I like reviews with spoilers, I know the story after all lm here to see what you think about it, not to get a recommendation. But you can give a recommendation in the beginning for those who are new to it (few words, about a minute maximum) and then jump straight to the spoilers.
I love how he refers to Nico Robin as a side character with a closed off story, and Sanji seeming like he didn't struggle/wasn't an outcast. Hearing these takes just puts in perspective how much the characters and story were built since then.
Definitely don't avoid spoilers and stick to this style. I mean, by now everyone's watched one piece or seen spoilers on the internet. And the series is so long that reviewing it vaguely wouldn't do it justice.
Yes please don't avoid spoilers. I absolutely hate those kind of reviews. This series has been out for damn near 4 decades. If they haven't read it yet that's on them.
I agree. As these videos go on, trying to talk about personal opinions or how certain parts made you feel without actually saying what happened will get in the way of expressing said thoughts
Another agreed here. While I get there is a place for spoiler free recommendations, most of my enjoyment comes from knowing how events were experienced by others and that requires a bit of spoiler.
“Not meant to be philosophising about the motivations of the characters.” You couldn’t be more wrong my man. Entire TH-cam channels have been built to do that.
Two things about Luffy vs Zoro.... #1 he might've been drunk.... #2 there's a possibility that Oda was kinda strongarmed into adding this by the magazine because they wanted to show this fight between the top 2 strongest crew members. This is literally the only time in the entire story that any of the crew betrays their own character.
I think it's a mix of a gag gone too far (Luffy likes food so much he is more loyal to it than his own fucking family) and like you said, a possible push on the fanservicy fighting shit
Imagine being so loud and so wrong, Sanji bopped the fuck out of Luffy on wholecake island, that wasn't Sanji at all, he unleashed everything he could against Luffy without restraint
And he fought zoro simply because he beat up baroque works while Luffy slept, then the hencemen said zoro attacked him, so Luffy fought zoro for attacking them
@@jaysmyth7353 sanji fought luffy because he had to. he was trying to keep luffy from getting himself killed and wanted to sacrifice himself because of how much he cared about keeping his crew out of it, which still makes sense for his character. luffy fought zoro because he genuinely thought he was a jerk for attacking baroque works which is a completely different type of out-of-character
It’s not out of character for Luffy. Here’s the thing: HE’S STUPID. HE IS SO DUMB. Of course he wakes up, sees Zoro killed everyone who just fed him a ton of his favourite food and go apeshit on him. Of course these villagers managed to fool Luffy, he’s the dumbest person just period.
Pay more attention to usopp's dynamics with luffy and zoro, then put it together with his backstory of someone who wishes he was a pirate warrior but is too much of a coward to be one and is now thrown into a ship full of monster grade fighters that he can't compare to, unlike his father who's in one of the most famous crews with shanks because he deserves it. usopp's the real human in the fantasy world. and you'll like him a lot more a few arcs from now
One of the best things about Oda’s writing is that the further you read, the more you’ll enjoy this early part of the story. Seeds were planted that you won’t see until hundreds of chapters later
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the worldbuilding surrounding Crocodile’s title as one of the Seven Warlords. The government ranking system in this series is one of the coolest aspects imo and the fact that some nobody pirate like Luffy took down such a high ranking “government” official has so many implications in terms of where the story’s headed and the consequences to come. Definitely my favorite thing about this arc.
@@cyryl3827 I understand not liking him and his gimmick, but this is One Piece where comedy gimmicks actually make important plot points and it would be really unfair to say it holds his crew back. Out of the top of my head, SPOILERS: he was the only one capable of facing Perona. We only see her as a minor nuissance and comedy relief because he was the one taking care of her. Anyone else would've been screwed in a haki-less period of the story. He was absolutely essential in three specific moments of Dressrosa of which two were because of his gimmicks. Like I said, I get it, it can get annoying sometimes, but he's not holding the crew back.
