TLDR allert. Read at your own risk.
Theory of how Oda will give them a proper ending in Elbaph, analysing each role they have in the arc where they gain spotlight.
Syrup Village
The village and as well the arc where see our most beloved (or maybe not) sniper. This is the arc where we learn that Usopp is a liar and was oftenly joking about pirates storming the village, to the point that the villagers stopped believing in his words and even started disliking him, until when pirates actually attacked the village by the Black cat Pirates. Hm..... being disliked while speaking the truth? I got an image for this:
Second arc: Little Garden
The arc where we all learn about the existence of Elbaph through Dorry and Broggy. This is also the arc where Usopp feels inspired by the words of the giants and also the same arc where Usopp predicts his own death:
You know who else predicted his own death? Jesus Christ. He predicted his own death at least 3 times. Again. Coincidence? I think not.
Skypiea:
The arc where we are introduced to Kuma, eventhough we know nothing about him by that time, except that he is always around with his bible. This is also the first time where we see someone striking the Nika Pose and the first time that the sun god is mentioned. Guess who was the first to strike a Nika Pose?? I would give a donut to the first guessing it, but i already ate all the ones i had, but here we go with or without donuts:
Compare to this pose:
Still think it is all a coincidence? Ok, let's go to the next arc.... Oh wait, we cannot forget our divine version of Eminem and his remarkable quote:
A self proclaimed god affirming that god is fear itself right after being ressurrected? Where will this lead us into? Keep up with this thread. Go drink a coffee if you are bored and sleepy. Ok, let's go to the next arc
Ennies Lobby/WaterSeven:
Another arc of major development to our Sogeking. Ops, did i say sogeking? Nooooo. We all know Sogeking and Usopp are not the same. Ok, enough of talk, let's go to what truly matters: In Ennies Lobby we get to learn more about Elbaph, specifically through Oimo and Kashii. They at first appeared as enemies while they were tricked by the World Government to work for them, telling that Dorry and Broggy were arrested and they would release them if both worked in change. Here, the World Government did not imprison their bodies, but their mind. Who released them from such prison after showing them the truth? Usopp again. Hm... this rings a bell in my mind: "Ye know the truth and the truth shall set you free". Who spoke this phrase? Hm??? Jesus, in John 8:32 . This is also the arc where he, alongside the rest of the mugiwaras rescued Robin, perhaps the currently alive greatest seeker of the truth of the world and also the arc where our Raccoon incorporated his title of monster for the sake of his crew and current user of the Human-Human Fruit. Speaking of human, who is the most human character from One Piece that you think of and is at the same time associated with god???? Which figure is known for being the human face of god???
PS: I DID NOT FIND ANY IMAGE ABOUT THIS ARC, BUT I SWEAR BY GOD THAT I SEARCHED
Ok, let that sink in while we go to another arc:
Thriller Bark:
Another arc that just like Water 7 was of major development to Usopp, and the very first arc where he weaponized his fear and for the first time assumed the role of captain, even if it was short, and it was in his remarkable battle against Perona, but did not draw much attention of the greatest villain: Gecko Moriah. Who Perona is? An incommon type of enemy that could not be defeated by simply having brutal strenght, but rather mental strenght, and this is where Usopp shone like the sun itself and was first hinted to be a god. Look at this image:
And then again we have Robin, this time talking about pride (embarassed) and humanity right after Franky suggests her to join their cringe mecha lmao:
Take note because this image will show two things that Usopp will work upon during Thriller Bark, Dressrossa and Elbaph arc: humanity and pride.
Now, back to Usopp and his greatest challenge: Perona. With her Negative Hollows, Perona robbed the heavy-hitters mugiwaras from their pride, and Usopp stepped in to save the day: took the front line like a captain would do and weaponized his own fear to defeat Perona (God is fear, remember?)
