[Discussion] Oda strikes again

[Bogard]

During Law's flashback, we see a random pirate called Wellington(seen on his wanted poster)

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He was actually fighting(and subduing) Law before being ultimately defeated by Doflamingo:

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Back to the point, the pirate in question isn't the relevant part considering it's a side character that will probably never appear again, but rather his name

Name: Wellington

His name is possibly a reference to Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington who was a member of the coalition that defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

Ironically, Law whose full name is Trafalgar D Water Law, with "water Law" being a reference to that battle of Water Loo, was engaging and was about to be defeated by that man if not Doflamingo's intervention

It's possible that Oda created this little scene as a symbolism/reminiscent of that particular event

Other reference

Chapter's title: Declaration of Humanity

The chapter's title ("Declaration of Humanity") is a reference to Emperor Hirohito's rescript of the same name in which he denied the concept of him being a living god in 1945 when Japanese were turning emperors in sort of gods

So it's also possible Doflamingo's dad act of denying him being a god, accepting his humanity status was in reference to that man

 

[Hexuze]

It's a bit cold here. But still Goda strikes again.

 

[bsims08]

Damn that's pure genius

 

[Lili-Chwan]

Excellent read, for more informations on the source:

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[Bogard]

Excellent read, for more informations on the source:

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Didn't know *********** explained that shit in details. Thanks for the link

 

[Voodoo People]

nice, +rep

 

[Zorø]

Nice reference Bogard keep it up U_U.

 

[Love Cook]

Yes that's so cool, typical Oda.

So much work, and probably 99% of the readers don't even notice or don't bother to look it up.

 

[WhistleBlower]

I love when people notice these things.

Kudo's to oda for making many references to history , not many mangaka do so

 

[Listz]

Even more details? omg Oda you...you... He sure knows how to make his readers excel in history through his manga :heh:

I hate it when i fail to notice such things. Thanks for sharing, bud!

 

[Caliburn]

I'm going for Waterloo.

I always thought that Oda picked the name 'Trafalgar' simply because he liked it. It's a very nice name, however it's one that's closely associated with one major specific historic event: The Battle of Trafalgar on the 21st of October 1805. In this battle at Cape Trafalgar, which is located in Spain very close to Gibraltar, the British Royal Navy destroyed the French Navy of Napoleon, which was a major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.

After reading this chapter though, Oda didn't just use that name because it sounds nice, he build an entire Napoleon-theme around it. If you look closely at the panel where Law almost gets stabbed by that pirate, you can see a wanted poster flying around of that pirate with his name on: Wellington. The Duke of Wellington was the guy who defeated Napoleon at...the Battle of Waterloo, which was the battle that ended the reign of Napoleon.

PS: Trafalgar Square in London is named after the Battle of Trafalgar.

I'm going for Water ... Trafalgar D Water Law (WaterLaw ... Waterloo), Trafalgar D Waterloo Law sounds a bit too much

But Oda's ability to think ahead is, as usually, amazing

That actually makes more sense. Water Law - Waterloo as Oda continuously makes word puns with the names of characters and techniques.

We've discussed this almost a week ago in the official discussion thread.

 

[Bogard]

We've discussed this almost a week ago in the official discussion thread.

And here i thought i was bringing something new

 

[Olorin]

We've discussed this almost a week ago in the official discussion thread.

Also all of it was written a bit later on ***********

 

[Bogard]

Also all of it was written a bit later on ***********

I had no idea about it though. If i knew i'd not have even created this topic. It's by re-reading the chapter that the idea came in my mind especially since i was knowledgeable about the matter