As Vegapunk’s main message comes to an end, before we read his last closing words, let’s quickly summarize so far everything that his speech has confirmed for the series:
All the Gorosei, aside from Nusjuro, quickly gathered around the Iron Giant, in an attempt to close the transmission. We see yet another country of Eastern appearance reacting to Vegapunk’s words. Given the tall peaks and the architecture, it’s possible this may be the Kano Country, the country from where Don Sai of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet originates, which is inspired by real life Korea, known as the “Kan Country” in Japanese. Focusing on Vegapunk’s message though, in his final words he mentions: ”And one last thing… allow me to deliver a message. To those bearing the name “D.” scattered across the world. Within you, there’s another mo-...“
And the call cuts off, as Warcury slams into the iron giant, causing it to tumble around and for the transmission den den mushi inside of it to malfunction. And unfortunately, we literally get one single syllable to work with here, which isn’t much. But this is Japanese, so there is still something we can extrapolate out of this. First and foremost, are the words that precede it. Vegapunk is clearly addressing this to the people of the D. clan, but specifically he mentions “within you” (お前さん達の中に), which is complicated as both in English and Japanese it can be interpreted in two ways.
For one, the most logical meaning is that “within you” refers to among the group. Meaning that Vegapunk is trying to say that among the members of the D. clan there is someone or something. Perhaps maybe he intends to say that among them there is a traitor of sorts or something like that, perhaps referring to Teach being the only member of the D. clan who seems to be actively working against the Dawn, with Rocks having seemingly preceded him. But “within you” can also be interpreted more literally as actually being within them, as in within each of their bodies. The Japanese word here is “naka”, which literally means “in the middle of”, or “inside of”, so it could actually refer to the members of the D. clan possessing something inside them, whether it’s some power, will, or other thing.
Vegapunk follows this in Japanese with a single character: “Mo”. In this case, “mo” is written on its own as hiragana. Meaning that it’s not trying to be an English sounding word, as that would use katakana, and it doesn’t seem to be part of a larger word, as that would usually be written in kanji, though it could be due to it being cut off.
Instead on its own, generally the character “mo” often serves as a particle, which in this case indicates aggregation. It varies by the context, but in English it is often translated as “too”, or “else”. As a basic example, I can say “Watashi mo iku”, or “I’m also going”. “Watashi” is “me”, “iku” is “to go”, so “mo” here can mean “also”. So in this case, Vegapunk’s words could mean “Within you is also a…” or “Within you is another…” something something.
So the possible readings here are either one: the most obvious interpretation, being that Vegapunk is saying that among the D. clan there is “another”. As we mentioned this first reading could be read as perhaps there being an additional traitor within them, or something like that. But if we go by the second reading though, we could take it that to the members of the D. clan there is something additional that exists within them, or something else that isn’t part of them entirely.
What comes to mind to me is the fact that it was mentioned that the D. clan carry inherited will with them. Though inherited will isn’t specific to the D. clan, it simply refers to all those who have inherited someone else’s dream, the D. clan generally seems to bring forth the will of the D., the will of their ancestors, which seems to be the will to wish to bring the Dawn of the World as even Lily herself mentioned.
But generally as we understood it, inherited will is more of an abstract concept right? But what if there’s more to it, something more physical? After all, according to Rosinante, the D. Clan are the “fateful clan”, a clan that seems to have some influence over fate. Several characters have pointed this out in regard to Luffy, with how he seems to be able to influence fate in some way or another to always survive no matter the impossible odds, with many wondering if he has fate on his side beyond just pure luck. This makes them the natural enemies of the Gods, the Celestial Dragons, though one could read this as being the enemies of nature herself, the Sea, or in other words Imu as we’ve long since speculated.
But perhaps, think about it this way. It’s more obvious than what you might think. What if what Vegapunk actually meant is that what may also exist within the D. Clan is actually the "mo-..."?
