Character Discussion Monkey D Dragon

Blazing Lion

Blazing Lion

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#1
#1
The latest anime episode brought it back to attention that Dragon was indeed a Marine for some time. It was dropped in Chap 1097 but with other agendas and desk/looking east memes didn't give this the attention that generally is given. Here are some things that I think are not as well known or discussed.
Garp Age: 78
Dragon Age: 55
Luffy Age: 19

Age at time of GV incident
Garp: 40
Dragon: 17

25 years ago Freedom Fighters (which evolved into RA) was making headlines (there is no date about when they started) meaning Dragon was already against Marines at least 25 years ago when he was 30 years old. And 3 years or so later the FF evolved into RA (after Ohara, Ivankov, Sorbet, Kuma etc.).

People make fun of deadbeat dads and including Dragon and it seems weird that Dragon had Luffy at age of 36 while he had already been a mercenary since 30 and leader of RA since 33. Having a kid while being the most wanted man in the world is some shit, was Dragon looking up to Roger to have a son to carry his mission forward or was he so sure of winning that he said my boy will live in the world that I create.

Another thing is that Dragon and Akainu have the same age, 55. And among other Admirals only Fuji is close at 54.
Kizaru: 58
Akainu: 55
Dragon: 55
Fuji: 54
Aokiji: 49
GB: 41

The sad thing though is that Dragon and Akainu dont have the 1cm height difference thing going for them.
GB: 308
Akainu: 306
Kizaru: 302
Aokiji: 298
Fuji: 270
Dragon: 256
 
ako

ako

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#5
#5
Imo Dragon vs Akainu is bound to happen eventually. And as people already pointed out you had Garp vs Kuzan, Luffy vs Kizaru so Dragon and Akainu remain as the last possible Monkey D. vs OG Admiral match up.

Dragon obviously has no interest in fighting the Marines but Akainu will stand in his way from having a go at the WG and the fight will be inevitable.
 
Blazing Lion

Blazing Lion

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#6
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a_fan said:
Looks like everyone looks up to Dragon the same way a lot of people looks up to Luffy after meeting him.

I'm sure Akainu was one of them.
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Seeing as how they are the same age I think they best friends and then Akainu felt betrayed when Dragon left the navy. Or they might possibly be equal rivals at that time and Akainu got even angrier that Dragon left the navy.
 
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Dragon777

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#7
#7
Akainu and Dragon clearly have a deep connection, as said in other threads:

Getting to the point, what pushed us to hypothesize for the first time that two men so apparently opposites, absolute justice vs. freedom, so on opposite sides of the barricade, Head of the main military force of the GM vs. Leader of the opposition par excellence, had a past in common?

1) First of all, the fact that in Marineford Akainu himself had shown almost a... fixation for Luffy as "son of Dragon", continuing to address him in this way, unique among all, for the entire saga:







A fixation that even led him to prefer him, Luffy, son of Dragon, to Ace, son of Roger, the fulcrum and objective of the entire Marineford War:

This detail tends to go unnoticed, but Akainu prefers Luffy to Ace; Ace dies only because he is the one who gets in the way, thus saving Luffy.

2) This fixation of Akainu for Dragon has led many to raise an eyebrow and try to understand where the two, the marine and the man that even his subordinates seem not to know, could have met ... and the answer was: in the Navy, of course!

Garp had repeatedly shown his desire to raise future Marines; among many:



Everything pointed to him having done the same with his son, Dragon. Well, five hundred chapters later this thing has finally been confirmed:



Dragon was actually a marine, when he was young.

3) Now, given that Dragon was actually a marine and that Akainu seems to have a strange obsession for him, even in front of Roger's son (to whom, as mentioned, he "prefers" Dragon's son), when could this meeting have happened?

Well, it's soon said: the two, curiously, but not that much, are the same age; 55 years old.

We know that Akainu joined the Navy 32 years ago, at the age of 23, and since Dragon is the same age, he could have done the same. This coincides with a Dragon who during the events of Ohara, 22 years ago, was no longer part of the Navy. But this does not create any problem, having hypothetically joined at least ten years before those events.


4) The similarities do not end here:

- not only are the two the same age;

- not only are they, as seen, somehow both connected to the events of Ohara, but;

- with the post TS they have assumed similar positions: both are at the head of their respective organizations, Akainu of the Navy and Dragon of the Revolutionaries;

- now that we have discovered that Akainu's bounty is 5 billion, we can also draw a parallel with that of Dragon who, as he was known as the "worst criminal in the world" when BB was still alive, should also have a bounty of at least 5 billion:


- there is another potential parallel that I would like to draw attention to: both seem to be placed in fierce opposition to one of the "legends" of the OP world, original or "reborn":

Akainu is in opposition to Luffy, the new Joy Boy, whose brother he killed and to whom, in trying to kill him, he caused a huge scar on the chest in a manga where scars bind the characters' destinies:





Dragon, on the other hand, is clearly placed in a relationship of radical opposition to Imu, his objective being the fall of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons in particular and Imu being the first and darkest foundation, as well as the true leader, of the GM and the true "King" of the CDs.

To recap

1. Akainu showed MF an unusual and even excessive obsession with Dragon;
2. we had confirmation that Dragon and Akainu were both in the Navy;
3. Dragon and Akainu are the same age, which in addition to being one of those little connection indices that Oda likes, like heights, makes it even more likely that they served together and therefore met;
4. they are both linked to Ohara: one as an integral part of the events, one instead as the place that led him to decide to definitively fight the WG;
5. they both have the "same" position: leaders of their respective forces;
6. they probably have a very similar bounty, in both cases at the level of 5 billion;
7. they both seem to be in an oppositional relationship with the "legends" of the OP world: Akainu with Joy Boy (reborn); Dragon with Imu, King of the world and supreme leader of the Dragons.
 
soupongo

soupongo

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#12
#12
I was an OG dragon fan, back when I was reading pre TS, I always wanted him to be more of a genius then a powerhouse. Like Alabasta arc Crocodile, slowly winning over the masses against the government, not necessarily wanting to win 1v1 fights, but not being a slouch either, he's skilled with his Logia fruit. Tbh, this doesn't really go against his post TS portrayal but......

One of these days, he will show off with black lightning Haki, and start spouting one liners,generally acting like Luffy/Garp and part of my soul will die....
 
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