The Marines are the bigger military force in the world of One Piece. They are the military face of the World Government, and they try their best to maintain peace, and order throughout the world. They used to reside at Marineford HQ, but during the Paramount War, it was completely and utterly destroyed. Now, they’ve moved to the Red Line, and a lot closer to the New World.
The strongest members in the Marines are known as the Marine Admirals. These Admirals are extremely powerful, and can defeat nearly 95% of the entire One Piece world. Usually, there are there Admirals within the Navy. These 3 Admirals work directly below the Fleet Admiral, who is a rank above them, and is also implied to be stronger than the Admirals. The former Admirals of the Marines were Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru.
However, after the War of Marineford, Fleet Admiral Sengoku resigned, and then, Akainu and Aokiji fought for the position of the Fleet Admiral. Akainu emerged victorious, and Aokiji left the Marines. This opened up two spots for new Admirals to come in. As you all know, the two new Admirals we’re Fujitora, and Ryokugyu. We haven’t really been introduced to Ryokugyu yet, but we do know that he’s a monster when it comes to power.
However, both Fujitora and Ryokugyu are different. In an SBS Eiichiro Oda was asked about whether Fujitora and Ryokugyu actually resented the World Government, and wanted to change it from inside. Here’s what he had to say:
D: You know how there was a question in SBS Volume 75 about the admiral candidates?? WellI just figured out the reason behind your final choice of the “Ox” and the “Tiger” so here it is…
→Hitsujisaru [未申 (坤) – literally “Sheep Monkey”]→ Momotaro
Ushitora [丑寅 (艮) – literally “Ox Tiger”]→
Kimon[鬼門 – literally “Demon Gate”]→Oni[鬼](Tiger loincloth, Ox horn
And the “Oni” in this case would be representing the pirates.
Could the two new admirals “Ryokugyu” and ”Fujitora” possibly have been created with the concept that, despite them being people of the Marines, deep down inside they are both Admirals who secretly harbor ill feelings towards the World Government (going against the WG → kind of like pirates?) as can be seen with Fujitora’s wish to completely abolish the”Shichibukai” system set up by the World Government?
O:What? Me, becoming restless?(cold sweat)W-w-what are you talking about? Of course not. Uhhh, well that was one heck of a complicated theory written on this piece of paper. If you want to, go ahead and try to process it. I haven’t said a single thing about whether this theory is correct or incorrect, okay!(cold sweat)Just saying. I j-just happened to throw this postcard in, so that I could show my fans the kinds of questions I’ve been getting and s-stuff.
Eiichiro Oda didn’t deny the fact that Fujitora and Ryokugyu could actually be carrying Ill feelings towards the World Government, and that they secretly want to change the World Government. This gives us a clue about what kind of Admirals both of them will be. We already know what kind of person Fujitora is. However, if Ryokugyu happens to be the same as Fujitora, things will really get a lot interesting.
Thats it from me.
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