Today I found something amazing about One Piece! I discovered reader reactions about the crazy relationship between Moria and Oden. Let me write what I learned.
The hero from West Blue is named Gekko Moria. 50 years ago, Moria was born in West Blue. When he was young, Moria moved to Wano Country and grew up there. 30 years ago, Oden left Wano with Whitebeard. 29 years ago, Moria started his own Gekko Pirates. 28 years ago, Kaido took over Wano Country. 26 years ago, Oden joined Roger Pirates. 25 years ago, Oden came back to Wano and fought against Kaido with naked dancing. 24 years ago, Moria saw Roger’s execution in Loguetown.
23 years ago was very important! Moria fought against Kaido in Wano Country. People thought Moria died fighting Kaido to save Wano. Everyone believed he was a hero. But actually, Moria escaped with his sword and other things. 20 years ago, Oden stopped his naked dancing and fought Kaido for real. 16 years ago, Moria joined the Seven Warlords. 12 years ago, he made Hogback his subordinate. 2 years ago, Moria lost to Luffy. During the Summit War, Absalom helped him escape.
Now I understand! Moria was captured by Blackbeard to save Absalom. Then Perona came to rescue him. Garp made a big mess to save Coby, and Moria escaped during that chaos.
This story changes everything! Maybe Moria’s fight with Kaido was not just a pirate battle. Maybe it was personal because Moria loved Wano Country like his home.
The samurai shadows that Moria had – maybe they were real samurai from Wano, not just random zombies. Maybe characters like Ryuma were actually made into zombie generals by Moria using real Wano warriors.
Some fans think Moria actually died once during his first fight with Kaido, then came back using his shadow powers. He had strange scars on his body from the beginning. Maybe he awakened his shadow fruit power at that time.
The connection between “Gekko” (moonlight) and the Kozuki (moon) family is so obvious now! Moria might be able to read Poneglyphs because he was from the shogun family in Wano. Only shogun family members could learn those ancient letters.
People on forums predicted this connection back in 2011. Thriller Bark had many Japanese elements, so this twist makes sense.
If Moria is really from the Kozuki family, this explains why Blackbeard didn’t just take his shadow – maybe he respected Moria’s noble blood. Maybe Moria knew where ancient treasures were hidden because he could read the old writing.
This discovery shocked me so much! At first, I thought Moria challenging Kaido was just young foolishness. But now I understand – of course he would fight to protect his homeland!
If Oden and the daimyo had worked together with Moria’s pirate crew, maybe they could have defeated Kaido. But Oden couldn’t ignore the hostages, so he chose the naked dancing strategy instead.
I think Moria will appear again in the story soon. The timing of revealing his Kozuki connection is perfect. He already escaped with Perona, so he’s free now.
Tomorrow I want to read more about this theory. The World Government will definitely want to eliminate someone who can read Poneglyphs. And Blackbeard will keep trying to capture him.
This makes me think differently about the whole Wano arc. Maybe there’s still more to discover about these characters.