Now, let's take a look at Perona: her design is typical of a royalty member: has a crown, lives in a castle, steal the pride of her victims, and made Usopp genuinely believing he could be killed by thrusting her hands in his heart, only to later fool him. Not forgeting Kuma, this is also the second arc where he steps in after Jaya. and the first arc where we see the powers of his Devil's Fruit: The Paw-Paw. In this arc, Usopp had to fight the zombie plush toy of Perona, Kumashi, so again, technically Usopp purified Kuma after defeating him, but not our Kuma. This arc also predicted many key points of Elbaph, such as Usopp lifting a hammer to defeat his enemy (Ragnir in Elbaph, maybe?? After Imu succesfully Domi Reverses Loki). Also, Oda hinted for the first time that Usopp already has, or will have conqueror's haki, given the way that Perona was left after being "hammered" :
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This is also the arc where Kuma is first introduced, but giving us the false feeling of being an enemy and gave us the "Nothing Happened" moment with our Moss Head, and also the first arc where a mugiwara (Brook) dies. We will have a scene like those again in Elbaph, mark my words. Usopp will definitively have his Conqueror's Haki at Elbaph. At last, but not least, take a look at this cove rpage from the chapter 658, as well the name:
Perona finding the corpse of her loyal follower. Poor Kumashi. We can pretty much say that Perona is the Usopp of the Thriller Bark Pirates, while Kumashii is her loyal follower, like Kuma would be from Nika. Take note of this, as this image will make sense when we reach in Elbaph. Hang in there!!!!
Dressrossa:
Same standard as Thriller Bark. This time, the enemy of the turn is Sugar, a child that can rob humans (and animals too) of their humanity/bodies and enslave them. Having complementary and similiar attributes to the ones of Perona. What Usopp did here? Again weaponized fear to defeat an enemy that could not be touched, but using her own fear as weapon, instead, and not only once but twice!!!!!Remember: god is fear! Who is Sugar? User of the Toy-Toy fruit. A fruit so powerful and dangerous that can transform humans and animals into toys and has a side-effect of freezing her aging. Just like Perona, she is young, wears a crown, lives in a castle and is too dangerous to be defeated by conventional means, so Usopp had to step in again (standard of enemy?). Unlike Thriller Bark, here at Dressrossa, Usopp gained the attention of the greatest villain Doflamingo, to the point of gaining 500 millions of bounty for his head. What Usopp did? After accidentally knocking Sugar unconscious and releasing many toys from her control, he was named as God Usopp. Look at his T-Pose and tell if it does not make you remember of another divine figure:
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Hm, Usopp striked a Nika pose, released slaves and was named a god, hm..................
PS: let's not forget Kuma, he also appeared here, but symbolically, not as an ally or enemy, just symbolizing someone that has been released by years of oppresion and had his memories back.
. This This image will make sense when we reach to Egg Head.
Wano:
The arc where Usopp got a lot of hate for not having much screen time and the only screen time people seem remember of him is he wanting Nami to betray Luffy by lying to Ulti, and also the second arc where a mugiwara died (Luffy). This is the arc where he again spoke out about his humanity and show how much he has no fear of fighting for his life when he called out both Kikunojo and Kinnemon for wanting to commit seppuku and secretly wished Nami to lie to spare her life. Again, Usopp being the most human character of the crew. While this might be a matter of intepretation, here i understand that Usopp has been motivating everyone around him to fight not only to win, but also to live for another day. Want something more christian than this?Compare:
and then:
In the same arc we have Usopp humbly putting himself in his human position, as someone that likes to live, since it is human instinct fight to survive and then we have Izo raising his position to a god. Again, humanity and divinity coexisting in the same character.
Egg Head:
The arc of perhaps the most christian character from the series (and his bible now makes sense). The arc where we learn that Kuma is a giant hearted buccanner that been through the worst of his life, but had his faith carry him through all these years of pain. Speaking of pain, Kuma has the ability of absorbing the pain of others to himself through his paw-paw fruit, mirroring what he did to our Zorojuro at Thriller Bark, and this is what will lead him to his death in Elbaph. Take note. We are almost done. Here we learned some key things about Nika: More than 1 person can become Nika, as it was shown That Bonney could phisically become Nika too. Look our Bonnika, how cute:
Kuma is one of the greatest, if not the gratest example alongside White Beard that family is not bonded by blood, but by love, and now, looking back at that image of the boy at Dressrossa running to the arms of his mother by the end of Dressrossa, you can imagine that Oda is a genius and was preparing everything to us at Egg Head, or else, would not make sense having Kuma's face there at his shirt, right?
