One Piece: Oda’s Robin Replacement Is Set to Ignite God Valley 2.0 in the Final Saga

One Piece just put a big target on someone who is not Nico Robin. Charlotte Pudding, of all people, might be the other key to reading Poneglyphs — which instantly makes her the most kidnappable person not named Robin. And, surprise, that is already happening.

Pudding and the Poneglyph problem

Robin is still the only confirmed Poneglyph reader on the seas, and the World Government has hounded her since childhood because the Void Century truth is an existential threat to their rule. Now that Poneglyphs are the breadcrumb trail to Laugh Tale and the One Piece itself, it is not just the Government that wants her — every pirate crew with ambition does too.

But Robin is safe(ish) under the Straw Hat umbrella. That leaves a different pressure point: Pudding. She is a hybrid — Big Mom’s human daughter who also belongs to the Three-Eye Tribe. Members of that tribe have a third eye and, if their power awakens, they can potentially tap into the Voice of All Things and read Poneglyphs. Big Mom literally kept Pudding around hoping that would happen so she could fast-track her own One Piece dream. There is no confirmed way to trigger it, and hybrids are said to have a slimmer chance, but even the possibility gives any crew a massive strategic edge.

Blackbeard moved first

In the Chapter 1064 cover story, Van Augur and Kuzan from the Blackbeard Pirates abduct Pudding. The motive is not subtle: her rare lineage and what it could unlock. After that, Blackbeard parades her like a prize on Hachinosu (Pirate Island), while her family spirals — we even see Charlotte Brulee in pieces over it. It is a nasty bit of pageantry designed to send a message: he has something everyone wants.

Echoes of a very ugly history

The story beats are deliberately familiar. Recent chapters have peeled back what went down at God Valley, including an abduction catalyst that set the world on fire. Shakuyaku — famed in her era for her beauty — was snatched and put up as the ultimate prize in the Native Hunting Competition. The fallout was global; the reaction was visceral. When Oda shows Brulee sobbing after Pudding’s kidnapping, it mirrors those God Valley images in a way that does not feel accidental.

Is Pudding worshiped for beauty on Shakuyaku’s level? No. But she has a very loud romantic tie: Sanji. If he learns she is in danger, this sets up a tailor-made rescue arc for him. And Hachinosu is the perfect powder keg for a God Valley-like flashpoint — rival crews converging, a prized captive at the center, and a tug-of-war that could pull in half the New World.

The likely chain reaction

• Expect the Charlotte family to try a full rescue, much like the Whitebeard Pirates did for Ace — they are a massive, messy force, but they move for their own.
• Blackbeard showing Pudding off on Hachinosu practically invites a brawl on his home turf.
• Kuzan’s loyalties are still murky; if he is playing a longer game, he could leak Pudding’s location, echoing the kind of informant move we saw with Ginny back at God Valley.
• If Big News Morgans catches wind, he will blast this across the world in an afternoon — she is Big Mom’s daughter, after all.
• If word spreads that Pudding can actually read Poneglyphs (or that she might), every power player — Government and pirate alike — joins the chase.
• There is even a popular theory that Blackbeard has ties to Rocks that would make the timing and location extra poetic. If that ends up being true, the parallels get even louder.

Bottom line

Pudding’s potential makes her the most dangerous kind of MacGuffin: a living key. Blackbeard has her, Hachinosu is the stage, and the last time something like this happened, the world cracked. Keep your eye on Sanji, Kuzan’s next move, and Morgans’ front page — any one of those could light the fuse.

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