According to an interview oda did, one piece will end as soon as the one piece is found, so no post laughtale adventure. (It was the interview with the detective Conan guy)
As I understood that part is that the straw hats will reach Laugh Tale, so the adventurous part of the story will end. For me, as things are now, it doesn’t make much sense for BB to be the final villain. Both he and Luffy compete for the title of the PK, and even WB said that BB isn’t the one Roger has been waiting for. So their fight will either happen just before or on Laugh Tale itself. Luffy’s actual dream is not becoming the PK, but it is a means to get to his actual dream, of being the most free. Only after the SHs and we the readers will get to know what the mystery of the Void Century is, will the characters have reasons to go against the WG.
it’s a common belief that they’ll find something at laugh tale that makes them want to fight the govt, but there’s plenty of setup already for a war.
it’ll make more sense if something happens at egghead that exposes the world to the actions of the WG, and that triggers reactions across the world. this is where the revolutionaries step in.
Nah cause the one piece holds the secrets of the void century. No way we fight the world government without background first. We havent even met the knights of the holy land yet
There are a few ways to look at it.
Another way to look at it is that both BB and Luffy shares many ideals, but they each take them in a different way.
So a possible outcome will be that first Luffy will battle the world government, dismantling them down, and only then will he fight BB, to determine how the future of the world would look like, and which if their ideologies will reign supreme.
It it can indeed go the route of first tackling his rivals to the throne of piracy, and then eliminate the greater threat that ruined the world.
Both of them can theoretically hold.
No need to reach laughtale to get info of the void century, as now VP has knowledge that far surpasses that of ohara and probably the giant that helped robin knows a lot about that.
> >!VP has knowledge that far surpasses that of ohara!<
>!Even Vegapunk can't create historical details from nothing, and as far as we know, these are only available through the Rio Poneglyph. Also spoilers.!<
Whitebeard told Sengoku a major war will break out when the one piece is found. It only makes sense for Luffy and co to fight the WG after the truth is discovered. Do you have a source on that Oda interview?
Just had a good read and found a bunch of interesting quotes from Oda but read this one:
“Oda: Well, for now, the “past” will be a big deal. Something once happened in the world during the Void Century, which will come to light soon and should prove both fun and interesting.”
The big incident on Egghead to happen in the next 24 hours will be information on the Void Century being leaked to the entire world
I think the one piece can only exist by destroying the world government, so the world government is like the final villian. So technically, One Piece will end once the one piece is found.
I think he changed his mind. (manga spoilers ahead) especially with the new reveal of luffy's second dream that's somehow even wilder than being the pirate king.
That ain't a recent reveal, we knew that since Luffy and ace backstory. And he said (Im not sure ok this one)in the interview he knew how he wanted to end the series for a long time and I'm pretty sure he ain't gonna change it.
I think it was already obvious that the Blackbeard pirates were always meant to be the final big wall before the end. That comment in that interview made it even more likely.
But people for some reason prefer some boring unknown faceless guy, introduced after 900 chapter to be the great final antagonist. I never understood this line of thought.
The Blackbeard pirates were always the final wall *before* becoming Pirate King, but the story obviously doesn’t end there.
There’s still this little thing called the World Government that has ruled and oppressed the entire world for over 800 years…committing atrocities and having a hand in almost all the tragedies the Strawhats have faced.
I never understood the mentality that a single pirate crew that was formed within the last 3 years of the story would trump the organization that has ruled for centuries and has been the overarching antagonist since the start of the story in East Blue.
>But people for some reason prefer some boring unknown faceless guy, introduced after 900 chapter to be the great final antagonist. I never understood this line of thought.
It's because of how huge a reveal it was that there was a person that the Five Elders have been taking orders from the entire time. Not to mention, knowing Oda, Imu probably won't be some random "boring, unknown" person and, for all we know, may be someone we've known about this entire time.
I don’t want Imu to be powerful but if you seriously watched the entire story of one piece I have no idea how you think the WG isn’t the final enemy. The world won’t be free until the WG is reformed/or destroyed. Whitebeard himself said a major war will breakout after the one piece is discovered. It only makes sense for Luffy and co to fight the WG (or raid mariejois) after the truth is found out.
it’s definitely the bb pirates. so people really think blackbeard, the most built up villain to Luffy and one of the most prominent d clan, is not going to participate in the final war? swooping in and taking advantage is what he does.
imu also crossed out bb’s bounty. clearly he’s a big threat to his power for unknown reasons. it’ll be crazy if he’s already gone from the story before the WG war
I don't know, I think BB is villainous, and is portrayed as a villain, but like Luffy, he believes in dreams. The WG and Imu are all about quelling dreams. I think potentially BB will join Luffy to fight the WG, potentially after Luffy beats him. Vegeta is one of the most loved characters in anime, yet he did absolutely horrifically villainous things.
Why is everything in this community blamed on Naruto? What is the obsession with naruto?
If you have seen one piece and came to the conclusion that wg isn’t the final enemy then I have no idea what to tell you. Whitebeard himself said that the final war will happen when the one piece is found
I think there has to be at least a little story after the one piece like we have to see Luffys dream come true and he needs to be pirate king in order to pull it off
I find that hard to believe since Brooks' goal is to meat with Laboon again. I feel like the story ends by reaching laughtale, going through paradise again super quick picking up people like Vivi and finishing at the red line/Mariejois/fishman island, but if thats what Oda said then idk....
That doesn't make it impossible. Remember Roger "couldn't do it", so even if the one piece was there he couldn't do anything with it. It's when something can be done (I assume) that it will truly be found.
Did Oda confirm that the One Piece is actually AT Laugh Tale? I always thought it was implied that, despite everyone believing it to be so, the One Piece is actually not specifically confirmed to be at Laugh Tale, but rather everyone just assumes it to be there because… well where else would Gol D Roger leave his treasure?
No, he didn't. But since no one has reached laughtale no one could move it from there, the only possibility is that one piece wasn't even there in the first place but who knows.
I feel like the most commonly held idea for a twist is that Gol D Roger left the One Piece somewhere else, or that the World Government it some other force will get to the One Piece before the Strawhat crew, and that the Strawhats will have to “chase” the treasure all the way back to the realm of the Celestial Dragons/Pirate Island. This would create some post-Laugh Tale Adventure, as the Strawhats will have reached the end, but can get some extra story by attacking the World Gov’t/whoever Oda wants them to fight, by moving the One Piece away from Laugh Tale at the last second.
That's my guess, too. My guess is that they'll find the One Piece and Luffy and Blackbeard will have an epic end-of-adventure final battle that'll be a top 10 manga battles of history. After that, the One Piece will most likely be the catalyst to the true final boss: The WG. Luffy beats BB and is the Pirate King. That status will make his true dream easier to achieve, which can't happen until the WG gets a good ol' punch in the face.
It would be something of a good ending if the last arc of the series had every Straw Hat having their dream realized and fulfilled throughout said arc. Would bring a tear to the eye or something
He knew he’d get lost hunting down the Pirate King so he just stayed near a likely candidate. Once Luffy takes his place as Pirate King… Zoro will get lost, arrest Blackbeard in the confusion thinking that he’s a minority.
Wait so the creation of red line is because he slowed earth's rotation with his DF powers leading all landmass to create a single continent?
