One Piece 1082: Possible reasons T-Bone is still alive

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The all-powerful Dracule Mihawk was known as the “Marine Hunter” because he frequently attacked Navy officers before the World Government was able to placate him by awarding him a position within the Seven Warlords of One Piece.

The Cross Guild was inspired by this and began to target Marines, even placing bounties on their heads. They pose a grave threat to the influence of the World Government by doing this.

The most recent One Piece chapter claims that T-Bone, a Navy officer who first appeared during the Water Seven Arc, was the first significant victim of the Cross Guild’s Marine-hunting activity.

Disclaimer: This article, which includes significant One Piece manga spoilers up to Chapter 1082, is written from the author’s perspective.

Fans of One Piece were horrified to learn that Vice Admiral T-Bone was killed by a civilian.

Everything you need to know about T-Bone

T-Bone as seen in One Piece's Water Seven Arc (Image via Toei Animation, One Piece)
T-Bone as seen in One Piece’s Water Seven Arc (Image via Toei Animation, One Piece)

T-Bone was a royal knight before he joined the Navy. He made his television series debut in the Water Seven Arc, when he played a Marine Captain tasked with accompanying the CP9 agents while they traveled on the Puffing Tom.

T-Bone is a very respectable man who takes the life of both the soldiers under his command and innocent people extremely seriously and completely abhors senseless bloodshed. He tore his mantle to pieces while riding on Puffing Tom to tend to his wounded soldiers.

Instead of pursuing the Straw Hats or merely rescuing himself, T-Bone even returned to warn his soldiers of Sanji, Franky, and Usopp’s trap. Later, when a Sea King attacked their disconnected wagon, he once more shielded his men from harm.

T-Bone is known as the “Ship-Cutter” for his ability to slice big ships as thinly as he would cut steaks, which is a tribute to his strength. T-Bone did indeed demonstrate attacks, such as flying slashes, with enough force to pierce massive boats and metal trains, even dispatching a Sea King with a single strike.

T-Bone was a brave and strong-willed guy who, while being aware of the storm around him and aware of its reputation for strength, chose to remain back and face “Pirate Hunter” Zoro.

The fight that followed was brief but fierce. T-Bone couldn’t compete with Zoro’s strength and quickness. Zoro swiftly countered T-slash Bone’s with a Three Sword Style move, shattering his blade and ending his life.

Despite what happened, the two got along well. Zoro appreciated T-abilities Bone’s and recognized his skill with a sword. Even yet, he expressed regret for not being able to stop and pull the unconscious man from the water.

One of the officers chosen to fight in the Paramount War was T-Bone. He thus engaged in combat in Marineford with the Whitebeard Pirates and their supporters. He was given a promotion to the position of Rear Admiral after the time skip.

According to One Piece 1082, T-Bone was the first Marine to go on the search.

T-Bone in his most recent appearance in the One Piece series (Image via Toei Animation, One Piece)
T-Bone in his most recent appearance in the One Piece series (Image via Toei Animation, One Piece)

In an ongoing comedy of errors, Crocodile and even Dracule Mihawk were appointed as Buggy’s subordinates because they believed he founded the Cross Guild. But nothing could be further from the truth than this.

The true creators and leaders of the Cross Guild are Mihawk and Crocodile. Mihawk made the choice to make Buggy the group’s symbolic leader because he had no interest in becoming a Yonko and wanted to avoid drawing any unwanted attention to himself.

Given his alleged position as the Cross Guild’s leader, the World Government, believing in the facade, designated Buggy as one of the Yonko. The Cross Guild made the decision to place bounties on Naval officers, which demonstrated the danger of the new organization’s military prowess and political clout right away.

The Marines now had to worry about civilians and bounty hunters in addition to pirates. In fact, T-Bone was murdered by someone who wished to claim the bounty that the Cross Guild had placed on him, according to One Piece 1082.

