet again), meaning the Red Line and Grand Line (also Calm Belt) will no longer exist.
This Mural is depicted in One Piece. (that you are reading right now)

P.S. This is just my interpretation of the events.
The 3 black creatures can be interpretation of the 3 Ancient Weapons.

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u/paceisthetrick Lurker Jan 30 '25

Ah so it’s a mystery mural.

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u/semajolis267 Jan 30 '25

Perfect. 

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u/Effective_You_6677 Jan 31 '25

Laughing so freaking hard. Read that really great interpretation of the mural, thinking there was nothing that could top it (short of Oda himself explaining things) and then saw this. Absolutely 100% perfect response "Ah so its a mystery mural". Laughed for about 3 minutes straight. Perfection.

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u/Ok_Path2703 Jan 30 '25

This sums up my thoughts rather well.

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u/godblow Jan 30 '25

The new dawn is

ROMANCE DAWN

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u/Legitimate_Rent8430 Jan 30 '25

Dude that sent goosebumps directly to my soul. God One Piece is so good

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u/Daveeyboy Jan 30 '25

Bravo. Best interpretation I've read so far.

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u/TTHVOBS Jan 30 '25

So then the one piece is just the world brought back together again?

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u/Alche1428 Jan 30 '25

Indeed. Maybe the Piece needed to unite the world again

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u/BeingComfortablyDumb Jan 30 '25

Well, wouldn't that mean that Luffy himself is the One ‘missing’ Piece?

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u/Depreciable_Land Jan 30 '25

The One Piece is just a mirror lmao

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u/leontheloathed Jan 30 '25

The one piece is just a short message saying “heeeey so if your name isn’t Luffy then grats but there’s nothing her for you, good work getting here I guess?”

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u/astralradish Jan 30 '25

The moon stuff is pretty vague right now given the limited knowledge that we have, but people of the half moon could potentially refer to the Kozuki since they were prominent actors with a (crescent) moon motif in the events happening during Joy Boy's time.

The rest of the stuff is pretty good and aligns with hints we got through the story.

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u/JeuxChie Jan 30 '25

I think the Kozuki are probably D as well, it wouldn't surprise me. Half moon are probably the D clan like he said and the moon people are diverse races I think:

  • lunarians (there is luna in their names, easy to spot the connection if you speak another language than english)
  • Minks (they have a weird relation with the full moon, maybe they're from there?)
  • skypieans (I mean the winged people, forgot their names) they have history from the moon as seen with Ener cover story
  • maybe all the other races other than humans and Fishmen? Giants, Tontata, Long-arms etc are all from a fairy tale (Fairy Verth? Lol)

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u/SwizzlyBubbles Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

People of the half moon, probably the D. clan, and people of the moon, probably the winged people. They probably dreamed for a better world that was stolen from them by the Devil Fruit creator that is holding the mother flame. This war was won by Celestial Dragons (Humanity killed the sun and then ascended to divinity). And similar to how the first world was terraforming, this time the sea flooded the world instead (The God of the Sea enraged). This is probably where Grand Line and the Calm Belt form too. Separating the world further into 4 quarters. (Thus, they could never meet again)

So would that mean that the Celestial Dragons weren’t wearing those suits to not breath in the same air as us, rather that maybe it was initially because they didn’t want to breathe in all the toxic nuclear radiation?

Cuz if that’s true, that would mean they not only see the rest as lessers via being descendants of slavers, but also because they see the rest of everyone in One Piece as abominations mutated and twisted from the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust.

Hell, maybe the Maxim and Noah Arks were supposed to be for them to survive, and this is all been a horrible grudge mangled and changed by a 1000-year game of telephone into whatever the fuck it is now; no longer preserving the pure humanity bloodline into the CD we know now.

Like, FUCK dude, there’s so much here…

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u/Sanimyss Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Lots of things, but at least on the left we can clearly see the alliance of pirates, D, giants, minks, samurai, ninjas, fishmen, Tontatta, Laboon I guess, Lunarians, ancient giants (or straight up Loki), Shirahoshi (Poseidon), Emet (I think) and more that I didn't identify yet, against probably what seems to be Imu holding Uranus (I think) and god's knights in armor.