@@Triattt Oh, Usopp was fine back then still. It's around the Fishman saga that I felt his existence began to hold the crew back. Like... it just feels like a lot of character growth the crew went through in the first 300-400 chapters... just... went flying off the boat and sunk to the bottom of the sea. I found Dressrosa to be one of the worst arcs in the story.
I just wanted to add that Zoro only sleeps when he's 100% convinced it's safe to do so. That's why he's almost always sleeping on the ship. He's basically conserving his energy for instances like Whisky Peak.
I despised Ussop with a passion, then one day when I was like 300-400 chapters in, I realized he was one of my favorite characters. His character growth is unparalleled
Ussop is the personification of us, the normals. Its how Oda believes we would act if we landed in One Piece. Also never say an island is not that important. Just wait 200+ chapters
I agree that Zoro/Luffy fight's reasoning is kinda sloppy, and then again it isn't. In Japanese culture, people generally are thankful to the ones providing them with food and thank their provider before a meal (i.e I watched a lot of anime). Luffy being a foodie, after hearing that his crewmate is going around beating people who fed him, decided to fight Zoro cause in his mind, he had commited an atrocious crime. Now, I am done, making excuses. Peace!
It honestly never bothered me as much as it seems to bother people now. Maybe because back then I only watched it as an anime and hadn't read the manga so idk how serious the portrayal of the scene is in the original, but in the anime, it always just felt like a silly side bit where it's like...yea we KNOW Luffy is the worst food addict in the world (with maybe one exception, lol) and takes food VERY seriously. We see him fight over food in background panels all the time. So of course it's a grave offense in his eyes when he wakes up and sees Zoro beat up the people who just fed him. Of course he'd be enraged. I think people give Luffy too much credit when they say "Why didn't he question Zoro calmly instead of starting a fight?" Luffy can be VERY one-track-minded and is especially always ready to brawl when it comes to food. Saying Luffy is loyal to his friends and would do everything for them as a counter argument for why he wouldn't have a silly scuffle over something dumb is like saying Zoro is loyal to and protective of the crew so he can't fight Sanji. Yet he does all the time, but when shit actually goes down, of course he's loyal and protective even towards Sanji. So yea. To me, that scene was always more of a...sibiling fight amongst two people who generally do very much care for each other, and never an actual "I legit want to kill you" kind of scenario.
@@sbjoka56 This rumor keeps getting thrown around but there is never an actual source for it. Pretty sure people just like to blame the editor for any scene they don't like (even though we know from SBS and editor interviews that Oda, even as a total newbie, never actually just listened to his editors) so they can hold up Oda as this perfect being who never writes anything bad ever.
I think you are right, the scene for Luffy vs Zoro does contradict Luffy's personality. I also think it was only there to show Luffy vs Zoro so people know Zoro is pretty strong too and not too far behind Luffy
its prolly not true but I always tell myself it was because Luffy was a bit drunk. They were all getting blasted that night at a place called whiskey peak
Luffy is an impulsive idiot. He does what he emotionally feels like doing and it turns out okay for the most part because he has high EQ, but that's not always the case. The whole thing was as simple as him waking up, seeing his hosts beaten up by Zoro and then feeling like needing answers as to why it happened (in this case by beating him up and asking questions later). You rarely see Luffy actually ask questions, people either tell him what's up or he beats it out of them. Him asking questions from Zoro there would be what's out of character for him, not the other way around. I'm even going to go on a leg here and say he assumed Zoro's the violent drunk type of guy who beats up people when he's drunk, which some Pirates are. To Luffy, him attacking Zoro doesn't mean their friendship would end, he just emotionally felt compelled to do it, therefore he did.
