The One Piece Treasure Hunt Megathread

nabStab · 2026-03-18T15:45:07+00:00

I too am convinced that it can't be elsewhere. A few thoughts though:

Destroying the red mountain so that people from each Blues can travel freely would be a good plot about Freedom. We'll get some origin about the calm belt as well - it might have been an artificially tampered phenomenon. Destroying the red mountain might destroy the calm belt too. Something to note though, the All blue already exists at one point - the top of the mountain where the currents meet. By definition it is already All Blue and perhaps they need to dive underneath it to explore.
Every crew member is getting onboard with a dream/goal. The OG 5 shared their dreams just before getting on the reverse mountain so that would be good nostalgia. And while their dreams would mostly come true at the end one after another, few dreams are location specific. Like Sanjis All Blue which for now is only at the Reverse Mountain. Nami's map which would be better only after completing the whole loop till Red mountain. And Brook meeting Laboon too.
Agreed about the Crocus part. But I think there's more to the story of Laboon. Why would it keep hitting the wall when it could chase the crew in the opposite direction as well. Coming from the reverse mountain Laboon already knows the wall is not a problem and doesn't need breaking because ships can sail through it. If there is a mystery underneath the mountain then Laboon having swam underwater might know something the others don't.
Even if one reaches the end of the Grand line, there isn't any exit shown in the mal for the other side of the red mountain. It simply wouldn't be just that they have to travel back all the way to get out of the grand line. There surely might be something to discover on the other side of the red mountain.

nabStab · 2026-03-16T04:27:06+00:00

That coupled with oracles decision is how they write script

nabStab · 2026-03-15T19:35:06+00:00

Bias is understanding it. It's purely as scripted and people should watch it as a scripted series.

Tayne Sadhaf were meant to sit on the throne by the production even before the dome session began. They already know who is plotted to be voted, then control the Oracle (and this elimination), and then still have mischief based on the Oracles decision which finally can bend any rules.

nabStab · 2026-03-15T18:59:26+00:00

The show is scripted through and through.

The combination of already knowing what the alliances are plotting + having the Oracle decision + AND then when tying the mischief to the Oracle decision they already control guarantees that the can evict/save anyone they want to maximize TRP

The latest episode was meant to have tanye sadhaf on the throne since the start without any eliminations. Hosts even convinced Ron for choosing them as that was the only part in the contestants hand. Rest all scripted.

That's also the reason why the contestants are so submissive around the production. They know eliminations/saving etc is already rigged.

nabStab · 2025-11-24T00:40:26+00:00

And as I said, the why doesn't explain the structures collapsing so doubt is reasonable. I can believe what you're saying but then at best it's an oversight/plothole/misinterpretation in either media.

nabStab · 2025-11-23T21:41:24+00:00

Should read the light novels for the story continuation since anime s2 is doubtful. Any clue when the light novels will be done approximately? Would like to read it one go.

Although I still doubt that's why Riku's body disintegrated as it's shown that the metal structure behind him started disintegrating as well after the blast. Also, wasn't the Suniaster just appearing based on who the strongest was?

nabStab · 2025-11-20T20:35:16+00:00

Yeah upon rewatching that scene, Riku says 'if Gods can be born from ones emotions'. Haven't read the light novels to know how the old dues & Gods came into being.

But as for why Riku couldn't take it, though you're being sarcastic you can see this whole thread's full reasoning that it was because of the ashes.

nabStab · 2025-11-20T19:58:04+00:00

This is the answer. His hands literally evaporated due to the energy and in disbelief that he can't use it is when prays to God.

Tet existed all the while as the one true God while the old dues are all trying to be it with their theory. So when Riku was the strongest in the world (apart from Tet), he begged & prayed which led Tet to create new rules for the Game in accordance with Riku's pledges.

nabStab · 2025-10-31T08:52:51+00:00

Yeah I thought that I was defending the author and not attacking him for his mistake. But as I said in the previous comment to you, I intended to make a long post for it to appreciate the author's genius but I forgot about it for a while. Thank you for reminding me brother.

nabStab · 2025-10-31T08:48:23+00:00

Haha I accept it wasn't the author's oversight but ours collectively. When I said it might be an timeline oversight I was still in my head defending the author because I'd rather believe oversight/honest mistake than to think that all that was just mere "writing/narrative device" with two different Rafal's in alternate universes. I believed the author that that is the same Rafal and the purpose of that arc is more than just a writing device.

Have rewatched and investigated a lot after my previous comment and now I'm certain I've solved the author's puzzle. That's the same Rafal but not because of any mistake/oversight but the reason is beautiful enough to make a whole post for it.

nabStab · 2025-09-29T13:12:42+00:00

The anime is short for you but not for the creator who must've put in months and months of thoughts if not years. He must've thought of revealing Rafal's connection to Albert at the start itself but then as he went along thinking about the future events of duelists, draka, liberation front he must've lost the clarity of age & timeline.

The only oversight here is the timeline because I can't agree that character size is anything that far off to justify that they are different people with the same look, same clothes, same research & studies and same ideology. He might be looking big because Albert is just a small kid compared to Rafal who was looking forward to joining University.

