From Monster to Mascot | The Decline of Tony Tony Chopper

Hey everyone, Noyah here with a video showcasing the rise and fall of everyone’s favorite blue nosed reindeer, Tony Tony Chopper. A character who, I believe, has seen a massive decline in terms of writing. In this video, I cover what made Chopper so great, talk about his development, and what eventually went wrong.
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[@GavenJr]

I miss the old fluffy design of chopper

[@fistofsage]

Even though I haven't watched One Piece in a long time, I truly enjoy your breakdown of this. This issue seems present in a lot of the art and media we enjoy today where intention gets gradually compromised in favor of "Marketability".

[@syruq]

this is a pretty good video
I’m a manga reader (just finished whole cake island) (starting Wano)
And Chopper used to be my favorite straw hat, but as time went on I put him lower and lower on my list, at first i thought because I liked other characters more.. but this video summarized it, he isn’t a character anymore really, just a cute marketable deer who on rare occasion uses 2 rumble points

[@shafootodess]

agreed essentially. the sidelining and flanderization of the majority of the straw hats is why i dropped one piece lol. though it's been years, so it might've gotten better now i wouldn't know

[@NoyahFrequencies]

depending on the last arc you read, i'd say it's probably gotten better. Oda has gotten much better at balancing the crew, and giving them their own standalone moments. of course, I'd say that pre-timeskip was still better at it, post has gotten a lot better.

[@sigururf6534]

started watching one piece because of your cosplays, I hope I wont agree with you once I catch up with the story. (I just finished pre time skip not a big fan of what they did to most of the crew.)

[@NoyahFrequencies]

Wow, that is a massive compliment, thank you! Welcome aboard this wild ride. I'll say that most of the crew end up feeling mostly the same, aside from a few one off instances. Sanji is another one besides Chopper who declines but he bounces back after Fishman Island. So really he only has one bad arc.

[@sigururf6534]

@@NoyahFrequencies Sanjis Training arc and making Zoro and Robin white kind of put me off lol, but the ride has been so fun would have never excepted this anime to be so good. Great video btw you deserve a lot more attention for sure.