Mine is actually Nami vs Khalifa. But then I read the manga. I was very impressed with Nami to be honest. She's not a fighter and now she's fighting an agent of CP9 with a devil's fruit power. A big step up. And her perfected climact tact enabled her to conjure 4 more illusions of her, AMAZING. Reminded me of a Baldur's Gate spell, Mirror Image. I am really happy with the direction of Nami. In D&D, with her elemental staff, she would be a wizard or sorceror. But in One Piece, she relies on science instead.
when lucci says he did not stop someone because spandam never ordered him to i legit laughed and fell in love with lucci...he trolls spandam so hard...i loved it
Yes the Diable Jamble is mysterious ability. But thats the thing. It's MEANT to be a mystery. The true nature of this power is only recently being hinted at in the manga. We'll learn what it really is soon enough. Same with Asura.
The fact that Saul also has the letter D in his name just keeps adding to the mistery of the D . And him dying with a smile on his face , just like Roger and how Luffy smiled when he Buggy was going to decapitate him
I loved the moment after Kaku's defeat where it seems like he really enjoyed his time as a shipwright in Water 7, but laments that he's in too deep as a goverment assasin for him to do anything else. I'm not sure if you're reading the cover stories but the one about CP9 reveals that the agents are pretty much trained since childhood.
I hard disagree with the take on nami vs kalifa. I feel that nami was given a fight at least as good as alabasta. Nami was given a chance to fight a superhuman with a power not shown to her before she started leading to her thinking a way to nullify the power and using her weather skills from navigating in a fight which allowed nami to get a power up that feels unique to her. Also I assume the lightning was lightning fast or at least too fast to react to especially as a trap like it was used with the speed more being a pacing issues then reality but that may just be a failure in my personal understanding. I'm not trying to be like "your wrong and I'm right" as I see enjoyment of a fight as close to subjective you can get but Just want to explain why someone would like the the fight without betting off while watching since you seem to have seen a fight that had no redeeming qualities where I saw a fight were nami was actively setting up her win by thinking ahead and her intelligence being rewarded. Btw my favorite not luffy fight was Franky vs Fukuro because of how Franky's powers we've been show and how well he used them plus some Franky Superness. Ironically given my post nami vs Kalifa is my 2nd least favorite but I still liked it. I feel choppers moment was cool but his fight with kumadori was a one sided beating until chopper just won. Again I like monster point as a moment not a fight. Sorry for the long post.
Spandam is actually a great villian for the strawhats especially at this point in the story. I think he gets overlooked by cooler villians that are have a very different personality
He's a perfectly sinister embodiment of corrupt bureaucracy and I agree he's vital at this point in the series to highlight the government vs pirate conflict
oh yeah Spandam as a villain works, espcially because his serious moments are offset by everyone taking their chances to dunk on him and his general incompetence despite being the big bad of the arc and yeah he's used as a vehicle to show just how bad the world government are and what a threat they are beyond random marines who hadn't been that important beyond Smoker up to this point
everyone forgets she saved luffy twice before she joined..i respected robin so much here....she knows luffy is strong but hes vulnerable still...without his crew hes not invincible and without usopp's call to action he probably loses to lucci
I noticed that, in Sky Island I was wondering how long she'd continue to do that for and I was happy when it ended. Felt like she finally accepted their friendship
A extra point on names, Robin also start using the nickname that Luffy gives to people going foward, which is kinda cute. Also as a side note, in the manga Zoro never called Sanji by name (he did so in the anime which is a adaptation mistake).
3:52 And thankfully this is the only time in the story we get an explicit numerical value to a characters strength ( bounties are not based on strenght , they're based on the perceived threat to the WG ) since Oda knew that if he kept it up it would ruin most of the inteigue behind more nunced match ups since it would become "whose numbers are bigger" instead of "could this character beat this character based on their abilities & skills ?"
enie's lobby water 7 and even the aokiji fight parts of the davey back arc and post lobby show oda's greatest strengths as a writer..he tells a full narrative self contained yet full of worldbuilding information with emotional payoff saga better than anyone on earth imo....from the moment they meet foxy to the moment they enter the haunted florian triangle, this saga is a masterpiece of saga storytelling that may never be topped by anyone in our lifetimes....its so good...
Gonna have to disagree with you about most of Nami’s fight there was more than just fan service (which I will always love) I like the fight because this was her first fight against a superhuman who is also a DF user it also shows her awesome weather forecast skills and that it can beat opponents like Kalifla which like I said above is superhuman and you really think she was able to dodge lightning come on dude it is lightning it is faster than sound this fight was just as good as the Miss Double-finger fight if not better than that one.
nah.. merry's voice actor was the perfect touch. Saying they want to go continue on their adventure and journey. if you saying the line was cringy. then i guess almost all anime will be cringy in a way.. which i kinda agree at some point.
@@ShutUpDenny i like how her as a mermaid ties back to fishman as a species too...tom kokoro franky iceberg arlong nami bellemere fisher tiger jinbe otihime hachin koala boa and shirahoshi plus mermaids in general in the lure...its all connected and matters
the actress of luffy went in on the final 2 episode fight with lucci..props to her when she screams so loud after getting hit with the rakugan and not wanting to fall to the floor as blood is coming out.....and the gum gum no before jet gatling and the actual yell as it hits until it ends...jesus christ
Arlong just escape to fishman island because scared of jinbe, crocodile doesn't know haki when he enter new world and back down to halfgrandline to search pluton, i bet he know something in revolutionry army, and Enel has right to have arrogance, because he doesn't know anything below the white sea tho 😂😂
Imagine you’re made of rubber and you blew air into your bones and then made them bigger, but you’re still getting punch by a fist made of bone but bigger, there’s greater momentum behind that and “logically” that does feel like getting punch by a giant.
When you mentioned last video which my favorite character was... if it wasn't the cheap answer of Franky (As the new crew member he naturally has the most depth) it's Spandam. Easily my most favorite villain. He is so dang horrible in every way that it's in its own way quite compelling, and as you said, a real look at how truly sinister the World Government was being revealed to be.. and seeing the Straw Hats break him mentally and then Robin break him physically is satisfying beyond words. Oh, and "I want to live".. yeah I watched the whole thing.
