Oda officially unveils Rocks successor D. Xebec

One Piece's The Elbaf arc provided fans with a tremendous amount of exciting information, both about things that affect the future and the mysterious past of the world. One piece fans are well aware that the Elbaf arc focused a lot on the character of Rocks D. Xebca. Although Rocks was introduced to fans as a major villain, he actually turned out to be quite a likable character. Fans have grown to love his charismatic personality, and now that his time in Loki's flashback is coming to an end, it's abundantly clear that Rocks D. Xebec he will be greatly missed.

D. Xebec rocks fall on God Valley after the battle against Imo, but fans know he won't actually die here. After all, in One piecedeath only comes when someone is forgotten. Rocks is still remembered by many and above all two great characters will carry his will and act as his successors. These two characters are Blackbeard, his own son, and Lokiwhich Rocks saved by mere existence.

Blackbeard succeeds in the rocks as another member of Davy's clan

Marshall D. Teach is Rock's son

• Rocks wanted to defeat Ima and take over the world

• Rocks was eventually killed by Imu

One piece fans know this very well Rocks basically died to save his family. Teach was a slave of the Davy Clan in God Valley and he would have felt pain beyond imagination before being killed if Rocks hadn't saved him. The rocks saved him and he died in the process. Today, Teach represents Davy Clan against the world government, just like the Rocks once did.

Teach is incredibly powerful, and knowing what the government did to his father, he certainly won't stay silent. It is clear that Teach carries his father's will. He sails on a ship called the Saber of Xebec, and his official goal is to make his mark on the world, which Rocks recently claimed to be Imu himself. Clearly, Teach aims to take down Ima and that's something that excites fans to no end.

Loki bears The Will Of Rocks D. Xebec

Rocks' true will was inherited by Loki

While Blackbeard was related by blood to Rocks D. Xebecbeing his own son and a member of the Davy Clan, fans know very well that Loki is the one who carries Rocks' true will. Loki knew Rocks a lot more than Teach and was completely in love with him. As a boy who wanted to kill himself, his only salvation was Rocks D. Xebec.

Loki despises the Government because of Rocks and because of him he believes in tremendous power. The reasons why Loki is as powerful as he is right now is because of Rocks and he believes that he is the Sun God who is destroying the world. Like Rocks, Loki wants to claim the world and unlike his father, he wants to stand up to world government to the bitter end if necessary. Loki and Blackbeard are very similar, yet different. Both are against world government, but each has carved a different path and both deserve to be successors to Rocks D. Xebec.

One Piece Chapter 1163 will be released in two weeks. 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)