- Nika and Joyboy are indeed not the same. The former is a mythical figure, the latter was a real pirate
- Joyboy was a former user of the mythical Nika fruit, and he awakened the fruit
- Joyboy originated from the ancient kingdom
- Joyboy was considered the “first pirate”
- Imu has the final ancient weapon aside from Pluton and Poseidon, which would have to be Uranus
- The world sank under the water by 200 meters after an ancient weapon was used continuously
- Joyboy’s defeat marked the end of the Void Century around 800 years ago
- Imu’s ultimate plan at present is to completely sink the world under the sea
All the Gorosei, aside from Nusjuro, quickly gathered around the Iron Giant, in an attempt to close the transmission. We see yet another country of Eastern appearance reacting to Vegapunk’s words. Given the tall peaks and the architecture, it’s possible this may be the Kano Country, the country from where Don Sai of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet originates, which is inspired by real life Korea, known as the “Kan Country” in Japanese. Focusing on Vegapunk’s message though, in his final words he mentions: ”And one last thing… allow me to deliver a message. To those bearing the name “D.” scattered across the world. Within you, there’s another mo-...“
And the call cuts off, as Warcury slams into the iron giant, causing it to tumble around and for the transmission den den mushi inside of it to malfunction. And unfortunately, we literally get one single syllable to work with here, which isn’t much. But this is Japanese, so there is still something we can extrapolate out of this. First and foremost, are the words that precede it. Vegapunk is clearly addressing this to the people of the D. clan, but specifically he mentions “within you” (お前さん達の中に), which is complicated as both in English and Japanese it can be interpreted in two ways.
For one, the most logical meaning is that “within you” refers to among the group. Meaning that Vegapunk is trying to say that among the members of the D. clan there is someone or something. Perhaps maybe he intends to say that among them there is a traitor of sorts or something like that, perhaps referring to Teach being the only member of the D. clan who seems to be actively working against the Dawn, with Rocks having seemingly preceded him. But “within you” can also be interpreted more literally as actually being within them, as in within each of their bodies. The Japanese word here is “naka”, which literally means “in the middle of”, or “inside of”, so it could actually refer to the members of the D. clan possessing something inside them, whether it’s some power, will, or other thing.
Vegapunk follows this in Japanese with a single character: “Mo”. In this case, “mo” is written on its own as hiragana. Meaning that it’s not trying to be an English sounding word, as that would use katakana, and it doesn’t seem to be part of a larger word, as that would usually be written in kanji, though it could be due to it being cut off.
Instead on its own, generally the character “mo” often serves as a particle, which in this case indicates aggregation. It varies by the context, but in English it is often translated as “too”, or “else”. As a basic example, I can say “Watashi mo iku”, or “I’m also going”. “Watashi” is “me”, “iku” is “to go”, so “mo” here can mean “also”. So in this case, Vegapunk’s words could mean “Within you is also a…” or “Within you is another…” something something.
So the possible readings here are either one: the most obvious interpretation, being that Vegapunk is saying that among the D. clan there is “another”. As we mentioned this first reading could be read as perhaps there being an additional traitor within them, or something like that. But if we go by the second reading though, we could take it that to the members of the D. clan there is something additional that exists within them, or something else that isn’t part of them entirely.
What comes to mind to me is the fact that it was mentioned that the D. clan carry inherited will with them. Though inherited will isn’t specific to the D. clan, it simply refers to all those who have inherited someone else’s dream, the D. clan generally seems to bring forth the will of the D., the will of their ancestors, which seems to be the will to wish to bring the Dawn of the World as even Lily herself mentioned.
But generally as we understood it, inherited will is more of an abstract concept right? But what if there’s more to it, something more physical? After all, according to Rosinante, the D. Clan are the “fateful clan”, a clan that seems to have some influence over fate. Several characters have pointed this out in regard to Luffy, with how he seems to be able to influence fate in some way or another to always survive no matter the impossible odds, with many wondering if he has fate on his side beyond just pure luck. This makes them the natural enemies of the Gods, the Celestial Dragons, though one could read this as being the enemies of nature herself, the Sea, or in other words Imu as we’ve long since speculated.
But perhaps, think about it this way. It’s more obvious than what you might think. What if what Vegapunk actually meant is that what may also exist within the D. Clan is actually the "mo-..."?
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