Character Discussion Oda's theme naming: Shichibukai and Animals

sanjikun

sanjikun

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Oda actually gets fairly lazy with names, like all of Kaido's crews being either suits or card games.

With the Shichibukai it's the same, and you can tell who was originally planned to be a Shichibukai, and who wasn't (Law, Blackbeard, etc.)

Mihawk - Hawk



Doflamingo - Flamingo



Boa - Boa



Kuma - Bear (Kuma in Japanese)



Crocodile - Crocodile



Weevil - Weevil



Gecko Moriah - Bat (“-cko Moria” = “Koumori” is bat in Japanese)



Jinbe - Whale Shark (Jinbezama)



To me the interesting part is that the new Shichibukai don't have these themes (Law, Blackbeard, Hanafuda - this one is the Kaido card theme) but Weevil does.

This means that Oda saw him as a Shichibukai first and foremost, and not necessarily just as WB's son.
 
soupongo

soupongo

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The difference would be that Law and Teach aren't introduced to us as warlords, and they basically never really are in the actual story.

Teach only has his position during Impel down, but obviously in that arc he's pretty openly going against the government, and not really pretending otherwise. Same with Law on PH, though there's a bit more nuance with the PH situation(Vergo is a pirate). Generally same is true with Buggy. Weevil is intro'd as a warlord, and while he doesn't get to do much as one, it's still different. Though, I'm not really sure why we would assume this has anything to do with him being WB's biological son.
 
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