r/OnePiece • u/sami_newgate • Sep 07 '24

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

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.

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u/InvaderDJ Void Month Survivor Sep 08 '24

I don’t think Saturn will be alone in this. All the Celestial Dragons that we have seen for a long time have proved they are human with all the flaws (and sometimes benefits) that brings.

He isn’t as soft as the generic CDs and is somewhat intelligent but that’s about it. I hope we see more of the Elders so we can make the dichotomy even more clear.

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u/sami_newgate Sep 08 '24

The celestial dragons are puppets. They don’t have free will. So they are very different from the gorousei.

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u/LeGama Sep 08 '24

I'm very curious to learn more about the CDs, I mean they've always been shown to be incompetent rich children, but I always assumed they had such a level of political power and money that the government protected them. But with all the recent developments I'm just thinking like why does IMU care? Just keep around the competent ones like Garling and kill the rest.

My working theory is that within each family there's core head members that are haki gods and could wipe out the Gorosai, and those people are the ones who don't let others touch their families. I mean 20 kingdoms, if there's just 2-3 per family that's a 40-60 army of people who would fight 5 Gorosai. Also because of genes and what not, maybe even the lazy CDs have prodigy children that can develop conquers haki.

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u/sami_newgate Sep 08 '24

The reason was shown to us. I will mention you in the comment that I just wrote