In the last saga one pieceFans have been waiting for certain characters to make a move and establish their presence in the narrative, and that includes the likes of Shanks and Boa Hancock. with one piece With the recent release of volume 114, author Eiichiro Oda has established an interesting connection between these two characters. On the surface, Shanks and Boa Hancock have nothing in common other than their deep connection to Luffy. However, a very strong connection is revealed between the two, which ties into the big reveal about Shanks' mother, Magnolia.
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Shanks' mother may be connected to the Kuja tribe
one piece Volume 114 has officially come out on SBS, and in it, Oda, as usual, revealed quite a bit of interesting information. One of the most important things Oda mentioned in this SBS was about Shanks' mother. In the comics, Oda is shown as Shanks' mom in God Valley, where she gave birth to both Shanks and Shamrock. On the day of the God Valley Incident, she was eventually killed by Saint Garling, but left her two children in the care of the dragon before she died.
Surprisingly, Oda never showed his face to fans, and only the fact that his hair was red was revealed. Even her name has been kept a secret until now. In Volume 114 of SBS One Piece, Oda confirmed that her name is Magnolia. On the surface it may seem like a completely ordinary name, but if you look deeper, it is clearly a name inspired by a specific tree-shrub with a specific flower called by the same name.
In the world of One Piece, women with names related to flowers are almost always associated with the Kuja tribe. For example, Boa Hancock, Boa Sandersonia, Boa Marigold, Shakuyaku, Gloriosa, and even Lily are all directly connected to Kuja in some way. In that sense, magnolia is also likely to be connected to them. Especially considering that Oda decided to hide his face. This connection allows fans to find out more details about Shanks' powerful Haki, and things suddenly start to make sense.
Shanks' Kuja connection explains his Haki powers
In the world of One Piece, Kuja is known to have natural abilities. incredibly powerful hockey. In fact, the Kuja tribe values strength, and they all have tremendous Haki powers. Even ordinary Kuja civilians have the ability to utilize strong Haki, and for some reason it comes naturally to them. As such, Boa Hancock, the strongest among Kuja, possesses overwhelming Haki that possesses all three types.
Garling, these are your children. These are Shanks and Shamrock. — magnolia
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Even before the time skip, Hancock's sisters were able to use advanced forms of Haki like Ryo, as well as the ability to read potentially complex movements. Now that the connection between Kuja and Shanks has been established through Magnolia, it makes sense why Shanks is a hockey master. Considering Kuja's natural affinity for this power, Shanks could have gained incredible Haki skills directly from this particular tribe in the One Piece universe. Those with Kuja's blood will have a natural affinity for high levels of Haki, and Shanks has clearly demonstrated an incredible mastery of this power, more powerful than anyone else in the world of One Piece. This can be directly linked to Kuja and essentially Boa Hancock. Because Shanks and Boa Hancock were able to share the same blood, they became incredibly powerful conquerors and raised Haki to extremely high levels.
Oda plans to slaughter Shanks' mother in more detail later.
If Shanks' mom is really Kuja, Oda will definitely flesh her out much later. This is because Guja is known to give birth to women especially on the island.
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However, since Kuja is an island of women, there are also hints that she can give birth to sons, meaning that if she does, these children will likely be left behind on a completely different island.
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Looking at it that way, it makes sense why Magnolia stayed in God Valley. Perhaps she gave birth to two sons instead of daughters and doesn't want to return to Amazon Lily because men are not allowed on the island. If Magnolia had decided to raise her children in God Valley instead, things would start to make perfect sense. In fact, Oda could even establish a connection between Magnolia and Boa Hancock, depending on how he wants to tell the story. The Final Saga will certainly provide a lot more information about Magnolia and the Kuja Tribe, so fans should take note.
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- release date
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October 20, 1999
- network
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Fuji TV
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Ito, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudo, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yuji Endo, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Sato
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shoji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda.
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