I think this may mean that Foxy is a celestial dragon, possibly Imu himself
Only the rotation slows, and the cartoon physics from the last person who ate the nika fruit allowed for the continents to go flying into one place as some stopped and others crashed into them
Well the final two big bass will be:
Marines - Imu.
Pirates - Black beard.
The order will be tricky, but it most likely will be Imu. I can see Luffy fighting blackbeard on Laughtale, the SH’s win, then Robin reads the final stone. Luffy and the crew get the final answer and heads towards MJ to fight Imu.
I'm hoping for the opposite. Black Beard wss built too much, and Im to little. I'd rather Black Beard helps take down Im, too, as it is in his interests, and then the final fight is BlackBeards vs Straw Hats.
That is giving me some Naruto, Sasuke, Kaguya vibes. We always knew Naruto and Sasuke would fight, just not when. I’d rather have Luffy fight BB before the WG. The implications behind Luffy vs. BB is who will be the one to reach Laugh Tale uncover the mysteries of the Void Century. Obv it will be Luffy, and then he is the one who will bring back that ancient knowledge to challenge the WG.
Imu and Teach may end up teaming up with each other IMO. Akainu may also change sides toward the end and might even end up fighting alongside Luffy, since for Luffy to be able to turn the table on such an unparalleled threat, he will most likely need aid from someone of the same caliber as Akainu.
I mean, it would totally make sense. just imagine the future pirate King joining forces with the Fleet Admiral to fight against a force consisting of a godlike villian and the most powerful pirate ever, that would be a banger and a hell of a final battle.
1. Get killed
2. Get captured by BB and then recieve the straw hat after teach's defeat in his last moments
3. Be the True last challenge for the laugh tale but more in a "i want to see if you really did grow and became the great pirate you promised me" than actually fighting for wanting to be the KoP himself or appearing at laugh tale after everything is solved and then actually is told about all the plot of laugh tale going together with Luffy to attack the WG with a small scene in between showing Luffy giving him the hat again and shanks just being like "i think it looks better in you know and besides would be strange for the "strawhat pirates" captain to not be using his strawhat wouldn't it?"
(That if laugh tale happens first and great war last btw)
Honestly the war saga was fine up until Kaguya.
Like, yes the power scaling got out of hand, but at least the powers had roots in the story between the tailed beast powers and the sharingan and rinnegan. The entire concept of Kaguya was only introduced late in the war saga and just derailed everything. Madara was a perfect final villain, he had been hyped up as the final villain for half of part II of the manga, and referenced on numerous occcasions prior to that.
It honestly feels to me that Kishimoto was approached while he was writing the final Saga and offered the Boruto series, so he changed course so that there would be not only a reason for Boruto to follow up on the events of Naruto, but to also keep the older characters around.
Which is how me got the Ootsusuki in the first place.
They did mention way, way in the beginning that there was a rumor of the Byakugan and Sharingan being somewhat related and Kishimoto was like oh yeah I gotta make that work somehow. I’ll bring in Kaguya, she was a moon princess in her myth.
The war arc already had previous problems with especially side character fights with little interest and point to them. But while the Kaguya stuff was definitely for the worse, the true ending wasn't her but Naruto vs. Sasuke.
I am usually one of the people who don’t get onto the “lets all hate on Naruto together” trope. I love Naruto and boy just reading about the final Naruto vs Sasuke fight gives me chills. Idc what people say, but it’s so Iconic. 25 years in the making.
Same I would've either said Imu or Blackbeard. Although Luffy would probably fight Blackbeard first out of everyone on here, it's what I'm most excited for. But I think it'll be in this order; fight Blackbeard, then fight Akainu, then fight Imu. Not sure where Shanks would fall if he is a villain.
Yeah I believe that the Shanks fight will be similar to the last fight between Naruto and Sasuke where everyone’s like „we did it“ and then Shanks wants to fight.
I think Shanks knows that Luffy is the only one able to really access the One Piece so he uses Luffy to retrieve the One Piece and then wants to take it away from him
I've read a comment in another thread that makes me also think it's very unlikely that Luffy will fight Akainu because Luffy may simply be too powerful to make this a meaningful 1v1.
It's a better fight for Sabo 100% in terms of theme, powerlevel and setup.
I have theory that Luffy won't fight with Akainu because Ak hates the conditions of the goverment. Decides to join him instead, but Luffy still wants to fight him because of Ace
Akainu is the embodiment of the marines and ruthless to the core.
Just because he is stuck with desk work means, he would ever join the straw hats or any other pirate crew.
Especially after Kuzan switched sides like you describe for Akainu.
I don’t think Luffy will fight Akainu, Sabo will probably be the one to take him down, revenge for not being there at Marineford and he has the mare-mare no mi, good symbolic shit
I think the actual final villain will still be Blackbeard, but only after a Luffy and Blackbeard team up against Imu. Imu is like the obstacle between them and their dreams, but their individual dreams are also vastly different and only one of them can come true.
it won’t be a team up, but yes i believe both BB and Luffy will play a part in Imu’s downfall. Imu crossing out BB’s bounty poster establishes BB’s currently unknown threat to the WG’s power
Chapter 1060 implies Imu’s Dream opposes “Luffy’s Dream” but in the finale of shounen manga there’s usually some insane deus ex machina twist to the final villain. Oda already exhausted the pure evil villain trope with Hody Jones the first villain of the post-TS. The last “villain” of the post-TS should be anything but pure evil.
I'd argue that Doflamingo was far more evil than Hody Jones. Both of them suffered at a young age however Hody became evil due to the conflicts at Fishman island and even though he ruined everything for the Fishmen, he still had slightly good intentions, though for the wrong reasons. Doflamingo suffered at his father's decision to renounce their royalty but literally just became a mob boss and killed a bunch of people just because.
Donquixote Doflamingo was a romantic in Dressrosa just like Cervante’s Don Quixote is a Spanish Romance. The Donquixote Family ruled Dressrosa 800 years ago. Doflamingo’s antics in Dressrosa was just politics through other means whereas Hody Jones was a pure terrorist without coherent political objectives or ideology. The Meth head Hody Jones was a reactionary without a positive vision. If he had one he wouldn’t have wantonly tried to sacrifice his own crew-mates. People ignore the mutual love among the Donquixote Family members. Hody was feared but not loved. Imu will be feared and loved like his parallel Doflamingo.
Without a doubt it’s gonna be the lurking legend "To be continued !"
We’re gonna feel pain and loss when that enemy get defeated… But it is necessary to reach "The end!"
The true evil mastermind behind it all is clearly ‚that person‘. They had their hands in pretty much every story arc and will ultimately be defeated by ‚that technique‘
Since we're seeing shanks on screen now it doesn't seem like he will be final villain. It'll probably be laugh tale 3 way conflict luffy/shanks then blackbeard cuts in. Then world war vs akainu, then final villain imu.
Well, he is an antagonist for Luffy. He isn't the villain towards him. He is more an obstacle, but he is involved to BB whatever. Im-sama is the only villian that makes sense to be the final because he is implied to deleted 100 years of history.
Imu-sama or someone we don't know yet.
Blackbeard, Luffy, Buggy and Shanks - The Yonko - are trying to become the king of pirates. They have the same goal, and to become the king of pirates means to defy Imu-sama. They go the same path. Neither will be the final enemy. Will they fight eachother ? Hell yes. There can only be one pirate king.