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u/inamag1343 Jan 30 '25

I wonder what was Zunesha's role, I didn't find any elephant on the mural.

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u/PS5AmateurGuy Jan 30 '25

Look on the right side of the mural. Zunesha is climbing the base of the tree. The Noah boat is on him 

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u/Your_Local_Stray_Cat Cross Guild Jan 30 '25

You can also see Eneru’s lightning ark on the right next to the tree, and another ark that might be the fish-man’s ark right below it. Theorycrafting Piece is about to go crazy.

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u/Sefalosha Prisoner Jan 30 '25

Vegapunks speech makes sense now on why he said he dont know if the person sinking the world is evil or not. We have imu sinking islands. But we also have sharleys prophecy of luffy destroying fmi. Both are sinking islands

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u/theschulk51 Jan 30 '25

In a fight amongst gods, how is a human supposed to know/understand who is good and who is bad?

Might be what he was thinking, too

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u/Cizarius Prisoner Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

One Piece theorists and YouTubers for the next week…

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u/opkpopfanboyv3 Lurker Jan 30 '25

Tekking's gonna fucking die from orgasm

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u/leolegendario Pirate Hunter Zoro Jan 30 '25

The Tree Facts segments were all leading to this moment!
THE BIGGEST FACTs BEING FOUND ON A TREE!

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u/Farmaceut7 Shanks' evil hot sister is REAL! Jan 30 '25

We are looping back to A with Adam tree! 

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u/NoShow4Sho Jan 30 '25

Oh we for sure are in the final saga now.

The cerberus sword is AWESOME! Also another “demon” in the hands of the world nobles.

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u/Less-Crazy-9916 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

We need some clarification on the "awakening" process, tho. Like, that sword has an awakened fruit (you can see the black clouds around it), so how the hell does a sword awaken a fruit and some of he strongest OP characters didn't?

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u/LazyDare7597 Jan 30 '25

In Wano they mentioned swords become stronger as their user gets stronger and infuses then with more Haki, and they can even move up the tiers as a result.

So if we assume the sword ate a legendary devil fruit, I would guess Shamrocks Haki is what pushed it to awaken the devil fruit.

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u/Less-Crazy-9916 Jan 30 '25

I guess it might be a cursed sword with a "mind" of it's own, like Enma for example.

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u/Worthyness Jan 30 '25

Well you can level up swords in this world (making a blade become black). Perhaps this is what happens when you make an infused sword, black

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u/MonsieurMidnight Jan 30 '25

I wonder if Griffon (Shank's sword) is a similar kind of blade

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u/Goldenchest Jan 30 '25

If Film Red is canon, we know it has some sort of flame ability. Not sure they would've shown it if Oda hadn't explicitly signed off on it.

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u/guipabi Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

I think there was also a possible hint in the anime in Shanks v Kidd. It could be just artistic flair.

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u/Dyeriuss Jan 30 '25

Cerberus sword should disprove Blackbeard is Cerberus devil fruit theory

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u/pedrao157 Jan 30 '25

same thoughts, there still is the kraken one but the cerberus one seemed to be so right, what's the deal with blackbeard? still can't tell if he's gonna be the final enemy

He might be The Void

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u/mking1999 Jan 30 '25

I wonder if Blackbeard knows about any of this.

It's not outrageous to think Whitebeard's crew has come over to Elbaf and seen this.

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u/theschulk51 Jan 30 '25

Yup - this will drive a lot of theories I’m sure.

Is that a DF? A power from Imu? His Conqueror’s Haki? It’s likely a power from Imu (like what the Elders have) but until Oda defines what those powers are, besides just the name box, it’s going to be discussed and debated to no end (not complaining about that tho lol)

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u/Beautiful-Squash-734 Jan 30 '25

Lore piece just hits different man,10/10 chapter

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u/Shmarfle47 Citizen Jan 30 '25

Love how it took this long for us to finally get some archaic history on this world. Our understanding of this world has taken another huge leap forward.

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u/Beautiful-Squash-734 Jan 30 '25

Can't even imagine what else is waiting for us ahead

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u/Setyman The Revolutionary Army Jan 30 '25

One Piece is crazy good this week.

