Its helpful for those of us who are able to read Japanese as well. The amount of double meanings and ways to read the same thing and get completely different meanings makes it really difficult to understand what is meant by certain phrases. The language is complex to the point lawyers often just argue the meaning of the words instead of the laws themselves.
Considering what's happening in the latest chapter watching this video has me convinced you're the best source for one piece talk. Long live Lunapienart
From the second Imu’s name was revealed as Nerona, I immediately went to the history books and started reading about Emperor Claudius (Nero) and his trifles with Christianity and his defacing of the Sun god statue into his likeness. Look up Emperor Nero and read of his vile cruelty and you’ll realise that after all this time. Oda is giving us mildly twisted Roman history 😂 Which also makes me think back to how much I wanted to know what was at the lower levels of water 7. Under Wano and the sea rising 200 meters really got me thinking about W7 and
The one and only animal, that was not mentioned in the Bible is the cat. Some people say that the cat was mentioned in the original scriptures, but then deleted by some of the early writers of the Bible because they associated the cat with the Egyptians. (Alabasta) the exception being leopards and lions. Lions referring to royalty, also Lucifer. Leopards as hunters. the dog was an unclean animal, the terms "dog," "dog's head," "dead dog," were used as terms of reproach or of humiliation ( 1 Samuel 24:14 ; 2 Sam 3:8 ; 9:8 ; 16:9 ). Paul calls false apostles "dogs" (Phil 3:2 ). Those who are shut out of the kingdom of heaven are also so designated ( Revelation 22:15 ). You can easily draw parallels to the straw hats and seven deadly sins. Lucifer, aka Morningstar. Sun god. You’re piece of information just adds to my theory that D. stands for Dog.
You’re literally the most valuable most important creator for one piece especially for those of us who want to learn Japanese and experience the real genuine nuance and expression of this story ❤
I've been dying for one piece videos like this. I love theorizing myself but feel I can only get so far on certain things without being a native speaker. Thank you. Really loved the video
This is so cool to learn! And it’s well-presented. Thank you for preparing and publishing this lesson on “One Piece in Native Japanese”. I’m subscribing!
Thank you for your hard work! Thank you also for displaying more images of what you were explaining. Its hard to keep up on prior videos But if possible can you change the ratio between your cam and your image displaying screen? Its too small.
I love your videos , man! I watched every Dawn Dusk video and now also follow this channel. The value of you content is greatly appreciated ! Thank you for your work :). Greeting from Germany.
I love these discussions and in depth break downs of things I've missed, while I think Imu is a female I can't deny the masculine hints lost in translation that say otherwise.
Thank you, amazing video :) good thinking, and all your content makes me think you may be one of the official op translators lmao. well regardless ( and dont confirm cuz that would probably be problematic for you ), great theories!
Excellent content! Thank you for the video! I have a question what is difference in meaning between 聖 and 宮? What could be reasons why male and female celestial dragons are addressed differently?
Taken by themselves, the kanji Sei 聖 means "holy" while Guu 宮 means "palace", but there can be more to it than just their literal meanings. Sei is also typically applied as a title to figures or things considered saintly such as Saint Peter 聖ペテロ, the Holy Bible 聖書 or in OP itself, "Holy Land" Mary Geoise as a location 聖地マリージョア. Whereas Guu, even though it means a palace, is more typically applied to royal persons in Japanese, such as the current real life Crown Prince, Prince Akishino 秋篠宮 _Akishino No Miya_ . In Chinese though, it's often applied to palaces as per the original meaning, eg 乾清宫 _Qían Qīng Gōng_ "Palace of Heavenly Purity". Oda merely took these words and inserted gender specific nuances to them in order to create word plays. He then uses these word plays to implicitly hint on certain important things, such as Imu's gender.
So you are the fabled owner! At this point I was sure that Stussy was just talking of herself in third person when she mentioned you. So Kudos for the channel of yours, to me one of the true best of the community right now
I have heard a theory that the redline under Pangea castle is hollow, and that the room of plants we see Imu in is the top foliage of the Eve tree that extends inside the redline and goes down past the redline into the ocean to give light to Fishman island
Why the bridges named after the liqours is there any connection to the type of bridge. Or the land masses connceted to the bridge like tequila is a land similar to a country like mexico?
