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Theory / Thought: One Piece No 2 Luffy, the man who dreams of turning the world upside down.

⚠ Attention ❗Spoiler for Chapter 1000 and previous ⚠

So, in Chapter 1000 Ace told Yamato off screen what Luffy's dream is and asks him not to laugh about it, even though he and Sabo laughed about it when they were children. I didn't even notice it at first, but after reading it for the third / fourth time I noticed something about Yamato's answer.

Yamato tearfully replies that he would never make fun of it because the Pirate King had said exactly the same thing. So in this case it cannot be his dream of becoming the pirate king, because there is no way that Roger would ever have dreamed of holding this title. Roger never persued it, he was named that by Morgans (the newspaper) after doing what he did. I will not go into any further detail about this but...

Holy shit! We're not talking about Luffy's dream of becoming the pirate king!!

And then it hit me like Luffy's elephant gun, it might be his dream to "turn the world upside down". If I remember correctly, that was what he said to Rayleigh, when they said goodbye on Sabaody after the timeskip. And from Rayleigh's flashback we know that it was Roger's dream aswell (what Yamato might have known about), which he uttered when he met Rayleigh for the first time. Luffy probably put it into concrete terms to Ace and Sabo and they laughed. After all, they were just kids...

But what could be meant by turning the world upside down? Well, very likely to fight the injustice between the rich and the poor or to overthrow the ailing system with the tenryuubito and the nobility. I know, I know, this sounds too much like Dragon, although the two are not particularly similar in personality, never met and taken independent paths. Luffy is still a D and therefore "a natural enemy of the gods".

We must not forget that Luffy has a better understanding of the world than one might think at first glance. In Dressrosa he also remembered Goa and was able to draw parallels, such as the throwaway-mentality, not only of everything that is against the system but also simply everything that does not contribute enough to it, illustrated by the toys or the gray terminal, that he has obviously known since childhood and it will be clear to him that it is a global problem, what we can clearly see in Wano, which also suffers hunger, poverty and disease because of its ruler.

But Evy, he only learns that by visiting these islands, you might say now., but I would say they are manifesting his dream of ending tyranny. Learning about the world is a process that most of us go through as we get older. For Luffy, this process began with the Gray terminal and the nobility of his homeland, about which he must have learned a lot from Ace, but also above all, from Sabo, who has detailed insight from his origins.

A particularly dramatic experience was the conflict between Ace and Dadan regarding Sabo's death or more precisely Sabo's murderer, which Luffy overheard. We remember, Ace wanted to take revenge on the world aristocrat, who did this to Sabo, but Dadan stopped him and said, "It was this kingdom that killed Sabo. It was the world itself." Since he was so young, Luffy has not only learned that Goa is just a miniature of what is wrong in the world, but also who is the real enemy of the freedom that he not only wants for himself but for all people. And here we are again at Yamato and it becomes so clear why that moved him to tears, because he himself longs for this freedom and sees what Ace saw, Luffy as the man who is ready to fight for the freedom of all.

So why should he laugh at the man who dreams of turning the world upside down.

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But that was just a thought I had. I hope I could explain what I mean, unfortunately, English is not my native language. Feel free to leave your thoughts on this in the comments below, I'd love to discuss this with you guys! Please remain factual and friendly even if you disagree. I am also very interested in constructive criticism if you find linguistic errors or have improvements in my writing style.

[monkey-d-evy]

Brain fart about One Piece

⚠Attention❗ Spoilers for Chapter 999 and previous⚠

I think it's beautifully represented in terms of the symbolism that Ace freed Yamato's heart from its chains (-in the sense of how he told him that he is not attached to Kaido (his father) and is independent from his father, forthermore, Ace encourages his desire to see the world and live freely-) and Luffy literally broke his chains from Kaido physically. Once again, Luffy has unwittingly completed Ace's will, which is just heartwarming. :')

I think Ace and Yamato have certain parallels, which could define the friendship that they later develop. I think the fact that both suffer under their father's reputation and are fundamentally different themselves is something that connects them and they could have a deep understanding for one another.

