The first ever villain introduced in One Piece was Buggy, the Clown, who is a significant character of One Piece. He made his first appearance in the story at Orange Town where Luffy met Nami. Buggy was considered a dangerous antagonist because he also had the Devil Fruit Powers like Luffy making him a strong opponent for Straw Hats.
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It has been revealed that Buggy holds ties with Red-haired Shanks. Shanks was the one who inspired Luffy to become a pirate. It was disclosed that Buggy had sailed on the same ship as Shanks and was a crewmate of Shanks, what’s more important is that Buggy had some grudges with Shanks. Although, it was certain that Buggy was an important character and will appear on different turns of the story, nobody knew that Buggy will return with a more significant position. Buggy has managed to “Fail Upwards” and unexpectedly, he appeared now as a Yonko-Four most powerful pirates of One Piece World.
Buggy’s Backstory
Buggy’s story started long ago before Luffy’s. He had sailed with Shanks along with the crew of the great Gol D. Roger as a young apprentice. Under Roger’s company he had learned a lot about sailing, Grand Line and even about the New World quiet early. Although he had not reached the Laugh Tale but still he had completed the whole journey of entire sea with Roger.
On the execution of Roger, Buggy was highly affected by it and shed tears like Shanks did. Later on, Shanks offered him to join his crew but Buggy denied to join him with an aim of building his own crew. He sailed to the East Blue Sea which was considered as the most weakest sea where he ruled exceptionally until he was defeated by Luffy. However, Buggy had already been planning to come back at the Grand Line as he’s shown holding a map of the sea. He set out for Grand Line like Straw Hats in the 100th chapter of One Piece.
Where Destiny Leads
Grand Line Scenarios
The experience of Buggy at the Grand Line was like a rollercoaster ride involving different twists, ups and downs. First, he was arrested by Navy and was kept in Impel prison. By a twist of fate, he successfully escaped the prison and found Luffy breaking into the prison at the same time. He joined Luffy’s forces and made the biggest jailbreak of the history of Impel prison and received lots of recognition and fame.
Paramount War
The connections of Buggy with Roger were exposed before the world during Paramount war held in Marineford Arc. Buggy also participated in this war and fought well not because of his strength but because of the number of followers he had and his past connections with Roger and Shanks. This participation also made Whitebeard to recognize and realize the strength of Buggy and his crew, which speaks Buggy’s influence.
The Title Achieved
Buggy worked and highlighted his name before many Significant ruling figures of One Piece like Whitebeard. His strong influenced was noticed by the World Government as well and they wanted to have good relations with Buggy and gave him the position of “Shichibukai”. This rank was granted to him independent of his strength but because of his past companionship with Roger and Shanks.
Rise to Yonko
The Shichibukai position of Buggy lasted for 2 years. During this time, he started an underworld trading setup known as Buggy Delivery and took maximum advantage of his position. After that, the Shichibukai system ended, Buggy’s influence was lost. Then, at the end of Wano Country Arc, it was revealed that he managed to move to a more stronger position and now appears as Yonko, which is the same rank as that of Shanks, Blackbeard and Luffy.
The Cross Guild
The Cross Guild is an organization led by a legendary trio of Buggy, Mihawk and Crocodile. This was one of the most strongest organization that came into being after the end of Shichibukai system. Surprisingly, Buggy was made the emperor as he was considered to be of greater rank than Mihawk and Crocodile.
Cross Guild-From Joke to Threat
In the beginning, This organization was not taken seriously but no one knew that the same organization is about to become a threat to the pirates soon. The Cross Guild eventually started hunting down the marines. Along with that, it started posting bounties for capturing or killing high-ranked Marines. This created a fear among the Marines that now, they too can be hunted.
This step created an impact on the Navy’s mindset. Marines have now became alert that they can also be hunted, On other hand, Bounties made it clear that Pirates cannot run from the law, they cam also fight back and even go after those who consider themselves invincible. Cross Guild introduced a turning of tables with regards to power between the pirates and the World Government, and the Marines which were previously untouchable are now getting closer to the chaos of New World.
Why Buggy as a Yonko
Yonkos are four of the most strongest Pirates on the sea. Garp’s perception regarding the Yonko is that they are the “Monsters” who rule the world like kings. They were of such high power that even the World Government’s decisions were overlooked by them. The position of Yonko is only given to the extremely powerful and influential pirates. Those who are highly suitable for this position are Blackbeard, Shanks, Big Mom and Kaido.
However, Buggy made his way to this position as now, Kaido and Big Mom has been defeated. It may sound weird to have Buggy as Yonko but it’s actually makes sense because Yonko is someone having strong influence, experience and power. Now, the reason why Buggy is suitable for this position is his past companions. He had sailed with Roger and Shanks which implies that he might have knowledge about One Piece Treasure. Along with this, he’s considered a sworn brother of red-haired Shanks.
Influence of Buggy, the Clown
The Impel Down Incident is one of the key incidents that took piece in One Piece. Buggy had played a significant role in this incident that occurred two years ago. In this event, Buggy attempted a breakout at Impel Down, by involving some of the most dangerous criminals with him. He’s a man of massive power. Due to the strong position he had in those 2 years, Buggy’s delivery gained many allies including Giant Pirates. His influence was so strong that led him to have control over many territories as well. Even the World Government considered him a “Living Legend”, therefore they made him a Shichibukai.
Therefore, rising of Buggy as Yonko is supported logically as he gained unlimited power in those two years which made him set an entire army of allies on his back.
Moreover, he had connections with legendary pirates like Shanks and Roger in his early life and has learned a lot from them. Although, Buggy doesn’t know where One Piece is and what is it’s nature but World Government is unaware of this. They consider Buggy as a major threat to them in the seas which cannot be removed. Buggy has a way of failing upwards which has great importance. Interestingly, Shanks had once promised Buggy they he would sail with him to the Laugh Tale and find the One Piece. Although, this promise has not been fulfilled yet but it is possible that it would be fulfilled in the future.
Conclusion
This was highly unexpected for a comic and ironic character like Buggy the Clown to turn out to be a huge threat that even made the World Government to fear him. Despite being a coward and lesser power, he still managed to make his way to becoming a Yonko because of his uncanny abilities to get most of his opportunities, manipulating events and making an impact on others.
His journey from being a common pirate to becoming one of the most powerful figure of seas shows the creativeness of Oda’s mind and storyline . This is the reason which keeps the readers engaged.
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