Warning: The post-obit contains spoilers for One Piece Chapter 1041, "Komurasaki," by Eiichiro Oda, Stephen Paul, and Vanessa Satone, bachelor in English from Viz Media.

Equally One Piece'due south ''Wano Country'' arc hurtles towards its climax, manga author Eiichiro Oda is still continuously raising the stakes. Most of the major players in the brotherhood are unable to stand following excruciating battles with Kaido's atomic number 82 enforcers -- also as against Big Mom -- leaving just Luffy and Kaido as they disharmonism atop Onigashima's roof.

The island itself is on a collision course with Wano's Flower Uppercase, with mere minutes to go until the city is crushed beneath the gigantic skull. This ticking clock provides more plenty tension for Luffy and Kaido's final bout, simply not content with leaving information technology there, Oda has thrown some other spanner in the works. There's the revelation that the Globe Government'due south V Elders take put a striking on Luffy, and that CP0 are ordered to impale him posthaste.

As CP0'due south head officer on Wano noted, this is a inexplainable order to make, especially at this phase in the game. With Luffy in the thralls of his fight confronting Kaido, such an guild would require CP0 to come between ii Emperor-level threats, an action tantamount to suicide. Despite his protests, the CP0 leader is informed that he is to carry out the society in social club to prevent ''the worst-case scenario'' before the scene cuts abroad.

It's a tantalizing notation to leave the plot thread on, leading fans to speculate what led to the order being made, and what the and so-called "worst-case scenario" could be. Many have noted the likelihood that the order actually comes from to a higher place the Five Elders -- from the true leader of the Earth Government, Imu.

Dorsum in Chapter 908, the 5 Elders asked Imu which ''light'' the leader wished to be ''stricken from history'', with Imu clutching pictures of several characters from the series, including Luffy'southward. 2 chapters earlier, Imu was seen holding Luffy's wanted affiche in front of the sacred treasure of Marijoa: a giant straw hat. Luffy'due south connection to Marijoa's treasure remains a mystery, but based on these scenes, it's probable that information technology pertains to why Imu ordered the striking on the Straw Hat helm.

In that location's likewise the possibility that Luffy's Mucilage-Gum Fruit is more significant than initially assumed. In Chapter 1018, old CP9-fellow member Who'due south Who revealed that the World Government assigned him to protect the fruit before it was stolen by Shanks' crew, which Who's Who was severely punished for. This implied the fruit was vitally important for the World Government.

Later on, in Chapter 1037, the Five Elders discussed a mysterious Devil Fruit that they fright will awaken. A fruit that the World Regime gave a dissimilar name, seemingly to cover up its true nature. While the details are kept deliberately vague, it's possible that the fruit in question is the Mucilage-Gum Fruit, which would requite sufficient motive for the striking.

Whatever the reason, it'southward enough that the World Authorities seemingly don't trust Kaido -- the world's strongest creature -- to cease the job for them.  Luffy has managed to concord his own confronting the Rex of the Beasts, even when to the balance of the world his odds were considered insurmountable, which makes information technology even more noteworthy that the Five Elders take taken matters into their own hands. Whatsoever intel they have on Luffy, it marks him every bit a bigger danger than Kaido, the character with the highest known active compensation in the serial.

In any instance, the hit on Luffy is likely to have huge ramifications for the series going forward. The Earth Government has long been positioned every bit the terminal villains in the series, and with this motility, they've kickstarted a directly conflict with Luffy that will last until the series' climax.

It also means that the Straw Hat Pirates volition exist forced to go along the run following the events of Wano. Unremarkably, I Piece arcs end with the protagonists jubilant their victory alongside the locals, and while it's certainly within reason the ''Wano Land'' arc will follow accommodate, the Straw Hats will have to keep the revelry brief if they desire to stay one step ahead of the forces of the World Government. Wherever the Straw Hats go side by side after Wano, they'll accept to do and then while fugitive their new pursuers.

The ''Wano'' arc already provided a ton of developments for the serial moving forward, but the Earth Government'due south hit on Luffy might exist the most important to appointment. Information technology'south a motion that will ripple throughout the remainder of the series, and any the motive backside information technology is volition surely make for one of the biggest revelations inOne Piece's storied history.

KEEP READING: Ane Slice: Will Kid and Law Be Futurity Emperors?

Naruto: Might Guy's MBTI Type & How information technology Defines the Taijutsu Master

Nigh The Writer

Calum Walker (27 Articles Published)

Calum Walker is a freelance writer who dabbles in both not-fiction and prose. He hails from West Sussex and graduated from the University of Brighton with a Masters in Artistic Writing. His lifelong love of anime started when he was six, sprinting across the playground wanting desperately to be Goku. Admittedly zippo has inverse since so.

More From Calum Walker