Category: One Piece

I didn’t expect to see you so soon, Kuma.

I thought Oda would drag the St. Saturn situation out more, but here we are. Bartholomew Kuma landed on Egghead and is ready to give Saturn the beating of a lifetime. Yeah, right! I know better. Do you really think Saturn’s getting taken out this easily? We don’t even know his devil fruit’s name. And, whatever it is, I’m sure it’s one of the most powerful we’ve seen so far. I’m still putting my money on it being a demon-demon fruit class or something like that. Basically, whatever the opposite of the human-human fruit class is. If I’m right I’m giving myself a million dollars. Aren’t I generous?

We get confirmation Saturn isn’t Bonney’s father. Good. But, the old bastard experimented on both Ginny and Bonney. Bad. My question is why? I doubt Marijoa had no shortage of slaves from back then, so why use the eighth wife of a Celestial Dragon? My guess is Ginny’s sexual assaulter/husband couldn’t deal with Ginny’s rebellious nature and gave her to Saturn as punishment. Will we ever learn the Celestial Sleazebag’s identity? Probably. Like with most info reveals, Oda’s waiting for the right time to tell us. No doubt this person is an important character connected to world building tidbits we’re not meant to see yet. Be patient, my friends. It’s coming.

Bartholomew Kuma. A great Warlord. A greater father.

And there we have it. The life of Kuma fully revealed to us. What I absolutely love is how Kuma continued to secretly pursue his personal agenda behind the World Government’s back. Not only by helping out the Revolutionary Army (As shown in a previous chapter), but by putting his faith in Monkey D. Luffy by giving him a chance to survive in order for him to reach his full potential.

Dragon going to Roguetown. Kuma helping Luffy in secret. Gotta say I love that Luffy has had help from others along his path to become Pirate King. It makes his journey more believable that someone so young could even hope to achieve such a difficult goal.

Did Kuma figure out that Luffy ate the Nika fruit?

Warlord of the Sea and Professional DILF, Bartholomew Kuma, knows all too well that the Sun God Nika has rubber like abilities. I’m sure he put 2 and 2 together or at least suspected it could be possible. It does explain why, in addition to secretly helping the Revolutionary Army, Kuma also helped Luffy on the down-low whenever he could. Yeah, I’m going with that.

Ah, Oda. Using Kuma’s tragedy to help justify Dragon (mostly) abandoning his son. Now I’m even more interested in who Luffy’s mother is. Was she a Navy officer, Revolutionary, or simply a regular person. Hmm… Perhaps, she was a pirate?!

Did Bartholomew Kuma know all along Monkey D. Luffy ate the Nika fruit?

It makes sense the World Government would send their most “loyal” Warlord to investigate. And that would also explain why Kuma helped the Straw Hats several times throughout their journey. Kuma basically put his cybernetic faith in Sun God Nika/Luffy to eventually bring joy to the world. Hmm… Is that why Kuma’s currently flying to Egghead Island? To help Luffy one last time? What a bro!

What’s so special about Buccaneer blood?

If we’re to assume Blackbeard is also a Buccaneer, then my theory is the blood negates devil fruit weaknesses. I’m not sure if Blackbeard can swim, but at the very least I’m guessing Buccaneer blood is why Blackbeard can eat multiple devil fruits without dying.

Staying on the topic of devil fruits, are you wondering why Eiichiro Oda didn’t elaborate on how Bonney obtained a devil fruit? The only reason I can think of is that it has something to do with the very nature of devil fruits and Oda isn’t quite ready to reveal that secret just yet. Put in pin in it, Y’All. It’ll turn up later on the quiz.

How the heck do monarchies work in One Piece? You have the country of Alabasta/Arabasta where rulership is passed down through the Nefertari family, and then you have Sorbet Kingdom where, I don’t know, there’s an election, maybe? The World Government picks their ruler? It’s never mentioned if King Bekori is related to King Bulldog. I’m totally confused on this. Maybe I should run for King of Sorbet Kingdom? Seems like any bozo can get in.

Implied sexual assault? In One Piece?!

Sure, slavery does exists. And we knew the Celestial Dragons can have multiple wives, but this … this hits closer to home when it happens to a named character. Poor Ginny. Kidnapping. Rape. Murder. Slavery. I’ve mentioned before how Oda has made the Celestial Dragons irredeemable. He’s really pushing that there’s no way the CDs can stay in power. They must be overthrown. One Piece cannot end on a happy note otherwise.

If my math is right, Bonney should be around twelve or thirteen years old! That explains Dr. Vegapunk treating her like a little girl. He probably also treated Bonney’s sapphire scales disease. That would explain why Bonney was on Egghead years ago. Dragon most likely asked Vegapunk to help. So… does that mean Papa Kuma willingly let himself become Vegapunk’s pacifista experiment as a way of paying him back for saving Bonney? Hmm…

Maybe she just went to use the bathroom?

No. Ginny is indeed gone. Kidnapped by the looks of a mysterious pair of legs on the last page. But, who? And, why? Dragon said it was an “enemy”. Hmm… I’m gonna go out on a limb and say King Bekori is involved. Maybe he had Ginny kidnapped to make Bartholomew Kuma do whatever he wants. What is that thing? Maybe he figured out Kuma has Buccaneer blood and wants to turn him in for a reward? Yeah, this isn’t my best theory. But, I believe everything will lead back to the Sorbet Kingdom. Kuma ruling the kingdom. His Sorbet Kingdom friends becoming Bonney’s crewmates. One thing’s for sure, we haven’t seen the last of that country.

What the heck are the Rocks and Roger Pirates talking about?

Roger mentioning it being “a whole year”? The Rocks Pirates saying “Final fight” and “Settle it once and for all”? Oh, yes, dear friends. There are huge info chunks Oda’s keeping from us. The question is why? Why is he withholding information about Rocks D. Xebec? My only guess is it having to do with his goals. And by that I mean Laugh Tale.

Wait a minute. Just why did Gol D. Roger want to go to Laugh Tale in the first place? How did he even find out about it? These same questions apply to Rocks. I don’t think we’re getting answers until the Straw Hats either reach Laugh Tale or acquire copies of all four Road Poneglyphs. That and Rocks could still be alive. Him being the only big name pirate to die does seem odd. Quick! Someone check if he recently posted on Instagram.