One Piece: Oda Gives Cross Guild Hints From Chapter 0?

Even though Cross Guild was only introduced at the end of the Wano arc in the One Piece story, in fact Eiichiro Oda has already given hints even since chapter 0.

One thing that has been praised by many fans and also various other parties from the creator of One Piece, Eiichiro Oda, is how he was able to wrap the storyline in a very interesting and surprising way.

Often times, fans are not aware that what happened to a story or arc has actually been given a hint for a long time.

These clues usually appear in various forms, for example in the form of pictures or writing or answers from Oda Sensei.

And one of the concrete proofs of this is how Oda actually gave a hint about Cross Guild from chapter 0.

Cross Guild in One Piece

Cross Guild itself is a new organizational group introduced in the world of One Piece.

This group first appeared after the Wano arc when Eustass Kid explained that the world is currently being shocked by the emergence of a new group, namely Cross Guild.

This group was different from the others, in that they were the first group to hunt down marines.

They also have their own bounty system or bounty, which was explained in the last few chapters. According to the narration, one naval star costs 100 million Belly.

And the higher the rank or popularity of a marine, the higher the value of their game. So far, it is only known that there is one victim from Cross Guild as shown in chapter 1082, namely T-Bone.

Cross Guild really posed a different and real threat by their existence. In fact, in chapter 1082 Sengoku also said that the threat of Cross Guild is getting real now with the death of T-Bone.

And if they weren't dealt with immediately, it wasn't impossible that Cross Guild would run rampant.

What's interesting is that actually the Cross Guild hasn't moved much.

In the story itself Cross Guild has only appeared a few times and has not been shown to be involved in any important events.

They tend to stay silent and wait for the situation to emerge. Even so, the high reputation of its members can be said to be very helpful to make Cross Guild grow fast and big. They are Dracule Mihawk, Crocodile, and Buggy.

And what's also interesting is that Crocodile and Mihawk apparently have goals that have nothing to do with pirates.

In chapter 1081 Crocodile says that he wants to use Cross Guild to build his dream country.

However, Buggy didn't agree with that and they had to stay focused on finding One Piece.

Oda's Hint About Cross Guild

Talking about Cross Guild, maybe many of the geeks are not aware that Eiichiro Oda has actually given hints about the emergence of this group even since chapter 0. In chapter 565.5 or what is commonly referred to as chapter 0 the fans are shown moments that happened 20-25 years ago before Monkey D. Luffy's adventure begins.

The chapter shows how the situation occurred three years before the Age of Pirates began. Shiki is shown fighting against Gol D. Roger. Monkey D. Garp and Sengoku also discussed this. Shiki himself lost the battle and the story then shows two years after the event.

What's interesting is that this chapter also shows the moment of Gol D. Roger's execution in the Loguetown area.

Many important figures appeared to witness the execution. For example, Monkey D. Dragon, Gecko Moria, Crocodile, Dracule Mihawk, Buggy, Shanks, and even Donquixote Doflamingo.

Some of these characters appear to be shown in the same panel. They are Buggy, Mihawk, and Crocodile.

Whether intentionally or not these three characters are currently part of the Cross Guild group. Some geeks might think that this is a coincidence. However, it feels like it's more than just a coincidence.

In other words, the panel has long been a guide from Oda Sensei to form the Cross Guild group.

Other Characters Join

As mentioned above, the current threat from the Cross Guild was getting bigger and bigger which made the navy even more wary.

Even though so far only three people have joined the group, but the fans themselves have been discussing a lot about which other characters will join this interesting group.

If we then race on the panel that appears in chapter 0, then that means there will be two other characters who will join. They are Donquixote Doflamingo and also Gecko Moria.

In fact, discussions about the possibility of Doflamingo joining Cross Guild have been around for quite some time.

However, right now, he was still cooped up in Impel Down

Even so, it is not impossible indeed if he will escape from the prison.

However, the most likely candidate to join is Gecko Moria.

This former Shichibukai was previously defeated and imprisoned on Beehive Island.

However, the last chapter showed how Koby helped Perona to free Moria.

Will Doflamingo and Moria join forces?