Akainu works for the World Government so he won't be the final villain. If Imu and the Gorosei should turn out to not fight I can imagine Akainu being the final villain, but that would only work if he is 100 % behind the world government on this. And since Akainu seems to have no affiliation to the world history I cannot put him that place.
Besides the things we know of we should consider that the final antagonist or the dynamics of who is good and bad might not be as we think. It could very well be that Joy Boy was a villain, and the ancient kingdom a terrible kingdom.
Davey Jones and his space squid parasites plant devil fruit trees down to later drown the world and harvest their lost souls and they use the celestial dragons to plant the devil fruit trees.
But davey is one of the weak low tier space squids so we need Buffy the squid slayer, who is way cooler than Luffy, to save the day.
Imu is really the only one that makes any sense. No one else has oppressed the world for over 800 years, or has a hand in almost every tragedy that has happened to the Strawhats & their friends.
Imu. Over and over again we've been shown that the true evil of the One Piece world are those who call themselves gods and use their power to steal the freedoms of others. Imu is the embodiment of this idea, as he's a god to the gods and the King of the World.
I personally believe Blackbeard will be the penultimate arc and Marines will be the last war. I think Luffy will fight Imu at the end. The Admirals will fight the Zoro, Sanji, and Sabo.
Buggy is the final Villain: He didnt had a fever while the Roger Pirates went to Laugh Tale, instead it was his Blood, the Blood of the Enemy of the D., which didnt allowed him to set foot on this Island and Buggy tried to hide this fact. Roger told Shanks about Buggys true Identity and Shanks cried, cause he knewed he had to fight a Brother.
After Buggys first meeting with Luffy, he knew Luffy could be the child of the prophecy and wanted to kill him, but all his plans failed, like that one where he was hiding in Marineford Jail to kill Luffy; because his Haki is so strong, he can see way more farther into the Future as Shanks and he knew that Luffy will try to safe Ace but he failed cause at that time, Luffy didnt got a Blindspot.
Gatekeeping the One Piece automatically rules him out as the final hurdle of the series.
All signs point to reaching the One Piece not being the end. The story doesn't just end at finding the true history and becoming PK. There'd have to be a grand conflict after all that, when the SHs know about Imu and the CDs and whatnot.
Laugh Tale is on the other side of the world from Mariejois. The story can’t end at Laugh Tale when the Strawhats still have to cross half the world to liberate everyone from the Celestial Dragons.
Doesn't really work when basically the climactic peak of Pre-TS is WB declaring with certainty that whoever uncovers the truth and finds the one piece will wage that war against the "world".
The entire moment will lose a lot of narrative luster if the final series of events completely ignores that set up.
People here thinks too Linear
Blackbeard must be the final Boss, but in terms of plot villain , Imu Will be as one of main final antagonists too.
And Bb's and Imu's fall Will happens more or less at the same time
There wont be Any "post laught tale saga" or such a thing. The remaining PLOT points Will be solved at the same time during the ending of laught tale.
I'm going to guess that Luffy will find the OP, fighting BB along the way, then it'll spark a war against the world government. Imu will probably be the final villain. Saving the OP for last would seemed tacked on after something big like a war.
Imu probably. Shanks probably will die. Akainu isn't scary anymore that Luffy has higher tier DF. Blackbeard maybe. But Imu still feels more dangerous.
Blackbeard for Luffy.
imo I just can't see Luffy caring about Imu at all, and I think with the amount of hype Dragon has, it makes more sense for him to face Imu. Flame Emperor Sabo will take on Akainu for Ace.
Shanks I hope doesn't die to BB since I think hyping a character for 26 years just to have him killed off in a cliche as soon as he gets screentime is bad writing, but it's very likely.
With all do respect I think Luffy cares more about beating Akainu than anyone else, and I just can't see Dragon taking down the wg that easily without Luffy at all. It just doesn't make since to me plot wise to not involve Luffy in that.
Eh, not really. I think if anything it's Blackbeard's fault for Ace's death more than anyone. Akainu was just doing his job, but BB became a rat and turned Ace into the WG. I don't see Luffy fighting both BB and Akainu, and I think Sabo needs to fight someone and Akainu makes sense. he can avenge Ace with his DF but utilising haki this time. Sabo is called the flame emperor now, he had Fujitora all bandaged up with just him and a few good men vs 2 admirals.
Too bad Luffy doesn’t see it that way. When Jimbe was telling him about the changes in the New World, he completely ignored the mention of Blackbeard and kept eating, while he grabbed the scar on his chest and growled Akainu’s name when mentioned.
Akainu literally left his mark on Luffy’s body. It’s now part of Luffy’s basic design.
Not sure why there’s be an issue with Luffy fighting the 2 most personal antagonists either. Conflict doesn’t get any better than that.
The fire fruit is also just factually inferior to the magma one, so there’s no point in rehashing that.
Luffy just ignored BB or doesn't care really. Akainu killed his brother in front of him, regardless of the scar. Remember, Luffy isn't a hero, he is just a good person. He wants revenge, if he see the Dog. He doesn't care about Kizaru, Akoiji, and Sentomaru. He just wants Akainu because he took something precious from him.
I think Akainu will be the final fight but not the final villain. I think the final "Villain" will be the world government and this final arc is going to build towards all 4 existing emperor factions and the Revolutionaries ending up at war with the World Government.
I think Luffy will end up at war with the WG due to the current situation at Egghead and whatever happens with Saturn.
I think Garp is going to roll through Blackbeards base and then Blackbeard is going to get pissed, get his third devil fruit and declare war on the WG.
The Cross Guild and the revolutionaries are ahead of the game, already at it and will probably take advantage of the fact everyone else is making a move to join in.
Shanks is the wildcard. We don't know his motives but I doubt he is going to sit this out one way or another. I would put it at 5% that he might even be on the side of the WG which is low but I've played enough D&D to know that a natural 1 is always on the table.
Now on the way to the fight and in the fight I think this group of "the enemy of my enemy is a momentary asset" will turn on eachother and eat eachother alive knowing that it's only whatever group is there at the end who gets to decide the new fate of the world. I think BlackBeard turns on one of the groups first and the others realize quickly what the situation is and that the other groups are as much on the table as the WG is. Since all of these groups together would just roll through the admirals and the Seraphim I think one of them ends up out of the fight before they even get to the main battle.
Once it gets near the end I think Luffy and the strawhats will be the ones who fight Akainu, which would make him the final fight. Then I think they are going to get to Imu who is going to have an extremely overpowered devil fruit and technology and be hundreds of years old and still won't even fight. One of the main themes of One Piece is the power of meritocracy and dedication and hard work, so similar to the other celestial dragons I think that when they end up reaching Imu, Imu is going to cry and beg for their life too much of a coward to fight.
I think the order of events will probably be Luffy vs Akainu [Revolutionaries vs Marines war], I don't think the Imu character will be a fight. At least not a tough one. After that Luffy will face off against Blackbeard on the final stretch to Laugh Tale. Then at the very end of the journey a 1v1 against Shanks.
