One Piece: The Immorality Of The Gorosei, Explained – GameRant

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One Piece is currently in the Final Saga, and fans are incredibly excited to see the major developments that the story has seen over the course of the last few months. Currently, the Egghead Island arc is going on with full intensity, and that means the major villains of the story are finally getting quite a lot of focus. Of course, there is no villain in the story as great as the Five Elders, and these monstrously powerful individuals are at the center of attention.

Among the many incredible abilities of these monsters, the most interesting one is the ability to regenerate and there appears to be no limit to how much they can utilize this power.

Fans got to see the Five Elders in action on Egghead Island quite a lot. From the very beginning of the arc, the Five Elders were heavily involved in the main plot of the story. One of them, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, was deeply involved in the Egghead Island Arc, as he served the role of one of the primary antagonists. Jaygarcia Saturn was with the Marines, and his goal was to ensure the elimination of Dr. Vegapunk and the successful completion of the mission that was assigned to the Marines.

Saint Jaygarcia Saturn did not initially want to join combat on Egghead, however, with things going south thanks to the involvement of the Straw Hat Pirates, he had to make himself available for support. By utilizing the demonic powers of his Devil Fruit, Saint Saturn was able to summon himself to the island, and right from the get-go, it was clear for the fans to see that he was a monstrously powerful individual. Saturn engaged in combat with Luffy later down the line, and this fight was absolutely mesmerizing for the fans to witness. Clearly, Saturn was able to land some powerful blows on Luffy.

However, these blows were not enough to put Luffy down. In fact, Luffy was the one who was dominant in this fight, and his blows were certainly stronger. In fact, these blows were strong enough to completely crush Saturn in many ways. Much to the surprise of the fans, Saturn was able to regenerate every single time. When Kuma punched Saturn, he was able to regenerate. Later down the line, Luffy landed several powerful blows on Saturn, and once again, he was able to regenerate. No matter how much damage Luffy dished out against Saturn, he was able to regenerate every single time, and this was quite a bizarre ability, as Luffy himself admitted that no matter what he did, Saturn simply kept coming back.

In the climax of the Egghead Island arc, the Five Elders were put on display once more. This time around, however, things were much more dire for the Straw Hat Pirates, as all Five Elders assembled on the island. The goal of the Five Elders was to stop the message of Dr Vegapunk from coming out. For that reason, all five of them showed up, and every single one of them played a major role in their own way. Instance, Saint V. Nusjuro decided to wipe out all the Pacifistas and stop the attack on the Marines. Meanwhile, Saint Marcus Mars decided to fly up to the Labophase, where he would attempt to destroy the room where the message was coming from. Meanwhile, the remaining three elders decided to fight Luffy, and the Straw Hat pirate, thanks to help from Dorry and Brogy, was able to hold their own.

Luffy was able to fight against them to quite a degree, countering every single one of their attacks, however, their generation rate was put on display once again. This was after Saint Saturn attacked Luffy with his powerful venom. Luffy, after using his unique abilities to conjure a bad, struck this venom back at the Elders, and all of them were completely engulfed by this venom. Of course, this attack from Saturn was powerful enough to kill Luffy if it landed. It would also have killed the Giants if it connected. However, Luffy retaliated with the powerful blow and instead, the Elders ended up taking damage. Yet, once again, it was clear to the fans that all of them were regenerating once again.

This time around, Luffy himself emphasized the fact that their regeneration ability is something that he cannot counter and he wondered whether they were immortal, to begin with. According to Dorry and Brogy, there is no race in One Piece that possesses the power of immortality, which would suggest that this power comes from an external source.

It can safely be assumed that the Gorosei truly are immortal in One Piece. Of course, immortality in One Piece is not an alien concept. Fans know that the Perennial Youth Operation grants one eternal youth. However, eternal youth is not exactly the same as immortality. Eternal youth means someone is youthful for their entire lives. However, they can still die. On the other hand, immortality simply means someone cannot die.

These are two entirely different things, and it depends on which way Oda decides to go with immortality in One Piece. If the Five Elders have the power of the Perennial Youth Operation, which can be performed through the Ope Ope no Mi, then, the previous doctors who have existed over the years will most likely have made it so that they become immortal. This is likely why the Ope Ope no Mi is the ultimate Devil Fruit, as it might just be the reason why all the Five Elders, and also Imu themselves, are immortal. This is a very solid idea, and certainly does make quite a lot of sense. Then fans would get a look at what this Devil Fruit is capable of at its full power firsthand.

Another interesting idea pertaining to the immortality of the Five Elders is that they truly are not immortal. It is possible that the Five Elders are simply projections of Imu. Similar to how Vegapunk has decided to split his body up into several satellites, Imu could have done the same. Of course, these bodies would be real, however, they would still be a part of Imu's ability. Since Imu themself is immortal, that would mean that they can pass on this ability to their satellites as well, making all of them immortal as well.

This is quite an interesting idea, and it will also make sense, given that Imu themself is from the Void Century. Fans know for a fact that the Ancient Kingdom that existed in the Void Century was technologically far more advanced than even Vegapunk today. This would explain why the Five Elders have immortality and why none of them can die and how all of them have the power to connect with each other telepathically.

One Piece is available to read via Viz Media. The series can be read by the fans officially and for free on the Shonen Jump and the Manga Plus app. The release date for the next chapter of One Piece, One Piece 1111, is set to be March 24, 2024.

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