These are the 14 strongest characters in One Piece whose true powers are still unexplained.
Starting with Monkey D. Dragon.
This mysterious man is the absent father of Luffy and the leader of the Revolutionary
Army.
His stated goal is to take down the corrupt nobles who rule the World Government.
And while we’ve never seen him fight, whenever he shows up strange things always happen.
For instance, when he appeared in Logue Town in chapter 100 Luffy was saved by a freak
lightning storm that arrived out of nowhere.
Or in the Goa kingdom, strong winds saved citizens from a raging fire when Dragon arrived
at the island.
And these examples have led many to speculate that Dragon has a devil fruit or an ancient
weapon that can control the weather.
What a power to have in this world covered with water.
We also know that Luffy likely gets his unbreakable will and haki from Dragon.
And on top of that, he is also the most wanted man in the world, and judging by the rest
of his family, Dragon should be one of the most powerful characters in the story.
However, there is also some evidence that Dragon may not be as strong as many people
think he is.
For example, Blackbeard was able to destroy the Revolutionary army’s base.
And while Dragon and the revolutionaries easily survived, it makes me wonder how strong Dragon
actually is.
But while we can possibly question Dragon’s strength, one undeniable powerhouse in Luffy’s
family is his grandpa Monkey D. Garp.
The Hero of the Marines, Garp is a famous retired Vice-admiral who was the rival and
friend of former pirate king Gol D. Roger.
He is respected by LITERALLY every single marine and was even offered the position of
admiral many times, though he always turned it down.
He is even capable of defeating Yonko level characters, like we see in the special chapter
Strong World.
In this chapter, he and former fleet admiral Sengoku take down Shiki, who was Roger’s
main pirate rival.
But what have we actually seen from Garp?
While we’ve never really seen him fight, we do know he has ridiculous physical strength.
He throws cannonballs like bullets, brawls with his fists, and has top-tier haki.
And while he did not participate during the war at marineford, Garp certainly felt capable
of killing Akainu after the blood thirsty admiral punched a hole through Ace.
But is he one of the strongest characters alive?
In the past, we know he rivaled Whitebeard and even teamed up with Roger to take down
Rocks D. Xebec, probably the most powerful pirate in history.
But if he is on their level, do we really believe he is just throwing fists with all
these top tier fighters.
I mean every other elite fighter in the series uses some kind of weapon or ability.
A sword.
A gun.
A devil fruit.
But we haven’t seen Garp use any of these.
Surely he won’t just chuck cannonballs when he tries to rescue Koby from Blackbeard.
So is he actually hiding a secret ability or is he just the greatest Haki master in
all of One Piece?
And what if I told you that Garp was probably not even the strongest marine?
One character whose powers are a complete mystery is the World Government Commander
in Chief, Kong.
But just look at this absolute chad of a man.
Who would want to step up to this dude in a fight?
Even though we don’t know his individual fighting strength, we know that he controls
the marines and Cipher Pol.
And since marines are usually promoted based on fighting ability, Kong must have incredible
powers since he was the fleet admiral before Sengoku and Akainu.
And there is a likely explanation for why Oda is keeping his abilities a mystery.
You see, he could very easily be one of the final opponents the straw hats face on their
journey, and we will learn more about his powers in the final battles ahead.
And speaking of straw hats, there have always been many questions about Zoro and Sanji’s
true abilities.
Like, does Zoro’s unrelenting drive to be the strongest swordsman in the world mean
he will unlock conqueror’s Haki?
And how exactly can Sanji light his legs on fire?
Well during the Wano arc, we finally got these answers.
After Zoro cuts Kaido deep enough to leave a scar, the Yonko himself tells us that Zoro
just attacked using Conqueror’s haki.
No other confirmation needed.
And as for Sanji, it turns out that he has genetically modified genes.
These genes are from an almost extinct race of sky people that have the ability to create
fire at will.
Now that we finally know how these unique abilities work, it hopefully won’t be long
until Zoro and Sanji reach the level of the rest of the characters on this list.
Another character we just learned a whole lot more about is Shanks.
What we’ve long know is that as a child, Shanks was a cabin boy on Roger’s crew.
And before losing his arm, he could duel evenly with the strongest swordsman in the world.
He even stopped the war at Marineford without even fighting.
And in the most insane conqueror’s haki flex in the story, he made an admiral run
away crying from miles away.
But it gets even more insane thanks to the information in the booklet released with Film
Red.
In it we learn that Shanks can coat his sword in a fiery aura similar to Luffy’s Red Hawk
attack.
