#ch431

[ruckusriot]

"THE DAY HAS COME" being the lyrics to the More episode opening is making me cry and it is that deep

[opbackgrounds]

It's not spelled out as obviously as it is with Franky and building the Thousand Sunny, but I like to think that the Straw Hats helped inspire Iceburg to chase after his impossible dream.

[shortfusedbrunette]

Somebody give me a fix it fic right fucking now

[lenstmd]

This was an old sketch and i managed to finish it now so uh yea happy pride guys

[bellbluebane]

i’m over here complaining about the no homo ending. but aren’t izuocha’s mad too? if it’s no homo its no hetero too. himiko’s gay ass gone be there in the corner the whole time. terrible outcome for everyone

[every-sanji]

[opbackgrounds]

The Adam tree is obviously a reference to the biblical Adam, but less talked about is how Ohara was an allusion to the Tree of Knowledge (of Good and Evil). Which makes sense, as the library housed all the secrets of the world, both good and bad. Water 7/Enies Lobby also marks our first real hint of devil fruit knowledge and Vegapunk will have his first name drop here in a chapter or two, so Oda's laying a lot of groundwork for future series lore. Later on in Fishman Island Oda will explicitly link the sunlight tree Eve with the treasure tree Adam, for those readers who might not catch the biblical allusions.

There's one more tree mentioned in the Genesis account of Adam and Eve, the Tree of Life, which was guarded by an angel with a flaming sword after they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden by falling to the tempted by the devil to eat the forbidden fruit.

It is interesting to me that the Adam tree is specifically found in a war-torn country when the Genesis account is so closely associated with the Garden of Eden, so it will be interesting to see what Oda does with it going forward.

[opbackgrounds]

Imagine having the doorbell ring so you go to see who it is, only to be greeted like this