One Piece Foreshadowed a Major Plot Development 20 Years Ago
Warning: contains spoilers for One Piece chapter #1053!
One of the biggest surprises in the long history of One Piece was actually foreshadowed by the manga's creator, Eiichiro Oda, 20 years in advance. The four pirates who became the new Yonko, the Emperors of the Sea in chapter #1053, published in June of 2022, were presented together on the cover of volume 25 of the manga, which was released way back in 2002.
The Yonko are one of the Three Great Powers (along with the Marine Headquarters and the Seven Warlords) the four most powerful and dangerous pirates in the world, who are given this designation by the World Government in recognition of their influence and military strength. For decades, this title was held by three veterans and former members of the Rocks Pirates: Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Kaido, who were joined by Red-Haired Shanks more recently. After Whitebeard's death, his murderer Marshall D. Teach (Blackbeard) took his spot as a Yonko, and then the latest developments in the manga shook things up even further. After Big Mom and Kaido's defeat, fans were shocked by the announcement of the new Yonko (especially one of them, Buggy the Clown), but the truth is that Eiichiro Oda actually foreshadowed this 20 years ago.
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The cover of volume 25 of One Piece features Luffy and Blackbeard alongside each other, while Shanks and Buggy are in the background, side by side. Putting these characters on the cover made sense at the time. Teach had just been introduced in the series and a special connection with Luffy was hinted at, even if it was long before Blackbeard would become a major antagonist. Buggy and Shanks both appear in the volume, the first
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