Franky is goated this arc. From beating nero, the conversation with robin about living, burning blue prints, beating fukuoro, stopping chopper rampage, saving robin and then flipping spandams elephant back on top of him.
aokiji thankfully stayed out of the enie's lobby incident..he could of ended it easily....jesus christ hes op..hes like smoker enel crocodile and mihawk in one...the admirals are all amazing but the feeling of meeting one for the first time seeing his power as he owns the entire crew at once and thus beating luffy easily so fast will be hard to top for impact..oda nailed it...making these guys feel really intimidating and scary and op......like jesus aokiji was a shocking reveal at the time...when robin was shook/scarred and for the first time says hes an admiral i was like oh shit but also what that means?...it was so crazy cause we were used to warlords and vice admirals....to think an admiral was that much stronger was a shock..he legit is the only character to just beat the crew flat out when they are all together at 100% although its before the monster trio learned their ace in the holes...and he did not beat the crew as a total whole cause they did not yet meet brook jinbe or franky but still....well he is the only one to own alone them until kaido does it in the anime soon....but like he just beat them no tricks they had no answers for him and it was a L...a total L...i hate how the show acts like they were totally defeated by kuma later for the first time..no this day they lost hard to aokiji he just let them go....out of his own choice...they were all dead meat
I don't understand how you can continue to say sanji has had no development while simultaneously highlighting each moment of character he has throughout the story so far. He shows his compassionate, thoughtful nature in every arc. He's usually the one who both physically and emotionally steps outside of what is going on to help free his crewmates from whatever stress they're going through. In little garden and Alabasta he helps them with his side missions. In Alabasta he takes over Usopp's fight and gets his goggles back. In Skypiea he sacrifices himself so that Usopp cam save Nami. In W7 he dedicates all his time to investigate Robin's disappearance on his own and is ultimately the one who finds her, taking on most of cipher pol on his own. In Enies he shows his weakness but uses that moment to help inspire Usopp to realize that no one is strong all the time, that in fact, they all have their strengths and weaknesses and that usopp should focus on helping where only he can help. I know at this point, this is an old video and so you've seen Sanji's backstory, but Sanji is definitely the most well developed character in the series from day one (other than Luffy)
"Usopp stays in his Sogeking disguise..." I'm going to have to stop you right there. Usopp and Sogeking are clearly two entirely different people, though since they both have pretty long noses, I can see where you might have gotten confused.
the crew on the tower facing robin means so much cause we have built up a love of this crew since day 1 and it all came to a ahead here basically...we know chopper's past...some of the crew does not..we know nami's past..some of the crew does not..we know luffy's promise to shanks.....some of the crew does not...we know about kuina the crew really doesn't...usopp's backstory is not known by the crew much and sanji's is a mystery too really and only we know about the starving....robin's past is not fully told to the crew so they only know parts of it....it all comes together bringing this bond of losers and outcasted hurt loveable characters together showing their bond for the most distant of the crew so far in robin...
The merry line can be looked at as cringe but its perfectly in character for it and the theme of adventure. Like how youtubers will say "thanks for being along the ride" etc it can come off as cringe but we understand why they say it because most of them genuinely mean that. About sanjis diable jambe, you already got the wanze explanation in the comments but you'll get a more concrete explanation in the wano arc. It was something that couldn't be explained before that. Its currently being explained in the latest chapters that are coming out now and same with zoro's ashura. It seems that's setup to get a explanation as well. Both couldn't be explained before this point because other things needed to be setup in the world building and the power system for the explanation to make sense.
The fan service stuff only gets worse and worse because it serves as filler for Toei. Unfortunately as pacing gets worse, the fan service does, too, which leads to the Anime really not doing justice to the manga or the story in general. Sanji only gets development literally five sagas later as you said lol. But he will eventually.
the thing with robin's story is shes based off spies from russia who were used by the government then branded as harmful due to info they knew and betrayed....so i like how at her age after all shes been through she might get emotional and be in pain for momentary situations but she does act strong and firm normally despite it all and getting hurt on the outside is nothing like the internal emotional abuse she has felt her whole life.....she still can act calm and collected despite that....it shows a true strength most would not have in her situation as a female at least....some males have that level of strength but females less so so props to her....she is level headed showing her book reading paid off making her that way...thinking of plans to get out if situations rather than being an emotional mess...
I think sanji got the idea of the devil leg technique from his fight with Wanze on the sea train as wanze has a move with his foot is on fire and sanji takes notice of it.
robin struggling is so well done cause it shows she has to hold out due to having the will to live for once that she would not be able to do before then cause she did not have one really or allowed to show the courage to live....she knows they will come
people forget robin was in alabasta and she joined at the end as we lost vivi...everyone loves and wanted vivi to stay but her character was tied to that one saga not the narrative of the whole story like robin is tied too luffy's goal...so thats why enie's lobby feels so big and grand and is big and grand in scope scale and feels...its a long character arc thats been around since then and is still going lol and has to be bigger than alabasta was despite that being our first warlord and being about a country war....so to recap robin has been a threat a stawhat by title due to circumstances but now is actually connected to them finally emotionally for real 100% when she says she wants to live cause she trusts them....it took this long for her to fully join and for us to get she will stick around and is not just trying to do her own thing she cares enough to help everyone and she has been with us since early grand line so it has been built up for her character basically since then as the story climaxes finally in this saga to explore her fully....a character arc that even on skypiea was sorta explored in the background as other stuff was happening too that people focused on more like eneru and noland and cricket and conis and all that war stuff between the two sides....robin still was having her character explored slowly and subtly to us if you pay attention but its not shoved in the front or in our face you have to really be paying attention to her during that saga to get it....
I didn't know what fan-service meant until people keep pointing it out. As a woman, it doesn't bother me at all. Putting that aside, I really enjoyed Nami and Ussop's fights. It's so fun seeing them put their brainpower into use and outsmart their opponents. Now Sanji is a combination of intellect and brawn, it's sometimes disappointing when he gets paired to clown opponents😅, but his fighting style is so cool and sexy nonetheless.
Happy you enjoyed the arc, it's a classic! I am sure you have heard this before, but I would recommend you soon switch over to the manga. It's not only the pacing, but a lot of the problems you seem to have are smaller in the manga. The over-sexualization of the female characters will continue, but to a much, much lesser degree in the manga. As an example, the Robin/Spandam abuse was on a whole other level in the anime and it was not necessary. A lot of the moments also hit better when you yourself can decide the tone and voice of certain lines. You lose something without the music and the good voice actors, but I think it is worth it. It is not that One Piece does not have faults. It's just really annoying that the anime decides to make them worse.
Thank you! Yeah I think my plan is to catch up on the anime series in it's entirety first and then go back and begin reading the manga so I can enjoy it as a whole separate experience
@@razkable Over sexualization is by definition excessive. It does not mean all sexulization is bad. Spoilers: Think about the difference between a character like Rebecca and Hancock. Both are meant to be "sexy" characters, but most people cringe when they see Rebecca's design. Would argue that it weirder to not have questions about that character.
Zoro getting way stronger after getting beat up is like, a major trend in the series. Both zoro's defeat of Mr 1 and the Ashura move are feats WAY beyond what zoro is normally capable of at those points in the series, and he can only do them because he's seriously injured.
