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With One Piece being on break this week, I decided to bring you guys something different. Usually when we are on break, I try to discuss a theory. This week, I’m going to do a character spotlight on X Drake. Drake made an appearance last chapter and I feel like it’s the perfect opportunity to talk about one of my favorite of the supernova.
Pre-Timeskip
Like the other supernova, Drake made his first appearance to the story in Sabaody Archipelago. He was introduced as Killer and Urogue were fighting. He was able to block both of their attacks, one hand each so they would stop fighting. Strength. We also find out that he was a former Rear Admiral in the Marines. Rear Admiral is a rank right bellow Vice Admiral, above captain. I bring this up because we know pre-timeskip, Smoker was a captain. Now I know rank doesn’t equal strength all the time but by the rank logic, Drake was superior to Smoker Pre-timeskip. You know who had trouble against Smoker? Our captain Luffy. Yes, I’m saying pre-timeskip, Drake was stronger than Luffy. This point is further backed up due to the fact he was the only supernova to be able to damage a Pacifista in one on one combat. As soon as Drake entered the New World, he specifically went out to get Kaidos attention. Why? That’s the big question we’re finally gonna figure out this arc.
Post-Timeskip
We first see Drake via Caribou’s cover story. He beat Caribou and took him prisoner and that’s why we see him in the Prison Luffy is in. The next time we see Drake in the story is through Law’s flashback. Drake’s father was the man who had the Op Op fruit that Law would eventually eat. Drake was on that same island where Law and Corozan were. He was on the other side of the Bird Cage and was able to escape. The last time we saw Drake was this past chapter. He showed up in the end in a Hybrid Zoan form of an Allosaurus of the Ancient Dragon devil fruit category.
Drake Top 5
I believe Drake is top 5 in terms of strength when it comes to the supernova. My current ranking is; Luffy, Kidd, Law/Drake, and Zoro. I believe the gap between the top 3 to be very close and yes, I do believe Drake might be stronger than Law. My reasoning is simple: like I stated earlier, his pre-timeskip feats proved to me he was elite, and post-timeskip, he’s been under Kaido and has risen to one of his top 6 headliners. Keep in mind Hawkins and Apoo are also headliners but they aren’t in the top 6.
Ability Predictions
We know he’s a Zoan so he’ll focus on some sort of hand to hand combat, albeit fists or weapons or both. We know Zoans are gifted super natural strength above the already super natural strength characters in One Piece already possess. They have faster recovery and speed as well. The fact that Drake is an Ancient Dragon type devil fruit user, his Zoan abilities will be much more insane than even Lucci potentially. Lucci was a regular Zoan, Drake is an Ancient Zoan. As I mentioned earlier, we know Drake was a Rear Admiral. From what we have seen from the marines, they teach their members the Rokushiki techniques. We’ve seen these techniques from the likes of Lucci, Coby and other Vice Admirals. I believe Drake knows and uses these techniques. Just imagine someone who fights like Lucci did but as an Allosaurus. The possibilities of Drake’s combat abilities are crazy in theory, but the crazy part is the theory makes sense.
Drake's Story
Oda has something big planned for Drake. He laid the seeds of intrigue in Law’s flashback and those seeds will grow throughout this arc. Law and Drake will have some kind of connection and I believe that connection relates to Law’s Op Op devil fruit. Drake wanted to be part of Kaido’s crew for a reason. Maybe he wants to take Kaido out from the inside. We also don’t know why he decided to leave the marines and become a pirate. All of these things will culminate in Wano and people will finally start to respect X Drake.
TO BE CONTINUED X
~ S