Oda likes setting up a thematic connection between the fights of the straw hats and their arc opponents.
Sometimes the themes are as simple as Girl vs Girl, with Nami vs Kalifa and other times they can be Match up counters such as Usopp vs Perona and at the top it can be straight up ideological differences such as Chopper vs Hogback.
Now here we have Jimbei vs Who's who and if we assume that this is indeed Jimbei's main fight, then we got to ask, what will be the thematic connection between the two?
First let's assume the theme is much stronger than something like Girl vs Girl. I assume the theme is much stronger because oda is setting up an actual past between the two. Obviously when we get the past, we will actually see the theme play out fully and clearly but as of now, let's speculate.
To start with, this past is specifically in reference to Jimbei's time as a warlord and we know that phase of Jimbei's life was entirely centered around race. He joined the warlords because of race and he was kicked out because of race. So it goes to show, if the thematic link between Who's who and Jimbei is to do with Jimbei's time as a warlord, the likelihood of said link having to do with race is exponentially higher.
Now it's not a given that since race is the theme of the fight, then Who's who must be on the exact opposite side as Jimbei. For example we've seen Franky vs Pink where the theme of the fight was Machismo and the two fighters were very much on the same side. In fact at one point they just start trying to out macho one another instead of actually fighting. It wasn't a fight about one guy being effeminate while another is macho or anything like that.
Therefore it's not a must that who's who is a racist simply because race is the theme. But I greatly think he definitely is. And I think so because he's not a good person really. And I don't mean the cliché "good vs bad", I mean he's not a good person even on one piece standards. In a roundabout way, we can say Pink is a good person since he was so loyal to his men and very remorseful for hurting his wife. Stuff like that. I think Oda has shown us Who's who is not this type of good person at all.
Oda told us this using the Drake double cross. Immediately this entire scenario is an extremely scummy thing. Who's who was playing some long game for multiple chapters lying even to the audience as well as drake and being presented as some kind of rebel in the beast pirates. He was talking about killing queen and not respecting the hierarchy of the beast pirates wanting to challenge The calamities and it seemed cool. It's always cool when there's a rebel within the enemy group, even if they don't actually become good guys. Hence why people liked Ulti so much for talking disrespectfully to kaido even though she's a pure diehard for kaido. The slight rebellion in her was enough to make her a favourite.
And Who's who was DECEPTIVELY presented as the ultimate rebel. And it was all a fucking lie. Who's who doesn't want to kill Queen, he's actively on a mission under queen himself. There's no "Who's who doesn't respect the hierarchy of the beast pirates", he straight up enforces it. Who's who says about Drake "I can't believe a spy rose so high up to even the tobi roppo. It's a disgrace". This man actually puts rankings on a pedestal and respects them so much that he considers it a disgrace when this happens. He's not even a Calamity. The guy is actually wanking just his Tobi roppo rank like its a very big deal to him and he's getting personally offended when it gets bismerched. The guy's entire intro was a lie.
It was an intentional misdirect that Who's who could be the ultimate rebel and people even thought he was like Gin, another of one those Good people who still happen to be enemies. Others even thought that his rebelliousness could lead to him either changing sides or just going rogue and attacking a calamity just Coz he maybe had some really interesting beef with a calamity that explains all his rebelliousness. Nope. He was working for Queen the whole time. And oda knew what he was doing.
Oda knows that Ulti will be liked for her mild rebilliousness and so he knows Who's who will be the biggest draw for his extreme rebilliousness. Oda knows this and that's why the drake double cross works best. It both blindsides drake and blindsides the reader. Who's who is not the cool guy. In fact he's a bad guy. Like an actual bad guy. His association with Queen who's one of the worst guys in the crew and just the general idea of him using such a cheap trick on drake and finally the lying to the audience themselves that he maybe is a Gin or Pink type character but then nope, he's just scum.
This is what convinces me that Who's who is an actual bad person in One piece standards and that's what makes me think he's going to be a racist.
If the theme in the fight with Jimbei is race, The fact that Jimbei is like the ultimate champion of racial equality and Who's who is being portrayed as an actual bad person, that means Who's who will have to be a racist. Maybe even extremely racist.
There's a lot of ifs here but given that there's much deeper meaning being implied in this fight with Who's who, I can't imagine any other outcome than this that would involve Jimbei.
