Mysteries of One Piece

[bittman]

Well after being here for a long time I've seen many threads dedicated to a mystery in One Piece, but given the sheer size of the series it's hard to keep track of every single mystery in Oda's fantasia.

The aim of this thread is to gather all the possible mysteries of One Piece that have been lurking in our minds, whether recent mysteries which could be answered in the next chapter, or things that have been plaguing our minds since Romance Dawn. I won't post my own, because I'll just sit here and make a list of a couple of hundred questions and not leave you with any fun.

Of course, this thread could get out of hand so I only have two requests:
1) Don't turn this into a discussion about the mysteries, but answering something someone may have thought of as a mystery is allowed.
2) Post questions that are mysteries and not just facts we are missing, something suited to the Davy Back forum or predictions:

Good - "Who is Dandan?" , "Who is Luffy's mother?", "What is the One Piece?" (I'll put these up myself)
Bad - "What is Whitebeard's Devil Fruit?", "Is Ace stronger than Enel?", "Is Blackbeard using the World Government?"

Depending on how much response this thread gets, I'll probably alphabetise the list, group common themes and maybe even link to threads where the mysteries are being discussed (though I recomend the Index for all your thread needs). Users will be credited with their questions.

Mysteries of One Piece:

• Who is Dandan?
• What is the One Piece?
• What does the D. stand for? (darkband)
• What is the name of the country Clover was talking about? (darkband)
• What is the motivation of the Revolutionaries? (rhaven/Imitorar)
• What was the Void century? What has been voided from history? (LoS)
• What is Posidien? Where is it hidden if it still exists? (LoS)
• How many Ancient Warships are there? (Absolutio)
• What was the shadow in the Florian Triangle? (paradoxe)
• Who are the parents of many of the Strawhats? (includes Luffy (mother only), Zoro (both), Nami (both), Sanji (both), Robin (father), Franky (both), Brooke (both)) [could be expanded]
• What are Kuma's motives in saving the Strawhat's? (rhaven + paradoxe)
• How long have the Three World Powers existed? (paradoxe)
• How does the World Government's hierarchy and governing system work? (paradoxe)
• What are the minimum requirements for becoming a Shichibukai? (paradoxe)
• What is the World Government's control and authority over the world? (paradoxe)
• Is Raftel inhabited? (paradoxe)
• Why have people not reached Raftel in reverse? (paradoxe)
• What does the Strawhat represent to Shanks? (paradoxe)
• What are the true backgrounds of the Supernova's? [could be expanded] (paradoxe)
• How many Vice-Admirals are there? (paradoxe)
• What's with Sanji's Left Eye? (ZeroChrome)
• Does the All Blue exist? (gao_dargon)
• What was Gol D. Roger's sickness, and how did he get it? (gao_dargon)
• Are Luffy and Ace actually full brothers? (gao_dargon)
• How many Devil Fruits are there? (gao_dargon)
• How did they write a book on Devil Fruits and their powers? (gao_dargon)
• Where do Devil Fruits come from? (gao_dargon)
• Can the Rumble Ball be used on other Devil Fruit users? (gao_dargon)
• Why is the Grand Line created so unique from the rest of the world? (k-dom)

[darkband]

Here's some big ones:

1.What does the D. stand for?
2.What is the name of the country Clover was talking about?

[rhaven]

some quick ones:
who are the revolutionaries?
what was kuma's purpose

--Edit--
Who is Pandaman?

[Imitorar]

The Revolutionaries are a group led by Dragon that want to topple the World Government, obviously. Unless you mean "What is the motivation of the Revolutionaries?" And Pandaman is a character Oda created for a Kinikuman contest when he was a kid, who he now uses for "Easter Egg" hidden cameo appearances in One Piece. That's really more or less all there is to him.

[LoS]

What is the Void Century, what was voided?

What is Posiedon, where is it hidden?

[bittman]

C'mon guys, way more than this.

Thanks Imitorar for clearing up rhaven's mysteries. I also took your suggestion for the question into the mystery list.

Rhaven, could you also clear up your question? What was Kuma's purpose is pretty broad. Is it in saving the Strawhats from Kizaru, leaving Zoro with the pain, becoming a Shichibukai, etc?

Reworded your question a little LoS, makes it a bit clearer, though perhaps more ambiguous at the same time.

[rhaven]

Hi, I guess what I meant by the Kuma mystery is this: If Kuma is a cyborg programmed b Vegapunk, why does he allow the Strawhats to escape. Is he going against his programming or following it?

[Absolutio]

What is Posiedon, where is it hidden?