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But that was just a thought I had. I hope I could explain what I mean, unfortunately, English is not my native language. Feel free to leave your thoughts on this in the comments below, I'd love to discuss this with you guys! Please remain factual and friendly even if you disagree. I am also very interested in constructive criticism if you find linguistic errors or have improvements in my writing style.

[monkey-d-evy]

Theory / Thought: One Piece No 1 Heart Pirates

⚠Attention❗Spoiler Chapter 1000 and previous⚠

I don't know if someone had a similar thought. I might have thought that the Heart Pirates are currently the only ones who have the opportunity to warn or evacuate the people in the flower capital.

Everyone else is on Onigashima and can't get down (except for Marco and Momo, who are flying devil fruit users, but I'll come back to that in a second). Bepo and the others see that the island is floating to the flower capital. They do not have the opportunity to participate in the fight anyway, but they can sail back and hurry to get as many people (who celebrate their fire festival unsuspecting) out of the capital as possible.

Theoretically, Law could transport them to himself (Room), but why should he use up his energy, we know that it drains his stamina and even vitality, and he would endanger his own people, after all he faces Kaido and Big Mom right now and we know that Law has kept his crew out of all known conflicts so far. So that would be very unlikely.

The reason why I think that it is not Marco who is evacuating or warning the citizens, I think is quite obvious, because he messed with King and Queen to get Zoro on the roof and I think this situation will last even longer and becomes a bigger fight.

With Momo it's a little more complicated. A great task rests on him. He is not only supposed to become the future Shogun of the country, he is also the son of Kozuki Oden, this is not just anyone, but a legendary man, these are great footprints. There will come a point in the manga where he has to establish himself as a savior in order to live up to his role. The difficulty will be to find his own personal way. He is not his father, he has a completely different personality (... strengths and weaknesses ...). That is my personal opinion, but to warn the citizens and to expel them from the city is simply not enough for the reputation he has. He must be given the opportunity not only to hide people passively but to become active himself, to take action and to fight in front of everyone to gain their trust in his strength and leadership. He has to grow above himself in an authentic way. I don't want to expand the topic too far, i think i made the point clear.

There is another argument to discuss. I know the first thought, by an evacuation of the citizens, would be that it could take the drama out of the time limit, a la why should the straw hats and others hurry and be under pressure when the city is empty and nobody would be in danger even if they don't make it in time and Onigashima falls on the flower capital? Do not underestimate how long and chaotic an unplanned evacuation can be. Nobody could have planned that Kaido simply wanted to park Onigashima in the flowery capital. Besides the fact that they first have to sail back and have to cover a relatively long distance on land before they reach the city. Another thing is to convince the citizens of how dangerous the situation is and to end the fire festival, which is very important to them for religious or sentimental reasons.

But if you compare it with Dressrosa. So many famous names (Zoro, Fujitora etc.) tried to stop the birdcage and it made the situation more desperate. I think there would be a deeper level of drama when you see how the citizens trie to save their lives and maybe Bepo and the others try to transport the old or the sick and work against time. I think it would be important to capture the reaction of citizens when they see Kaido's real intentions. Maybe even because Onigashima is already in sight. Because not only that Kaido has often stayed in the background and used Orochi as a puppet, more or less, he made everyone believe that he at least needs them as slaves or something similar and that they can thus maintain their existence. The fact is, he doesn't need them at all and they are absolutely replaceable for him. They have to see for themselves that even if they play along with his perfidious game, they cannot win. I think it makes sense that it is Bepo and the Heart Pirates who are carrying out this evacuation, because in this situation you don't need strong fighters but clever minds and a lot of empathy for the citizens of the flower capital. Someone with a strong heart and a good strategy to save as many people as possible and as quickly as possible.

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But that was just a thought I had. I hope I could explain what I mean, unfortunately, English is not my native language. Feel free to leave your thoughts on this in the comments below, I'd love to discuss this with you guys! Please remain factual and friendly even if you disagree. I am also very interested in constructive criticism if you find linguistic errors or have improvements in my writing style.