Sun God was first time mentioned in Skypiea arc within Noland's flashback. Then later in Elbaf flashback with Big Mom. Crazy foreshadowing. Also giants were introduced in Little Garden, not ogres/onis. Those are two different races.
Dude. Don't wait for the arc to end to continue! Merphy does a recap every break week (approximately once a month, usually every 3 chapters). I think that's a great schedule for someone that doesn't wanna do individual chapter reviews. Trust me, oda's pacing is so incredible right now that you will have PLENTY to talk about every 3 chapters
I appreciate that! I just gotta see how I feel. I'm all caught up on Egghead as of now, I haven't watched any of Merphy's One Piece vids since I've been avoiding all content until I got caught up out of fear of spoilers, so I'm not sure how she does it, but I'm afraid it just doesn't fit my style or sensibility. But hey, it's something I'm thinking about
The one who consider to continue the recap when the arc has ended is Totally Not Mark, but i dont think its a great idea because the arc in one piece as we know take years to end. So please consider this comment section that suggest you to do the review once a month
I don't remember the ogre thing have been explained yet, but ogre in japanese is 'oni', a giant, horned creature that wields a club, which represented by kaido and yamato's appearance oni could be how they refer themselves as, or could also be their literal race, since the horns on their heads are real organic horns also 'onigashima' literally means the island of oni the use of kid doesn't have left arm thus it can't be damaged by hawkin's power is so clever!
Ok for why the Government didn't go after him, you have to keep in mind that... The world does NOT revolve around Luffy. They were dealing with so much stuff. Let me explain with each saga: East Blue - Luffy wasn't well known yet so it does go without saying they don't know about him having the Gum Gum fruit, or at least only see him as not a threat. Alabasta - They were working on trying to find a replacement on Crocodile and again, Luffy only became known AFTER he beat Crocodile. Sure they probably should've gone after Luffy then out of all of the arcs, but again, so much stuff were already happening in the background. Skypeia - The Straw Hats are in the sky, the World Government have no connection with the Sky Islands and thus no connection with Luffy. Long Ring Long Land - They literally sent Aokiji who is an Admiral, buuuuuut Aokiji decided against capturing them. Water 7/Enies Lobby - They were indeed trying to kill the Straw Hats there but they are too focused on Robin AND THEN the Blackbeard Ace debacle happened so Thriller Bark - They confirmed that they sent Kuma to kill Luffy but with them also prepping to war against Whitebeard as well as Kuma lying about Luffy and the Straw Hats supposedly being killed... Yeah Marineford - ...bruh lol. That entire aftermath, plus the Marines got heavily overhauled with Aokiji vs Akainu and getting a new Fleet Admiral, this is also the same reason why they never went after the Straw Hats in 2 Years. Fish Man Island - Same reason as Skypeia. Punk Hazard - Yet another island the World Government has little connection with which was the reason Ceasar could hide there. Dressrosa - They were cut off from the world cause of Birdcage, Fujitora also then chose to not catch Luffy. Tot Land - That is Emperor Territory and again, the World Government can't get in there without pissing off Big Mom. And finally Wano - They tried man, they so tried lmao. So yeah, the World Government got fucked with Luffy's island choices lmao and well, they have so much shit on their plate.
@@ShutUpDenny Fair cause I too found Alabasta the most suspect, but at this point I felt that Oda established One Piece to be a story that isn't Luffy-Centric, so I can fully get behind the World Government having so much problems enough that they can't 100% prioritize Luffy ye But again, yup, I agree.
@@ShutUpDenny To be fair, Luffy had been on the ocean for only a few months by the time they reached Saobody. Finding people on the ocean is going to be hard, and they had no way to know that Luffy was going to turn up in Alabasta since there were a bunch of different paths he could have taken once into the Grand Line. He could have been on any path forward. Once they found out that he'd been in Alabasta they did send an Admiral after him since they then 'knew' the route he was headed could lead to Water 7, but Aokiji let them go thanks to knowing Garp. After that, well, they were more concerned with getting Pluton - whether by blueprints or Robin - but hey, there was a Buster Call called, so it's normal for them to have assumed that would be enough to kill things like pesky rubber pirates dead. Didn't count on best ship to bail them out. Then they sent Garp who... well, Garp'd it. After that they lost track of him in the Florian Triangle until one of the Warlords stumbled on him, but them pesky Warlords have their own agendas, being that they're pirates first and foremost, and you know that Moria wasn't going to let a strong shadow like Luffy's get away (plus at that point there was the whole Blackbeard/Ace thing going on). They sent out Kuma but hey, Kuma had ties to Luffy's father so... though he 'tried' he ultimately gave an out to the crew. Then they vanished for two years, after being injured badly in the war. If I had to guess, they thought they were dead, but when the fakehats showed up in bubble land they were quick to send out the Pacifista and Sentoumaru. Nothing they'd heard would have let them expect that Luffy would have grown so much, they couldn't get him at Fishman Island, he was off-track on Punk Hazard (remember, they didn't follow any of the compass points when in the New World, instead they followed a distress call, so they were forced off the normal path completely). Then sidequests kept popping up. XDD Once they knew he was headed to Wano, they headed there too, and once they confirmed he was there and seemed like Kaido wasn't going to be able to easily handle him, they panicked and called for CP0 to get off their asses and kill the kid.
A big part of the reason that the world government didnt appear to go so hard after Luffy is because of time imo. If you exclude the timeskip where kuma scattered the crew across the world, Luffy has been a pirate for less than 2 years. In an ocean world like OP, i imagine tracking someone is pretty difficult. On top of having to deal with the shanks/whitebeard meetup then ace's capture, I imagine a lot of their attention was elsewhere at the time. This all makes sense in my head at least
You read this all in a single day and were able to take notes?! My brain would break from getting this much information! I hope you're weren't spoilt the Gear 5 reveal because it broke the internet and it was such a cool reveal! And please don't shut up about One Piece, your reviews are so great! And thanks for this video
An interesting bit about Kaido: the kanji of his name can be read as "Strong Boy" or "Joy Boy"; maybe with that name he belived he could be THE Joy Boy, and once he realized that wasn't the case he became a gatekeeper of sort for the title of Joy Boy. So ironically calling him an obstacle rather than an antagonist is weirdly fitting!
Some of the comments are right, wish you did monthly chapter reviews of one piece, your perspective, production quality, skits & editing are some of my favourites, it's brought me so much joy following your reviews ...nice video as always, have a great one !
In my opinion, you could argue that the making each of the monster trio a "secretly had this power all along" trope actually adds more impact to the one character we know is determined and dreams of being on the same level as them, Usopp.
Correction back in chapter 1037 the gorosei doesn’t know that luffy had the nika fruit they thought it was a myth. Later on they were informed so it safes to assume Imu informed the gorosei that the potential luffy could cause I don’t blame the gorosei but we should question Imu actions because why didn’t Imu tell them sooner.
I highly doubt Kaido is done. I still expect him to come back into the story when the Rocks Pirates and the God Valley incident come into focus later down the line. Also the reason why Carrot was declared ruler of Zou was not because she "traveled the world". They said it was because she grew more dependable after sailing with the Strawhats. Also because she inherited Pedros will like nobody else. We still do not know what Pedros will actually is so this is also something that could be more relevant later and fills in some gaps.
I really appreciate your analysis of this. I also think the criticisms are fair. Wano has to have some of the highest highs and lowest lows in One Piece history. Can’t wait to see how Oda wraps this massive series up !!
I have been following you since East Blue, and it's surreal to see you enjoying and sharing your opinion now at the end of Wano. Just want to say, thank you for all your work. For Big News Morgan, not sure if you heard but some interesting theories about him being a Roger Pirate, pushing in some way the Luffy agenda (like Rayleigh, Shanks, Crocus…). Unlikely but I feel happy to finally be able to share some theory madness with you now that you are caught up lol
GASP What if HE'S Scopper?! EGADS! not likely but still, he is confirmed to have eaten the albatross albatross fruit, so he likely has a non-bird form... unless he's an albatross mink which would be hilarious. Eat the fruit that is what you is.
Bartolomeo conquering Shanks’s territory was something that happened in one of the cover stories, detailing what the Straw Hat Grand Fleet got up to after Dressrosa.
