I spent 100 hours researching the wackiest theories in One Piece - like the theory that
this dude is Luffy’s mother [Show Crocodile], or the theory Luffy might die at the end of
even more ridiculous than the mangaka Oda-Sensei when they try to figure out what crazy plot
twist is coming next!
But here’s an absurd sounding theory that…might actually make sense?
The first rival devil fruit user that Luffy ever fought against was Buggy the Clown all
the way back in the beginning chapters of One Piece.
Buggy the Chop-Chop fruit user was revealed to have known Luffy’s mentor Shanks as a
child and even served alongside him as a cabin boy on Gol D. Roger the pirate king’s
ship!
Throughout the whole series, as Luffy has fought tooth and nail to get stronger, Buggy
has been failing upwards.
After Luffy teamed up with him to break out of the prison Impel Down, Buggy was named
a Warlord of the Sea by the World Government.
And now he’s even become an Emperor of the Sea!
But if Buggy keeps accidentally stumbling into higher and higher positions in the pirate
world, there’s only one more place to go after being named a Yonkou.
That’s right - even though Luffy will be the one to deserve the title of pirate king,
is it possible that the world will recognize Buggy as the pirate king first??
**#2 - Portgas D. Rouge ate the Gomu-Gomu no Mi**
In all my research, though, that theory doesn’t even come close to the craziest.
That’s right - there are ten more theories even crazier than Buggy becoming King of the
Pirates!
This next one deals with who had Luffy’s Gomu-Gomu no Mi before Luffy did.
Lots of people assumed for a long time that it must have been Roger.
After all, Roger shares a dream with Luffy, he was the original owner of the Straw Hat,
and has a really similar personality to Luffy.
So it would only make sense if Roger even had the Gomu-Gomu no Mi.
But this theory says it’s not Roger at all, but Portgas D. Rouge who previously had this
rubber power.
For those of you who need a reminder, Rouge is Luffy’s brother Ace’s mother.
She’s notable for having been pregnant with Ace for 2 years before giving birth.
Since the government was rounding up any baby that could have been Roger’s offspring,
she somehow kept Ace in her womb for fifteen extra months.
How is this possible?
Well, according to this theory, she did it because she had a….really stretchy uterus?
Now I know that Oda’s series isn’t exactly scientifically accurate, especially when it
comes to the medical field…but this one seems like a “stretch” in more ways than
one.
**#3 - The fight against the Blackbeard Pirates will be a Davy Back Fight**
Now we all know that Goda is a master of foreshadowing.
Therefore he’d never put anything in his series that wasn’t relevant!
So what was with the Davy Back Fight arc where the Straw Hats competed with Foxy on Long
Ring Long Land?
It’s an arc so disliked by some fans that some people mistakenly think it’s filler!
But nope, this is a canon manga arc.
So will Davy Back Fights become important again?
Well, some people think that it will come back in a big way when the Straw Hats finally
go head on against the Blackbeard Pirates!
Every One Piece theorist out there has their dream matchups of which Straw Hat will fight
which Blackbeard Pirate - so imagine the God Tier Troll that Oda could pull when Marshall
D. Teach challenges Luffy to this high-stakes, ridiculous game!
**#4 - The Thousand Sunny is Pluton**
Cyborg Franky, the shipwright of the Straw Hats, built the Thousand Sunny after their
old ship the Going Merry finally had to be retired after being terribly damaged in many
voyages.
But before he built this ship, it was revealed that Franky had hidden the blueprints to the
Ancient Weapon Pluton, an all-powerful warship, for decades.
He even went to far as to burn the blueprints to protect them from falling into the hands
of the World Government.
But with his technological genius, what if he transferred part of the designs into his
dream ship?
Is The Thousand Sunny hiding some crazy weaponry?
Is Oda finally going to give us the ship-to-ship combat we’ve always dreamed of??
**#5 - Imu and the Gorosei are immortal because of the immortality surgery**
Now these next three theories are all related and they deal with one of the most theorized
about powers in all of One Piece.
In Dressrosa, Donquixote Doflamingo revealed a secret power of the Ope-Ope no Mi - the
fruit used by Trafalgar Law.
Apparently the fruit’s Immortality Surgery can sacrifice the user’s life in order to
grant someone immortality.
Dofllamingo wanted Law to use the power on him, but thankfully Luffy saved the day and
defeated the warlord.
Viewers have noticed, though, that a certain set of characters always appear to be the
same age even when they appear in flashbacks.
Usually when we flashback 20 years or so to see younger versions of Rayleigh or Garp or
whatever other character, it’s very clear that they’ve aged.
However, the Five Elder Stars always appear to look exactly the same.
We can also guess that the same is true for the secret leader of the World Government,
Imu-Sama.
Did several previous users of the Ope-Ope no Mi sacrifice themselves to give the rulers
of the government everlasting life?
If so, it would make sense that Doflamingo, a Celestial Dragon, would know about the power.
**#6.
Law will make Luffy immortal with the surgery**
Law having this crazy power at all, though, begs the question: Who’s he going to use
the Immortality Surgery on?
It would be a crime against storytelling to introduce such an earth-shattering power and
have it never be relevant to the story!
Well, one obvious person for him to use it on would be Straw Hat Luffy himself.
