One Piece: Reverie Arc, Levely Arc, I don't know what I'm talking about

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  • @merphynapier42
    @merphynapier42  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1993

    Turns out Levely and Reverie are the same thing, just a translation complication. I blame Tom

    • @nikcantsnipe
      @nikcantsnipe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Totally understandable. Just another Zolo situation. I do like the idea of superhero/power ranger/cyborg Sanji. See you in Wano, Merphy!

    • @am3703
      @am3703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      We feel you Merph, we feel you. Happy holidays and a new year!

    • @kamarassakka9922
      @kamarassakka9922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah, damn Tom

    • @PopLol
      @PopLol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wish you'd put TIMESTAMPS

    • @T670-i6x
      @T670-i6x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The One Piece Fandom loves you Merphy

  • @RogersBase
    @RogersBase 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2151

    The two months that the Reverie chapters were being published were the best two months I’ve ever experienced as a weekly One Piece reader and content creator. The community was so united in its desire to theorize and break down everything that was revealed and I don’t know if there will ever be another moment like that in the fandom again until the final arc. Simply incredible!

    • @alirubitreal
      @alirubitreal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      We had been waiting for the Reverie for years! I remember I caught up to weekly manga in the return to Sabaody and it was always being mentioned "This is the year of the Reverie' (in story) since it is every four years. Was so anticipated

    • @raymay8476
      @raymay8476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Roger tha 🐐

    • @AnyMEmdq
      @AnyMEmdq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Same. Remains my favorite arc (though Water 7 will always be my favourite saga)

    • @guiyerod444
      @guiyerod444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I remember I started watching your chapter reactions right when reverie started and it was such a wild ride.

    • @Katakuri_08
      @Katakuri_08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Totally agree! Im not into OP action scenes, but to lore and deep storyline focused. Reverie is my hypest arc ever

  • @adrencar3451
    @adrencar3451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1073

    This arc was insane. When it first dropped the Fandom was losing its mind every week with every chapter dropped. It was so much fun to watch the chaos.

    • @Newworld-gk6us
      @Newworld-gk6us 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The sad thing about this Arc is that it ended to early.

    • @MadRejab
      @MadRejab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Newworld-gk6us and getting better during mid of wano

    • @metalliopleurodon
      @metalliopleurodon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Only thing that's been as hype as the Reverie weekly since Post-timeskip, is what's coming in the beginning of act 3.

    • @fifthhoven
      @fifthhoven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was scraping the bottom of "okay". That's the actual standard and what drives fans insane. In slightly different words: filling in the gaps with hype. Lots of gaps, as always, that's how this story works, almost more than any other, and not because it is all a "mystery", but just left out with obsessive deliberation.
      Also remember, this is not a pure OP channel, not trying to be, and she is never quite as hyping as the rest, even though I would consider her very much tending to hype.

    • @Abdullah-uh4eu
      @Abdullah-uh4eu ปีที่แล้ว

      @Carlos A It is.

  • @exNaAb
    @exNaAb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    The thing about Luffy’s status is that there is no “official” Four Emperors. Whoever holds that title is determined by public perception, which Morgan is trying to shift for his own agenda. Which I think is a really good thing! As a narrative mechanic its a lot more versatile than just some sort of exclusive club that the strongest pirates are in. It still works as a tool to excite people regarding the fact that these are the 4 uber powerful pirates Luffy needs to beat, and also now *everyone* is pissed at Luffy for something beyond his own control. Kaido feels like his territory is starting to be encroached on, Big Mom feels insulted and humiliated, the Navy is on super high alert. I think its a much better and more functional decision than people seem to notice.

    • @AntediluvianRomance
      @AntediluvianRomance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Pierre In The media had already overhyped Buggy, now it's time for a properly targeted piece of hype.

    • @dianahi2663
      @dianahi2663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Pierre In it reminds me to Arabasta, when instead of saying that Luffy was the one who defeat Cocodrile, they changed the fact and said it was smoker to make them look better.

    • @rafaeljmc6313
      @rafaeljmc6313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I disagree, I don't think being an emperor is determied by public perception, people can think wathever they want being influenced by the media, that doesn't make it true though

    • @exNaAb
      @exNaAb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@rafaeljmc6313 That's partially the point though. Plenty of people think Morgans is full of shit for that article, including 3 of the other four emperors. I'm not saying he's the Fifth Emperor just because someone said he is. But at the same time, there's no official government list that inducts someone into the group. There's no ceremony. That's the point. Its intentionally nebulous.

    • @renouveau7899
      @renouveau7899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Territories, a Huge army, an organisation that rules those territories like WE Saw with Big Mom and great strength Of the captain/Yonko and commanders makes an emperor.
      Even today luffy is not yet an emperor because he has no territories but he has the strength and the great fleet, the only thing missing is the territory, maybe wano after the War, fishman island a bit later .

  • @felixp535
    @felixp535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    Kuma is the only character that is at the same time a pirate, a marine and a revolutionary (while technically being none of them at the same time). And now he is nothing at all, he doesn't even have a mind anymore. That character is pure genius

    • @Ivan-qc5vi
      @Ivan-qc5vi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      And a king

    • @KS-xk2so
      @KS-xk2so 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@Ivan-qc5vi and a slave.... he's literally almost everything.

    • @kags9367
      @kags9367 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and now he's the bestest boi 🥺🥺 just want him to be happy, hes suffered so much 😭😭😭😭

  • @zel7396
    @zel7396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    This whole arc was Oda just flexing his worldbuilding skills as he brought back old characters, plotlines and theories whilst blowing our minds with the reveals. Loving the reviews Merphy!

    • @Ytinasniiable
      @Ytinasniiable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Exactly, like the cover stories it's a way for Oda to remind us that the rest of the world still functions when the main protagonists aren't around

    • @jayyy1827
      @jayyy1827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Ytinasniiable yeah and we got new cover stories for germa in the latest chapter

    • @anthonygudisey5734
      @anthonygudisey5734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Honestly Mjosgard helping them out was such a great reveal.

    • @sanskarchauhan9029
      @sanskarchauhan9029 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Ytinasniiable😊

  • @joshsuk138
    @joshsuk138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +578

    this has probably been overstated to death, but the Levelly was one of the best times to be a weekly reader. for like a whole month Oda was just schooling us and throwing the world on its side with these reveals. after over 15 years we finally got some concrete clues on the endgame and we were PUMPED.

    • @Username70
      @Username70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Since I only started reading in 2019, I watched over a lot of the old reaction and theory videos during that time just to get some understanding of how people felt and the energy was real lol

    • @hasniichasnii7671
      @hasniichasnii7671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Username70 gonna have to do it myself too see how the community perceived it

    • @robertreyes8792
      @robertreyes8792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's crazy to think how much we lost our shit over these few chapters. Can't begin to imagine how crazy it'll be once we get the payoffs from these mysteries.