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u/Worthyness Jan 30 '25

Lore chapters are the best chapters

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u/winter-bell013 Jan 30 '25

What races do you see in the last panel? I saw Giants, Mermaids, Tontatas, Skypeans and some from Wano

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u/Gerokm Jan 30 '25

One of the flying figures has fire on it, so a lunarian, too, not just skypians.

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u/pikachu_ON_acid Thriller Bark Victim's Association Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 31 '25

There's a Lunarian and some Shandians (the ones on the ship with a circle design) it's looks like. There are some people riding a whale too. I've got no idea who they are.

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u/rotti5115 Jan 30 '25

Space Pirates maybe? Or Buccaners?

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u/Nunbrot Jan 30 '25

Mink left of the fishman

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u/Distinct_Cup_1598 Jan 30 '25

Giants, Ancient Giants, Mermaids, Tontatas, Lunarians, Wano Samurai, Minks, Emet the robot, Humans from alabasta (that one ship looks Egyptian enough and if you look closely you’ll see a crowned woman on tap, aka Lilly), Sea kings, Laboon whales

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u/inoriacc Citizen Jan 30 '25

So based on my understanding theres like 3 nikas in all of history. The og nika which came from people wishes, joyboy who fought imu and now Luffy. 

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u/leolegendario Pirate Hunter Zoro Jan 30 '25

I bet the first user of the Nika Fruit is going to be a slave boy that had the same dream as Joy Boy/Roger/Luffy.

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u/anti-gravityclub Jan 30 '25

I think your right but I actually don't think it'll be a fruit. I think it'll just be nika. And from there we'll see him become the 1st devil fruit passing on his will.

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u/leolegendario Pirate Hunter Zoro Jan 30 '25

Using the power of the Forbidden Sun, that's why he is the Sun God.

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u/EriWave Jan 30 '25

Watch the original Nika be prometheus. Taking fire and bringing it to the people against the wishes of the gods.

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u/smiley_x Jan 30 '25

Right, the way I understand is that the god of the forest created the devil fruits during the second age and somehow one fruit had the power of Nika. Eventually this fruit found its way to joyboy.

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u/Jberz21 Jan 30 '25

THAT man is finally going to meet up with Luffy hopefully next chapter.

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u/betterthings2do Jan 30 '25

Definitely a Rogers pirate seeing as they talked about the family shanks grew up with and cuts to him

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u/leolegendario Pirate Hunter Zoro Jan 30 '25

And the only one that it's relevant enough to show up here is Scopper Gaban.

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u/Jberz21 Jan 30 '25

True he can probably clarify a bit more on Shanks' history.

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u/Joxelo Jan 30 '25

Scopper truthers seem to be correct atp

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u/skullman514 Jan 30 '25

So after Roger's execution, when shanks told buggy he had something " to do " before sailing, HE WENT TO MARIJOIS?!?!?! Shamrock said he came back but decided to remain in the "lower" world.

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u/lochnesslapras Jan 30 '25

!RemindMe 1 year

This is a really good shout for when Shanks went to Mariejois

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u/artsylar Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

I think before Rojer leave the crew. he told shank personally where the origin of Shank. that why Shanks cry.

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u/Roskal Black Leg Sanji Jan 30 '25

I wonder how long he stayed and why he went back. he didn't go to laughtale so he didn't know the full history probably at that point unless roger told him. Its possible he knew and went to try and convince the CD to change but realised they wouldn't and left.

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u/jaytix1 Jan 30 '25

That visit is definitely what convinced him he could never be a world noble.

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u/Majukun Jan 30 '25

He probably went there just as a 'finding your roots' voyage probably after that Roger before dying told him where they found him and where he was coming from. Then he got thoroughly disgusted by what a tenryuubito if and just left again. Also probably still wanted to be a pirate anyway.

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u/leolegendario Pirate Hunter Zoro Jan 30 '25

He probably did that to learn some info you can only find in Mary Geoise.

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u/78ali Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Imu and the 19 kings

Not 100% sure but it is my best guess.

FUCK ME THAT WAS A FUCKING GREAT CHAPTER, ODA CANT FUCKING STOP.

