Great Chapter, and many interesting details
Oden joined WB Pirates along with Izo & Inu/Neko, and we all know that Izo stayed with WB Pirates, while other three joined Roger for a time
I wonder how Roger made him join
There are many possibilities:
- Roger challenged WB to a Davy Back Fight and took Oden after wining
- Toki told Oden that he should join Roger Pirates because she had a Prophecy (It's speculated she can see the future or some of it)
- Oden wanted to join Roger due to interest in Poneglyphs & Void Century that WB doesn't seem interested in (Roger's Final Journey)
- Oden was simply captured by Roger Pirates and only Neko/Inu managed to follow him while Izo failed and stayed with WB Pirates
- Oden's Journey with WB ended after they returned him & Toki to Wano, and then he joined Roger Pirates for a Second Adventure ... etc
Second thing to notice here, is how Shanks & Buggy talked about Success of WB, this explains WB's Bounty and Title as Strongest Man even during Roger's Time as revealed in Ace Novel & Databook, because simply WB was the Greatest Pirate at the time but then Roger became more Famous & got Title of Pirate King after his Last Journey, where he fought WB, face BM & Shiki and of course, reached Laugh Tale and found One Piece
It's also revealed that Shanks & Buggy were members of Roger Pirates at a very Young Age (Around 9-10 Years Old), which begs the questions of how did they join Roger Pirates, and again there are many possibilities:
- Just like Inu & Neko, they started their Adventure very young and Roger simply helped them
- Their Parents abandoned them or they were Orphans and Roger found them
- Important Father who died and left one of them (Or both if they are Brothers) in the care of Roger (This is your job, Theory guys)
- Roger liked them (Just like Shanks liked Young Luffy) but he let them join ..... etc
And let's not forgot that this confirms that Shanks was given Roger's Straw Hat at a very young, which suggests he most probably received it the moment he joined, so i wonder why did Roger give it to him ?
I mean, Shanks gave it to Luffy because he saw Roger in him and made a bet that Luffy would be next Pirate King
But who did Roger see in Shanks ??
Oda could have made Roger give his Hat to Shanks when he was gonna surrender and get executed which makes things very simple
However instead, Oda made sure to show us that Roger actually gave his hat to Shanks many years before Roger's Death, before he even started his Final Journey and before he learned about Poneglyphs
This Chapter simply increases the importance of Straw Hat so much
Next big reveal is about Toki, we learned that she was born 800 Years Ago and she is just 26 Years Old and she is looking for Wano
Her clothes and Oden's Comment on them clearly shows us that she is from Wano and that she left before (Most probably 800 Years Ago) and now she is trying to go back
So there are many questions, why did she leave ? why did she decide to return to it in the future ? and what time was she looking for ?
The fact that she left Wano, she traveled in time even though it means she will lose all her Closed Ones means that Wano was in a Bad Situation
And the fact that she traveled so much in the future, means that she isn't simply trying to return to Wano, she is looking for Wano in a certain Time
(For example, if u want to return to your Country and u can Travel in Time as much as u can, Few Years or even Dozens of years or let's say few hundreds are enough, but to travel to 800 Years in the future, that's simply too much, she is clearly looking for something aside from Wano)
And the fact that she wanted to jump 800 Years means she truly can see in the future hence why she chose this Period of Time
Toki could have saved herself 20 years ago, but she instead decided to die there, which means that whatever she was seeking, she already found,
But what did she find ? Oden ? Momo & Hiyori ? Roger ? One Piece ?
If she was looking for One Piece or Roger, she wouldn't be trying to go to Wano, and if she was looking for Oden, she wouldn't tell him to take her to Wano, so she obviously searching for something else, but we all know that nothing was achieved in Wano really
Whatever is going to happen, it's still didn't happen yet (We all know Luffy is the one to do it and Open Wano and reveal whatever is hidden in Wano)
However, the fact that Toki doesn't seem to have succeeded in doing/finding what she sought for and that she accepted Death before she do it, have a single explanation, she simply appointed a successor, someone who can continue her mission
That Person is pretty obvious, there is only one Character who resembles Toki, showed some weird behaviors and was really close to Toki
It's obviously none other than Hiyori
I still insist that Hiyori have now her Mother's DF and is trying to continue what her Mother once started and aimed for
Aside from this, we know that Oden was a Commander aboard WB Ship, and he already joined now and will leave them in short time, which means that WB had that Commander System since back then, suggesting that those Allied Captains were once Commanders and not just Regular Members