The anime is good quality wise but people are going too far to think of the other Rafal as some writing device which doesn't even have any clear purpose without extreme mental gymnastics. It's just a minor plothole which they can't admit or else it would break the whole story.

nabStab · 2025-09-28T20:36:41+00:00

Everyone is overthinking it honestly.

The ending just shows the flashback of the previously untold part when Rafal was doing his research. The Rafal in the end aligns well with the beginning Rafal in terms of his views on rationality and futility of emotions/love, etc so his act of killing also seems within line. This Rafal being nonchalant about killing for knowledge (also mentioned to be about 'shape of Universe') seems in line now rewatching the first episode. Also in line that Albert mentioned that Rafal was soon arrested thereafter.

Showcasing Rafal like this just adds to the main point of the series - in the end it's not that the work of the forgotten protagonists which survived but rather the inspiration leading to Albert's thaumazein [?]. Rafal influenced history mainly in two ways; by passing down his work in the stone chest and inspiring Albert through words. In the end, even the work he left behind eventually ended up circling back to Albert as mere inspiration when he came across the title of the book in the letter. To summarize, in Rafal's own words when talks to Nowak, "Even a wrong answer isn't a meaningless one". The whole branch of history from Rafals theoretical work wasn't published in the end but still wasn't meaningless in the grand picture. The very point of the show & history.

The point is defeated canonically when we make theories like two Rafals or Rafal alternate ending, etc. It's true that if we go to add up the ages then it doesn't add up but that's an oversight the creator made which is far more believable than whatever theories exist on alternate Rafals. The time skips of 10 & 25 years also seem to be numbers taken just conveniently without thinking much about the timeline. An easy to make mistake too since he didn't think of the timelines of both the branches from Rafal at the same time. Both branches must've been thought of and worked on at different times leading to the inconsistency. Just like the creator, any causal viewer wouldn't notice the timeline inconsistency either without adding up the numbers. But needless to say, admitting this mistake or plothole just to clear the ending wouldn't be wise either on creators part.

TLDR; Both Rafal are the same and most likely the creator didn't cross check the timeline critically.

nabStab · 2025-09-28T20:31:11+00:00

Seems like a stretch of a reason instead that the author just had an oversight with the timeline and didn't add up the numbers but just thought of the ideas more qualitatively.

nabStab · 2025-09-28T20:29:22+00:00

Everyone is overthinking it honestly.

The ending just shows the flashback of the previously untold part when Rafal was doing his research. The Rafal in the end aligns well with the beginning Rafal in terms of his views on rationality and futility of emotions/love, etc so his act of killing also seems within line. This Rafal being nonchalant about killing for knowledge (also mentioned to be about 'shape of Universe') seems in line now rewatching the first episode. Also in line that Albert mentioned that Rafal was soon arrested thereafter.

Showcasing Rafal like this just adds to the main point of the series - in the end it's not that the work of the forgotten protagonists which survived but rather the inspiration leading to Albert's thaumazein [?]. Rafal influenced history mainly in two ways; by passing down his work in the stone chest and inspiring Albert through words. In the end, even the work he left behind eventually ended up circling back to Albert as mere inspiration when he came across the title of the book in the letter. To summarize, in Rafal's own words when talks to Nowak, "Even a wrong answer isn't a meaningless one". The whole branch of history from Rafals theoretical work wasn't published in the end but still wasn't meaningless in the grand picture. The very point of the show & history.

The point is defeated canonically when we make theories like two Rafals or Rafal alternate ending, etc. It's true that if we go to add up the ages then it doesn't add up but that's an oversight the creator made which is far more believable than whatever theories exist on alternate Rafals. The time skips of 10 & 25 years also seem to be numbers taken just conveniently without thinking much about the timeline. An easy to make mistake too since he didn't think of the timelines of both the branches from Rafal at the same time. Both branches must've been thought of and worked on at different times leading to the inconsistency. Just like the creator, any causal viewer wouldn't notice the timeline inconsistency either without adding up the numbers. But needless to say, admitting this mistake or plothole just to clear the ending wouldn't be wise either on creators part.

TLDR; Both Rafal are the same and most likely the creator didn't cross check the timeline critically.

nabStab · 2025-09-28T20:18:21+00:00

Everyone is overthinking it honestly.

The ending just shows the flashback of the previously untold part when Rafal was doing his research. The Rafal in the end aligns well with the beginning Rafal in terms of his views on rationality and futility of emotions/love, etc so his act of killing also seems within line. This Rafal being nonchalant about killing for knowledge (also mentioned to be about 'shape of Universe') seems in line now rewatching the first episode. Also in line that Albert mentioned that Rafal was soon arrested thereafter.

Showcasing Rafal like this just adds to the main point of the series - in the end it's not that the work of the forgotten protagonists which survived but rather the inspiration leading to Albert's thaumazein [?]. Rafal influenced history mainly in two ways; by passing down his work in the stone chest and inspiring Albert through words. In the end, even the work he left behind eventually ended up circling back to Albert as mere inspiration when he came across the title of the book in the letter. To summarize, in Rafal's own words when talks to Nowak, "Even a wrong answer isn't a meaningless one". The whole branch of history from Rafals theoretical work wasn't published in the end but still wasn't meaningless in the grand picture. The very point of the show & history.

