With an overwhelming personality like that of Kozuki Oden, a country like Wano, closed to everything outside, it's like a jail. Hence the samurai is so problematic and do not hesitate to mess it up whenever you can. Despite this, Oden won the favor of a large part of the population thanks to his gentle and altruistic character, but that is not enough for a restless ass like him. In fact, the arrival of Whitebeard it means a huge escape route before what he thinks is a mandatory confinement and his motives are more than clear: he wants to go out and see the world he has never seen beyond the things of Wano.
In recent chapters, Oden has tried to get Whitebeard to accept him among the members of his crew (despite having a group of guardians and a territory to govern), all with the aim of seeing the world, which, for him, it was just a handful of islands. In fact, it is forbidden to leave Wano (It's a crime) and he doesn't seem to care. His eagerness for adventure and to meet new people and places invite him to be something reckless, but always with
the illusion of exploring the horizon that opens before him. This is how, eventually, you will end up encountering Goal D. Roger, who will end up becoming his true captain.
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