Saturn is one of the most well-written hypocritical frauds I've seen in a while.

[u/sami_newgate]

Despite proclaiming that he is a god, This guy just proves that he is a human every time he appears on screen.

He is so insecure and he needs so bad to prove that he is superior to others, even someone who is a slave like Kuma. Which is contrasted by the other gorousei who are pretty self-confident and don't need to prove anything. He fits the theme of Human contradiction so well, which is the main theme of the arc.

Everything he does gets back at him, He experimented on Ginny but ended up making a mini nika, He ordered the wiping of Kuma's personality but he was still able to protect bonney with willpower alone, and finally he allowed luffy to escape by refusing to destroy Emet.

It is ironic. in Kuma's flashback, He told him that he can't understand why humans always try to do what they are told not to do, But he ends up dying because of disobeying orders and refusing to destroy the robot. It was because of his human need to prove himself that he disobeyed orders just like the people he consider insects. It is poetic.

He is a horrible person but an amazing character. I love him so much.

RIP my fraud king.

[u/ResidentMD317]

Saturn's secret research into ancient technology, and devil fruits hint at his innermost fear that he's is an insect whose life has been worthless. Basically he pursued time related devil fruit research because he needed to free himself from Imu's control, e.g. his immortality was always contingent on his usefulness.

The sapphire scale is likely what happened as an unintended side effect of trying to replicate Saturn's powers delegated to him by Imu. I think we'll learn more about devil fruits as we explore the Gorosei powers in the future.

Obviously, the time fruit research must have been pursued as a way to gain immortality without Imu. Saturn was likely looking to use the Ope Ope no mi at one point as well, but that slipped out of his hands as well.

Lastly, Saturn is probably the reason God Valley incident needed to be erased. He must have messed up big time that time as well.

[u/sami_newgate → u/ResidentMD317]

That’s an interesting analysis. I wonder how Oda will approach him when we get flashbacks about the gourosei. I don’t know if he will ever touch upon those points again are not.

I need to reread the arc though. I am sure that there are a lot of hidden details