Warning: SPOILERS for One Piece chapter #1065Fans of Eiichiro Oda masterfully crafted his plot to hide this truth in plain sight, proving what a great storyteller One Piece's creator is.
Among the many mysteries that keep fans of One Piece awake at night, the secrets of the Great Kingdom and the Void Century are certainly some of the most important. The incredible revelation, in chapter #1065, that the Great Kingdom was actually a technologically advanced civilization that could even build robots has changed One Piece forever, turning it into a post-apocalyptic sci-fi manga. While most fans are ecstatic about this, others have not been swayed by this sudden change in perspective. Usually, such huge reveals towards the end of a series tend to be ill-fitting with the previous narrative, but this is not the case with One Piece.
Actually, the big Great Kingdom twist in chapter #1065 of One Piece makes perfect sense for the series. The world of One Piece has always been full of pieces of technology that do not fit the otherwise fantasy tone of the setting. People can communicate over long distances through mysterious living objects called Den Den Mushi. The Marines possess advanced weaponry and battleships. There are people, such as the Straw Hats' Franky, who can turn themselves into cyborgs and shoot laser beams. Even the mysterious Devil Fruits look more scientific than magical, as they work by altering a person's DNA. However, none of this ever unsettled fans or made them think they were actually reading a sci-fi manga.
Oda Used Vegapunk's Character To Hide The Truth About The World Of One Piece
The reason lies in Eiichiro Oda's capacity to hide the truth in plain sight. For every piece of advanced tech that appeared in the series, fans were led to believe that its existence was due to Vegapunk is actually trying to replicate the technology from the Great Kingdom is at the same time both shocking but also perfectly organic with the story as it has been told until now.
This is also the reason why some long-sighted fans predicted the huge Great Kingdom twist years ago: the clues have always been there, but the story intentionally led readers away from them. While One Piece fans may be shocked to learn the truth about the Great Kingdom and that their favorite series is actually set in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world, this incredible twist actually makes perfect sense for One Piece, and it's all thanks to Eiichiro Oda's masterful storytelling.
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