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I just finished Vol. 53 so … if the answer is revealed after 53, just tell me to be patient ^^ Only answer, if it's been revealed between 1-53.
Why does the government/navy cooperate with the pirates? They have three ultra-powerful admirals and could probably eradicate every crew if they wanted to. Then why do they let them sail, steal and pillage across the grand line and hunt for the One Piece?
First of all, most pirate crews are pretty weak and the conditions on the Grand Line are enough to wipe most of them out or make them give up. There are Marine outposts in many islands and fodder marines can take on fodder pirates. The admirals are too important to be wasting their time chasing fodder pirate crews.
Is the Red Line the first half of the Grand Line, and the New World the second one? Stupid question, I know, but I haven't read One Piece in forever …
The Red Line is a giant land mass that encircles the world of One Piece. As a result, it splits the Grand Line in half. The second half is the New World. The first half has no name that I can recall, but it is considered "Paradise" compared to the New World.
When do we get to know the third admiral? Like I said, don't tell me anything about him if we get to know him after 53. Only answer if we already saw him along the lines of 1-53 and I missed it.
You'll see him later…
Why did Blackbeard meet up with Ace? Do we know all the curren warlords of the sea as of Vol 53 (flamingo, boa hancock, kuma, blackbeard, jimbo…)? Are those all I can know right now? I might have missed out on some, it's been a while since my last OP manga, just picked 53 yesterday for the first time in some years (didn't miss any though, I'm caught up to 53..I just don't remember everything).
Thank you very much for answering!
Ace was hunting down Blackbeard because he killed one of Whitebeard's crew just to get a Devil Fruit. The Shichibukai as of Vol 53 are Dracule Mihawk, Donquixote Doflamingo, Bartholomew Kuma, Boa Hancock, Gecko Moria, Jimbei, and Marshall D. Teach(Blackbeard).