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/EDanials Sep 08 '24

I am assuming Saturn wasn't around during Imus time. None of them is alive besides IMU. So I see Imu seeing the robot and knowing what the robot and joyboys machines were capable of.

Saturn seeing it's destructive power and age made he want to have the power source. He wasn't aware that it could hold haki for 800 years.

I'd guess Imu semi knew and wanted it gone. Saturn said fk that let's study it and make ourselves stronger. He didn't know it held the power it did.

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u/andii74 Sep 08 '24

He even says as much. Satun had no idea Emet was Joyboy's companion let alone the power of his haki because none of the Gorosei are from void century (power of Nika itself was a legend to them). Only Imu could've been aware of Emeth's identity and ordered him to be destroyed but Saturn was drawn to technology of the void century and ancient kingdom and couldn't bring himself to destroy it.

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u/EDanials Sep 08 '24

Thanks for the better explanation

Yeah, I think it's not hard to miss but easy to overlook.