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Eiichiro Oda, one of the most celebrated manga creators in history and the visionary behind One Piece , has raised concern among fans worldwide following reports about his health. Recent updates indicate that Oda is currently dealing with health-related issues, leading to the postponement of One Piece Chapter 1162 by at least one week. The legendary manga first debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 22, 1997 a testament to Oda’s unmatched dedication and the enduring appeal of his work. Nearly three decades later, One Piece remains a global cultural phenomenon, with countless storylines yet to unfold. However, the longevity and scale of the series have also brought renewed attention to the importance of Oda’s well-being, especially as the creator continues to push forward with his magnum opus. Hiatuses Have Become More Common Delays in One Piece ’s release schedule have become more frequent in recent years, often attributed to Oda’s health. While specific details remain private, t...

The Fire Tank Pirates are an infamous and notable rookie pirate crew who are led by Capone Bege, originated in the West Blue, and arrived on the Sabaody Archipelago around the time the Straw Hat Pirates arrived there two years ago, along with other rookie crews.The crew is currently subordinate to Big Mom, one of the Yonko, and her crew on Whole Cake Island. The crew's flag is a triangular cartoon-like depiction of Bege's face with a cigar in his "mouth", wearing his trademark hat. There is a castle with three towers in the background with little flags atop each of the three towers.There are also two sets of three cannons each pointing forward on both sides of Bege's cartoon-like face and fortifying the castle. The castle motif appears to be based after Bege's Devil Fruit powers from eating the Shiro Shiro no Mi, which has made him a human fortress. Fire Tank Pirates secondary symbol on Vito's forehead. Another common emblem the crew uses is a sty...

The Tama Tama no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that turns the user's body composition into that of an egg and allows the user to evolve into a chicken and become stronger when their body is cracked open. It was eaten by Tamago. The greatest strength the fruit gives is the ability to regenerate from severe injuries that would normally kill a person by evolving from an egg to a chicken. The new forms the user gains also drastically increase their fighting ability, to the point where the second and final transformation makes the user a "true knight". However, the user is left defenseless while regenerating. Also, it seems that their body is still composed of an egg even after evolving, as seen with Tamago's Viscount Hiyoko form. It seems that when the user evolves, they lose access to the ability to make human speech and can only make chicken noises. Otherwise, the user is affected by the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses. With this fruit, Tamago's body takes on ...

The Memo Memo no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to turn people's memories into strips of film and manipulate them. It was eaten by Charlotte Pudding. By reaching into their target's head, the user can extract their memories in the form of film strips. By cutting out frames, they can remove that part of the target's memory, and by pasting in other people's frames, they can add new memories to the target. The removed frames can seemingly be kept for long periods of time, as Pudding had a soldier's memory stored away. This memory alteration can be a powerful tool to alter the target's mind. The memory extraction appears to be painful for the target. This fruit seems to require the target to be within arm length from the user. The target will also need to be restrain or isolated until the memory modification are done. Furthermore, unlike another memory altering Devil Fruit, if the user is unaware of being eavesdropped or spied on, the...

Issho, more commonly known by his alias Fujitora, is a Marine admiral. He was conscripted into the Marines through a World Military Draft during the two-year timeskip along with fellow newcomer Ryokugyu, both filling the the two vacancies in the admiral positions caused by Kuzan leaving the Marines and Sakazuki becoming fleet admiral. Issho was first mentioned by Sakazuki when the latter was first discussing plans to deal with Monkey D. Luffy and Trafalgar Law. His following mission and actions on Dressrosa made him the first admiral to make an appearance after the timeskip and the secondary antagonist of the Dressrosa Arc. Much like Kuzan, Issho is strongly against the Marines' dogma of "Absolute Justice" and extremely vocal in his opposition of it. His disgust with the corruption and evil in the world is such that he has intentionally blinded himself many years ago so as to avoid ever seeing it again. He particularly holds strong disdain for the Shichibukai system, long...