Read the wiki summary of the old Japanese folk story Momotaro. Wano is very much a retelling of that story (of course set in one piece world with many creative liberties). It has onigashima and dango and a monkey and a pheasant and a dog and everything
I think we'll find out more about Kaido when we'll have Rock's pirates flashback. Also, rumors said that Oda was rushed by his editor to finish Wano so Shank's apparition would be in manga before the film Red was released. That's why some plot points will be closed in the chapters after Wano.
So as for what next to do with one piece, I have a thought. I think you should go online and get all the cover mini arcs from the manga and do a small piece on them. Not only would this be a cool video to spotlight the small stories(especially since they don't often get focus but rather usually have just a bit of mention) but it would also fill in some holes in the story that you've brought up a bunch as an Anime-only* viewer.
The Zunesha thing cracks me up. Zunesha: Finally the long awaited day has come. I've suffered so long half the ocean is my tears. I've waited nearly a millennium for this precise moment! I am overflowing with joy for this my heart swells. Oh my weary legs long to rest but you Joy Boy are here at last! Momo: Yea not now Zunesha. Zunesha: Okay bye!
I'd rather see you do a video of all chapters up until latest chapter, and then videos on newly released chapters. But either way I'll tune in for your videos :)
This just occurred to me after your comments about Green Bull. Because you're right, he feels decidedly different from the others. In the most superficial sense that he and Fujitora don't wear the traditional suits most high ranking marines wear, perhaps visually nodding to the fact that these men joined the navy via conscription and not based on duty or specific sense of justice. So, these two new admirals showcase the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of their personal philosophy and morals. Also, to show that the marines/WG aren't as much of a unified force as they had been pre-timeskip. -Kuzan leaving the marines -Fujitora refusing to arrest the Strawhats based on his own sense of justice -Fujitora displaying a strong sense of self versus Green Bull's almost fanatical devotion to the WG
I don't believe in any One Piece death unless I see a corpse or a grave. I'm not convinced in Hawkin's death. The guy said he had 1% chance to survive. That's super low, but that's STILL 1% percent. Just enough if Oda decide to make him come back into the story. Same thing for Kaido and BM. No Corpse = No death.
@@ShutUpDenny there is a theory floating around about him having been saved and lived a full life (possibly very hindered by the disease he caught). It's hard to place the exact time frame but Gloriosa (Amazon Lily's previous empress) is around the same age that Brook is iirc. She mentioned that she was living outside of Amazon Lily when she found and escorted Boa Hancock and her sisters back home. ALSO, she is the only other person in the series with a triple chin outside of FRANKY. Franky himself said he was abandoned by pirate parents.. so maybe?
The dinosaur gag was probably inspired by the outdated, bizarre, but very real hypothesis that Stegossaurus could use its plates to glide. Also, it's very clever that Luffy's awakened fruit works like old school cartoons, since that style is called RUBBERhose. Even more interesting, the show Steven Universe has a rubberhose style character called Spinel, and the creator explicitly says Luffy was a great inspiration for her.
@@ShutUpDenny I've been watching One Piece for 15 years and reactors for many years and it's true. Your humor resonates with me and I enjoy your insights. Aright fine. Atleast poke holes in the giant tupperware you put Keith in. To be fair that's what you get for being the kinda travel agent he was. Like selling a house that a family was murdered in without disclosing it. But look at the view!
In my opinion I think the wg thought that the “pirate world “ would handle him. And didn’t think he could get pass all of the people he did. I think they really realized he was a real threat when his fight w kaido was prolonged
Very likely they lost track of him a few times too. There's multiple paths at the start of the Grand Line and New World, after all . Also, it wasn't until the issues in Alabasta that they could confirm what path he was on, (since Drum Island was uncommunicando, Whiskey Peak got wiped out and I doubt they have agents on Little Garden) before the crew disappeared into the sky. Once they figured he was headed to Water 7, Aokiji let them go because Garp was a friend, then after Enies Lobby they got lost in the mist (and you know Moria didn't tell the gov shit about the super powerful rookie pirate shadow he wanted to use) and Kuma was his father's friend so went "oops, I left all the pain to his swordsman and noped out should i go back?". Then it appeared that Luffy may have stopped being a pirate after just vanishing for two years. They tried to get to him at Saobody but didn't expect him to be so strong (mainly likely because they assumed like everyone else that Demalo was Luffy and wasn't that stronker). After FIshman Island they actually didn't go to any of the three usual paths - instead heading to Punk Hazard due to a distress call. After that was a lot of bouncing around from the crew - they weren't on the normal lines so they had to wait to hear from people in the know of where Luffy was (in Dressrosa) before he vanished again (Zou is unchartable unless you have a vivre card, remember) only to finally turn up in Wano. It must have seemed to the government that he was bouncing all over the place for no logical reason. XD
I have a theory that people don't like but I like to think the previous gum gum fruit user never awakened and was actually killed by kaido to try to force an awakening, since he might know joy boy had the fruit or was rubbery or whatever, and the world govt never feared it reawakening until it was reported luffy almost defeated kaido and big mom went down, in other words they weren't really worried about luffy and fucked around to find out when shit started going down. I could be wrong but I like the theory anyway. It would explain kaidos fixation on smiling while you fight and connect it to his potential insight on joy boy and why he gave up
So about Kaido philosophy: I think he was taught from a small age that he is an instrument of war and nothing more. Always at the whims of world powers that only saw him as a tool to destruction or an obstacle to defeat. This meant that despite believing in Joy Boy return and the coming of the Dawn he understood he couldn't be Joy Boy.... So he became the forge of Joy Boy return. Be the monster that only the one true JoY Boy could beat. So he became a monster, created more and more war, suffering and hurt in the hopes of finding someone who could withstand it, beat him and therefore prove themselves as Joy Boy. That explains his longing for challenge, for death. His treatment of Yamato, trying to either force him to be like him or maybe even reveal himself as Joy Boy meaning that a part of him did end up becoming more than just a means of destruction. By the same token Yamato's whole thing is, in my mind, a rejection of such shackles of expectations and definitions. Something that goes along with the themes of self sacrifice in the name of honor vs self preservation being honorable in of itself as you quite elegantly pointed out. Anyway that's my two cents. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. It's been a treat and I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your channel.
41:03: Aww, look how hopeful he looks saying "when the new arc finishes". That's the face of someone who never had to read week-to-week. Anyway... see you in 6-12 months !
@@ShutUpDenny It'll be probably shorter than Wano for sure, but let me put it this way : A "short" arc in One Piece is around 20-30 chapters. Oda can only make 3 chapters every single months then take a well deserved one week break. Add to that the Shonen Jump breaks and the holidays; in the best case scenario, we get between 35 to 40 chapters a year. So even if the arc is short, I don't see it end before Summer 2023. Right now we're only 10 chapters in and the arc started back in August.
Anyway, now that you’re a Manga Reader and is apparently still going to continue reading to and/or through the Next Arc, Maybe you could do Anime-Manga Comparisons for all the Arcs/Sagas you’ve already covered, I would like to hear your opinion about that, if you would be interested, of course.
Oh! And something I forgot to ask I wish to know your thoughts on Hiyori's "It isn't Kurozumi (charcoal) if it doesn't burn!" line because that caused a LOT of discourse in the community saying it's a "bad message" because it "justified the persecution of an entire clan" I think you mentioned not feeling any sympathy for Orochi but the fanbase had a few that does so I'm curious if you agree to some people's points that say that line contradicts the themes of Fishman Island being anti discrimination or Franky saying to Robin that "Being born is not a sin." Personally? I was mixed but in hindsight I agreed that it was a more realistic end for that saga, but I'm curious what you think?
One of the accepted theories on why the government didn't go directly after he was shown with the fruit is it's been 800 years since the fruit was last awakened why should they worry about everybody that has the fruit when there is a small chance of it awakening anyway
You are 110% spot on with Yamato. He is most one note inconsequential fan service character that does nothing for the story and mostly just a distraction from other character's that needed more screen time. Fan's only seem to like him because of his design and when you ask about his character they have nothing to say because he barely has one.
