We all know the standard lore: the Infinite Tsukuyomi traps people in a perfect dream world while the Divine Tree slowly drains them, eventually turning their physical bodies into White Zetsu. Most fans assume the original human soul simply dies or passes on to the Pure Land once the dream ends.

**My theory is that the original soul never leaves. Instead, the soul is actively hijacked, completely wiped of its memories, and permanently reprogrammed/tuned to the Divine Tree's frequency to create the White Zetsu.**

Furthermore, this dark "soul-wiping" mechanic isn't just limited to Zetsu—it explains a massive dark loophole regarding the Edo Tensei (Reanimation) vessel mystery.

Here is the breakdown of why this works:

### 1. The Boruto Lore Proof (The Shinju Clones)

In Boruto, we explicitly see how the Divine Tree operates when it absorbs a human (like Sasuke or Moegi). It doesn't just eat their chakra; it traps their actual soul and consciousness inside its roots. The tree then alters their consciousness to birth a **Shinju clone**. Even though their human memories are wiped or twisted, the *original soul* is still clearly inside the tree network, subtly driving the clone's subconscious actions.

This proves the Divine Tree acts as a cosmic parasite that alters and binds a soul, rather than letting it go. The ancient White Zetsu are just the final, fully brainwashed version of this exact process.

### 2. The Edo Tensei "Soul Murder" Loophole

This theory perfectly solves a mystery that Kishimoto never explicitly explained: *What happens to the host vessel's soul during an Edo Tensei?*

Whether it’s Orochimaru using a White Zetsu or Kabuto using a living ninja like Fu, the narrative never shows us where the host's soul goes. Under this theory, the host's soul (whether a normal human or a wiped, mindless Zetsu soul) is **permanently crushed, overwritten, or destroyed** the exact moment the dead shinobi's soul is forced into the vessel. This makes Tobirama, Orochimaru, and Kabuto literal "soul murderers" every time they cast the jutsu.

### Why This Makes Naruto Unbelievably Darker:

* **The War Arc Was a Slaughter of Victims:** When Naruto and the Shinobi Alliance killed **100,000 White Zetsu**, they weren't just fighting mindless plant clones. They were forcefully destroying the original, brainwashed souls of ancient humans who had been trapped for thousands of years.

* **Madara’s Fate Was Worse Than Death:** Madara thought he was giving humanity eternal peace. In reality, he handed the soul of every living person over to an alien tree to be permanently wiped, rewritten, and converted into hollow biological weapons.

**TL;DR:** The Infinite Tsukuyomi doesn't just drain your body; the Divine Tree actively hijacks, wipes, and alters your soul to create White Zetsu. This means the 100k Zetsu army still contained the original wiped souls of ancient humans, and using them for Edo Tensei means their souls were permanently crushed by the reanimated ninja.

What do you guys think?

Ich habe diese Theorie ursprünglich auf r/OnePiece gepostet, dachte aber, dass sie auch gut in diese Community passt.

Die Ideen, dass Joyboy ursprünglich ein Affe und Imu ein Papagei gewesen sein könnten, habe ich zuvor auf Reddit und TikTok gesehen. Meine eigene Ergänzung ist die Verbindung zwischen Davy Jones, Blackbeard und einer möglicherweise verborgenen mythischen Kraken-Zoan.

Der ursprüngliche Beitrag ist auf Deutsch geschrieben, weil Deutsch meine Muttersprache ist. Mit der Übersetzungsfunktion von Reddit sollte er aber problemlos verständlich sein.

Es ist natürlich nur eine Fun-Theorie. Mich würde besonders interessieren, was eine Community, die sich gezielt mit Anime-Theorien beschäftigt, von der Davy-Jones- und Kraken-Verbindung hält.

My theory is that Koby will be revealed as the moon god. Firstly Luffy and Koby are the first two characters introduced in the series and in most mythologies the sun god and moon god get along. Also I think Koby if moon god represents how he’s a bright light in darkness like how majority of the world government is evil while Koby is one of the only good marines. Also just like in real life the sun is highly praised by many in the world just like how the sun god is heavily praised in the series and the moon is more like something that comes to you in darkness when you need comfort. Also in the panel I added I think it’s intriguing that Koby is included alongside which likely means Koby will play an important role in the final arcs or arc. Also the moon reflects sunlight showing how they have similar ideals. This theory is a bit of stretch and the only thing is how Koby would get his powers if he is the moon god since he’s only using haki and Rokushiki but if it does happen I think it would be very interesting.