Borsalino, more commonly known by his alias Kizaru, is an admiral in the Marines. He was first mentioned by Robin during the initial encounter with Aokiji. Because of his actions, Kizaru can be considered the secondary antagonist of the Sabaody Archipelago Arc and one of the major antagonists of the Marineford Arc. After Aokiji resigned from the Marines and Akainu was promoted to fleet admiral, Kizaru is the only remaining admiral from the previous trio. Kizaru is an incredibly tall man, roughly the same size as the other two former admirals, Aokiji and Akainu. Kizaru is a middle aged man with a moderate amount of wrinkles on his face, black hair, and a very thin beard. He is older than the other two admirals, a fact that reflects on his looks. Among the Admirals of the previous generation, he alone has the slimmest build among them.  His standard outfit consists of a yellow striped suit with a Marine coat draped over his shoulders like a cape, his arms not in its sleeves. Kizaru a...

"Poison Pink" Vinsmoke Reiju is the eldest child and only daughter of the Vinsmoke Family, making her both the princess of the Germa Kingdom and a commander in its military arm, Germa 66. Reiju is a slim young woman with shoulder-length hair that covers her right eye and curls upwards at the roots. Like her siblings, she has curly eyebrows. Reiju's overall facial features strongly resemble those of her deceased mother, but she also resembles her brother Sanji enough that Luffy initially mistook her for him, until Chopper pointed out that she is female. Both of her thighs are tattooed with a number '6'. When commanding the forces of Germa 66, Reiju wears a dark dress with a split in the center going down to her stomach, and covered by target-shaped symbols - references to the number '0' (Rei) in her name. She wears dark gloves, a pair of headphones with the number '66' on them, and a patterned cloak shaped like the wings of a moth. When not dre...

"Evening Shower" Kanjuro is a samurai from Wano Country. He is a retainer of the Kozuki Family and Kin'emon's fellow samurai who was captured by Doflamingo's crew. Kanjuro's appearance matches the stereotype of a traditional Kabuki poser. He has bright long red hair down to the floor with the front hair sticking outward and down to his chest, with big lips and blush marks on his cheek in a similar manner to Bentham. All-in-all, his appearance resembles a kabuki performer. He is rather tall, as he appears to be a similar height to Kin'emon (who himself is of a comparable height to Brook, who stands 277 centimeters) when standing side by side. He wears a traditional samurai outfit with a ribbon in the middle and zori for footwear. On his back Kanjuro carries a large brush which he keeps in readiness for use with his powers. Kanjuro seems to be quite caring, since he suggested that they leave the island and devised a plan to do so. He is also very brave,...

"Foxfire Kin'emon" is a samurai from Wano Country whom the Straw Hat Pirates found in various pieces at Punk Hazard. He is a retainer of the Kozuki Family. He posed as Momonosuke's father after Kozuki Oden's death. Kin'emon's appearance matches the stereotype of samurai found in ancient Japan, with a black topknot and goatee. He is quite tall, about the same height as Brook, who stands at 277 cm (9'1"). He is also quite muscular, but not overly so. His eyes are asymmetrical, with his right eye opening more than his left. His attire consists of a samurai gi that is black and white striped on the left side and orange on the right. Kept on the left side of his torso is a pair of katana with identical flame-patterned sheaths. For footwear, he wears simple geta sandals. He has the crest of the Kozuki Family tattooed to his back. Kin'emon seems to follow the code of bushido, claiming he would commit suicide if he could, for the disgrace of bein...

Kozuki Momonosuke is an inhabitant of Wano Country and the son of the late daimyo of the Kozuki Family, Kozuki Oden. He ended up on Punk Hazard after stowing away on a ship. He was first mentioned when Kin'emon told Sanji that he came to Punk Hazard to rescue his "son". His given name was revealed when the samurai was asking if the captive children in the Biscuits Room had seen him, and the clan name revealed when Kin'emon spoke of the child's true heritage. In his first appearance, Momonosuke was seen in his full animal form, an Eastern dragon with a long, pink, slender body. This form has yellow eyes, horns, and scales along his back. In his human form, his appearance matches the stereotype of all samurai found in ancient Japan, with a topknot and the top of his head shaven. As a child, Momonosuke is quite short. Kin'emon used his Devil Fruit ability to give him a pink kimono with peach designs on it, matching his name ("momo" means "peach...