I like Yama because of the parallels with Momo. The ironic twist of Yamato "becoming Oden" despite being the son of Kaido and Momo becoming like Kaido while being the son of Oden was nice. Both characters are prisoners living in the shadows of their parents in different ways. Momo is trapped by the legacy of Oden and Yamato is isolated by Kaido and going against him. Both have found strength in allies, but Momo found some strength in himself, something he desperately needed. I don't agree with the criticism that Yamato and Kaido antagonism doesn't make sense. Yamato shows disrespect to Kaido by idolizing Oden and refusing to do as Kaido says. Also, Kaido was trying to make Yamato strong by isolating him like he was growing up. Wano was pretty dense so I don't blame people for not seeing something or registering all that was said.
@@shibble Yeah. I agree that Yamato was sorta shoved in the audience's face so suddenly that it made them feel like a convenient character. And while I agree they could've been handled better, I do love him choosing against following his dreams and protecting Wano first to be interesting and noble, and very Un Oden like of him considering Wano fell apart because Oden was selfish in that regard. He still has potential, I just agree with people that his potential lies against him becoming a Straw Hat.
@@Kimikachu22 I want to add that Yamato not joking the crew in the end is a show of how unlike Oden he is. Oden left Wano yo answer the call of adventure and look what transpired.
A rationale as to why the WG didn't instantly go after Luffy : nobody awakened the Nika fruit and the only after Alabasta did Luffy come into the Government's focus , after which he immediately blasted off into the sky but immediately gets targeted by CP9 once he returns and after that the Government was more preocupied by the upcoming war with Whitebeard
I didn't liiiiiiike it, just with all the egregious fake-out deaths over this series I appreciated there was at least some comedy with this one that makes it more tolerable when compared to others
34:54: Believe it or not. Some people WERE surprised. I remember arguing with a dude in the comment section of a video who was convinced she was dead. Personally the moment she was introduced into the story back in Act 1, I KNEW she and Kin'emon would be immortals for the rest of the story.
This was a pretty well made Review/Breakdown, pretty fair and valid points and opinions all around, Though, I feel like your opinions on Carrot and Yamato was pretty much the opposite to the majority of the fan base, on top of that, before the end of Wano, there were some pretty large debates about who the next Straw Hat would be by the end of Wano, from Carrot to Yamato to potentially even Tama or if there would even be a New Straw Hat from Wano after Jinbei at all, Also, speaking of Carrot and Yamato, it could be possible to think that the reason why your opinion of them are the way they are, because you probably didn’t have to wait between Episodes/Chapters, just saying.
I desperately want to like Carrot. I wanted her to have a big moment in this arc and it was set up perfectly. I was just disappointed once again :( I do think that the binging changed my perspective though. No doubt about it
Finally somebody who agreed with me about Zoro, I didn't needed him to be specifically a descendant of Ryuma, BUT I think Oda did an ok compromise where there is some hints of him indeed being related to Ryuma cause Fate, but, it ultimate didn't mattered. I think it's a great balance. As for Kaido, fair, a lot of folks wished Oda focused more on his backstory whicg hey, I agree with. But considering Kaido's life of being in a warring land and constantly being used for his strength, it does make sense why he believed Yamato cannot have friends. Yamato is definitely a mixed character yeah, a lot of people pointed out that he was too based around Oden. However, to be completely fair at least, I feel like people focused too much on his idolization of Oden when he himself has done things that is not based on Oden. He calls himself a guy and fought Kaido because HE wants to, he embraced the role of protector, and his sacrifice of not joining Luffy for the sake of Momo is touching. I agree he could've been better but the fanbase had casually ignored a couple of important stuff about him so yeah. Otherwise, I completely agree with Carrot. That is definitely the one thing that I can't excuse in this arc lol. Though hey, now that she's queen, who knows? Maybe that's a chance to do something new with her (not that I don't mind her). EDITS: (Still watching btw) Ok correction, Kid lost his arm to Big Mom, so there's their connection there. And yeah I agree we didn't needed to focus too hard on Yamato there but hey, it's a good transition lmao.
I really would love if you did weekly or monthly chapter reviews. Not sure if that's not your type of content or just too much effort, but yeah, just my 2 cents. Have you considered it before?
@@ShutUpDenny yeah, but they are a lot of fun. They don't affect the story in any way, infact they widen the world of one piece and are a lot of fun. You should think of extra materials that Oda didn't get chance to add in the story. Also in anime & manga it seemed as if Zoro have a strong connection to Ryuma but in SBS it was cleared to be not a big deal
It's insane to me how quickly the Yamato discourse flipped once everything was said and done. I was a big stan and even I have to admit how weird it all is in hindsight
Nah I've honestly seen it flip since the whole Kanjuro ball of fire thing, I felt that so many folks were just done with his build up plus the ongoing pronoun discourse that people just turned on him completely
I think part of the problem too is how Yamato just burst onto the scene when the story was ramping up. Like oh boy this is going to be a big deal... then just kinda did nothing
@@ShutUpDenny It's indeed the case of trying to "subvert" audience expectations so hard it ended up too obvious. Like of course we're gonna keep saying he is totally gonna become a Straw Hat only for Oda to yell PSYCHE! I still think Yamato has potential as his OWN character and not as nakama, but the way it was handled within the arc was sloppy. I would definitely agree he was meh if it weren't for him sacrificing his dream to protect Wano, which I thought was great development for him because he specifically went against a mistake Oden made (abandoning his people for the selfish need of freedom). Here's to hoping he and Carrot gets something new for whenever we see them again.
I think the further explanation we got with Yamato makes sense, though I'm obviously bummed not to have him join the crew since I was hard stanning him. I love his design and interaction with others, but he shines with his interactions with Momo most so it feels more organic to leave them together. After all, he did eat the fruit that made him the protector of Wano. Feels weird to take more away from the country after it already lost so much. Also I've legit been stanning another character (from the current arc) since they first showed up in the story and have wanted them with the crew because I just knew they're dynamics with them (and Luffy, especially) were going to be fun. Do I think they'll stay around forever? No, but I love what we've seen so far and want to see a lot more of them hanging around. They're also very different to the other crew members so I think they'd fit in well, too.
there is some slight hint about the Goverment actually gunning Luffy, do note that among his crew, and even others, his bounty allways increases by leaps and bounds, his first Bounty was the highest in East Blue as a first one by alsmost 10k more, remember, East Blue is concidered the weakest of the Blues and the loop hole was, he defeated other strong Pirates, which is odd if you concider it, why would a Pirate have its bounty be reflected by which Pirate he defeated?
I'm still holding hope that Carrot was absorbed into Carribou while they were both hid in the barrel, or something like that. Her resolution was so underwhelming
Not too happy with the deaths in the arc either, it felt like characters who are confirmed dead like Izo and Ashura never really got proper sendoffs in the story. Meanwhile Big Mom and Kaido are stuck in volcano limbo. None of the deaths really had a sense of finality to them
Zoro beeing a decendant of powerful people mesns nothing for how special he is. It does not give him any new powers nor does it tell us something new about him. Its just fun for the world and logical (genetics and all)
I've always adored Oda for his ability to organically weave exposition into the narrative but here he's just using characters like Who's Who and Marco to dump exposition on us. Example: "Hey Jinbei, you're a fish man so let me tell you about the sun pirates and how their symbol was inspired by that ancient sun God Nika. But you're a Strawhat now, too, so let me just talk about my whole backstory in the CP9 and how I failed to protect the gomu gomu no mi." Jinei: "Why the f*ck are you telling me this?" Who's Who: "Because Oda didn't really set any of this up ahead of time and the reader needs to know this information when it becomes relevant in the next couple of chapters". Jinbei: "OK. Go on then".
Who's Who does not start talking about all of this out of the blue tho. He was a tortured prisoner who desperately clung to the Nika legend to stay sane and to survive. Its not surprising that he got obsessed with the legend and thinks he can get information from someone who is part of a race that has a slavery history and was a SUN pirate.
@@furorteutonicus9045 I get your point and please correct me If I'm wrong, but does Who's Who ever ask Jinbei for more info on this? To me it seemed more like he was telling Jinbei about stuff that he should already know (nika) or doesn't really have a connection to (CP9/df)
@@ralfsstuff what king doesn't need more info on this. King talks about joyboy not nika while both are one in the same the names used are different for king it's joy boy for who's who's it's nika because that's what who's who's was told.