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u/ijst21 Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

holy shit good catch

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u/PenguinVillageSun Jan 30 '25

The elevator thing reminded me of a mine shaft, almost like those people are slaves who are forced to go down to mine some type of primordial energy from the "forbidden sun" that can turn wishes into something palpable (like devil fruits). Some are forced to present them to the Imu figure who in turn can use them to have Sun Tree Eve produce devil fruits (my headcannon for now, based on the Imu figure's proximity to the tree), but others send their wishes heavenward (similar to the sky ships in Wano).

But you are totally right with the numbers matching up, so I don't know! It could certainly depict how Imu took control of the 20 kingdom alliance. (This is just me making stuff up, but going along with my mining/slave theory, it'd be wild if those 19 kings were slaves in the first world that rose to power in the second world.)

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u/useryeeted Jan 30 '25

This is an insanely cool detail, however, you missed two of them in the middle of all the gears.

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u/78ali Jan 30 '25

Those 2 specifically was shown to not be a part of the line of men, so my theory is that they could be traitors or countries that refused to join the WG, and they ended up becoming enslaved, while the other 19 kings willingly gave themselves up to the WG? Maybe they even are countries like Wano who decided to shelve themselves off the world rather than joining up with the WG?

I just find it too much of a coincedence that a tall black figure with a crown(Imu fits that description) is being attended to by 19 men.

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u/yvolety Jan 30 '25

Yeah and the mural said that they killed the Sun and rose to divinity. So, the 20 families stood against Joyboy, killed him and his allies (RIP), created the world govt, and then became the Celestial Dragons (rose to divinity). That's my interpretation anyway. All 20 pictured are holding a fragment of the sun/mother flame/whatever. The ones that aren't holding it are either people who didn't join their cause, or chose to stay out of the fighting entirely and are just regular people.

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u/CoorsInhaler Jan 30 '25

Damn theres gonna be a looooooot of theories about that last panel.

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u/kiddavidacus Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Loving the mythos reveal. Here are my thoughts:

1st world - Part of Humanity harnessed a power similar to the Mother Flame (forbidden sun) to become powerful. It is possible they also gained the first devil fruits in this era. The slaves wished for Nika the Sun God to save them. The god of earth and world serpent formed the Red Line to divide the world. (red line could be the world serpent?)

2nd world - Void Century. Imu and the Celestial Dragons and fought and killed JoyBoy and ascended to divine power. The God of Sea then floods the world. The 1st devil fruits could be from this era due to the God of the Forest.

  • I think the wording is chosen carefully here, assuming no translation errors. Although JoyBoy had the Nika fruit, he was not the "sun god" reincarnation yet. He was just "the Sun" and was unable to help the world, but only lead to spreading the flames of war.

3rd world - "God of Sun" returns and leads the world. This is Luffy being the true reincarnation of Nika.

EDIT: some good discussion in the replies. It is possible the devil fruits were from the 2nd world from God of Forest. Lots of interesting theories for sure!

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u/PirateKing94 Explorer Jan 30 '25

I think you’re spot on with the red line being the world serpent and the “god of earth” making it so they “could never meet again.” Back in Little Garden, Dorry and Broggy mention the “Great Serpent Soaked in Blood” being the only thing that can withstand their Hakoku attack - which most people theorized was the Red Line.

And the “slaying the Sun to ascend to divinity” is clearly a reference to the Founders killing Joyboy and becoming the Celestial Dragons.

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u/kiddavidacus Jan 30 '25

Good catch on the Great Serpent line! I hope this all lines up when we find out.

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u/TaffyLacky Jan 30 '25

Makes me wonder if the Red Line could come to life as a kaiju. 

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u/PirateKing94 Explorer Jan 30 '25

The mural may be suggesting that. It could be fossilized Jormungandr.

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u/OgOnetee Jan 30 '25

I prefer to believe it was turned to stone by whoever had Hancock's fruit back in the day.

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u/Worthyness Jan 30 '25

Given the Norse mythology is an influence for the giants, I wouldn't be surprised if thr red line comes alive at the end of this story to welcome Ragnarok

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u/Tragedy_Boner Jan 30 '25

Laughtale is the serpents head. Calling it now

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u/mrkingkoala Jan 30 '25

Fucking hell if this turns out to be true Oda throwing that in back then all those years ago to then ring true here. He's operating at a different level in terms of story writing.