Raizo of the Mist is a ninja from Wano Country, a comrade of Kin'emon and Kanjuro, and a retainer of the Kozuki Family. Raizo's body is very disproportional, having a very large head with the rest of his body being relatively small in comparison. His head is large enough to carry Luffy, an average sized full grown human. He has shown to be as tall as Kinemon. His hair is styled into six antennae, with three at each side of his head, a small spike on the middle, and a widow's peak. His hairstyle bears some resemblance to Gedatsu. He has bolt-shaped eyebrows and large sideburns. He also has a crescent moon-shaped scar on his forehead. He wears a dark-colored Ninja shozoku robe. He bears the crest of the Kozuki Family somewhere on his body. Raizo is a reserved individual who takes his profession as a ninja very seriously. He does not like it when people talk about ninja, such as himself, in a joking manner, and can become very emotional about it, but he will gladly demonstrate...

Jack the Drought is a prominent member of the Beasts Pirates, one of Kaido's three right-hand men known as the "Disasters", and the captain of the Mammoth. He also has ties with the Underworld. Due to his actions, he is the main antagonist of the Zou Arc and is one of the central antagonists of the Yonko Saga. He was first briefly mentioned when being notified of Caesar Clown's capture by viewers of Caesar's broadcast of the Punk Hazard incident. Jack is a man of massive stature, dwarfing his crewmates and even the very large minks Inuarashi and Nekomamushi. However, while still being immensely muscular, Jack's arms are disproportionately small when compared to his enormous torso. He wears a metallic jaw mask (though despite that, when in his mammoth form, he does not wear it) and a pair of horns on each side of his head. His blond hair is worn in a ponytail and a pair of long braids. He wears a dark, sleeveless, feathery coat similar to Kaido with spiked paul...

Eustass "Captain" Kid is a notorious pirate from South Blue and the captain of the Kid Pirates. He is one of twelve pirates who are referred to as the "Worst Generation" (formerly known as the "Eleven Supernovas"). One of the reasons his bounty was higher than Luffy's when they arrived at the Archipelago was a result of him and his crew causing huge numbers of civilian casualties in the course of their activities. Sometime during the timeskip, his bounty was raised from Beli315,000,000 to Beli470,000,000. Kid is a pale, tall, muscular man with bright red hair, resembling flames. His nose has a particular shape, being quite pointed and having little protrusions on both sides. He has dark reddish purple colored fingernails, red/orange eyes and no eyebrows. He dresses in an extravagant attire consisting of black and yellow lizard-print pants with a red fringe, motorcycle boots, and a blue sash under a green belt fastened by a large circular buckle wi...

Trafalgar D. Water Law, more commonly known as just Trafalgar Law (Torafarugā Rō?) and by his epithet as the "Surgeon of Death", is the captain and doctor of the Heart Pirates, a pirate crew from North Blue. On top of being one of twelve pirates who are referred to as the "Worst Generation" (formerly known as the "Eleven Supernovas"), he became one of the Shichibukai during the timeskip, but his position was revoked for allying with the Straw Hat Pirates and bringing down Donquixote Doflamingo. Law, like many other pirates, dreams of finding the One Piece. During the timeskip, his bounty increased from Beli200,000,000 to Beli440,000,000, before it was frozen. After he was expelled from the Shichibukai, Law's bounty was raised to Beli500,000,000. Law is a slim man of a relatively tall height. He has faint shadows right under his yellow eyes (grey in the anime), and his mouth is usually seen in a smile. He has dark hair, a majority of which is obscu...

Oda himself confirmed in an interview with Momoko Sakura that the One Piece isn't something like "the journey itself was the real treasure" and that it is, in fact, a physical reward."Hitotsunagi no Daihihō", translating to "The Great Treasure of One Piece") is a legendary treasure said to be of unimaginable value. It was said to be hidden somewhere deep in the Grand Line, presumably on the last island, Raftel, by the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger. Before Gol D. Roger was executed, he announced to the world that this great treasure, could be claimed by anyone worthy enough to reach it, thereby starting the "Great Age of Pirates." The Mystery of the Great Treasure   No one except the surviving members of the Roger Pirates actually knows where and what the great treasure is. Given the recurring theme that a treasure is merely something of great personal value (e.g. Luffy's hat), One Piece may be nothing more than an item Gol D. Roger...