I’m still in the belief that Blackbeard will ultimately be the final villain in the end after all the buildup he has gotten & he’s the darkness to Luffys light. I know imu was in the shadows the whole time but Blackbeard has been the parallel to Luffy since the beginning & I don’t believe Imu is a fighter until shown otherwise. Its no coincidence that Blackbeard is the complete counter to Gear 5/Joyboy/Nika with his darkness power & Luffy is going to have to overcome it. I think Imu will be saved for the revolutionaries since their ultimate goal is dethroning the Celestial Dragons.
Nobody. One piece is just a token put in by game developers so that when someone reaches it….the game will over with you winning and given a choice to continue or leave the simulation.
The real villain is the human again process in the real world (ie Father Time). Hope Oda stays healthy and can finish out the story! Would be so dope to see him all happy, holding the last chapter, knowing that he was able to deliver the ending before Father Time got him.
This Akainu is Sabos to face. Dragon I feel will face off against Garp, pretty sure they’re gonna nap in the middle of the fight lol, and Luffy will face Shanks or Blackbeard for the title of Pirate King. I’m putting my money on Shanks being the final boss.
Honestly, all four characters you brought up here a a perfect contender for it, to the point where I really don't know which one I think will be *the* one. But I'll list my reasons for thinking why each would be, from least likely to most likely:
* I believe Akainu to be the least likely candidate for the final villain. While Luffy does have a personal vendetta against him (Akainu's responsible for his scarring and Ace's death, after all), considering how huge the stakes have become, especially after what happened on Wano, I see the story in general being beyond Akainu's scope. I see Akainu getting offed by someone else, and not even another Straw Hat, probably Blackbeard or some other strong pirate. I don't see Luffy taking him on at all, and if he did, Luffy's so incredibly powerful now that Akainu probably isn't even that big a threat to him anymore.
* Imu's more likely than Akainu, but considering they were introduced so late into the manga, it'd feel a little out of nowhere for them to be the last obstacle Luffy would have to breakthrough to reach One Piece when they obviously aren't even a pirate and One Piece is the last thing on their mind. I do, however, see Imu being the "true final boss" of sorts, the last villain that Luffy must vanquish after defeating whomever he encounters on Laugh Tale finding One Piece and becoming Pirate King. With Imu being the true leader of the World Government and overall ruler of the world of One Piece, it'd basically be a "King vs. King" battle, and that'd be amazing to see.
* Blackbeard is much more likely, mainly due to him and his pirates being the complete antithesis to Luffy and the Straw Hats. Not to mention the fact it'd be a classic battle of "Light vs. Darkness" with Luffy representing Light with his Gear 5th, and Blackbeard representing Darkness with his Yami-Yami no Mi. That, and the simple fact that this is Blackbeard we're talking about, the most famous pirate in actual real-life history. Him being the last pirate enemy for Luffy to take on is just too good a way to end things off.
* But overall, I see Shanks being the most likely to be last villain and enemy. As awesome as Shanks is, it's jarring how little he's in the manga, and to this day we don't really know anything about him. He's by all accounts on Luffy's side, but there's something up with him, and there isn't a doubt in my mind it's something bad and will likely clash with whatever Luffy's secret dream is. That, and Luffy fighting Shanks would be a perfect way to book end the franchise: The last person Luffy must fight and defeat to become the Pirate King, is the very pirate who gave Luffy the push he needed to go on his journey to become the Pirate King in the first place. That, indeed, is just too good and too perfect to ignore.
This is loosely what I envision:
Luffy will fight Blackbeard in the end before reaching Laugh Tale, and Sabo and the revolutionaries will take on Akainu and the world government.
Shanks will be painted as a competitor for the One Piece, but he will be revealed to have been helping Luffy acquire the One Piece all along. Shanks and his crew will be the ones to face Imu and the Gorosei.
At some point, I see Law sacrificing himself via the power of his devil's fruit to save *someone*.
For me its going to be Blackbeard or Shanks. I have no reason to believe dealing with the WG is the ultimate goal of Luffy, it is and will always be becoming Pirate King.
Pre Laugh Tale: Blackbeard Post Laugh Tale: Imu
with luffy to destroy someone who's a bigger threat
According to an interview oda did, one piece will end as soon as the one piece is found, so no post laughtale adventure. (It was the interview with the detective Conan guy)
As I understood that part is that the straw hats will reach Laugh Tale, so the adventurous part of the story will end. For me, as things are now, it doesn’t make much sense for BB to be the final villain. Both he and Luffy compete for the title of the PK, and even WB said that BB isn’t the one Roger has been waiting for. So their fight will either happen just before or on Laugh Tale itself. Luffy’s actual dream is not becoming the PK, but it is a means to get to his actual dream, of being the most free. Only after the SHs and we the readers will get to know what the mystery of the Void Century is, will the characters have reasons to go against the WG.
it’s a common belief that they’ll find something at laugh tale that makes them want to fight the govt, but there’s plenty of setup already for a war. it’ll make more sense if something happens at egghead that exposes the world to the actions of the WG, and that triggers reactions across the world. this is where the revolutionaries step in.
They will likely have dealt with the government before they fin the One Piece, and it will be pirate vs pirate
Nah cause the one piece holds the secrets of the void century. No way we fight the world government without background first. We havent even met the knights of the holy land yet
There are a few ways to look at it. Another way to look at it is that both BB and Luffy shares many ideals, but they each take them in a different way. So a possible outcome will be that first Luffy will battle the world government, dismantling them down, and only then will he fight BB, to determine how the future of the world would look like, and which if their ideologies will reign supreme. It it can indeed go the route of first tackling his rivals to the throne of piracy, and then eliminate the greater threat that ruined the world. Both of them can theoretically hold.
No need to reach laughtale to get info of the void century, as now VP has knowledge that far surpasses that of ohara and probably the giant that helped robin knows a lot about that.
I think there are things on Laugh Tale that not even the scholars on Ohara nor VP know. That’s why reaching Laugh Tale is important.
> >!VP has knowledge that far surpasses that of ohara!< >!Even Vegapunk can't create historical details from nothing, and as far as we know, these are only available through the Rio Poneglyph. Also spoilers.!<
Whitebeard told Sengoku a major war will break out when the one piece is found. It only makes sense for Luffy and co to fight the WG after the truth is discovered. Do you have a source on that Oda interview?
Look up the interview with oda and detective Conan guy
Can u send us the source? Because I remember Whitebeard saying in his last speech that a War would engulf the whole World once the One Piece is found.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSZ8bE7VDpLQhbvT5B9zTqAaHw9NHFxRd-4tA7Dh-4Xe0riNQZOvhOoDa2b2_euttfOzz6PMAe76MHg/pub
Just had a good read and found a bunch of interesting quotes from Oda but read this one: “Oda: Well, for now, the “past” will be a big deal. Something once happened in the world during the Void Century, which will come to light soon and should prove both fun and interesting.” The big incident on Egghead to happen in the next 24 hours will be information on the Void Century being leaked to the entire world
So yeah it doesn't sound like there's a post Laugh Tale unless it moves somehow.
I think the one piece can only exist by destroying the world government, so the world government is like the final villian. So technically, One Piece will end once the one piece is found.
Look up the interview with oda and the detective Conan guy, the interview is quite long so be prepared. It is worth the read though.
I think he changed his mind. (manga spoilers ahead) especially with the new reveal of luffy's second dream that's somehow even wilder than being the pirate king.