The publication reported on the incident. Both citizens and Marines idolized T-Bone, who had lately been elevated to the rank of Vice Admiral. Thus, the world was shocked to learn of his passing. The Navy, however, declined to comment on the specifics of the event.

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Tsuru and Sengoku were seen debating the incident. They observed the growing threat posed by the Cross Guild and concluded that T-assassin Bone’s most likely committed the crime in order to profit from the group. At Buggy’s base, where he was being praised for his deed, the perpetrator was later revealed.

An elderly man was the one who appeared to have killed T-Bone. In fact, he took action to claim the Cross Guild’s prize, using it to feed his family members who were starving to death. The murderer was accepted as a new member of the Cross Guild.

Why T-passing Bone’s defies logic

T-Bone as seen in One Piece's Marineford Arc (Image via Toei Animation, One Piece)
T-Bone as seen in One Piece’s Marineford Arc (Image via Toei Animation, One Piece)

Fans of One Piece were astonished to learn that T-killer Bone’s was a weak, elderly man who doesn’t appear to be much of a fighter, much less one strong enough to take out a strong Marine officer.

T-Bone was roughly as powerful as the “Pirate Hunter” was before to the Arabasta Arc, although he was defeated by Zoro in the latter’s Enies Lobby incarnation.

Zoro was powerful enough at the time to defeat multiple Baroque Works agents as well as more than a hundred assassins. He not only destroyed them all alone, but he did so without employing his most powerful methods, so he could have done even more.

Zoro accomplished the feat, which is astounding, approximately 1000 chapters earlier and roughly 250 chapters before defeating T-Bone. Such an accomplishment should be repeatable by the current T-Bone.

Given that even at the time of his defeat by Zoro, T-Bone was already a man capable of slicing ships in two and dispatching a Sea King with a single blow, it would seem difficult to dispute this. Now that T-Bone is a Vice Admiral, he can use Haki to sharpen his abilities even further.

It really appears strange how such a trained fighter could have been murdered by a trembling old guy, given that T-current Bone’s strength theoretically allows him to defeat hundreds of average assassins, let alone citizens without particular fighting ability.

Fans are currently theorizing that such an event never took place. The fact that T-alleged Bone’s killer lacks both the physical ability and the will to do the crime may be the most telling indicator. The frail elderly man depicted in One Piece 1082 seems unlikely to possess the malice necessary to murder somebody.

T-Bone was also well renowned for his kindness. “Perform 100 nice things every day,” was the man’s slogan, and he firmly thought that the Navy’s responsibility was to protect innocent people.

The deplorable circumstances of the elderly man’s family were explicitly depicted by One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda in a special panel. Fans who are aware of T-generosity Bone’s speculate that the officer allowed himself to be shot in order to allow people to claim his bounty and use it to avoid starvation.

Final Reflections

Granted, the Cross Guild has not yet made public the full extent of its requirements for obtaining a bounty. They can insist that the person claiming the bounty present them with the body of the alleged target.

This doesn’t necessarily refute the idea that T-Bone is still alive, though. T-skeleton Bone’s build unironically resembles a corpse, therefore it’s possible that a goon mistook T-Bone—who might be fabricating his death—for a corpse. Assuming the check wasn’t conducted by an Observation Haki user, this might be feasible.

The elderly man may have tricked T-Bone into eating some poisoned food or anything similar, which is still a remote possibility.

A person who is so destitute that they are on the verge of starvation may be willing to do anything, especially if it means saving both himself and his family. But regardless of the method, it’s obvious that T-alleged Bone’s killer doesn’t seem like the kind of person who could murder a person.

T-passing Bone’s wouldn’t make much sense, though. It seems utterly unthinkable that an elderly man who appears fragile and innocent could have killed a skilled Marine commander who was a Vice Admiral and could even utilize Haki.

An incident like that would also be tragic. T-Bone was shown as a decent man who risked his life to defend his colleagues. The present Fleet Admiral Akainu, in contrast, slaughtered his own men because he didn’t think they were committed enough.

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