Every Prophecy Comes True: Oda Unveils the One Piece Ending

One Piece has a thousand mysteries, but the Red Line might be the biggest: a giant wall of land choking the globe that Oda has deliberately kept mysterious for decades. Here is the wild theory that actually makes annoying amounts of sense: the Red Line is not a continent. It is a living thing. Specifically, a world serpent straight out of Norse myth.

The serpent idea, in plain English

In Norse mythology, Jormungandr is a massive sea serpent that wraps around the world and holds its own tail in its mouth. When it lets go, Ragnarok kicks off and the seas rise. If that sounds suspiciously familiar to recent One Piece foreshadowing, you are not imagining things. Oda has been hinting at a global flood for a while, and he keeps sprinkling in serpent language at oddly specific moments.

Clues Oda has scattered

• In the Elbaph arc, characters say the world has already been destroyed twice in Nika's era and once during Joy Boy's. That is a huge statement if you take it at face value.
• Chapter 1153 drops a pointed exchange: Harald asks Ida if she made it past the "blood snake," and she answers that she crossed the Red Line. The nickname is not subtle.
• Dorry and Brogy also warn that the end is near because the "blood-covered serpent stirs." That is not how normal people talk about a continent.
• There is a reasonable read that during the Void Century, people figured out what the Red Line really was as the serpent awakened, and that awakening leveled the world. The World Government would definitely bury that kind of truth, especially if the thing is fated to flood everything again.

"The blood-covered serpent stirs."

What that would mean for the endgame

If the Red Line is the world snake, it reframes a bunch of character goals and prophecies. If the serpent wakes up, it could be Elbaf's moment: Prince Loki versus the monster, while Luffy takes the fight to Imu. It also dovetails with the Will of D. idea. Maybe the D. clan can awaken or destroy the serpent, which would literally create the All Blue by collapsing the barriers between the seas.

That makes Sanji's dream feel less like a chef's fairy tale and more like a byproduct of a cataclysm. The All Blue might have existed the last time the serpent let go of its tail and drowned the world, which would explain why it faded into myth.

Fish-Man Island, Noah, and Poseidon

Fish-Man Island sits directly under the Red Line. If that wall falls, the island is toast. Back in the Void Century, Joy Boy promised to use the Mermaid Princess's power to command the Sea Kings and do something that required the Noah. He failed, but the plan is pretty clear in hindsight: evacuate the island. The Sea Kings would haul the Noah while everyone escaped the destruction above.

Madam Shyarly also saw someone with a Straw Hat destroying Fish-Man Island. That lines up a little too well with the serpent theory. If Luffy is the one who triggers the awakening, the island gets wrecked as a consequence. The good news: Shirahoshi is Poseidon right now, so she can mobilize the Sea Kings and save a whole lot of lives, fulfilling the promise Joy Boy could not keep.

Zunesha and a world reset

There is one more piece that fits: Zunesha. If the Red Line breaks and the world finally stabilizes after the chaos, Zunesha might be released from its endless trek hauling Zou across the seas. The idea of the world 'surviving once and for all' makes Zunesha's sentence feel like it has an end date.

So... is the Red Line Jormungandr?

It is a theory, not gospel. But the language, the flood teases, the Elbaph lore drops, the Fish-Man Island prophecy, and the All Blue dream all interlock a little too neatly to ignore. Oda loves a grand payoff. This would be one.

One Piece manga is available on Viz Media. The anime is streaming on Crunchyroll in the US. What do you think: snake, stone, or something even stranger?