Man all this Usopp slander is painful to hear. He's the most courageous of anyone on the ship. Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji are fearless badasses. Courage is meaningless if there's no fear to overcome. Usopp has negative self image and is terrified of everything, but in spite of that he shows up to fight for his friends. He has to overcome more internally to get to the same place. Who's truly courageous here? Also Usopp's fight with Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas where he was hit with baseball bombs and takes a bat to the face, and yet STILL says "Don't you dare laugh at my friend's dream. Luffy is the man who will become the Pirate King!" Also Usopp invented a weather based weapon for Nami. He did ALL of that this arc. There's this thing about fiction where as readers we vicariously insert ourselves into the world and want to relate to the strong and powerful characters. Usopp, on the other hand, functions as a mirror held up to the audience. We may not like what we see. But then almost in response to that he shows courage, cleverness, inventiveness, and determination, and people seem to completely miss that because he's not a fearless badass like the monster trio.
Thank you. Even at first he’s my favorite character because there’s a lot more of an internal battle with his struggles that I think a lot of stories miss when making MCs. Like he genuinely has to overcome his fears and lack of self worth, which were the reasons he was such a liar in the first place. It’s so full circle and just is super 3 dimensional I love it.
@@cecirapalini I don't find him relateable. He's full of rather despicable character traits (the constant lying, boasting and self-centered attitude) but unlike the other characters, he didn't have anything positive to offset that negative side like all the other characters did, and for quite a long time at that. The issue I had with him was never that he's weak and afraid like a normal person would be amongst all those monsters, it's his unpleasant character. Nami is pretty much just as weak and afraid as he is most of the time, and would serve as an audience proxy in the same way, but she isn't disliked as he is for the first third of One Piece, because she isn't a despicable human all the time. Usopp grew on most people only once we saw SOME positive traits that could counterbalance the abundance of negative ones. If you liked him right away, that's great, but not exactly common :)
"One Piece worldbuilding thrives in the weird but somehow reasonable for this world." might be the best summary I've heard of how the One Piece world works.
He did AoT & FMA too, so it's more like WoT, HP & Neil Gaiman. Not a full weeb, but honorary guest at the table. Edit: as in honorary member or honored guest (wrote quickly)
@@chriszorander9333 he gets a seat at the kids table to listen but not speak. but he's invited to the party and he gets a plate. he can get a place at the grown-ups table once he's read more of Berserk and at least one other seinen.
@@miguelangelthomas5154 Not what I meant. He's like the guy who can't make it to weekly D&D, but there's always a character for him when he can make it. The guy who'll happily go to cons with his friends, but doesn't have a cosplay outfit of his own. The friend who lives out of town, but is super welcome when he can make the drive.
If he's already giving 9/10 I wonder what will be his reaction to water seven and marineford btw I like better the spoilery version since I don't think of these videos from you as a "Should you read One Piece's Alabasta Arc" but instead "I read Alabasta and these are my thoughts on it"
Oh, and small correction: this is a saga comprised of many arcs (Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, Drum Island, and Alabasta proper). There are nine sagas in One Piece atm and this is the second. All of the sagas except the first and last one get their name from the most important arc in them. Some sagas have a ton of arcs, and one only has one arc.
yeah i've never liked how Luffy fights Zoro either. One of the most out of character moments in the whole series, i think some editor or something just asked Oda to have them fight
The Zoro Luffy fight made sense to me because it was the first time the straw hats hurt people Luffy considered civilians. To me it was Luffy taking a stand to make sure his crew (and us) is aware that they are not that kind of pirates.
You have no idea how happy it makes me to listen to my fave youtubers talk about their gradual infatuation with One Piece. You and Merphy both, but i am keeping up with your Wheel of Time read-along and i still hold that One Piece is a world-building masterpiece.
@@lipeeefl I acknowledge your comment and stand by my comment about Sanji having the most traumatic childhood. But if we're talking about anyone in the OP universe, Law is the clear winner. His backstory was DARK
@@adarshsridhar6051 Ehhhhh IDK I think Robins nudges it out. At least Law had people to support him. While it was absolutely sad to read Robin literally had no one and has been despised for existing. Pretty fucked up for a kid growing up.