Ok, now let's finally go to
Elbaph:
The arc where everything i wrote here (hopefully) will make sense so i don't feel frustrated for taking over 3 hours writting this thread lol. Ok, the so desired land of our big nose is here below his feet, and this is where he will have his greatest challenge, mirromatching everything he adventured so far: sacrifice, enemies being members from the royalty that cannot be defeated by brutal strenght, but have a common weak point: fear. Yes, even the mighty Imu has fear. Fear of Nika. And we know that Oda has been working lowkey to build us the image that Usopp can also be a Nika (his pose at Skypiea, his ability of inflicting fear on enemies, as well releasing slaves, all connected). Since the begin, Usopp is being smoked by Imunko (Imu+Gunko), but here he does not bow down: called out Imu for being coward and robbing the warriors of Elbaph of their pride and bodies (reflecting what Perona and Sugar did). Imu is also a member of royalty, more specifically being the King of the World, a kind of enemy standard that Usopp has been facing a number of times now. Here at Elbaph, every remaining foreshadowing of Usopp will converge, including his death, which will mark the 3rd arc where a mugiwara dies. Oda loves the standard of 3. How it will be? Imu will kill him in person while Usopp has his "nothing happened" momment to allow everyone in Elbaph scape, but unlike what happened to Zoro, everyone will know what happened to him. Just like Brook and Luffy, Usopp will be back, thanks to who? Bartholomew Kuma, after Usopp without realizing give back his memories and humanity, just like he did at Dressrossa. Usopp will wake up while in the surgery table and will yell at Franky and Vegapunk Lillith for wanting to transform him into a cyborg (1179 chapter has a scene of Franky wondering if he should not transform Brooky and Usopp into cyborgs), and this will be the momment where we likely will have his conqueror's haki blatantly being seen. This will affect Kuma and will miraculously help Kuma regaining his memories and humanity, and this momment will be the key for Kuma's final sacrifice, meanwhile, Luffy and Loki will be knocked out after having to fight each other due to Loki be under Imu's control and will not have the opportunity of staying back to let the others scape from Imu, actually, its safer to say that the battle between them will be what will likely destroy Elbaph and make the island desert, to match exactly what Usopp describes from his death scenario. Kuma's empathic nature of taking pain will make him absorb the mortal pain that Imu caused on Usopp and on his last breaths, Kuma will send Usopp flying back to Sunny, which will take 3 days. By that time, the mugiwaras, as well the Elbaphians and Bonny will all mourn the death of Usopp and will think it is a miracle that Usopp ressurrected after 3 days. Did i say ressurrect after 3 days?? Hm?? Now, remember the cover page of the chapter 658 where Perona finds Kumashii corpse after returning flying to Thriller Bark? Well, here will happen the opposite: Usopp will be found dead by Kuma, Kuma will ressurrect Usopp by taking all the damage he suffred for himself, and in his last efforts he will send Usopp back to Sunny. Poetically saying, he will finally see Nika before his own death. Not the embodiment of Nika, but the spirit, the idea of freedom and bravery, and with his last efforts, Kuma will give hope to the world once again, reuniting the 3 Nikas in the same ship that carries their divinity title: Thousand Sunny. Thanks to his act, Usopp will be able to finally reunite with his dead beat dad Yasopp and sue him for never paying his child support .
My last image here, and my final argument:
We all know what means seeing a lot of people wearing black: Mourning, but only one of them is carrying a grave stone.
Now, analyzing better the image: Bottakuri is a japanese expression that means too expensive, abusive price. What is the most abusive price someone can pay for something? His life. Of everyone from the mugiwaras, Bonney and Kuma, who is missing in the image? Exactly: Our beloved Kuma. He is the one paying the bill from the Bottakuri Maid Cafe.
Observation: To my fellow christians One Piece fans reading until here, i have no intention of making fun of the figure of Jesus Christ, god or the bible, but by this point, i think it's helpless thinking that Usopp was partially built by Oda inspired on Jesus Christ. If you read it this far, congratulations.
