One Piece: Here’s Why Shanks Left Uta!

The One Piece Film: Red is a truly interesting addition to the overall One Piece lore, and while it might be a bit quirkier than some other works, it is still a worthwhile addition to the series. Even the anime has taken a break and given us a small, three-episode filler arc focusing on Uta, called Uta’s Past Arc. Uta proved to be the principal character in the movie, and while she was also the movie’s main villain, she was actually the focus of the movie. Uta’s story in One Piece is quite intriguing, and in this article, we are going to tell you how and why Uta left her father’s side and ended up on the island where the Straw Hats found her.

When Shanks’ crew landed on Elegia, Uta was “given” to King Gordon, who would train her in singing. And while she became better and had a successful run, she also attracted the attention of the demon Tot Musica. When Uta sang the demon’s forbidden song, the demon was released and destroyed the whole island, despite Shanks trying to stop it. The attack stopped only when Uta lost consciousness from exhaustion. Shanks then publicly took the blame for the incident in order to spare Uta the guilt and left her with Gordon, who was the only survivor.

The rest of this article will further introduce Uta and her story to you. You will find out some details about her, her story, and her importance to the world of One Piece. We will give you some known biographical details about her, and we will answer some questions relating to her role in the story, focusing primarily on why Shanks left her on Elegia, despite causing her much pain with that decision.

Shanks left Uta on Elegia to save her from the truth

Uta is a world-famous diva and a major character in One Piece Film: Red. This a fact that every One Piece fan knows by now. She is the daughter of Pirate Emperor Shanks. For some reason, Uta wants Luffy to retire from piracy. Uta has excellent singing abilities, which are said to take the listener to another dimension. It is unknown if this ability is due to a Devil Fruit. Thanks to her singing ability, she has gained recognition and fame worldwide, being a well-known diva and attracting a large audience to her performances.

Shanks loved Uta very much and would always gift her with looted jewelry but kept some of his finds, namely the Gomu Gomu no Mi, away from her. Shanks told Uta that the crew would be landing in the kingdom of Goa and that she was unimpressed with their landing spot in the remote village of Foosha. Meanwhile, 7-year-old Monkey D. Luffy spent his days eating, battling animals, and training with his grandfather, Garp.

As the Red Hair Pirates dock, Luffy runs to their ship and encounters Uta and Shanks. While initially apprehending the pirates, Luffy soon began to join Shanks’ crew. Uta didn’t think much of Luffy and didn’t want him on board; One day, she sang a song at Parties Bar to the villagers’ applause. Then, Shanks asked Luffy to show Uta around the village.

The two children soon engaged in a series of contests, where Uta usually defeated Luffy. Later, Luffy took Uta to the upper level of a windmill on the shore, where they could see the sunset over the sea. When Uta talked about Shanks, Luffy expressed his desire to go as a pirate. Watching the sunset, Uta fulfilled her dream of performing in front of the world for the first time.

The movie revealed additional information about Uta’s childhood, her relationship with Luffy, as well as Shanks, with whom she was very close, as Shanks would bring her along on his adventures and voyages.

Now, Shanks was well aware of Uta’s singing talents, so, on one occasion, he took her to the island of Elegia, where she would train her singing skills with the island’s ruler, King Gordon. The island was a musical center, and Uta’s skills improved significantly while training with Gordon, which was great news. But, the situation changed drastically at one point.

Namely, Uta’s beautiful singing was very popular on the island, and its inhabitants adored her. But Uta did not know that the island was also the home of a powerful musical demon, Tot Musica, who was locked away but could hear Uta’s singing. The only way to release the demon was to sing his well-hidden, forbidden song.

And while Gordon mostly took care of that, Uta somehow found it and decided to sing it, which woke Tot Musica up. The demon, being evil, attacked the island, and while Shanks and his crew tried to stop him, the island was destroyed, and its people massacred, save for Gordon, who remained as the only survivor.

Tot Musica disappeared again after Uta collapsed from exhaustion, but the damage had been done. To spare Uta the guilt, Shanks decided to take the blame for the destruction of the island (which was not an issue for him since he was an Emperor), and he also decided to leave Uta on the island in Gordon’s care to spare her from the truth.

He did this with a heavy heart, but he thought that keeping the truth from Uta at the time would be the best thing to do. Uta resented him for that because she loved him very much, and it wasn’t until the final moments of the film that the truth was uncovered, and Uta finally found out what she’d done and why Shanks had left her. The two of them reconciled, and the whole story thus received a happy ending, but as you can see, it was, for the most part, a sad story filled with tragedy and death.