 Luffy's mother is here, we're exactly at God Valley, and so is Monkey D Dragon. In fact, Luffy's mother might be a dragon herself, a celestial dragon, or a slave. Or maybe both. Confused? Me too. But don't worry, we're gonna figure this out together. One piece is currently diving deep to show us the contrasting lives of slaves and world nobles, and here's my proposition. Luffy's mom could be a part of one of these classes, or maybe even possibly both of them. Slaves and world nobles are prominent aspects of the series, as it's something that is closely tied to the rich history of conflict within the one piece world. However, to date, this conflict was never something that had been explored in great detail. Sure, it's been touched on here and there, and we've seen bits and pieces through characters' stories, such as in the case of Boa Hancock, the island of Tequila Wolf and Fisher Tiger, and on top of our real world knowledge. This gave us a basic idea of what's involved in this dark element of the story. But within the over 1,000 chapters in the series, it's not something that we'd been primed to see being delivered in such great detail, up till now. And not only does it seem like this huge story will be explored in the God Valley flashback, this may tie in with another big mystery. The story of Monkey D. Luffy's mother. But before we answer the question as to who Luffy's mother is, we first need to address the possibility of whether she is even still alive, because, as per one piece maths, mothers in the series don't have a very good survival rate, and so there's a good chance that if Luffy's mom hasn't been seen so far in the series, that's because, well, she's not present in the living world. And indeed, we've never seen Luffy's mother, or at least anyone confirmed to be Luffy's mother, in the over 25 years and over 1,000 chapters. In fact, there hasn't been a single mention of her. The only time she was ever discussed by Oda himself was in SBS Volume 44, when the mangaka was asked, Oda-sensei, I have a serious question. Will you ever draw Luffy's parents? To which Oda responded, they'll appear in the next volume. Look forward to it. Well, fast forward to Volume 45, where Garp and Dragon made their appearance, but there was no sign of Luffy's mother. Dadan, the foster mother of Luffy also appeared, but again, Luffy's biological mother was nowhere to be seen. However, there has been some speculation that Oda didn't fact draw Luffy's mother in that same volume, but kept her low profile by hiding her in the background. And if we go back to Dragon's scene in Volume 45, a woman can be seen present, who would go on to again be shown alongside Dragon in later chapters. Causing fans to wonder, could Oda have been referring to this woman, when he said Luffy's parents would be appearing in the next volume? Personally, I don't think so. I think Oda might have just been referring to both Dragon and Dadan appearing in the same volume because in a way, Oda did indeed show Luffy's parents by showing both his father and his foster mother. The latter being more fitting with the familiar theme seen throughout the series that you don't have to be blood related to be considered family. And surely, if Oda was going to introduce Luffy's mom, he wouldn't relegate her to a background character, would he? Because according to an interview with Luffy's anime voice actor Mayumi Tanaka, when she expressed her curiosity to know about Luffy's mother, Oda told her that a young man's adventure begins after he leaves his mother's arms. I want to tell the story of this young boy's adventure, so mothers don't play a part in it, which says a lot about Oda's opinion of mothers in the story, which he emphasized when asked by another fan in another SBS about why there is an abnormally extensive number of characters in One Piece who have unknown or already deceased mothers, to which Oda is simply replied, because mother is the antonym for adventure. And perhaps the most wholesome way we can interpret this statement is that Oda means to imply that one must leave their mother's nurture and protection to truly start their adventure and deal with the wild and unpredictable nature that comes with said adventure without relying on their moms. So was all of this Oda's way of saying that we will never meet Luffy's mom? Well I'm in the camp that she will still show up in the series, and perhaps even play an important role in the events to come, or to be precise, might have played an important role in the past that so happens to be the current focus of the story. But before Oda gives us the answer to one of the biggest mysteries in the series on who exactly is the mother of our protagonist and what her overall involvement in the entire story is, this is the part where I tell you that it's not crocodile. Although that would have been pretty funny to set you guys up like this, get you guys all the way into this point of the video, only to reveal that I was memeing all along, but I held myself back. Now in case you're not familiar with this legendary meme theory, this is an age-long speculation that has now amassed somewhat of a cult following, based on the idea that Sir Crocodile used to be a woman. And the theory is now so widespread that it seems to have even made its way into the One Piece live action. This theory spawned from the interaction between Ivankov and Crocodile during Impale Down, where it seems Ivankov had some pretty saucy secrets about Crocodile, prompting some to believe that this secret is that Ivankov used his