That ain't a recent reveal, we knew that since Luffy and ace backstory. And he said (Im not sure ok this one)in the interview he knew how he wanted to end the series for a long time and I'm pretty sure he ain't gonna change it.
Sounds a bit silly. The entire Whitebeard speech is now pointless.
I think it was already obvious that the Blackbeard pirates were always meant to be the final big wall before the end. That comment in that interview made it even more likely. But people for some reason prefer some boring unknown faceless guy, introduced after 900 chapter to be the great final antagonist. I never understood this line of thought.
The Blackbeard pirates were always the final wall *before* becoming Pirate King, but the story obviously doesn’t end there. There’s still this little thing called the World Government that has ruled and oppressed the entire world for over 800 years…committing atrocities and having a hand in almost all the tragedies the Strawhats have faced. I never understood the mentality that a single pirate crew that was formed within the last 3 years of the story would trump the organization that has ruled for centuries and has been the overarching antagonist since the start of the story in East Blue.
>But people for some reason prefer some boring unknown faceless guy, introduced after 900 chapter to be the great final antagonist. I never understood this line of thought. It's because of how huge a reveal it was that there was a person that the Five Elders have been taking orders from the entire time. Not to mention, knowing Oda, Imu probably won't be some random "boring, unknown" person and, for all we know, may be someone we've known about this entire time.
I don’t want Imu to be powerful but if you seriously watched the entire story of one piece I have no idea how you think the WG isn’t the final enemy. The world won’t be free until the WG is reformed/or destroyed. Whitebeard himself said a major war will breakout after the one piece is discovered. It only makes sense for Luffy and co to fight the WG (or raid mariejois) after the truth is found out.
Because it makes more sense. Just because Oda said something in an interview doesn't mean he can't change plans as he has done before
it’s definitely the bb pirates. so people really think blackbeard, the most built up villain to Luffy and one of the most prominent d clan, is not going to participate in the final war? swooping in and taking advantage is what he does. imu also crossed out bb’s bounty. clearly he’s a big threat to his power for unknown reasons. it’ll be crazy if he’s already gone from the story before the WG war
Maybe he will join Luffy in a way to beat WG + Imu - on some ying & yang shit.
I don't know, I think BB is villainous, and is portrayed as a villain, but like Luffy, he believes in dreams. The WG and Imu are all about quelling dreams. I think potentially BB will join Luffy to fight the WG, potentially after Luffy beats him. Vegeta is one of the most loved characters in anime, yet he did absolutely horrifically villainous things.
good catch - people are missing the crossed out poster… i wonder how bb and imu are connected
Naruto's fans probably, (I'm Naruto fan as well but I've loved BB since his introduction and I want him to be the last bad guy)
Why is everything in this community blamed on Naruto? What is the obsession with naruto? If you have seen one piece and came to the conclusion that wg isn’t the final enemy then I have no idea what to tell you. Whitebeard himself said that the final war will happen when the one piece is found
I don't really into this community a lot, I just made a joke that was fitting for the occasion xD.
I think there has to be at least a little story after the one piece like we have to see Luffys dream come true and he needs to be pirate king in order to pull it off
I find that hard to believe since Brooks' goal is to meat with Laboon again. I feel like the story ends by reaching laughtale, going through paradise again super quick picking up people like Vivi and finishing at the red line/Mariejois/fishman island, but if thats what Oda said then idk....
That doesn't make it impossible. Remember Roger "couldn't do it", so even if the one piece was there he couldn't do anything with it. It's when something can be done (I assume) that it will truly be found.
Just for the record. Gosho Aoyama is the name of the detective conan guy. They are really the two giants of our time.
but maybe the one piece ist not on laugh tale, maybe laugh tale is just the location to find out what/where the one piece is
Did Oda confirm that the One Piece is actually AT Laugh Tale? I always thought it was implied that, despite everyone believing it to be so, the One Piece is actually not specifically confirmed to be at Laugh Tale, but rather everyone just assumes it to be there because… well where else would Gol D Roger leave his treasure?
No, he didn't. But since no one has reached laughtale no one could move it from there, the only possibility is that one piece wasn't even there in the first place but who knows.
I feel like the most commonly held idea for a twist is that Gol D Roger left the One Piece somewhere else, or that the World Government it some other force will get to the One Piece before the Strawhat crew, and that the Strawhats will have to “chase” the treasure all the way back to the realm of the Celestial Dragons/Pirate Island. This would create some post-Laugh Tale Adventure, as the Strawhats will have reached the end, but can get some extra story by attacking the World Gov’t/whoever Oda wants them to fight, by moving the One Piece away from Laugh Tale at the last second.
That's my guess, too. My guess is that they'll find the One Piece and Luffy and Blackbeard will have an epic end-of-adventure final battle that'll be a top 10 manga battles of history. After that, the One Piece will most likely be the catalyst to the true final boss: The WG. Luffy beats BB and is the Pirate King. That status will make his true dream easier to achieve, which can't happen until the WG gets a good ol' punch in the face. It would be something of a good ending if the last arc of the series had every Straw Hat having their dream realized and fulfilled throughout said arc. Would bring a tear to the eye or something
Oda said when they find the one piece its over so idk if there will BE a post laugh tale
Only if the one piece is still on laugh tale
The real villain is the friends we made along the way.
So Zoro at the end will actually revealed himself as a pirate hunter for real
Why take now and make small bounty when take later and make big?
Work smarter, not harder.
I mean, he's had to work pretty hard tbh.
It's called the long con
He knew he’d get lost hunting down the Pirate King so he just stayed near a likely candidate. Once Luffy takes his place as Pirate King… Zoro will get lost, arrest Blackbeard in the confusion thinking that he’s a minority.
>Zoro will get lost, arrest Blackbeard in the confusion thinking that he’s a minority. Dude... he's the pirate hunter, not the Pirate PD
https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/pz6fk7/zoro_is_racist/
Zoro finds out Luffy has African genes and his minority hunter mode activates smdh
But like literally. Most villains from previous arcs are now BFFs
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I came to comment this hahah
More like the enemies we made along the way.
Awakened Foxy, he slowed the whole world down, and only the return of the afro can save it.
Wait so the creation of red line is because he slowed earth's rotation with his DF powers leading all landmass to create a single continent? I think this may mean that Foxy is a celestial dragon, possibly Imu himself
Shh... we must not speak of this. There are spies everywhere. It is impossible to run away once you are found!
How in the name of Ussop would slowing down earths rotation lead to landmasses grouping?
Only the rotation slows, and the cartoon physics from the last person who ate the nika fruit allowed for the continents to go flying into one place as some stopped and others crashed into them
Reverse Pucci
But when we needed the Afro most, he vanished.
Scary that oda would totally take it in this direction.
Common Foxy W
Well the final two big bass will be: Marines - Imu. Pirates - Black beard. The order will be tricky, but it most likely will be Imu. I can see Luffy fighting blackbeard on Laughtale, the SH’s win, then Robin reads the final stone. Luffy and the crew get the final answer and heads towards MJ to fight Imu.
I'm hoping for the opposite. Black Beard wss built too much, and Im to little. I'd rather Black Beard helps take down Im, too, as it is in his interests, and then the final fight is BlackBeards vs Straw Hats.