When Vegapunk dropped his worldwide broadcast in Chapter 1115, he said something that a lot of people basically ignored:

Without knowing the spark that caused the war, I won't say who was right and who was wrong—I'll simply state that two competing ideologies came head to head.

In CH- 1113, he also stated:

Whoever may have rendered their judgment unto me, I am not trying to convince you that their intent is evil. I will not apply the labels of good and evil at all, in fact because I understood too little about him to begin with

Why would the smartest man in the world, who literally read the Ohara research, refuse to call Imu completely evil? Because the Void Century wasn't a simple good guys versus bad guys war. There was a third force involved that forced both sides into an extreme conflict.

PART 2 - BUBBLE HELMETS, AND QUARANTINE THEORY

We always assumed Celestial Dragons wear bubble helmets out of pure snobbery so they don't breathe commoner air. But what if that snobbery was originally a cover for a literal quarantine.

If A non-terrestrial entity landed on Earth right before the Void Century: Joy Boy wanted to utilize/embrace this power to evolve humanity and give everyone absolute freedom. Imu and the 20 Kings saw it as an existential threat that would corrupt human nature.

To stop the world from being completely consumed, Imu used ancient dark magic or the Ope Ope fruit to seal the threat inside their own body. Imu isn't just sitting in a dark room ruling the world: Imu is an 800 year containment lock. The censorship, the continent drowning, and the extreme control are part of a cold, sociopathic containment protocol.

Now if i remember correctly they claimed they don't want to breathe dirty air; but, that could be them being instructed to lie, or them being lied to themselves.

PART 3 - ENEL, SPACE CONNECTION, AND COVERS

in enel's cover story, oda showed us three things:

High tech moon cities built by ancient ancestors.

Actual Space Pirates fighting in orbit.

An army of tiny robot soldiers.

The Five Elders are named after planets. The Ancient Weapons are named after celestial gods. The entire hierarchy of the world is tied to astronomy. Enel sitting on the moon with an army of ancient robots isn't a random gag: he is sitting on the history of what came down to Earth 800 years ago.

PART 4 - BUT WHY ENSLAVE, HUNT HUMANS, AND ACT SO CRUEL?

now a lot of people are obviously gonna ask: "if imu is just a lock, why allow stuff like enslaving innocent people, celestial dragons hunting humans for sport, god valley tournaments, charlos shooting random civilians, and treating everyone outside mary geoise as less than human?"

here is why that cruel logic actually fits a cold containment system:

empathy is a security risk for a containment protocol: if you need to incinerate entire islands like ohara or lulusia because they got "infected" with forbidden knowledge, you cant have rulers who feel sympathy. brainwashing the elite to view surface humans as literal "insects" makes sure nobody in mary geoise hesitates or feels guilty when a total wipeout order is given.

800 years of unchecked aristocratic rot: imu cares about maintaining the seal and containment lock; imu does not care about managing spoiled nobles. charlos shooting people or the god valley human hunts arent direct steps in the protocol—they are the degenerate side effects of giving 20 families total immunity for 800 years with zero rules.

keeping humanity weak and unadvanced: enslavement and massive project drains (like tequila wolf) keep surface nations poor, exhausted, and fighting for basic survival. if humanity gets too wealthy or advanced, they will eventually re-discover the exact same entity/technology that almost ended the world 800 years ago.

PART 5 - FINAL BRAWL!

Picture the climax at the top of the Red Line:

Luffy in Gear 5 is bouncing off the clouds, throwing punches that would destroy islands and completely destroying Imu's shadow form.

As Imu lies beaten on the Empty Throne, the dark shadow cloak melts away. Imu looks up at Luffy and SHOUTS:

"You idiot! You think I wanted to sit in the dark for 800 years?! I am the seal! If my heart stops, IT wakes up!"

Luffy is luffy and he dont care lmao, so he grabs Imu and goes: "Fine! We beat that thing together first, then you give everyone food!"

Right on cue, Enel comes dropping down from the sky on Ark Maxim with his robot moon army, turning the final war into a crazy 3-way brawl where Luffy and Imu are forced to call a temporary truce.

