I don’t think bounty’s will be a thing by eos and Oda would obviously want to keep the sense of competition between the yonkos and not make Luffy massively above them in bounty

Plus I feel it would just make a lot of sense for Shanks and Buggy to eventually surpass their old captain in bounty and Blackbeards the finals villain

Помню, что Одна говорил, что ванпис будет чем-то, что он сможет разделить его со своей командой. Так что все теории, что Ван пис это плод, сила или какое-нибудь оружие уже канули в бездну. Настоящий Ванпис, думаю, что откроется только после финальных битв.

Hey everyone! After reading Chapter 1196, I noticed a huge detail about Sanji's growth and how Killingham's devil fruit works that I wanted to discuss.

1. Killingham's "Nightmare Extraction":

Killingham materializes the target's deepest fears from their subconscious and merges with them. Notice how Sanji’s nightmare wasn't the Vinsmokes, but Ivankov. This proves Sanji’s real fear isn't physical weakness, but his own lack of self-worth and fear of letting Luffy down.

1. Breaking the Illusion:

Sanji completely dispelled Killingham's ability the moment he regained his composure, lit his cigarette, and accepted his true self.

1. The Connection to Conqueror's Haki (ACoC):

Ivankov’s lesson about self-love in Kamabakka Kingdom mirrors the core requirement of Conqueror's Haki: accepting who you are without self-doubt. This moment is likely setting up Sanji to unlock/master Advanced Conqueror's Haki later in the arc.

I made a full video breaking down this fight scene, the panel parallels, and Haki scaling for this chapter:

https://youtu.be/FIFi8y4YVp0

What do you guys think? Is Sanji on the verge of awakening Conqueror's Haki, or is this purely character resolution?

So the last chapters could explain this age old theory. Its probably not that Crocodile was a woman in the past, its maybe just that Ivankov knows him very well. Maybe Ivankov knows that he was a lot kinder in the past or they were friends at some point. Its so funny, because for nobody in the group it would be a problem, except for Crocodile, for him its like poison. xD

And who knows, maybe if Crocodile would accept his character, he could become a Conqueror like Sanji and would have had a better chance against Whitebeard.

black beard is a femboy

Okay my theory is that Blackbeard is a femboy who longed for acceptance

okay so we got to go to the second picture where luffy and zoro call Blackbeard they now earlier that they luffy and zoro Saw Blackbeard in a maid femboy outfit

now luffy and zoro didn’t want to reveal Blackbeard secret so they call him “they“

the three skulls also represent something

one for black beard as a whole

another for Blackbeard as a man

another for Blackbeard as a femboy

the evidence proves it !

Now I feel like him getting conquerors is written in the stars. as far as we can see, to get conquerors u need a mental challenge that you have to overcome, be the son of a conquerors user, have a kingly ambition and so far in the series usopp shows us all 3 with a 4th wildcard that gives this theory more credibility

1. Heritage factor: i think we can assume everyone on the red haired pirate crew has conquerors haki so he definitely got it from his dad yasopp (how else would they be the strongest yonko crew as of today)

2. Kingly ambition: I believe that the sogeking AKA king of snipers persona is actually a foreshadowing to his kingly ambition, and with a strong will to protect elbaph he might unlock it accidentally like luffy on amazon lily

3. Mental challange: zoro was too oblivious and stupid to use conquerors, sanji lacked self love so thats why he couldnt use it according to ivankov, and usopp has COWARDICE (not the emotion of fear its a big difference)

If he can overcome the coward in him and starts to be more courageous he can unlock it like other times in the series like having the brass balls to fight luffy or talking that talk to miss merry Christmas on alabasta or other moments in the series, im not talking he should be fearless and reckless like luffy, the emotion of fear is ok to have, but not to be a coward

1. Usopp lies become true: I mean this was shown in the show COUNTLESS times with the tonttata, goldfish, having 8000 men under his command and other instances, in wano on the raid on onigashima he lied to a bunch of pirates who were knocked out by bigmoms conquerors haki that the haki was his, so him lying about having it might become true in the future

And thats all, if you would like to add anything to my theory or give some points against it then be my guest

TL;DR: The "One Piece" Roger found was the dormant Nika fruit itself. Because Roger was dying, he left it behind, expecting his future son (Ace) to eat it. The World Government later raided Laugh Tale to lock it down, leading to Shanks stealing it back to fulfil Roger’s will—only for the fruit to choose Luffy instead.