"Oda didn't really set any of this up ahead of time" is really nitpicky in my opinion, a lot of foreshadowing have happened and the mythology matches with Luffy example of the foreshadowing is the mention of sun over and over again, including the Sun Pirates and Franky's shirt the mythology of Sun God Nika is that he is the liberator of the oppressed, while since the beginning, what Luffy does is liberating the oppressed from the oppressor, from Koby to Wano
imo great choice to review arcs after they finish. One of the most annoying things about wano reviewers is they did chapter by chapter and with a long running series you really shouldn't do that becuz you'll judge things too soon.
I feel like its tough to really review the content itself chapter by chapter and it becomes moreso a guessing game of what happens next. Which is fun, but for this series at least I like to focus on the juicy meaty development and themes at work within each contained story arc. At least to the best of my ability
This guy just want to tell Oda "give everything with every side character" That's not goin to happen man . Wano is simple foundation plot like Enies Lobby or Sabaody arc, and the final battle Will Marineford. That's why after this arc or future , the final arc is goin to be hell of the ride .
I just don't want dozens of new side characters introduced only for them to feel at best superfluous and at best a distraction from the characters we care about :/
@@ShutUpDenny that's why i talk "Wano is simple foundation plot like enies lobby" because bigger plot come after this . You just don't want waiting because you read/watch one go after all. 😂 Feel the pain when we as audience waiting for new episode/new chapter every week sir . 😂
The Yamato-Kaido relationship, as well as Kaido's backstory as a whole, felt SEVERELY lackluster to me. It felt like there were so many aspects of Kaido's character that just never got a satisfying explanation. Overall, I enjoyed Wano for the lore reveals, but I personally don't think it stuck the landing. I've seen the argument that Kaido's backstory HAD to be barebones because all his motivations are so tied to the Rocks Pirate Crew. I can see that being the case, but in my opinion, it's still the result of a major misstep on Oda's part. He has full creative control over Kaido's character, he didn't HAVE to stuff every important moment in Kaido's life into his time on the Rocks Pirates. Take Big Mom as an example, we got plenty of stuff in her backstory that had nothing to do with Rocks, but still illuminated various aspects to her character. It just feels like Kaido's backstory could have been disentangled from Rocks just a little bit; it felt weird to come out of Wano not understanding much more about Kaido than when we entered Wano. Like maybe some more stuff about the Ogre/Oni racism that is alluded to? Something about Yamato's mom? Something about Kaido's suicidality? Idk, it felt like we should've gotten something more about Kaido during the arc where he is the primary antagonist
^Fully agree. Great point about Big Mom. We could've definitely gotten young Kaido before he joined Rocks to at least give us something. Maybe his relationship with his father would flesh out his relationship with Yamato. There was just too much blank space with him
Momo holding up the island was also extremely disappointing. This moment of Momo holding the island was built up for so many chapters, and when it actually happened it was sidelined to 3 tiny panels. I dunno, it felt like it was the crowning moment to Momo's character growth throughout the arc, and it ended up being a "blink and you'll miss it" sorta thing. And WHAT was up with Zoro seeing the grim reaper? That just....never gets followed up on? And what was the point of having Zuneisha, Green Bull, and Shanks show up, just to then leave without doing anything? Oh, and why did Hiyori show up, only to monologue at Orochi until Denji swoops in to save the day? Man, thinking back on it now, the ending to Wano really was full of ???!? moments
I liked the Momo thing, I thought it was a clever way to keep him in the action but I see your point. Definitely didn't have a glorious climax And yeah, so many loose threads, kind of hard to discuss the ending without having the context if any of it is going to matter
Just a bit til you catch up properly, gasp 😱, now you can agonize every week or two between chapters like the rest of us. I'm glad you did like Gear 5, because some fans were up in arms about it for the subversion to the usual power up, despite that being the whole point to Luffy. Wacky cartoon shenanigans is totally Luffy and I feel that saying otherwise shows you don't get One Piece really, it's not a Shonen battle manga, it's a Shonen adventure manga. Comedy is king.
I’m pretty sure the reason they didn’t immediately go after Luffy was because in the past 800 years no one had awakened it, other people have had it but no one brought out it’s true power. That’s just my head canon though
Sun God was first time mentioned in Skypiea arc within Noland's flashback. Then later in Elbaf flashback with Big Mom. Crazy foreshadowing. Also giants were introduced in Little Garden, not ogres/onis. Those are two different races.
Dorry the Blue Ogre ☝🏼
Wasn't the first ogre we were introduced was oars.
@@ShutUpDenny I believe that’s a title not his race.
@@TyandOnGoing No.
That was Gecko Moria 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Right I'm just saying that the concept of ogres in this world technically was introduced then, I know those boys are big juicy giants
Dude. Don't wait for the arc to end to continue! Merphy does a recap every break week (approximately once a month, usually every 3 chapters). I think that's a great schedule for someone that doesn't wanna do individual chapter reviews. Trust me, oda's pacing is so incredible right now that you will have PLENTY to talk about every 3 chapters
I appreciate that! I just gotta see how I feel. I'm all caught up on Egghead as of now, I haven't watched any of Merphy's One Piece vids since I've been avoiding all content until I got caught up out of fear of spoilers, so I'm not sure how she does it, but I'm afraid it just doesn't fit my style or sensibility. But hey, it's something I'm thinking about
The one who consider to continue the recap when the arc has ended is Totally Not Mark, but i dont think its a great idea because the arc in one piece as we know take years to end.
So please consider this comment section that suggest you to do the review once a month
@@ShutUpDenny bro I'm on in you copying Merphy's schedule.
Nose guy (sukiyaki) was introduced as a kokeshi doll collector, so the dolls were a subtle hint that he was related to something in the castle
Huh
Oh i did not pick up on that AT ALL
I don't remember the ogre thing have been explained yet, but ogre in japanese is 'oni', a giant, horned creature that wields a club, which represented by kaido and yamato's appearance
oni could be how they refer themselves as, or could also be their literal race, since the horns on their heads are real organic horns
also 'onigashima' literally means the island of oni
the use of kid doesn't have left arm thus it can't be damaged by hawkin's power is so clever!
oh and yamato's nickname is 'onihime' or ogre princess
Ok for why the Government didn't go after him, you have to keep in mind that... The world does NOT revolve around Luffy. They were dealing with so much stuff.
Let me explain with each saga:
East Blue - Luffy wasn't well known yet so it does go without saying they don't know about him having the Gum Gum fruit, or at least only see him as not a threat.
Alabasta - They were working on trying to find a replacement on Crocodile and again, Luffy only became known AFTER he beat Crocodile. Sure they probably should've gone after Luffy then out of all of the arcs, but again, so much stuff were already happening in the background.
Skypeia - The Straw Hats are in the sky, the World Government have no connection with the Sky Islands and thus no connection with Luffy.
Long Ring Long Land - They literally sent Aokiji who is an Admiral, buuuuuut Aokiji decided against capturing them.
Water 7/Enies Lobby - They were indeed trying to kill the Straw Hats there but they are too focused on Robin AND THEN the Blackbeard Ace debacle happened so
Thriller Bark - They confirmed that they sent Kuma to kill Luffy but with them also prepping to war against Whitebeard as well as Kuma lying about Luffy and the Straw Hats supposedly being killed... Yeah
Marineford - ...bruh lol. That entire aftermath, plus the Marines got heavily overhauled with Aokiji vs Akainu and getting a new Fleet Admiral, this is also the same reason why they never went after the Straw Hats in 2 Years.
Fish Man Island - Same reason as Skypeia.
Punk Hazard - Yet another island the World Government has little connection with which was the reason Ceasar could hide there.
Dressrosa - They were cut off from the world cause of Birdcage, Fujitora also then chose to not catch Luffy.
Tot Land - That is Emperor Territory and again, the World Government can't get in there without pissing off Big Mom.
And finally
Wano - They tried man, they so tried lmao.
So yeah, the World Government got fucked with Luffy's island choices lmao and well, they have so much shit on their plate.
