Luffy is going to accomplish what Old Whitebeard couldn’t!

I thought this before, but after Oda almost shoehorns that Whitebeard flashback into the story in Chapter 999, it’s even more possible than ever.

Oda also made Old Whitebeard to pass the torch to Luffy even in the pre-timeskip battle, right after Luffy used Conqueror’s Haki.

Not long ago, Ace tried to persuade Whitebeard to invade Wano Country to fight Kaido, but Whitebeard rejects Ace’s request since Marco says there would be major casulties on their crew if they fought Kaido, and Whitebeard says Kaido is too strong because not even Oden could defeat him.

This was after Ace become the 2nd division commander in Whitebeard’s ship, meaning that it wasn’t so long before the current story when Luffy started to his journey.

Essentially, the expected things that ”strongest” Old Whitebeard had to do, or couldn’t do in chronological order:

01- Not being able to fight Kaido at Wano and not being able to force Kaido out of Wano, despite Ace tries to persuade them to do it.

02- Not being able to defeat Shanks, even when Shanks challenged Whitebeard in Whitebeard’s own ship and before when Shanks KOed some of the Whitebeard Pirates with Conqueror’s Haki.

03- Not being able to defeat the Marines and couldn’t save his crew member due to getting too old and sick.

04- Not being able to defeat Blackbeard and Blackbeard Pirates.

05- Then he mentions about finding One Piece and the big war against the World Government.

Right now, Luffy is following the same first step;

– Luffy is going to accomplish what Old Whitebeard couldn’t, and right now he has defeated Kaido, saving Wano.

If the route will be the same, then:

– It’s possible that Luffy will defeat Shanks next, since Oda indirectly said Shanks will be the next target, said this year will be Shanks’s year. And Shanks was the only living person in Kaido’s vision for Luffy after getting hit by Red Roc, probably Oda wants to highlight Shanks as the next opponent, rather than Blackbeard or Big Mom.

– Then Luffy will defeat the Marines as whole.

– At that point in the story, both Blackbeard Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates will defeat the Marines, and perhaps Blackbeard Pirates will defeat the Revolutionaries as an extra after defeating the Marines, and then they fight each other and Straw Hat Pirates wins by also saving Revolutionaries from Blackbeard Pirates.

– And then Straw Hat Pirates find One Piece, thus they finally reveal the truth about Void Century and they learn why they must fight World Government and they gain enough allies to fight the whole World Government and Imu.

– Then they defeat the World Government and Im alongside with Luffy’s allies, and with the Remnants of the Revolutionaries. I believe the Revolutionaries must be weakened like Whitebeard Pirates were weakened after the war with the Marines and Blackbeard Pirates, since it would be hard to highlight the Straw Hat Pirates over the Revolutionary Army in the final war against World Government and Im, if the Revolutionary army is at full force.

If this happens, then Oda specifically uses the same chronological order for Luffy, by making Luffy to accomplish the things that Old Whitebeard couldn’t do.

Even though Admiral fans always talk about how the Marines will be the final villains, I think taking out the Marines and the World Government separately would be better for Admiral fans, even though they always believe the Marines will be the Final Villain, but consider this, if the Marines only fights under World Government forces in the final war, then they would be overshadowed by the full force of the World Government, the focus would be for unknown characters like Im, Gorosei, CP0, Vegapunk’s secret weapons and Kong’s forces, it won’t be focused over Akainu, Kizaru, Fujitora or Ryokugyu.

Don’t forget that the Marines are only the outward face, not the real face of the Government as Gorosei said.

Rocks Pirates vs Garp And Roger

As we know, Rocks Pirates were a legendary pirate crew that were the most powerful during their era, thiry eight years before the current storyline. They were led by Rocks D. Xebec. Kaido, Big Mom and Whitebeard were members of this crew, along with many other pirates who made a name for themselves such as Shiki “The Golden Lion”, “Captain John”, “Silver Axe” and “Ochoku”. The crew strength at the time made them the most threatening pirates to the World Government.

 
Inside Marine HQ, Sengoku even says that Rocks D. Xebec’s ambition was involved with many of the world’s taboo subjects. This likely involves the Will of D., but what other subjects did he know about? The Void Century? The Road Poneglyphs? How much did his influence lead him to know about the world’s dark secrets? 38 years ago, the Rocks Pirates attacked several World Nobles and their slaves on a island known as God Valley.


On that day, Monkey D. Garp defeated the crew, earning him the title of “Hero of the Marines”. The Marines listening to Sengoku talk about how they never knew which of Garp’s heroic feats gave him that title. Sengoku adds that Garp tends to keep mum about the whole ordeal aside from the known historical facts. The first reason Garp likes to keep quiet about the battle is one that never made it into the public record. Garp had to fight alongside a pirate. The other reason is that Garp fought to protect the Celestial Dragons.

The introduction of Celestial Dragons into the story and Garp’s secrecy about protecting them surprise and confuse the present Marines. Sengoku explains that Garp’s moral code does not allow him to protect Celestial Dragons. It’s also the reason he never accepted the rank of Admiral, because he would be directly under their control. This is particulary interesting, since every single D. in the series has gone against the Celestial Dragons, being the natural enemies of the Gods: Garp refuses to serve them, Dragon wants to overthrow them, Luffy despises them and punched one of them, Roger was the Pirate King and great threat for the Celestial Dragons. The same threat is now represented by Blackbeard. Rocks led his crew on a mission that endangered the World Nobles and their slaves. Rouge bore the child of the Pirate King, Saul opposed the decision of Celestial Dragons to destroy Ohara and Law went directly against Doflamingo. The true story of the event known as the “God Valley Incident” is that Garp and Gol D. Roger met there by chance, teamed up, and defeated the Rocks Pirates. This revelation surprises the Marines most of all. Sengoku goes on to say that God Valley is no longer found on any maps. In reality, the entire island disappeared without explanation as if it never existed. Sengoku rephrased his description, saying that an island the World Government wanted to keep secret disappeared. How much relation this island has to Raftel? Raftel being an island of devils and God Valley being an island of gods seems to create an interesting parallel.