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Garp `

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The Admirals `

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ex-Fleet Admiral Sengoku `

Why are the coats always worn as capes? Is there an in-universe explanation as
to why the Marines wear it in that way? The only character who I remember
seeing, wearing a coat as it should be worn, is [**Gol D.
Roger**](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MqItL.png).


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Why do all Marine Vice Admirals (and higher ranking officers) put their coats as capes?


**There has been no in-universe explanation** as to why the Marines wear the
coats over their shoulders.

The only in-universe information regarding those coats is that they are
supposedly held up by the Marine officers' beliefs in Justice. As long as the
Marine in question believes in the justice of the Marines or World Government,
the coat will not fall! ... is what Oda said in [SBS Volume 61, Chapter
596](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_61#Chapter_596.2C_Page_48)

> **Reader** : You know the coat that all those commissioned Marine officers
> wear on their backs? The one that says "Justice". That thing never falls of
> no matter how much the guy wearing it moves, but how does it stay on? A snap
> stopper? Or maybe super glue? My husband says "it's rubber" (making it a
> circle and passing it through another circle). P.N. Koteni-
>
> **Oda** : Too bad, nothing is on there. That is a coat that has "Justice" on
> the back. It never falls off, because to them, Justice never "falls"!! As
> long as that feeling stays in their hearts, THE COAT WILL NEVER FALL!!!

The out-universe explanation is described by the [TV trope
CoatCape](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoatCape) linked in the
comment by [mivilar](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/34/mivilar). It
states that **military leaders (and delinquents aka pirates) often wear their
coat as a cape to show how cool the character is**. The coat will never fall
off despite the situation. The Trope also explains not to confuse the
(Marines') _[Coat-Cape](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoatCape)_
with (Mihawk's) _[Badass-
Longcoat](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassLongcoat)_ or the
_[Coat-over-the-
shoulder](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoatOverTheShoulder)_.

> Sometimes, to show how cool a character is (or just how broad his shoulders
> are), all he has to do is wear his coat like a cape, as in not bothering to
> put his arms through the sleeves. This is often a trait of Japanese
> Delinquents or military leaders.
>
> Don't expect them to slip or fall off, even up against powerful winds,
> explosions and any amount of running, jumping and acrobatics, unless it's
> for dramatic reasons.
>
> Compare Coat Over the Shoulder. Not to be confused with Badass Longcoat,
> which often resembles a cape but is worn normally.


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I think according to Oda "Justice never falls". It's just to show that so long
as they believe and keep fighting, that coat won't fall, because justice
doesn't.

But then again, Gol D. Roger and Whitebeard wore their coats that way for the
"cool" factor, but theirs didn't have justice on it!


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