powers to turn Crocodile into a man. And one piece of evidence used to support this is that in the series, in both the manga and the anime during Roger's execution scene, we saw a number of infamous pirates in their youth witnessing the late Pirate King's execution. But among these many faces, Crocodile's face was mysteriously not shown, suspicious much? Now one of the more logical reasons why he wasn't shown could be that it was so as not to reveal what his face looked like, or in particular whether he had his prominent scar back then. But the absence also led to speculations that the reason why his face was hidden is because showing it would reveal his feminine features before he was turned into a man. And now this popular theory has become so widespread that it even seems to have made its way into the live action, where during Roger's execution scene, familiar characters were shown once again, but Crocodile was noticeably absent, and instead a camera pans to a woman who suspiciously gives off crocodile-y vibes, leading many to think that this is a nod to the Crocodile Mom theories by the showrunners. And I expect some of you watching this video are fervent believers of this theory, and will let me know, and I'll hear or I'll see many comments saying Luffy's mom is clearly Crocodile Mom, and all I can say is have at it. But now that's out of the way, let's speculate on Luffy's mom and why and how she may play a big part in the conflict of the class war that we are likely soon to witness. The recent events of One Piece has begun to show Kuma's backstory. And as we dive into this flashback, we finally witness the struggle that Kuma faced from an early age being forced into slavery practically at birth. The same flashback also confirmed that Ivankov was a slave, whose betrayal in those circumstances made me love him even more by the way, as we see an unbroken Ivankov in the face of hardship being no different in energy than of his current self. No type of hellish environment would break Ivankov, not imprisonment, not slavery. The consistency in staying so positive even in such difficulty is such an admirable trait and oh god I will always root for Iva, but I digress. What I have just realised that I may have just jinxed myself. Seeing as Ivankov showed up with a character that seems to be marked with death, he's supposed sister Ginny, and I say supposed because she does refer to him as her brother. But it could be that they're not actually blood related, because as we've established you don't need to be of blood relations to be siblings. And like Kuma's attempt to hide his sorrows to his father, but then broke down when his mom passed away, Ivankov might be in for a similar scenario when his sister Ginny is taken away from him, his current bright and bubbly personality being shattered when he loses someone he loves. Now why is this relevant? Well because this is where Dragon's involvement comes in. Seeing Kuma and Ivankov together greatly increases the chances that Dragon will also be a part of the legendary story of God Valley, as it's looking like the perfect place to plant the seed that would eventually grow into the Revolutionary Army. Although we know that the Revolutionary Army itself wouldn't come into conception until after the Ohara incident, this doesn't mean that Kuma, Ivankov and Dragon couldn't have known each other, possibly working together as the freedom fighters, since even before they founded the Revolutionary Army together, and this relationship might have been born out of the events at God Valley. The event where the Rocks Pirates aka the strongest pirate crew in history, led by the Captain Rocks Deezerbeck and consisting of three future emperors of the sea, Whitebeard, Big Mum and Kaido were defeated by the combined forces of Monkey D. Garp and Goldy Roger. Now that's more or less of what we know about the main participants of this incident, but perhaps another detail that Sengoku forgot or conveniently chose not to mention is that the current Revolutionary Army leader Monkey D. Dragon was also present during this legendary event, not as a young rebellious warrior, but perhaps as a young marine, and if he indeed was a marine, placing him at the events of God Valley should be easy enough. There isn't really anything to support the idea that Dragon was once a part of the marine ranks, except maybe that his father is, and also perhaps that Dragon's hatred of the world government and celestial dragons stems from maybe what he witnessed as being part of the Marines, perhaps at God Valley, which is shaping up to include one of the most reprehensible actions we've ever witnessed in the series as we enter into some sort of gladiatorial hunting game when the inhabitants of the resource rich kingdom and other pesky slaves are being treated like animals and being terrorized for sport. In terms of Dragon's character, there's also an air of righteousness involved with forming the Revolutionary Army. It's an active stance that Dragon has clearly taken to combat the evil that he deems in the world, and in that sense, we know that Dragon is on the side of justice, so it's not too hard to imagine that he may have joined the Marines for the same reason, to help the oppressed, which on paper is the duty of Marines to protect innocent civilians from pirates until one is exposed to the reality which reveals that there is both good and evil on both sides, but most of all, the true root of the evil seems to lie with the world government, but until Dragon is himself confronted with that