Also, Shanks’ nickname in battle is “*the killer of Observation Haki”* meaning that
he can even stop other strong characters like Luffy from using their future sight ability.
Mind-blowing.
Truly, Shanks is the definition of a badass character.
And he is going to show Luffy that there is still much to learn about haki.
But despite all this new information, there is still so much about his powers and goals.
Certainly he didn’t have a devil fruit at the start of the series, but it is possible
he ate one between chapter 1 and becoming a Yonko.
Besides his fighting skill, he has the clout to drink booze with Whitebeard, the influence
to stop Kaido from coming to Marineford, and the swagger to walk into Mary Geoise to chat
with the Gorosei.
Also, it is possible that he could be a world noble or even something more crazy like Rocks
D. Xebex’s son.
Whatever the truth is, we should find out soon as he is finally going to take an active
role in the search for the One Piece.
And similar to Shanks, another pirate searching for that legendary treasure is Blackbeard.
This man is also a Yonko, one of the most dangerous pirates in the seas, and is Luffy’s
main rival to become pirate king.
The most mysterious thing about him are his devil fruit powers.
That’s right, I said POWERS.
By some unexplained process, Blackbeard can use both the Darkness fruit, a power that
is a whole mystery by itself, and the Tremor fruit, which is said to have the ability to
destroy the entire world.
So what DO WE KNOW about this hidden ability that allows Blackbeard to have multiple devil
fruits?
Some theories I’ve covered in other videos range from his original devil fruit being
the three headed dog Cerberus or a mythical Octopus, him having a god-like fruit just
like Luffy, or even Blackbeard being triplets that are stuck in one body.
Each of these theories could explain how he was able to eat a second devil fruit, and
many wonder if he will eat a third one before his final fight with Luffy.
Plus, we still don’t know if Blackbeard has conqueror’s haki.
Though one thing we do know is that he has horrible taste in pies and drinks, at least
according to Luffy
But perhaps Blackbeard’s most important secret is his connections to the legendary
pirate Rocks D. Xebec.
Blackbeard could be Rocks’ son, his clone, or even somehow have Rocks living inside of
him.
Hold on, what?
One of the strongest pirates ever… living inside of another pirate.
That’s right.
In One Piece, anything is possible.
Rocks D. Xebec is surrounded with so much mystery that we are dying to find out what
happened to him and more importantly, how he was so powerful.
What we DO know is that Rocks was an infamous pirate 40 years ago and that his goal was
to become King of the World.
To do that, he ruled over the most insane pirate crew ever and was only stopped when
Garp and Roger teamed up during the incident on God Valley.
However, the island where this famous battle occurred was erased from history and we’ve
never had confirmation of Rocks’ death or his powers.
But if it took the marines, Garp, and Roger to defeat Rocks, then he must have been a
monstrous fighter.
Many theories point to him being the former user of Blackbeard’s Darkness fruit or another
overpowered devil fruit such as the lightning fruit.
Whatever it was, if his goal was to conquer the world, then he surely would have possessed
one of the strongest fruits in the story and incredibly strong will and haki.
Another participant in the famous God Valley battle was the Dark King Rayleigh.
Rayleigh was Roger’s former Vice-Captain, and is said to be nearly as strong as the
former pirate king himself.
He is one of the most powerful swordsmen in the series.
He can easily go head to head with a marine admiral and he is a master of all forms of
haki.
We also know Rayleigh doesn’t have a devil fruit as he has been shown swimming multiple
times, which makes his powers even more impressive.
So you might be wondering why he is in this video.
Well, he is one of the few living people who have been to Laugh Tale, and it makes me wonder
if he is hiding some unknown power that we have yet to see in the series.
And you can’t talk about Rayleigh without discussing Roger.
The former pirate king and the man who kicked off the great pirate age.
Roger is undoubtedly one of the strongest One Piece characters ever.
We do know that was a master swordsman, who wielded one of only twelve existing Supreme
Grade Blades.
He was not a devil fruit user, but there have been many strange occurrences when we see
him in battle.
For example, in this battle against Shiki, a sudden storm saves the Roger pirates from
certain death.
Sound familiar?
[show luffy logue town storm] And just like Luffy, Roger is one of the very few characters
to have the Voice of All Things.
Roger could also have haki abilities a level above anything we have seen in the story,
similar to Shanks.
Also, there’s this giant egg on Roger’s ship that has never been explained so far
in the story.
Seriously, what is this thing?
An ancient weapon?
A mythical creature?