Much needed insight from a japanese speaker perspective. I would like to see your take on why Mary Geoise was built. Imu could be a woman but from the context of their obsession with Lili and her betrayl and wanting Vivi doesnt feel very shounen-like if Imu is a woman. I wonder if the crowned jewel of hachinosu that cipher pol stole from Rocks was the power source of Uranus that was a one time use The silhouetted figure seems to be paralleled to kuzan in the unknown agenda faction chasing the one piece, he may be the hinokizu
when do we see the luffy vs elder fight in animation 😔😔😔 i understand that they are giving us the side stories which are also necessary who does not read manga. But i am excited for the main fight now, next weak is recap does that mean after the next week we can see something big 😍
And just like this video dropped 17 hours ago, and after the latest anime episode released, people are already speculating because of Figarlands hair color. Doesn't mean that there is no connection between Shanks and Figarland, but it's still fun to see.
This is very informative and good video! Although I was born in Japan my Katakana and Hiragana aren't very good 😢 and I have been away from Japan for years as I mainly use English language 😅
@@QuickLuffy yea its shocking to know that the voice behind the Stussy avatar and LunaPien are one in the same, you were expecting a female too right?😁, he makes good content, so much so that other OPtubers are making videos inspired by his videos
My thoughts on how they used Uranus was them having King or maybe King’s parent to fuel the flame. Also, the same hole left in the sea at Lulusia is the same hole beneath Enes Lobby. So that’s either where God Valley was or they did it a third time before that.
Dear Lunapiena! What are your thoughts on Imu being depicted as the prime antagonist, yet, the used references to Buddhist philosophy are hinting at a figure being outside of negativity… do you think, this character will introduce a deeper level of meaning to one piece as in philosophical aspects might be introduced?
whatever happened to God Valley might not have been due to an ancient weapon. who knows which devastations the fightings between the Roger Pirates, Rocks Pirates, Gods Knights and Marines have caused. And maybe there was an attempt on that island, trying to turn rare minerals into an energy source - leading to the full on destruction of the production facilities and island due to the massive damages the battles caused. until we don´t have any confirmation of it, we can´t assume that God Valley suffered the same fatal blow as Lulusia did. God Valley god wiped out - but most likely in the form of erasing it´s name and location from all (official) maps and history books. and if it´s population didn´t survive the incident, it is even more likely to erase it´s existence from the records. other incidents - like Egghead and probably even Ohara - aren´t that easy to wipe out just because of the public attention. there could still be remnants of that islang existing today - and i´m not talking about that God Vally = Thriller Bark-hypothesis - just fragments of an island only without any name or with a different name. Lulusia was just a test drive for the ancient weapon Uranos to see if the mother flame would work. close enough to Mary Joa to not risk losing the weapon on a long distance flight. but will York really be able to recreate more mother flames? the production facilities might still be available on Egghead Island, but Punk Records with all the knowledge went flying into the skies. and if the other survivors among the satellites manage to block York from connecting to the database, she might struggle to recreate mother flames on her own, which could lead to her downfall, being useless for the world government. this would be a form of revenge from Vegapunk who still might be "alive" if the Punk Records are constructed from and around his giant brain (Stella might´ve just been a decoy; a marionette to give Vegapunk a chance of faking his own death, fleeing from the clutches of the world government).
The name Garling or Garland is of Anglo-Saxon and Germanic origin. Meaning Holy Roman Empire or Charlemagne. If Shanks is a member of the Figarland family, I predict that Shanks’ name will be Charlemagne-related. And if we are still going with the theory that Shanks has a twin then I think he will also have a Charlemagne-related name So imagine Shanks and his brother are named something like Figarland Charlemagne and Figarland Wayland, like Charlemagne and Wayland the Smith.