reality, it's possible that he may have joined the Marines to do his part in righting the wrongs of the world, similar to how Kobe joined the Marines, so was Dragon also at God Valley with Garb as a Marine as the Navy was sent there to protect the celestial dragons against the Rocks pirates. We now know that Jay Garcia Saturn was also present at God Valley and as we've seen at Egghead Island, a Garcia doesn't go anywhere without being accompanied by a powerful army. Against only a crew of 10 members and Vega Punk, Saturn went to Egghead with an Admiral Kizuru, 9 other vice admirals and a battalion of Marine forces, and the Straw Hats only ended up being a surprise. That's how valuable the life of a Garcia member is, not to mention that the life of a standard celestial dragon is still valued above most things, and seeing the horde of celestial dragons present at God Valley, I would safely bet that the Marines would send their very best to God Valley to ensure the highest security available, deploying a number of high-ranking Marines, including Vice Admiral and his son Dragon, who would have been 17 at this point, only a year younger than Kobe, who is currently a Marine Captain at his age, so imagining Dragon to have held a similar or possibly even a higher position and or considered to be one of the Marines' most promising fighters wouldn't be too far-fetched. And Dragon having once been a Marine could also be a contributor to Garb's dramatic reaction that we saw in the flashback in Chapter 1087. When Garb expressing his woes about his child and then grandson becoming a revolutionary and pirate respectively, Garb may have been doubly upset if he possibly saw the potential of his descendants proudly carrying on the tradition of the Marines if Dragon had been in fact once actually a part of the Marines himself. So with all of that being said, for all intents and purposes, let's suppose that Dragon was in fact present at God Valley and as a Marine, then what was it exactly that prompted Dragon to change his mind from carrying out justice on behalf of the world government to serving justice against them? Like I mentioned earlier, the reveal of a new character in Ginny may be a huge clue. Already the fever is wild with fans speculating that Ginny may in fact be Luffy's mom. I've seen a number of these claims and people focusing on some of the most minutest of details, such as the cowlick that we see in Ginny's appearance in 1095 being very similar to the cowlick on top of the head of the woman who is supposedly Luffy's mother, the woman carrying baby Luffy that we saw back in the film Red-related covering pages. Now personally, I'm more of the belief that if anything, Ginny would be Bonnie's mother rather than Luffy's mother. Although she definitely seems to share the Monkey-D family's love for indulging in food, this is also a trait that we've seen of Bonnie and Ginny being Bonnie's mother would make more sense in terms of Kuma's story because if Ginny is Kuma's lover and ends up being a victim to the hunting games or to the war on God Valley, then after his loss of both his mom and his dad and then the death of his lover, could be the straw that breaks the camel's back and is what causes Kuma to actively oppose the world government, simultaneously prompting Ivankov to do so after losing his sister. But more importantly for our discussion, this could also be a hint about what happens to Dragon. Say Dragon falls in love with one of the slaves at God Valley or even one of the God Valley inhabitants who is now a part of the hunted. This would perhaps be the simplest explanation for his hatred of the world government because this is the event that opens his eyes to becoming an active opponent of the world government as well, witnessing the horrors that his lover went through, causing him to turn against the marines and join the likes of Kuma and Ivankov instead. Pretty simple right? But a more albeit roundabout but perhaps a more interesting and compelling idea could be that Dragon actually falls in love with the celestial dragon because Oda, being the ever-new ones mangaka that he is, has not only shown us that there is both good and evil amongst pirates and the marines but also amongst the world nobles. We've seen this with Homing who rejected life at Marijua, as well as Norsgaard who woke up to the brutality of his fellow celestial dragon against other races. So it's possible that Dragon, while being exposed to the horrors of the celestial dragons, met one who was not like the others. While the rest of them were callous, he met one who is kind. As opposed to their cruelty, she was compassionate and naturally they fell in love. A well-willed romance set against the backdrops of war. Two lovers who aren't meant to be can't resist one another. While all around, tensions are high, conflict is rife. Will their love be enough to withstand the perils of time? You get my drift. And so the situation that we find ourselves in is that while these two love birds are enjoying their brief affair, Rox and his crew arrive at God Valley, attack the celestial dragons, showing little discrimination or any effort to actually finding out which one of these pompous world nobles are actually deserving of mercy. Meaning that Dragon's new lover is placed in danger, and so he tries to save her. But it's not just Dragon that defends her, so does Garp. And this could be the explanation behind Garp choosing to fight the Rocks pirates and protect the world nobles whom we know he hates. In reality, he wasn't defending