Zorro and Sanji got their power up immediately following the moment the antagonist mentioned robin. Essentially making them get angry, and you won’t like them when they angry
So my interpretation of the going marry having the childish voice. Is that is a child. It like the straw hats is just a unprepared upstart, And it's not that old the ship. A literal child.
to be fair zoro fights the 2nd strongest member and a expert swordsman with new devil fruit powers is unique and the only reason zoro wins and he had robin's key we find out anyways so its vital and the you're fired line is impactful af....paulie saw them as pals like the strawhats see robin and franky sees his franky family but cp9 lied to him and broke his spirit and ruined those memories and cp9 feels bad about it as they should...cause they enjoyed their time too...its a perfect callback with iceberg and all that...you just were not invested in paulie i guess cause you forgot how much he did this saga..he saved luffy nami and chopper he saved the crew during the gat battle and then the post cp9 battle...hes a mvp
this arc makes it clear that beyond all the pirates such as Blackbeard, the ultimate villain of One Piece is the World Government itself, an organisation that represents justice and order that engages in unforgivably evil actions and hurts so many innocents to protect itself first and foremost
robin needs luffy to fufill her goals he needs her to get to his more so then anyone else on his crew really so shes irreplacble unlike say usopp or brook.....thats something i really like...like sure in theory they could never meet but it would make both their goals 1000 times harder cause of how vital each of them is to each other's dreams
Gotta disagree about the Nami fight to some extent, I think your enjoyment of it is severely hampered by you only seeing it as fan service leading to not really looking at it seriously. Maybe it's because I'm already a massive pervert, or because I come from a culture where nudity is less stigmatised but I wasn't very bothered by the supposed sexualization in the fight. Nor do I pay that much attention as soon as a female character loses a garment. Seriously that part against kumadori was more a display of quick thinking by Nami and only seeing it as fan service is the bigger issue here IMO. The fight against Kalifa is a display of how Nami fights, it shows her intellect and her incredible skills understanding and sensing even the smallest climate conditions. It's also a great way to have a character who really isn't a fighter and arguably the physically weakest of the crew fight against someone who she really shouldn't be able to beat. By having Kalifa be new to her devil fruit powers, and already coming off the high of beating Sanji without much issue she's already set up to be overconfident in her skills and not willing to take Nami seriously so she decides to use the fight to train in using her devil fruit, that she just got mind you. Also was your main issue the fact that this character couldn't dodge lightning from point blank range? Yes the anime showed it in slow motion but it didn't actually travel in slow motion.
the thing that offsets SPandam the most as a viallin is that NOONE likes him, even his own minions only work for him ebcause they HAVE to while they hate his fucking guts, AND there's also the fact that Spandam between being a mosnter of a human is treated like comic relief. Oda makes sure that when a character is THE WORST he doesn't just punishes them, he HUMILIATES them and removes all dignity they could have and make them jokes as punishment for their villainy. But that's just my interpretation of things.
post enie's lobby is so lit too...like my god oda....before we even get to the next real story arc we learn so much so fast and get so much payoff to the water 7 saga as a whole it kinda baffles my mind how he wrote such a great 3.5 part saga..and whats great is zoro nami and luffy are not the main three core of this arc like sure they do stuff but they are less focused on as the real heart or focus of this arc I feel for once which is rare and hard to pull off for a writer who has 3 clear main characters he set up from day 1 to just kinda make them more participants and not active as the main part of a saga this big...its hard man...they seem to be reactors more so then plot movers themselves this arc acting a bit more distant slower and less involved with the main thematic stuff oda is writing to get through to the audience...this saga is not about luffy zoro or nami....its about franky robin usopp merry and sorta sanji and even chopper gets a big moment too....its about the others basically on the crew...not the main 3....they just are action figures this saga which is fine...their not present during every major scene or main scene this saga and their prescience is less felt this saga...and especially during enie's lobby...
Guys fanservice is not "objectifying" characters. It's just fanservice. It's done with both Men and Women. Making characters "sexy" doesn't mean that they're an object. It means that they're sexy. And theres nothing wrong with that. It's not a mark against they're characters.
its usually bisexual transgender or gay/lesbians who have issues with it...cause it makes teens watching more straight as they age in development.....or feminists...
I agree, it's not a mark against the characters because it's a decision made by the writer. I don't care about characters being hot, or showing skin or whatever, my issue was more so that this is done for no reason other than for people who make bizarre comments like the one above mine to get a slight chub while watching rather than to progress the story or develop the characters. It just felt out of place in this story and felt like instead of giving Nami a serious battle like everyone else they decided it would be better to have her get sudsy with a lady. Personally I think this fight would've worked better if Kefla was acting the exact same way but Sanji had to deal with her being sexy, that would actually be a real problem for him. Unfortunately we learn fighting a woman is entirely out of character for him in this arc so that couldn't happen, but I'm just saying I have no problem with it in theory if it serves the character and narrative and I simply felt like this instance with Nami did not.
@@ShutUpDenny Thats fine. I just have a problem with the people who argue it's "objectifying" or "reduces" the characters just to have a sexy scene or two tossed in there. I see stuff like that a lot so I couldn't help but respond.
@@emperorluffy6001 Gotcha yeah I wouldn’t go that far, I’m not sure if I said objectifying but I may have just because it’s an easy way to communicate the idea even though that’s not technically correct since these are all totally made up fictional characters hence the cannot be objectified, so if I did say that I should’ve been more careful with my phrasing. But like this didn’t ruin Nami for me or anything, I still think she’s great. It just left me a little disappointed she didn’t get a badass fight like I had hoped for and Kelfa wound up feeling pretty one note
Ngl i feel like Cultured ppl all need to watch and rewatch one piece xD We all gonna love luffy consistency of being un controlled by any plan or whatknot 😂🤣
if lucci does not time his iron body he gets killed by luffys jet gatling 100%....that shit was insane...luffy probably expected him to do it rather than dodge so thats why he went so hard to finish it with 1 attack rather than drag the fight out and he bet on him not dodging and rather taking it with his iron body cause he watched his foe and he knows lucci has arrogance
33:10 Well according to Oda we're entering the final saga after the current arc is over soooo ... Also never trust Oda when it comes to real world timespans cuz there is no way he's ending the story in the next 5 years ( his editor also agrees with this )
To be fair Oda never said he would end the series in 5 years. He said he would LIKE to end it in 5 years. There's a big difference. (I assume he meant he would like it to end before he turns 50 but that's unfortunately not going to happen.)
@@AlexT7916 I posted a reply already but I don't see it myself, could be because it had a link in it? If it didn't come, I basically said that I read it from the original translation of the interview, done by Sandman on twitter. Also, every direct quote I saw after quick google search sayd "would like to end", so I have no idea what translations you've been reading. Have you actually read any translations about what Oda said? Perhaps you've just read people making claims about what Oda said?
I know I didn't like that whole Doriki thing which was DBZ type of power level ...and thankfully it's not used in future...I love the one piece's Original Bounty version for power levels because it's so ambiguous and creates a mystery which is fun imo
Yeah I agree I think the bounties are a really unique way to "power scale" (if you can even call it that) in this series and I like how bounty doesn't automatically equal power
@@ShutUpDennyanother reason why oda prob decided to add power levels in this arc to show how cp9 operates compared to the straw hats. In cp9 the doriki levels rank the members based on their strength whereas the straw hats each have their own roles that are equally important for their success. n I'm p sure Sanji has a little speech to ussop about it.
Hey, about sanji, i think you are having wring expectations. It's not about will he grow, but rather, can he stay true to his self. Oda will delve more into his character in future, but don't expect character development like him changing his morals.
