If you have yet to read the monumental thousandth chapter of One Piece’s manga ... powerful pirates leading the next generation will come swarming into the new world! If I am dead by then ...

In many ways, the straw hat represents One Piece as a whole ... many believe that Luffy will give his hat away to a future generation of pirates, in the same way that he received the hat as ...

This article contains spoilers from One Piece’s Egghead Island Arc. Symbolic history: Straw hat passed from Roger to Shanks, then Luffy. Potential future: Luffy may pass hat to next generation ...