Is Saint Nasujuro Rooted in Wano Country? | The Royal Lineage of Wano Country
The Royal Lineage of Wano Country
As I’ve previously speculated, the fact that Wano Country’s ruler is a shogun rather than a king suggests that there may have once been a royal family in Wano, and that the Amatsuki Clan might have originally held that title.
If this is true, it raises the question of why the Amatsuki Clan was living abroad. Considering Toki’s journey across time from 800 years ago, it seems likely that the Amatsuki Clan was associated with the Great Kingdom. Perhaps, much like how the Twenty Kings moved to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, the royalty of various regions and nations aligned with the Great Kingdom might have gathered in a central location.
If Saint Nasujuro is indeed from the Amatsuki Clan, it’s possible that his ancestors, or perhaps he himself, betrayed the Great Kingdom, leading to its downfall. Personally, I believe the Great Kingdom was an advanced civilization, and there was no obvious reason for it to lose the war. However, it might have lost due to an unexpected betrayal—possibly by the Amatsuki Clan.
If the Amatsuki Clan’s betrayal had a significant impact, it implies that the clan held considerable power. Given Saint Nasujuro’s formidable strength, if he is indeed from the Amatsuki Clan, then the clan’s head from 800 years ago—the king of Wano—must have been an incredibly powerful individual as well.
Interestingly, Kozuki Higurashi, who brought up the five great daimyo families, was the only one who mentioned them in Wano’s history. It’s possible that the Amatsuki Clan’s main branch was the royal family of Wano, while the other families were relatives and vassals. The Amatsuki Clan might have rejected its royal status, leaving political affairs to the Kozuki Clan, which became the ruling shogunate.
Another possibility is that the Amatsuki Clan abandoned not only its kingdom but also its name, adopting a new one—perhaps Nasujuro’s Western-sounding surname, Ethanbaron. If the Amatsuki were the royal family, they might have followed the tradition of Japan’s imperial family, which famously lacks a surname.
Therefore, it’s conceivable that the name Ethanbaron was adopted later to distance themselves from the image of an enemy, represented by the Amatsuki name.
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