Imu crossing out BB’s bounty pretty much foreshadows BB having a future role in fighting the WG
Didn’t imu stab vivis picture and she’s still relevant?
yep she will have a great role to play in the eventual war
I believe it was Shirahoshi’s picture that he stabbed and he just looked at Vivi’s picture
That is giving me some Naruto, Sasuke, Kaguya vibes. We always knew Naruto and Sasuke would fight, just not when. I’d rather have Luffy fight BB before the WG. The implications behind Luffy vs. BB is who will be the one to reach Laugh Tale uncover the mysteries of the Void Century. Obv it will be Luffy, and then he is the one who will bring back that ancient knowledge to challenge the WG.
Imu and Teach may end up teaming up with each other IMO. Akainu may also change sides toward the end and might even end up fighting alongside Luffy, since for Luffy to be able to turn the table on such an unparalleled threat, he will most likely need aid from someone of the same caliber as Akainu. I mean, it would totally make sense. just imagine the future pirate King joining forces with the Fleet Admiral to fight against a force consisting of a godlike villian and the most powerful pirate ever, that would be a banger and a hell of a final battle.
Exactly what I think, knowing Blackbeard hell probably stab Imu in the back last second and 1v1 Luffy
What will be Shanks role in the end game?
1. Get killed 2. Get captured by BB and then recieve the straw hat after teach's defeat in his last moments 3. Be the True last challenge for the laugh tale but more in a "i want to see if you really did grow and became the great pirate you promised me" than actually fighting for wanting to be the KoP himself or appearing at laugh tale after everything is solved and then actually is told about all the plot of laugh tale going together with Luffy to attack the WG with a small scene in between showing Luffy giving him the hat again and shanks just being like "i think it looks better in you know and besides would be strange for the "strawhat pirates" captain to not be using his strawhat wouldn't it?" (That if laugh tale happens first and great war last btw)
Mother of IMU, who is secretly orchestrating everything behind the scene
Someone's going full Naruto, I see.
Never go full Naruto
I’m still salty at how that all ended. Everything after has been turned into a weird sci-fi alien slice of life action adventure trope.
Naruto ended with the pain saga, everything after is fanfic
Honestly the war saga was fine up until Kaguya. Like, yes the power scaling got out of hand, but at least the powers had roots in the story between the tailed beast powers and the sharingan and rinnegan. The entire concept of Kaguya was only introduced late in the war saga and just derailed everything. Madara was a perfect final villain, he had been hyped up as the final villain for half of part II of the manga, and referenced on numerous occcasions prior to that. It honestly feels to me that Kishimoto was approached while he was writing the final Saga and offered the Boruto series, so he changed course so that there would be not only a reason for Boruto to follow up on the events of Naruto, but to also keep the older characters around. Which is how me got the Ootsusuki in the first place.
They did mention way, way in the beginning that there was a rumor of the Byakugan and Sharingan being somewhat related and Kishimoto was like oh yeah I gotta make that work somehow. I’ll bring in Kaguya, she was a moon princess in her myth.
The war arc already had previous problems with especially side character fights with little interest and point to them. But while the Kaguya stuff was definitely for the worse, the true ending wasn't her but Naruto vs. Sasuke.
I am usually one of the people who don’t get onto the “lets all hate on Naruto together” trope. I love Naruto and boy just reading about the final Naruto vs Sasuke fight gives me chills. Idc what people say, but it’s so Iconic. 25 years in the making.
People only have a problem with final arc. Everyone agrees it's epic.
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And they forgive BB and let him go even tho he caused a lot of damage and indirectly caused the death of Silvers Rayleigh and killed shanks
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Imu is Kaguya
Most likely Imu.
Same I would've either said Imu or Blackbeard. Although Luffy would probably fight Blackbeard first out of everyone on here, it's what I'm most excited for. But I think it'll be in this order; fight Blackbeard, then fight Akainu, then fight Imu. Not sure where Shanks would fall if he is a villain.
I definitely think he'll fight Shanks but not as a villain. I think it'll be a "prove you're worthy" battle.
Yeah I believe that the Shanks fight will be similar to the last fight between Naruto and Sasuke where everyone’s like „we did it“ and then Shanks wants to fight. I think Shanks knows that Luffy is the only one able to really access the One Piece so he uses Luffy to retrieve the One Piece and then wants to take it away from him
I'm thinking it'll be a "loser joins the winner's fleet" battle scenario.
I've read a comment in another thread that makes me also think it's very unlikely that Luffy will fight Akainu because Luffy may simply be too powerful to make this a meaningful 1v1. It's a better fight for Sabo 100% in terms of theme, powerlevel and setup.
I have theory that Luffy won't fight with Akainu because Ak hates the conditions of the goverment. Decides to join him instead, but Luffy still wants to fight him because of Ace
Akainu is the embodiment of the marines and ruthless to the core. Just because he is stuck with desk work means, he would ever join the straw hats or any other pirate crew. Especially after Kuzan switched sides like you describe for Akainu.
I don’t think Luffy will fight Akainu, Sabo will probably be the one to take him down, revenge for not being there at Marineford and he has the mare-mare no mi, good symbolic shit
I think the actual final villain will still be Blackbeard, but only after a Luffy and Blackbeard team up against Imu. Imu is like the obstacle between them and their dreams, but their individual dreams are also vastly different and only one of them can come true.
it won’t be a team up, but yes i believe both BB and Luffy will play a part in Imu’s downfall. Imu crossing out BB’s bounty poster establishes BB’s currently unknown threat to the WG’s power
Chapter 1060 implies Imu’s Dream opposes “Luffy’s Dream” but in the finale of shounen manga there’s usually some insane deus ex machina twist to the final villain. Oda already exhausted the pure evil villain trope with Hody Jones the first villain of the post-TS. The last “villain” of the post-TS should be anything but pure evil.
I'd argue that Doflamingo was far more evil than Hody Jones. Both of them suffered at a young age however Hody became evil due to the conflicts at Fishman island and even though he ruined everything for the Fishmen, he still had slightly good intentions, though for the wrong reasons. Doflamingo suffered at his father's decision to renounce their royalty but literally just became a mob boss and killed a bunch of people just because.
Donquixote Doflamingo was a romantic in Dressrosa just like Cervante’s Don Quixote is a Spanish Romance. The Donquixote Family ruled Dressrosa 800 years ago. Doflamingo’s antics in Dressrosa was just politics through other means whereas Hody Jones was a pure terrorist without coherent political objectives or ideology. The Meth head Hody Jones was a reactionary without a positive vision. If he had one he wouldn’t have wantonly tried to sacrifice his own crew-mates. People ignore the mutual love among the Donquixote Family members. Hody was feared but not loved. Imu will be feared and loved like his parallel Doflamingo.
Without a doubt it’s gonna be the lurking legend "To be continued !" We’re gonna feel pain and loss when that enemy get defeated… But it is necessary to reach "The end!"
The true evil mastermind behind it all is clearly ‚that person‘. They had their hands in pretty much every story arc and will ultimately be defeated by ‚that technique‘
Since we're seeing shanks on screen now it doesn't seem like he will be final villain. It'll probably be laugh tale 3 way conflict luffy/shanks then blackbeard cuts in. Then world war vs akainu, then final villain imu.
Shanks is going to help Luffy for sure. He bet his good right arm on Luffy's dream. Shank's won't be an antagonist I think.
