Oda Drops A Major Hint About Garling Figarland’s Power

This article contains spoilers from One Piece’s Elbaf Arc.

Key Takeaways

• Garling Figarland is a strong Celestial Dragon with mysterious powers.
• Oda hints at Saint Garling being very powerful and involved in a major plot.
• Garling’s strength may hint at ambitions to rise to the top and rebel against Imu.

St. Garling Figarland is a character that has recently been introduced in One Piece and has continued to raise intrigue among the fans. Garling Figarland is a very powerful Celestial Dragon, and more recently, he was even promoted to the rank of Five Elders. Fans do not know much about Saint Garling yet, but he continues to excite in many ways.

He’s a major player in the Final Saga of One Piece, and that and itself means that he has a big part to play in what’s to come next. More interestingly, fans also know that Saint Garling is connected to the character of Shanks in one way or another. Although, it is unclear yet as to why and how that is the case. Regardless, Saint Garling certainly has a lot of mystery surrounding him, with Oda having answered at least one question pertaining to his powers rather recently.

Who Is Saint Garling Figarland?

• A Strong Celestial Dragon
• One Of The God’s Knights

Saint Garling Figarland is from one of the founding 20 families of the World Government. This means that one of Saint Garling’s ancestors was directly involved in the creation of the World Government itself, and that ever since then, they have stayed in the Holy Land of Marijoa. St Garling is believed to have been one of the brightest and most capable members, and that is precisely why he was made head of the Holy Knights. For the fans who do not remember, the Holy Knights, also known as the God’s Knights, are very powerful individuals who are responsible for handling the judicial matters and are the main fighting force in the Holy Land of Marijoa.

They are incredibly powerful, and certainly a force to be reckoned with, as has been implied in the recent arcs of One Piece. In fact, the God’s Knights even took part in the God Valley Incident, led by Saint Garling, and survived. This just goes to show that they have a certain level of strength to maintain, and that they are certainly not among the weaker characters of the One Piece world.

As has often been the case with Celestial Dragons, fans know them to be weird and weak at most times. However, even among these weak individuals, there are some that are known to hold tremendous strength. For instance, Imu, despite being one of the Founding 20, is most definitely very powerful. Other than Imu are the Five Elders, and they are also on another level. Similarly, there is the Manmeyer Family which is a part of the God’s Knights, and at the same time, there is also the Figarland family, which was introduced rather recently in One Piece.

Among the high and mighty families of the World Government, these are the only ones that stand out as the most powerful. How exactly they differ from the others remains unknown, but Oda has certainly alluded to the Figarlands’ strength rather recently, and it is interesting, to say the least.

Oda Reveals Saint Garling Figarland’s Strength

Oda Confirms That Saint Garling Is Very Powerful

Oda recently decided to take on a project where he answered many questions about the story that he was writing. He went down to answer 10 interesting questions about his manga, some of which hinted at the future events to come, while others hyped up certain characters. Garling Figarland was certainly one of these characters that Oda decided to hype up. Oda was asked about how much of a powerful individual Garling is, and the answer certainly did not disappoint.

Q10: St. Garling fought the pirates of the God Valley Incident, but just how strong is he really?

A10: Oh, he’s strong. And there’s a reason for that strength.

Without backing down, the “God’s Knights” go into battle against the legendary pirates! What is the secret behind their being part of nobility while possessing strength at the same time? Pay close attention from here on out to the actions of St. Garling, who has finally risen to the ranks of the Five Elders!

As can be seen clearly, Oda hinted at Garling Figarland being a very powerful character. Oda also raises more questions about how Saint Garling, despite being nobility, who are often weak, can be strong. There is a secret associated with his strength that fans do not know about just yet, and Oda has now highlighted once again.

What the secret is remains unknown at this point in time, but Garling Figarland will be involved in a major plotline in One Piece later down the line, which is where Oda will most definitely reveal all the answers that fans need.

How Did Saint Garling Figarland Gain Power?

Garling Figarland Has A Mysterious Strength In One Piece

One of the best things that One Piece encourages fans to do is theorize about multiple things. As such, Saint Garling’s strength is also something that fans have already theorized about quite a lot. We have our own ideas as well about why Saint Garling is strong and why he stands out among the nobility as well, and they are certainly interesting, to say the least. To put it simply, Saint Garling Figarland might have his own ambitions within the ranks of Founding 20. The Figarland family, in particular, seems to be quite curious. Fans know Shanks stems from this family as well, and Garling is another character who is specifically known to be very strong.

More recently, Garling was promoted to the rank of the Five Elders, and he intends to work alongside the former Elders and serve directly under Imu. He has also been given charge of York. Giving Garling such power might backfire for Imu, and that is especially if he’s trying to overtake Imu as the ruler of the world. This might seem far-fetched to some, but there are many characters in One Piece with such ambition. Rocks was one such individual, and fans know that right now, Blackbeard is yet another. Even someone as weak as Stelly has shown the ambition to sit on the Empty Throne. There is no reason to doubt that a character as smart, strong, and ambitious as Saint Garling cannot have such ambition. The Elders being wary of him might be a sign, and this might be something that Oda could be building up toward in the upcoming chapters of One Piece.

There is a lot that Saint Garling has yet to show to the fans, and Oda keeping his powers and the source for it secret is one of them. At the same time, Oda highlighting Garling having strength despite being nobility is quite interesting as well, and may be the reason why he has the desire to get to the very top. Imu might face a rebellion from within, and that would only make the story even more exciting. For now, fans simply need to sit back and wait as One Piece edges closer to its end.

One Piece is available to read via Viz Media. The series can be read by the fans officially and for free on the Shonen Jump and the Manga Plus apps. The release date for the next chapter of One Piece, One Piece 1131, is set to be November 10, 2024.