    • @onyxgrnr666
      @onyxgrnr666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bro its Clearly Reverie since reverie is an actual english word that means "to be lost in thought"

    • @dragan404
      @dragan404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its called reverie

  • @PhantomGreyfire
    @PhantomGreyfire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    00:00:00 ⟾ Intro - 6 Chapters, Info Dump
    00:00:28 ⟾ Intro - week-to-week
    00:01:15 ⟾ Intro - Format, theorizing
    00:02:05 ⟾ Raid Suit, Vinsmoke family, Sanji
    00:04:42 ⟾ Comedy, Fifth Emperor
    00:06:29 ⟾ Vivi, Kureha, Rebecca, Shirahoshi
    00:07:14 ⟾ Koby
    00:07:36 ⟾ Revolutionary Army - motivations
    00:09:25 ⟾ Revolutionary Army - Commanders: Karasu, Belo Betty (Kobu Kobu no Mi)
    00:10:17 ⟾ Karasu - crows in Dressrosa
    00:10:40 ⟾ Sterry, Garp
    00:11:34 ⟾ Fujitora & Ryokugyu - Who’s That Pokémon?, Vegapunk: Warlords, Kuma, theories
    00:15:43 ⟾ Doflamingo: Ope Ope no Mi + Hidden Treasure of Mariejois, giant hat, Im
    00:19:55 ⟾ Linlin & Kaido - history, team-up?
    00:20:42 ⟾ Rocks, Garp, era
    00:21:14 ⟾ Saint Charlos, Shirahoshi, Saint Donquixote Mjosgard, Otohime
    00:23:28 ⟾ Shanks - Five Elders
    00:24:13 ⟾ Kuma - backstory, operation, Bonney
    00:25:56 ⟾ Empty Throne, Im, Five Elders, ‘light’, immortality, Ancient Weapons
    00:28:04 ⟾ Cobra - Nefertari family
    00:28:26 ⟾ Great Cleansing, Im, wanted posters, Vivi
    00:29:12 ⟾ Wano, samurai
    00:29:22 ⟾ Reverie - theories, set-up
    00:32:31 ⟾ Wrap-up
    00:32:45 ⟾ Outro
    00:33:00 ⟾ [Promo] [Credits]

  • @a3-radio
    @a3-radio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    The emperor "concept" is interesting, because unlike admirals and Warlords it isn't technically official, its the perspective of the public and who they see as an emperor, in short its a popularity contest and i love it xD
    Also big news morgan for the win hahahaha

    • @emperorluffy6001
      @emperorluffy6001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not that simple at all.

    • @a3-radio
      @a3-radio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@emperorluffy6001 well when you consider "you have to be able to face the other emperor's" it isn't, but the concept in it self, is... One of those things that its easy to explain hard to achive, like finding the one piece, all you have to do is get to that final island, easy to explain hard to accomplish

    • @rafaeljmc6313
      @rafaeljmc6313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't think it's a popularity contest at all and the perspective of the public doesn't mean anything as they just believed a bunch of lies from a tabloid

    • @Nastyn1nja808
      @Nastyn1nja808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rafaeljmc6313 the four strongest pirates rule over the New World like Emporers

    • @TeddyBerry
      @TeddyBerry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Nastyn1nja808 They definitely do not rule over the New World. At most they got a couple of islands under their territory.

  • @reshpek
    @reshpek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +513

    The 6 Reverie chapters are actually a countdown:
    903 - 5th emperor
    904 - 4 revolutionary captains revealed
    905 - 3rd admiral revealed
    906 - 2nd straw hat revealed
    907 - 1 throne
    908 - 0 the reveries starts

    • @123rikin
      @123rikin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Why did I never notice this yooo

    • @lucianofrancesco4742
      @lucianofrancesco4742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Seems kinda forced to me.

    • @MrHimself98
      @MrHimself98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@lucianofrancesco4742 What does thet even mean? It's not like it effects the story in any way or sacrafice's the pacing to make it work, it's more like a testament to how well written it is.

    • @lucianofrancesco4742
      @lucianofrancesco4742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@MrHimself98 What I mean is that Oda never intended this, this is a forced connection. You can literally extrapolate any number out of any given chapter. At least in my opinion.

    • @aurorahodges4986
      @aurorahodges4986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      0 is for CPX0 AKA Kuma

  • @Fastollis
    @Fastollis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    If I remember right, during the scene where the Five Elders call Vivi’s family “traitors,” they mention it’s because they’re one of the 20 Royal families that founded the World Government, but were the only ones that refused to become Celestial Dragons.

  • @Raphaeltheraven
    @Raphaeltheraven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +876

    After watching the ending of this video, I think it is important to let you know that in japanese the words: "Levely" and "Reverie" are the same word. It can just be translated in 2 different ways. The letter "L" and the letter: "R" are completely interchangeable in japanese, this has caused confusion in translations of japanese works for the longest time. Many people see this arc titled as both "Levely" and "Reverie" and ask: "Which is the correct translation?" and the answer is that: They are BOTH the correct translation. Language is fun. Anyway you will probably get a thousand comments saying exactly this, I hope this was helpful.

    • @FuckYoutubeAndGoogle
      @FuckYoutubeAndGoogle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Except Reverie has an actual meaning and Levely is just gibberish.

    • @AnyMEmdq
      @AnyMEmdq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      To elaborate a little bit on this. For the longest time this was translated just as Reverie, because it's a word that exists, and it was the accepted translation ever since it was mentioned for the first time by Vivi way back when. But when the arc started, there was a panel where Oda drew a banner, and on that banner you could read the world "Levely" in the Roman alphabet. That's the reason for both translations to exist: Reverie was the official and non-official accepted by everyone translation for around 20 years, until this arc started and Oda dropped the other one

    • @killzone866
      @killzone866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Reverie is a French word. Thus the answer is that. Its just a translation error.
      Its the same with Zoro. Its obviously not Zolo, who could be inspiration for that character be i wonder lol.

    • @charlesacker9174
      @charlesacker9174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Oda being the pun master he is does purposefully abuse this common translation issue. Loguetown and Roguetown being one of the first ideas he had. It's the town that was the Epilogue of Roger's journey being the world's greatest Rogue. And signals the end of the Prologue of Luffy's adventure to become the next most famous Rogue.
      There's another one of these puns that was revealed in Stampede, but Merph still has to catch up to in Manga reveal of it so won't spoil that.

    • @loumorrison72
      @loumorrison72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FuckTH-camAndGoogle pretty sure levelly is an actual word. lol

  • @BobtheX
    @BobtheX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    21:50 That is my absolute FAVORITE instance of everything coming full circle in One Piece. The fact that the Celestial Dragon that Queen Otohime saved repaid the favor by saving Princess Shirahoshi is so freaking beautiful. She didn't die for nothing, her ideals, her dreams, her wishes are being carried forward into the future. Such a wonderful moment.