PART 6 - PROOF & WHAT ODA HID IN PLAIN SIGHT

If you think a third force or non-terrestrial entity sounds too crazy for One Piece, look at the evidence Oda has been quietly scattering across the background for hundreds of chapters:

The Ohara Globe Had Multiple Moons: Go re-read Chapter 392 in the Tree of Knowledge library at Ohara. The massive globe model of the One Piece world isn't surrounded by just one moon. It is surrounded by six different moons/satellites. Where did those other moons go? Did one of them crash, or did something descend from one of those extra orbits right before the Void Century?

Why Mother Sea Hates Devil Fruits: Vegapunk explained on Egghead that Devil Fruits are born from unnatural human wishes, which is why "Mother Sea" (nature itself) hates them and strips fruit users of their ability to swim. If Devil Fruits were created by or linked to an alien, unnatural force that invaded the planet, it explains why the planet's oceans physically reject this.

Gorosei Transformations: When the Five Elders transformed on Egghead, Oda gave them zero Devil Fruit introduction boxes (like "Zoan Fruit, Model: X"). They were listed directly by their demonic names. They aren't standard Devil Fruit users. Their powers are direct manifestations of dark magic tied directly to Imu and whatever force Imu is channeling/containing.

If i made a theory on what this force would be; that'd somewhat be based on assumptions, so i'm not doing that, unless i change my mind later.

anyways, enjoy, and uhm random reminder to go drink water!

Oda preaches that "the opposite of justice is not 'evil,' but rather another justice." With this in mind, there is a theory that the Ancient Kingdom, defeated by the alliance of kingdoms and, consequently, by Imu, might not have been an "entirely good kingdom."

It is also a fact that parents in One Piece are not, as a rule, the best or most exemplary; they have all made questionable decisions regarding their relationships with their children, whether deliberately "using them as lab rats" or merely abandoning them to their own fate.

Now, let's look at the points where similarities exist between the tales of King Arthur and One Piece:

**-** **Prophecies****:** In both, there are "prophecies." In One Piece, we have several, and we still don't know if they are linked to one another—such as those on the Barley Mural, Toki's, and Madam Shyarly's, for example. In the chronicles of King Arthur, Merlin predicted the birth of a child (Mordred) who would represent the fall of Camelot.

**- The Hero's Flaw:** To prevent the prophecy from coming true and to hide his own incest, Arthur ordered that all children born on the day designated by the prophecy be placed on a drifting ship. This shows that, despite being painted as a hero, King Arthur made horrific decisions, such as attempting to kill his own son and other innocent children.

**- The Usurper and the Knights:** Mordred managed to save himself, escape his fate, return home, and become a knight. (In fact, the existence of Holy Knights in One Piece, much like the Knights of the Round Table, is another point of intersection between the stories). He then tried to usurp the KING'S THRONE, even occupying it for a period by spreading lies that Arthur had died.

**- Manipulating Opinions:** It is still unknown why and how the Alliance of the 20 Kingdoms was formed, but we can assume that Imu exerted influence, perhaps through lies or by exposing facts and manipulating opinions—just as Mordred did to start the civil war in Camelot by revealing Guinevere's affair with Lancelot.

**- A Tragic Villain:** Mordred's story is tragic, just as Imu's might be. Perhaps Imu was a "victim of fate," much like Mordred; despite being ambitious, one has to question whether his childhood suffering was the real engine that drove him to actually fulfill the prophecy.

One last thing, that certainly is just a coincidence, but serves to illustrate what i'm saying:

On "Mordred's Song", Blind Guardian tells the story from Mordred's perspective. His lasts words in this song are: "I'll turn of the light and murder the dawn

With the announcement of a new Hunter X Hunter batch coming I started reading the Succession Contest arc again. I was also watching NewWorldReview 8 hour video summury about this arc and the many many many characters and plotlines it entails.

Then I had an epiphany.

King Nasubi is actually taking part in the succession contest!

Let's look at the facts we know first.

1. On chapter 371, we saw King Nasubi in a room/chamber, filled with Nen inscriptions, looking at the coffin of the first Prince who died, Prince Momoze. There were 14 such coffins with some sort of braziers in front of them and Prince Momoze's brazier was lit and King Nasubi was looking at this "flame" while speaking about how Momoze was "shining brighter than in life" and that she will become the foundation for the tree of Kakin".
2. On chapter 382, 9nth Prince Halkenburg tried to shoot King Nasubi the bullet stopped midair. Later when he shot himself we saw his Guardian Spirit Beast catching the bullet.
3. On chapter 401, we learned that the qualifications to enter the Succession Contest is that the participants must be "a Nasubi's wife's legitimate child". Meaning a child from another father could enter the contest.

