One Piece anime just ended the flashback of the Reverie conference and will move on to the battle between vice admiral Garp vs Aokiji in episode 1121.
However, Episode 1120 of One Piece caused confusion among the fan community when they witnessed the debut of the character Saint Figarland Garling.
Saint Figarland Garling was introduced by Oda as the former king of the holy land of God Valley and the supreme leader of the Holy Knights. These Holy Knights were mentioned by Monkey D. Dragon as the number one “counterweight” of the Revolutionary Army.
In addition, this man is also rumored to be Shanks' biological father. Garling looked very similar to Shanks when he was young, so this theory is almost confirmed. However, Shanks has red hair while Garling has slightly grayish blond hair, this detail was revealed in One Piece episode 1120, surprising many people.
Fans were worried that there was a design error in the character when they saw this. However, Garling is quite old, so it's not surprising that he got this hair color.
Garling's hair color in the new anime episode left One Piece fans shocked: “I didn't expect him to have blond hair. I was expecting red hair.”
“In most cases, red hair turns blonde with age, not gray hair. So Garling being blonde doesn't rule out a relationship with Shanks, but rather potentially implies more than that.”another explained.
Someone else commented: “It's funny how people say Toei made a mistake, when we never actually got Garling's hair color scheme. I always thought Garling didn't have red hair because his hair wasn't shaded like Shanks'.“
Saint Figarland Garling's official hair color in the anime came as a shock to many, especially fans who believed in his rumored relationship with Shanks.
However, we did get a glimpse of a young Garling in a flashback to God Valley, which might answer some of the questions fans have.
Or in the movie One Piece: Flim Red, we know that Shanks was adopted by Roger after the God Valley incident and he is related to the Figarland family. Saint Figarland Garling is the former king of the holy land. Is it all just a coincidence?