Treasure is normally seen as a collection of gold and silver, or even valuable gem stones such as diamonds, rubies and pearls hidden somewhere waiting to be discovered. However Treasure can refer to anything valuable from an old vase worth millions to a vow between friends or a memory of an experience. Sometimes what one person may consider to be a treasure, others may not. Generally, a treasure is something that a person is not willing to give up without a fight. In One Piece , the idea of treasure has been raised a number of times. While most pirates, like Buggy or Nami, value gold, silver and jewels, there are others who hold other treasures dearer to their heart, leading to many items being stated to be a "treasure". These items often gain their value for personnel reasons, but are also something people in the One Piece world themselves are willing to fight for. Luffy considers his Straw Hat his treasure because he took a promise to return it to Shanks. Zoro...

The Tamatebako is a box that is said to contain the power to make anyone grow older. It was in the possession of the royal family of Fishman Island and was stored in the treasure room of Ryugu Palace. Vander Decken IX once planned to use the box to make a young Shirahoshi older in order to have her age match his so that he could marry her. However, Decken abandoned the plan when he learned that there was no way for him to enter the palace.  It was first mentioned by the Flying Pirates in Jinbe's flashback. After the defeat of Hody and Decken, the soldiers discover that all the palace treasures and the Tamatebako, a national treasure, had been stolen. It is later revealed that the Tamatebako was also rumored to "make one as strong as a thousand men". Both of these rumors are true, as the box contained the Energy Steroid, which gives the user incredible strength, but if heavily abused, it ages them horribly. The Minister of the Right later told Neptune that he filled t...

Charlotte Galette is the eighteenth daughter of the Charlotte Family and serves as Totto Land's Minister of Butter She is also a member of the Big Mom Pirates. Galette is a woman of average size, with shoulder-length hair that curls at the ends. She wears a short light dress, a dark feather coat, and two horns on the top of her head. Galette cares about her family, as she begged her mother not to kill her brother Moscato, and she was shocked when she saw the defeated body of her brother Cracker. As Minister of Butter, Galette governs over one of the 35 islands in Totto Land. When Big Mom developed a craving for croquembouche and went on a rampage through Sweet City, Galette's brother Moscato tried to calm her, but she was hostile towards him. Galette, Opera, and Mont-d'Or pleaded for her not to attack Moscato, but she pulled away Moscato's lifespan and killed him, shocking the three siblings and the other citizens of Sweet City. Big Mom was later satiated by Jinbe....

"Crane Rider" Randolph is a rabbit homie and a member of the Big Mom Pirates, having been given a human soul by Big Mom's Devil Fruit power. Randolph is an average-sized rabbit, though his limbs are unusually long. He wears a frilly shirt, a dark cape, and a cavalier hat. Randolph is very loyal to Big Mom, executing his missions and guarding the Seducing Woods. He has no qualms with killing opponents and intruders. Randolph seems to be cowardly towards his superiors, as he would blame his crane in order to avoid Cracker's wrath. Like other homies, he seems to fear the power of a Vivre Card containing Big Mom's soul. Randolph rides a very fast crane homie, allowing him to take enemies by surprise and quickly attack them. His strength is notable, as he is able to hold his own against an adult mink and massacre several armed people in order to acquire fruit. Randolph wields a double-sided spear, which he can use in close-quarters combat or as a projectile. Rando...

Prometheus is a sun homie that Big Mom summons from her right hand. Prometheus is a large sun, though is of course much smaller than an actual sun. It has several sunrays surrounding it. Its eyes and nose are very close together, and are small compared to its large mouth. It has blushy, rosy cheeks. When it uses its power, its appearance changes, and it resembles a fireball while its facial features remain. Prometheus is very loyal to Big Mom and will come to her when she summons it. It also cares about the safety of the citizens in Totto Land and may even question Big Mom and beg her to cease if it sees her tantrums are causing harm to others, but due to being a homie it can never physically go against Big Mom due to fearing her powerful soul as all homies do.  In conjunction with Zeus, Big Mom can use Prometheus to change the weather and create massive storms. When Urouge invaded Whole Cake Island and defeated Snack, Charlotte Linlin had Zeus and Prometheus create a large th...