True true true. I think Alabasta and Water 7 are a bit suspect but I accept everything else for sure
@@ShutUpDenny Fair cause I too found Alabasta the most suspect, but at this point I felt that Oda established One Piece to be a story that isn't Luffy-Centric, so I can fully get behind the World Government having so much problems enough that they can't 100% prioritize Luffy ye
But again, yup, I agree.
@@ShutUpDenny To be fair, Luffy had been on the ocean for only a few months by the time they reached Saobody. Finding people on the ocean is going to be hard, and they had no way to know that Luffy was going to turn up in Alabasta since there were a bunch of different paths he could have taken once into the Grand Line. He could have been on any path forward. Once they found out that he'd been in Alabasta they did send an Admiral after him since they then 'knew' the route he was headed could lead to Water 7, but Aokiji let them go thanks to knowing Garp.
After that, well, they were more concerned with getting Pluton - whether by blueprints or Robin - but hey, there was a Buster Call called, so it's normal for them to have assumed that would be enough to kill things like pesky rubber pirates dead. Didn't count on best ship to bail them out. Then they sent Garp who... well, Garp'd it.
After that they lost track of him in the Florian Triangle until one of the Warlords stumbled on him, but them pesky Warlords have their own agendas, being that they're pirates first and foremost, and you know that Moria wasn't going to let a strong shadow like Luffy's get away (plus at that point there was the whole Blackbeard/Ace thing going on). They sent out Kuma but hey, Kuma had ties to Luffy's father so... though he 'tried' he ultimately gave an out to the crew.
Then they vanished for two years, after being injured badly in the war. If I had to guess, they thought they were dead, but when the fakehats showed up in bubble land they were quick to send out the Pacifista and Sentoumaru. Nothing they'd heard would have let them expect that Luffy would have grown so much, they couldn't get him at Fishman Island, he was off-track on Punk Hazard (remember, they didn't follow any of the compass points when in the New World, instead they followed a distress call, so they were forced off the normal path completely). Then sidequests kept popping up. XDD
Once they knew he was headed to Wano, they headed there too, and once they confirmed he was there and seemed like Kaido wasn't going to be able to easily handle him, they panicked and called for CP0 to get off their asses and kill the kid.
A big part of the reason that the world government didnt appear to go so hard after Luffy is because of time imo. If you exclude the timeskip where kuma scattered the crew across the world, Luffy has been a pirate for less than 2 years. In an ocean world like OP, i imagine tracking someone is pretty difficult. On top of having to deal with the shanks/whitebeard meetup then ace's capture, I imagine a lot of their attention was elsewhere at the time. This all makes sense in my head at least
Congrats on being caught up! now, endure the pain of waiting for the next chapter like the rest of us :)
I'm finally suffering every day :)
You read this all in a single day and were able to take notes?! My brain would break from getting this much information!
I hope you're weren't spoilt the Gear 5 reveal because it broke the internet and it was such a cool reveal!
And please don't shut up about One Piece, your reviews are so great! And thanks for this video
Literally took me 14 hours :)
And thank you, always appreciate your comments. I'll be back eventually!
An interesting bit about Kaido: the kanji of his name can be read as "Strong Boy" or "Joy Boy"; maybe with that name he belived he could be THE Joy Boy, and once he realized that wasn't the case he became a gatekeeper of sort for the title of Joy Boy. So ironically calling him an obstacle rather than an antagonist is weirdly fitting!
Some of the comments are right, wish you did monthly chapter reviews of one piece, your perspective, production quality, skits & editing are some of my favourites, it's brought me so much joy following your reviews ...nice video as always, have a great one !
In my opinion, you could argue that the making each of the monster trio a "secretly had this power all along" trope actually adds more impact to the one character we know is determined and dreams of being on the same level as them, Usopp.
Now I realised the missed opportunity of having a timelapse beard growth across this review series for comedic effect
Huh
You'll just have to watch the whole playlist on turdo speed
Correction back in chapter 1037 the gorosei doesn’t know that luffy had the nika fruit they thought it was a myth. Later on they were informed so it safes to assume Imu informed the gorosei that the potential luffy could cause I don’t blame the gorosei but we should question Imu actions because why didn’t Imu tell them sooner.
Oop I did not catch that. Well someone did a big time screw up, didn't expect it to be pointy head tho
I highly doubt Kaido is done. I still expect him to come back into the story when the Rocks Pirates and the God Valley incident come into focus later down the line.
Also the reason why Carrot was declared ruler of Zou was not because she "traveled the world". They said it was because she grew more dependable after sailing with the Strawhats. Also because she inherited Pedros will like nobody else. We still do not know what Pedros will actually is so this is also something that could be more relevant later and fills in some gaps.
To wait for the one who brings dawn
Yea the rocks flashback should be soon since it pivotal to the story.
Yeah even if Kaido gets killed there's pleanty of opportunity to expand on his character further in Flashback. Look at how they handled Whitebeard.
kaydo has to get killed, or else he will just conquer wano again since luffy and the other 2 are not on wano anymore
I really appreciate your analysis of this. I also think the criticisms are fair.
Wano has to have some of the highest highs and lowest lows in One Piece history.
Can’t wait to see how Oda wraps this massive series up !!
I have been following you since East Blue, and it's surreal to see you enjoying and sharing your opinion now at the end of Wano. Just want to say, thank you for all your work.
For Big News Morgan, not sure if you heard but some interesting theories about him being a Roger Pirate, pushing in some way the Luffy agenda (like Rayleigh, Shanks, Crocus…). Unlikely but I feel happy to finally be able to share some theory madness with you now that you are caught up lol
GASP
What if HE'S Scopper?! EGADS!
not likely but still, he is confirmed to have eaten the albatross albatross fruit, so he likely has a non-bird form... unless he's an albatross mink which would be hilarious. Eat the fruit that is what you is.
Weekly chapter review lets go!
I would love to see weekly chapter reviews. I dig your style a lot!
Thanks so much! Not quite sure what my plan will be yet but I appreciate that
Bartolomeo conquering Shanks’s territory was something that happened in one of the cover stories, detailing what the Straw Hat Grand Fleet got up to after Dressrosa.
Remember the time we said we will see you in wano
Guess you finally reach us and now we are all sailing together to some new islands together 👌💕🥰😍
At long last :)
you finally made it brother. its been a fun journey following you since the Baratie vid 🤝
Read the wiki summary of the old Japanese folk story Momotaro. Wano is very much a retelling of that story (of course set in one piece world with many creative liberties). It has onigashima and dango and a monkey and a pheasant and a dog and everything
it has been 800 years that no one had awaked the gumgum fruit. No one couldn't know that luffy will awaked it. Except the reader of course
I think we'll find out more about Kaido when we'll have Rock's pirates flashback.
Also, rumors said that Oda was rushed by his editor to finish Wano so Shank's apparition would be in manga before the film Red was released. That's why some plot points will be closed in the chapters after Wano.
Yeah I fully believe that, that's why I think I may like him more in retrospect. It's just kind of crappy he didn't get that shine in his own arc.
@@ShutUpDenny probably Kaidos flashback will spoil something important that we are not supposed to know yet.
Hell yea! Was just thinking bout this.
Dang.... Denny is finally shutting up 🥺
The time has come
So as for what next to do with one piece, I have a thought. I think you should go online and get all the cover mini arcs from the manga and do a small piece on them. Not only would this be a cool video to spotlight the small stories(especially since they don't often get focus but rather usually have just a bit of mention) but it would also fill in some holes in the story that you've brought up a bunch as an Anime-only* viewer.
As shown with Perona, Mihawk seems perfectly happy to work with whoever cooks and cleans for him
^^^Truuuuu
Wano is a top 3 arc for sure.
Hay really enjoy your reviews. Whatever you decide to do next ill be here for it
Thank you :)
The Zunesha thing cracks me up.
Zunesha: Finally the long awaited day has come. I've suffered so long half the ocean is my tears. I've waited nearly a millennium for this precise moment! I am overflowing with joy for this my heart swells. Oh my weary legs long to rest but you Joy Boy are here at last!
Momo: Yea not now Zunesha.
Zunesha: Okay bye!
Thanks for the ride dude. Good times
Thanks for joining me!
