One Piece hints that the mysterious ‘man with a burn scar’ that has the last Road Poneglyph could be none other than Luffy’s father Monkey D. Dragon.
Warning: SPOILERS for chapter #1081 of One Piece
One Piece drops a new clue about one of its biggest mysteries, the identity of ‘the man marked by flames’, or ‘burn scar’ who is the key to finding the last Road Poneglyph, hinting that this could be Luffy’s father Monkey D.Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army.
In chapter #1081 of One Piece, fans are treated to a flashback showing the meeting of former Marine Admiral Aokiji with the Blackbeard Pirates, which he ended up joining after a brief fight. During their talk, Blackbeard’s crew mentions ‘the man with the burn scar’, a mysterious individual who is said to hold one of the four Road Poneglyphs necessary to find the hidden island of Laugh Tale, where the One Piece treasure awaits. According to Lafitte, this man sails in an all-black ship and everyone who gets close gets swallowed by a giant vortex. These new details led fans to speculate that the mysterious man could be no other than Monkey D. Dragon, Luffy’s father and the leader of the Revolutionary Army.
Dragon Is The Best Candidate For Being ‘The Man With A Burn Scar’
Despite making his debut early in the series, Dragon is still one of the most mysterious characters in One Piece. Dragon created the Revolutionary Army, the only organization that openly opposes the World Government, and thus he is one of the most wanted criminals in the world. He took a radically opposite path in life compared to his father, as Garp is one of the strongest Marines, despite having the same rebellious attitude as his son and grandson. It’s still unclear if Luffy has actually ever met his father, but the two briefly crossed paths in Logue Town, where Dragon used a mysterious power that controls the weather to save his son (without Luffy being aware of it).
First of all, ‘burn scar’ (hinokizu in Japanese) sounds like a nickname, and it could be in reference to the flame-looking tattoo on Dragon’s face, rather than an actual burn scar. Also, fans have long speculated that Dragon could possess a Devil Fruit that allows him to control the weather, perhaps a wind-related power. This could be what causes the vortex described by Lafitte, but there is another, much more meaningful connection. Dragon’s ship is called the Wind Grandma (from the name of the ship used by Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution), and in the manga it has been drawn as pitch black, which fits Lafitte’s description. However, both the digitally colored manga and the anime have used a different color scheme, so this could be either a mistake made by Eiichiro Oda or he later changed his mind.
Dragon Having The Last Poneglyph Makes Perfect Sense
Of course, there is always the option that ‘burn scar’ has nothing to do with Dragon at all. He could be someone else, or a completely new character that Oda will introduce soon. However, the revelation that this man could be in possession of the last Road Poneglyph – the one that was originally in Fishman Island and then mysteriously disappeared – opens a lot of interesting avenues for the story. Dragon’s connection with Ohara, recently introduced in the manga, would explain why he is interested in the Poneglyphs. It’s also worth mentioning that Nico Robin, Ohara’s last survivor and one of the few persons in the world that can read the Poneglyphs, spent two years with the Revolutionary Army during the ‘time skip’. Robin was also shown having a reaction when ‘burn scar’ was first mentioned, further hinting at a connection with Dragon.
Fans of One Piece will surely have a lot of fun speculating and crafting theories but for now the most plausible one points in the direction of Luffy’s father, Monkey D. Dragon as the mysterious ‘burn scar’.
