[One Piece] Why Is Magellan — Arguably Admiral-Level — Stuck Running Impel Down Instead of the Seas?
#10 IMPEL DOWN
Magellan (2018/06/20): Why Is One of the Strongest Men in One Piece Just a Prison Warden?
If Magellan is really that strong, why is he confined to Impel Down? Why keep a monster-class fighter away from the main battlefield of the world? Is this a waste of power — or exactly where he belongs?
■ How Strong Is Magellan, Really?
1: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Crocodile, Jinbe, Luffy, plus all the Level 5 and below prisoners couldn’t do anything but run. He treats Ace like a baby when Ace can’t use his powers. He instantly wiped out what would later become the Blackbeard Pirates. Even lowballing him, he’s Admiral class — yet he’s stuck on a boring isolated island with zero entertainment.
2: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 He’s the vice warden now.
3: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Strong characters who stay outside the main story are actually cooler.
4: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 He’s serious by nature.
5: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 If the warden was weak and someone like Blackbeard got caught, they’d just escape.
7: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 He needs a job where he can go to the bathroom anytime.
8: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Not killing Shiryu already makes him incompetent.
9: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Aside from Luffy and Jinbe, there aren’t that many strong guys.
13: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 >>9 Crocodile is strong though.
11: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Poop man. Hard to use his ability outside.
12: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 He’s strong because he’s shut inside.
14: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Isn’t Shiryu kinda insane if he can match Magellan with just a sword?
Emperor Blackbeard Pirates
Lafitte / Captain of the Fifth Ship & Navigator “Burgess!! Was that you!? I went to pick you up in Dressrosa, but you weren’t there!”
Jesus Burgess / Captain of the First Ship & Helmsman “Yeah… sorry about that.”
Shiryu of the Rain / Captain of the Second Ship “Heh heh… so that bastard was still alive, huh…”
■ Poison Powers and “Appropriate Placement”
17: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 His poison is dangerous, so it’s just proper placement.
18: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 He spreads poison that only he can neutralize, and even that takes time. If he fought outside and it spread everywhere, it’d be a disaster.
20: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 He can’t sail because his stomach hurts.
21: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Is his diarrhea because of the Doku Doku no Mi, or was he weak to begin with?
31: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 >>21 He loves poison so much he eats poisoned food all the time, plus the fruit’s backlash wrecks his stomach.
22: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 No idea if he’s even awakened or not.
23: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 There are pirates as strong as the Seven Warlords, so the prison needs someone at that level.
24: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 If he formed the Magellan Pirates, they’d be absurdly strong.
27: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 If Blackbeard and Shiryu weren’t there, the whole thing would’ve been doomed.
28: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 If he used “Judgment of Hell” at Marineford, it would’ve been total chaos.
30: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 He’s insanely strong, but it feels like he’ll never appear again.
33: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Apparently he got completely wrecked after Luffy escaped, fighting tons of Level 6 prisoners at once.
34: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 Even if he comes back, Luffy would just beat him since Luffy got poison resistance.
37: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 >>34 You can’t actually defend against that.
Magellan “Judgment of Hell!!!”
■ Why He’s Not Used Elsewhere
15: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 You can’t seriously evaluate a guy who spends hours a day in the bathroom.
19: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/20 You can’t use him outside since his poison spreads.
👉 Why Japan Sees Magellan as “Too Dangerous to Deploy”
Japanese commenters don’t frame Magellan as “wasted potential.” They see him as a weapon that causes unacceptable collateral damage. His poison isn’t just lethal — it’s uncontrollable, slow to neutralize, and dangerous even to allies. From this angle, Impel Down isn’t a demotion; it’s containment.
👉 Strength Isn’t About Rank — It’s About Role
The thread repeatedly returns to the same idea: Magellan’s job isn’t to win wars — it’s to ensure no one escapes. In a world where prisons hold future Emperors, the warden has to be monstrous. That makes Magellan less of a sidelined fighter and more of a structural necessity.
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