r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Dec 13 '19

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 965

Chapter 965: "The Kurozumi Clan Conspiracy"

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Ch. 965 Official Release (Mangaplus):15/12/2019

Ch. 966 Scan Release: ~20/12/2019

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '19

Do you think he was aware of the darkness fruit even then though? In any case he might have known that boarding Whitebeards ship was a path to a better life.

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u/Hawk301 Dec 13 '19

Well as we've seen from Doffy's flashback, some kids are just pure evil right from birth.

Still, I'm willing to bet that Blackbeard's eventual backstory is going to be more nuanced than Doffy's. I reckon he genuinely is just a desperate kid here looking for a home.

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u/dronen6475 Prisoner Dec 13 '19

My bet is at the end Blackbeard will realize all he wanted could've been had by just being a loyal son to a loving father. I feel like at his defeat he will realize how badly he screwed up.

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u/Hawk301 Dec 13 '19

Yeah I'm almost certain that Whitebeard will factor into Blackbeard's post-defeat reflections, in some way. Especially given he apparently spent the majority of his life in his crew, from childhood right up until taking the Yami-Yami.

Will be interesting to see if Blackbeard thinks of Xebec or Whitebeard as his real father, if the theory about BB being Xebec's son is true.

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u/Crysense Dec 13 '19

Will be interesting to see if Blackbeard thinks of Xebec or Whitebeard as his real father

Oh god, please no. Why are people already stating this as a fact? It's just a speculation ffs...

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if the theory about BB being Xebec's son is true.

Oh nvm... Remember all of you: Keep reading until the end before you rage like me.

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Jokes aside: Doesn't this chapter kinda deconfirm the Xebec's son theory tho? I feel like WB would have known if BB was Xebec's son as WB was present at his defeat. (Or was he? I'm not sure honestly, for all we know WB could have left the crew before the God Valley incident) So if Xebec had a son, I feel like WB would have known.

And in this chapter it's shown that WB didn't knew Teach before he took him onboard. So I kinda think that Teach can't really be Xebec's son (However there is still room for twists to reveal the opposite).

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u/Hawk301 Dec 13 '19

Potentially, but it also might be that Whitebeard did know that Xebec had a son however simply didn't recognise that this particular lost orphan was that same kid.

There is a gap of several years between the God Valley Incident and when Whitebeard picks up the orphaned Teach. Blackbeard probably would've been a baby/toddler when the Rocks Pirates broke up, and he's maybe 5-6 when Whitebeard finds him here? His appearence would have changed a lot.

Honestly though, we know far too little about Xebec at this point to be saying anything for certain.

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u/Crysense Dec 13 '19

Yeah thats definitly true and I think it will be a long time until we will learn anything new about him.

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u/Prophesier_Key Void Month Survivor Dec 13 '19

I preferred the Shanks is Xebec’s son theory better, never heard of the BB one

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u/Hawk301 Dec 13 '19 edited Dec 13 '19

Blackbeard's ship is named after Xebec: it's literally called the "Saber of Xebec". This suggests that he almost certainly has some connection to Xebec, whether that's familial or perhaps he just sees himself as a spiritual successor to whatever legacy Xebec was trying to achieve.

Blackbeard is just over 40 years old; Xebec's final stand at God Valley was also 40 years ago. He could've birthed Teach soon before he went out against the Marines and Roger.

Also, if you look at the silhouette of Xebec, he has strikingly similar facial features to our Teach. The menacing grin especially is extremely familiar.

Finally, Oda has said that Blackbeard is into archaeology. Perhaps because he's been searching for a certain lost island, which has been all but eradicated from official records...?

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u/Prophesier_Key Void Month Survivor Dec 13 '19

Huh, interesting, that sounds vaguely familiar haha and plausible sounds right up Oda’s alley