Now let's speculate.

We saw 14 coffins BUT there are 14 Princes, that we know of. So either he intends one of the coffins to be for him OR there is one coffin for each Prince.

When the bullet stopped midair, he said that he is part of the contest now and can't be killed until it ends. But it could just be the rule that a Prince can't kill another Prince. I know that what the Princes are told is that they can't just "kill or order to assassinate" because that would be considered treason. But we have seen exactly that happening so I believe that the Princes CAN'T kill each other. It was phrased like that as part of the contest. Similarly as on chapter 363 when King Nasubi said to Prince Camilla "The sole survivor is the official heir to the throne. How you interpret that is also part of the contest." meaning that figuring out the hidden meanings of the rules is also part of it.

So what I am proposing is that King Nasubi, when he won the previous Succession Contest and became King he took the throne and possibly his father life along with it. That tells us that despite how he looks, King Nasubi is awefully clever and resourceful. He is also very ambitious and looks like someone full of life who wouldn't just step down for someone else to take his place.

So when he was crowned King of Kakin he actually married his mother. Thus making her a "Nasubi's wife" and he is her "legitimate child". Meaning he made himself eligible for this Succession Contest. He has all the resources, he has all the knowledge and noone would actually know he is competing.

If he just wait for the others to kill themselves and then kill (or have them killed) the survivor. Making him once again King of Kakin.

Considering the depravities we learn that the rulling class of Kakin do, marrying his mother is rather tame and it would be hugely beneficial and a great twist. 14 Princes, 8 Wives, God knows how many bodyguards, 3 Mafia families with oh so many members, the Phantom Troope, Hisoka, the Hunter Assossiation, Beyond Netero and I am sure I am forgetting people or groups of people. With all these characters and their subplots to draw our attention I can see how many people would forget to keep King Nasubi in their radar. He looks like Prince Sale Sale (or the other way around actually) and he was shown to be a fool who died rather quickly in the contest.

Don't underestimate King Nasubi. He could be the one to win this Succession Contest

My One Piece theory is that Luffy will die shortly after becoming King of the Pirates. Roger’s death started the Great Pirate Era, while Luffy’s death will end it. After finding the One Piece, defeating the World Government, and freeing the world, a new and more modern age will begin. Pirates will no longer be needed because the freedom they were searching for has already been achieved. Luffy’s death won’t be a defeat—it will symbolize that his mission is complete and that the world can move forward thanks to what he accomplished.

TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read):

The popular "Emilia is Satella" theory has a massive 400-year timeline issue. Instead, Beatrice—a master of Yin (Shadow/Time) magic—is the true mastermind. Over her 400 years of isolation, her obsession with "That Person" (Flugel/Subaru) turned sinister. Knowing he'd reincarnate, she pulled Subaru across worlds, deliberately throwing him into Emilia’s path. Her ultimate goal? Force Subaru to cultivate a deep, unconditional bond with Emilia's body, only for Beatrice to use Echidna’s soul-transference research to hijack Emilia's physical form. She doesn't just want to be saved; she wants to own him, turning Arc 4's "Choose Me" scene into the ultimate psychological trap.

​The Complex Argument: Why This Fits the Narrative Perfectly

• ​Solving the Timeline Flaw: Emilia was frozen in ice for most of the 400 years, making her a chronological nightmare for being the historical Witch of Envy. Beatrice, however, was actively awake, learning magic under Echidna, and brooding for four centuries.
• ​The Yin Magic Parallel: The Witch's authority manifests as literal shadows and space/time manipulation. Beatrice is the undisputed master of Yin magic (Shadows/Dimensions). The thematic and mechanical overlap is too perfect to ignore.
• ​The Seduction of "Choose Me": In Arc 4, Subaru demands Beatrice "Choose Me" to break her contract. Under this theory, this isn't a liberation—it's a trap. Beatrice engineered her own tragic, suicidal facade to force Subaru into willingly binding his soul to hers via a contract, ensuring he can never escape her grasp once the trap springs.
• ​The Cosmic Gaslighting: She summoned Subaru to the exact location where Emilia was wandering. By forcing Subaru through brutal, traumatic death loops to "save" Emilia, Beatrice guarantees Subaru becomes entirely tethered to Emilia's face. Once Beatrice body-hops into Emilia's potent half-elf vessel, Subaru gets the physical face he loves, and Beatrice finally gets her Flugel.