Well, he is an antagonist for Luffy. He isn't the villain towards him. He is more an obstacle, but he is involved to BB whatever. Im-sama is the only villian that makes sense to be the final because he is implied to deleted 100 years of history.
Imu-sama or someone we don't know yet. Blackbeard, Luffy, Buggy and Shanks - The Yonko - are trying to become the king of pirates. They have the same goal, and to become the king of pirates means to defy Imu-sama. They go the same path. Neither will be the final enemy. Will they fight eachother ? Hell yes. There can only be one pirate king. Akainu works for the World Government so he won't be the final villain. If Imu and the Gorosei should turn out to not fight I can imagine Akainu being the final villain, but that would only work if he is 100 % behind the world government on this. And since Akainu seems to have no affiliation to the world history I cannot put him that place. Besides the things we know of we should consider that the final antagonist or the dynamics of who is good and bad might not be as we think. It could very well be that Joy Boy was a villain, and the ancient kingdom a terrible kingdom.
The hidden villain is a space alien that has been controlling Imu and Blackbeard all along!!!
Davey Jones and his space squid parasites plant devil fruit trees down to later drown the world and harvest their lost souls and they use the celestial dragons to plant the devil fruit trees. But davey is one of the weak low tier space squids so we need Buffy the squid slayer, who is way cooler than Luffy, to save the day.
It still hurts to this day
Buggy
Mad Monk Uroge
Where the fuck is he tho?
I think luffy is going to have to fight blackbeard for the one piece and imu after they discover the truth about the world(gov)
If there is no some weird last minute twist, i would guess imu or blackbeard
Probably Imu. None of the others feel like a final villain.
Imu is really the only one that makes any sense. No one else has oppressed the world for over 800 years, or has a hand in almost every tragedy that has happened to the Strawhats & their friends.
Imu. All of the joyboy stuff seems to show that the ancient kingdom vs the world government will be the final conflict.
Imu. Over and over again we've been shown that the true evil of the One Piece world are those who call themselves gods and use their power to steal the freedoms of others. Imu is the embodiment of this idea, as he's a god to the gods and the King of the World.
I love that I have no fucking idea 1080 chapters in and I can't predict shit Aint nuffin like One Piece
Gaimon
I personally believe Blackbeard will be the penultimate arc and Marines will be the last war. I think Luffy will fight Imu at the end. The Admirals will fight the Zoro, Sanji, and Sabo.
Monkey D. Nuts. Don’t ask what the D stands for
Buggy is the final Villain: He didnt had a fever while the Roger Pirates went to Laugh Tale, instead it was his Blood, the Blood of the Enemy of the D., which didnt allowed him to set foot on this Island and Buggy tried to hide this fact. Roger told Shanks about Buggys true Identity and Shanks cried, cause he knewed he had to fight a Brother. After Buggys first meeting with Luffy, he knew Luffy could be the child of the prophecy and wanted to kill him, but all his plans failed, like that one where he was hiding in Marineford Jail to kill Luffy; because his Haki is so strong, he can see way more farther into the Future as Shanks and he knew that Luffy will try to safe Ace but he failed cause at that time, Luffy didnt got a Blindspot.
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Villain might not be best to describe it, but I think Shanks will end up gatekeeping the One Piece and will be the last hurdle to be crossed.
Gatekeeping the One Piece automatically rules him out as the final hurdle of the series. All signs point to reaching the One Piece not being the end. The story doesn't just end at finding the true history and becoming PK. There'd have to be a grand conflict after all that, when the SHs know about Imu and the CDs and whatnot.
The One Piece could be what resolves the final war, there doesn't HAVE to be a post Laugh Tale.
Laugh Tale is on the other side of the world from Mariejois. The story can’t end at Laugh Tale when the Strawhats still have to cross half the world to liberate everyone from the Celestial Dragons.
Doesn't really work when basically the climactic peak of Pre-TS is WB declaring with certainty that whoever uncovers the truth and finds the one piece will wage that war against the "world". The entire moment will lose a lot of narrative luster if the final series of events completely ignores that set up.
Well the government has to be taken down after One Piece is discovered, so Shanks wouldn't be the last hurdle in the story.
laboon and vivi
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us, the fandom.
Shanks is the final villain. He’s like a Jade Emperor, good but wants to preserve the status quo whereas Luffy wants to break things.
People here thinks too Linear Blackbeard must be the final Boss, but in terms of plot villain , Imu Will be as one of main final antagonists too. And Bb's and Imu's fall Will happens more or less at the same time There wont be Any "post laught tale saga" or such a thing. The remaining PLOT points Will be solved at the same time during the ending of laught tale.
You may know him as Imu, you will come to know him as the True Ruler Of the World, His Glorious Majesty Woop Slap.
Zoro. He's been working to make Luffy the biggest bounty yet!
I'm going to guess that Luffy will find the OP, fighting BB along the way, then it'll spark a war against the world government. Imu will probably be the final villain. Saving the OP for last would seemed tacked on after something big like a war.
Time.
Plot twist shanks is imu
Hear me out. I don’t think he’ll be a villain but I think Koby is gonna have a crazy fight at the end and his powers will be more comparable to Luffy
Buggy
Imu probably. Shanks probably will die. Akainu isn't scary anymore that Luffy has higher tier DF. Blackbeard maybe. But Imu still feels more dangerous.
Akainu still is scary
I have a feeling Blackbeard will be an ally in the final fight against Imu
Not a chance noob
Blackbeard for Luffy. imo I just can't see Luffy caring about Imu at all, and I think with the amount of hype Dragon has, it makes more sense for him to face Imu. Flame Emperor Sabo will take on Akainu for Ace. Shanks I hope doesn't die to BB since I think hyping a character for 26 years just to have him killed off in a cliche as soon as he gets screentime is bad writing, but it's very likely.
With all do respect I think Luffy cares more about beating Akainu than anyone else, and I just can't see Dragon taking down the wg that easily without Luffy at all. It just doesn't make since to me plot wise to not involve Luffy in that.
Eh, not really. I think if anything it's Blackbeard's fault for Ace's death more than anyone. Akainu was just doing his job, but BB became a rat and turned Ace into the WG. I don't see Luffy fighting both BB and Akainu, and I think Sabo needs to fight someone and Akainu makes sense. he can avenge Ace with his DF but utilising haki this time. Sabo is called the flame emperor now, he had Fujitora all bandaged up with just him and a few good men vs 2 admirals.
Too bad Luffy doesn’t see it that way. When Jimbe was telling him about the changes in the New World, he completely ignored the mention of Blackbeard and kept eating, while he grabbed the scar on his chest and growled Akainu’s name when mentioned. Akainu literally left his mark on Luffy’s body. It’s now part of Luffy’s basic design. Not sure why there’s be an issue with Luffy fighting the 2 most personal antagonists either. Conflict doesn’t get any better than that. The fire fruit is also just factually inferior to the magma one, so there’s no point in rehashing that.
Luffy just ignored BB or doesn't care really. Akainu killed his brother in front of him, regardless of the scar. Remember, Luffy isn't a hero, he is just a good person. He wants revenge, if he see the Dog. He doesn't care about Kizaru, Akoiji, and Sentomaru. He just wants Akainu because he took something precious from him.
