The Kozuki Time-Leap

Structural lore — five Kozuki retainers “belong to the past” and crossed through time to arrive in the present from the Wano of 20 years ago.

What we know

• Ch. 919: Established as canonically real (p. 17). Five Kozuki retainers — Kin’emon, Okiku, Momonosuke, Kanjuro, Raizo — are “people who belong to the past” who crossed through time to arrive in the present from the Wano of 20 years ago.
• Ch. 919: The mechanism is unexplained on-page (implicitly the dying ability of Oden’s wife — see Toki’s Dying Prophecy Casts Nine Shadows Across Twenty Years).
• Ch. 919: Recontextualizes why the child Momonosuke is Oden’s son though Oden died 20 years prior, and why the Akazaya bear graves while still alive (see The Ghosts Of Wano Are Graves Bearing The Names Of Living Men).

Chronology / structure

   Wano, ~20 years ago (Oden Castle falls)
        |  five retainers cross forward through time
        v
   Present-day Wano (the alliance reassembles)

Open questions about this topic

• The exact mechanism of the crossing (the dying ability of Oden’s wife) — full reveal forward.

Cross-links

• Characters connected: Kin’emon, Okiku, Momonosuke, Kanjuro, Raizo
• Foreshadowing seeds about this topic: Toki’s Dying Prophecy Casts Nine Shadows Across Twenty Years, The Ghosts Of Wano Are Graves Bearing The Names Of Living Men
• Family: Kozuki

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