  • @BryGuyJohn
    @BryGuyJohn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    It’s so surreal to hear Merphy theorize about things beyond the current story arc. She’s come such a long way.
    Being current on One Piece is truly bittersweet.

    • @Nastyn1nja808
      @Nastyn1nja808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The most Bittersweet lol

    • @sarov7658
      @sarov7658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mostly bitter,i enjoyed watching it binge that now and tbh i took breaks twice now waiting for wano to end and take a final break

    • @blackice1796
      @blackice1796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sarov7658 yea I take like full year breaks then binge it. I stopped around the part in Wano where a certain straw hat member meets a guy defending a bridge… I don’t think that’s too spoilery. I’m seeing hints that wano may be over now or close to being over so I’ll probably binge again soon.

    • @kr0b1486
      @kr0b1486 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean the reverie was like 2-3 years ago so I wouldn't say she's current just yet.

    • @TuskyBaby
      @TuskyBaby 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackice1796 I'd give it a few months still

  • @jorgerodrigogamarracardozo882
    @jorgerodrigogamarracardozo882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Thinking about how Luffy was declared the Fifth Emperor by Morgans, especially with Morgans' (comically incorrect) assumption of Luffy as a tactical mastermind. Here’s how Luffy's actions since Marineford probably come off to someone as in the know as Morgans:
    During the 2 Year Hiatus:
    Became the Dark King’s student
    Made Jinbe his subordinate and had him go undercover with the Big Mom Pirates along with the rest of the Sun Pirates, where Jinbe also convinced Capone Bege to plot against her
    Went to Marineford to ring the Ox Bell with the previous two before vanishing, using the newspapers to discreetly announce a 2 year hiatus to his activities
    Had Sanji tap his Germa connections and have them fake an arranged marriage with the Big Mom Pirates
    Convinced Trafalgar Law to become a Warlord with the full intention of undermining Doflamingo and the Warlord system
    Return to Activity:
    Hired grunts to imitate his crew to distract the Marines while he left the Archipelago with his full crew
    Entered Fishman Island just in time to halt a coup against the royal family, gaining their favour
    Rendezvoused with Jinbe and rebuffed Big Mom’s control of Fishman Island
    Partnered with Law on Punk Hazard, outflanked Doflamingo’s attempt to avoid accountability and defeated him outright on Dressrosa in a single day
    Destabilised the underworld, the Warlord system, and the global power structure as a whole by doing this, convincing those in the know that their immediate target is Doflamingo’s biggest client, Kaido
    Restored the monarchy to strike against the World Government’s authority, playing Fujitora’s sympathies to make him turn a blind eye (heh) to Luffy’s activities
    Met up with his second brother, Sabo of the Revolutionary Army, providing him with Fire Fist Ace’s Devil Fruit and possibly passing on information to his Father, the Revolutionary Dragon
    Revealed a grand fleet of over 5,000 people, with at least two non-Worst Generation Supernovas among them
    The Whole Cake Plot:
    Sent Sanji ahead, where he skirmished with the Big Mom Pirates to legitimise the narrative of Sanji being a dissociated pawn for Germa, before he gets collected by Bege for the planned wedding
    Invaded Big Mom’s territory with a skeleton crew (including a skeleton), after going to Zou and bringing Pedro of the Treetops out of retirement as a guide
    Defeated a Sweet Commander while having his allies set up the assassination plan and its fallback, including gaining control of the Big Mom Pirates’ secret trump card, the Mirro-World.
    Allowed himself to be captured to get into Whole Cake Chateau and have Jinbe bust him out
    Enacted his plan to assassinate Big Mom during the wedding alongside Bege and when overwhelmed, enacted his fallback plan of destroying Whole Cake Chateau
    Defeated the Big Mom Pirates’ second-in-command and successfully escaped the full wrath of their armada, with Pedro, Germa, and the Sun Pirates (led by Jinbe) all putting themselves on the line to defend him
    Is now presumably heading to wherever the rest of his crew is, all of whom have once again disappeared
    Morgans might be able to figure out that Wano is most likely his next target by his samurai allies in Dressrosa and Doflamingo’s defeat being an effective declaration of war against Kaido, but if Luffy’s proven anything it’s that he’s unpredictable
    From the perspective that this is all intentional, Luffy comes off as a supreme chessmaster with a seemingly infinite list of connections and powerful allies across several factions, on top of a considerable amount of personal strength. If Morgans knows anything about the Poneglyphs and Robin, this would be even more so. I haven't even noted theoretical narratives that could be spun like Brook using his status as Soul King to raise funds for the Straw Hats while spreading propaganda and sympathy for them. I can see the hype behind calling him the Fifth Emperor when you don't know that everything he does is a combination of imprompteau equal alliances he just gets more credit for, sheer charisma and willpower, and dumb luck.
    credits: u/Rmuda

    • @ilsukdyang8134
      @ilsukdyang8134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It's all about perception. Their world has been making incorrect assumptions (hilariously, as you've mentioned) about the "dastardly" Luffy and his "devious" Straw Hats! 🤣 This is why people are always surprised when they meet the real Luffy and crew

  • @Maria-mk3uj
    @Maria-mk3uj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    The 180-degree flip of that Donquixote made me cry, it’s like Otohime saved the entire fishmen race from beyond the grave thru that guy. All her efforts weren’t for nothing, she was right after all. The level of patience from Oda to have to wait for years before he drops these satisfying revelations.

  • @phillipjohnson8903
    @phillipjohnson8903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    There's always that tinge of sadness when a newcomer gets caught up with the rest of us. I've really enjoyed rediscovering the series through your perspective. Looking forward to the Wano discussions

  • @okdre9276
    @okdre9276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    Those 6 weeks of Reverie were the craziest times to be a week to week reader. Every single week mindblowing revelations, hourlong discussions and theories. So many things that lets you recontextualize so many parts of the story. Rocks, Shanks, Vivi, Bonney, the strawhat, Doflamingo's knowledge, ancient weapons and so so much more. Without a doubt the greatest info dump I've ever read

    • @anthonygudisey5734
      @anthonygudisey5734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly this arc was amazing especially week to week

    • @fahkyew7776
      @fahkyew7776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I caught up to the manga right around chapter 899, so I was pretty happy to see such massive hype for both Reverie and Wano immediately after catching up. Good times

    • @Felipera_
      @Felipera_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More like a massive info tease, in typical Oda fashion.

  • @conorfleury4387
    @conorfleury4387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    As an addition to something you touched on in this video:
    Why do you think the 5 elders were so receptive to one of the Emporers (Shanks) wishing to talk? Do you think they would be as unfazed if Big Mom were to appear and ask to speak with them?

