Future Events One Piece will end with...

[Kozuki TVU]

I know this is not a well fundamented theory and honestly it's more wishful thinking, but I want One Piece's ending scene to be a tribute to the final scene of the 人間の証明 movie (which by the way, stars japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda, the one who Aokiji is based on).

Luffy will die in the final war, and we will see his hat flying down from the top of Mariejoa. Possibly with Aokiji and someone else (Zoro? Garp?) making it to the top at the last instant to watch it fall into the abyss.

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This is just my gut feeling based on the fact that the imagery is memorable and I feel like we would all cry watching the straw hat fly down from Mariejoa after following the manga for so long. If Imu turns out to be Luffy's mother, it will be a more solid reference to the movie.

Thoughts?

 

[OnePiss]

Lol please be serious man

Nothing here is anything that Oda has conveyed or gives importance to in his story

 

[Kozuki TVU]

Lol please be serious man

Nothing here is anything that Oda has conveyed or gives importance to in his story

He gave a lot of importance to the straw-hat
So why do you think it's unlikely that he would make a reference to a famous japanese movie about a straw-hat?

 

[Hamlette]

At the end Oda will reveal himself to his characters, he will tell them that he is their creator and that he's proud of how far they've come. Then he will tell them to ask of him whatever they please, Luffy will tell Oda to write a world where no one will ever go hungry, a world of freedom, peace and a never ending celebration of life ........and so Oda will do so.

No I am not currently intoxicated, but I did eat some wild mushrooms from my backyard earlier.