Ever since the time skip, Law has been Luffy’s greatest ally in the ongoing conflict against
Doflamingo, Kaidou, and Big Mom.
And while the two are rivals for the One Piece, one could definitely imagine a scenario where
Luffy’s life is threatened, so Law sacrifices himself to save his ally.
It would be absolutely heart wrenching, and possibly the saddest death in the entire series.
After all, we’ve spent a lot more time with Law than we ever did with Ace or Whitebeard.
What do you think?
After all the fake out deaths we’ve had, do you think Oda would be bold enough to kill
off a fan favorite like Law??
**#7 - Luffy Will Die**
And speaking of killing off characters, here’s the most controversial one Oda could possibly
kill.
At the end of the series, will Luffy die?
Let’s say that Law doesn’t make the ultimate sacrifice to make Luffy immortal…we hate
to say it, but Luffy has some death flags.
First off, he wants to be the pirate king.
And we all know what happened to the last pirate king…a little thing called public
execution.
Maybe Luffy’s death will be what sets off a brand new pirate era.
Secondly, though, just think of all the time that it’s been hinted that Luffy is shortening
his life span.
When he uses Gear 2 for the first time in Enies Lobby, CP9 hints that such a technique
would be shortening his life overall.
When he received hormone treatments from Ivankov, Iva also warned that it would take years off
his life.
Recently during the Kaidou fight, after using Gear 5 for a while, Luffy appeared to transform
into an elderly man temporarily.
Just how much lifespan does Luffy have left to shorten??
**#8 - Crocodile is Luffy’s Mom**
Ah, we’re finally back to CrocoMom - the theory we hinted at the beginning of the video.
But wait a minute, this is only #8 of 11 theories!
You mean there are 3 more theories even wilder than this?
Oh yeah, so you’ll just have to stay tuned.
But first - here’s CrocoMom.
Now this is one of the longest running, most memeified, and weirdly believable theories
in the entire fanbase.
When Luffy helped Crocodile and co.
break out of Impel Down, Emporio Ivankov convinced this former warlord to be on his best behavior
by holding some deep dark secret over him.
Given that the person who knows Croc’s secret is Ivankov, who can notably change peoples’
genders with their hormone fruit, it’s heavily speculated that Crocodile was actually born
a woman and asked Iva to turn into a man.
This fan theory takes this speculation one step further, though, and suggests that not
only was Crocodile a woman.
She’s actually Luffy’s mom.
After all, Oda has stated that Luffy’s mom is a character he’s drawn before…so this
guess seems as good as any!
**#9 -. The crew will go to the Moon**
For our final three One Piece theories you didn’t know existed, we have theories about
the One Piece itself.
Theory #9 is that the One Piece isn’t in the Grand Line at all…it’s on the moon!
Listen, I promise this has more to it than you think!
If you’re an anime only watcher, you might not realize just how important the moon is
to the story of One Piece.
In the manga, Oda often uses his cover pages to tell side stories about what characters
are up to around the world.
After Skypiea, we got to see Enel fulfill his dream of traveling to “Fairy Vearth”
AKA the moon.
What was shocking was that the moon was actually inhabited!
Enel ran into alien Space Pirates and an army of automatons.
He even found the ruins of an ancient civilization that would appear to depict the winged races
of the Sky Island together with images of the ancient weapons.
If the moon is connected to some mysterious ancient civilization, could it be possible
that the greatest treasure - the One Piece - is there too?
**10.
The One Piece is the friends we made along the way**
Another popular One Piece theory?
It’s nothing.
There is no treasure at all.
Now this theory is practically as old as the entire series, with fans constantly joking
that the One Piece would be “the adventure itself” or “the friends we made along
the way.”
Oda has stated that the One Piece is a physical treasure.
But knowing how hard Oda can troll, we wouldn’t put it past him for that physical treasure
to be a written note from Roger that says…that the real treasure is friendship.
I know a few fans who would probably drop the series if this were true…but the joke
would be on them because the series would already be over.
But I highly doubt Oda would let us down - instead the One Piece treasure will probably be something
completely awesome.
Something like:
**11.
Luffy will destroy the red line**
The One Piece is Luffy destroying the red line - the massive continent that circles
the globe and separates the planet into four distinct oceans.
But wait - how is destroying the red line a treasure?
Well, this would very literally make the world into “one piece” by uniting all four oceans
into one.
A couple big hints for this theory are that Marie Jois, the capital of the world government,
is located on top of the Red Line.
If Luffy ends up going to war against the World Government and takes the fight to them,
destroying Pangea Castle might result in destroying the Red Line, too.
In addition, when the crew was on Fishman Island, the fortune teller Madame Sharly prophesied
that Luffy would destroy the island.
And Fishman Island happens to be located beneath the Red Line, directly below Marie Jois.
We also have hints such as the whale Laboon, the first character we met in the Grand Line,
repeatedly bashing his head against the Red Line, trying to destroy it.
Bringing down the Red Line would mean uniting the world and bringing the people together
into one people - One Piece.
**Conclusion**
These were just 11 of the wildest One Piece theories that I found after doing tons and
tons of research.
I just discussed this one about Oars being the original Joy Boy, that will blow your
mind.
So if you have some more time, go check it out here.