I’m not expecting him to change his morals, I just want his personality and backstory explored and explained a little more. I wanna know why he is the way he is
but then you miss jet gatling type moments..this niggas hands disappeared he was so fast lol...i fucking love the effect and when hes owning blueno you feel it man..its so good when the anime puts in effort like that
^I have to agree, there's something about animation that can elevate the material on the page. I definitely intend to read the manga but I'm also going to ride the anime to the end
I do not get why anyone wants sanji to hit a woman. Its totally out of character for him and it is something he cannot do but someone else can. Its like expecting luffy to follow through a plan, or even zoro to walk in a straight line out of combat , or chopper to walk away from a patient and sanji to not feed someone whose hungry. Its just something that should nevee happen.
Not sure if am the only one but fan service moments just goes over my head i rarely notice them. I love sanjis pervy moments though. They are sometimes cringe, dumb, over the top but it's something i can always see coming from a mile away so it doesn't disappoint me or piss me off, i just want to see how they will recover or that satisfying nami smaci
I agree, I didn’t know what Sanji would do my first time watching this but you’re 100% right it doesn’t fit his character. Although it is a crossroads for how deep that characterization goes and because of this now it demands some explanation which I’m patiently awaiting
I disagree with Nami vs Kalifa... It was a good battle except the sexualization.. We saw Nami be confident with her weapon and she's using smarts to fight an obviously stronger opponent.. I love her forecasts and her mirage power
I think sanji actually learned his flaming foot thing from the cook on the sea train. In that fight Wanze spins his skates so fast that they light on fire. So, Sanji was probably like, huh I bet I could spin super fast and light my foot on fire.
The big amounts of fanservice/objectifying women are kinda on and off , they're absent for a saga or two then they're present for 1-2 sagas then they're not and so on . Thankfully after the next arc the most amount of fanservice will be over
I'd think Zoro's asura technique would be most asspullery of them all. Comparing to Luffy's and Sanji's for example, their techniques don't really seem to require any training, instead all they need is to come up with the idea and then do it, so them thinking off screen isn't that unbelievable. Zoro's asura on the otherhand has no explanation at all and is seemingly unrelated to anything we've seen in the series in first place. I always smile whenever a person complains about the anime adaptation ruining the pacing or adding uncomfortable and pointless"fan service" and ruining jokes etc. Just makes me think "Serves you right." After Alabasta I wouldn't personally recommend the anime adaptation to anybody as a whole. Just not worth it. It either wastes your time, gives you more negative view on the source material, or both. I don't personally see value in that.
@@heyarnold7256 Yes I know, but I was talking to the person of the video who doesn't know. Also, despite there being SOME explanation now decade later, that still doesn't make asura any less asspullery in Enies Lobby. Besides even today, asura is still weird. Sanji: Used friction to heat up hiss leg. Makes sense. Luffy: Uses his legs as pumps to speed up his blood flow, thus getting oxygen to his muscles faster and thus being able to perform in ways his body is normally able to perform. Makes sense. Gear 3 uses air that he blows into his bones by first biting through his finger and thus making his limbs giant size. Doesn't make any logical sense, but it's fiction and at least there's SOME logic to it. Zoro: Manifests illusionary limbs and head seemingly just because he was feeling intensely or something, these illusionary limbs with illusionary swords seem to be able to make physical contact. Makes no sense! Has no real world logic to it at all, and even in the whole series there is no one else shown to use similar technique. It DEFINITELY feels asspullery.
I totally see that point with Zoro but at this point in the series the majority of his moves seem to just be asspulls so I was less surprised by his random allusion powerup than I was with Sanji's just because Sanji hasn't displayed anything like that before. But looking at things objectively I agree with you
I recommend you to stop seeing one piece dubbed because it makes it so much cringier. It will be hard at first but with time you will be able to read subtitles almost as fast you can hear. Shows in general are better when you see them with the originals voice actors and in the case of animation many times the animation is designed with the script in mind. Plus you miss a lot of Hidden massages and jokes with the dub. :3
Which Straw Hat fight in this arc was your favorite? Aside from Luffy vs Lucci ;)
Sogeking vs Marine Fodder including Spanda
Franky
@@MegaLazyguy123 ^my man
Mine is actually Nami vs Khalifa. But then I read the manga. I was very impressed with Nami to be honest. She's not a fighter and now she's fighting an agent of CP9 with a devil's fruit power. A big step up. And her perfected climact tact enabled her to conjure 4 more illusions of her, AMAZING. Reminded me of a Baldur's Gate spell, Mirror Image.
I am really happy with the direction of Nami. In D&D, with her elemental staff, she would be a wizard or sorceror. But in One Piece, she relies on science instead.
I don’t think dodging lightening is so easy bro 😂🤦🏿♂️ come on weren’t u just talking about believability. Oh n sorry about sanji bro ⏳
when lucci says he did not stop someone because spandam never ordered him to i legit laughed and fell in love with lucci...he trolls spandam so hard...i loved it
I especially love the CREEPY ASS SMILE he gives Spandam
Yes the Diable Jamble is mysterious ability. But thats the thing. It's MEANT to be a mystery. The true nature of this power is only recently being hinted at in the manga. We'll learn what it really is soon enough. Same with Asura.
Huh interesting, I didn't think it would take THAT long for an answer but I'm hopeful it's great!
The diable jambe probably have something to do with the wanzee fight during the train, he make his leg burn with spice
What? Isnt it confirmed that sanji thought of this technique after fighting thr pasta guy in the train?????
@@erwindavid2859 True thats where it was hinted at but here I'm just talking the "true nature" of this ability.
@@ShutUpDenny This is how i assume Sanji learn this abiility th-cam.com/video/i4EXL5RQ9Rk/w-d-xo.html
Nami's fight was great. The anime botched it but it was a showcase of how Nami uses strategy to overcome the pure power of Kalifa.
The fact that Saul also has the letter D in his name just keeps adding to the mistery of the D . And him dying with a smile on his face , just like Roger and how Luffy smiled when he Buggy was going to decapitate him
That damn D... I must discover what it means...
@@ShutUpDenny Not to mention he's also a giant ( kinda hard to miss ) sonit shows that the people with the D in their name can be from multiple races
I loved the moment after Kaku's defeat where it seems like he really enjoyed his time as a shipwright in Water 7, but laments that he's in too deep as a goverment assasin for him to do anything else. I'm not sure if you're reading the cover stories but the one about CP9 reveals that the agents are pretty much trained since childhood.
I hard disagree with the take on nami vs kalifa. I feel that nami was given a fight at least as good as alabasta. Nami was given a chance to fight a superhuman with a power not shown to her before she started leading to her thinking a way to nullify the power and using her weather skills from navigating in a fight which allowed nami to get a power up that feels unique to her.
Also I assume the lightning was lightning fast or at least too fast to react to especially as a trap like it was used with the speed more being a pacing issues then reality but that may just be a failure in my personal understanding.
I'm not trying to be like "your wrong and I'm right" as I see enjoyment of a fight as close to subjective you can get but Just want to explain why someone would like the the fight without betting off while watching since you seem to have seen a fight that had no redeeming qualities where I saw a fight were nami was actively setting up her win by thinking ahead and her intelligence being rewarded.
