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Eiichiro Oda is the master of mysteries and plot revelations and has proved so on multiple occasions. If you are aOne Piecefan, your job description also demands that you be a detective. So sit tight because the latestOne Piecetheory tries to unfold the connection between Bonney, Shanks, Gol D. Roger, and the Gorosei.
While you might be familiar with Bonney’s powers and past illness, the experiments she underwent might not be the first and last time they have occurred. There could be more victims among the main characters themselves.
Eiichiro Oda is Hiding the Effects of Saturn’s Experiments on Bonney
Chapter 1103ofOne Piecerevealed thatBonney never ate a Devil Fruit. Her powers never originated from physically eating a fruit, rather she was a victim of Saturn’s experiments. Bonney has thepower of Toshi Toshi no Mithat allows her to manipulate her age as well as that of others at will.
In fact, it was Saturn who triggered Bonney’s Sapphire Scale disease. This particular disease is extremely rare, to the point that most doctors don’t even know about its existence. So you could theorize that Saturn’s experiments triggered Bonney’s illness. The Five Elders were trying to transfer Devil Fruit powers to individuals without physically feeding them the fruits.
So far, we know about Bonney who had undergone such treatment, but what if there are more such cases? In the case of human experimentation, one survivor means that there are plenty of those involved who have lost their lives already. The Gorosei could care less about how many people they have killed just to fulfill their roles.
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This leads to the question: What if someone else inOne Piecehas gone through the same torture and readers just don’t know about it yet? There is one unlikely person who seems to be the perfect fit for this theory.
Shanks Could Have Caused Roger’s Illness inOne Piece
Roger foundShanksin a treasure chest, how the 1-year-old boy ended up in a chest is still a mystery. He was eventually taken in by the Roger Pirates. So how did the boy get immersed in a treasure chest? Surely it is not a normal circumstance? What if Shanks was also the victim of one of Saturn’s experiments?
Shanks is considerably older than Bonney so he could have been the victim of the initial stages of experimentation. When something didn’t work out and they no longer needed Shanks, they might have thought of a cruel and simple way to get rid of him. Thankfully, Roger rescued him before Shanks could die.
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IfShanks indeed underwent such an experiment,there is a high chance that he too must have contracted a disease. But Shanks never showed any signs of distress, and how did he possibly survive such an ordeal? The answer is very simple, there is another person in his close vicinity who was ill.
Gol D. Roger was suffering from a disease that weakened him. Being the Pirate King, he could have easily gotten it treated, but he ailed from it. What if it was a rare disease just like Bonney’s? Roger might have transferred the disease from Shanks to himself because he saw potential in the boy and furthermore loved him to pieces.
Since it was years before Bonney’s case, doctors and treatment could have been even rarer or non-existent. Eventually, it could have begun heavily affecting Roger’s body. Saturn’s experiments are yet to show their darkest underbelly and when it does, many One Piece mysteries will be unraveled.
You can readOne Pieceon Viz Media and watch the anime on Crunchyroll.
Aaheli Pradhan
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Aaheli is an Anime Content Writer at FandomWire with 1300+ published articles. With five years of experience under her belt, she is a living, breathing encyclopedia for anime and manga. From Shonen and Shojo to the most niche anime, nothing escapes her radar. Her poisons of choice are Assassination Classroom, Gintama, Ouran High School Host Club and every Ghibli movie ever. She believes in living a slow life, surrounded by incomplete art projects and her beloved cats.
