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WARNING: SPOILERS FOR ONE PIECE CHAPTER #1111

Luffy and his Gear 5 form have taken on several of One Piece's most powerful foes, but the Five Elders present a new challenge by seemingly being immortal, a power that's been explained in the series past. Egghead Island is currently experiencing the culmination of several of the series' biggest mysteries, including one of One Piece's most anticipated battles against the Highest Authorities of the World Governmentfigures who all could have used a particular Devil Fruit to gain immortality.

Elder Saint Jaygarcia Saturn arrived on the island and home of One Piece's smartest man, Dr.Vegapunk, to ensure the doctor was properly dealt with for his crimes. As the situation on Egghead grew beyond his control, Saturn summoned the other Elders to help prevent Luffy and Dr.Vegapunk's secrets from escaping the island. In chapter #1111, the Five Elders have suffered so much damage that even Gear 5 Luffy claims they are immortal, which is not entirely impossible.

An ability that grants a character eternal life is possible in One Piece with the help of the Op-Op No Mi (aka the Operation Devil Fruit). The current wielder, Trafalgar Law, is not the first person in the franchise to have the fruit. This is the first part of the puzzle explaining how the Five Elders could have obtained immortality.

Law's complex Devil Fruit gives him a wide range of abilities that have allowed him to perform outrageous feats like flipping massive naval warships and dramatically altering the bodies of his foes. However, he was force-fed the fruit as a young child in a desperate bid to prevent the vile Donquixote Doflamingo from getting his hands on it. Doflamingo's desire for the fruit's power does not stem from the abilities that Law has displayed in the series so far. Instead, he wanted to take advantage of its ultimate ability to sacrifice its user to grant another person immortality.

Doflamingo's kind-hearted brother, Rosinante, was murdered by the despicable One Piece villain in an attempt to save Law. The kind soul's plan to steal the Op-Op Devil Fruit in order to cure a young Law's fatal lead poisoning was met with several road bumps. After many unforeseen setbacks, Law had to eat the Devil Fruit and watch his closest companion, Donquixote Rosinante, killed before him. Since then, Law has earned his freedom and his revenge against Doflamingo. Still, his Devil Fruit abilities are expected to play a role in One Piece's story before it concludes, if they haven't already.

Being given the Op-Op fruit entrusted a tragic fate to Law. While author Eiichiro Oda may provide the fan-favorite character with a happy ending, a common narrative principle known as Chekhov's gun says otherwise. The principle insinuates that when crafting a story, each element introduced should have a reason it's introduced. So when an important story element like immortality is brought into the story, it must eventually prove necessary to the over-arching plot, or else it would be a lingering and unsatisfying plot device. However, Egghead Island might have finally seen the Op-Op Fruit's immortality in action.

Only one Devil Fruit of a particular kind can simultaneously exist in One Piece's world. Dr.Vegapunk created a single exception by cloning Kaido's Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon Model Devil Fruit. Still, normally, the abilities of a Fruit user can only belong to one individual until they pass away. The deceased person's Devil Fruit then returns to the world, in a currently unexplained process, so that another person can eat the fruit and gain its abilities. The Op-Op Fruit and its ultimate sacrificial immortality ability has likely been used before, at least five times.

For hundreds of years, the top ruling class of One Piece's world, the Celestial Dragons, have controlled countless slaves and force-fed them Devil Fruits for their twisted enjoyment. The overly entitled and cruel villains of One Piece are guilty of the worst crimes imaginable. It's not unthinkable to guess that the Celestial Dragons have forced slaves to sacrifice their lives to make themselves immortal, especially those who operate among the World Government's Highest Authority: The Five Elders.

Saint Saturn has proved his standing as one of One Piece's final villains. Abilities like disintegrating anything he touches with a powerful acid and spitting projectiles with the explosive force reminiscent of Oppenheimer's first nuclear bomb test make Saturn arguably more fearsome than Kaido was. However, his destructive capabilities are only part of the intimidation factor the Elders exude, as they have shown capable of tanking Luffy's strongest Gear 5 attacks and can quickly regenerate all the damage they have received so far. It is such a ridiculous feat that it even made Luffy retreat while saying, "Let's hurry! This won't matter...they're immortal!!!"

After the events of chapter #1111, it seems increasingly likely that each of the Five Elders has had the immortal procedure performed on them. Their ability to withstand attacks and regenerate lost limbs is unlike anything the series has seen. Another popular theory suggests that the Elders are not Fruit users but actually Devils or Demons. As displayed in the chapter, their inhuman feats of offense and defense explain how such a force has stayed in power for so long, longer than a typical human's lifespan.