    • @Brian-my7hn
      @Brian-my7hn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Shank is evil is literally the worst theory ever

    • @cinnay99
      @cinnay99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@Brian-my7hn That's not what the comment implied

    • @user-mx6ut6tm1t
      @user-mx6ut6tm1t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Probably 'cause they knew shanks isn't the type to go YOLO and just starts killing anyone in sight.
      Unlike Big mom or Kaido who will RAGE if they hear something they don't like.

    • @mostacho8251
      @mostacho8251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@user-mx6ut6tm1t yeaaah, it was already showed in marineford. We can imagine how kaido could act in that war if he was the one arriving. Linlin maybe was more like shanks, calm and with some purpose, plan. But with any little stuff (example MMAMAA OARS JR. I WANT YOU) the chaos start in 2 seconds. They just cant go talk to the 5 elders lmao

    • @user-mx6ut6tm1t
      @user-mx6ut6tm1t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mostacho8251 and if they show even a shred of fear Big moms' DF will take their souls.

  • @gg2fan
    @gg2fan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Morj's theory about the hat is by far the best imo. The Ancient Weapons represent the three different forms of Haki, Shirahosi represents Conqueror's because she commands the wills of others, Pluton represents Armament because it's sheer physical force, and Uranus represents Observation- the Hat. Except it's not always a hat, it's some future telling object that can identify threats to whoever is in possession of it and change it's shape to represent them. When Im was looking at it, it was on Luffy, but judging by the knife in Vivi's picture, it eventually landed on her. This is what allows the government to have such control, because they can identify and eliminate threats to it's rulers before they even act.

  • @cptcolumbus241
    @cptcolumbus241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Koala is doing it for the fishmen, because she is the same girl fisher tiger and the sun pirates rescued, on the whole i think the revolutionaries just sort of include the fishmen as a part of the problem with the celestial dragons

  • @momoz4427
    @momoz4427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Hey Merphy/Mods✌, I would recommend to cut act 3 of Wano into 3 Parts.
    Act 3 is already 79 chapters long! The Whole Cake Island Arc had 78 chapters.
    That is how I would cut the parts:
    958-974
    975-1000
    1001-
    The mods approve or change the cuts. I just want to share my thoughts so Merphy has a good experience with Wano👍

    • @MrHellmager
      @MrHellmager 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Personally would love a full act 3 video since it’s just 1 long crazy ride that keeps getting better and better. Maybe split 2 parts if anything oden flashback/the raid

    • @bigmom1274
      @bigmom1274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great idea

    • @wiselettuce8715
      @wiselettuce8715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Her patrons are very knowledgeable about OP from what we've seen so far, so i have no doubt Merphy is in the right hands.

    • @abdelm4lek
      @abdelm4lek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MrHellmager yeah I agree, splitting it into 2 parts of Oden's flashback and the raid sounds more reasonable and coherent

    • @metajex
      @metajex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Honestly Wano should be cut into 4 parts. It has very obvious cut off points but the start of act 3 and then the rest of act 3 could be 2 seperate videos

  • @ajdoku865
    @ajdoku865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I believe the vinsmoke bros have emotions, since they enjoyed tormenting Sanji for instance. Judge took away "positive emotions", like kindness, compassion, empathy, and any emotion that would stop them being cold blooded soldiers. Such as fear, which is why they laughed at the irony of their situation at the wedding.

    • @barryallen2240
      @barryallen2240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, you are probably right

  • @foxfax2
    @foxfax2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Otohime's saving of Myosgard is even bigger now we've learned of his full name. His brother Homing deciding to go out in the world is ridiculed, as shown by Toejam Most Punchable, and probably made Myosgard's life worse (if that can happen when you can literally have everything you want). The fact that he was able to see Otohime's sacrifice as what it was and grow from it is wonderful.

    • @18sicily
      @18sicily 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Has it been confirmed that Homing and Mjosgard are brothers? I haven’t heard or read anything from creditable sources that say so

    • @forgetmenots5528
      @forgetmenots5528 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@18sicily iirc, Mjosgard is part of the Donquixote branch family

    • @EsquilaxM
      @EsquilaxM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@forgetmenots5528 Doesn't mean they're brothers. there's possibly hundreds of Don Quixotes, the family has been around for centuries

    • @forgetmenots5528
      @forgetmenots5528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EsquilaxM I never said they were, I only mentioned that Homing and Mjosgard were most likely on different branches of the family

  • @Kgodden15
    @Kgodden15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Me: 900 chapters in, I wonder what long standing mysteries Oda will wrap up first as we slowly conclude the series?
    Oda: Here's some more lol.

  • @AnyMEmdq
    @AnyMEmdq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Kuma was known as "The Tyrant". Before becoming a pirate he was the King of the Sorbet Kingdom. The character we know as Bonney assumed the identity of the Queen Dowager of the Sorbet Kingdom "Connie" and got into Marie Geosie. Those are all facts. Theories have arisen about Bonney being actually Connie and being Kuma's mother/wife. I don't like those theories. My personal theory goes as follows:
    * Kuma married into Royalty: He married someone I want to be called "Annie", daughter of Connie, Queen of Sorbet (Oda drew Kuma as a kid, and he looks poor, wearing ragged clothes, so he was not a Royal by birth).
    * Annie's father died (Let's call him Donnie), and Kuma and Annie became King and Queen.
    * They had a daughter, Princess Bonnie, who is extremely similar to her grandmother (which is perfectly common).
    * X many years ago, Annie got to know something she should not and was killed by CP0, or she was collateral in whatever scheme the World Government was trying to pull, or something like that. She died and the WG was at fault is what's important.
    * Kuma became a tyrant, taking his anger onto his people. Maybe he knew she was killed by the WG, maybe he didn't.
    * Later, he either got to know or decided to act on that knowledge, and he left the Kingdom to launch a suicidal attack on the World Government. Princess Bonnie was left behind to be raised by Connie, who now assumed the role of ruler as Queen Dowager.
    * The Revolutionary Army got a hold of him (maybe they are the ones that told him what happened to Annie) and convinced him to go deep undercover
    * He became a pirate and built up a rep so that he would be invited as a Shichibukai.
    * WG thought of keeping your enemies closer, so they recruited him, in case he did know something about whatever they did that cost Annie's life.
    * He was never fully trusted, that's why he was, on Doffy's words, their lapdog, agreeing to everything they said, always showing up.
    * That's also why he agreed to be experimented on.
    * Vegapunk CLEARLY is not fully on board with the government's agenda, because he agreed to program Kuma to look after the Sunny. He might be on board with the revolution, or maybe he is just a mad scientist who doesn't give a crap about anything and agreed to that so that he was allowed to replace his brain with an artificial one and see how that would work. If the former, though, you can expect Kuma's true self to be backed up somewhere, either within his own head, waiting for the appropriate trigger, or in Vegapunk's lab.
    * When Princess Bonnie got to know about what happened to her mother, and why her father left, years later, she set sail to find and save her father and became the pirate Jewelry Bonney.
    * As she is extremely similar to her grandmother, when she ages herself she can pass as Connie

    • @MechaStorm7
      @MechaStorm7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sick theory, I love it !!

