Ohara[2] is an island located in West Blue.[1] The island consisted primarily of archaeologists, and is also the birthplace of Nico Robin. The island's surface was destroyed eight years later by a Buster Call.[3]
Layout and Locations[]
Ohara was notable for the Tree of Knowledge,[4] a 5,000-year-old gigantic library tree surrounded by houses.[5] In the far northeast of Ohara is an island where Nico Robin was on a passenger ship.[6]
Citizens[]
- See also the associated category: Ohara Residents.
Nico Robin ‡ | Clover † | Nico Olvia † | Rint † | Zadie † |
Roche † | Busshiri † | Hack † | Hocha † | Gram † |
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Jaguar D. Saul ‡ | Roji † | Oran † | Mizuira † | ????? † |
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History[]
- Further information: Ohara Incident
Ohara was a country for 5,000 years, when the Tree of Knowledge was planted on the very island.[5] For millennia, archaeologists thrived there learning about history, a course of action that the World Government permitted.[5]
Nico Olvia, an archaeologist, left the island on an expedition to find out more about the Void Century, but was captured by Vice-Admiral Jaguar D. Saul. After interrogating Olvia, Saul helped her escape back to her homeland, but accidentally ended up as a castaway at Ohara as well,[7] where he befriended Olvia's daughter, Nico Robin. Meanwhile, the World Government, aware of Olvia's excursion into troublesome subjects, sent their CP9 agency to investigate the Oharan archaeologists.[8]
After the government discovered that the archaeologists were studying the forbidden Poneglyphs and the Void Century,[9] they ordered the island's destruction via the Buster Call.[10] Among the Vice Admirals sent to carry out the attack were Sakazuki[11] and Kuzan,[12] a friend of Saul. The government then used propaganda to demonize the citizens of Ohara, stating that they were attempting to use forbidden knowledge for global destruction, as several Poneglyphs also contain information about the Ancient Weapons.
The only native survivor of Ohara is Nico Robin, who was branded a criminal for her ability to read Poneglyphs.
Trivia[]
- According to Rurubu One Piece, Ohara was inspired by England. It shares this distinction with Foosha Village and Syrup Village.
- "Ohara" as a word may stem from the oldest known individual tree, Old Hara, which is over 5,000 years old.
- The way the Marines terminated all the scholars of Ohara and its knowledge could be a reference to the supposed burning of texts in 213 BCE and live burial of 460 Confucian scholars in 212 BCE by the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty. This was alleged to have destroyed philosophical treatises of the Hundred Schools of Thought, with the goal of strengthening the official Qin governing philosophy of Legalism, similar to how the World Government strengthening the principle of justice.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 39 Chapter 374 and Episode 263.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 41 Chapter 392 (p. 2), Ohara's name is romanized.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 391 (p. 9) and Episode 275, Spandam reveals Ohara was destroyed by a Buster Call.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 391 (p. 18) and Episode 275.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 392 (p. 3) and Episode 275.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 398 (p. 3) and Episode 278.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 392 (p. 8-10) and Episode 275, Saul drifts away to Ohara.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 392 (p. 18) and Episode 275, CP9 investigates Ohara.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 394 (p. 18) and Episode 276, CP9 discovers the Poneglyphs.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 395 (p. 11) and Episode 277, A Buster Call is ordered on Ohara.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 397 (p. 11-12) and Episode 278, Sakazuki blows up the evacuation ship.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 396 (p. 12) and Episode 277, Kuzan is one of the Vice Admirals in the Buster Call.
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