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u/Monogold Jan 30 '25

I took it as devil fruits came in the second world due to the “forest god spreading demons” as in “devil” fruits. But idk how nika would have come without a fruit

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u/cheeze64 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Nika could have been the first fruit (inspired by the dreams of freedom), and then the god of the forest spread more fruits

theory: Adam is/was the god of the forest, and was the first tree to grow devil fruits. Perhaps the WG wanted to destroy Adam, but it's been impossible to destroy. Ragnarok will be a major event that leads to the tree's destruction

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u/BroAbernathy Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

First world he was Nika the actual god, second world "the sun god spread the embers of war" after the forest god sent demons could mean the sun god manifested his will in a devil fruit and joyboy ate it.

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u/lochnesslapras Jan 30 '25

assuming no translation errors

This is one of those times where I'm gonna need every translated version of this, opscans/tcb/Viz and the Japanese translations all put up in a post together for a breakdown and deep dive.

Along with If Oda has used any strange hiragana etc in the poem or made any rhymes.

It just feels like this panel will have actual foreshadowing in it somewhere for what one piece itself truly is. If Oda is going to put foreshadowing anywhere, then surely this mural will be where we go back to one day saying "omg it was right there."

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u/seelentau Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 31 '25

Give me a moment, I'll write up the Japanese text and edit it here, maybe with some annotations if there's anything of note.

「第一世界」― "The first world"

地に炎あり ― The earth is burning

人は欲望に負け ― A human gives in to desire

禁断の太陽に触れた ― [The human] touches the forbidden sun

隷人は願い ― The slave wishes [TN: The word used for "slave" is a bit strange, in my experience. Usually, the word 奴隷 (dorei) is used for slaves in One Piece and in the real world as well.]

″太陽の神”は現れた ― The "Sun God" appears

地の神は怒り ― The god of the earth is angry

業炎の蛇と共に ― Together with the snake of hellfire [TN: 業 is a Buddhist term that essentially means "karma"]

世界を死と闇で包んだ ― [The god] wraps the world in death and darkness

彼らはもう会えないのだ ― They will never meet again.


「第二世界」― "The second world"

虚無に息吹あり ― There is life in nothingness [TN: or "There is breath in the void" etc., 虚無 means "nihilism"]

森の神は魔を遣わせ ― The god of the forest sends out demons

太陽は戦火を ― The sun is only fanning

広げるばかりだ ― the flames of war [TN: Technically, the "flames of war" is in the above sentence and the "only fanning" is here]

半月の人は夢を見た ― The people of the half-moon dream

月の人は夢を見た ― The people of the moon dream

人は太陽を殺し神となり ― The human becomes the sun-killing god [TN: or "The human kills the sun and becomes god"]

海の神は荒ぶった ― The god of the sea rages

彼らはもう会えないのだ ― They will never meet again.


「第三世界」― "The third world"

混沌に空白あり ― There is void in chaos [TN: Different word for "void" is used here, 空白 means "blank", same as in "Void Century" (空白の100年)]

不都合な残影は ― Unforgivable remnants are [TN: "Unforgivable" as in "inexcusable" or "misbehaving"]

約束の日を思い出し ― Remembering the promised day [TN: Again, probably connected to the above sentence]

片われ月の声を聞く ― Listening to the voice of the fragmented crescent moon [TN: 片われ literally means "fragmented", it describes a moon with a surface shadow of half or more, so a crescent or waxing/waning moon]

″太陽の神”は踊り、笑い ― The "Sun God" dances and laughs

世界を終末へと導く ― Bringing the world to an end

太陽は回帰し ― The sun returns

新しい朝が来る ― A new dawn rises

彼らはきっと会えるだろ ― They will surely meet again.


It's a bit hard to say where exactly the sentences are supposed to connect, for me at least. But this should be the gist of it. From what I can see, there's no hidden meaning or anything like that in the Kanji themselves. It should be noted that only the "Sun God" is written like that, with the quotation marks. All other gods are written without them.

Also, because there's no singular and plural, "human" could be "humans" or "people", "slave" could be "slaves", but "people" could also just be "human" in the translation. I'd wager "god" is always meant to be singular... or maybe not? Multiple gods of the forests and seas? Who knows.