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tyrant is Tyrano
      Rex is king

    • @renanave
      @renanave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Merphy please read this!!!

    • @MiTrOn
      @MiTrOn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I really think the sorbet kingdom was a poor country. When Oda drew kuma as a Child he seems like a poor boy. Also in this arc we get to know that theres something call hevenly tribute, that not much countries can afford. Maybe he was a pirating to pay this tribute and eventuallly became a warlord

    • @Nastyn1nja808
      @Nastyn1nja808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Her Oda Box says Dowager Queen. Isn't she Kuma Mom? I guess your theory looks good though. What about that smiling Kuma in Sabos memory

  • @SupposeIRose
    @SupposeIRose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    The saddest thing to me is the realization that Kuma is no longer "Paw Paw Warlord guy" to Merphy

  • @riccardocalosso5688
    @riccardocalosso5688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    This is not yet confirmed, but i believe Shanks is talking about Blackbeard, since BB is a really dangerous person, and Shanks seems to be the only person who is not underestimating him.
    Remember when Shanks went to talk to Whitebeard and said that Blackbeard was the one who gave him the sick scar on his face?

    • @spunkush
      @spunkush 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You are correct. But rhe WG really shouldn't be downplaying him. BB took their strongest jailer and prisoners, he killed WB, holds 2 of the most powerful devil fruits, can apparently steal another, and he destroyed their base.

    • @kuzan421
      @kuzan421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i think youre right, but whitebeard didnt underestimate him, and only didnt go after him himself because ace wanted to deal with it (this is shown in more detail in the new ace side story. i know whitebeard seemed to underestimate him when talking to shanks), and i dont think the wg is underestimating him

  • @cloud77hot40
    @cloud77hot40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Everyone was losing their minds with every last couple of panels in each chapter! It was so huge that WE needed a break. When Shanks appeared and had a meeting with the The Five Elders, it was crazy to everyone that the chapter was #1 trending in Twitter!

    • @rulfus7
      @rulfus7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm so looking forward to merphy getting to chapter 957

  • @madaraclive66
    @madaraclive66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    The week to week experience of this arc is just the community imploding on itself every week.

    • @edwardkanu8328
      @edwardkanu8328 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts

    • @MrJ-pn8ri
      @MrJ-pn8ri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah yes, good times good times!

    • @killler240
      @killler240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *Chapter drops each week* Okay time to go 🥊

    • @generalyousif3640
      @generalyousif3640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree, it was one of one piece finest experience

  • @miquelcanosasanteularia1678
    @miquelcanosasanteularia1678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This arc as a manga reader that was caught up was one of the best ever

  • @komi-sanmustbeprotected5665
    @komi-sanmustbeprotected5665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The levels of hype that the fandom reached during the time these chapters came out was immeasurable, I vividly remember sitting at my computer and being blown away every week

  • @MikedieONE
    @MikedieONE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Man I LOVE how deep you are into the details of the story now, paying attention and not just read it superficially. This is one of the best parts of One Piece. the theorizing and posibilities to think about.
    You pay really well attention. thats how one piece is consumed the best way :3.
    Happy new year!

  • @switchxb
    @switchxb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Catching up and going week to week is a double-edged sword that many manga fans are all too familiar with. In general, I tend to think one piece arcs read much better as a binge and waiting a week or two for a new chapter can feel excruciating, especially when a story or event is building to a climax. Conversely, one of my favorite parts of Sunday mornings is waking up nice and early (my time) to a fresh batch of official releases and popping in to Roger's stream to see him freak out and point out details and references that I may have missed. Still something to look forward to though!

    • @robertcampbell8070
      @robertcampbell8070 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the longer arcs are definitely better? Maybe? when you can read them all the way through. Like I enjoyed Dressrosa a lot more going back and rereading the whole thing in one shot thsn I did week to week. I think when you're doing it week to week you don't enjoy it as much because any chapter that doesn't have a big reveal or something feels like can feel like a "wasted" week when the arc gets into the 70th, 80th, 90th chapter. Whereas going back and reading it when it's done you can appreciate those chapters for world building, tension building, etc.

  • @keen96
    @keen96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    about shanks, the elders specifically say that they agreed to meet with him "because it's him", which is the exact same thing that Sengoku (afro buddha marine) said in the Marineford arc when Shanks demanded to take the bodies of WB and Ace. I wonder what Shanks is or what has he done to earn this treatment from the marines...

    • @zeynelabidinguney8902
      @zeynelabidinguney8902 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There was a theory about that. According to the theory.
      Shanks was a celestial dragon who is raised by pirates. (Roger pirates) It happened in the GOD VALLEY incident. According to the timeline shanks was 1 year old when that happened. And after the God Valley fight Roger pirates find him and raised.
      That's why Roger said "It's been a long time since we hold a baby" when he was holding Hiyori.
      That's why Sengoku didn't do anything to Shanks. Or 5 elders decided to see him.
      .
      I think it's a good theory.

  • @chidi329
    @chidi329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Oda really made an arc that after leaving we were just like “HUH??!?”

  • @furorteutonicus9045
    @furorteutonicus9045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    When we saw all the Kumas pop up at Sabaody we did not know how it was possible that there are so many of them. They were no replicated robots because they could bleed. With the knowledge we gained during WCI about lineage factor we now know that Vegapunk actually CLONED Kuma and then modified the clones and turned them into cyborgs.

    • @danielrazo450
      @danielrazo450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      But Fujitora is presenting the news as if Vegapunk developed a new ultimate weapon. Since we know from Punk Hazard that Vegapunk was the lead investigator of lineage factor and its relation with devil fruits, we can speculate that he may have replicated devil fruit powers efectively. So maybe the ultimate weapons are the same bunch of Kumas, but now with broken devil fruit powers. Maybe a lot of them have Paw Paw Fruits of their own.

  • @user-hy1lm2rd9q
    @user-hy1lm2rd9q 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    One of the things that really blew me away is that for 20 years the fandom thought Luffy's strawhat was a symbol of inherited will and well.. that's it. And while that's powerful, now we know it's so much more than that. These kinds of secrets that we didn't even know existed still continue to happen 20 years later... Oda is a genius.

  • @marpercursor3938
    @marpercursor3938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So I started the OP anime over the summer and when I got to the Reverie and saw the giant straw hat my mind was just blown on how deep the mystery of this world goes even further than we thought and I don't really watch other people reviews but I'm so glad to have found your channel on my feed because even though I experience OP through the anime and you with the manga we both love the world that Oda has created so thanks for the amazing reviews and can't wait for you to read and experience Wano.