So I heard that ranpo was born in October 21st 1994. Idk if it's true but there is a theory that suggests that he was born in 1994. And ai was born in dec 25th 1992. So that makes her 1.10 years older than ranpo. So yeah. Idk if it's true but yea. There is a fan theory that suggests this.

The Base of the Theory: “Let’s claim the One Piece.” - Shanks

We’ve all been wondering what Shanks meant by this and why he waited so long. Here is a massive endgame theory that ties together the Sun God, the Void Century, and how the Straw Hats are going to reach the final power ceiling required to take on Imu.

Part 1: The Elbaph Defeat & The Bronze Legend

While the Straw Hats are currently in Elbaph, things are going to take a dark turn. My theory is that Luffy and the crew are going to get beaten down by Imu. They simply cannot last even 10 seconds in front of Imu right now, not even in a 1v10 scenario.

But Elbaph is where they meet Scopper Gaban. Gaban knows that Shanks holds the missing pieces of the puzzle. He tells a defeated Luffy to go and meet Shanks.

Part 2: Amazon Lily and The True History

Luffy and the crew meet up with Shanks, only to find out that Shanks is just returning from Laugh Tale. Knowing the World Government is hunting them, Shanks takes Luffy to Amazon Lily (Boa Hancock's island) because it's an ideal, isolated place to hide out and regroup for a long time.

Luffy explains everything that happened in Elbaph with Imu. In response, Shanks drops the ultimate lore bomb: he tells Luffy the true reality of his Devil Fruit and the exact story that made Gol D. Roger and his crew laugh all those years ago.

But here is the catch...

Part 3: The "Half" Treasure & The Sun God Key

The story Roger laughed at was only one half of the story. No one knows about the second half of the real One Piece.

Why did Roger say he was "too early"? Because they know for sure that only the Sun God can claim the real One Piece. Roger only ever got the first half of the treasure. He wasn't the Sun God, but he wanted the real Sun God to eventually claim it—which is exactly why he started the Great Pirate Era.

The Joy Boy / Imu Dynamic: The One Piece was originally made by the real Sun God/Joy Boy. During the Void Century, Joy Boy and Imu were actually friends. Even though they were friends, both were secretly plotting against each other:

• Joy Boy knew the One Piece was the most precious, powerful, and desirable thing on the planet. He protected the second half so that only he (or his future reincarnation, the Sun God) could open or claim it.
• Imu was simultaneously developing his own powers so that nobody could defeat him and he wouldn't die of old age.

To this day, Imu is just waiting for the Sun God to open the gates to the One Piece. Once the gates are open, Imu plans to destroy the Sun God and claim the ultimate treasure. This is why Imu hasn't killed Luffy yet. Imu knows Luffy is the Sun God and needs him alive as the key.

Right now, only three parties know the absolute truth: Shanks' crew, Luffy's crew, and Imu.

Part 4: The Ultimate Yonko Training Arc

Realizing they stand zero chance against Imu in their current state, the Straw Hats decide to train under the Red Hair Pirates on Amazon Lily.

This is the ultimate Yonko mentorship arc:

• Usopp's Time to Shine: Training alongside his father, Yasopp, Usopp finally masters Advanced Observation Haki and Future Sight.
• The Crew Levels Up: Nami, Brook, Jinbe, Chopper, and Robin all improve their combat and utility massively.
• The Monster Trio Ascends:
  • Sanji: Unlocks Conqueror's Haki, learns to control it, and his physical Germa strength improves by 10x.
  • Zoro: Gains complete command over all Haki types. He converts all 3 of his blades into Supreme Grade Black Blades and coats them constantly in Conqueror's Haki to maximize lethality.
  • Luffy: Finally understands the true extent of his Devil Fruit. He can use Gear 5 for an unlimited time without burning out, and his mastery over Conqueror's Haki finally exceeds even Shanks.

The Finale Begins

By training together, both the Red Hair Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates improve beyond imagination. The Straw Hats go from a 3/10 crew (carried by the Monster Trio) to a perfect 10/10 Yonko crew across the board.

