One Piece's Kaido Flashback is Close to Confirming a Popular Fan Theory
Warning: Contains spoilers for One Piece chapter 1049!
The brevity of One Piece’s latest flashback centered around Kaido has big implications for a popular fan theory about one of the manga’s biggest villains, Blackbeard. The series’ author Eiichiro Oda is known for both his meticulous planning and for providing exposition through flashbacks. Kaido’s flashback in the latest chapter doesn’t provide details on a very important event he was a part of, which is unusual for a One Piece flashback, but this could be because Oda is planning on diving into it in a flashback for another character later on.
Blackbeard is one of the most formidable villains in the series. He somehow has the powers of two incredibly strong Devil Fruits and he has an extremely tough crew at his disposal. While some of his backstory has been revealed, he has remained largely mysterious despite seeming to be one of the major antagonists whom Luffy will face at the end of the series. Many theories have been crafted about him, but one of the most compelling is that he is the son of Rocks D. Xebec, a famous pirate whose crew included other One Piece villains like Kaido and Big Mom. There are various details supporting this, including the fact that Blackbeard’s ship is named the Saber of Xebec. The latest chapter provides another compelling piece of evidence to this theory.
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Chapter 1049 features a flashback delving into Kaido’s history. Many fans anticipated this flashback to reveal more details about the infamous incident at God Valley, where the Rocks pirates split up under unknown circumstances. Oda has been hinting at the importance of this event for quite some time, so it
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