@@EcopiuM Maybe I'm a monster for not sheding a single tear in Robin's backstory but maybe I'm not because I cry everytime I watches Sanji's backstory. So imo Sanji's was a sadder
Thanks foe the ♥ Btw since you brought up the topic of luffy vs zorro. To my understanding luffy just thought those peeps were innocent and zorro just offed them since they were so hospitable but! not making luffy warrant punishment to the point of beating zorro to death. At least that was at the anime.
Keep getting deeper and weirder with the reviews. It’s fun to hear what scenes stand out or what choices irked you without too much concern for spoilers. You are a gem! Keep up the good work!
"I want a spin-off series with him NOW" There actually is one!😁 It's called "One Piece - Ace's Story" but wait until you are caught up with One Piece in general because it does contain spoilers ;)
Please Note: Food tends to make Luffy VERY irrational. Moreso than usual. Thats why he fought Zoro. He shares this trait with a future character and it's actually pretty significant to their characterization.
Also served a purpose to show How his leadership was non-existent and that he wasn't fit to be a leader at that time due to no experience and it also shows in other moments when some criticize it like Vivi in Whiskey Peak or Iceberg in Water-7
Also I've heard the Zoro vs Luffy fight was a bit of editorial interference (and since OP wasn't yet the absolute juggernaut it grew to become, Oda didn't have the clout to push back on it)
Nononono this is the best kind of review. Talk about spoilers. And luffy and zoro's fight is indeed stupid, but thats the first and last low point of the series. Glad you enjoy
@@alexebogdan6075 the manga 1016 and counting. Still amazing, definitely different vibes and tones from 20 years ago but. Still. Incredible. The anime is usually always around 30/40 ch behind
"favorite world.... maybe ever" bro if you think that this early on you're in for a ride. Im a die hard One piece fan and I didn't fall in love with the world until later in the story so it's awesome you're already appreciating it
I definitely prefer this style of going into detail. Most of us watching those reviews watched/read those arcs years ago so it's nice to see your detailed opinion on them!
If you loved the Alabasta ark so much, I really can’t wait for you to read more. It’s only gonna get better from now on. Especially since there are so many things that, knowing how they are gonna progress, I can’t help but think ‘if only you knew…’ a thousand times. Can’t wait to know your reaction when you read them. I like this type of review, I’d actually like it to be a bit longer ❤️
(Minor spoilers ahead) When he said that Robin was a "small side character with a mini arc" I giggled so much, it's going to be so good seeing him actually discover her motivations for betraying Baroque Works like three arcs from now
u said "ms all sunday betraying crocs was a convenient" but it was so clear hinted ever since her first introduction in the end of the arc where zoro vs luffy happened as she said that she let vivi know crocs' indentity on purpose
Also she's kinda meant to be seen as a sort of untrustworthy character that joins the crew at that point as it serves as a sort of buildup to water 7 where we're unsure if she's loyal or not.
yeah robin's story is so hard to get on the first read and let be real here, daniel still underestimated one piece's storytelling, he still think its just all "fun" and nothing "smart"
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I prefer that you get into detail about the story, even more than how you did today if possible - not necessarily have 40 min + videos like merphy- though you could do a spoiler free section for people who have not read the series and then get into spoilers. Give God Ussop time man
The next major Arc/Saga is my favorite. Epically how the big bad is defeated. I'm so glad that you love One Piece. Wherever I tell my friends (Which we've all been watching/reading One Piece since we were like 10) that you describe Luffy as a force of nature they all look serious for a second, thinking, and then say "well is he wrong?"
Alabasta's definitly the arc that sold One Piece to most people. Some already loved the serie before but this arc is the one that seals the deal. When you finish it, either you love OP or you don't. Also it's the arc that first made me cry... three times (Hiluluk's death, Bon-chan sacrifice and Vivi's farewell)
All spoilers. One piece is so detailed and so much of the plot comes to involve the deeper mysteries of the world that a non spoiler review will eventually be a huge challenge.