It has been quite a ride, great review as always.
Thank you!
Been great following your journey
Appreciate that :)
I'd rather see you do a video of all chapters up until latest chapter, and then videos on newly released chapters. But either way I'll tune in for your videos :)
I would love to see you react to popular one piece theories
i love time station in these videos, crumbling castle would also work when discussing intense scenes too
Lmao for real whenever I place the audio tracks in now I think about your love for time station
@@ShutUpDenny love that, so when is the ape escape video lol. 1
This just occurred to me after your comments about Green Bull.
Because you're right, he feels decidedly different from the others. In the most superficial sense that he and Fujitora don't wear the traditional suits most high ranking marines wear, perhaps visually nodding to the fact that these men joined the navy via conscription and not based on duty or specific sense of justice. So, these two new admirals showcase the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of their personal philosophy and morals.
Also, to show that the marines/WG aren't as much of a unified force as they had been pre-timeskip.
-Kuzan leaving the marines
-Fujitora refusing to arrest the Strawhats based on his own sense of justice
-Fujitora displaying a strong sense of self versus Green Bull's almost fanatical devotion to the WG
I don't believe in any One Piece death unless I see a corpse or a grave.
I'm not convinced in Hawkin's death. The guy said he had 1% chance to survive.
That's super low, but that's STILL 1% percent. Just enough if Oda decide to make him come back into the story.
Same thing for Kaido and BM. No Corpse = No death.
Still waiting for Brook's captain to come back as an ancient man
@@ShutUpDenny there is a theory floating around about him having been saved and lived a full life (possibly very hindered by the disease he caught). It's hard to place the exact time frame but Gloriosa (Amazon Lily's previous empress) is around the same age that Brook is iirc. She mentioned that she was living outside of Amazon Lily when she found and escorted Boa Hancock and her sisters back home. ALSO, she is the only other person in the series with a triple chin outside of FRANKY. Franky himself said he was abandoned by pirate parents.. so maybe?
Yayy he back
The dinosaur gag was probably inspired by the outdated, bizarre, but very real hypothesis that Stegossaurus could use its plates to glide.
Also, it's very clever that Luffy's awakened fruit works like old school cartoons, since that style is called RUBBERhose.
Even more interesting, the show Steven Universe has a rubberhose style character called Spinel, and the creator explicitly says Luffy was a great inspiration for her.
Oh big time yuck. Imagine seeing those creeps just flying around?
And that's so crazy, went full circle
That shirt is fire I already asked for one for Christmas
My version is surprisingly comfortable too. I feel like a lot of merch can feel stiff or cheap but I could rock this out and feel fine. Big recommend
You're hands down the most entertaining One Piece reviewer. So long Wano. Helllooo Egghead.
P.s. Don't you dare hurt a hair on Mr Bungalow's head...
Wow that's very kind of you. Thanks!
And uh... ummmmm.... no.
@@ShutUpDenny I've been watching One Piece for 15 years and reactors for many years and it's true. Your humor resonates with me and I enjoy your insights. Aright fine. Atleast poke holes in the giant tupperware you put Keith in. To be fair that's what you get for being the kinda travel agent he was. Like selling a house that a family was murdered in without disclosing it. But look at the view!
In my opinion I think the wg thought that the “pirate world “ would handle him. And didn’t think he could get pass all of the people he did. I think they really realized he was a real threat when his fight w kaido was prolonged
Very likely they lost track of him a few times too. There's multiple paths at the start of the Grand Line and New World, after all . Also, it wasn't until the issues in Alabasta that they could confirm what path he was on, (since Drum Island was uncommunicando, Whiskey Peak got wiped out and I doubt they have agents on Little Garden) before the crew disappeared into the sky. Once they figured he was headed to Water 7, Aokiji let them go because Garp was a friend, then after Enies Lobby they got lost in the mist (and you know Moria didn't tell the gov shit about the super powerful rookie pirate shadow he wanted to use) and Kuma was his father's friend so went "oops, I left all the pain to his swordsman and noped out should i go back?".
Then it appeared that Luffy may have stopped being a pirate after just vanishing for two years. They tried to get to him at Saobody but didn't expect him to be so strong (mainly likely because they assumed like everyone else that Demalo was Luffy and wasn't that stronker). After FIshman Island they actually didn't go to any of the three usual paths - instead heading to Punk Hazard due to a distress call. After that was a lot of bouncing around from the crew - they weren't on the normal lines so they had to wait to hear from people in the know of where Luffy was (in Dressrosa) before he vanished again (Zou is unchartable unless you have a vivre card, remember) only to finally turn up in Wano.
It must have seemed to the government that he was bouncing all over the place for no logical reason. XD
Maybe chapters review when Oda does a break like Merphy?
Ye
Please check out the cover stories. They are chapters in their own following.
Cover stories and SBSs
I can't get it around my head until its animated. please don't end the world
I have a theory that people don't like but I like to think the previous gum gum fruit user never awakened and was actually killed by kaido to try to force an awakening, since he might know joy boy had the fruit or was rubbery or whatever, and the world govt never feared it reawakening until it was reported luffy almost defeated kaido and big mom went down, in other words they weren't really worried about luffy and fucked around to find out when shit started going down. I could be wrong but I like the theory anyway. It would explain kaidos fixation on smiling while you fight and connect it to his potential insight on joy boy and why he gave up
Not a bad theory, at this point Oda could tell us straight up anything about Kaido since there's so little known
So about Kaido philosophy: I think he was taught from a small age that he is an instrument of war and nothing more. Always at the whims of world powers that only saw him as a tool to destruction or an obstacle to defeat.
This meant that despite believing in Joy Boy return and the coming of the Dawn he understood he couldn't be Joy Boy.... So he became the forge of Joy Boy return. Be the monster that only the one true JoY Boy could beat. So he became a monster, created more and more war, suffering and hurt in the hopes of finding someone who could withstand it, beat him and therefore prove themselves as Joy Boy.
That explains his longing for challenge, for death. His treatment of Yamato, trying to either force him to be like him or maybe even reveal himself as Joy Boy meaning that a part of him did end up becoming more than just a means of destruction.
By the same token Yamato's whole thing is, in my mind, a rejection of such shackles of expectations and definitions. Something that goes along with the themes of self sacrifice in the name of honor vs self preservation being honorable in of itself as you quite elegantly pointed out.
Anyway that's my two cents. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. It's been a treat and I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your channel.
41:03: Aww, look how hopeful he looks saying "when the new arc finishes".
That's the face of someone who never had to read week-to-week.
Anyway... see you in 6-12 months !
Egghead Island will be short... right? right??? 😢
@@ShutUpDenny It'll be probably shorter than Wano for sure, but let me put it this way : A "short" arc in One Piece is around 20-30 chapters.
Oda can only make 3 chapters every single months then take a well deserved one week break. Add to that the Shonen Jump breaks and the holidays; in the best case scenario, we get between 35 to 40 chapters a year.
So even if the arc is short, I don't see it end before Summer 2023. Right now we're only 10 chapters in and the arc started back in August.
@@colibri224 ... I'm sorry, but I definitely see this arc ending at least mid February
@@XquisiteHarmonies "mid February" you said?
Anyway, now that you’re a Manga Reader and is apparently still going to continue reading to and/or through the Next Arc,
Maybe you could do Anime-Manga Comparisons for all the Arcs/Sagas you’ve already covered, I would like to hear your opinion about that, if you would be interested, of course.
Thank you 🍀
Thank YOU
Yes, Luffy seems overpowered now but keep in mind, the one's whom are left are also extraordinary
You do realize that includes Buggy. Look at him and tell me he is OP.
@@Novikous His fruit awakening would actually be broken af lmao
@@OfficialEdwardNewgate Talking abt a guy who never fought in his life
Buggy will be king.
Finallyyyy my bois caught up ❤
I'm here!!! I MADE IT!
Oh! And something I forgot to ask
I wish to know your thoughts on Hiyori's "It isn't Kurozumi (charcoal) if it doesn't burn!" line because that caused a LOT of discourse in the community saying it's a "bad message" because it "justified the persecution of an entire clan"
I think you mentioned not feeling any sympathy for Orochi but the fanbase had a few that does so I'm curious if you agree to some people's points that say that line contradicts the themes of Fishman Island being anti discrimination or Franky saying to Robin that "Being born is not a sin."
