THIS!
CHANGES!
EVERYTHING!
The One Piece manga just started the MOST HYPED FLASHBACK because for the very first
time we learn what actually happened on the legendary island God Valley.
And wow, Oda really knows how to take everything that we thought we knew and throw it right
in the trash.
Because this island is INSANE and ABSOLUTELY changes everything we thought we knew about
the legendary battle between the former pirate king Gol D. Roger and the infamous pirate
Rocks D. Xebec.
But that is FAR FROM the only incredible reveal in this chapter because we also learned that
the Celestial Dragons are hands down the most scum-bag group of characters I have EVER SEEN
in any STORY, and even Shanks’ Dad or Uncle, whoever this guy is, is just as bad as the
rest of them.
Then there’s the possibility that we JUST MET LUFFY’S MOM!!!
What’s just as crazy though is that we finally learned EXACTLY what is so special about Bartholomew
Kuma’s race, where Kuma might have gotten his incredible devil fruit, and how his lineage
directly ties back to Nika from the distant past.
And speaking of the past, we saw more of Saint Saturn’s mind-blowing abilities, which are
super powerful and seem to break all sorts of rules, and I honestly have so many questions
about his mysterious powers.
And let’s start with Saint Saturn because he showed off some truly unbelievable powers
right at the start of the chapter.
First, he brushed off having a sword stabbed into his chest like it was nothing.
And not only that, but the blood disappeared as if nothing had even happened at all.
Like, what???
We’ve only seen one devil fruit in the entire story that lets you heal yourself, so if Saturn
has some sort of healing powers, that instantly makes him a HUGE THREAT.
I have to wonder though, is this ability because of his demon transformation?
Which again to be clear, we still don’t know if this is an actual devil fruit or if
he is truly just some sort of demon creature.
But the fact that Vegapunk just clearly shouts out that it must be a devil fruit power makes
me kinda think that it is more likely than not that he is just straight up a devil.
Man, I’m getting chills just thinking about the fact that we are finally getting to see
this guy in action.
But I do have an idea about a potential weakness, which we’ll discuss in just a moment.
Before we get distracted though, Saturn’s healing was just the first ability he showed
off, because then he busted out his evil looking eye powers to damage both Bonney and Sanji.
And while I’m still not too clear what this power is, it seems like this is some sort
of special projectile attack.
Maybe like an invisible haki bullet or just some kind of demonic ability.
Whatever it is though, it is insanely powerful because it actually drew blood from both Bonney,
and more impressively, Sanji.
Which is a massive feat because remember that Sanji’s body is now ridiculously powerful.
I mean he tanked this massive sword from Kaido’s second commander and even this full force
attack from the overpowered Seraphim without even flinching.
So just making Sanji bleed shows just the raw power of even this basic attack from Saint
Saturn.
Now, at this point I was hoping Sanji might stand a chance against Saturn, but I was dead
wrong because just moments later Saturn somehow freezes everyone with his mysterious powers.
Which is just like wow, how is he doing this?
These are powerful fighters too, but they are literally helpless against the Celestial
Dragon.
And now I’m wondering, can Saturn even be killed?
I mean later on in the chapter we seem to get even more evidence for the “Gorosei
are immortal theory” because during the flashback at God Valley, which we’ll break
down in just a moment, he basically looked unchanged from that time to now.
And I know people in the One Piece world usually live a lot longer than real life, but come
on!
Thirty-eight years is a pretty long time to not look any different at all.
So I think we’re once again on the side of “the Gorosei are immortal beings”.
That doesn’t mean they can’t be killed though, and Saturn’s comment from the last
chapter about not coming down to the surface in a long time makes me wonder if they don’t
come down from Mary Geoise because of one particular weakness.
And that would of course be the sea, which is basically the enemy of all devil fruit
users.
So assuming he has a devil fruit or that his devil form is also considered an enemy of
the sea, forcing Saturn into the ocean could be one way to kill him.
It is certainly possible, and after Saturn straight up told Kizaru that he was a disappointment,
I’m wondering if we could see the admiral pick up his boss and just dump him in the
ocean.
Just a theory, but with all the set up of Kizaru being a slave, I would love to see
him break those chains and take out Saint Saturn.
But speaking of slaves, let's discuss the MIND-BLOWING TRUE NATURE of God Valley.
Now, there are three MAJOR CHANGES that we just have to talk about.
