Pirate’s Steel Chain Finger

In view of the many controversies in the previous chapter, let’s open a chapter to explain it.

The main point of everyone’s contention is that-[Garp’s strength will not decline with age. 】

First of all, I want to say that this is an over-interpretation of what Oda said.

The original sentence of this paragraph comes from a question and answer session in Oda in SBS. The content of the translated version I saw is like this.

D: After reading ONEPIECE, you will find that there are so many uncles in the story. Are there so many uncles on the stage because they have to appear in the setting of the story? Or did Mr. Oda get the disease of “If you don’t paint the uncle you will die”?

O: I like the uncle! Regardless of male and female roles, their role depth will increase with age, so there are many interesting people! But if it is in reality, the older you get, the weaker your physical strength will become. Some young people will look down on it because of this and refuse to respect the elderly. I have always hated that kind of people. So, if all the uncles, old women, grandfathers, and grandmothers wouldn’t suffer from aging because of old age, then I don’t know how cool it would be! This is one of the fantasy themes that One Piece wants to depict. Everyone who is watching this comic will get old one day, and everyone must hope that they will be as strong as the people in the story!

The relevant picture of this SBS is the heads of four people. They are Dr. Gurewa, Garp, Rayleigh and Whitebeard.

In other words, the so-called “Garp will not weaken due to age” is better to say that “all the elderly in One Piece will not weaken due to age”.

Then the question is, will the old people in One Piece really fail because of old age?

Rayleigh sighed during Sabaody Archipelago’s battle against Kizaru, “I really want to help them, but time is not forgiving.”

Whitebeard also described in many pages that he was unable to do well because of his old age. Akainu also said when fighting against him, “Even you are no match for age, Whitebeard.”

Not to mention the characters that are troubled by old age, such as the leader Green Pepper, Rao G, and Earl Red.

Going back to Garp, Garp laughed at himself when he was chasing Luffy in the Capital of Seven Waters. The power of the Fist Bone Meteor was not as good as before.

These are all related to the plot that Oda himself embodies in the manga.

But the interesting thing about One Piece is that unless the old people here are too old like Rao G, most of the old people have skills similar to those of young people. The difference between them and young people is only in physical strength. That’s it.

This is what I meant in the last chapter. Garp is very strong, but his physical strength will be weakened by his age. This is why BIGMOM caught the opportunity to be chopped by her.

I hope this is the last time a chapter has been opened to explain the plot, and I always feel that the need to open a chapter to explain the plot will seem like the author is very familiar. Next time you have any arguments, let’s put your own arguments first. Who questioned who gave evidence, it’s fair, right? Of course, I can’t do anything if there are loopholes in the previous setting because of being backstabbed by the new plot of the comic.

Finally, because I was looking for relevant argument materials, I couldn’t code words tonight, and it is estimated that there will be no updates tomorrow.