As revealed in One Piece chapter #761, the Op-Op user must have extensive medical science knowledge to use it effectively and sacrifice themselves to use the Immortality Operation. The past users are currently a mystery, but the user before Law was known as a legend in the medical field for curing several deadly diseases. Once they perished, the Op-Op Devil Fruit found its way into the hands of a former Marine and father of X. Drake, Diez Barrels, who lost his life to the Donquixote family. This may be the first time the Fruit has escaped the Celestial Dragon's clutches.

If the Elders had been able to secure the Fruit and know where to find it once it was used to grant immortality to one of them, they could have continuously used the Op-Op Fruit until the it was removed from their control. The process would have taken many years to train each successor and the lives of those successors to accomplish. This seems in line with One Piece's cruel Celestial Dragons and their World Government. However, why only stop with making the Five Elders immortal?

For a good portion of One Piece's epic tale, audiences believed that the Five top-ranking Celestial Dragons were the ones controlling the world and enforcing the dark secrets of its past. That all changes in chapter #908 when the mysterious figure, Imu, appears and sits upon the Empty Throne that rests at the center of the world in the Celestial Dragon's headquarters. The Five Elders all bent a knee and have been more than happy to carry out the commands of the mysterious and terrifying ruler of One Piece's world, someone who is more than likely immortal as well.

With the cruel abuse of innocent lives and overwhelming control of the world's resources, the Celestial Dragons have been able to do almost anything for decades. By using the Op-Op Fruit and sacrificing its users over a long stretch of time, many of the World Government's most respected members could have all been granted immortality. If that is the case, it will be challenging to topple the world order and free its many people from the oppression that Imu and the Five Elders have held for so long. It's setting up a stunning final saga for One Piece's story.

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Created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece is a multimedia franchise that began as a manga series and follows the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as led by Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy, an enthusiastic pirate with a thirst for adventure, is afflicted by a mysterious curse that gives him various powers he uses to protect himself and his friends. The manga eventually gave way to the anime series, with the two being some of history's longest-running anime and manga series. Along with over fifty video games made over the years, the series entered the live-action world with Netflix's 2023 adaptation.

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A wonderful sporting gesture from Jared Campbell may just have made Jasmin Paris history-making Barkley Marathons finish a fraction less challenging.

Earlier today Paris became the first woman to ever finish the infamous event, one of the most brutal ultra marathons in the world, which is dubbed The Race That Eats Its Young.

And the margins were tight. She had 60 hours to complete the extreme 100 miles and did it with less than two minutes to spare.

Until this year only 17 people, all men, had previously managed the feat. Its an extreme physical and mental challenge which contains as much elevation as climbing and descending Mount Everest twice from sea level.

But British runner Paris, a mum with two young children who is also a small animal vet and research scientist, had already produced a ground-breaking performance when she became the first female to complete four 20-mile loops at this years race but there was still one to go.

Anyone who gets to that point and only a handful do, some years none go out in alternate clockwise / anti-clockwise order so that they are not running together.

Clockwise is considered the slightly less difficult option but only the first to head out can choose it as did eventual first finisher Ihor Verys in this years race.

Campbell, an American with whats now an unrivalled record at the Barkley, had come into the inter-loop camp almost exactly 10 minutes ahead of Paris and knew that if he stayed in front of her then he too would be going in a clockwise direction.

But as the video below shows he made one of the great sporting gestures by seemingly offering Paris the choice, underlining the incredible camaraderie between the runners. Indeed rather than a battle between each other its more about them versus the race.

And dont for a minute think Campbell didnt have a huge amount at stake himself as he was aiming for what would be an unprecedented fourth finish at the race.

Which he duly achieved.

Absolute legends both and another absorbing chapter in the remarkable folklore of the Barkley Marathons.

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Highlights

One Piece is currently in the Final Saga, and fans are incredibly excited to see the major developments that the story has seen over the course of the last few months. Currently, the Egghead Island arc is going on with full intensity, and that means the major villains of the story are finally getting quite a lot of focus. Of course, there is no villain in the story as great as the Five Elders, and these monstrously powerful individuals are at the center of attention.

Among the many incredible abilities of these monsters, the most interesting one is the ability to regenerate and there appears to be no limit to how much they can utilize this power.

Fans got to see the Five Elders in action on Egghead Island quite a lot. From the very beginning of the arc, the Five Elders were heavily involved in the main plot of the story. One of them, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, was deeply involved in the Egghead Island Arc, as he served the role of one of the primary antagonists. Jaygarcia Saturn was with the Marines, and his goal was to ensure the elimination of Dr. Vegapunk and the successful completion of the mission that was assigned to the Marines.