The first is: What is God Valley?
Second, the characters involved in this epic and also tragic event.
And the third is about one particular little red-haired kid.
Let’s kick it off with, what even is this place?
Because ever since chapter 1057 when Sengoku revealed the legendary battle between the
pirate king Gol D. Roger and the famous pirate Rocks D. Xebec took place at God Valley, I
think pretty much everyone assumed that God Valley was some sort of home island for the
Celestial Dragons.
But NOPE!
WE WERE ALL WRONG!
Turns out this island was its own kingdom that happened to offend the world government.
So because of this, it was chosen thirty-eight years ago to be the site of a bloodthirsty
tournament where a bunch of slaves and the people who already lived on God Valley are
all hunted down like animals.
Wow, if you didn’t already hate these spacesuit wearing world nobles, then surely you do now.
But that’s not all we learned because apparently this slave-hunting tournament used to take
place every three years.
Which, hold on, if they have been doing this ever since the Void Century 800 years ago,
that would mean they have taken over or eliminated around 254 islands with this sick tournament,
not including the last 38 years.
I mean sheesh, how is it even possible they are that evil?
Of course, we don’t know the full story though, and I’m wondering if they stopped
this tradition after the events of God Valley because we have not heard of this tournament
before and we also know that God Valley was essentially wiped off the map.
So it’s possible that whatever happened here was so awful for the world government
that they decided to never hold the tournament again.
Plus, Saint Saturn was clearly at God Valley, but then he said he hadn’t been to the surface
in a long time, so maybe this particular tournament was the last time he was down on the surface.
But now I just have to know was that catastrophic event that made them end the tournament.
And we’ll discuss more about that in just a moment, but first I want to talk about the
main people who we absolutely know were involved in this event, including a confirmed epic
one on one battle that we never knew about!
And starting with the person who seems to be the main villain of this flashback, the
holy Knight, Figarland Garling.
In case you forgot, he is this guy, and it now seems more likely than ever that he is
truly Shanks dad, since they look so incredibly similar.
Or if not his dad, maybe Shanks uncle or something.
But apart from killing the original king of God Valley, Garling is expected to be the
champion of this slave-hunt, which we can assume means that he is clearly the most powerful
of the world nobles participating.
But now that we know his appearance is SO similar to Shanks’ it puts a whole new context
on this panel right here.
Because while we’ve never really thought that Shanks gave Whitebeard some scars in
battle, it's possible now that Whitebeard fought against Garling during the battle on
God Valley.
We know that Whitebeard was present there because he was a part of the Rocks crew at
that time, so I think there is a very good chance we could see Garling attacking Whitebeard
when Rocks does eventually attack.
And man, if Garling is giving Whitebeard scars, then this man is no joke and should be a devastatingly
powerful fighter.
I for one would give anything to see a full out fight between these two!
However, talking about Rocks brings up the next interesting point, because you have to
keep in mind that we were told by Sengoku that the Rocks pirates attacked God Valley
and were only defeated by the combined power of Roger, and the hero of the marines, Garp.
But now I’m wondering how much of that is actually true, if any.
Because now that we know that God Valley wasn’t just the home of Celestial Dragons, we have
to ask: why did Rocks attack God Valley in the first place?
Was he trying to free the slaves?
Or was this tournament with so many of the Gorosei in one place just the perfect opportunity
for Rocks to wipe out the world nobles?
Both seem like reasonable options, but why then would Roger join the fight to stop Rocks?
Surely, Roger would have hated the Celestial Dragons as well.
And he wouldn’t have stopped them from freeing the slaves.
So it has to have been something else, right?
Well, there was one other thing we were told from this chapter, which was that God Valley
was home to some very valuable natural resources.
Now, we weren’t told what that was.
It could be the incredibly rare Sea Stone, or maybe gold.
Another incredible option is from chapter 434 and the same conversation between Whitebeard
and Shanks where Shanks says he brought some Whitebeard some wine from his hometown in
the West Blue.
Which is basically now confirmed to be God Valley, but interestingly Shanks also calls
this wine “Medicinal Water”, or basically healing water, so what if God Valley is a
place where magical water naturally appeared?
Certainly seems like a solid option, especially because right after drinking the wine, Whitebeard
gets up and clashes with Shanks.
Seems like some pretty good healing water if you ask me.
But that’s not even the most interesting option in my opinion because God Valley might
have been the original home of the devil fruits.
