The pirate world of Oda's One Piece was recently shaken when a big change occurred within one of the franchise's major groups – Yonko, also known as the Four Emperors. Namely, Kaidou and Big Mom have been members of the Yonko for years until they both fell in recent chapters, allowing two now-pirates to replace them. In this article, we will reveal if Buggy is one of the two pirates who will replace Kaidou and Big Mom, and if he is strong enough to be a Yonko in the first place.

After Luffy's victory over Kaidou and the fall of Big Mom, Luffy freed up two spots among the Yonko. Big Mom was replaced by Buggy the Clown, although it is unknown how this happened, while Kaidou was replaced by Luffy. This means that the current Yonko are Shanks, Blackbeard, Buggy the Clown, and the series protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy.

In the rest of this article, we'll tell you what happened to the Yonko and how Buggy managed to replace Big Mom among them. In addition, you'll discover Buggy's current status, which will answer the question of whether he's powerful enough to be a Yonko or not. Spoilers ahead!

Is Buggy a Yonko?

We don't want to give you any unnecessary details about the Four Emperors you already know; we'll just remind you that at the beginning of the Wano Country arc, the Four Emperors consisted of Shanks, Blackbeard, Kaidou, and Big Mom. At the end of the arc, these names will change. Before we continue, there's one more thing we must deny.

Namely, Buggy was not present during the Wano Arc, meaning he played absolutely no role in the events of that arc and had absolutely nothing to do with what happened to Kaido and Big Mom. We know that after the dissolution of the Seven Warlords system, Buggy's Delivery was confronted by a fleet of Marines led by Stainless, infuriating Buggy at this turn of events. He ordered his men to prepare for battle but secretly planned to flee alone in a typical Buggy move. That's all we know about Buggy from this period, so we can now move on to the story of Kaido and Big Mom's fall, which is relevant to Buggy becoming a Yonko.

In Wano Country, Luffy witnesses the dire consequences of Kaido's dual rule over the country, as well as the Shogun Kurozumi Orochi. Kaido appears shortly after Jack's introduction as a giant Eastern-type dragon with a destructive breath. The Emperor is drunk and invites Shutenmaru to join his crew.

After using his breath to violently destroy the ruins of Oden Castle, where the Straw Hat Pirates and their allies were staying, Luffy retaliated and attempted to defeat the beast, which took away each blow, forcing him back into human form. But even with the power of Gear 4, he was unable to cause any damage to the Emperor, who incapacitated him with a violent blow from his club. However, Kaido recognized Luffy's power and determination and wished to break his spirit in the hopes that he would rejoin his crew. He therefore made the decision to imprison the Straw Hat Pirates.

As announced by phone, Big Mom arrives in Wano Country. Kaido, furious, orders his men to prevent the Empress and her crew from disembarking, but to no avail. Finally, it was only at the last moment that King intervened and knocked her down with a powerful punch, knocking the boat off the top of the waterfall and sending Big Mom to the bottom of the ocean.

The Empress wakes up with amnesia on a beach in Kuri. She is rescued by Chopper, Tama, Kiku, and Momonosuke, and taken to Okobore Village, where Tsuru and the rest of the villagers care for her and offer her the little food they have: a simple red bean soup. Unfortunately, it isn't enough for her.

Taking advantage of her hunger, Chopper and his friends take her to Udon, the prison where Monkey D. Luffy is imprisoned, and tell her that there is soup there. However, they had no idea that this lie was actually true and that the udon actually contained Queen's red bean soup. Queen tries to protect her food, but even with amnesia, it only takes two hits for Big Mom to defeat Kaido's ally.

Then, to her horror, Big Mom discovers that Luffy ate all the red bean soup last night. Disappointed that she can't bring it back to the village and share it with everyone in town as a thank you for their generosity, she attacks the Straw Hat Pirate and Hyogoro. In pursuit, Big Mom raids Udon Prison and ends up being violently beaten in the head by Queen under the pretext of stealing it.

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She then regains her memory and, as she was about to attack a paralyzed queen, falls asleep. Taking advantage of this, Kaido's men give her several powerful sedatives, then bind her with several chains of sea granite and take her to Onigashima, the hiding place of Kaido and his crew.

Kaido and Big Mom then begin a life-and-death battle that shakes the entire island, then decide to make a temporary peace and unite their crews to conquer the world before continuing to fight. However, news of their alliance also leads Marco and Izo of the Whitebeard Pirates to accompany Nekomamushi to Wano County to aid the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance, with Marco preventing the Big Mom Pirates from destroying Wano.

During the Onigashima Raid, both emperors Big Mom and Kaidou were defeated by the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai alliance, and new emperors were recognized in the world: Monkey D. Luffy and Buggy the Clown. It is currently unknown how Buggy the Clown became one of the Yonko, but like many details of Buggy's life, it appears to be purely coincidental.