I think one of the bigger themes, if not the main theme, of the Elbaph Arc is probably "The Ghosts of the Past Have Returned to Haunt the Present".
I mean, you could almost say that about most One Piece arcs. A lot of these arcs are about righting wrongs from the past. But, I think this arc...
On the Color Spread, we have the Strawhats playing with some pink elephants. What could it possibly mean?! Do the pink elephants represent alcohol, perhaps? Lie Bink's Sake? Or possibly some sort of tie to Zunesha? And what significance could Zoro having a elephant t-shirt and Usopp...
Most of these are retcons, Oda most likely did not have these planned right from the start...but it still shows Oda's attention to detail at times.
From Chapter 1! Shanks staring down the Lord of the Coast.
(Chapter 1)
...And then YEARS later, we find out that was probably Shanks using...
Chances are, the reason that Oda wrote Carrot out of the story is that he just couldn't think up a role for her to have on the crew. Every Strawhat has some role to play on the ship. Steering the ship, manning the cannons, treating wounds, plotting their course, etc. Carrot...was kind of...
Yeah, Biblo probably can't have a Owl Zoan Fruit, because we already know they have the Nurture Fruit that can magnify the size of things. Unless Biblo is like Blackbeard for some reason, and can handle having more than one Devil Fruit. Like a member of the Davy Clan in hiding or something...
...Sort of.
https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Gill_Bastar
In one panel, he does have four arms. But, in every other panel he's in during God Valley, he only has two arms. He also only has two arms in the original Wanted one-shot, for what that's worth. The four arms in that first panel where...
The real x-factor here is that most of the God Fruits that we've seen haven't really had much ties to their actual element. Luffy's powers aren't heat or light based like you'd expect for a Sun God, he's stretchy and uses his "imagination" to create things.
So...I'll just bring this up...do...
I don't have any firm ideas, if only because it's only ever been mentioned in passing ONCE in chapter 643. But, let's explore some possibilities, just for fun.
The first thing that comes to MY mind is...I doubt that "Nakrowa" is actually the island's real name? I feel like this could be...
On the cover page, Fujitora's eating some Udon prepared by a fox and a tanuki. He makes it look delicious! I'm a little jealous! I'm sure there's some pun here I'm missing, but I don't know what it is. What could this cover page be hinting at?! Could this hint that Fujitora's doing...
It could be intertwined with Shanks. Or it could be intertwined with the other members of Cross Guild.
I'd be nice to get at least short flashbacks for all the heads of Cross Guild. Mihawk, Buggy, and Crocodile. We still have pretty huge gaps in the history of all three of those guys...
I could honestly see it going either way? It kind of depends on how connected Lodestar ends up being to Laugh Tale itself.
I think most people are assuming Lodestar and Laugh Tale are completely different locations on the ocean. And that's completely fair, because we HAVE been led to believe...
Yeah, I do feel like it's pretty likely that Luffy will get at least one more alternate form in this manga. This is a Shonen battle manga at the end of the day. And a last-minute powerup for our hero during the final battle is almost a requirement.
I HAVE imagined that there could be a...
...Yeah. Jinbe's dream really doesn't fit in with the other Strawhats'. Everyone else on the crew wants to become the very best in the world at something, and Jinbe...wants to end racism. Everyone else wants something for themselves. And Jinbe's dream is really more about his community...
That's...a good question, actually.
Because it does seem likely that Imu was only around starting in the Second World. He seems to have more of a connection to Joyboy than Nika. Imu seems more familiar with "Nika", more academically. Imu seems to see Nika as a problem, but Imu has more of...
Huh, that's a interesting idea. Plausible, at least. I've got another theory about how the "Sword Spirits" have something to do with how Ratatoskr the squirrel seemed to be able to transfer himself into Ragnir the hammer. "Engraving" their souls onto metal. So, I'm not sure if the "Sword...
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