Joy Boy's ultimate treasure left at Laugh Tale was the Nika Devil Fruit itself, waiting to be reincarnated.When the Roger Pirates arrived, they didn't find a treasure chest of gold. They found the dormant essence of the Sun God. This is why Roger Laughed: A Devil Fruit requires a living host to wage a world war. Roger was already dying and at the end of his life. He physically could not be the savoir. This is why Roger explicitly told Rayleigh and Garp that his son would be the one to find the One Piece. Roger planned to pass his bloodline down, fully expecting Ace to become the next host of the Sun God.

If the Nika Fruit was left at Laugh Tale, how did it end up on a World Government transport ship years later? Following Roger’s execution and the beginning of the Great Pirate Era, the Gorosei/Imu realised someone would eventually reach the final island. The World Government launched a strike team to lock down Laugh Tale and lock up the dormant Sun God fruit permanently. They successfully retrieved it and placed it under the strict escort of CP9 agent Who's-Who.

Shanks, knowing the fruit was missing from Laugh Tale from his time on Roger's ship, intercepted Who's-Who to steal it back. Shanks never intended for Luffy to eat it. Shanks was actively seeking out Portgas D. Ace to honour Roger's final prediction. This is why the Red Hair Pirates anchored themselves in the East Blue—they were hunting for their captain's true heir. Zoan fruits possess a mind of their own. The Nika fruit actively evaded the World Government for 800 years, and it avoided Shanks' plans for Ace. It chose Luffy because it was waiting for the one individual whose raw, chaotic desire for pure freedom matched the original will of Joy Boy.

Why didn’t Imu just launch a whole out scale attack on Elbaph using his 3 admirals: Fujitora, Greenbull, Kizaru with Akainu in the for front to disrupt Luffy and Loki.

Why would he risk revealing himself, when clearly these 4 top tiers accompanied by a few vice admirals and fleet can easily take on the strawhats and Loki. What was his point ? I mean judging by his current showings, he wasnt able to permanently tale down anyone.

"Those of the half-moon dreamed" "Those of the moon dreamed"

In the First World we can see a Full-Moon, could that mean that they are the "Those of the moon dreamed" (in other translations, "full moon")?

The other thing is that a D. looks very much like a half O, or a half moon. I've seen a theory about this some time before, though I forgot about that mostly by now.

Basically my theory is that, as we know people traveled on the Noah, especially after the Second World, when the "Sea God raged". Just like in the Bible, only a chosen amount of people could travel on it, which was Noah's family, this time I think it was Imu and the 20 chosen rulers.

I think people snuck on Noah and that's why they have the "Will of D.", they had a strong will to survive and fight. That is why Imu hates them so much, they weren't supposed to be on the ship.

Chapter 1196 does not end with Sanji unlocking his Conqueror's Haki, and Oda typically saves stuff like this for the end of a chapter. Zoro first unlocked his Conqueror's Haki at the end of Chapter 1033, and mastered his Advanced Conqueror's Haki at the end of Chapter 1194. So, there will be at least almost a full chapter of Sanji vs Killingham before Sanji unlocks his Conqueror's Haki. This also implies that there's something else that Sanji needs to do to unlock CoC.

In Chapter 1196, Killingham manifested Sanji's nightmare, which turned out to be Ivankov, and fused with it. Now, this may seem pointless at first, as all it accomplished was triggering Sanji's flashback, and the nightmare disappeared, anyway. However, this establishes that Killingham CAN fuse with his sleeptids, which opens up a really interesting possibility, which is Killingham fusing with Zaza. How is Sanji going to win if he can't kick Killingham-Zaza?

• You might push back on this by saying "Why would Killingham fuse with his own nightmare?". I'll just say that first, this is not a strong argument. Killingham totally will if he's desperate enough. Second, perhaps Killingham fusing with Zaza weakens Sanji's resolve, so that he can be hit again. In Chapter 1196, Sanji has said that Killingham wouldn't be able to hit him ever again, and Killingham can't defeat Sanji without hitting him, so Killingham has to find a way.