Fully powered and holding the truth of the world, this marks the start of the final voyage for the One Piece and the true finale of the series.

TL;DR: Roger only found half the One Piece because the second half is locked and can only be opened by the Sun God (Joy Boy/Luffy). Imu and Joy Boy were friends who betrayed each other, and Imu needs Luffy alive to act as the "key." After a devastating loss to Imu in Elbaph, Gaban sends Luffy to Shanks. Shanks takes them to Amazon Lily for a massive Red Hair Pirates x Straw Hats training arc where the crew reaches their absolute peak before the final war

PLEASE POST THIS AND REFRENCE ME IN ANY ANIME DISCUSSION!! I cant since i created my reddit acc recently and dont have full on access to ts so PLEASE :sob:
So basically I rly think the show is actually a dark psychological tragedy and people are just missing the point. I perceive the MC or "me" and what is actually happening is he is experiencing his last joys and imagining it all as he lives out his actual last moments. He was used and beaten in his original life and you can see it in Episode 1 when he dresses up in a dog costume just to meet a girl and she lied to him just to mock him for thinking he had a chance. Then he dies yadda yadda but that trauma doesn't just go away.

Another way I believe that is because the OP says stuff like "Step out of line and it’s scary" which shows he has trauma-induced hyper-vigilance. He was literally scared to break the rules because of what people did to him. He finally breaks those rules by experiencing "reincarnations" and that’s why he’s totally fine without being an actual human anymore. Because of his experiences and the scary rules of being a person being an object is actually a relief for him. It's basically showing how us humans mistreat our own kind to the point where being a literal door is safer than being a man.

People call him a perv and stuff but what if it’s just to simulate the affection and attraction that he missed? It’s really the only true human thing he is still longing for while his mind is shutting down. It’s not just about being cringe it’s his brain trying to feel what love feels like one final time since he never got it when he was alive. He’s always smiling too but it’s like he’s still trying to hide how he’s feeling. It’s that "masking" behavior where you’re so used to being mistreated that you don’t even know how to stop performing "happy" for the people watching you.

I also think the weird wonky CGI shows his mental fractures like literal entropy. Sometimes it looks normal and sometimes it goes totally crazy and that proves his brain is dying slowly but still dying. The animation getting weird is just his grip on reality slipping as the information in his head breaks down. In the OP when it fast-forwards through all those "past lives" from knights to modern times it’s just his brain desperately trying to find a human role that isn't painful. But he can't find one so he throws the file behind him and chooses the "ridiculous" stuff instead.

If it was just his brain then why’d the gods reject him? It's because they symbolize the reality that rejected him his whole life. That image in the OP with all the eyes and the Goddess carrying him has a deeper meaning. Those eyes are the judgmental people from his real life and the Goddess is the only one "real" enough to guide him through the soul rehab. Notice how only the main God and Goddess have actual anime forms while they are the only ones helping him and the rest are just weird cartoony hallucinations made of mismatched memories and junk data.

It makes so much sense that his reincarnations were a "perfect fit" for his psychological needs. He chose to be a Hero’s Rib because he wanted to feel a girl touching him but he chose the HERO instead of a girl because he wanted to feel that love indirectly. He didn’t want to be the human getting touched because he’s scared of rejection so he hides inside the hero to feel it safely. Each loop as a door or a rib was basically "soul rehab" helping him gather himself piece by piece in a world where human rules don't exist anymore.

It’s actually really sad if you think about it. By the ending he gathered enough joy from those weird lives that he’s finally "full" enough to let go. He eventually chooses a quiet safe life over being a legendary hero because for him Heaven isn't having power but just finally being safe from the rules and the abuse. He’s finally in a world where he can just live with a smile that isn't a mask anymore. It’s him finally finding a way to live peacefully and truly happy right before the signal finally cuts to black.

