The answer
Chapter 506 · updated
Gol D. Roger was executed twenty-two years ago. Rayleigh states this directly while recounting events at Shakky's bar, noting that the crew had already been captured by the Marines at that point. He adds that Roger gave himself up willingly because he could see the end of their journey and had contracted a terminal disease about four years before the public execution. The scene shifts to a flashback of Roger on the execution platform in Logue Town, where he declares that he left everything in one place for others to find. Usopp and the others react emotionally to hearing the firsthand account of how Roger lived and died. Rayleigh concludes the story by saying Roger is dead after describing the final voyage and the recruitment of Crocus. ch. 506, p. 13 ch. 506, p. 9 ch. 506, p. 14
Where it happens
1 chapter · first raised in ch. 506From the chapter
GOLD ROGER WAS EXECUTED 22 YEARS AGO.
Chapter 506, page 13ROGER... CAME DOWN WITH A TERMINAL DISEASE... ABOUT FOUR YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC EXECUTION
Chapter 506, page 9Try and find it. I left everything I have there. My treasureI If you want it, you can have it...
Chapter 506, page 14
What this means for the story
Canon settled the fact. The meaning is still an argument.
Make the case for what the answer changes, and bring the chapters that back you — the same evidence that settled the question can settle this one.
- 01Write the claimOne sentence a reader can agree or disagree with.
- 02Cite the chaptersEvery point carries the page it comes from.
- 03Readers weigh itConfidence moves on the evidence, not on votes.