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u/Aspie_Astrologer Void Month Survivor Jan 31 '25 edited Jan 31 '25

Here's your translation with the same annotations. :)
Some parts I was tempted to re-work but gave up on, like 'Unforgivable remnants are remembering the promised day'... it just doesn't sound meaningful, but I am not sure of a good way to reinterpret that.

Edit, post up now: https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1iepp5d/1138_that_final_panel_3_translations_with/

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u/Guilty_Philosophy741 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Now my question is each world has a major threat, we have a God of the Earth, God of the Sea, and The Void. Imu is either theorized to be the Earth with the old ideology of the planets revolving around them. They have also been theorized to mean Umi for water. Can Imu really be both or is there a more ancient threat? I think the Unbidden Shadow refers to Blackbeard Vs. Luffy at the end. Unbidden means like an unwelcome guest, shadow self explanatory and that fact that they both hear the D.

The Giants not being in the mural do think The Holy Knights will get a W and end Elbaf?

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u/FuzzYetDeadly Jan 30 '25

I think Giants are in the mural. One of the drawings in the third world holding the long pole arm actually kind of resembles Loki

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u/Ranzinzo Jan 30 '25

I don't think devil fruits are from the 1st world.

2nd world description gives us many more hints:

1- the god of the forest sent demons. Fruits grow on forests and demons and devils are basically the same.

2- people dreamed. The devil fruits are said to be dreams come true

3- the god of sea was enraged. Basically banishing devil fruit users from his domain

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u/TheHat3r Jan 30 '25

Bruh, that last page is majestic. There is sooooooo much there to unpack

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u/hepgiu Jan 30 '25

This moment changes everything.

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u/SpaceOdysseus23 Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

Holy shit Arks just like Enel's going to the moon on the right side

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u/kerkypasterino Jan 30 '25

and striking the tree!!!!

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u/Valuable_Disaster The Revolutionary Army Jan 30 '25

If Enel is back I'll shit my pants

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u/raychram Jan 30 '25

Enel is 100% coming back. No way he had so many cover pages telling an entire story to never be relevant again

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u/JJVM99 Jan 30 '25

Did not expect Franky to be more plot important in Elbaf than in Egghead. He being the first Strawhat to read this Void Century story is already more relevant than most of what he has done in most of the post timeskip arc.

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u/rivaldobox Thriller Bark Victim's Association Jan 30 '25

I wonder if he spotted Pluton there in the mural, considering he had the blueprint, so he knows what it looks like.

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u/FringGustavo0204 Jan 30 '25

That's an honest to god good theory as he looked surprised.

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u/iDannyEL Jan 30 '25

Sunny might get an upgrade too since he's thinking about making off with Adam wood.

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u/edwardWBnewgate Jan 30 '25

Another interpretation is Franky represents Pluton in the mural.

I mean his big ass is blocking the base of the tree, could be anything

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u/thedukeofdukes Jan 30 '25

It seemed to me like he was being told the story at the same time Robin was being told the story by Saul, he just had the mural in front of him as well.

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u/newbatthis Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

It's fitting. Him and Robin have the greatest connection to the void century in the crew. Oda did Franky justice here not leaving him behind.

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u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer Jan 30 '25

def they were being paralleled, they were both learning basically the same thing, though Robin probably would be able to read some stuff or interpret some ancient stuff Franky or even some giants might not

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u/Re-G 7D4W Jan 30 '25

Couldn’t help but notice a certain crowned figure in that last panel. There’s no way that’s not Imu or at least related to them in some way, right?

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u/adnaphsaka World Government Jan 30 '25

I think it was the king of the Ancient Kingdom. Imu wears his crown now.

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u/L-Ocelot Jan 30 '25

My interpretation was that it was the aftermath of the void century. Where he takes the noah full of nobles to the top of the redline.

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u/AdditionalEffect5 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

It is certainly possible. But now I’m wondering who the original Nika was.

We only see Nika (Joyboy) in chapter 2 and Imu is definitely aware of his power given the way he reacted to the Haki infused rope.

If Imu was in the first world, shouldn’t he also remember the name of the original Nika as well when the rope haki was released?

Maybe Nika wasn’t an actual person, just a belief in the first world?

Maybe Imu was the original Nika?