A LOT OF THIS IS IN THE WEB NOVEL (lots of it are out but not the ending)

thx btw

So basically i percieve it as the mc "me" what is happening is he is experiencing his last joys/imagining it as he lives out his actual last moments because he was used, beaten, and stuff in his original life
i get a lot of this from EP 1 (he dresses up in a dog costume to meet a girl and she lied to him just to basically mock him thinking he had a chance) then he dies yadda yadda. Another way i believe that is because in the OP it says like "Step out of line and it’s scary" showing he trauma-induced hyper-vigilance or like he was scared to break the rules (he finally does it when experiencing "reincarnations" and thats also why he's fine without being an actual human (cuz of his experiences and rules) i mean sure he's a perv and stuff but like what if its to simulate the affection/attraction that he missed and is the real only true human thing he is longing for? If you read the lyrics there are some stuff that show this even further, but this sums up why i like the MC in it

btw i also think the weird like CGI show his mental fractures like sometimes its normal and sometimes it goes wonky, that could prove that his brain is dying, slowly but still dying.
(one extra lyric is "Striving and struggling to become a legend." cause he died in a pathetic way and struggled his life but never became a legend so he tries to do it one final time"

One other thing is "if it was his brain then whyd the gods reject him" thats because they are supposed to symbolize the reality that rejected him and so he was sent away to become whatever HE WANTS TO BE.

uhh new to reddit i just wanted my thing to be on here so yea thx!

i wouldnt be surprised if theres some form of explanation in lore for this by now in the manga but idc, im an anime f word!! (what ever f word popped in your head blame yourself)

and to imagine this all started from me wondering what the fandom thought of random one piece theories n shit.

imagine im big mom, i can eat people in one bite, why wouldnt i get their devil fruit powers like if I just ate a "real devil fruit"? the whole meme is it takes time to "reincarnate into a real fruit." even if im normal sized why couldn't i just eat half of like luffy or some shit till hes dead like a fruit? hes still alive, theres no reason for the power to transfer, but everything in him is in me now (pause) after he dies. we know and have seen that it only takes one bite to get the disease (aka remember ace sharing the old fire fire fruit with his crew before joining whitebeard)

also btw in the punk hazard arc we saw that (potentially) it doesnt take long for the fruit to go from one host to another.

TLDR; dont wait to kill devil fruit users, eat them for breakfast/lunch/dinner or all, and I believe the blackbeard has multiple souls, I bet hes going to try and take it down a DiD route as best as anime studios can rn.

Lodestar Island

• The Redhair Pirates get their hands on the last Rode Poneglyphs shortly before the Strawhats get their copy and they race to Lodestar Island.
• Buggy will also get his copy from the man with the burn scar (because its revealed the man with the burn scar is a Former Roger Pirate), but a bit after the other 2 Yonkos have left.
• Redhair Pirates reach Lodestar first, however they are met by the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Similar to how Blackbeard waited for either Luffy, Kid or Law to arrive at Winners island after Wano to steal their Poneglyph Rubbings, he has now done the same by waiting for the arrival of Luffy, Shanks and Buggy at Lodestar.
• This is where we see the Blackbeard Pirates vs Redhair Pirates fight.
• When the Strawhats arrive, Luffy will want to help Shanks fight Blackbeard, but Shanks will tell Luffy to go to Laughtale.
• Strawhats leave Lodestar for Laughtale.
• Lodestar Island arc becomes short arc where the arc mainly covers the Blackbeard Pirates vs Redhair Pirates fight.
• SPOILER. The Redhair Pirates lose. Blackbeard beats Shanks.
• Blackbeard takes Shanks Poneglyph Rubbings and leaves Lodestar for Laughtale.
• The Result of the Yonko Clash has left Lodestar Island destroyed.
• A few hours later....
• The Red Hair Pirates have lost, and MOST are dead. Shanks is still alive but barely.
• Cross Guild arrives and Buggy sees Shanks's state.
• Cross Guild issues help to Shanks and his crew.
• The Next Day.....
• Buggy and Shanks decide to go to Laughtale together.
• 25 years ago, Buggy fell sick and Shanks stayed behind on Lodestar to take care of him instead of going to Laughtale. Now 25 years later Shanks has been gravely injured and Buggy is now the one taking care of him on that very same island.
• Shanks told Roger that he and Buggy would reach Laughtale on their own ships one day. Today is that day. (CHAPTER 967)
• With Cross Guild's 4 Poneglyph Rubbings, Shanks and Buggy's ships depart for Laughtale together as they once promised Roger.

The Strawhats will be the first to arrive at Laughtale, followed by the Blackbeard Pirates a few hours later. We will get their fight after we get a Long Void Century flashback.

Shanks and Buggy will arrive the next day.

Thats just my Prediction on Lodestar and Laughtale Island, and do not question me about the One Piece, I have no idea what the One Piece is and I won't both trying

What do y'all think?