  • @marcelocapeljunior3579
    @marcelocapeljunior3579 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's fun coming back to these videos, seein Merphy's thoughts and theories and how some of it alligned with how canon turned out and how some of it was different. She's got a real talent for piecing together narrative beats and threads.

  • @eskreskao
    @eskreskao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    YAY, 2022 is the year of WANO!
    So the way I see it, the next steps should be:
    * Chapters 909-924 (starting slow with Act 1)
    * Chapters 925-955 (Intermission 1 and Act 2)
    * Chapters 956-974 (Intermission 2 and the first third of Act 3)
    * Chapters 975-1000 (second third of Act 3)
    * Chapters 1001-Whichever will get released by the time

  • @CSBIBLE21
    @CSBIBLE21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    no waaay, your so called "baseless" theory of the giant straw hat being one of the 3 weapons is actually a very known theory about it and has a lot of strong points going in its way, it's actually the one i personally believe the most!

    • @merphynapier42
      @merphynapier42  3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      oh really?! That's awesome! When I'm caught up I need to look up all the reasons people believe it because I really don't have a lot to back my guess up

    • @CSBIBLE21
      @CSBIBLE21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@merphynapier42 yea to be fair it only makes sense once other theorys are established and assumed to be true, but thats why im so impressed that was a wild guess from you ahaha, good job lol

    • @bondrook9628
      @bondrook9628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@merphynapier42 watch Mr morj's video on this it has no spoilers!!!

    • @Greendalewitch
      @Greendalewitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@merphynapier42 Also be aware Merphy that Morgan declaring Luffy an Emperor does not make him one. At leats not at this point in the story. Luffy is still not ready ( those who are caught up in the series know what I am talking about ) for him to go toe to toe up against the Emperors. He still has a way to go in terms of power till he becomes an true Emperor, not just because the paper say so.
      Remember when Blackbeard was reading the papers and saying it was still too early. Its true. Shanks however says that he will be able to see Luffy soon. Soon. Not yet, but soon. He is slowly but surely becoming an emperor, not because the papers say he is, but because he truly is.
      Second. Big Mom does not want to teak up with Kaido. She wants to kill Luffy on her own and tells Kaido to not lay his hands on him. Luffy is hers to kill. Kaido however denies.

    • @Johury
      @Johury 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My preferred twist on this theory is that the hat isn’t the defined shape but it’s something that changes shape into something that represents a threat or a future change in the world.

  • @KevinVideo
    @KevinVideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The best part for me during this arc was when Big Mom was asking when exactly did she lose to Luffy, and the paper just angering her even more. This arc lays so much ground work for the future, and I can't wait to see what reveals we get.
    I have my own theories about the straw hat, but something to note, when Luffy first met Buggy, Luffy announced that the straw hat he got from Shanks was his treasure. I don't know if the frozen straw hat is supposed to be a parallel to that, but it's something I've always kept note of in the back of my head.

  • @AnyMEmdq
    @AnyMEmdq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    21:40 And he is related to Doflamingo: Donquixote Mjosgard

  • @KHMissy
    @KHMissy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Wano doesn't participate in the Reverie because they're not affiliated with the World Government. It's been implied that not all nations of the world are members of the World Government, but an overwhelming amount are.

    • @Zalied
      @Zalied 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A big thing is the WG makes u part of it or your life's so hard u join for protection but wano doesn't need protection pre kaido it was fine and post kaido well thr WG ain't doing snatching to that.
      It's so hard to invade wano I mean big moms ship failed ....a few times to get up had kaido been there too or Oden pre kaido no ones getting up that waterfall
      So wano is one of the few able to bot need the WG in a world this dangerous I assume Elbaf is the same probably hard to invade the giants island so they don't need to join. (The WG giants talk about how they are not brutes like Elbaf so I assume not aligned)

    • @axelmok4_channel391
      @axelmok4_channel391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not implied it's out right stated if you don't pay the Heavenly Tribute to the Celestial Dragons you can't be part of the World Government, which means the Marines turn a blind eye and let Pirates attack you

  • @joarmando7314
    @joarmando7314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    21:56, also interesting fact, you probably saw it, the Celestial Dragon that intervened to save Shirahoshi (Mermaid Princess) is a Donquixote, same family name as Doflamingo

  • @deathguardian25
    @deathguardian25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I would love to see merphy reacting to some theories when she gets to the point where the story is right now, see her telling her opinions on theories would be really interesting

  • @kamarassakka9922
    @kamarassakka9922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Its so unreal that youre now in our discussion ball pack. You can theorize on anything now and dont fear about spoilers, cause we all dont. You made it

  • @EnterANameReal
    @EnterANameReal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    check back to Dofllamingo's lore dump on the 20 kingdoms
    The Nefertaris are "traitors" because they're the only country that stayed at the surface and didn't go become celestial dragons

  • @BloodRobert3639
    @BloodRobert3639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also the giant from the Revolutionary Army is the one who made the secret floor in impel down, just a little fun thing I didn't notice the first time

  • @daniellefaith47
    @daniellefaith47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I don't think I've heard anyone else speculate that dismantling the warlord system would = vegapunk turning them all into Kuma-like cyborgs.... that would be wild, and I like it lol. Keep theorizing! I like seeing what you come up with, and I think you'll have so much fun in the week to week one piece community when you get all caught up.

    • @suyashgairola6270
      @suyashgairola6270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is actually quite a prominent theory in the community

    • @daniellefaith47
      @daniellefaith47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@suyashgairola6270 could you point me to some creators? Its not something anyone in my current line up has mentioned. Thanks!

    • @HyakuJuu01300
      @HyakuJuu01300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nahh SSG is something else entirely different. She seems to have missed that part while focusing too much on Kuma.

    • @FawnCarnivore72
      @FawnCarnivore72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nah the pacifistas already occupy that role of cyborgs/war machines. Another theory going around is that since vegapunk is experimenting with artificial devil fruits like kaidos fruit being artificially given to momonosuke, he might come up with a way to create artificial logia fruits. We know that artificial zoans already exist.

    • @kamarassakka9922
      @kamarassakka9922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HyakuJuu01300 Thats the thingk she didnt miss it. We as a community are used to riding with the theories of our content creators and most say SSG is just marines improved by Vega punk. But it can really be like she theorized, Just imagine Mihawk with Kizaru abilities. Now thats how you make a "Special Science Group" which can be even be considered a threat at this point

  • @Ry9022
    @Ry9022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    There is a theory that the three ancient weapons are tied to the three types of Haki. Pluton, the super powered warship represents Armament Haki, Poseidon(Shirahoshi) with her power to control Sea Kings represents Conqueror's Haki. If the Hat is the third, Uranus, it may be something that can take the form of something to warn whoever has it, like Observation Haki lets someone sense something.

