Oda officially reveals The Successor of Rocks D. Xebec

One Piece's The Elbaf arc has given fans a huge amount of exciting information, both about things that affect the future, as well as the world's mysterious past. One Piece fans know very well that the Elbaf arc has focused a lot on the character Rocks D. Xebec. Although introduced to fans as a major villain, Rocks has actually turned out to be quite a likable figure. Fans have fallen in love with his charismatic personality, and now that his time is coming to an end in the Loki flashback, it's clear that Rocks D. Xebec will be greatly missed.

Rocks D. Xebec will fall on God Valley after the battle against Imu, but fans know he won't really die here. After all, in One Piecedeath only comes when someone is forgotten. Rocks is still remembered by many, and above all, two major characters will carry on his will and act as his successors. These two characters are Blackbeard, his own son, and Lokithe one that Rocks saved just by just existing.

Blackbeard succeeds Rocks as the next Davy Clan member

Marshall D. Teach Is Rock's Son

• Rocks wanted to beat Imu and take the world

• Rocks was finally killed by Imu

One Piece the fans know very well that Rocks basically died to save his family. Teach was a slave of Clan Davy in the God Valley and would have felt pain beyond imagination before he was killed had Rocks not saved him. Rocks saved him, and he died in the process. Today, Teach represents the Davy clan against the World Government, just as the Rocks once did.

The teachings are incredibly strong and he definitely won't be silent because he knows what the government did to his father. It is clear to see that Teach carries his father's will. He sails in the ship known as the Saber of Xebec, and his official goal is to claim the world, which the Rocks recently stated was the Imu themselves. Clearly, Teach aims to take down Imu and this is something that excites fans to no end.

Loki bears the will of the stones D. Xebec

Rock's true will has been 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 full well that Loki is the one who carries Rock's true will. Loki knew Rocks much 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 thanks to the Rocks and he believes in overwhelming strength thanks to him as well. The reasons why Loki is as strong as he is right now is all down to Rocks and he believes he is the sun god destroying the world. Just like Rocks, Loki wants to claim the world and, unlike his father, he wants to oppose world government to the bitter end, if necessary. Loki and Blackbeard are both very similar, yet different. They are both opponents of the world government, but each of them has carved out a different path, and they are both worthy of being the successors of Rocks D. Xebec.

One Piece Chapter 1163 is out in two weeks. As usual, One Piece will be released on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece will be released at 12pm JST on Monday. 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

Author

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)