Kaya and the World Government

kaijinmaru

This character has been visited occasionally but has a deeper tie that one day I believe will come up again. Suprisingly this theory does not have many assumptions, just loose connections that don’t seem to have been connected before. Let’s dive in and explore Kaya’s relationship with the World Government. To start with we know Kaya live in a mansion in a small village called Syrup. Right there, starting right there we have something unprecedented. There has been no other small island village with a mansion, not to mention, a gated mansion, with suited guards who carry pistols. Now the guards are not much to go on as they were hired by Capt. Kuro to guard Kaya from Usopp, though having enough resources to do that is still significant. The closest thing we have seen to this since was Arlong’s base which was a previous Marine base. This is a family that could hire vagabonds off the street without worry, one that cared for the people as doctors/physicians. One that has fiercely loyal staff who we only ever see a small part of. A family that had both the Father and Mother die to an illness and leave their daughter behind with enough wealthy and loyalty from their staff and guards to make sure her future was secured. This on its own is very rare in One Piece’s world, let’s dive a bit deeper and see what we can find out. After Usopp left we know that Kaya left the village after getting her strength back and after teaming up with the previous Usopp Pirates she seems to go to another island/town. This one is more developed and is clearly no longer Syrup Village: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/855402522946984969 The only other cover art updates we get from Kaya are with her studying with suitors trying to get her attention with Merry fending them off and one of her back at Syrup village again getting an updated bounty flyer for Usopp. With those update there really isn’t much to go on in terms of Kaya, but there is one key figure that tells us a lot more than you would expect. Enter Merry. From the image below we can see that his stylized horns, hair, and split lip design are not the result of anything other than genetics. https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/e/ef/Merry_Young.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/814?cb=20130527010441 Other than Minks, who don’t fit, or devils fruit users we have not seen another human/animal hybrid like him before. That is, until Punk Hazard. There we meet the Satyrs, previous prisoners who have had their lower halves replaced due to a poison gas. That explains their lower halves, but what about the upper half? https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/7/77/Satyrs_at_Punk_Hazard.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/729?cb=20140916074727 In the image above we can clearly see the same kind of white curly hair, ram horns, if a bit larger, and even Caesar himself has the same ram’s horns if not a little longer. https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Caesar_Clown With that in mind. The only place we ever see this race is associated with scientists and the world government. Specifically Vegapunk and his research. I would put forward that this race of people is either: A genetically engineered race/experiment by Vegapunk while learning about the Lineage Factor (DNA) A race that Vegapunk and the world government has ties to that are very dedicated and intelligent in their field of study. With this in mind and those two options I do not think it is a stretch to say that one day we may very well see Kaya be met by or at least acknowledged by Vegapunk or other world government physicians as related to their former colleagues. Merry’s position as Kaya’s butler may very well have been a family of this species that Kaya’s parent’s got to know and a young Kaya and Merry got a long even being several years apart in age. Making him a prime candidate to watch over their daughter in the peaceful East Blue. Let me know what you think of this one and have a good weekend.

Marco Polo

Interesting! I always thought Merry's look was just Oda being quirky with his character designs, but this would be a REALLY interesting connection if it turns out to be true. Question: What do you think of Kaido and Yamato's horns?

kaijinmaru

Marco Polo Got ahead of me, that's the next one I'm writing up. I do have a theory on that one too as there are indeed some connections left. I've found that the more Oda doesn't talk about something and the more he just shows something passively the higher likelihood there is a connection. Example, our introduction to Oden was him entering a place of death (funeral), cooking Oden in water/oil, in rememberance and to create a memory and bonding time with the person. That was perfectly reflected in how Oden died, Oda told us right from the very first panel how Oden was going to die and just slid it in as a small introductions scene that no one thought to make much of beyond first impressions of a person.

Marco Polo

> Got ahead of me, that's the next one I'm writing up. I do have a theory on that one too as there are indeed some connections left. I've found that the more Oda doesn't talk about something and the more he just shows something passively the higher likelihood there is a connection. This is a really interesting observation! He’s definitely keeping a lot of things secret/unaddressed for big reveals later. A really good example is the “Sun God” stuff - we kind of pass it off as a Skypeia thing the first time it’s mentioned, but over time it gets fleshed out and eventually we’ll probably get a big reveal. > Example, our introduction to Oden was him entering a place of death (funeral), cooking Oden in water/oil, in rememberance and to create a memory and bonding time with the person. That was perfectly reflected in how Oden died, Oda told us right from the very first panel how Oden was going to die and just slid it in as a small introductions scene that no one thought to make much of beyond first impressions of a person. Don’t even get me STARTED on how amazing the Oden flashback is. I know some were impatient with it and wanted to get back to the main story, but it’s amazing. It brings so much depth to the story way beyond Wano, and it really pushes home the “inherited will” theme, both with the Scabbards AND with Roger/Luffy

kaijinmaru

Marco Polo Definitely agreed there on both points, there are a lot of open threads in one piece, or ones that just don't have enough information on them at the time to really do much beyond speculate. While in this example with Kaya how there is just too little information we can infer a bit by the surroundings and circumstances. There are some others however, like the horns theory, that as much as I keep looking in to it the further back then forward, then back again I have to go and keep finding threads to it. One day I will actually get around to writing it all up and posting it but it doesn't look like I'll reach a conclusion beyond speculation, which I don't like doing honestly. I would rather have at least one solid point of reference to a conclusion. I may just end up writing it up and leaving it open ended, less of a theory and more of an information chain to be looked at and interpretted.

seiryu

> After Usopp left we know that Kaya left the village after getting her strength back and after teaming up with the previous Usopp Pirates she seems to go to another island/town. This one is more developed and is clearly no longer Syrup Village: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/855402522946984969 This we have an answer for concretely. Kaya pours herself into her studies to become a doctor. We see her initially studying at home, but this almost has to be her studying elsewhere. Since the food-named kiddos are the most trusted "body guards", safe to assume she paid to have them travel with her/covered their travel expenses. > There we meet the Satyrs, previous prisoners who have had their lower halves replaced due to a poison gas. That explains their lower halves, but what about the upper half? https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/onepi ... 0916074727 In the image above we can clearly see the same kind of white curly hair, ram horns, if a bit larger, and even Caesar himself has the same ram’s horns if not a little longer. https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Caesar_Clown With that in mind. The only place we ever see this race is associated with scientists and the world government. Specifically Vegapunk and his research. I would put forward that this race of people is either: A genetically engineered race/experiment by Vegapunk while learning about the Lineage Factor (DNA) A race that Vegapunk and the world government has ties to that are very dedicated and intelligent in their field of study. This is definitely the key aspect for me, and something I 100% overlooked. My only addition is that just like wings for moon residents (we have three and I think all were named), I'm biased to think we have different races for different horn types. We can include Kaidou/Yamato/Oars/Oars Jr. in this as well potentially (although this is a more brute type of country vs. a brainy country). If anything the potential locals of Punk Hazard and Caesar are very similar in design, so they might be one race. But Merry is definitely very different and almost has to be a different race. The other complicating factor is that Kaya would be against what the Government wants. So if we expand the theory more to specifically focus on Vegapunk/Government scientists/doctors, then I would definitely see the breadcrumbs fitting together. > Got ahead of me, that's the next one I'm writing up. I do have a theory on that one too as there are indeed some connections left. I've found that the more Oda doesn't talk about something and the more he just shows something passively the higher likelihood there is a connection. Yup, most definitely.