Theory of how Oda will give them a proper ending in Elbaph, analysing each role they have in the arc where they gain spotlight.
Syrup Village
The village and as well the arc where see our most beloved (or maybe not) sniper. This is the arc where we learn that Usopp is a liar and was oftenly joking about pirates storming the village, to the point that the villagers stopped believing in his words and even started disliking him, until when pirates actually attacked the village by the Black cat Pirates. Hm..... being disliked while speaking the truth? I got an image for this:
Second arc: Little Garden
The arc where we all learn about the existence of Elbaph through Dorry and Broggy. This is also the arc where Usopp feels inspired by the words of the giants and also the same arc where Usopp predicts his own death:
You know who else predicted his own death? Jesus Christ. He predicted his own death at least 3 times. Again. Coincidence? I think not.
Skypiea:
The arc where we are introduced to Kuma, eventhough we know nothing about him by that time, except that he is always around with his bible. This is also the first time where we see someone striking the Nika Pose and the first time that the sun god is mentioned. Guess who was the first to strike a Nika Pose?? I would give a donut to the first guessing it, but i already ate all the ones i had, but here we go with or without donuts:
Compare to this pose:
Still think it is all a coincidence? Ok, let's go to the next arc.... Oh wait, we cannot forget our divine version of Eminem and his remarkable quote:
A self proclaimed god affirming that god is fear itself right after being ressurrected? Where will this lead us into? Keep up with this thread. Go drink a coffee if you are bored and sleepy. Ok, let's go to the next arc
Ennies Lobby/WaterSeven:
Another arc of major development to our Sogeking. Ops, did i say sogeking? Nooooo. We all know Sogeking and Usopp are not the same. Ok, enough of talk, let's go to what truly matters: In Ennies Lobby we get to learn more about Elbaph, specifically through Oimo and Kashii. They at first appeared as enemies while they were tricked by the World Government to work for them, telling that Dorry and Broggy were arrested and they would release them if both worked in change. Here, the World Government did not imprison their bodies, but their mind. Who released them from such prison after showing them the truth? Usopp again. Hm... this rings a bell in my mind: "Ye know the truth and the truth shall set you free". Who spoke this phrase? Hm??? Jesus, in John 8:32 . This is also the arc where he, alongside the rest of the mugiwaras rescued Robin, perhaps the currently alive greatest seeker of the truth of the world and also the arc where our Raccoon incorporated his title of monster for the sake of his crew and current user of the Human-Human Fruit. Speaking of human, who is the most human character from One Piece that you think of and is at the same time associated with god???? Which figure is known for being the human face of god???
PS: I DID NOT FIND ANY IMAGE ABOUT THIS ARC, BUT I SWEAR BY GOD THAT I SEARCHED
Ok, let that sink in while we go to another arc:
Thriller Bark:
Another arc that just like Water 7 was of major development to Usopp, and the very first arc where he weaponized his fear and for the first time assumed the role of captain, even if it was short, and it was in his remarkable battle against Perona, but did not draw much attention of the greatest villain: Gecko Moriah. Who Perona is? An incommon type of enemy that could not be defeated by simply having brutal strenght, but rather mental strenght, and this is where Usopp shone like the sun itself and was first hinted to be a god. Look at this image:
And then again we have Robin, this time talking about pride (embarassed) and humanity right after Franky suggests her to join their cringe mecha lmao:
Take note because this image will show two things that Usopp will work upon during Thriller Bark, Dressrossa and Elbaph arc: humanity and pride.
Now, back to Usopp and his greatest challenge: Perona. With her Negative Hollows, Perona robbed the heavy-hitters mugiwaras from their pride, and Usopp stepped in to save the day: took the front line like a captain would do and weaponized his own fear to defeat Perona (God is fear, remember?)