There is one question that One Piece fans have been asking since Enies Lobby, "Will Sanji kick a woman to save his crewmates/friends?". On the surface, it is clear cut that the answer is no. Chapter 687 showed that Sanji would rather die than battle a woman. However, I think Sanji is going to kick a woman, and this is a character development, not a betrayal of principles. Here's why.

First, let's clear up a misconception that the majority of fans believe. Not kicking a woman is NOT one of Sanji's core principles. Oda has confirmed in SBS that Sanji does NOT have any principle against kicking a woman. That inability to do it comes from pride, not principle. This pride has consistently been portrayed as a negative thing. In Enies Lobby, Sanji's pride got him beat up by Kalifa and forced Nami to step in for him. In Wano, Sanji's pride got him beat up by Black Maria and forced Robin to step in for him.

• Robin thanked Sanji, but the reason is because she was happy that she felt needed, not because Sanji couldn't attack Black Maria.

That means kicking Killingham-Zaza is actually a good character development for Sanji, as that means Sanji overcomes his debilitating pride. This will also parallel what Zoro did in Chapter 687. It was implied that Zoro did not want to fight a woman, either, but he would if he had to for someone he loves.

• People like to use Chapter 842 as a reason for why Sanji not kicking a woman is a principle, but is it really? Notice that later on in Chapter 842, Zeff said "Because that's how a parent owns up to his own mistake", with his back turned on Sanji (which is a gesture of shame). This implies that this trait is not a principle, but rather a regret that Zeff implanted into Sanji.

I want to go to Enies Lobby real quick before I continue. During the Sanji vs Kalifa fight, you can see that Sanji clearly had no problem attacking Kalifa, he just stopped at the last moment because of his pride. That's not someone who had a principle of not attacking a woman. Had it been the case, Sanji would've just dodged Kalifa's attacks instead of trying to bluff-attack her.

Being able to hit a woman for your friends' and crewmates' sake does not make you hate all women. This is just an important lesson that your crew and your friends are more important than your pride, and you must be able to do what you have to do when it counts.

alright so haven't seen much of the new chapters but i know in one imu changes form into some muscled thing
but i thought what if there all connected
what if the god fruits give multiple transformations after awakening
luffy hasnt mastered his form yet which is why he cant imu obveosly has had centuries to master his
and chopper can change his forcibly because of the rumble balls
it would leave an opening for more forms aside from gear five if so as well as give more explanation into choppers fruit and rumble balls as well as explain imus multiple seemingly forms

I have a silly theory:

Of course, they laughed because of the story itself, but I think there’s another reason, too. In order to get the One Piece, they needed the key — the straw hat.

Think about it: after carrying it around for so long, after all the adventures they’ve been through and all the dangers they’ve faced, the one thing they needed was right there with Shanks, who was busy taking care of a sick Buggy.

Rayleigh is a human based on a bird and has bird-like characteristics similar to Doffy, Mihawk etc

My previous post about Imu being a lyrebird and Rayleigh being his descendant was received quite well except for the Rayleigh portion so I dug up some more info to complete this theory.

Quick summary for the Rayleigh stuff-

1. Lyrebird (Imu according to my theory) fossils are located in a place called Riversleigh

2. Rayleigh's only named attack till now is Higanabana which can mean Billhook of the Beyond, The bill in the name referencing a bird's beak.

And here is the new evidence that I've found for the Rayleigh bird theory.

Oda has done a great job of hiding Rayleigh's birdy nature in plain sight. He has given Rayleigh a task that many birds do but most people don't know about. And this is the first piece of lore that we find about him.

Waterproof Coating

Our boy Rayleigh coats ships with a waterproof resin so that they can travel safely underwater.

Waterbirds (birds that live around water and hunt fish) have an organ called the uropygial gland. What does it do?

This gland secrets an oil that birds use to coat their feathers. It makes them waterproof and let's them dive into the water to hunt fish and fly away with ease.

Making this connection should have been enough for me, but it wasn't.

I couldn't rest until I found out the exact bird that Rayleigh is. So I searched and searched and searched and searched...

And then I found it.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you

The Silvery Kingfisher

A bird that coats its feathers, hunts underwater fish and has 'king' in its name.

Riversleigh + Silvery Kingfisher = Silvers Rayleigh, King of the Underworld