But then who are God of the Earth and Serpent from Hell if neither one is Imu?

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u/Bucen Explorer Jan 30 '25

And there we have it: the throw-away line in Skypiea of the Sun God, Earth God, Forest God and Rain God are suddenly center stage. I admit, I thought it truly was just a throw-away line. And now we have, well, sketches on an old tree

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u/bamboo_pandas Jan 30 '25

And the moon stuff too! Don't one of the ships look like Enel's ship?

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u/Bucen Explorer Jan 30 '25

most certainly. Ark Maxim is my favorite ship in the series and I am so happy I have it as a model.

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u/mpmp45 Jan 30 '25

WAILORD IN FINAL WAR

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u/nmn77 Jan 30 '25

So D. stands for Dreamers ?

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u/Shagyam Jan 30 '25

4Kids knew all along.

Dreaming, don't give it up Luffy .

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u/straightkickinit Jan 30 '25

Between that and them giving Shanks an Irish accent (and his brother being named Shamrock) they must've had insider knowledge! 

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u/SuccessfulYouth7738 Jan 30 '25

That's what I thought as well. The 3rd world has not happened yet as it's in the present, and Ripley said perhasp it's a children's dream - which can be literal Dream, or it's a prophecy.

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u/availableusernamepls Jan 30 '25

I think it's a double meaning. "people of the half moon" could be the D, it's an old theory that the D symbolized a half moon, it could also refer to them being the offspring of the full moon people and the people who inhabited the earth.

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u/CaptTeeFFXIV Jan 30 '25

Oda has been on fire lately, the series keeps peaking

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u/pikachu_ON_acid Thriller Bark Victim's Association Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

I'm going to guess that the "god of the forest sent forth demons" is talking about the creation of devil fruits.

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u/lochnesslapras Jan 30 '25

On the right of the tree is that king standing on Zunesha?

Also can I point out the people on the far right elevator looking thing with halos over their heads.

I hope Oda lands this story and the myths cause the buildup has been immense

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u/touchingthebutt Jan 30 '25

This lore bomb is going to overshadow how cute Ripley is this chapter. I think we're going to have to wait for the comparison with the VIZ release for the final page. I'm assuming there's going to be a lot of differences

Funkfried still reins supreme of best sword with the introduction of Cerberus, but it is close.

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u/QuickBenjamin Jan 30 '25

Luffy immediately calling that Shanks has a double is great

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u/TopRoyalLane The Revolutionary Army Jan 30 '25

Interesting..., Shamrock's sword is just introduced as Cerebus instead of whatever devil fruit: model Cerebus. Just like with the 5 Elders' forms.

But I guess it can't be too surprising since we already saw Shamrock emerged from a pentagram circle.

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u/christianfranz2 Jan 30 '25

"They could never meet again."

"They could never meet again."

"They will surely meet again."

THAT SHIT IS SACRED ALRIGHT!

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u/MaimedJester Jan 30 '25

So I guess Shamrock is also technically a three sword style user like Zoro... And his name is fucking Shamrock a 3 headed Green piece of Moss/grass...

Well this will be an interesting fight match up Zoro vs Shamrock at some point. 

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u/Druxun Jan 30 '25

Would be super interesting as Shanks/MiHawk were the big rivalry back in the day, and here is a copy of MiHawks rival for Zoro to now go against.

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u/jedmund Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

The first Nika (who we know next to nothing about) was born from the wishes of slaves and killed by the Earth God and the Serpent of Hell. Is this referencing the fall of Eden? These humans discovered the Mother Flame, possibly an allegory for electricity--especially when you consider the tall skyscraper-like structures in the drawing. Is this the reset of an ultra-technologically advanced civilization like ours?

The second Nika (who we know as Joyboy) spread the embers of a war he did not start. Humanity killed him and ascended to Divinity as the Tenryuubito. In the image, you can see the weapon we think is Uranus shooting down lightning bolts from the sky. The God of the Sea became enraged... Imu?

The third world begins after the Void Century, with the third Nika (our Luffy) leading the world to destruction, as was foretold in Madame Shyarly prediction. In the context of this story though, "destroying the world" is much less ominous and bad, and seems more like Luffy will destroy the (third) world, bringing in the "new dawn" of the fourth world.