Personally? I was mixed but in hindsight I agreed that it was a more realistic end for that saga, but I'm curious what you think?
One of the accepted theories on why the government didn't go directly after he was shown with the fruit is it's been 800 years since the fruit was last awakened why should they worry about everybody that has the fruit when there is a small chance of it awakening anyway
Fair enough... that still makes them very silly though
You are 110% spot on with Yamato. He is most one note inconsequential fan service character that does nothing for the story and mostly just a distraction from other character's that needed more screen time. Fan's only seem to like him because of his design and when you ask about his character they have nothing to say because he barely has one.
I like Yama because of the parallels with Momo.
The ironic twist of Yamato "becoming Oden" despite being the son of Kaido and Momo becoming like Kaido while being the son of Oden was nice.
Both characters are prisoners living in the shadows of their parents in different ways. Momo is trapped by the legacy of Oden and Yamato is isolated by Kaido and going against him. Both have found strength in allies, but Momo found some strength in himself, something he desperately needed.
I don't agree with the criticism that Yamato and Kaido antagonism doesn't make sense. Yamato shows disrespect to Kaido by idolizing Oden and refusing to do as Kaido says. Also, Kaido was trying to make Yamato strong by isolating him like he was growing up.
Wano was pretty dense so I don't blame people for not seeing something or registering all that was said.
@@shibble Yeah. I agree that Yamato was sorta shoved in the audience's face so suddenly that it made them feel like a convenient character. And while I agree they could've been handled better, I do love him choosing against following his dreams and protecting Wano first to be interesting and noble, and very Un Oden like of him considering Wano fell apart because Oden was selfish in that regard.
He still has potential, I just agree with people that his potential lies against him becoming a Straw Hat.
@@Kimikachu22 I want to add that Yamato not joking the crew in the end is a show of how unlike Oden he is. Oden left Wano yo answer the call of adventure and look what transpired.
A rationale as to why the WG didn't instantly go after Luffy : nobody awakened the Nika fruit and the only after Alabasta did Luffy come into the Government's focus , after which he immediately blasted off into the sky but immediately gets targeted by CP9 once he returns and after that the Government was more preocupied by the upcoming war with Whitebeard
Also they sent Kuma after him in thriller bark
People figured out Odens dad from the anime because he and tenguyama has the same voice actor
"I'm not a Zona Type"
Luffy in Punk Hazard
you might be the first person i see that liked the Kinnemon fake out death lmao.
I didn't liiiiiiike it, just with all the egregious fake-out deaths over this series I appreciated there was at least some comedy with this one that makes it more tolerable when compared to others
@@ShutUpDenny Same, that and what happened to Carrot was the arc's lows for me but yeah.
34:54: Believe it or not. Some people WERE surprised.
I remember arguing with a dude in the comment section of a video who was convinced she was dead. Personally the moment she was introduced into the story back in Act 1, I KNEW she and Kin'emon would be immortals for the rest of the story.
I can't even imagine following this series for so long and ever thinking a character ESPECIALLY a woman non-combatant would die
This was a pretty well made Review/Breakdown, pretty fair and valid points and opinions all around,
Though, I feel like your opinions on Carrot and Yamato was pretty much the opposite to the majority of the fan base,
on top of that, before the end of Wano, there were some pretty large debates about who the next Straw Hat would be by the end of Wano, from Carrot to Yamato to potentially even Tama or if there would even be a New Straw Hat from Wano after Jinbei at all,
Also, speaking of Carrot and Yamato, it could be possible to think that the reason why your opinion of them are the way they are, because you probably didn’t have to wait between Episodes/Chapters, just saying.
Slight correction but nah, the fanbase has very vocal Carrot and Yamato detractors too I must say. Otherwise yeah.
I desperately want to like Carrot. I wanted her to have a big moment in this arc and it was set up perfectly. I was just disappointed once again :( I do think that the binging changed my perspective though. No doubt about it
I had to go back to the previous video to see if the mustache is new 😅
It wanted to say hi
when are you going to give an afro to your skeleton over there?
Omg he'd love that...
just a small note but oda did comfirm that he rushed the ending of wano because of the release date of film red
Finally somebody who agreed with me about Zoro, I didn't needed him to be specifically a descendant of Ryuma, BUT I think Oda did an ok compromise where there is some hints of him indeed being related to Ryuma cause Fate, but, it ultimate didn't mattered. I think it's a great balance.
As for Kaido, fair, a lot of folks wished Oda focused more on his backstory whicg hey, I agree with. But considering Kaido's life of being in a warring land and constantly being used for his strength, it does make sense why he believed Yamato cannot have friends.
Yamato is definitely a mixed character yeah, a lot of people pointed out that he was too based around Oden. However, to be completely fair at least, I feel like people focused too much on his idolization of Oden when he himself has done things that is not based on Oden. He calls himself a guy and fought Kaido because HE wants to, he embraced the role of protector, and his sacrifice of not joining Luffy for the sake of Momo is touching. I agree he could've been better but the fanbase had casually ignored a couple of important stuff about him so yeah.
Otherwise, I completely agree with Carrot. That is definitely the one thing that I can't excuse in this arc lol. Though hey, now that she's queen, who knows? Maybe that's a chance to do something new with her (not that I don't mind her).
EDITS:
(Still watching btw)
Ok correction, Kid lost his arm to Big Mom, so there's their connection there.
And yeah I agree we didn't needed to focus too hard on Yamato there but hey, it's a good transition lmao.
Zoro's connection to Ryuma and Wano was explained in detail in SBS. And it was exactly what we all wanted.
Kid lost his arm while picking up a fight with Shanks
@@ayush9202 huh
@@momoz4427 ye
@@ayush9202 clapped him without hand
watched all the One Piece first impressions 😎
I really would love if you did weekly or monthly chapter reviews. Not sure if that's not your type of content or just too much effort, but yeah, just my 2 cents. Have you considered it before?
I've been going back and forth on it. I'm not really sure what I want to do. Need to take some time to think. But I appreciate you saying that :)
Kaido's backstory was sadly way too interconnected with the Rocks pirates as to be shown in full
Actually raizo fight is all on screen, they just used freezing techniques
About Zoro connection to Wano, you should check out SBS done by Oda in one SBS he explained about the connection of Zoro and Wano.
These SBS's haunt me
@@ShutUpDenny yeah, but they are a lot of fun. They don't affect the story in any way, infact they widen the world of one piece and are a lot of fun.
You should think of extra materials that Oda didn't get chance to add in the story.
Also in anime & manga it seemed as if Zoro have a strong connection to Ryuma but in SBS it was cleared to be not a big deal
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Your take is in a very small minority, but we can respect it 🤜🤛
It gets so emotional that even Danny grows a mustache
It just burst right outta me
@@ShutUpDenny Now you have become one of us, waiting for the new chapters to release.
I think the Elephant was the one to knock down the walls of Wano, as Momo is not opening Wano the Elephant isn't needed!
It's insane to me how quickly the Yamato discourse flipped once everything was said and done. I was a big stan and even I have to admit how weird it all is in hindsight
Nah I've honestly seen it flip since the whole Kanjuro ball of fire thing, I felt that so many folks were just done with his build up plus the ongoing pronoun discourse that people just turned on him completely
I think part of the problem too is how Yamato just burst onto the scene when the story was ramping up. Like oh boy this is going to be a big deal... then just kinda did nothing
@@ShutUpDenny It's indeed the case of trying to "subvert" audience expectations so hard it ended up too obvious. Like of course we're gonna keep saying he is totally gonna become a Straw Hat only for Oda to yell PSYCHE! I still think Yamato has potential as his OWN character and not as nakama, but the way it was handled within the arc was sloppy. I would definitely agree he was meh if it weren't for him sacrificing his dream to protect Wano, which I thought was great development for him because he specifically went against a mistake Oden made (abandoning his people for the selfish need of freedom).
Here's to hoping he and Carrot gets something new for whenever we see them again.
It was really weird to see how hyped Yamato was about joining only to then decide against it *off-sceen* and at the last second.