I would like to add something more about the name of "Pangaea Castle" that fits with the themes you are discussing. The word "Pangaea" stems from the greek word "Πανγαία", which in the greek language is what would be called in english a compound word and it consists of the words "Παν" and "Γαία". The first word is still being used in modern greek and it literally means "everything" or "all" or "the all-encompassing". The second word "Γαία" is the ancient greek word for "Land" or "Earth" so it's no wonder that it is also the name of the ancient greek primordial deity of the earth "Gaia", or Mother Earth. While in modern greek we still use the word "Γαία" we have simplified it to "Γη", but the meaning of the word remains the same as before. Combining the words "Παν" and "Γαία" results in the word "Πανγαία" or "Pangaea" which in greek literally means "One Earth" or "One Land".
For me I think episode 1120 is one of the most important scenes in OP yet its significance escapes most English-reading fans simply because they think the English subs are translating the Japanese accurately. Well, not accurately enough as shown here. All celestial dragons are titled "Saint" in English, yet there is a gender specific nuance applied to them in Japanese that has not been conveyed in the English. Similarly, some English readers think just because the 5 elders address the current Imu "Imu-sama" and Ivankov calls the First 20 Imu as "Imu-sei", they then cannot be one and the same person. Mistaking the kanji "Sama 様" to be part of a person's name when it's not.
Lol, or he could have gotten his red hair from his mom side, franky seems to be in a similar boat(pun intended), inheirited his hair genes from his mom
@@mokaljordanRed hair in our world is recessive which means both parents must have the recessive red hair gene (being covered by the dominant blond hair gene). Shanks parents must be both Irish or something.
@@aleistercrow938 Just like it's nice to have a female Madara, a female Aizen, a female Kaido, a female Freeza? You really think anime fans would watch anime to see the male protagonists beat up women? lol
You are a valuable and great resource for us English speakers that cannot read or understand Japanese!
I agree!
Its helpful for those of us who are able to read Japanese as well. The amount of double meanings and ways to read the same thing and get completely different meanings makes it really difficult to understand what is meant by certain phrases. The language is complex to the point lawyers often just argue the meaning of the words instead of the laws themselves.
"I know some of these words" 😅 you right tho
As an English speaker I look at you as a mix between big news Morgans and vegapunk!
Thank you very much for what you do!
Thank you too :)
The man is getting more and more a beast in his content. Better and better 👏👏 Thanks for your analysis
Considering what's happening in the latest chapter watching this video has me convinced you're the best source for one piece talk. Long live Lunapienart
From the second Imu’s name was revealed as Nerona, I immediately went to the history books and started reading about Emperor Claudius (Nero) and his trifles with Christianity and his defacing of the Sun god statue into his likeness.
Look up Emperor Nero and read of his vile cruelty and you’ll realise that after all this time. Oda is giving us mildly twisted Roman history 😂 Which also makes me think back to how much I wanted to know what was at the lower levels of water 7. Under Wano and the sea rising 200 meters really got me thinking about W7 and
The one and only animal, that was not mentioned in the Bible is the cat. Some people say that the cat was mentioned in the original scriptures, but then deleted by some of the early writers of the Bible because they associated the cat with the Egyptians. (Alabasta) the exception being leopards and lions. Lions referring to royalty, also Lucifer. Leopards as hunters.
the dog was an unclean animal, the terms "dog," "dog's head," "dead dog," were used as terms of reproach or of humiliation ( 1 Samuel 24:14 ; 2 Sam 3:8 ; 9:8 ; 16:9 ). Paul calls false apostles "dogs" (Phil 3:2 ). Those who are shut out of the kingdom of heaven are also so designated ( Revelation 22:15 ).
You can easily draw parallels to the straw hats and seven deadly sins. Lucifer, aka Morningstar. Sun god.
You’re piece of information just adds to my theory that D. stands for Dog.
@@christopherfreehart4479if D stands for Dog I’m sending u a hundred dollars
Thank you for your service!!
You’re literally the most valuable most important creator for one piece especially for those of us who want to learn Japanese and experience the real genuine nuance and expression of this story ❤
I've been dying for one piece videos like this. I love theorizing myself but feel I can only get so far on certain things without being a native speaker. Thank you. Really loved the video
I’m glad to hear you say that! However, I also think your perspective is valuable, so please share more of your thoughts in the comments!
Thanks for your amazing work 🎉❤
You are a valuable and great resource for us English speakers. No need to worry about humor.