As long as its more than 10 mins, I don't really mind which way you do it. I'm just happy people like you are giving this a try and that's honestly all I ask for as a fan.
Loving this new style of review. Seeing you getting excited over OP is such a highlight to any day. I would say get more into the meat of the story in the reviews because we all just wanna see you excited about it.
There is an Ace spin off it's called One piece: aces story it's 2 books and goes through ace's life while luffy was still training to go out to sea but it might spoil some stuff like characters and plot that's explained later in one piece
I’ve been a One Piece fan for years and love watching your fresh enjoyment of the series. This review style was perfect, One Piece has far too many characters and general things going on to be overly vague.
Please talk about events even more! I find myself getting incredibly excited to know your thoughts on specific things, twists, events, characters etc. So happy you’re enjoying the series!!
@@shika1718 how much chapters there will be? On one site I have read that Ace's novel will continue to his ....(thank you for loving me) but it onlt how he became one of WB pirates. So I don't understand will we have a continue of his novel? And have you know about whether this novel will be animated in anime?
A lot of people don’t like the Luffy/Zoro fight (including me), because, as you said, it’s inconsistent with Luffy’s character. I’ve heard that Oda was pushed by his editor(s) to include this, but that’s probably just a rumor.
I Always thought it made sense for Luffy. They gave him food they are good people. Zoro beating them up is bad has to stop him. Anyway it was Nami win so all good
It makes sense as Luffy gets that way with food. Also at this point, his leadership skills weren't that good and moments like these were leading up to that moment in Water-7.
I am making a prediction. Daniel will absolutely love the worldbuilding of the arc after Jaya(not saying the name to avoid spoiling him) and speaking of spoilers, consider having a moderator to keep the comment sections spoiler free.
@@DanielGreeneReviews no well, actually it is only when Luffy is fighting Zoro or Sanji that he can go ballista in fighting and still call it friendly spar. You can't believe that he will fight somebody like Usopp to settle matters.😙😙😙😅🤐🤐
@@WordoftheElderGods Hard to tell, probably half and half. Editors do have a long history of demanding changes and story arcs, theres the story of a lot of late dragon ball almost being entirely dictated by editorial. This was also before One piece was One Piece, so its easier to believe. I personally think it's unlikely because it kinda becomes a recurring theme of Luffy mistakenly getting mad at people for seeming to be mean to regular people.
Take your time please! One Piece is best experienced at your leisure. If you ever feel like taking a break, take the break! You'll come back again, because it's 0:46 still just *so much ffffffun!*
6:53 One piece most definitely has layers to it's narrative with a lot of themes and philosophy for people to ponder over. Could definitely be taught in an english class given the level of detail the manga has. I'd go so far to say it's a modern day epic. If anything the tragedies in one piece definitely rivals that of a shakespearean tragedy haha Heck, there are whole youtube channels dedicated to analysing the story of one piece, which I highly recommend you check out. Once you're all caught up of course haha you might change your mind on whether it could be considered as one of the great pieces of literature.
I think a lot of people don't realize just how important One Piece truly is. As you pointed out it has a lot of themes, perhaps not really shown that much in the first arcs, but once it gets to Enies Lobby the story really gets deeper with themes such as freedom, distopia, dreams, etc. And yeah, I agree it's a modern day epic that one day may be taught in english class. (IIRC there are already courses in Universities in Japan teaching it, and even has kabuki plays in Japan, so at least there it is in that level). I also consider One Piece one of the greatest pieces of literature ever created, just because old stuff was created 400 or so years ago doesn't mean stuff like One Piece which (IMO) is indefinetly better and can make you feel a wide range of emotions. In fact that's one of the main topics in One Piece, that the new can generation eventually surpasses the old.
Not that it still fits but you underestimate Luffy's love of food. His new best friends that gave him a feast were beaten by a supposed friend and he went insane for a second.