Btw my favorite not luffy fight was Franky vs Fukuro because of how Franky's powers we've been show and how well he used them plus some Franky Superness. Ironically given my post nami vs Kalifa is my 2nd least favorite but I still liked it. I feel choppers moment was cool but his fight with kumadori was a one sided beating until chopper just won. Again I like monster point as a moment not a fight.
Sorry for the long post.
Spandam is actually a great villian for the strawhats especially at this point in the story. I think he gets overlooked by cooler villians that are have a very different personality
i love how luffy never hits him...hes not the threat..lucci is
He's a perfectly sinister embodiment of corrupt bureaucracy and I agree he's vital at this point in the series to highlight the government vs pirate conflict
oh yeah Spandam as a villain works, espcially because his serious moments are offset by everyone taking their chances to dunk on him and his general incompetence despite being the big bad of the arc
and yeah he's used as a vehicle to show just how bad the world government are and what a threat they are beyond random marines who hadn't been that important beyond Smoker up to this point
everyone forgets she saved luffy twice before she joined..i respected robin so much here....she knows luffy is strong but hes vulnerable still...without his crew hes not invincible and without usopp's call to action he probably loses to lucci
Nico robin always called straw hats by their nicknames, but after enies lobby she started calling them by their names.
unless luffy has a nickname for you..then she calls you by that nickname too
I noticed that, in Sky Island I was wondering how long she'd continue to do that for and I was happy when it ended. Felt like she finally accepted their friendship
A extra point on names, Robin also start using the nickname that Luffy gives to people going foward, which is kinda cute.
Also as a side note, in the manga Zoro never called Sanji by name (he did so in the anime which is a adaptation mistake).
3:52 And thankfully this is the only time in the story we get an explicit numerical value to a characters strength ( bounties are not based on strenght , they're based on the perceived threat to the WG ) since Oda knew that if he kept it up it would ruin most of the inteigue behind more nunced match ups since it would become "whose numbers are bigger" instead of "could this character beat this character based on their abilities & skills ?"
Yeah I'm happy to see that these power levels really didn't mean much and haven't come up again so far in my continued watch through
The way the manga is going I think we'll see it used again only to show readers how much stronger Lucci has become.
enie's lobby water 7 and even the aokiji fight parts of the davey back arc and post lobby show oda's greatest strengths as a writer..he tells a full narrative self contained yet full of worldbuilding information with emotional payoff saga better than anyone on earth imo....from the moment they meet foxy to the moment they enter the haunted florian triangle, this saga is a masterpiece of saga storytelling that may never be topped by anyone in our lifetimes....its so good...
Gonna have to disagree with you about most of Nami’s fight there was more than just fan service (which I will always love) I like the fight because this was her first fight against a superhuman who is also a DF user it also shows her awesome weather forecast skills and that it can beat opponents like Kalifla which like I said above is superhuman and you really think she was able to dodge lightning come on dude it is lightning it is faster than sound this fight was just as good as the Miss Double-finger fight if not better than that one.
nah.. merry's voice actor was the perfect touch. Saying they want to go continue on their adventure and journey.
if you saying the line was cringy. then i guess almost all anime will be cringy in a way.. which i kinda agree at some point.
17:00 I really agree I loved Nami the way she was in the beginning and I would say Skypia was the peak of her character design.
kokoro may be the most underrated aspect to this arc..she is a mvp for sure
She's a damn hero!
@@ShutUpDenny i like how her as a mermaid ties back to fishman as a species too...tom kokoro franky iceberg arlong nami bellemere fisher tiger jinbe otihime hachin koala boa and shirahoshi plus mermaids in general in the lure...its all connected and matters
the actress of luffy went in on the final 2 episode fight with lucci..props to her when she screams so loud after getting hit with the rakugan and not wanting to fall to the floor as blood is coming out.....and the gum gum no before jet gatling and the actual yell as it hits until it ends...jesus christ
8:39 A common theme in the series , villains going down because of their massive arrogance , just like Arlong , Crocodile , Enel , etc.
or they mirror luffy just with less morals like bellamy and krieg and blackbeard among others so they lose
Arlong just escape to fishman island because scared of jinbe, crocodile doesn't know haki when he enter new world and back down to halfgrandline to search pluton, i bet he know something in revolutionry army, and Enel has right to have arrogance, because he doesn't know anything below the white sea tho 😂😂
Loving the one piece reviews :)
Might want to try out the manga sometime soon too
Yes that's the plan... eventually ;)
Imagine you’re made of rubber and you blew air into your bones and then made them bigger, but you’re still getting punch by a fist made of bone but bigger, there’s greater momentum behind that and “logically” that does feel like getting punch by a giant.
When you mentioned last video which my favorite character was... if it wasn't the cheap answer of Franky (As the new crew member he naturally has the most depth) it's Spandam. Easily my most favorite villain. He is so dang horrible in every way that it's in its own way quite compelling, and as you said, a real look at how truly sinister the World Government was being revealed to be.. and seeing the Straw Hats break him mentally and then Robin break him physically is satisfying beyond words.
Oh, and "I want to live".. yeah I watched the whole thing.
Franky is goated this arc. From beating nero, the conversation with robin about living, burning blue prints, beating fukuoro, stopping chopper rampage, saving robin and then flipping spandams elephant back on top of him.
franky gets underrated cause after this arc hes a bit goofy..this arc he was lit and strong
There is absolutely no denying it... he's supa
aokiji thankfully stayed out of the enie's lobby incident..he could of ended it easily....jesus christ hes op..hes like smoker enel crocodile and mihawk in one...the admirals are all amazing but the feeling of meeting one for the first time seeing his power as he owns the entire crew at once and thus beating luffy easily so fast will be hard to top for impact..oda nailed it...making these guys feel really intimidating and scary and op......like jesus aokiji was a shocking reveal at the time...when robin was shook/scarred and for the first time says hes an admiral i was like oh shit but also what that means?...it was so crazy cause we were used to warlords and vice admirals....to think an admiral was that much stronger was a shock..he legit is the only character to just beat the crew flat out when they are all together at 100% although its before the monster trio learned their ace in the holes...and he did not beat the crew as a total whole cause they did not yet meet brook jinbe or franky but still....well he is the only one to own alone them until kaido does it in the anime soon....but like he just beat them no tricks they had no answers for him and it was a L...a total L...i hate how the show acts like they were totally defeated by kuma later for the first time..no this day they lost hard to aokiji he just let them go....out of his own choice...they were all dead meat
19:45 how did he get the exact amount of sagas right
I don't understand how you can continue to say sanji has had no development while simultaneously highlighting each moment of character he has throughout the story so far. He shows his compassionate, thoughtful nature in every arc. He's usually the one who both physically and emotionally steps outside of what is going on to help free his crewmates from whatever stress they're going through. In little garden and Alabasta he helps them with his side missions. In Alabasta he takes over Usopp's fight and gets his goggles back. In Skypiea he sacrifices himself so that Usopp cam save Nami. In W7 he dedicates all his time to investigate Robin's disappearance on his own and is ultimately the one who finds her, taking on most of cipher pol on his own. In Enies he shows his weakness but uses that moment to help inspire Usopp to realize that no one is strong all the time, that in fact, they all have their strengths and weaknesses and that usopp should focus on helping where only he can help. I know at this point, this is an old video and so you've seen Sanji's backstory, but Sanji is definitely the most well developed character in the series from day one (other than Luffy)
"Usopp stays in his Sogeking disguise..." I'm going to have to stop you right there. Usopp and Sogeking are clearly two entirely different people, though since they both have pretty long noses, I can see where you might have gotten confused.
the crew on the tower facing robin means so much cause we have built up a love of this crew since day 1 and it all came to a ahead here basically...we know chopper's past...some of the crew does not..we know nami's past..some of the crew does not..we know luffy's promise to shanks.....some of the crew does not...we know about kuina the crew really doesn't...usopp's backstory is not known by the crew much and sanji's is a mystery too really and only we know about the starving....robin's past is not fully told to the crew so they only know parts of it....it all comes together bringing this bond of losers and outcasted hurt loveable characters together showing their bond for the most distant of the crew so far in robin...