Just subbed for you
English is better and better, content great as always, I was early Sub. on both channels, your bro are griding hard, very good work keep it on.
This is so cool to learn! And it’s well-presented. Thank you for preparing and publishing this lesson on “One Piece in Native Japanese”. I’m subscribing!
Thank you for your hard work!
Thank you also for displaying more images of what you were explaining. Its hard to keep up on prior videos
But if possible can you change the ratio between your cam and your image displaying screen? Its too small.
I love your videos , man! I watched every Dawn Dusk video and now also follow this channel. The value of you content is greatly appreciated ! Thank you for your work :). Greeting from Germany.
Love the information on the etymology of the Japanese used and the context of it all
11:30 your breakdowns always shine a new light i woulda never seen all of your breakdowns are worth it!@!!!!!
I love these discussions and in depth break downs of things I've missed, while I think Imu is a female I can't deny the masculine hints lost in translation that say otherwise.
Thank you, amazing video :) good thinking, and all your content makes me think you may be one of the official op translators lmao. well regardless ( and dont confirm cuz that would probably be problematic for you ), great theories!
You’re def appreciated
Thank you very much for your efforts. It is so immensely helpful!
You are fine, we like you just the way you are mate!!!keep up the good work!!!
Luna, we will never say no to more content. Your videos allow me to impress my one piece friends with great theories and perspective
Your brilliant thank you for the hard work!
Thanks for your hard work!
I really appreciate this chanel and your work✨ Keep it up
Keep doing it here to I literally be waiting for your uploads so I can hear what you have to say 🙏🏾🙏🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
Excellent content! Thank you for the video! I have a question what is difference in meaning between 聖 and 宮? What could be reasons why male and female celestial dragons are addressed differently?
Taken by themselves, the kanji Sei 聖 means "holy" while Guu 宮 means "palace", but there can be more to it than just their literal meanings.
Sei is also typically applied as a title to figures or things considered saintly such as Saint Peter 聖ペテロ, the Holy Bible 聖書 or in OP itself, "Holy Land" Mary Geoise as a location 聖地マリージョア.
Whereas Guu, even though it means a palace, is more typically applied to royal persons in Japanese, such as the current real life Crown Prince, Prince Akishino 秋篠宮 _Akishino No Miya_ . In Chinese though, it's often applied to palaces as per the original meaning, eg 乾清宫 _Qían Qīng Gōng_ "Palace of Heavenly Purity".
Oda merely took these words and inserted gender specific nuances to them in order to create word plays. He then uses these word plays to implicitly hint on certain important things, such as Imu's gender.
@@BeeBeeEight Very interesting information!
Thanks for explaining a bunch of stuff. Love this channel!
So you are the fabled owner! At this point I was sure that Stussy was just talking of herself in third person when she mentioned you. So Kudos for the channel of yours, to me one of the true best of the community right now
(btw as an italian I do appreciate this channel name)
Yes! Dawn & Dusk! 🎉
Love the vid. Learned a lot! Keep cooking!
Excelent work!🎉
I have heard a theory that the redline under Pangea castle is hollow, and that the room of plants we see Imu in is the top foliage of the Eve tree that extends inside the redline and goes down past the redline into the ocean to give light to Fishman island
This is amazing! Loved the content!!!
Why the bridges named after the liqours is there any connection to the type of bridge. Or the land masses connceted to the bridge like tequila is a land similar to a country like mexico?
Gracias, excelente informacion❤❤
Much needed insight from a japanese speaker perspective. I would like to see your take on why Mary Geoise was built.
Imu could be a woman but from the context of their obsession with Lili and her betrayl and wanting Vivi doesnt feel very shounen-like if Imu is a woman.
I wonder if the crowned jewel of hachinosu that cipher pol stole from Rocks was the power source of Uranus that was a one time use
The silhouetted figure seems to be paralleled to kuzan in the unknown agenda faction chasing the one piece, he may be the hinokizu
Excelente explicación. Me encantó.
THANK YOU FOR NOT BULLSHITTING THINKING YOU ARE THE SECOND COMMING OF ODA LIKE MOST TH-cam CHANNELS. GREAT VIDEO.