I think the further explanation we got with Yamato makes sense, though I'm obviously bummed not to have him join the crew since I was hard stanning him. I love his design and interaction with others, but he shines with his interactions with Momo most so it feels more organic to leave them together. After all, he did eat the fruit that made him the protector of Wano. Feels weird to take more away from the country after it already lost so much.
Also I've legit been stanning another character (from the current arc) since they first showed up in the story and have wanted them with the crew because I just knew they're dynamics with them (and Luffy, especially) were going to be fun. Do I think they'll stay around forever? No, but I love what we've seen so far and want to see a lot more of them hanging around. They're also very different to the other crew members so I think they'd fit in well, too.
there is some slight hint about the Goverment actually gunning Luffy, do note that among his crew, and even others, his bounty allways increases by leaps and bounds, his first Bounty was the highest in East Blue as a first one by alsmost 10k more, remember, East Blue is concidered the weakest of the Blues and the loop hole was, he defeated other strong Pirates, which is odd if you concider it, why would a Pirate have its bounty be reflected by which Pirate he defeated?
Kiado doesn't believe that Yamato should be friends with HUMANS. Whom he sees to be weaklings unworthy of rule or respect.
I'm still holding hope that Carrot was absorbed into Carribou while they were both hid in the barrel, or something like that. Her resolution was so underwhelming
Hope Yamato gets reworked for the future. Since we all know something big will happen near the end.
Where did you buy your shirt? 😭
If you search Dressrosa shirt there's a surprising number of options
Can we get much higher
So high.
Not too happy with the deaths in the arc either, it felt like characters who are confirmed dead like Izo and Ashura never really got proper sendoffs in the story. Meanwhile Big Mom and Kaido are stuck in volcano limbo. None of the deaths really had a sense of finality to them
Ashura's death was the most lackluster for sure. I didn't even realize he died until he just stayed there
Before you proceed you need to go through all the cover stories since you switched to manga and those arent adapted in the anime
I know, that's definitely on my list (and the SBSs)
The mustache arc
Everything's been building to this.
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Zoro beeing a decendant of powerful people mesns nothing for how special he is. It does not give him any new powers nor does it tell us something new about him. Its just fun for the world and logical (genetics and all)
I still take issue with Luffy's fruit retcon.
start another big anime review, like bleach, katekyo hitman reborn, naruto, dragon ball, etc
Been thinking about something like that
I've always adored Oda for his ability to organically weave exposition into the narrative but here he's just using characters like Who's Who and Marco to dump exposition on us.
Example:
"Hey Jinbei, you're a fish man so let me tell you about the sun pirates and how their symbol was inspired by that ancient sun God Nika.
But you're a Strawhat now, too, so let me just talk about my whole backstory in the CP9 and how I failed to protect the gomu gomu no mi."
Jinei: "Why the f*ck are you telling me this?"
Who's Who: "Because Oda didn't really set any of this up ahead of time and the reader needs to know this information when it becomes relevant in the next couple of chapters".
Jinbei: "OK. Go on then".
Who's Who does not start talking about all of this out of the blue tho. He was a tortured prisoner who desperately clung to the Nika legend to stay sane and to survive. Its not surprising that he got obsessed with the legend and thinks he can get information from someone who is part of a race that has a slavery history and was a SUN pirate.
@@furorteutonicus9045 I get your point and please correct me If I'm wrong, but does Who's Who ever ask Jinbei for more info on this?
To me it seemed more like he was telling Jinbei about stuff that he should already know (nika) or doesn't really have a connection to (CP9/df)
@@ralfsstuff what king doesn't need more info on this. King talks about joyboy not nika while both are one in the same the names used are different for king it's joy boy for who's who's it's nika because that's what who's who's was told.
@@tesytes318 sry, I mixed up King and Who's Who.
It's corrected now
"Oda didn't really set any of this up ahead of time" is really nitpicky in my opinion, a lot of foreshadowing have happened and the mythology matches with Luffy
example of the foreshadowing is the mention of sun over and over again, including the Sun Pirates and Franky's shirt
the mythology of Sun God Nika is that he is the liberator of the oppressed, while since the beginning, what Luffy does is liberating the oppressed from the oppressor, from Koby to Wano
imo great choice to review arcs after they finish. One of the most annoying things about wano reviewers is they did chapter by chapter and with a long running series you really shouldn't do that becuz you'll judge things too soon.
I feel like its tough to really review the content itself chapter by chapter and it becomes moreso a guessing game of what happens next. Which is fun, but for this series at least I like to focus on the juicy meaty development and themes at work within each contained story arc. At least to the best of my ability
@@ShutUpDenny yeah I agree 100%
This guy just want to tell Oda "give everything with every side character"
That's not goin to happen man .
Wano is simple foundation plot like Enies Lobby or Sabaody arc, and the final battle Will Marineford.
That's why after this arc or future , the final arc is goin to be hell of the ride .
Every plot is simple that way
Except Dressrosa and WCI
I just don't want dozens of new side characters introduced only for them to feel at best superfluous and at best a distraction from the characters we care about :/
@@ShutUpDenny that's why i talk "Wano is simple foundation plot like enies lobby" because bigger plot come after this .
You just don't want waiting because you read/watch one go after all. 😂
Feel the pain when we as audience waiting for new episode/new chapter every week sir . 😂
The Yamato-Kaido relationship, as well as Kaido's backstory as a whole, felt SEVERELY lackluster to me. It felt like there were so many aspects of Kaido's character that just never got a satisfying explanation. Overall, I enjoyed Wano for the lore reveals, but I personally don't think it stuck the landing.
I've seen the argument that Kaido's backstory HAD to be barebones because all his motivations are so tied to the Rocks Pirate Crew. I can see that being the case, but in my opinion, it's still the result of a major misstep on Oda's part. He has full creative control over Kaido's character, he didn't HAVE to stuff every important moment in Kaido's life into his time on the Rocks Pirates. Take Big Mom as an example, we got plenty of stuff in her backstory that had nothing to do with Rocks, but still illuminated various aspects to her character. It just feels like Kaido's backstory could have been disentangled from Rocks just a little bit; it felt weird to come out of Wano not understanding much more about Kaido than when we entered Wano.
Like maybe some more stuff about the Ogre/Oni racism that is alluded to? Something about Yamato's mom? Something about Kaido's suicidality? Idk, it felt like we should've gotten something more about Kaido during the arc where he is the primary antagonist
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^Fully agree. Great point about Big Mom. We could've definitely gotten young Kaido before he joined Rocks to at least give us something. Maybe his relationship with his father would flesh out his relationship with Yamato. There was just too much blank space with him
Momo holding up the island was also extremely disappointing. This moment of Momo holding the island was built up for so many chapters, and when it actually happened it was sidelined to 3 tiny panels. I dunno, it felt like it was the crowning moment to Momo's character growth throughout the arc, and it ended up being a "blink and you'll miss it" sorta thing.
And WHAT was up with Zoro seeing the grim reaper? That just....never gets followed up on?
And what was the point of having Zuneisha, Green Bull, and Shanks show up, just to then leave without doing anything?
Oh, and why did Hiyori show up, only to monologue at Orochi until Denji swoops in to save the day?
Man, thinking back on it now, the ending to Wano really was full of ???!? moments
I liked the Momo thing, I thought it was a clever way to keep him in the action but I see your point. Definitely didn't have a glorious climax
And yeah, so many loose threads, kind of hard to discuss the ending without having the context if any of it is going to matter
Just a bit til you catch up properly, gasp 😱, now you can agonize every week or two between chapters like the rest of us.
I'm glad you did like Gear 5, because some fans were up in arms about it for the subversion to the usual power up, despite that being the whole point to Luffy. Wacky cartoon shenanigans is totally Luffy and I feel that saying otherwise shows you don't get One Piece really, it's not a Shonen battle manga, it's a Shonen adventure manga. Comedy is king.
Gear 5 is PERF for Luffy
I’m pretty sure the reason they didn’t immediately go after Luffy was because in the past 800 years no one had awakened it, other people have had it but no one brought out it’s true power. That’s just my head canon though
Makes sense in a way, although they did go so far as to have CP9 escort the fruit when they captured it
Tfw you csth up to OP and don't know how to continue living