Luffy's scream when he used gum gum gattling was chilling. It was do awesome, sub and dub
literally chilling. so dope
The merry line can be looked at as cringe but its perfectly in character for it and the theme of adventure. Like how youtubers will say "thanks for being along the ride" etc it can come off as cringe but we understand why they say it because most of them genuinely mean that.
About sanjis diable jambe, you already got the wanze explanation in the comments but you'll get a more concrete explanation in the wano arc. It was something that couldn't be explained before that. Its currently being explained in the latest chapters that are coming out now and same with zoro's ashura. It seems that's setup to get a explanation as well. Both couldn't be explained before this point because other things needed to be setup in the world building and the power system for the explanation to make sense.
The fan service stuff only gets worse and worse because it serves as filler for Toei. Unfortunately as pacing gets worse, the fan service does, too, which leads to the Anime really not doing justice to the manga or the story in general.
Sanji only gets development literally five sagas later as you said lol. But he will eventually.
the thing with robin's story is shes based off spies from russia who were used by the government then branded as harmful due to info they knew and betrayed....so i like how at her age after all shes been through she might get emotional and be in pain for momentary situations but she does act strong and firm normally despite it all and getting hurt on the outside is nothing like the internal emotional abuse she has felt her whole life.....she still can act calm and collected despite that....it shows a true strength most would not have in her situation as a female at least....some males have that level of strength but females less so so props to her....she is level headed showing her book reading paid off making her that way...thinking of plans to get out if situations rather than being an emotional mess...
I think sanji got the idea of the devil leg technique from his fight with Wanze on the sea train as wanze has a move with his foot is on fire and sanji takes notice of it.
is he anime only filler?
@@razkable no
Hmmm interesting, I didn't consider that. I should go back and rewatch that scene. Thanks for the insight!
Dont worry, you are in for a treat when it comes to Sanji's backstory soon. He is the most flesh out straw hat so far except for luffy
robin struggling is so well done cause it shows she has to hold out due to having the will to live for once that she would not be able to do before then cause she did not have one really or allowed to show the courage to live....she knows they will come
Bro you’re gonna cry after the 1000th times. When the right stimulation occurs, tearing becomes an involuntary response
wasn't spandam's ancestor the one who also caused tom to be executed? by using franky's battle ships?...
No that was Spandam himself, then Franky based his face in
@@ShutUpDenny no, it was his father Spandiene the one that when to Ohara
"I'd like more info, but I feel like I won't get it"
You're starting to understand how this story works
people forget robin was in alabasta and she joined at the end as we lost vivi...everyone loves and wanted vivi to stay but her character was tied to that one saga not the narrative of the whole story like robin is tied too luffy's goal...so thats why enie's lobby feels so big and grand and is big and grand in scope scale and feels...its a long character arc thats been around since then and is still going lol and has to be bigger than alabasta was despite that being our first warlord and being about a country war....so to recap robin has been a threat a stawhat by title due to circumstances but now is actually connected to them finally emotionally for real 100% when she says she wants to live cause she trusts them....it took this long for her to fully join and for us to get she will stick around and is not just trying to do her own thing she cares enough to help everyone and she has been with us since early grand line so it has been built up for her character basically since then as the story climaxes finally in this saga to explore her fully....a character arc that even on skypiea was sorta explored in the background as other stuff was happening too that people focused on more like eneru and noland and cricket and conis and all that war stuff between the two sides....robin still was having her character explored slowly and subtly to us if you pay attention but its not shoved in the front or in our face you have to really be paying attention to her during that saga to get it....
I didn't know what fan-service meant until people keep pointing it out. As a woman, it doesn't bother me at all. Putting that aside, I really enjoyed Nami and Ussop's fights. It's so fun seeing them put their brainpower into use and outsmart their opponents.
Now Sanji is a combination of intellect and brawn, it's sometimes disappointing when he gets paired to clown opponents😅, but his fighting style is so cool and sexy nonetheless.
Happy you enjoyed the arc, it's a classic!
I am sure you have heard this before, but I would recommend you soon switch over to the manga. It's not only the pacing, but a lot of the problems you seem to have are smaller in the manga. The over-sexualization of the female characters will continue, but to a much, much lesser degree in the manga. As an example, the Robin/Spandam abuse was on a whole other level in the anime and it was not necessary.
A lot of the moments also hit better when you yourself can decide the tone and voice of certain lines. You lose something without the music and the good voice actors, but I think it is worth it.
It is not that One Piece does not have faults. It's just really annoying that the anime decides to make them worse.
whats wrong with over sexualization?...you people are weirdos....
Thank you! Yeah I think my plan is to catch up on the anime series in it's entirety first and then go back and begin reading the manga so I can enjoy it as a whole separate experience
@@razkable Over sexualization is by definition excessive. It does not mean all sexulization is bad.
Spoilers:
Think about the difference between a character like Rebecca and Hancock. Both are meant to be "sexy" characters, but most people cringe when they see Rebecca's design. Would argue that it weirder to not have questions about that character.
You put this perfectly, the anime amplifies all the problems the manga has
@@calcraig2511 For me those are not even problems lol. Since I like looking at sexy ladies. :)
Zoro getting way stronger after getting beat up is like, a major trend in the series. Both zoro's defeat of Mr 1 and the Ashura move are feats WAY beyond what zoro is normally capable of at those points in the series, and he can only do them because he's seriously injured.
half of us out here like and he only got to enies lobby. get ready for the hooks
The ge in sogeking is pronunced like in "get", not "jet".
Sogeki means sniping. Sogeki + king = you get it.
Wanted posters is your power level system
Zorro and Sanji got their power up immediately following the moment the antagonist mentioned robin. Essentially making them get angry, and you won’t like them when they angry
22:00 you will get the info 1000 chapters in
So my interpretation of the going marry having the childish voice. Is that is a child. It like the straw hats is just a unprepared upstart, And it's not that old the ship. A literal child.
Also side note. However many years later watching that scene I still cry. Every single time. Just hearing the audio caused me to cry.