We don’t know, but whatever it is, it is just one more mystery surrounding the full
powers of the former pirate king and what exactly he found so funny at Laugh Tale.
And while we don’t know what Roger found there, we can guess that it was something
Imu wants erased from history.
This secret ruler of the world has appeared in just 18 panels IN THE ENTIRE STORY and
has never said a word!
We don’t even know if they are a man or a woman.
But everytime they do appear we get world changing events.
We know that the Gorosei take orders from Imu.
They sit on the Empty Throne, which we were told NO ONE is allowed to do.
And we are led to believe that they can order the destruction of entire islands [show destruction
of Lulusia].
But despite Imu’s limited panels, they are clearly set up as one of the main antagonists
the straw hats will face before the end of the story.
And so we have to ask what their powers may be?
Do they control an ancient weapon?
Do they have a super powered devil fruit?
Can their observation haki span the entire world?
What is the deal with this giant straw hat?
And most importantly, just how long has Imu been alive?
It is very possible that Imu has lived since the Void Century, secretly pulling the strings
of the world to keep themselves alive and in power.
I know I can’t wait to find out the answers to all of Imu’s mysteries.
And while Imu is likely one of the final villains, the Gorosei seem to be the next World Government
opponents the straw hats will face.
These Five Elder Stars rule the world government for Imu.
They have complete control over the marines, Cipher Pol, and technology developed by the
genius scientist, Dr. Vegapunk.
And they are willing to have entire islands destroyed to protect their deepest secrets,
though at least some of them show remorse over doing so.
While we don’t know if they have been alive for as long as Imu, they are certainly not
your average world noble.
Despite never seeing them fight, it is likely that each of these men are unafraid of battle.
Many show scars and one carries what is likely a cursed sword.
As a group they were not concerned about being in the presence of Shanks without any guards
to protect them.
Plus they felt perfectly safe bossing around Akainu.
*blows air* No one in their right mind does that if they can’t defend themselves.
In fact, Saint Saturn here is heading into a battle ground on Egghead Island.
And Kizaru shows him an uncommon amount of respect.
Truly we don’t know what the Gorosei are capable of, but get ready because those answers
are likely coming soon.
Now, one character that the Gorosei definitely want eliminated is the smartest man in the
world, Dr. Vegapunk.
In the current arc, we learn that Vegapunk has studied the Void Century.
This is a blank 100 year gap in history from 800 years ago, and since Vegapunk has studied
it, that means he likely knows information about the ancient kingdom and its incredible
technology.
But it also means the government is trying to kill him.
And while his Brain fruit powers don’t have much use in battle, Vegapunk’s inventions
certainly make him one of the most dangerous character’s in the world.
For example, just two of these Seraphim he created are capable of making even a Yonko
hesitate.
And Vegapunk has even successfully recreated actual devil fruits.
Such an insane ability.
Imagine more lightning users, more dragons, or even more Caribou’s… wait no.
Please no more Caribou’s.
Plus, it’s likely we haven’t seen everything Vegapunk is capable of.
If he really was close to uncovering the secrets of the Ancient Kingdom’s technology, then
the world is definitely about to change.
And one character that Vegapunk likely learned a lot about is the mysterious Joy Boy.
In chapter 628, we learn that Joy Boy was a person from the void century who was part
of the legendary ancient kingdom.
While it is likely that Joy Boy was once an actual person, it seems the phrase has become
more of a title.
We know this because when Luff y awakened the Sun God Nika fruit, Zunesha, this giant
walking elephant with an island on their back, announced that Joy Boy had returned.
And while Luffy was bouncing around with his insane new powers, we don’t know exactly
how this made him Joy Boy or how he connects to the person from the Void Century.
Not much is known about the actual powers of the past Joy Boy, but we can assume that
this person also possessed the Nika fruit, and it was their role to bring freedom and
joy to the world.
The Joy Boy from the past probably also had access to incredible technology.
In recent chapters, we learn that the Void Century was a time of great technological
advancements and that the world today is still trying to relearn all the secrets that were
lost.
Also, Joy Boy could likely use the Ancient Weapons.
One of them could have been used to command Zunesha and if he really had this power, then
we have to wonder how he and the ancient kingdom ever lost to the world government 800 years
ago.
But Eiichiro Oda, the author of one piece, has left us clues that we can use to learn
more about this mysterious figure, the battle during the void century, and how the knowledge
Joy Boy left behind will change the one piece world forever.
Everything that we know I explain in this video right here [Everything we know about
Joy Boy video].
Shanks for watching.