One Piece: Koby’s Fate Explained!

Thanks to the One Piece anime and manga, Koby, the young boy Luffy saved from Alvida and later became a respectable Marine, has become popular again in recent months. Koby has been an on-and-off character for some time, and while we know him from the very beginning, he has since grown into a very powerful member of the Marines. In this article, we are going to focus on the recent events involving Koby and Blackbeard, who captured the young Marine. Why did he do it, and what happened to Koby in the story? Keep reading to find out!

Why did Blackbeard capture Koby?

Although the focus of the Wano Country Saga was on Luffy and his fight with Kaido, a lot of things happened in the background of the fights, and one major moment involved Koby.

After the end of the Levely, Koby exchanges information with X Drake, captain of the SWORD special unit and infiltrator among Kaido’s ranks, who informs him of the alliance between the latter and Big Mom. Koby finally tells him that he is going to Amazon Lily to capture Boa Hancock. During the clashes, in which the Navy uses two Seraphim, Blackbeard’s crew also arrives, and Kobi thinks that it is inevitable that the pirates will try to ally themselves.

He offers Boa the chance to come with him peacefully, but she refuses, and while he has her in his hold, she reveals that if he kills her, all the petrified people (petrified through her power) will remain in that state forever. He then wonders what to do as he hears Blackbeard reveal to the woman that he wants to take her Devil Fruit. Finding himself at a standstill, Blackbeard turns to him, explaining that his actions in the Rocky Port Incident allowed him to defeat Ochoku and reclaim Hachinosu, asking if he believes that by letting the woman go, she would return her subordinates to normal.

Koby replies that if he doesn’t do the same with the Marines it would be a big problem; Hancock promises this, but in exchange demands that they leave the island. However, Blackbeard calls her a liar, being convinced that she would also turn them into stone and revealing that he believes that no one can resist her power; therefore, he decides to kill her by sacrificing his subordinates, even if Koby tries to stop him. The situation is resolved by the arrival of Silvers Rayleigh, who convinces everyone to cease hostilities, the pirate to free those she has petrified, and the invaders to leave.

However, later, Blackbeard captures 800 marines aboard a battleship and Yamakaji can do nothing as he does not have official permission to face an emperor, although Koby tries to tell him that there must be another way. Teach then asks him if he intends to start a war against them, so he offers himself as a prisoner in exchange for the freedom of all his colleagues and the return of the ship, which leads the Emperor to laugh and ask him if he considers himself so important. Still, he accepts and kidnaps him.

Is Koby still alive?

So, what happened to Koby later? Well, in the Hachinosufortress, Teach reveals his intention to use him as a bargaining chip to convince the World Government to recognize his island as a full-fledged nation, the “Blackbeard Kingdom”. The young Marine immediately explains the impossibility of this plan’s success, since he is a member of SWORD, but Teach does know what the organization is.

Kuzan therefore agrees with Koby and specifies that it is a group made up of Marines who have formally resigned to take free initiative in certain circumstances, which is why they can attack an Emperor without the permission of their superiors, but, on the other hand, the Navy can disavow them at any time. However, Blackbeard still wants to continue with his plan, certain that the World Government will not be able to so lightly sacrifice the one whom the world acclaims as a hero since if he decides not to negotiate, his reputation will suffer. He thus orders him to be locked up.

Did Koby survive being captured by Blackbeard? Well, he did. Namely, Garp gathered a small team and went to Hachinosu to save his protege. Garp had a major fight against Kuzan, showing just how powerful he was, but while it looked like the situation would resolve itself in a relatively peaceful manner – Garp managed to save Koby and they were on their way to leave Hachinosu – Koby was tricked in the ensuing chaos and almost killed, but Garp intervened and took a blade to the chest. And while he sent Koby and the others away, he remained there and was stabbed once again by Kuzan’s ice.

Koby thus survived and escaped, but Garp’s fate is – as of the time of writing – still unknown and we have yet to see how Luffy is going to react to what happened to his grandfather. All in all, Koby is alive, but many thrills await us in the upcoming chapters of One Piece.

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