1:32 For that you'd need to have read the arc several times
11:42 Me too , Dennie , me too .
to be fair zoro fights the 2nd strongest member and a expert swordsman with new devil fruit powers is unique and the only reason zoro wins and he had robin's key we find out anyways so its vital and the you're fired line is impactful af....paulie saw them as pals like the strawhats see robin and franky sees his franky family but cp9 lied to him and broke his spirit and ruined those memories and cp9 feels bad about it as they should...cause they enjoyed their time too...its a perfect callback with iceberg and all that...you just were not invested in paulie i guess cause you forgot how much he did this saga..he saved luffy nami and chopper he saved the crew during the gat battle and then the post cp9 battle...hes a mvp
this arc makes it clear that beyond all the pirates such as Blackbeard, the ultimate villain of One Piece is the World Government itself, an organisation that represents justice and order that engages in unforgivably evil actions and hurts so many innocents to protect itself first and foremost
robin needs luffy to fufill her goals he needs her to get to his more so then anyone else on his crew really so shes irreplacble unlike say usopp or brook.....thats something i really like...like sure in theory they could never meet but it would make both their goals 1000 times harder cause of how vital each of them is to each other's dreams
Spandam is your typical middle manager.
Diable Jamble was inspired by Sanji when he was fighting the noodle guy
Gotta disagree about the Nami fight to some extent, I think your enjoyment of it is severely hampered by you only seeing it as fan service leading to not really looking at it seriously. Maybe it's because I'm already a massive pervert, or because I come from a culture where nudity is less stigmatised but I wasn't very bothered by the supposed sexualization in the fight. Nor do I pay that much attention as soon as a female character loses a garment. Seriously that part against kumadori was more a display of quick thinking by Nami and only seeing it as fan service is the bigger issue here IMO.
The fight against Kalifa is a display of how Nami fights, it shows her intellect and her incredible skills understanding and sensing even the smallest climate conditions. It's also a great way to have a character who really isn't a fighter and arguably the physically weakest of the crew fight against someone who she really shouldn't be able to beat. By having Kalifa be new to her devil fruit powers, and already coming off the high of beating Sanji without much issue she's already set up to be overconfident in her skills and not willing to take Nami seriously so she decides to use the fight to train in using her devil fruit, that she just got mind you.
Also was your main issue the fact that this character couldn't dodge lightning from point blank range? Yes the anime showed it in slow motion but it didn't actually travel in slow motion.
the thing that offsets SPandam the most as a viallin is that NOONE likes him, even his own minions only work for him ebcause they HAVE to while they hate his fucking guts, AND there's also the fact that Spandam between being a mosnter of a human is treated like comic relief. Oda makes sure that when a character is THE WORST he doesn't just punishes them, he HUMILIATES them and removes all dignity they could have and make them jokes as punishment for their villainy.
But that's just my interpretation of things.
when i tell people that it took me 250 episodes to fully get into the series which i LOVE now, it's a little confusing for them
I think the tragedy of Ohara is based on Library of Alexandria
That makes sense, Oda seems to like to make subtle allusions to antiquity whenever he can
I subbed
post enie's lobby is so lit too...like my god oda....before we even get to the next real story arc we learn so much so fast and get so much payoff to the water 7 saga as a whole it kinda baffles my mind how he wrote such a great 3.5 part saga..and whats great is zoro nami and luffy are not the main three core of this arc like sure they do stuff but they are less focused on as the real heart or focus of this arc I feel for once which is rare and hard to pull off for a writer who has 3 clear main characters he set up from day 1 to just kinda make them more participants and not active as the main part of a saga this big...its hard man...they seem to be reactors more so then plot movers themselves this arc acting a bit more distant slower and less involved with the main thematic stuff oda is writing to get through to the audience...this saga is not about luffy zoro or nami....its about franky robin usopp merry and sorta sanji and even chopper gets a big moment too....its about the others basically on the crew...not the main 3....they just are action figures this saga which is fine...their not present during every major scene or main scene this saga and their prescience is less felt this saga...and especially during enie's lobby...
I'm about to gush about Post Enies Lobby in my video in two weeks. I was blown away by how fantastic it was
@@ShutUpDenny cool
Guys fanservice is not "objectifying" characters. It's just fanservice. It's done with both Men and Women. Making characters "sexy" doesn't mean that they're an object. It means that they're sexy. And theres nothing wrong with that. It's not a mark against they're characters.
its usually bisexual transgender or gay/lesbians who have issues with it...cause it makes teens watching more straight as they age in development.....or feminists...
I agree, it's not a mark against the characters because it's a decision made by the writer. I don't care about characters being hot, or showing skin or whatever, my issue was more so that this is done for no reason other than for people who make bizarre comments like the one above mine to get a slight chub while watching rather than to progress the story or develop the characters. It just felt out of place in this story and felt like instead of giving Nami a serious battle like everyone else they decided it would be better to have her get sudsy with a lady. Personally I think this fight would've worked better if Kefla was acting the exact same way but Sanji had to deal with her being sexy, that would actually be a real problem for him. Unfortunately we learn fighting a woman is entirely out of character for him in this arc so that couldn't happen, but I'm just saying I have no problem with it in theory if it serves the character and narrative and I simply felt like this instance with Nami did not.
@@ShutUpDenny Thats fine. I just have a problem with the people who argue it's "objectifying" or "reduces" the characters just to have a sexy scene or two tossed in there. I see stuff like that a lot so I couldn't help but respond.
@@emperorluffy6001 Gotcha yeah I wouldn’t go that far, I’m not sure if I said objectifying but I may have just because it’s an easy way to communicate the idea even though that’s not technically correct since these are all totally made up fictional characters hence the cannot be objectified, so if I did say that I should’ve been more careful with my phrasing. But like this didn’t ruin Nami for me or anything, I still think she’s great. It just left me a little disappointed she didn’t get a badass fight like I had hoped for and Kelfa wound up feeling pretty one note
Sanji's diable jambei got inspiration from the noodle dude in the sea train, the friction in his skates was making fire I think haha
Ngl i feel like
Cultured ppl all need to watch and rewatch one piece xD
We all gonna love luffy consistency of being un controlled by any plan or whatknot 😂🤣
I love the fan service, nuff said.
Nothing wrong with that, it can just be a bit too much for me at times
if lucci does not time his iron body he gets killed by luffys jet gatling 100%....that shit was insane...luffy probably expected him to do it rather than dodge so thats why he went so hard to finish it with 1 attack rather than drag the fight out and he bet on him not dodging and rather taking it with his iron body cause he watched his foe and he knows lucci has arrogance
33:10 Well according to Oda we're entering the final saga after the current arc is over soooo ... Also never trust Oda when it comes to real world timespans cuz there is no way he's ending the story in the next 5 years ( his editor also agrees with this )
To be fair Oda never said he would end the series in 5 years. He said he would LIKE to end it in 5 years. There's a big difference. (I assume he meant he would like it to end before he turns 50 but that's unfortunately not going to happen.)
@@thornray1025 Where did you find this translation ? Everywhere I looked it said "the series will end in 5 years"
@@AlexT7916 I posted a reply already but I don't see it myself, could be because it had a link in it?
If it didn't come, I basically said that I read it from the original translation of the interview, done by Sandman on twitter.
