Oda confirmed the weakest straw hat

Straw Hat Pirates will always be the center of attention One piece world, and that goes without saying. One piece follows the story of Luffy and the Straw Hats right from the start and will continue to pit them against stronger foes in the Final Saga. The Straw Hats get stronger with every challenge and the fans know it very well.

Luffy, the captain of the crew, has now become a Yonk, cementing his position among the the strongest fighters in the world One piecebut Oda also revealed which one Strawmen can be considered the weakest.

Luffy Is The Strongest Straw Hat

• Luffy is a Yonko

• He defeated Kaid

When it comes to the strongest straw hat, there is absolutely no debate about it. From the very beginning of the story, fans knew it well Luffy is the strongest of all the Straw Hatsand by a large margin. With his Nika fruit now awakened and the ability to wield all three types of Haki very effectively, fans are well aware that Luffy is a monster anyone can handle in battle.

Luffy went on to defeat Kaid in the Wano Country Arc and this led to him being named one of the Four Emperors of the Sea. On Egghead, he clashed with Kizaru and asserted his dominance and even fought and overpowered the Five Elders. Luffy is undoubtedly the strongest of the Straw Hats.

Oda confirms that Usopp is the weakest Straw Hat

Usopp will always be the weakest straw hat

While Luffy remains the strongest straw hat in One Piecefans are also well aware that the weakest of the bunch is Usopp. It's pretty close between Usopp and Nami, but the latter has more shine lately, and even with the 500 million bounty on his head, Usopp is definitely the weakest Straw Hat. In fact, even Eiichiro Oda, the author of the series, believes that Usopp is the weakest of them all.

One Piece fans can feel close to Usopp because the characters around him are too powerful. Let's hope he continues to be the weakest Straw Hat to join the crew in the future. And I hope Chopper is fooled by his lies forever. — Eiichiro Oda, 2007

Usopp will always be Usopp

Usopp always remains the weakest of the Straw Hats doesn't necessarily mean he'll be weak. After all, the Straw Hat Pirates will be the crew of the Pirate King, and they must all maintain a standard. All new Straw Hats are extremely strong and Usopp is the weakest of the party, next to Nami, doesn't mean he will be weak.

Undoubtedly it will get some Haki related power-ups and Elbaf must be huge for him, but at the end of the day, Usopp will always be Usopp and remain a coward on the outside while being one of the bravest faces when push comes to shove.

One Piece Chapter 1163 will be released this week. As usual, One Piece drops on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece drops Monday at 12pm JST. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on October 26th. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1163 is October 26, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Writers

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)