[Curiosities] 'One Piece': 5 curiosities that perhaps you did not know about Yamato, the son of Kaido who fights for the freedom of Wano

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We still have a little bit left to reach the end of the Wano Country Arc in the anime, and better be patient, because if Dressrosa had already been lengthening at the time, we are currently in the longest saga in the history of 'One Piece '.

Wano is being a very intense and dramatic saga, with a conflict that Momomosuke and the entire Kozuki Clan have been dragging for more than twenty years in order to free the country from the yoke of the shogun Orochi and the Kaido Beast Pirates. In Wano we have met all kinds of enemies and things have gotten increasingly dark for the Straw Hats... but not everything was going to be bad and several very powerful allies have also arrived, and without a doubt one of the most fascinating it's Yamato.

Despite the fact that he has entered the arena quite late, Yamato has quickly become one of the most beloved characters by fans and many hope that at some point he will end up joining Luffy's crew. But while we get to that, let's look at a few things that have made us love Yamato.

This article contains spoilers for the 'One Piece' anime and manga!
gender up and down
The issue of Yamato's gender is a hot debate among fans, but since Yamato refers to himself as masculine and identifies as male, well, that's how it will be in this article as well. Yamato is the only son of Kaido (that we know of) and as a child he was very marked by Kozuki Oden, especially since he was greatly impacted by everything that happened during his public execution.

Yamato managed to get hold of the logbook that Oden wrote during his travels and from then on he decided to follow in his footsteps. Until then she had been a girl who was called "Ogre Princess" by Kaido's followers, but she was determined to become Oden, adopting his phrases, his beliefs, his name and the dream of opening the borders of Wano.

And since Oden is a man, Yamato is too and the rest of the characters accept him as such (and with the crap of a father that Kaido is, at least it can be said that he respects his son's pronouns). He is considered by a large part of the fandom as one of the transgender characters of 'One Piece', and in fact in the manga he appears bathing with the rest of the men at the end of the Wano Arc.

The opposite of Momonosuke
Yamato is an ally of the Wano samurai and the Straw Hats (well, and the entire Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance), but he could have been the complete opposite of Momonosuke and his natural enemy if things had gone awry. little different.

Both Mononosuke and Yamato were born 28 years ago, both received the title of shogun as their birthright, and ate their Devil Fruits without knowing what they were because of cramping hunger.

However, each seems to have more in common with the other's father than their own. Like Kozuki Oden, Yamato has always been trapped in Onigashima without being able to get out of Wano and longs to travel the whole world... While like Kaido, Momonosuke has traveled abroad and all he wants is to rule Wano.

 

To make it even clearer, Yamato also wants to become Kozuki Oden and Momonosuke has the same Devil Fruit as Kaido.

Wano's Guardian
The truth is that Yamato is a bit crazy, between having Conqueror's Haki, which is physically very powerful, and on top of that he has a Devil Fruit. Not just any, but a Mythical Zoan: Inu Inu Fruit, Model: Okuchi no Makami.

So with this Devil Fruit, Yamato can turn into a huge majestic wolf that reaches great speeds when running, and also into a very powerful hybrid form. As if that were not enough, he also has the power to create ice.

This fruit is very important to the story of Wano, because this wolf is a protector deity of the country and Yamato has also taken on this role a bit by turning against Kaido. Especially when Luffy falls off the roof of Onigashima and is knocked out, it is Yamato who fights against his father to buy time and contain him.

One of the reasons why they later decide to stay in the country is to protect it from the Navy, the World Government and anyone who wants to come and conquer them, making it clear that they are the new guardian of Wano.

The Rose of Onigashima
One of the inspirations to create a Yamato seems to have been Lady Oscar, from 'The Rose of Versailles'. In Riyoko Ikeda's iconic manga, Oscar François de Jarjayes is a woman who was raised as a man in order to succeed her father as commander of the Royal Guard of the Palace of Versailles.

Although their stories are very different, we can find several similarities, such as Yamato's female appearance, that he identifies as a man, and that it seems that Kaido had planes so that his son could also lead his troops and Wano, although Yamato does not want to go through that hoop

A prince as inspiration
Lady Oscar was not the only inspiration, and her character is also based on Yamato Takeru, a legendary prince from Japan's Yamato dynasty. In addition, the kanabo that Yamato uses as a weapon has the name "Takeru", to make the reference even clearer.

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