I would love to see a video about Marijoa and pangea castle, i don't see any videos on marijoa and its mystique.
I would love to see a video on your interpretation on Marejois! Keep it up from New York
💪 great analysis!
Thank you for the analysis, I come here first now
bro unlocked the unlimited money hack using same title
This is amazing information.
Keep dropping dimes!
thank for the video
you are our nico robin! thank you for your videos.
I think IMU is 2 people because of how the voice sounds in the anime. Maybe body and soul are different or something.
when do we see the luffy vs elder fight in animation 😔😔😔 i understand that they are giving us the side stories which are also necessary who does not read manga. But i am excited for the main fight now, next weak is recap does that mean after the next week we can see something big 😍
Just watch the subbed and read manga
Probably early next year i believe
And just like this video dropped 17 hours ago, and after the latest anime episode released, people are already speculating because of Figarlands hair color. Doesn't mean that there is no connection between Shanks and Figarland, but it's still fun to see.
This is very informative and good video! Although I was born in Japan my Katakana and Hiragana aren't very good 😢 and I have been away from Japan for years as I mainly use English language 😅
Great theory about the new leader of the Holy Knights. I also appreciated the insight about Nerona and it's meaning.
Much love from brazil ❤
Dawn & Dusk is really a good theorist I've been following his channel for years. Are you friends with Dawn & dusk?
Hes the owner of the Dawn & Dusk channel
@@mokaljordan I just discovered it. I was really shocked too. I'm just new to this channel. I immediately subbed the moment I knew he's the owner. 🤟
@@QuickLuffy yea its shocking to know that the voice behind the Stussy avatar and LunaPien are one in the same, you were expecting a female too right?😁, he makes good content, so much so that other OPtubers are making videos inspired by his videos
@@mokaljordan Yep agreed, really very underrated.
My thoughts on how they used Uranus was them having King or maybe King’s parent to fuel the flame.
Also, the same hole left in the sea at Lulusia is the same hole beneath Enes Lobby. So that’s either where God Valley was or they did it a third time before that.
Figarlan D. Shanks 😮
Red-Haire D Shanks!
I think the cleasing in God Valley was made only by exterminating humans and the existing society (non-affiliated kingdom) not by utilising Uranus.
I think I'm in a One Piece theory rabbithole. Here I am.. learning japanese and taking notes on kanji.💀
I still think there is at least one traitor in the Gorosei. Someone from high up has obviously been helping Dragon.
Wow, very gooood!
Dear Lunapiena!
What are your thoughts on Imu being depicted as the prime antagonist, yet, the used references to Buddhist philosophy are hinting at a figure being outside of negativity… do you think, this character will introduce a deeper level of meaning to one piece as in philosophical aspects might be introduced?
LOL Mr Stussy you are like Brook! YOHOHOHOHO
whatever happened to God Valley might not have been due to an ancient weapon. who knows which devastations the fightings between the Roger Pirates, Rocks Pirates, Gods Knights and Marines have caused. And maybe there was an attempt on that island, trying to turn rare minerals into an energy source - leading to the full on destruction of the production facilities and island due to the massive damages the battles caused.
until we don´t have any confirmation of it, we can´t assume that God Valley suffered the same fatal blow as Lulusia did. God Valley god wiped out - but most likely in the form of erasing it´s name and location from all (official) maps and history books. and if it´s population didn´t survive the incident, it is even more likely to erase it´s existence from the records. other incidents - like Egghead and probably even Ohara - aren´t that easy to wipe out just because of the public attention. there could still be remnants of that islang existing today - and i´m not talking about that God Vally = Thriller Bark-hypothesis - just fragments of an island only without any name or with a different name.
Lulusia was just a test drive for the ancient weapon Uranos to see if the mother flame would work. close enough to Mary Joa to not risk losing the weapon on a long distance flight. but will York really be able to recreate more mother flames? the production facilities might still be available on Egghead Island, but Punk Records with all the knowledge went flying into the skies. and if the other survivors among the satellites manage to block York from connecting to the database, she might struggle to recreate mother flames on her own, which could lead to her downfall, being useless for the world government. this would be a form of revenge from Vegapunk who still might be "alive" if the Punk Records are constructed from and around his giant brain (Stella might´ve just been a decoy; a marionette to give Vegapunk a chance of faking his own death, fleeing from the clutches of the world government).
