This article contains spoilers from One Piece’s Elbaf Arc.
Summary
- Roger Pirates blamed for not revealing threat
- Vegapunk criticized them for not speaking up
- Rayleigh wanted to keep secrets hidden
One Piece’s Final Saga has thrown a lot of focus on the likes of the Roger Pirates, among other figures. Having been the only crew to have found the One Piece, the Roger Pirates hold all the secrets of the world, as well as the most fame. At the same time, with Luffy closer than ever to the One Piece itself, and with the new revelations being made by Vegapunk, the Roger Pirates have been a very hot topic among the fans for many reasons.
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While there is still a lot of stuff that Oda has kept secret about this crew, there is one thing that confuses fans to no end, and that is why Roger didn’t fight the Celestial Dragons. Thankfully, Oda has already given the fans the answer to this.
Roger Pirates Were Blamed For Not Informing The World Of The Threat
- Vegapunk Blasted The Roger Pirates For Not Revealing The Truth
- Rayleigh Wanted To Keep It Hidden
At the beginning of One Piece, Oda hadn’t established the main plot where the real threat of the story were the Celestial Dragons. In fact, at the beginning of One Piece, it was quite difficult to even tell that there would be villains other than Pirates and Marines. As such, fans never questioned what Roger did and didn’t reveal.
You want my treasure? You can have it! — Gol D. Roger
But, now, things are different. Fans know very well that the Roger Pirates found out the true history of the world. They also figured out the true meaning of the D, as well as what the Ancient Weapons are. Naturally, since the Roger Pirates found out the entire truth, they knew about Imu, the World Government, and also the world sinking. Yet, despite knowing all that, Roger and his crew never said a word to anyone. The only person whom Roger shared the history with was Whitebeard, and there is a reason for that.
Roger Was Too Early, Luffy’s Journey Is His Own
Roger Lamented Not Being Born With Joy Boy
When it comes to why the Roger Pirates never fought the World Government, Oda has already confirmed the main reason to the fans. The fact is that Roger and his crew were too early. The Final War can only happen after a certain time in the One Piece world. Those in the Void Century knew that Joy Boy would return after 800 years. Toki knew which timeline to jump to, and even Oden knew that Wano would have to endure for 20 years before Joy Boy’s arrival. Clearly, everyone in the Roger Pirates knew they were too early.
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Roger even said so himself. Neither of the two sovereigns was born at the time. Nika didn’t exist since nobody had the Devil Fruit, and Shirahoshi wasn’t born either, as confirmed by Shyarly. As such, Roger couldn’t do anything about it.
Roger Was Waiting For Luffy
Some fans might still wonder why Roger didn’t inform the world about the impending flooding and the answer to that is simple. The world has to enter an era of chaos for Nika to come. Nika only comes when people are in misery. Furthermore, Roger spilling the secrets of the world would’ve destabilized it further and possibly changed the course of history forever, especially since he was never meant to find the Laugh Tale.
Oh, joy boy! I wish I was born in your era. — Roger
The only thing Roger could do was start the Great Pirate Era, so the chances of the next Nika finding the One Piece increase, and his crew served as guides to Nika on his journey.
One Piece Chapter 1152 will be out in two weeks. As usual, One Piece is going to drop on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece drops at 12AM JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on June 25. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1152 is June 25, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.
One Piece
- Release Date
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October 20, 1999
- Network
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Fuji TV
- Directors
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
- Writers
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)