Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga and anime have introduced us to a variety of very adorable supporting characters over the years. Some of them were epic, while others were simply cute and likable. O-Tama, the little girl the crew met in Wano Country, is one of these characters; the little girl is loved by everyone and played a very important role in the Wano Country arc of the series. In this article, we'll tell you if O-Tama is dead and if she'll be back in One Piece!

O-Tama survived the events of the Wano Country arc and is still very much alive in One Piece. She has had several near-fatal encounters, including one with Hold'em, who tortured her; Ulti, who severely injured her; and Big Mom and Queen, who both nearly killed her. Each time, she was saved by the Straw Hats.

The rest of this article will give you a detailed look at O-Tama's fate during the epic Wano Country arc. You already know what happened and how it happened, so we'll just give you the details so you have the full context. Be careful, though, because the article will contain many spoilers for the One Piece manga.

Is O-Tama dead in One Piece?

O-Tama's story of survival began on her eighth birthday when she went to the market to buy rice. However, she was confronted by several members of the Beast Pirates and a baboon named Hihimaru. Komachiyo quickly arrived to save her from Hihimaru, but in the end, they took her belongings and mentioned the Kozuki family to threaten them, leading to her being captured.

The scouts confronted Monkey D. Luffy, who had just entered the country illegally. However, Luffy easily defeated several of them, allowing Tama to free herself from the bag and eliminate the last of them. Afterward, Tama formally introduced herself to Luffy and tamed Hihimaru by giving him a kibi dango. She offered to prepare food for Luffy in thanks and helped bring the Thousand Sunny to safety off the coast.

They went to her house, where she cooked rice for him, and then went to drink from the river to satisfy her hunger. Upon returning, she found her teacher angry at Luffy for eating rice, but she told him what had happened. However, she later became ill after drinking river water contaminated by Kaido's factories. After Hitetsu revealed to Luffy that Tama was waiting for Ace, Luffy informed them of Ace's death.

Tama was shocked by the news and fainted. Luffy decided to take her to a doctor aboard Komachiyo; when she woke up, Tama accused Luffy of lying and told her about Ace's promise. Later, they entered a vacant lot and Tama explained the reason for the area's bad appearance, caused by the Beast Pirates, only to lose consciousness again.

Tama remained unconscious when Luffy met Zoro after the latter saved Tsuru from Kaido's thugs. After Komachiyo led Luffy and Zoro away from a fight with Basil Hawkins and his men, the woman Zoro saved, Tsuru, asked the two Straw Hats to take Tama to Komachiyo's tea shop. Upon arriving at Okobore Town, Tama felt better after receiving the medicine and reluctantly ate the delicious food Tsuru had prepared for him.

She then slept for a while until Tsuru was attacked by the Gifter Batman. During the chaos, Tama was kidnapped by another Gifter, Gazelleman, and taken to Bakura City. Tama was then given to Holed'em, who took an interest in her after learning that she had tamed Hihimaru and intended to have him use her abilities.

The Holed'em pulled Tama's cheek, but were unable to get anything out of him. He continued to torture Tama until he was interrupted by Luffy and Urashima's duel. Holed'em then confronted Luffy, placing Tama in his lion's mouth, threatening to crush him. In a split second, Luffy attacked the lion's head and freed Tama. Luffy then struck Holed'em with a powerful Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk, defeating him.

Once Holed'em was defeated, Luffy grabbed Tama again and rode away with her on Speed's back, mistaking her for a horse. Speed ​​was angry, but she quickly became submissive to Luffy and Tama after Tama offered her some kibi dango. They headed to Okobore City with the food stolen by the Beast Pirates. As she ate an apple, Luffy promised her that she would never be hungry again.

Tama separated from Luffy and rode Speed ​​back home. Along the way, Tama revealed to Speed ​​that she wished to participate in the assault on Onigashima, to which Speed ​​promised to help her achieve that goal. Tama and Speed ​​were discovered by Kaido, who attacked them, leaving Tama lying on the ground covered in blood. She was found by Inuarashi, who took her into the forest to heal her injuries.

They then took Tama home, where Chopper and some minks nursed her back to health. Tama discovered that Luffy had been defeated and imprisoned, but Chopper assured her that Luffy had incredible recovery speeds and that his will would not be broken, and that Raizo planned to save him. After her recovery, she was seen conversing with Momonosuke about his sister while practicing with the sword.

Tama accompanied Momonosuke, Kiku, and Chopper to Kuri Beach, where they encountered Charlotte Linlin, who had amnesia and tricked her into accompanying them to Udon. Tenguyama Hitetsu discovered her plan and wanted to scold her for making such a dangerous decision, despite her attempts to calm him down. During the trip, Tama and Big Mom happily talked about oshiruko. As night fell, the group reached Udon.

The next day, Tama's group arrived at the prison mines after Big Mom broke through the front gate. Kiku told Tama and Momonosuke to hide before heading into the prison with Chopper. When the emergency doors closed, Tama and Momonosuke managed to enter the prison. While hiding, Tama and Momonosuke witnessed Luffy persuading the prisoners to rebel against the Beast Pirates, prompting Tama to remember Luffy's promise to him.

After the prison takeover, Tama tamed Babanuki with a kibi dango, tricking him into making a false report to Queen. When Luffy completed his training in Udon, Tama returned to Amigasa Village with him and Chopper two days before the assault on Onigashima. During the Fire Festival, he traveled to Onigashima on Speed's ship with Daifugo and Gazelleman, and along the way, he created numerous kibi dango to tame the Gifters there.

Upon arriving, he jumped onto Komachiyo and arrived just in time to save Nami and Usopp from Ulti and Page One. Tama and Komachiyo fled with the two Straw Hats while Hihimaru stayed behind to stop the two Tobiroppo. During a trip to Komachiyo, Nami revealed to Tama that Ace was Luffy's brother, which shocked her.

As the Gifters became Tama's subordinates, they joined her, forming a large army with which she headed to Franky's location to help her confront Sasaki, while being pursued by Page One and Ulti. After Franky and Nami attacked Sasaki and Ulti, Tama ordered the group to leave. They then confronted Big Mom and Ulti, the latter severely injuring Big Mom. Tama barely survived the encounter with Big Mom but was eventually saved by the Straw Hats. A similar thing happened when Queen nearly killed her but was stopped by Sanji. She would eventually survive the events of the Onigashima raid.

Will O-Tama be back in One Piece?

Knowing that she's alive, it's certainly possible that O-Tama could return in the future. Now that Luffy and the crew have left Wano Country in search of One Piece, we don't know if there's any chance of O-Tama reappearing, but if Oda has planned some sort of grand reunion before finishing the manga, the chances of O-Tama's return are pretty solid. But for now, we can neither confirm nor deny this.