One Piece chapter 1155 has left followers buzzing due to its deep dive into the mysterious previous of Rocks D. Xebec. Launched throughout the Elbaph arc, the ongoing flashback is shaping as much as be one of many sequence’ most revealing, shedding mild not solely on the formation of the notorious Rocks Pirates but in addition on Xebec’s cryptic point out of Davy Jones—a determine lengthy considered legend, however now hinted to be actual.
If Blackbeard was impressed by his father, Xebec, then who impressed Xebec? He tremendously admired Davy Jones and introduced up the title to Imu as if being related to him meant one thing important. Whereas later within the chapter we see Xebec recruiting his crew by the Davy Again fights, his phrases to Imu appear to indicate one thing extra, as he proudly declared himself “a worshiper of Davy Jones.”
Xebec’s phrases to Imu indicate that Davy Jones was a prolific determine, maybe even a deity from a earlier iteration of the world. Many fans speculate that Davy Jones was, actually, an actual particular person from the outdated world who grew right into a legend within the current world. The “outdated world,” as referenced within the Harley textual content, factors to 2 apocalyptic occasions that reshaped the One Piece world. The primary got here when it was burned by a “forbidden solar,” which later impressed Dr. Vegapunk’s creation of the infinite vitality supply often called the Mom Flame. The second occurred when the world was submerged underneath 200 meters of seawater, marking the start of the Void Century.
What’s extra, many consider Imu sank him throughout the second calamity alongside the remainder of the world, like outdated Wano and Water 7. However why would he sink Davy Jones? The legend defined by Nico Robin in chapter 306 says he was a rotten pirate “who had been cursed by the Satan to dwell within the depths of the Sea Flooring, the place it’s mentioned he but lives to this present day.” Based mostly on the satanic-like powers they possess as seen alongside their cartoonishly demonic design, as they possess Holy Knight Gunko in chapter 1150, it’s secure to invest that the satan depicted within the legend and Elbaph’s historic mural might confer with Imu.
Whereas theories abound about these new connections and revelations, I’ve developed one in all my very own. I consider the unrevealed Man Marked By Flames, who’s guarding the final Road Poneglyph, might be Davy Jones, cursed equally to what occurs to Dorry and Brogy in chapter TK by Imu to ceaselessly rule the seas and hold the federal government’s solely remaining Poneglyph inside their possession and secure from pirates. Laffitte mentions in chapter 1081 that the Man Marked by Flames in all probability has a Satan Fruit energy he makes use of to create whirlpools to destroy ships that sail close to. Legend has it that “Davy’s title is related to possessing all that sinks, so pirates name stealing others out of your enemy as ‘Davy Again”. Within the subsequent panel, Shiryu says that the Man Marked by Flames might be in cahoots with the Marines and that they’re preserving the final undiscovered Street Poneglyph for themselves. This may forestall anybody from claiming it or uncovering the One Piece, which is purported to be tied to the reality of the world, information that the federal government desires to maintain secret in any respect prices.
However that also doesn’t clarify why Imu would sink him and command him as a sentinel of the ocean for the remainder of his days. It’s doable Davy Jones was a part of the D. clan, the pure enemies of the Gods, which many establish with the Celestial Dragons and the federal government. Nevertheless, it’s extensively speculated inside the fandom that two camps fall inside the Will of D: ones that assume like Luffy and others that align extra in the direction of Blackbeard.
All people who inherited the Will of D. attempt to attain freedom and topple subjugation wherever they see it. However the place one camp seems to be to be King of the Pirates, the opposite seems to be to be King of the World. It’s a dichotomy seen by the generations: Roger and Xebec, Luffy and Blackbeard, and probably Joyboy and Davy Jones.
Earlier than dying, Roger mentioned that three issues can’t be stopped, and one in all them is “inherited will.” This can be a key idea in One Piece, the place each main character evokes somebody who takes on their will. And it’s very doable Davy Jones might be the thematic reverse of Joyboy: somebody who impressed generations to attempt for freedom, however finally grew to become a slave. Roger and Joyboy are immortalized as legends, their names celebrated by historical past, whereas figures like Xebec and Davy Jones are remembered in infamy, even amongst pirates, as infamous villains. In true George Lucas vogue, Oda could also be crafting a world the place historical past doesn’t simply repeat—it echoes. Like poetry, it rhymes.