the horde of detestable world nobles, but just one who was actually worth protecting. And this might be a better way to interpret the situation, because we know that Garp is a man with principles. Sure, we've seen him conflicted, perhaps most evident at Marineford, but it's clear that Garp has boundaries and will stick by them as much as possible, so as not to lose his own way. He's a man so set in his values that he's refused on multiple occasions to take a position above that of a vice admiral because he doesn't want to directly serve the world nobles. And as we've seen recently when Fujitora actually helped slaves escape during the Revolutionary's attack on Marijua, that's more along the lines of actions that I would imagine Garp to take at God Valley, helping the slaves as opposed to defending those who were hunting innocent people for fun. Yet, why did he not only protect the world nobles, but even go to the extent of teaming up with a pirate to protect them? Well, because Garp lives according to his own values. As we saw at Marineford, although Garp had every chance to save Ace himself, he knew that this was the life that Ace chose when he decided to become a pirate. So as hard as it was, he was letting fate decide the consequences, but at the same time he allowed Luffy to save Ace, showing Garp to tiptoe the tricky tightrope between his loyalty to the Marines and his love for his family. And then when we witness Sakazuki kill Ace, Garp was on his way to attack an admiral, willing to risk it all until he was held down by Sengoku, but in a very Garp way. Making a statement that sounded like a mix of a request, an order, a threat and warning all rolled into one, telling Sengoku to make sure to hold him down because otherwise he would kill Sakazuki himself. So it's clear that although Garp is loyal to the Marines, he's also willing to bend this in the name of family. So then what happened at God Valley? Garp acted in a paradoxical, inconsistent, hard to understand manner for one simple reason. For his son, within Garp's own logic and matrix of values and morality, he agreed to protect a celestial dragon for his family. Perhaps both him and Dragon understanding that she shouldn't be judged for the sins of the rest of the celestial dragons. Something that Roger may have witnessed, which would later go on to convince him that Garp would similarly look after his own son. Meaning that the truth of the God Valley incident is that in order to protect his son, Garp may have been defending not necessarily all the world nobles, but just one. But you know how the media is, distorting the truth, getting the facts wrong, blowing things out of proportion. Especially if this coincided with Garp playing a big part in defeating the Rocks Pirates to the rest of the world that may have seemed like Garp was just fulfilling his duty as a Marine when in reality he may have just been fulfilling his duty as a father. And this coincidental partnership between Garp and Roger may have also meant that Dragon felt indebted to Roger, which is why he was also present at the late Pirate Kings execution, despite not being a pirate himself. And following this whole ordeal, this Celestial Dragon, the object of Dragon's love may have chosen to renounce her title and position following the events of God Valley, deciding to become a common civilian with Dragon instead, the two going on to later have Luffy. But we know what happens to those who renounce their world nobleship, which is what I meant about Luffy's mother being of two classes, both a Celestial Dragon, but now one deemed to be a traitor, being treated second class after leaving her position at Marjois. The world nobles and the world government may have even started persecuting her, which is why she's no longer a part of Luffy's story, and maybe Dragon and Luffy's mother knew the threat that they were both placing Luffy in by being his parents, which is why they left him in Garp's protection because at least Garp is still a celebrated marine. This could even be why Dragon is deemed to be so dangerous, not only because he's the Revolutionary Army leader, but because he was the one that turned one of their own against them. This might also be why Dragon is so perfectly poised to be the Revolutionary Army leader, because he has insider information, such as his wife's in-depth knowledge of Marjois, having lived there, which may have come in handy during the recent Revolutionary Army's attack. And this could also explain why Luffy is so special. For the longest time, Luffy's charm was that he was the underdog and that it was his own determination and ingenuity, and while I do think that that is still partly true, it's also hard to deny that there is now a growing sense that Luffy is the chosen one, and him being the son of a forbidden love, Luffy himself being a forbidden love child between a celestial dragon and a commoner, this would really cement his status as being the perfect bridge between the two worlds, shattering class divisions as living proof that harmony and love and peace, the one piece, is possible. And now we've just gone on a very wild ride, and honestly I didn't even know that this is where we were going to land when we started this discussion, so thanks for sticking with me through all of this rambling, which I hope that you did at least enjoy. If you want more riveting one-piece discussions then don't forget to subscribe, like the video, and a big thank you to all of our Patreon and channel members. This is Joygirl and I'll see you again soon.