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One Piece: Oda Has Confirmed The Weakest Straw Hat

Published Oct 21, 2025

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This article contains spoilers for One Piece's Elbaf Arc.

The Straw Hat Pirates will always be the center of attention in the One Piece world, and that goes without saying. One Piece has followed the story of Luffy and the Straw Hats right from the beginning, and it will continue to pit them against stronger enemies in the Final Saga as well. With each challenge, the Straw Hats grow stronger and the fans know this very well.

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Luffy, the captain of the crew, has now become a Yonko, consolidating his position among the strongest fighters in the world of One Piece, but Oda has also revealed who among the Straw Hats can be considered to be the weakest.

Luffy Is The Strongest Straw Hat

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Luffy Is A Yonko
He Defeated Kaido

When it comes to the strongest Straw Hat, there is absolutely no debate to be had. Right from the very beginning of the story, fans have known very well that Luffy is the strongest of all the Straw Hats, and by quite a margin. With his Nika fruit, which has now awakened, and the power to wield all three types of Haki very effectively, fans know very well that Luffy is a monster for anyone to deal with in combat.

I am Monkey D. Luffy. I'll surpass you guys and become the King of the Pirates! — Luffy

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Luffy went on to defeat Kaido in the Wano Country Arc, and this led to him being named as one of the Four Emperors of the Sea. On Egghead, he clashed with Kizaru and asserted dominance, and even fought and overwhelmed the Five Elders. Luffy is, without a doubt, the strongest of the Straw Hats.

Oda Confirms Usopp Is The Weakest Straw Hat

Usopp Will Always Be The Weakest Straw Hat

Usopp during his introduction at Syrup Village - One Piece

While Luffy stays as the strongest Straw Hat in One Piece, fans also know very well that the weakest of the bunch is Usopp. It is quite close between Usopp and Nami, but the latter has had more shine lately, and even though he has a 500 million bounty on his head, Usopp is, undoubtedly, the weakest Straw Hat. In fact, even Eiichiro Oda, the author of the series, believes that Usopp is the weakest of the bunch.

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One Piece fans can feel close to Usopp because the characters around him are too strong. Hopefully, he'll continue to be the weakest Straw Hat whoever joins the crew in the future. And I hope that Chopper will forever be fooled by his lies. — Eiichiro Oda, 2007

Usopp Will Always Be Usopp

Usopp always remaining the weakest of the Straw Hats doesn't necessarily mean that he will be weak. After all, the Straw Hat Pirates will be the crew of the Pirate King and they all have a standard to maintain. All the Straw Hats news to be extremely powerful and Usopp being the weakest of the bunch, next to Nami, doesn't mean that he will be weak.

I am Captain Usopp! I have 8,000 men under my command. — Captain Usopp, One Piece

He will, undoubtedly, gain some Haki-related power-ups and Elbaf is bound to be huge for him, but at the end of the day, Usopp will always be Usopp and stay a coward on the outside, while being one to put on the bravest face when push comes to shove.

One Piece Chapter 1163 will be out this week. As usual, One Piece is going to drop on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece drops at 12AM JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on October 26. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1163 is October 26, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

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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

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Mayumi Tanaka

Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kazuya Nakai

Roronoa Zoro (voice)

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One Piece is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. The series follows protagonist Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirate crew as they explore the Grand Line to find the King of the Pirates' ultimate treasure, the One Piece, in order to become the next king. The manga's popularity helped it spin off into a larger media franchise, including an anime with more than 1,000 episodes.

Studio: Toei Animation
Creator: Eiichiro Oda
Streaming Service(s): Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, Pluto TV

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