#chapter 966

We've had hints across One Piece that something is Not Normal about Marshal D. "Blackbeard" Teach.

He has incredible stamina where it's said that he's NEVER SLEPT ONCE.

And being able to wield two Devil Fruits, which would normally kill someone.

But I think the answer could be found here, in Jaya...

This happens right after the Orange Town Trio get the Uplifting Speech from Blackbeard. We are initially led to believe that Luffy and Zoro have somehow sensed the connection between Teach and the other Blackbeards lurking around Mock Town.

But what if this is the Big Secret to Blackbeard's Power?

"Twice as much fun"

"Two Devil Fruit powers"

In light of chapter 996, I thought I’d reblog this beautiful piece of work (not mine). It doesn’t contain spoilers, but it does contain themes. Each chapter of the manga has been more satisfactory than the last on many levels. However, I have included an image that is a spoiler, fyi.

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: One Piece Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Trafalgar D. Water Law, Nico Robin, Mugiwara Kaizoku | Strawhat Pirates, Heart Pirates, Penguin (One Piece), Monkey D. Luffy

The road to friendship: Stage 1: “I could talk to Nico-ya, or I could just keep sitting here staring intensely into the abyss while musing over the commonalities between our tragic backstories.” Stage 2: “Why discuss boring stuff like trauma, when you can bond over geeking out about coins? Not that I’m excited to share my collection with anyone or anything. . . .”

Stage 3: “Let me just give you this gift that means the world to you. You just take it and say thank you like normal (like you do when I hand you a cup of coffee). And now we’ll both act like this never happened. It was a moment. A moment that ended.”