Serial manga A piece is famous for making almost every detail of its 1000+ chapters important, but there’s one character the series has yet to return to. Given mangaka Eiichiro Oda’s interest in connecting even seemingly pointless plots and characters with key revelations and events, it’s surprising that one of the series’ first characters is still have not received this treatment. This may be a consequence of the divergence between the first chapters of One Piece and the genre of stories it evolved into.
The first 100 chapters of One Piece are very simple in terms of symbolism. Taking place entirely in the South China Sea, they show how Luffy meets and recruits the first members of his crew such as Zoro, Nami, and Usopp. Unlike the unbelievably complex and sequential plot of modern One Piece, the East Blue Saga is largely episodic and while some characters and plot points hint at bigger things to come, it relatively closed. However, this simplicity is not a bad thing, as the Saga features some of the best parts of One Piece like Romance Dawn and Arlong Park. These installments have had a huge impact on the Straw Hat members on a personal level and have also been revisited in later installments such as Fish-Man Island. However, there is a part in East Blue that was never repeated after the ending.
One Piece needs to make Gaimon play a bigger role
In Chapter 22, the Straw Hats, then consisting only of Luffy, Nami, and Zoro, encountered an unknown man in a treasure chest named Gaimon. He was originally a pirate who came to the mysterious animal island 20 years ago in search of a mysterious treasure. However, after he was trapped in a treasure chest, his crew abandoned him, and he made it his mission to protect the animals and treasures on the island from Intruders. Luffy befriends him and even asks him to join his crew, but Gaimon refuses, choosing to stay on his island even after discovering that the treasure chests on the island are empty. .
Although this adventure takes place in a single chapter, it still leaves many open questions that Oda can revisit later. The captain of Gaimon’s old crew hid their faces in his flashback, leaving open the possibility that it was an important character. In addition, it has never been revealed what the mysterious treasure on the island really is or why the island contains so many strange animals. These two facts may be connected and the treasure may be some mysterious technology that changed the animals. With One Piece finally revealing Vegapunk during the Egghead Island arc, it would be the perfect time for Oda to reveal something like this.
While he may not have appeared in One Piece’s main story since his introduction, Gaimon has occasionally appeared on the covers, indicating that Oda hasn’t completely forgotten about him. But for now, the character is completely disconnected from One Piece’s main story, making it an awkward addition to an overall planned story. Hopefully, now that A piece entered the Final Saga, Oda will finally watch it again gaimon and the mysteries surrounding him.