I was just watching videos about the latest chapter, and LunaPienArt/Dawn&Dusk pointed out a very interesting possibility.
(Go to around 12 minutes in to get to the relevant part.)
Back in Chapter 1095, we saw that there were 6 Treasure Chests as prizes for the Native Hunting Tournament.
Flash forward to Chapter 1159, and suddenly, we see that there are now 9 Treasure Chests as prizes. (Plus Shakky.)
Now, I think we all just assumed that Oda retconned the number of treasure chests that were available as prizes. He just changed his mind and wanted to make more prizes available.
But, LunaPienArt brings up a interesting idea. We now know there are multiple categories in this tournament. A "solo" count and a "clan team" count. Which means, this might not have been a error at all. There might just be two different sets of prizes for the different competitions in this tournament. 6 prizes for the "Individual" score, and 9 prizes for the "Clan War" score. With maybe Shakky being the grand prize, overall.
That's not the really interesting part, though. And this is the part that I'm actually adding something of my own to this. Because, if this is the case that means there's a total...of 16 prizes!
Now, why is that interesting? Well, because in Japanese, "16" can be read as "I-Mu".
(Skip to 13:30 to get to the relevant part.)
It's the reason why "Uranos" fires 16 "bullets" to destroy Lulusia (Chapter 1060). It's why Celestial Dragons shoot people 16 times (Chapter 763). And why Doflamingo has the attack "16 Holy Assassin Bullets" (Chapter 790).
reddit.com/r/Piratefolk/comments/xficwh/chapter_1060_and_the_number_16/
16 is a very important number, because it probably represents Imu. So, it kind of makes sense for there to be 16 Treasures available at this competition.
I just think it's neat that Oda might have hidden this connection SO DEEP into the story that you'd really have to dig deep in order to find out the why of it all.
And, if this is all true, that means there's also nearly double the prizes...and possibly Devil Fruits...on God Valley as we might have thought.
So, get speculating! We know Shakky's one of the prizes. And we know the Paw-Paw and Dragon Fruits are two more. What could the other 13 prizes be?! Dragon's future "Wind" Fruit seems pretty likely. But, otherwise? That's a LOT more prizes than I thought there'd be on this island.
And for those too young to get the title reference:
Back in Chapter 1095, we saw that there were 6 Treasure Chests as prizes for the Native Hunting Tournament.
Flash forward to Chapter 1159, and suddenly, we see that there are now 9 Treasure Chests as prizes. (Plus Shakky.)
Now, I think we all just assumed that Oda retconned the number of treasure chests that were available as prizes. He just changed his mind and wanted to make more prizes available.
But, LunaPienArt brings up a interesting idea. We now know there are multiple categories in this tournament. A "solo" count and a "clan team" count. Which means, this might not have been a error at all. There might just be two different sets of prizes for the different competitions in this tournament. 6 prizes for the "Individual" score, and 9 prizes for the "Clan War" score. With maybe Shakky being the grand prize, overall.
That's not the really interesting part, though. And this is the part that I'm actually adding something of my own to this. Because, if this is the case that means there's a total...of 16 prizes!
Now, why is that interesting? Well, because in Japanese, "16" can be read as "I-Mu".
It's the reason why "Uranos" fires 16 "bullets" to destroy Lulusia (Chapter 1060). It's why Celestial Dragons shoot people 16 times (Chapter 763). And why Doflamingo has the attack "16 Holy Assassin Bullets" (Chapter 790).
reddit.com/r/Piratefolk/comments/xficwh/chapter_1060_and_the_number_16/
16 is a very important number, because it probably represents Imu. So, it kind of makes sense for there to be 16 Treasures available at this competition.
I just think it's neat that Oda might have hidden this connection SO DEEP into the story that you'd really have to dig deep in order to find out the why of it all.
And, if this is all true, that means there's also nearly double the prizes...and possibly Devil Fruits...on God Valley as we might have thought.
So, get speculating! We know Shakky's one of the prizes. And we know the Paw-Paw and Dragon Fruits are two more. What could the other 13 prizes be?! Dragon's future "Wind" Fruit seems pretty likely. But, otherwise? That's a LOT more prizes than I thought there'd be on this island.
And for those too young to get the title reference:
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