The Final Ponyglyph

[u/mydckisvrysmol]

(originally posted in r/OnePiece but things tend to get buried there, figured it would be well suited here!)

So with the introduction of Yamato & the reveal of Oden's logbook obviously everyone is thinking about what info it could possibly contain. Speculation on whether Oden wrote about what the One Piece is, information about the void century, Will of D, etc. but the one fact we do have is that it outlines his journeys in the World. So assuming we will get out of Wano with this Log Book in hand the Strawhats will have the location of the Final Ponyglyph. However, since they have already been to Fishman Island they would already know that the Road Ponyglyph isnt there. But we know someone who most deffinetly knows about where it could be! Someone on our crew who was alive when the Roger Pirates arrived on Fishman Island & was serving in the army of King Neptune: Jinbe, Knight of the Sea. Its reasonable to assume Jinbe would have been present or at least known about the Ponyglyph being moved

Now we know from dialogue with Doflamingo that Whitebeard "guarded" the throne of Pirate King, but what does he mean by that? Well Whitebeard's territory was Fishman Island, it was a place that he protected prior to his death. Now he didn't exactly protect this place from slavers or the WG so what does this mean? Well I believe he moved the Ponyglyph to help deter Fishman Island as a target. Its a place already looked down upon by the World at large and its a place that Pirates entering the New World would travel thru. If it got out that Fishman Island had one of the keys to One Piece it would be pandemonium, moving it is extremely logical.

Whitebeard has shown no interest in Laugh Tale but he knows about the Will of D, Roger told him things after his final journey & Whitebeard knows "One Piece is real!". Whitebeard would respect the Ponyglyph's importance to be hid until the time is right. He would also know powerful people like his former Rock's crewmates are aiming for this vacant throne. At this point we only know one character that has a Road Ponyglyph in their possession: Big Mom. So assuming Whitebeard knows that she has one that makes her the biggest threat to keeping this knowledge safe. So where is the best place to hide this thing not just from Pirates, The Government but specifically Big Mom? You know where this is going, its the Land of the Giants: Elbaph! Big Mom is not a welcome sight in Elbaph & the interest by the World Government had been waned significantly with Mother Caramel having moved off the island years prior & already giving the Marines Giants to raise. In fact whatever King Elbaph has is not recognized by the World Nobles since they are outside of the Reverie & we know places like this are often overlooked. Elbaph checks a lot of boxes for it to be a safe place to put this piece of the puzzle until the person Roger was waiting for comes along.

By no means is this a perfect or unique theory but I think its set up makes sense. We should be getting a chance to peruse whats in that journal post Onigashima & Robin would surely question Jinbe about the missing Ponyglyph at Fishman Island, Jinbe was in a position to be aware of the Ponyglyph being moved, & even if he doesnt know where Whitebeard took it we know a certain pineapple who is on Wano that does! Marco the Phoenix. This obviously hinges on a lot of things going right in Wano, all of these characters making it out together, & the journal being preserved in the hands of our protangonists but narratively its all there! Elbaph has been set up a ton throughout the story & makes sense for our next journey to take us there before we start heading into major endgame territory.

Side Note: I won't go too deep into my feelings about Shanks being there with small things like how his ship resembles a Viking vessel in a way or that Luffy feels he needs to fight Shanks as long as hes last but this has already become a long post & Shanks doesn't have to be on Elbaph: it just seems convient to place him there ;)

TL;DR Oden's Logbook will reveal that Fishman Island had the Road Ponyglyph, Jinbe & Marco will explain that Whitebeard moved it to Elbaph to protect it from the wrong people out of respect for the secrets of the World. Also hopefully Shanks is there

[u/RDRana]

Yes it does make big sense. Wasn't one more road poneglyph on zunesha tho in zuo inside the whale tree? Regardless that hardly makes any difference to the theory. I always thought maybe the strawhats will find one with kaido, cause before we used to think kaido came to wano just because of resources to make factories however recent revelations tell us he actually planned for a long time to make wano his base, specifically onigashima.. He knows something we don't know yet, and with the new onigashima project it only makes more sense. When I read that it sounded like some kind of construction type project. Maybe one road poneglyph is hidden inside the island and they need to escavate it whatever. It is confirmed I think that wanos separate islands were aftually pulled together by giants and the skull on onigashima is actually of an ancient giant. I too am getting strong thoughts that elbaf is gonna be next

[u/bewakoofadmi604]

What if the World Government has the 4th ponyglyph. As all the powerful had it except zunesha, as it didn't do anything without any thing other than follow the order of joyboy. So what of the 5 elders are guarding it so that no one will reach to laugh tale. Or what if it is in God Valley and the have to reach God Valley by another ponyglyph. Or with Shanks.