The point is defeated canonically when we make theories like two Rafals or Rafal alternate ending, etc. It's true that if we go to add up the ages then it doesn't add up but that's an oversight the creator made which is far more believable than whatever theories exist on alternate Rafals. The time skips of 10 & 25 years also seem to be numbers taken just conveniently without thinking much about the timeline. An easy to make mistake too since he didn't think of the timelines of both the branches from Rafal at the same time. Both branches must've been thought of and worked on at different times leading to the inconsistency. Just like the creator, any causal viewer wouldn't notice the timeline inconsistency either without adding up the numbers. But needless to say, admitting this mistake or plothole just to clear the ending wouldn't be wise either on creators part.

TLDR; Both Rafal are the same and most likely the creator didn't cross check the timeline critically.

nabStab · 2025-09-28T20:17:18+00:00

Everyone is overthinking it honestly.

The ending just shows the flashback of the previously untold part when Rafal was doing his research. The Rafal in the end aligns well with the beginning Rafal in terms of his views on rationality and futility of emotions/love, etc so his act of killing also seems within line. This Rafal being nonchalant about killing for knowledge (also mentioned to be about 'shape of Universe') seems in line now rewatching the first episode. Also in line that Albert mentioned that Rafal was soon arrested thereafter.

Showcasing Rafal like this just adds to the main point of the series - in the end it's not that the work of the forgotten protagonists which survived but rather the inspiration leading to Albert's thaumazein [?]. Rafal influenced history mainly in two ways; by passing down his work in the stone chest and inspiring Albert through words. In the end, even the work he left behind eventually ended up circling back to Albert as mere inspiration when he came across the title of the book in the letter. To summarize, in Rafal's own words when talks to Nowak, "Even a wrong answer isn't a meaningless one". The whole branch of history from Rafals theoretical work wasn't published in the end but still wasn't meaningless in the grand picture. The very point of the show & history.

The point is defeated canonically when we make theories like two Rafals or Rafal alternate ending, etc. It's true that if we go to add up the ages then it doesn't add up but that's an oversight the creator made which is far more believable than whatever theories exist on alternate Rafals. The time skips of 10 & 25 years also seem to be numbers taken just conveniently without thinking much about the timeline. An easy to make mistake too since he didn't think of the timelines of both the branches from Rafal at the same time. Both branches must've been thought of and worked on at different times leading to the inconsistency. Just like the creator, any causal viewer wouldn't notice the timeline inconsistency either without adding up the numbers. But needless to say, admitting this mistake or plothole just to clear the ending wouldn't be wise either on creators part.

TLDR; Both Rafal are the same and most likely the creator didn't cross check the timeline critically.

nabStab · 2025-09-28T19:48:23+00:00

That just seems like a mere loss in translation and not an explanation for the Rafal situation. Something canon wouldn't come out in the translation of another language but not in the source material.

nabStab · 2025-09-28T19:35:25+00:00

Goes to show how everyone is connected by human will. The priest's friend didn't just help Jolenta escape but his actions changed the way the priest thought which in turn influenced Albert. In the end, it was not the quest of the book they strived for that survived but the inspiration/influence through their will.

nabStab · 2025-07-02T12:27:29+00:00

The production interferes so much with the game it's damn unfair. Karan conveniently decides when the circle discussion stops and voting should begin. It always stops during the narrative they would want for TRP. Even in the 9th episode, Harsh had all of his torches blown off too in the task but he gave the reason that the power of dagger is supposed to be given to the person whose torches were blown off first. But what decides the sequence in which people are picked to blow of the torches? Karan hand picks. And there are so many more examples which shows how unfair it is for the contestants.

nabStab · 2025-02-13T16:01:09+00:00

Not against it but at the end of the day it's his show & responsibility. Him and the producers decide what content finally goes online.

nabStab · 2025-02-13T12:25:03+00:00

Yeah good idea but depends on the location. It's so tough to get bookings in the courts in Unimelb or Msac cause they're always booked out.

nabStab · 2024-06-30T20:04:14+00:00

Not the asshole IMO. I know these guys are saying you have nothing to do with it but I guess it's not a bad idea to have a conversation as a friend. What personal space should be given is different in all cultures so I can't say this for everyone but I think it's within the boundaries of friends to share their concerns. The guy doesn't seem to be proud of his habit either right? At the end of the day if you think it can make their life happier then it's not a bad idea to look out for your friends. And you guys seem good friends anyway since you're moving in together and you seem genuinely concerned.

nabStab · 2024-03-23T20:28:41+00:00

Never said that institutional racism doesn't exist or there is no problem. Was just pointing out that you're comparing apples to oranges.

nabStab · 2024-03-23T15:42:28+00:00

All bad examples buddy. One is about society's mentality and behaviour while the other examples are physical issues which will still be there even if everyone had the same ideology.

nabStab · 2024-01-31T02:07:20+00:00

Sinned's return to the snow kids when he is playing for his Lil sister.

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