We’ve already speculated in past videos that Rocks attacked God Valley in order to
take powerful devil fruits, but I think this whole situation both supports and also somewhat
opposes this theory.
Because first off, if this was where devil fruits were created, then why wouldn’t the
world government or some other super powerful force come and take them?
They didn’t seem to have too much trouble taking over the kingdom for this tournament,
so why not in the past?
So that’s one point against this idea.
On the other hand, we know that Kaido only got his devil fruit after the battle at God
Valley.
And the same could also be true for Whitebeard, who as far as we know didn’t have his fruit
before this battle.
Plus after this chapter we know of at least one more character who could have gotten their
overpowered devil fruits during the battle of God Valley.
I’m of course talking about Kuma, who might have found his broken Paw-Paw fruit after
he was released on this island with a bunch of other slaves to be hunted down by the Celestial
Dragons.
And wow, if anyone predicted this twist then I hereby name you the king of one piece theories,
because I for one never saw this twist coming.
But that’s just the start of the incredible reveals we got about Kuma!
Man, I feel like I keep saying that.
Has this really all just been one chapter???
Anyway, first off we learned that Kuma is from a race of people called the Buccaneers.
If you’re not familiar, this is a term used to describe pirates who mostly attacked Spanish
colonies in North America during the 17th century.
Which to me means that this race was likely connected with the Ancient Kingdom, who were
almost definitely pirates.
We also learned that this race is a mix of human and giant blood, which is how Kuma came
to have their ridiculous size and strength, at least compared to normal humans.
I’m also now wondering if this is true of other freakishly tall humans we’ve seen
all throughout the story like Big Mom and Whitebeard.
But to further support the idea that the Buccaneer’s were allies of the Ancient Kingdom, we are
told that the legend of Nika is passed down through the Buccaneer members and that Kuma
even knew both the name and the SAME EXACT DRUM RHYTHM that Nika’s heartbeat makes.
So this could be why Kuma was SO DETERMINED to help Luffy back in Sabaody when he both
saved the crew from Kiazru and protected their ship during the timeskip.
Man, this chapter is insane.
And we aren’t even done.
Because once the world government learned that Kuma’s family is a race the world government
hunts down because once they learned Kuma had the Buccaneer bloodline, his entire family
was enslaved and taken to Mary Geoise.
Which of course led to Kuma’s father and mother's deaths and Kuma eventually being
thrown into the slave-hunting tournament on God Valley.
This might not actually have been the worst thing for him though because this is where
we see him eventually meet up with the future Revolutionary Army member, Ivankov, and a
brand new character named Ginny.
And okay, let’s take a deep breath here because wow, this is just even more fuel for
speculation.
This moment right here could very well be the origin of the Revolutionary Army.
Which means that Luffy’s father, Dragon, might also be showing up on God Valley very
soon.
Just, yeah, let’s just keep pouring more gas onto this chaotic fire.
However, I for one am super curious about Ginny and the insane possibility that she
could be Luffy’s mom.
I mean, you might think it’s crazy, but look, she is literally eating meat.
If that is not solid evidence that this is Luffy’s mom, I don’t know what is.
Oh man, my head is going to explode right now.
Though if this is Luffy’s mom, we probably won’t be seeing her for very long, since
moms pretty much never survive backstories.
Moving on though, if Kuma did indeed find his devil fruit on this island, then his ability
to push people across the world would be the perfect way for them to eventually escape
the all out war that is coming to the island very soon.
Before we completely dive off the deep end though, there is even more to discuss, because
while we brought up Garling’s presence on this island, there is one piece to all this
that is just incredibly strange.
That’s because we were told that Roger picked up baby Shanks from a treasure chest.
So if this wasn’t actually Garling’s home, then why was Shanks here?
Was Shanks’ mom also here?
Or did Garling have Shanks with him?
Did Roger just randomly steal some treasure and Shanks just happened to be in a chest
like Uta from film Red?
Or did someone like Garp find Shanks and give him to Roger for protection?
Which would be fitting since it is the exact inverse of when Roger asked Garp to look out
for Ace after he turned himself into the marines.
And this could completely change how we think of Shanks, his future role in the story, and
even his mysterious meeting with the Gorosei, and if you want to know everything about the
story of Shanks so far, you can watch this video right here.
Shanks for watching, and I’ll see you in the next one.