Posiedon=Pluton=Name for an ancient "weapon"=An ancient warship that's said to have the deadliest force.
The whole CP9 thing with Robin and Franky was about the ancient weapons and their possible revival..

Where is it hidden?
Well, first of all we need to ask ourselves how many ancient warships are there to start with?
Is Posiedon just another name for Pluton, meaning they are the same ship, or is Posiedon is another warship with the same design, meaning there are two ancient warships..
And if they're hidden for so long, it must be some special secret location that the WG can't get their hands on - for example, a sky island, Raftel, secret/hidden islands that don't have magnetic forces in them (in the grandline).

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Here is some mystery/question I have..
How does selling the grandline in the opposite way work?
Lets say if you start in the middle of grandline, and you want to sail "backwards".. How does it work, since in each island you get the magnetic field of the island and the next one, so the arrow would lead to the next island, and the back of the arrow would lead to the current (or while journing to the next, the previous).

[paradoxe]

What was the thing in the Florian Triangle?

And it'd be nice to know more of all the SH's backgrounds. Like family etc.

What are Kuma's motives?

How long have the Three World Power system existed?

What are the minimum requirements for application to the Shichibukai?

Who actually leads the WG? The Gorosei? What if they disagree with each other?

How much authority does the WG actually have in the individual kingdoms and islands? Do they have no authority at all in the New World?

Whos the King of Elbaf? How powerful is he actually?

Does anyone live on Raftel?

Why is it impossible to walk across Reverse Mountain to get to Raftel? -.-

What does the Straw hat represent? Why was it so important to Shanks?

What is Gol D Roger's treasure (One Piece)?

It'd be nice to know more about the Supernova exploits.

Are there any other notable pirates aside from the Shichibukai and Yonkou? Who are they?

How many Vice Admirals are there? How powerful are they?

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What is the motivation of the Revolutionaries?

To overthrow the WG ofcourse.

Isn't it a tad bit obvious?

[ZeroChrome]

Super mystery:

What's with Sanji's left eye?

I've read somewhere that it's one of the seven wonders of OP. dunno where I read that though

[Akainu]

Here is some mystery/question I have..
How does selling the grandline in the opposite way work?
Lets say if you start in the middle of grandline, and you want to sail "backwards".. How does it work, since in each island you get the magnetic field of the island and the next one, so the arrow would lead to the next island, and the back of the arrow would lead to the current (or while journing to the next, the previous).

One way to make that possible would be an "eternal pose". these always point to one and the same island. though surely not everyone can get one of these and we haven't seen the only group traveling "backwards" use one (the rolling pirates).

an interesting additional question to this: if they travel that way they are bound to hit the red line / reverse mountain. they can't enter the blues (marines could) so are they going "forward" again? technically there are enough magnet routes to go.

[Fox666]

They may come back, didn't?
The marines and Hancock can travel the Calm Belt... how does they can't go to Raftel?

How long have the Three World Power system existed?

Jimbei became a Shichibukai 8 years ago... the Yonkou cannot left the NW, but 10 years ago Shanks where in Luffy's hometown...

What are the minimum requirements for application to the Shichibukai?

Being enough recognized as someone powerfull and influent. Enough to scary another pirates and keep the balance with the Yonkou.

Who actually leads the WG? The Gorosei? What if they disagree with each other?

Yes, they lead it... they are politics, what if two politics disagree with each other?

How much authority does the WG actually have in the individual kingdoms and islands? Do they have no authority at all in the New World?

The NW is totally lawless...

Does anyone live on Raftel?

Possible.

[gao_dargon]

does all blue exist??
Zoro is an orfan??
how did Gol got sick??
Ace is really Luffy's brother??
how many devil fruits are there??
Where does the devil fruits come from??
if there is only one fruit of each, how come they allready know wich is wich, (or more elaborate, how did the book of DF was writen??)
if you are a DF user and you die, the devil fruit grows again in its original place??
what would happend if Luffy eats a rumblle ball??

[Dice]

How the hell is Oda always able to surprise everybody?

[k-dom]

One way to make that possible would be an "eternal pose". these always point to one and the same island. though surely not everyone can get one of these and we haven't seen the only group traveling "backwards" use one (the rolling pirates).

an interesting additional question to this: if they travel that way they are bound to hit the red line / reverse mountain. they can't enter the blues (marines could) so are they going "forward" again? technically there are enough magnet routes to go.

I think that the grand line working is itself a big net of misteries (the magnetic roads, the logpose, the calm belt, the season islands...)