Also, every direct quote I saw after quick google search sayd "would like to end", so I have no idea what translations you've been reading.
Have you actually read any translations about what Oda said? Perhaps you've just read people making claims about what Oda said?
For Sanji : can't say nothing, that's a RECENT spoil (yeah, recent 😅)
For Sanji : wait and see. But that's not for now.
I WANT TO LIVE !!
Take me to the sea with you!
I know I didn't like that whole Doriki thing which was DBZ type of power level ...and thankfully it's not used in future...I love the one piece's Original Bounty version for power levels because it's so ambiguous and creates a mystery which is fun imo
Yeah I agree I think the bounties are a really unique way to "power scale" (if you can even call it that) in this series and I like how bounty doesn't automatically equal power
@@ShutUpDennyanother reason why oda prob decided to add power levels in this arc to show how cp9 operates compared to the straw hats. In cp9 the doriki levels rank the members based on their strength whereas the straw hats each have their own roles that are equally important for their success. n I'm p sure Sanji has a little speech to ussop about it.
Yeah fanservice is nice once in a while but theres a limit that I can't handle
^agreed
21:15 You can leave it as Theory Fuel, same with Zoro. Just keep it in the back of your mind for now.
Oh don't worry I've got a whole vault of Theory Fuel in the back of my mind
Hey, about sanji, i think you are having wring expectations. It's not about will he grow, but rather, can he stay true to his self. Oda will delve more into his character in future, but don't expect character development like him changing his morals.
I’m not expecting him to change his morals, I just want his personality and backstory explored and explained a little more. I wanna know why he is the way he is
@@ShutUpDenny that will happen. But in the latest saga. Though, his character will take a dip as oda uses his character as outlet of his perverseness.
You damn right you’re a man. Now shed some man tears so I feel less pitiful too lol
I can already tell he is not going to like Thriller Bark lol.
It was a mixed bag :)
@@ShutUpDenny only thing good about thriller bark was Zoro vs Ryuma and Nothing happened
I want to live!!! 👒
YAAAASSSSSSSS, let me bask in the Spandam hate!
It was just you 31:36
Finally
Lmao you're always first on these!
Switch to the manga. Fan service in the anime will be more and more prominent
but then you miss jet gatling type moments..this niggas hands disappeared he was so fast lol...i fucking love the effect and when hes owning blueno you feel it man..its so good when the anime puts in effort like that
^I have to agree, there's something about animation that can elevate the material on the page. I definitely intend to read the manga but I'm also going to ride the anime to the end
I do not get why anyone wants sanji to hit a woman. Its totally out of character for him and it is something he cannot do but someone else can. Its like expecting luffy to follow through a plan, or even zoro to walk in a straight line out of combat , or chopper to walk away from a patient and sanji to not feed someone whose hungry. Its just something that should nevee happen.
Not sure if am the only one but fan service moments just goes over my head i rarely notice them. I love sanjis pervy moments though. They are sometimes cringe, dumb, over the top but it's something i can always see coming from a mile away so it doesn't disappoint me or piss me off, i just want to see how they will recover or that satisfying nami smaci
I agree, I didn’t know what Sanji would do my first time watching this but you’re 100% right it doesn’t fit his character. Although it is a crossroads for how deep that characterization goes and because of this now it demands some explanation which I’m patiently awaiting
I will still be watching. Its always fun watching people gush over my favourite series
I disagree with Nami vs Kalifa... It was a good battle except the sexualization.. We saw Nami be confident with her weapon and she's using smarts to fight an obviously stronger opponent.. I love her forecasts and her mirage power
I think sanji actually learned his flaming foot thing from the cook on the sea train. In that fight Wanze spins his skates so fast that they light on fire. So, Sanji was probably like, huh I bet I could spin super fast and light my foot on fire.
Souljaking
I WANT TO LIVE!!!
Take me out to sea with you!
Bruh. Your pronounciation of Sogeking is triggering me so hard... lmao
Be grateful I didn't call him Sniper King ;)
@@ShutUpDenny Actually I would probably prefer that 😂
@@fangru7294 😢
Im not sure if u're reading the manga alongside the anime but yeah they oversexualize it in the anime
i wish robin killed spandam but i also wished wapol died so....
At long last
I have arrived :)
The big amounts of fanservice/objectifying women are kinda on and off , they're absent for a saga or two then they're present for 1-2 sagas then they're not and so on . Thankfully after the next arc the most amount of fanservice will be over
Fanservice is not "objectifying women" it's just fanservice.
Yeah I just got through Thriller Bark and I see what you mean...
calling the merry cringe was like a physical stab to my heart.
Gear 2 and 3 are more techniques than transformations
I can see that, but at the same time he does physically change. But I get what you mean
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The anime goes a lot further with fan service than the Manga unfortunately.
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I'd think Zoro's asura technique would be most asspullery of them all. Comparing to Luffy's and Sanji's for example, their techniques don't really seem to require any training, instead all they need is to come up with the idea and then do it, so them thinking off screen isn't that unbelievable. Zoro's asura on the otherhand has no explanation at all and is seemingly unrelated to anything we've seen in the series in first place.
I always smile whenever a person complains about the anime adaptation ruining the pacing or adding uncomfortable and pointless"fan service" and ruining jokes etc. Just makes me think "Serves you right." After Alabasta I wouldn't personally recommend the anime adaptation to anybody as a whole. Just not worth it. It either wastes your time, gives you more negative view on the source material, or both. I don't personally see value in that.
If you've been following the manga the explanation for Zoro's Asura has been made much more clear.
@@heyarnold7256 Yes I know, but I was talking to the person of the video who doesn't know.
Also, despite there being SOME explanation now decade later, that still doesn't make asura any less asspullery in Enies Lobby.
Besides even today, asura is still weird.
Sanji: Used friction to heat up hiss leg. Makes sense.
Luffy: Uses his legs as pumps to speed up his blood flow, thus getting oxygen to his muscles faster and thus being able to perform in ways his body is normally able to perform. Makes sense.
Gear 3 uses air that he blows into his bones by first biting through his finger and thus making his limbs giant size. Doesn't make any logical sense, but it's fiction and at least there's SOME logic to it.
Zoro: Manifests illusionary limbs and head seemingly just because he was feeling intensely or something, these illusionary limbs with illusionary swords seem to be able to make physical contact.
Makes no sense! Has no real world logic to it at all, and even in the whole series there is no one else shown to use similar technique. It DEFINITELY feels asspullery.
to be fair zoro's fight with mr. 1 showed signs of this too
@@thornray1025 real world logic in one piece? 🤣
I totally see that point with Zoro but at this point in the series the majority of his moves seem to just be asspulls so I was less surprised by his random allusion powerup than I was with Sanji's just because Sanji hasn't displayed anything like that before. But looking at things objectively I agree with you
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I recommend you to stop seeing one piece dubbed because it makes it so much cringier. It will be hard at first but with time you will be able to read subtitles almost as fast you can hear. Shows in general are better when you see them with the originals voice actors and in the case of animation many times the animation is designed with the script in mind. Plus you miss a lot of Hidden massages and jokes with the dub. :3