    • @chantararix
      @chantararix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Woah. Thinking about it, 3 haki has a semblance to the 3 constitutions of a human being: body, mind and soul.
      Body - armament (represents one's fortitude)
      Mind - observation (represents one's psyche)
      Soul/spirit - conqueror's (represents one's will)

  • @nijil1801
    @nijil1801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Donquixote Mjosgard was one of the first new character that I got introduced when I caught up with the manga . I was so excited when I saw his full name after hearing all the other theories and everything . So many old and beloved characters was once again seen in the panels during this arc after years of absence .

  • @pandanganmatiyn1487
    @pandanganmatiyn1487 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol it's funny that I think you just missed the most important part in Koala's motivation line. It's not more so on the issue of Fishmen, but the fact that Koala stated the revolutionary army's enemy is not the World Government itself, but rather the Celestial Dragons who control it. That's the line that we should remember.

  • @emresenkalfa6002
    @emresenkalfa6002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I forgot to prewrite this comment so here we are:
    This is offically the last review I will be able to watch since I haven't started wano to stack some episodes in anime. I thank you sincerly for the great reviews and making my fridays much better. I am looking forward to enjoy the series as equals from now on. Take care

  • @MIHRAN146
    @MIHRAN146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also that nice toe jam that saved crybaby princess is Mingo's uncle which goes to show that the entire doflamingo family are outside the norm of the regular toe jams

  • @Ry9022
    @Ry9022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Man, I remember getting back into One Piece when this arc happened. Such a great time to return.

    • @byslow4563
      @byslow4563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chapter 903 was the chapter I caught up to the manga. With every chapter I had so many questions and wanted to discuss things with the community. Because of that I searched online for one piece creators. I had so many Videos to watch at this time. So much fun

  • @alex-rd
    @alex-rd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad Merphy never forgets about her deaf audience with her ASL

  • @psychronia
    @psychronia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Queen Otohime, someway, somehow, saved Shirahoshi without violence. It's amazing.

  • @Darzhafox
    @Darzhafox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    16:25 literally every one piece fan reading that section and arriving at the giant straw hat

  • @enderstar1016
    @enderstar1016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    they probably called cobra and his family a bunch of traitors because they descend from a family of celestial dragons that decided to continue to rule their kingdom instead of ascending to mariejois at the establishment of the world government.

  • @dendenmushi4324
    @dendenmushi4324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Had the biggest smile on my face hearing about you talk about you doing week-to-week theorizing with everyone. Can't wait for you to engage with the community.

  • @-Berry.
    @-Berry. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The Pokemon is a character that we know of, but haven’t seen. He’s the navy admiral that replaced Aokiji during the timeskip. His alias (like Red Dog, Blue Pheasant, Yellow Monkey and Purple Tiger) means Green Bull, so, purely speculation, plant based superpowers? Makes sense given what he said

    • @JustTry919
      @JustTry919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ganja ganja no mi

    • @MohitKumar-ve3je
      @MohitKumar-ve3je 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly. The way she kind of does a disservice by not knowing the big character names and or dismisses them entirely is really off-putting. Dont get me wrong. I watch her videos regularly but this is weird. Imagine saying Ryokugyu a pokemon(I know its a joke), or not knowing the name of one of the most hyped character of Onepiece saying Katos, I mean come on that's ridiculous. She does not even try to remember the name Im-Sama.

    • @declanglover4752
      @declanglover4752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MohitKumar-ve3je names are hard to remember when you are rushing through the chapters. I’m sure she will know them after she is able to take a while to reread and breakdown the story.

    • @anthonygudisey5734
      @anthonygudisey5734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MohitKumar-ve3je it’s not like she doesn’t get the importance of the character tho. She obviously knows this is an admiral and is respectively as strong and important.

    • @MohitKumar-ve3je
      @MohitKumar-ve3je 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@declanglover4752 I understand names are hard to remember. But it's literally written on the image Navy HQ Admiral Ryokugyu that she showed. And she still says Pokemon. And forgetting shirahoshi or Rebecca is one thing. But how the heck can you forget Kaido, the world's strongest creature who has been hyped for like 200 chapters at that point. Maybe I am overreacting but the onepiece nerd in me says you need to remember atleast the important character names if you are reviewing a story. And reverie arc is literally 10 chapters long there's nothing much to remember.

  • @keegantolvstad4572
    @keegantolvstad4572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Despite you saying that people have theorized this you have brought some interesting thoughts to the table it’s super awesome to hear more thoughts and input on it

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Okay, two users already provided clarification as to the Levelly, Reverie thing, i'll try to add a little more. Okay so Japanese has three different alphabets, hiragana, katakana and Kanji. Both Hiragana and Katana are syllabe based alphabets, one letter represents a syllabe and of the two, hiragana is used for japanese words and katakana is used for foreign words. Kanjis are the well-known pictograms somewhat similar to the chinese ones. Kids start by learning hiragana and then learn some kanjis, thus mangas are written in hiragana. Since japanese people use the same sounds for L and R, unless it's explicitly written in out alphabet, there's no way to know if itś meant to be an R o an L, thus the Reverie/Levelly thing

  • @tembakaugunung6139
    @tembakaugunung6139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dear God! You bring us back the Raging Storm that stroke us when Those chapters were out! People were going crazy! One piece becoming Trending Topic in twitter 4 Weeks straight! And our heads were hurt just to crack open whats going on and what will possibly going to be!
    Tbh, ixm mildly tearing up when you talking about Kuma ... sweet dear Kuma, the gentle Kuma. Man, we all love him as much as you do 😢
    BIG NEWS!

  • @ArunIyerS
    @ArunIyerS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I am not sure if the war will happen so soon. Honestly I am kinda hoping for a Franky v Vegapunk showdown. While Vegapunk seems to have been a good guy, but his alliance with world government is unclear. It would be cool to get some backstory on him as well. I suspect that there will be some kind of showdown between Vegapunk and Franky, where we will see Franky getting upgraded. There are also other characters that need some power ups before they can handle another war.

    • @a3-radio
      @a3-radio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Vegapunk character is interesting because we already a bit how he ended with the marines and he implanted in kuma his last wish, which means he isn't completely heartless, very interested in his proper introduction

  • @billyalarie929
    @billyalarie929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    merph, it is literally ALWAYS cool for you to dress how you want for these, and any other videos you make.
    you're a genuine comfort, and a good time, and the more you're comfortable, the more I'M comfortable, and i need to be comfortable right now, maybe more now than ever before.
    so, do you. and also, thank you. for everything.

  • @morphingninja
    @morphingninja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's always impressive how much just 6 chapters can change a 1000+ chapter story.

  • @kingbellos1403
    @kingbellos1403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I cant wait to see more character breakdowns. Bc with this channel being a BookTube style the way Merphy approaches things is much different than the standard One Piece fan. So seeing how the characters are broken down from that perspective will be neat.