Sometimes the themes are as simple as Girl vs Girl, with Nami vs Kalifa and other times they can be Match up counters such as Usopp vs Perona and at the top it can be straight up ideological differences such as Chopper vs Hogback.
Now here we have Jimbei vs Who's who and if we assume that this is indeed Jimbei's main fight, then we got to ask, what will be the thematic connection between the two?
First let's assume the theme is much stronger than something like Girl vs Girl. I assume the theme is much stronger because oda is setting up an actual past between the two. Obviously when we get the past, we will actually see the theme play out fully and clearly but as of now, let's speculate.
To start with, this past is specifically in reference to Jimbei's time as a warlord and we know that phase of Jimbei's life was entirely centered around race. He joined the warlords because of race and he was kicked out because of race. So it goes to show, if the thematic link between Who's who and Jimbei is to do with Jimbei's time as a warlord, the likelihood of said link having to do with race is exponentially higher.
Now it's not a given that since race is the theme of the fight, then Who's who must be on the exact opposite side as Jimbei. For example we've seen Franky vs Pink where the theme of the fight was Machismo and the two fighters were very much on the same side. In fact at one point they just start trying to out macho one another instead of actually fighting. It wasn't a fight about one guy being effeminate while another is macho or anything like that.
Therefore it's not a must that who's who is a racist simply because race is the theme. But I greatly think he definitely is. And I think so because he's not a good person really. And I don't mean the cliché "good vs bad", I mean he's not a good person even on one piece standards. In a roundabout way, we can say Pink is a good person since he was so loyal to his men and very remorseful for hurting his wife. Stuff like that. I think Oda has shown us Who's who is not this type of good person at all.
Oda told us this using the Drake double cross. Immediately this entire scenario is an extremely scummy thing. Who's who was playing some long game for multiple chapters lying even to the audience as well as drake and being presented as some kind of rebel in the beast pirates. He was talking about killing queen and not respecting the hierarchy of the beast pirates wanting to challenge The calamities and it seemed cool. It's always cool when there's a rebel within the enemy group, even if they don't actually become good guys. Hence why people liked Ulti so much for talking disrespectfully to kaido even though she's a pure diehard for kaido. The slight rebellion in her was enough to make her a favourite.
And Who's who was DECEPTIVELY presented as the ultimate rebel. And it was all a fucking lie. Who's who doesn't want to kill Queen, he's actively on a mission under queen himself. There's no "Who's who doesn't respect the hierarchy of the beast pirates", he straight up enforces it. Who's who says about Drake "I can't believe a spy rose so high up to even the tobi roppo. It's a disgrace". This man actually puts rankings on a pedestal and respects them so much that he considers it a disgrace when this happens. He's not even a Calamity. The guy is actually wanking just his Tobi roppo rank like its a very big deal to him and he's getting personally offended when it gets bismerched. The guy's entire intro was a lie.
It was an intentional misdirect that Who's who could be the ultimate rebel and people even thought he was like Gin, another of one those Good people who still happen to be enemies. Others even thought that his rebelliousness could lead to him either changing sides or just going rogue and attacking a calamity just Coz he maybe had some really interesting beef with a calamity that explains all his rebelliousness. Nope. He was working for Queen the whole time. And oda knew what he was doing.
Oda knows that Ulti will be liked for her mild rebilliousness and so he knows Who's who will be the biggest draw for his extreme rebilliousness. Oda knows this and that's why the drake double cross works best. It both blindsides drake and blindsides the reader. Who's who is not the cool guy. In fact he's a bad guy. Like an actual bad guy. His association with Queen who's one of the worst guys in the crew and just the general idea of him using such a cheap trick on drake and finally the lying to the audience themselves that he maybe is a Gin or Pink type character but then nope, he's just scum.
This is what convinces me that Who's who is an actual bad person in One piece standards and that's what makes me think he's going to be a racist.
If the theme in the fight with Jimbei is race, The fact that Jimbei is like the ultimate champion of racial equality and Who's who is being portrayed as an actual bad person, that means Who's who will have to be a racist. Maybe even extremely racist.
There's a lot of ifs here but given that there's much deeper meaning being implied in this fight with Who's who, I can't imagine any other outcome than this that would involve Jimbei.
