[One Piece] Chapter 908 Shatters the World Order — Kuma’s Fate, Bonney’s Tears, and the Shadow Above the Five Elders
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Bartholomew Kuma & Jewelry Bonney (2018/06/14) Who is really pulling the strings behind the World Government?
What hurts more — Kuma becoming a slave, or realizing this was planned long ago? Why did Bonney cry back then, and who did Akainu already know about? Chapter 908 doesn’t just add a villain. It reframes the entire hierarchy.
445: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Poor Kuma… So Bonney was his daughter after all… That kills both the “Ace’s sister” theory and the “Luffy’s mom” theory.
Jewelry Bonney, Captain of the Bonney Pirates: “(I can’t believe I ran into them right away…!!) (The infiltration worked.) I won’t forgive this…!! Never…!!”
Celestial Dragon: “A top-grade slave that won’t even scream!!!”
Jewelry Bonney: “Absolutely!!!”
440: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Kuma’s story is just too damn sad. This hurts.
478: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Kuma was a king? So now that’s Doflamingo, Hancock, and Kuma — three former Warlords who were literal rulers.
495: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Bonney crying during the Marineford War… Was that because she was watching Kuma?
World Government Secrets and Who Knows Them
395: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Why did Akainu know about Im-sama? Is the existence known to at least some of the upper ranks?
406: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>395 After the war arc, when Shanks showed up, the vice admirals were clearly shaken, but Sengoku looked like he knew something. Akainu too. Maybe admirals and above know some kind of secret.
402: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 No way. Kuma should’ve been a test subject for Vegapunk or the Navy science division. Why the hell is he a Celestial Dragon’s slave now? This makes no sense.
Celestial Dragon: “Donquixote Mjosgard is a Celestial Dragon who owns not a single slave—a true oddball!!” “Just like Homing, who abandoned his status and lived as a doctor over 30 years ago, the Donquixote family is seriously messed up!!”
Celestial Dragon Child: “Father! That one is… the invincible slave Kuma!!”
Celestial Dragon: “Indeed—at last, my turn for the rental period has come!!”
4: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>402 He probably got “liked” and turned into a pet. Once the mass-produced models were finished, he was useless to the science team. Then they found out he helped Luffy and used to be a Revolutionary commander, so he got enslaved.
The One Above the Five Elders
429: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 So there really is someone above the Five Elders after all!!! They’re sitting on the Empty Throne, aren’t they!!!
438: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 The Five Elders get their directives from Im, then carry them out — is that it? This time, did they ask who needs to be erased?
485: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Was it Im-sama who ordered Ohara’s destruction too?
Bonney as a Hostage and the Price Kuma Paid
555: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Bonney: “I’ll never forgive them!” Then she fights Blackbeard. Is Kuma related to that?
581: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>555 The “never forgive” part is about the government and Navy turning Kuma into a cyborg. She fought Blackbeard because he tried to recruit her like “be my woman or join my crew.” Akainu showed up, Blackbeard ran, and Bonney got left behind.
Bonney: “—Everything is because of that bastard…!!!” “I’ll find him right away!! Let’s go!! To the New World!!!”
From the South Blue Captain of the Bonney Pirates “Big Eater” Jewelry Bonney Bounty: 140,000,000 Berries
Akainu: “………………” “When I heard you’d escaped from the government, it gave me quite a scare… but it’s all over now.”
Bonney: “……………!!” “……!! You bastards……!!! I’ll never forgive you!!!”
734: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>558 You can read this as Kuma being modified because Bonney was taken hostage. “It’s finally over” probably meant the modification process was complete.
560: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 How the hell is a king of a World Government–affiliated country also an executive of the Revolutionary Army? And what about Bonney—is she part of the Revolutionaries, or is she just acting on her own? Which is it?
565: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 He tears up Luffy’s and Blackbeard’s wanted posters, stabs a sword into Shirahoshi’s photo, then stares at Vivi’s picture like he’s thinking something over. No way Imu is actually a character we’ve already seen… right?
Ancient Being and Immortality Theories
575: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Maybe Im-sama is someone who became immortal long ago via the Ope Ope no Mi. Wouldn’t even be weird if this turns into a Xenogears-level story from here.
598: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>575 Same thought here. Im-sama has to be alive at least since the Void Century.
652: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 They don’t look like royalty at all.
669: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>652 Thinking about Kuma—so kind, even though he was royalty, working just as hard as ordinary people—really brings tears to my eyes. Do you think he joined the Seven Warlords just to save Bonney…?
658: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 The idea that Vivi is Pluton sounds crazy, but if you consider her meeting a bedridden Cobra in Alabasta and think about who truly needs to be erased, the next queen actually makes a lot of sense.
787: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>658 True. The current king, Cobra, probably wouldn’t last many more years anyway. So that would mean Vivi, the next queen, is the real target.
698: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Sabo feels like he’s gonna get fired up like Ace and mess everything up.
Lindbergh: “This is what happens to even the toughest men when they defy the gods!!” “The Celestial Dragons have CP0 and Marine Headquarters backing them!! If you mess up and get caught—”
Sabo: “No—there’s no ‘messing up.’ It’s either success… or death…!!!” DON!!!
967: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Bonney has an insanely useful power (appearance age manipulation) → captured by Celestial Dragons → Kuma begs endlessly, but she isn’t freed → Kuma joins the Revolutionary Army to save her → Government offers: “Join the Warlords and we’ll release her” → She isn’t released → Bonney stays hostage, Kuma’s body gets analyzed by Vegapunk → He gets modified and loses his personality… That flow makes too much sense.
989: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>967 Aaaah— Kuma’s heart is dead!!
970: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 No wonder Bonney says she’ll never forgive them. This is dark as hell.
756: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 All the mysteries just clicked for me.
Im: “Five Elders—assemble here!!”
Five Elders: “Another ‘light’ that must be erased from history…” “Have you made your decision?” “Then speak the name of the one to be erased!!”
Im: “…………………..”
👉 Why Japanese Readers Read This as a Power-Structure Reveal
What stands out in these comments isn’t shock at a new villain — it’s the reordering of authority. Japanese readers immediately interpret Im not as a character twist, but as confirmation that every major atrocity (Ohara, Kuma, political erasures) follows a single vertical command chain. Kuma’s tragedy isn’t random cruelty; it’s systemic.
👉 How Chapter 908 Quietly Redefines the Endgame
This chapter reframes One Piece’s finale away from “pirates vs government” and toward governance itself. If there is an immortal overseer above kings, elders, and admirals, then defeating them doesn’t just end a war — it collapses a world order. That implication scares readers more than any Yonko ever did.
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