Now, let's take a look at Perona: her design is typical of a royalty member: has a crown, lives in a castle, steal the pride of her victims, and made Usopp genuinely believing he could be killed by thrusting her hands in his heart, only to later fool him. Not forgeting Kuma, this is also the second arc where he steps in after Jaya. and the first arc where we see the powers of his Devil's Fruit: The Paw-Paw. In this arc, Usopp had to fight the zombie plush toy of Perona, Kumashi, so again, technically Usopp purified Kuma after defeating him, but not our Kuma. This arc also predicted many key points of Elbaph, such as Usopp lifting a hammer to defeat his enemy (Ragnir in Elbaph, maybe?? After Imu succesfully Domi Reverses Loki). Also, Oda hinted for the first time that Usopp already has, or will have conqueror's haki, given the way that Perona was left after being "hammered" :
This is also the arc where Kuma is first introduced, but giving us the false feeling of being an enemy and gave us the "Nothing Happened" moment with our Moss Head, and also the first arc where a mugiwara (Brook) dies. We will have a scene like those again in Elbaph, mark my words. Usopp will definitively have his Conqueror's Haki at Elbaph. At last, but not least, take a look at this cove rpage from the chapter 658, as well the name:
Perona finding the corpse of her loyal follower. Poor Kumashi. We can pretty much say that Perona is the Usopp of the Thriller Bark Pirates, while Kumashii is her loyal follower, like Kuma would be from Nika. Take note of this, as this image will make sense when we reach in Elbaph. Hang in there!!!!
Dressrossa:
Same standard as Thriller Bark. This time, the enemy of the turn is Sugar, a child that can rob humans (and animals too) of their humanity/bodies and enslave them. Having complementary and similiar attributes to the ones of Perona. What Usopp did here? Again weaponized fear to defeat an enemy that could not be touched, but using her own fear as weapon, instead, and not only once but twice!!!!!Remember: god is fear! Who is Sugar? User of the Toy-Toy fruit. A fruit so powerful and dangerous that can transform humans and animals into toys and has a side-effect of freezing her aging. Just like Perona, she is young, wears a crown, lives in a castle and is too dangerous to be defeated by conventional means, so Usopp had to step in again (standard of enemy?). Unlike Thriller Bark, here at Dressrossa, Usopp gained the attention of the greatest villain Doflamingo, to the point of gaining 500 millions of bounty for his head. What Usopp did? After accidentally knocking Sugar unconscious and releasing many toys from her control, he was named as God Usopp. Look at his T-Pose and tell if it does not make you remember of another divine figure:
Hm, Usopp striked a Nika pose, released slaves and was named a god, hm..................
PS: let's not forget Kuma, he also appeared here, but symbolically, not as an ally or enemy, just symbolizing someone that has been released by years of oppresion and had his memories back.
Wano:
The arc where Usopp got a lot of hate for not having much screen time and the only screen time people seem remember of him is he wanting Nami to betray Luffy by lying to Ulti, and also the second arc where a mugiwara died (Luffy). This is the arc where he again spoke out about his humanity and show how much he has no fear of fighting for his life when he called out both Kikunojo and Kinnemon for wanting to commit seppuku and secretly wished Nami to lie to spare her life. Again, Usopp being the most human character of the crew. While this might be a matter of intepretation, here i understand that Usopp has been motivating everyone around him to fight not only to win, but also to live for another day. Want something more christian than this?Compare:
and then:
In the same arc we have Usopp humbly putting himself in his human position, as someone that likes to live, since it is human instinct fight to survive and then we have Izo raising his position to a god. Again, humanity and divinity coexisting in the same character.
Egg Head:
The arc of perhaps the most christian character from the series (and his bible now makes sense). The arc where we learn that Kuma is a giant hearted buccanner that been through the worst of his life, but had his faith carry him through all these years of pain. Speaking of pain, Kuma has the ability of absorbing the pain of others to himself through his paw-paw fruit, mirroring what he did to our Zorojuro at Thriller Bark, and this is what will lead him to his death in Elbaph. Take note. We are almost done. Here we learned some key things about Nika: More than 1 person can become Nika, as it was shown That Bonney could phisically become Nika too. Look our Bonnika, how cute:
Kuma is one of the greatest, if not the gratest example alongside White Beard that family is not bonded by blood, but by love, and now, looking back at that image of the boy at Dressrossa running to the arms of his mother by the end of Dressrossa, you can imagine that Oda is a genius and was preparing everything to us at Egg Head, or else, would not make sense having Kuma's face there at his shirt, right?