  • @carolinemckee7009
    @carolinemckee7009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think my favorite part of this arc was all these rulers of the different nations coming together and going "Luffy saved your kingdom too? F*ck yeah! Let's go."

  • @KaIIavan
    @KaIIavan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Once Merphy is completely caught up, I would love to see a collab or stream with her, Roger, and Tekking! The amount of theories and conversation between the 3 would be insane haha

  • @MrHellmager
    @MrHellmager 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Plz take your time with wano, being able to read act 3 without having to wait week to week might be the best experience ever

  • @andersonborges5377
    @andersonborges5377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I believe that the hat is just a "marker" for a tomb, where there is a body conserved by the low temperature(maybe joyboy?), to whom the hat belonged, which makes me think that the reason Doflamingo wanted Law's fruit was to use the body swap ability, placing himself in the conserved body.

  • @sinkerdas
    @sinkerdas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    it's a nice detail how Morgan's dialogue indicates that people outside of Goa think it's a peaceful place. the nobles hide the real picture from the media to keep good appearances(similar to Japan and other countries if you ask me, just not to the same extent) just like they did when the celestial dragon came to visit the kingdom. nobody outside knows of the existense of Grey Terminal

  • @Jordan-hu8fg
    @Jordan-hu8fg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to see you in the next TH-cam Reverie you should be caught up by then its basically just a bunch of one piece youtubers getting in a call together and just talking about what they think is gonna happen in one piece

  • @jkristoff88
    @jkristoff88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Honestly this entire ARC is just the fans speculating randomly.

  • @vacant_space_cadet
    @vacant_space_cadet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ALSO celestial toejam that got saved by the queen is named DONQUIXOTE Mjosgard, meaning he's biologically related to Doffy in some way, I don't remember. Probably nothing important but I always thought it was a neat little detail.

  • @megamegapop12
    @megamegapop12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Trust me ai thought I would dread being a week to week reader but the joy I get from a new chapter is unmatched.

  • @lucascruz3512
    @lucascruz3512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really really recommend you to watch episode 957 of the anime when you're around the same chapters in the manga
    It is one of THEE best episodes the anime has had in a LONG time and it's just really fun to watch, specially when you're not really used to watch anime like myself lol
    Keep up with the reviews! Have been awesome to re experience this whole journey with you

  • @thawkkk09
    @thawkkk09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE ! ! ! !
    thanx 4 uploading Merphy-cha

  • @brandonstickels5435
    @brandonstickels5435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Reading this arc week-to-week was bananas. As a fanbase, we looked forward to the next chapter giving us some closure on the cliffhanger from the last chapter, just to be shown a brand-new mystery and an even bigger cliffhanger at the end of the next chapter

    • @MechaStorm7
      @MechaStorm7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Goda hitting us with divine judgement

  • @pkbuggydclown
    @pkbuggydclown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As for the relationship between Jewelry Bonnie and Kuma, the country that "Connie" (Bonnie's elder form) rules is the same one that Kuma used to rule.

  • @saljoy_
    @saljoy_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE !!!! I'M HEADING TO WANO AND I'M SO EXCITED TO CATCH UP WITH YOU MERPHY !!!! SEE YOU SOON IN THE LAND OF WANO !!

  • @luminousignesia372
    @luminousignesia372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Merphy is more in tune with this story than 70% of fans no cap

    • @miguelgonzalez6495
      @miguelgonzalez6495 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lot has to do with how many damn books she has read too. She understands storytelling.
      Unlike others who only appreciate fights.

  • @diordioharmani5587
    @diordioharmani5587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I actually remember reading the chapter where carlos tried to capture shirahoshi while i was at the greenfield festival 2018. At one point i said quite loudly, while we were sitting at the camp sight, holy shit and everybody turned their heads to me and i just said: "Sorry this is a relly good chapter". The hype, the frinds around me the festival setting, it was a really awesome moment to read a one piece chapter and i don't think i'll ever forget that moment. Now that i think about there were more than just a few moments where reading a hype one piece chapter either enhanced an already good moment or made an otherwise misreable moment magical. This show has been with me for so long and i really have alot of love for it and the memories it gave me. I guess i'll end my rant here but i could go on. Thx for reading and since it's time appropriat i wish everyone a happy new year.

  • @tximinoman
    @tximinoman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As far as I know the third admiral is supposed to be a secret. I don't know if there's any weird theory about it (I'm sure it is) but I don't think it's important.

  • @tabsi2436
    @tabsi2436 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear Merphy,
    I just cached up with your newest video and wanted to use the moment to let you know how much I enjoy your reviews. Your gushing over the characters is so much fun and I can whole heartedly agree with you. Also I think you are an enormous asset to the one piece Fandom and I absolutely love your "mom view" on the series.
    Never stop telling us your real opinion. Great work!

  • @ibra9025
    @ibra9025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    you got a theory right!!

  • @FabianPalacios518
    @FabianPalacios518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    never thought I would ever watch book reports as an adult and look forward to new ones so damn much. Thanks for vids. I love listening to these while playing video games.

  • @OfficialEdwardNewgate
    @OfficialEdwardNewgate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Garp's interaction with stelly is still one of the funniest things in all of One Piece for me lmaooo

  • @lultrappy4457
    @lultrappy4457 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching you get excited about things I too was super excited about makes me very happy lol

  • @rollsroyce1213
    @rollsroyce1213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    MERPHY JUST GOT A W THEORY WIN

    • @ibra9025
      @ibra9025 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah

  • @Xx1devilgod1xX
    @Xx1devilgod1xX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I officially just watched all of your one piece videos, they're pretty good and can't wait for the ones about the Wano saga.

  • @Artimao
    @Artimao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Don't worry if you think your theories are not very organized at this point. That happened to literally EVERY One Piece fan when we reached the Reverie

  • @VictorHernandez-ow7jk
    @VictorHernandez-ow7jk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m not sure if you said this in the video but before I forget: we actually see a reverie all the way back in the alabasta saga (I think it was in drum island) we got a flashback to the reverie!

  • @justinv5612
    @justinv5612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sanji doesn’t hate all science, just specifically anything that comes from Germa 66. His thing with the raid suit is that he doesn’t want to feel like he’s relying on his family’s technology.

  • @DocKrazy
    @DocKrazy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this video like 3 or 4 times already just because I'm way too hyoe for you to chatch up
    I feel like you're both too late and too early to catch up to one piece but seeing new people in the fandom who theorize and speculate and try to figure out the story makes me genuinely happy. So thank you for that

  • @eskreskao
    @eskreskao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    5:19 SHE SAID IT! SHE SAID THE THING!

  • @tyriquesmith8850
    @tyriquesmith8850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm so excited! Can't wait to see your next reaction 😁