What Hair Color Reveals
The colored version of Rocks was revealed on the Jump cover — not in the chapter itself. His hair is white and blue. That all but confirms Buggy is his son: same hair color, and his wanted poster composition is almost identical to Rocks’s. Some new questions emerge:
- Who is Buggy’s mother?
- Why is Teach’s hair black?
- How did Buggy end up on Roger’s ship?
The third will have to wait for Oda to reveal it. But the first two have room for theory.
Who Is Buggy’s Mother?
Teach is 40, Buggy is 39, Shanks is 39. That rules out the twin theory with Teach and Buggy. And since Eris wasn’t visibly pregnant when she escaped God Valley, she couldn’t be Buggy’s mother either. Buggy’s mother is definitely not Eris. Which means Rocks fathered children with more than one woman — and maybe that was intentional: carrying on the Davy bloodline across the world may have been part of his mission. He’d have chosen strong women who understood the risk and accepted it. With someone as magnetic as Rocks, it’s not hard to imagine women of Eris’s caliber being drawn to him.
Why Is Teach’s Hair Black?
Rocks has blue and white hair. Eris clearly isn’t black-haired. Yet Teach’s hair is black — so where does it come from? My running theory is that Eris is a fishman, specifically an octopus fishman. If that’s true, Teach’s black hair may be an expression of a much older ancestor’s genes resurfacing, skipping several generations of fishman lineage. It’s not unusual in genetics for older traits to reappear.
Loki Will Lead Galeola
Harald believed he could operate “Galeola.” Rocks also mentioned that Elbaf’s legendary Devil Fruit would be most effective in Harald’s giant body. Now that Harald is dead, who activates Galeola in his place? My answer: Loki, who ate Elbaf’s legendary Devil Fruit. This adds yet another parallel with Franky:
- Franky led Galley-La Company and built the Thousand Sunny
- Loki will revive the legendary shipwright “Galeola” and rebuild Noah at Fishman Island
And the Loki–Shirahoshi pairing has been foreshadowed for a while — they appeared side by side in a mural, and the symbolism writes itself: the prince of the island with the Adam tree, and the princess of the island with the Eve tree. I can see Loki sailing to Fishman Island with Galeola in tow and growing close to Shirahoshi in the process.
Post-Marineford Homage
Loki, sobbing over the news of Rocks’s death = Luffy, breaking down and refusing to accept Ace’s death. Harald, taking out his grief and rage on random thugs = Dadan, venting her fury at Garp after Ace died. The God Valley Incident, like Marineford, was sealed by the Figarland family’s involvement. It makes the entire flashback feel like a prequel to the greatest war in One Piece history.
Which raises the natural question: what comes after Elbaf wraps up? If God Valley mirrors Marineford, could the aftermath mirror 3D2Y — a major training and power-up arc for the Straw Hats? Personally, I’d love to see Franky powered up using ancient technology from a research facility reactivated by Vegapunk’s data, becoming stronger than Emeth.
Enies Lobby Homage
Harald marching to Marine HQ to atone for the giants’ 1,000 years of wrongdoing — and snapping off his own horn — echoes Zoro’s Rashomon, splitting the Sea Train in two. His willingness to become a slave if it means atonement mirrors Robin. And the word “atonement” itself calls to mind the loathsome Spandam. Not to mention the massive ship bearing down — very Enies Lobby energy.
Rocks’s death isn’t the end — Im’s arc continues. What’s coming next is Harald being pushed to his absolute limits, physically and mentally, before his death. Brace yourself. That’s all for this chapter. See you next week!