So is it possible Nerona and Figarland are in fact one clan?.....
What if Shanks came to the Elders to talk about Garling? Bb doesn’t make sense because Elders already had him on their radar.
good job 👍
The invite link to your discord is invalid from the link in your patreon page. Could you make a new one?
Luna, what do you about Imu
(gender or age) if its based on the sound from OP anime version?
Obviously Uta is the new God's Knight Leader :P
I hate uta and characters like this in General 😂
Can you turn the fan or computer off in the background
What if Shanks is a clone of Garling? And all his “siblings” as well?
The name Garling or Garland is of Anglo-Saxon and Germanic origin. Meaning Holy Roman Empire or Charlemagne. If Shanks is a member of the Figarland family, I predict that Shanks’ name will be Charlemagne-related. And if we are still going with the theory that Shanks has a twin then I think he will also have a Charlemagne-related name So imagine Shanks and his brother are named something like Figarland Charlemagne and Figarland Wayland, like Charlemagne and Wayland the Smith.
Imu is a man. During episode 1118 as Imu walks up the stairs. Shepherd Ju Peter referred to Imu as “Señor Imu” in Spanish subtitles.
That could easily be an error
Thanks
I know it was only the story of a game and a movie but what if there were Dyna-stones on God Valley 🤔
PLEASE DO OFFICAL REACTIONS!
Shanks Mother that has a Red Hair..
Oh, Imu is Buddha? As in Buddha vs. Monkey king (of the pirates)?
I would like to add something more about the name of "Pangaea Castle" that fits with the themes you are discussing. The word "Pangaea" stems from the greek word "Πανγαία", which in the greek language is what would be called in english a compound word and it consists of the words "Παν" and "Γαία". The first word is still being used in modern greek and it literally means "everything" or "all" or "the all-encompassing". The second word "Γαία" is the ancient greek word for "Land" or "Earth" so it's no wonder that it is also the name of the ancient greek primordial deity of the earth "Gaia", or Mother Earth. While in modern greek we still use the word "Γαία" we have simplified it to "Γη", but the meaning of the word remains the same as before. Combining the words "Παν" and "Γαία" results in the word "Πανγαία" or "Pangaea" which in greek literally means "One Earth" or "One Land".
For me I think episode 1120 is one of the most important scenes in OP yet its significance escapes most English-reading fans simply because they think the English subs are translating the Japanese accurately. Well, not accurately enough as shown here. All celestial dragons are titled "Saint" in English, yet there is a gender specific nuance applied to them in Japanese that has not been conveyed in the English. Similarly, some English readers think just because the 5 elders address the current Imu "Imu-sama" and Ivankov calls the First 20 Imu as "Imu-sei", they then cannot be one and the same person. Mistaking the kanji "Sama 様" to be part of a person's name when it's not.
PLOT TWIST: Shanks is actually blonde dying his hair red lol
Lol, or he could have gotten his red hair from his mom side, franky seems to be in a similar boat(pun intended), inheirited his hair genes from his mom
@@mokaljordanRed hair in our world is recessive which means both parents must have the recessive red hair gene (being covered by the dominant blond hair gene). Shanks parents must be both Irish or something.
*SUGOI* ^-^
Imu being a woman acting as a man coincides with the Yamato cover stories as well
RoNerona Zoro
Fish for likes all you want man we don’t mind
fırst hhooo😍🤩🤩🤩
Regardless whether Imu is a man or not, why do One Piece fans want Luffy to beat up a woman so much? Isn't that sus? lol
You mean superpowerful ruler of the world woman?
is nice to have another female antagonist besides Big mom
@@aleistercrow938 Just like it's nice to have a female Madara, a female Aizen, a female Kaido, a female Freeza? You really think anime fans would watch anime to see the male protagonists beat up women? lol
@@Air-wr4vv So you would rather see a female Madara instead?
@@thegreatimu yes 100%
don't pause 5:32