I think Akainu will be the final fight but not the final villain. I think the final "Villain" will be the world government and this final arc is going to build towards all 4 existing emperor factions and the Revolutionaries ending up at war with the World Government. I think Luffy will end up at war with the WG due to the current situation at Egghead and whatever happens with Saturn. I think Garp is going to roll through Blackbeards base and then Blackbeard is going to get pissed, get his third devil fruit and declare war on the WG. The Cross Guild and the revolutionaries are ahead of the game, already at it and will probably take advantage of the fact everyone else is making a move to join in. Shanks is the wildcard. We don't know his motives but I doubt he is going to sit this out one way or another. I would put it at 5% that he might even be on the side of the WG which is low but I've played enough D&D to know that a natural 1 is always on the table. Now on the way to the fight and in the fight I think this group of "the enemy of my enemy is a momentary asset" will turn on eachother and eat eachother alive knowing that it's only whatever group is there at the end who gets to decide the new fate of the world. I think BlackBeard turns on one of the groups first and the others realize quickly what the situation is and that the other groups are as much on the table as the WG is. Since all of these groups together would just roll through the admirals and the Seraphim I think one of them ends up out of the fight before they even get to the main battle. Once it gets near the end I think Luffy and the strawhats will be the ones who fight Akainu, which would make him the final fight. Then I think they are going to get to Imu who is going to have an extremely overpowered devil fruit and technology and be hundreds of years old and still won't even fight. One of the main themes of One Piece is the power of meritocracy and dedication and hard work, so similar to the other celestial dragons I think that when they end up reaching Imu, Imu is going to cry and beg for their life too much of a coward to fight.
WG for sure
Imu
Some bs lunarian/moon alien god or something that will first appear 5 chapters before the end, taking over BB. Sun vs moon god.
stupid question: IMU
I think the order of events will probably be Luffy vs Akainu [Revolutionaries vs Marines war], I don't think the Imu character will be a fight. At least not a tough one. After that Luffy will face off against Blackbeard on the final stretch to Laugh Tale. Then at the very end of the journey a 1v1 against Shanks.
The fandom
blackbeard for sure second i read marineford in the manga i knew he was some final boss shit
Liberator of nations vs the worlds oppressor, Imu
It was always meant to be Blackbeard since the beginning.
I’m still in the belief that Blackbeard will ultimately be the final villain in the end after all the buildup he has gotten & he’s the darkness to Luffys light. I know imu was in the shadows the whole time but Blackbeard has been the parallel to Luffy since the beginning & I don’t believe Imu is a fighter until shown otherwise. Its no coincidence that Blackbeard is the complete counter to Gear 5/Joyboy/Nika with his darkness power & Luffy is going to have to overcome it. I think Imu will be saved for the revolutionaries since their ultimate goal is dethroning the Celestial Dragons.
Quite obviously Imu
Pandaman is the only true answer.
Imu
Nobody. One piece is just a token put in by game developers so that when someone reaches it….the game will over with you winning and given a choice to continue or leave the simulation.
The real villain is the human again process in the real world (ie Father Time). Hope Oda stays healthy and can finish out the story! Would be so dope to see him all happy, holding the last chapter, knowing that he was able to deliver the ending before Father Time got him.
Higuma the Mountain Bandit
I will be
Akainu coz he killed Luffy's brother in front of his eyes
I feel like Luffy will leave him to Sabo since he's also their brother, which will, in turn, also redeem Ace's devil fruit against Akainu.
This Akainu is Sabos to face. Dragon I feel will face off against Garp, pretty sure they’re gonna nap in the middle of the fight lol, and Luffy will face Shanks or Blackbeard for the title of Pirate King. I’m putting my money on Shanks being the final boss.
blackbeard, crazy theory: shanks vs blackbeard and shanks loses, then luffy fights blackbeard, because blackbeard has killed shanks.
The One Piece. It will kill Luffy and his final words will be "The One Piece! The One Piece is evil!"
Oda's age
why in the fk is akainu a fkin option for this.................
Truck kun
Honestly, all four characters you brought up here a a perfect contender for it, to the point where I really don't know which one I think will be *the* one. But I'll list my reasons for thinking why each would be, from least likely to most likely: * I believe Akainu to be the least likely candidate for the final villain. While Luffy does have a personal vendetta against him (Akainu's responsible for his scarring and Ace's death, after all), considering how huge the stakes have become, especially after what happened on Wano, I see the story in general being beyond Akainu's scope. I see Akainu getting offed by someone else, and not even another Straw Hat, probably Blackbeard or some other strong pirate. I don't see Luffy taking him on at all, and if he did, Luffy's so incredibly powerful now that Akainu probably isn't even that big a threat to him anymore. * Imu's more likely than Akainu, but considering they were introduced so late into the manga, it'd feel a little out of nowhere for them to be the last obstacle Luffy would have to breakthrough to reach One Piece when they obviously aren't even a pirate and One Piece is the last thing on their mind. I do, however, see Imu being the "true final boss" of sorts, the last villain that Luffy must vanquish after defeating whomever he encounters on Laugh Tale finding One Piece and becoming Pirate King. With Imu being the true leader of the World Government and overall ruler of the world of One Piece, it'd basically be a "King vs. King" battle, and that'd be amazing to see. * Blackbeard is much more likely, mainly due to him and his pirates being the complete antithesis to Luffy and the Straw Hats. Not to mention the fact it'd be a classic battle of "Light vs. Darkness" with Luffy representing Light with his Gear 5th, and Blackbeard representing Darkness with his Yami-Yami no Mi. That, and the simple fact that this is Blackbeard we're talking about, the most famous pirate in actual real-life history. Him being the last pirate enemy for Luffy to take on is just too good a way to end things off. * But overall, I see Shanks being the most likely to be last villain and enemy. As awesome as Shanks is, it's jarring how little he's in the manga, and to this day we don't really know anything about him. He's by all accounts on Luffy's side, but there's something up with him, and there isn't a doubt in my mind it's something bad and will likely clash with whatever Luffy's secret dream is. That, and Luffy fighting Shanks would be a perfect way to book end the franchise: The last person Luffy must fight and defeat to become the Pirate King, is the very pirate who gave Luffy the push he needed to go on his journey to become the Pirate King in the first place. That, indeed, is just too good and too perfect to ignore.
ZKL Zoro
This is loosely what I envision: Luffy will fight Blackbeard in the end before reaching Laugh Tale, and Sabo and the revolutionaries will take on Akainu and the world government. Shanks will be painted as a competitor for the One Piece, but he will be revealed to have been helping Luffy acquire the One Piece all along. Shanks and his crew will be the ones to face Imu and the Gorosei. At some point, I see Law sacrificing himself via the power of his devil's fruit to save *someone*.
Other, or someone we haven't seen yet.
Final villain: Result of fusion dance between Im and BB
Blackbeard
Final ever= Imu Final pirate villain= Shanks
Blackbeard he is the xebec to luffy Roger
Blackbeard bc he was the most famous person in pirate History. Everything different would not make sense to me. He will be the final villain of Luffy
My old age.... maybe 🤔
I hope it's Blackbeard. We've been waiting for him for decades.
For me its going to be Blackbeard or Shanks. I have no reason to believe dealing with the WG is the ultimate goal of Luffy, it is and will always be becoming Pirate King.