Saint Jaygarcia Saturn did not initially want to join combat on Egghead, however, with things going south thanks to the involvement of the Straw Hat Pirates, he had to make himself available for support. By utilizing the demonic powers of his Devil Fruit, Saint Saturn was able to summon himself to the island, and right from the get-go, it was clear for the fans to see that he was a monstrously powerful individual. Saturn engaged in combat with Luffy later down the line, and this fight was absolutely mesmerizing for the fans to witness. Clearly, Saturn was able to land some powerful blows on Luffy.

However, these blows were not enough to put Luffy down. In fact, Luffy was the one who was dominant in this fight, and his blows were certainly stronger. In fact, these blows were strong enough to completely crush Saturn in many ways. Much to the surprise of the fans, Saturn was able to regenerate every single time. When Kuma punched Saturn, he was able to regenerate. Later down the line, Luffy landed several powerful blows on Saturn, and once again, he was able to regenerate. No matter how much damage Luffy dished out against Saturn, he was able to regenerate every single time, and this was quite a bizarre ability, as Luffy himself admitted that no matter what he did, Saturn simply kept coming back.

In the climax of the Egghead Island arc, the Five Elders were put on display once more. This time around, however, things were much more dire for the Straw Hat Pirates, as all Five Elders assembled on the island. The goal of the Five Elders was to stop the message of Dr Vegapunk from coming out. For that reason, all five of them showed up, and every single one of them played a major role in their own way. Instance, Saint V. Nusjuro decided to wipe out all the Pacifistas and stop the attack on the Marines. Meanwhile, Saint Marcus Mars decided to fly up to the Labophase, where he would attempt to destroy the room where the message was coming from. Meanwhile, the remaining three elders decided to fight Luffy, and the Straw Hat pirate, thanks to help from Dorry and Brogy, was able to hold their own.

Luffy was able to fight against them to quite a degree, countering every single one of their attacks, however, their generation rate was put on display once again. This was after Saint Saturn attacked Luffy with his powerful venom. Luffy, after using his unique abilities to conjure a bad, struck this venom back at the Elders, and all of them were completely engulfed by this venom. Of course, this attack from Saturn was powerful enough to kill Luffy if it landed. It would also have killed the Giants if it connected. However, Luffy retaliated with the powerful blow and instead, the Elders ended up taking damage. Yet, once again, it was clear to the fans that all of them were regenerating once again.

This time around, Luffy himself emphasized the fact that their regeneration ability is something that he cannot counter and he wondered whether they were immortal, to begin with. According to Dorry and Brogy, there is no race in One Piece that possesses the power of immortality, which would suggest that this power comes from an external source.

It can safely be assumed that the Gorosei truly are immortal in One Piece. Of course, immortality in One Piece is not an alien concept. Fans know that the Perennial Youth Operation grants one eternal youth. However, eternal youth is not exactly the same as immortality. Eternal youth means someone is youthful for their entire lives. However, they can still die. On the other hand, immortality simply means someone cannot die.

These are two entirely different things, and it depends on which way Oda decides to go with immortality in One Piece. If the Five Elders have the power of the Perennial Youth Operation, which can be performed through the Ope Ope no Mi, then, the previous doctors who have existed over the years will most likely have made it so that they become immortal. This is likely why the Ope Ope no Mi is the ultimate Devil Fruit, as it might just be the reason why all the Five Elders, and also Imu themselves, are immortal. This is a very solid idea, and certainly does make quite a lot of sense. Then fans would get a look at what this Devil Fruit is capable of at its full power firsthand.

Another interesting idea pertaining to the immortality of the Five Elders is that they truly are not immortal. It is possible that the Five Elders are simply projections of Imu. Similar to how Vegapunk has decided to split his body up into several satellites, Imu could have done the same. Of course, these bodies would be real, however, they would still be a part of Imu's ability. Since Imu themself is immortal, that would mean that they can pass on this ability to their satellites as well, making all of them immortal as well.

This is quite an interesting idea, and it will also make sense, given that Imu themself is from the Void Century. Fans know for a fact that the Ancient Kingdom that existed in the Void Century was technologically far more advanced than even Vegapunk today. This would explain why the Five Elders have immortality and why none of them can die and how all of them have the power to connect with each other telepathically.

One Piece is available to read via Viz Media. The series can be read by the fans officially and for free on the Shonen Jump and the Manga Plus app. The release date for the next chapter of One Piece, One Piece 1111, is set to be March 24, 2024.

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