{"id":4879,"date":"2026-03-03T18:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:00:54","slug":"one-piece-creator-has-hidden-secret-of-anime-treasures-identity-in-chest-at-bottom-of-real-world-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4879","title":{"rendered":"One Piece creator has hidden secret of anime treasure\u2019s identity in chest at bottom of real-world ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After keeping secret for nearly 30 years, Eiichiro Oda has written it down on a paper, put that paper in a chest, and tossed it into the sea, where it remains even now<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As both the writer and illustrator of One Piece<\/strong>, Eiichiro Oda<\/strong> has proven his talents as both a storyteller and a visual artist. However, the guy is also really, really good at keeping secrets.<\/p>\n

The core plot premise of One Piece<\/em> is that before his death, the king of the pirates, Gol D. Roger, hid the world\u2019s greatest treasure, which he called the \u201cOne Piece,\u201d for a worthy successor to find. What is the One Piece? No one knows, but it\u2019s still something everyone wants to find, including series protagonist Luffy<\/strong>. However, the journey of Luffy and his Strawhat Pirate companions meanders enough that it\u2019s often geopolitical conflicts and personal struggles for redemption that are driving the storyline, not treasure hunting. That\u2019s led to speculation that even Oda himself hasn\u2019t really decided what the One Piece is, or that when the series finally does come to a conclusion, Luffy and crew will discover that it never really existed in the first place, and that, to quote the common fan prediction, \u201cthe real treasure was the friends they made along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But as asserted in a new video celebrating the One Piece<\/em> manga having sold 600 million copies worldwide, Oda had decided on exactly what the One Piece is from the very beginning<\/strong>, way back when the series first started serialization in 1997. Not only that, he recently wrote the secret down on a piece of paper\u2026part of which is now sitting at the bottom of the ocean<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

On February 8, sitting in his work studio with appropriately dramatic lighting, Oda wrote down what the One Piece is on a parchment-like sheet. He then tore the paper into two pieces, and locked one of them inside a treasure chest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Four days later, the chest was sealed inside a pressure-resistant glass orb<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026and then, on an undisclosed date later in the month, the orb was sailed out to the middle of the ocean<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026and dropped overboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The encased orb sank deeper and deeper, until roughly an hour and a half after the boat arrived at the drop point, the treasure chest reached the ocean floor, some 651 meters (2,316 feet) below the surface of the water, where it has been left<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUntil the whole story is revealed, the truth will rest far beyond anyone\u2019s reach, at the bottom of the ocean,\u201d the video says, followed by the promise that \u201cThe One Piece does exist\u201d and a final shot of Oda, back at work in his studio.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately for those looking for clues, the bits of text that can be seen on the paper in the video amount to just, \u201cAs for the One Piece, it is\u2026\u201d and \u201cAnd then, Monkey D. Luffy\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an undeniably awesome bit of hype-building as One Piece<\/em>, while not necessarily down to its final chapters, is largely considered to be significantly closer to its ending than its beginning at this point. It\u2019s also a clear throwback to Gold Roger\u2019s in-manga hiding of his own treasure, prompting commenters to the video to exclaim how Oda himself is now sparking interest in sailing the high seas and searching for his chest. That unavoidably triggered urge for fans to grab scuba gear and start diving is probably why the chest contains only half of the secret, meaning that even if one were to find it, you\u2019ll still have to wait until One Piece<\/em> reaches its conclusion to get the whole story.<\/p>\n

Source, images: YouTube\/ONE PIECE\u516c\u5f0fYouTube\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb<\/a><\/em>
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