One Piece: Who Is The Sun God Nika?

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Eiichiro Oda's One Piece is no stranger to massive mysteries that raise questions even when the story is quite close to completion. Every time the fans feel they're close to getting the answers to questions that have lingered for years, Oda introduces even more mysteries and in the Wano Country arc, fans saw that once again when the mention of the «Sun God» was made for the very first time.

In Jinbe's fight against Who's Who, Eiichiro Oda made a massive revelation about a God existing in the world of One Piece centuries ago. Although this godly figure might not seem too relevant to the current plot, fans have grown to know that that's never the case with One Piece. Without a doubt, the Sun God, called Nika, is going to be incredibly important moving forward, and here's everything fans need to know about him.

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Mentioned in Chapter 1018 for the very first time, Nika was a legendary warrior held in almost godly regard. He lived centuries ago in the One Piece world as, according to Who's Who, he was worshipped as a god in ancient times. Nika is known to have held great importance to the slaves of the ancient world as they are the ones who he was a friend to. According to the legend, Nika would bring a smile to every slave's face and spread laughter in the tough and testing times. Nika's legend runs deeper than just bringing joy and laughter to people, however.

A very popular belief in the ancient One Piece world was that, eventually, Nika would free all the slaves of the world and protect them from those who would bring them harm, liberating them in the process. The legend became so popular that, eventually, slaves prayed to Nika even generations after his era. Even today, the legend of