Speculations Ju Peter's Sandworm confirms my theory!

[milluki]

Oda didn't chose a Yokai for Ju Peter. His monster form stands out. It is not, as the other 4, taken from mythology, but rather from a scifi book, or the movie adaption of it. Why?

More than a year ago I speculated that Ju Peter would be the main antagonist of a future Moon arc:

In the process of writing that, I looked through Yokai lists, for one that was associated with the Moon. Didn't find one that looked like the silhouette in the throne room. Now I feel vindicated.

Dune doesn't take place on the Moon, but atleast in space. On a barren sand planet. The Moon's surface is covered by regolith. A sandlike dust. The Dune planet contains a valuable substance called spice. The One Piece Moon was sought after by the Skyislanders due to the vearth on it. In Enel's coverstory, Enel explored the craters. They were tunnels. Ju Peter can dig through the Moon and hide, wait for the right moment to attack the Strawhats, who will explore the ruins or watch Urouge fight Enel.

 

[moreha9685]

3 Gorosei forms are from Jap mythology
1 from Chinese.
1 (the worm) from Mongolian culture.

Your theory has no basis.

 

[Warine]

Yeah I just think he wanted to make a d'une reference considering it was a little after dune part 2

 

[milluki]

3 Gorosei forms are from Jap mythology
1 from Chinese.
1 (the worm) from Mongolian culture.

Your theory has no basis.

he turned into a sandworm, not a deathworm, it is taken from american scifi, not from mongolian mythology

 

[moreha9685]

he turned into a sandworm, not a deathworm, it is taken from american scifi, not from mongolian mythology

How the fuck is a worm who allegedly only exists in the desert not a sand worm?

 

[milluki]

How the fuck is a worm who allegedly only exists in the desert not a sand worm?

he took the name from the highly successful movie, not from the obscure mythologoy of an alien culture

 

[moreha9685]

he took the name from the highly successful movie, not from the obscure mythologoy of an alien culture

Alien culture?
Brother, the Chinese absorbed the Mongolian culture, and in turn forms the basis for most if not all of the Japanese mythology. If anything, Oda is tracing a backwards timeline of the Gorosei, with those having yokai forms being the most recent, the Chinese boar in the middle, and the Mongolian worm the oldest.

 

[milluki]

Alien culture?
Brother, the Chinese absorbed the Mongolian culture, and in turn forms the basis for most if not all of the Japanese mythology. If anything, Oda is tracing a backwards timeline of the Gorosei, with those having yokai forms being the most recent, the Chinese boar in the middle, and the Mongolian worm the oldest.

 

[Shiroyru]

I think that the Gorosei with the crescent moon haircut is the one associated with the Moon.

 

[moreha9685]

You don't even know what you're posting now.
Hostility between nations =/= cultural alienation
Is the UK culture alien to the US just because they once warred over spilled tea?

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The worm can be a reference to Dune, I'm not saying it's not.
But it's shortsighted to claim that Oda picked that creature from a scifi novel series, the only outlier in the otherwise fully mythologically-based Gorosei forms, when you can instead look deeper into it and see that all five forms are from mythology, just from different cultures. Garling, too, could get something Norse-inspired, instead of another Asian monster.

Stop trying to find "proof" for your Moon arc. We're not going to the Moon. The OP planet hasn't even been fully explored, and Oda has now introduced the time bomb of it being soon flooded. We're not doing a detour in space. If anything, Enel will bring all the important Moon lore down to earth.