Ok, now let's finally go to
Elbaph:
The arc where everything i wrote here (hopefully) will make sense so i don't feel frustrated for taking over 3 hours writting this thread lol. Ok, the so desired land of our big nose is here below his feet, and this is where he will have his greatest challenge, mirromatching everything he adventured so far: sacrifice, enemies being members from the royalty that cannot be defeated by brutal strenght, but have a common weak point: fear. Yes, even the mighty Imu has fear. Fear of Nika. And we know that Oda has been working lowkey to build us the image that Usopp can also be a Nika (his pose at Skypiea, his ability of inflicting fear on enemies, as well releasing slaves, all connected). Since the begin, Usopp is being smoked by Imunko (Imu+Gunko), but here he does not bow down: called out Imu for being coward and robbing the warriors of Elbaph of their pride and bodies (reflecting what Perona and Sugar did). Imu is also a member of royalty, more specifically being the King of the World, a kind of enemy standard that Usopp has been facing a number of times now. Here at Elbaph, every remaining foreshadowing of Usopp will converge, including his death, which will mark the 3rd arc where a mugiwara dies. Oda loves the standard of 3. How it will be? Imu will kill him in person while Usopp has his "nothing happened" momment to allow everyone in Elbaph scape, but unlike what happened to Zoro, everyone will know what happened to him. Just like Brook and Luffy, Usopp will be back, thanks to who? Bartholomew Kuma, after Usopp without realizing give back his memories and humanity, just like he did at Dressrossa. Usopp will wake up while in the surgery table and will yell at Franky and Vegapunk Lillith for wanting to transform him into a cyborg (1179 chapter has a scene of Franky wondering if he should not transform Brooky and Usopp into cyborgs), and this will be the momment where we likely will have his conqueror's haki blatantly being seen. This will affect Kuma and will miraculously help Kuma regaining his memories and humanity, and this momment will be the key for Kuma's final sacrifice, meanwhile, Luffy and Loki will be knocked out after having to fight each other due to Loki be under Imu's control and will not have the opportunity of staying back to let the others scape from Imu, actually, its safer to say that the battle between them will be what will likely destroy Elbaph and make the island desert, to match exactly what Usopp describes from his death scenario. Kuma's empathic nature of taking pain will make him absorb the mortal pain that Imu caused on Usopp and on his last breaths, Kuma will send Usopp flying back to Sunny, which will take 3 days. By that time, the mugiwaras, as well the Elbaphians and Bonny will all mourn the death of Usopp and will think it is a miracle that Usopp ressurrected after 3 days. Did i say ressurrect after 3 days?? Hm?? Now, remember the cover page of the chapter 658 where Perona finds Kumashii corpse after returning flying to Thriller Bark? Well, here will happen the opposite: Usopp will be found dead by Kuma, Kuma will ressurrect Usopp by taking all the damage he suffred for himself, and in his last efforts he will send Usopp back to Sunny. Poetically saying, he will finally see Nika before his own death. Not the embodiment of Nika, but the spirit, the idea of freedom and bravery, and with his last efforts, Kuma will give hope to the world once again, reuniting the 3 Nikas in the same ship that carries their divinity title: Thousand Sunny. Thanks to his act, Usopp will be able to finally reunite with his dead beat dad Yasopp and sue him for never paying his child support .
My last image here, and my final argument:
We all know what means seeing a lot of people wearing black: Mourning, but only one of them is carrying a grave stone.
Now, analyzing better the image: Bottakuri is a japanese expression that means too expensive, abusive price. What is the most abusive price someone can pay for something? His life. Of everyone from the mugiwaras, Bonney and Kuma, who is missing in the image? Exactly: Our beloved Kuma. He is the one paying the bill from the Bottakuri Maid Cafe.
Observation: To my fellow christians One Piece fans reading until here, i have no intention of making fun of the figure of Jesus Christ, god or the bible, but by this point, i think it's helpless thinking that Usopp was partially built by Oda inspired on Jesus Christ. If you read it this far, congratulations.