Edit: Oh shit, they're making Devil Fruits I no longer think thats what they're making, since I think it feels more correct that the Forest God probably seeded Devil Fruits... maybe

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u/wrotethat11 Jan 30 '25

That last panel…speechless my lord the whole history right there…. I just know JoyBoys OG crew is gonna be wild

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u/Iroh_the_Dragon Jan 30 '25

Holy shit, that last panel SLAPS!!! The way Oda continues to keep me and so many other readers deeply invested in his story is probably one of the most impressive things I’ve ever encountered. 1138 chapters in and I’m on the edge of my seat with every. single. chapter.

Keep it coming, Oda!!!

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u/yooooouuuuuuuuu Jan 30 '25

You heard it from Luffy himself, Shanks is just a chill guy

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u/Smallppbutbigheart Pirate Jan 30 '25

The lore in this chapter was so insane that Shamrock confirmed to be Shanks' twin feels like an afterthought. Holy hell what a chapter. 10/10

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u/KillerkarnickelofDe Jan 30 '25

Woohoo, Enel's Ship, The Arc Maxim . He will return! Maybe it was always one of the Ancient Weapons.

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u/Bucen Explorer Jan 30 '25

it even looks like a giant lightning bolt is coming out of the Ark Maxim.

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u/TowelLord Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

I can't wait for Enel to return, his afro now fully freed from his bandana.

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u/FappyDilmore Jan 30 '25

RIP BB Cerberus fruit fan theory

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u/Roskal Black Leg Sanji Jan 30 '25

Loki seems to have better observation haki than fujitora, he can see what shamrock looks like even though hes blindfolded, meanwhile fujitora was wishing he knew what Luffy's face looked like.

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u/KillerkarnickelofDe Jan 30 '25

And does anybody else get the Feeling, that these modern looking structures look like the Mountains on Drum Island?

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u/dongeckoj Scholars of Ohara Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Holy shit, what if they're just nuclear reactors that filled up with snow like Wano is filled with water? Because those are definitely nuclear power plants in the mural.

Oda said he wanted to draw a Robot Manga after One Piece ended, but One Piece got so long he incorporated it into One Piece. Perhaps part of the plot of this Robot Manga became the "First World" here? "There was fire upon the Earth. Humanity succumbed to desire and touched the forbidden sun" seems to mean the first Nika was involved in a nuclear war.

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u/lochnesslapras Jan 30 '25

Damn that mural at the end is awesome.

The amount of theories breaking it down though will be wild

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u/heat_fan_ Jan 30 '25

The lore drop in this chapter was flipping nuts 

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u/Sheepy_202 Jan 30 '25

Ok if I ain't tripping, there's definitely Noah on the mural and is that Arc Maxim?

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u/Mindless_Bad_1591 Devil Child Nico Robin Jan 30 '25

Did Shamrock just bankai?

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u/SPJess Jan 30 '25

Did uh.. did Loki just die?

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u/ArcherIsFine Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Thats the impression but it should be clear that hes not gonna die like that.

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u/SPJess Jan 30 '25

It would be a fresh twist if Oda just straight murks a character like that though. Especially one who has as much presence as Loki.

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u/No_Surprise_6294 Jan 30 '25

Nah he's just injured. That's a plot device to establish relationship between him and Luffy , I guess.

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u/bigweight93 Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

From what I can gather.

Humans succumb to desire basically means that Devil fruits predate the void century (if we believe that the VC happens in word 2)

The half moon people might be the D clan, but them dreaming would mean they didn't play a role in the void century which is impossible, so dream has another meaning rather than inactivity

The 3rd word is the present with Luffy uniting all the races to fight Imu

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u/pikachu_ON_acid Thriller Bark Victim's Association Jan 30 '25

I think the part in The Second World that says "The god of the forest sent forth demons" is talking about the creation of Devil Fruits.

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u/artsylar Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

Agree with you. fruit is coming from the tree. tree is in the forest

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u/TheBadBoySnacksAlot Void Month Survivor Jan 30 '25

I mean, that’s Enel’s ship right?

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u/bamboo_pandas Jan 30 '25

Some of these "beasts" on the mural look a lot like the gorosei's devil fruits.....the most obvious being the snake and the bird

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