We all know that Oda draws inspiration from real world events
well, the age of exploration lead to the discovery of "The Americas". and The Americas were labled as the "New World"
Oda's "New World" and the Americas "New World" not only share the same name… but if you analyze more closely, you can see many similarities.
Crossing the Redline in order to get to the New World is like Crossing the Atlantic: Dangerous, Mysterious, Exciting
The 4 emperors = 4 nations fighting for the americas "New World": England, France, Spain, Portugal. These 4 nations eventually split the new world and ruled their own section, much like the 4 emperors of one piece.
and the most important part, Raftel...
i've seen many people speculate about Raftel being a lost and ancient civilization....
Well, The Americas, before the europeans arrived had advanced civlizations such as the Mayas, Aztecs, Incas,
and most intriguing part, there was one specific group of native americans that "mysteriously" vanished....
They had a calender that was planned out far into the future, but all of a sudden, the calender stopped. = Poneglyph??
the name of this group slips my mind
Not sure if anyone has ever come up with this theory, but having the same name "New World" stood out to me.
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at first i didn't think of adding further detail. but it seems like further elaboration is needed
about the ancient calender predicting doomsday and my connectioin of it to the poneglyphs is the fact that, some people believe that the poneglyphs hold information about the void century, and the evil things the world government has done.
Poneglyphs warning future generations of the evils of the world government
Calender warning whoever finds it of the day that the world would end
and about the "New World". of course it's just a name, and of course the "New World" is not necesarily "New" to the NATIVE INHABITANTS..... but to the EXPLORERS in the AGE OF EXPLORATION.. ya dig??
and i just read the thread about "BB proof that dragon is a logia" and found this nifty gem
1. Byakko the White Tiger (Whitebeard), Associated with West and Autumn; a protector, and known as the King of animals and lord of mountains.
2. Suzaku the Red Phoenix (Shanks), Associated with the South and Summer; associated with Good fortune and Prosperity.
3. Seiryu the Blue-green Dragon (?????), Associated with East and Spring; a symbol of justice and benevolent rule.
4. Genbu the Black Turtle (?????), Emperor of Winter and the North, Bringer of Wisdom and Longevity.
i saw it before, but it slipped my mind when i made this post..
well East, West, North, South
East (North America) = Britain --> Colonies
West (South America) = Spain --> ALOT of spanish countries. (although the spanish had alot of influence on territories all around South America, and thus they were not necesarily confined to the Western part of the Americas..
after the Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain agreed with Portugal to split the possesion of the territory with a line drawn near Brazil. Spain gets everything to the West. and Portugese get everything to the East, basically Spain got the entire West Coast... including parts of the West Coast in North America
South (South America) = Portugal --> Brazil, (and actually before the spanish took over, Portugese explorers sailed and explorered the southern tip of South America) and see ^^above, Treaty of Tordesillas. basically, the Portugese were confined to South America
North (North America) = France --> Canada
About columbus finding the West Indies by ACCIDENT
Wouldn't that fit in?? Oda has constantly compared Roger to Luffy. and looking at Luffy, we can see that he's very clumsy, and gets lucky.... now IF luffy is like Roger, Roger could be a goofball too. And people were asking, If Roger went to Raftel, why doesn't Shanks know the location.... Maybe cause Roger found Raftel by ACCIDENT, and doesn't have a real location mapped out..
ya digg?