Fukin FINALLY mate I been waiting YEARS for this video bro. YEARS!! (a few weeks but its felt like years). Really dig your video style and enthusiasm. Lets goo!
Blood = badass liquid
There’s a cover series about Ace (Luffy’s brother) so you’re coved on that front.
One Piece = Anime Absurdism
Let me help you here : Full. Spoilers. Ahead. Full. Reviews. Ahead. Wewillwatch40minlongreviewsgoddamiit 🔪
Yes weebo hood is possible in that way. But it is not just a title but a way of life.
I like reviews with spoilers, I know the story after all lm here to see what you think about it, not to get a recommendation.
But you can give a recommendation in the beginning for those who are new to it (few words, about a minute maximum) and then jump straight to the spoilers.
“This is the best one I’ve read so far”, yeah that happens a lot around here.
Just ask totally not mark lol
i swear every op reviewer says this for every arc 😅
Hey! That's TNM's catchphrase. This is unacceptable
@@monkieillustrations cause that kinda happens quite a lot with One Piece
@@gaelziade4702 wow wow, wow wow woe
“Best one so far” is going to become a mainstay for these reviews
Thats so nice to hear
so did everyone who read/watched one piece lol
@@DanielGreeneReviews Skypia is a little worse than Alabasta, but better than East Blue, BUT Water 7 is a MASTERPIECE.
@@skybuilder23 Skypiea* just think Sky Pie a to remember the spelling. it helped me
*flashbacks to Totally Not Mark's One Piece videos*
Go full spoiler mode man, noone watches this without having seen the show
Yeah full spoilers and reactions:)
I do. (But I l don't really care about spoilers anyway. lol.)
I do but like that's on me
I watch it because I'm interested in his thoughts on one piece because he rates aot so highly, I might get into it because he's liking it.
@@torresoso definitely check it out, some would say it's pretty good
I love how he refers to Nico Robin as a side character with a closed off story, and Sanji seeming like he didn't struggle/wasn't an outcast. Hearing these takes just puts in perspective how much the characters and story were built since then.
"I wasn't expecting to get a One Piece review so quickly"
_laughs in Merphy's One Piece Friday_
Longer reviews and with spoilers, that's the way daniel
This is the way.
How would you review one piece with out spoiler for the passe arc is a mystery to my
Daniel: I'll buy a body pillow dammit.
The anime community: Ladies and gentlemen. We got him.
Our plan is working 😈
Slowly we'll transform the booktube sphere into our DOMAIN! Our Rule shall be absolute!
Definitely don't avoid spoilers and stick to this style. I mean, by now everyone's watched one piece or seen spoilers on the internet. And the series is so long that reviewing it vaguely wouldn't do it justice.
Hard agree
Yes please don't avoid spoilers. I absolutely hate those kind of reviews. This series has been out for damn near 4 decades. If they haven't read it yet that's on them.
I agree. As these videos go on, trying to talk about personal opinions or how certain parts made you feel without actually saying what happened will get in the way of expressing said thoughts
Another agreed here. While I get there is a place for spoiler free recommendations, most of my enjoyment comes from knowing how events were experienced by others and that requires a bit of spoiler.
Big agree
“Not meant to be philosophising about the motivations of the characters.” You couldn’t be more wrong my man. Entire TH-cam channels have been built to do that.
I stopped the video to look for this comment.
*Ohara sweating*
Two things about Luffy vs Zoro.... #1 he might've been drunk.... #2 there's a possibility that Oda was kinda strongarmed into adding this by the magazine because they wanted to show this fight between the top 2 strongest crew members. This is literally the only time in the entire story that any of the crew betrays their own character.
I think it's a mix of a gag gone too far (Luffy likes food so much he is more loyal to it than his own fucking family) and like you said, a possible push on the fanservicy fighting shit
Imagine being so loud and so wrong, Sanji bopped the fuck out of Luffy on wholecake island, that wasn't Sanji at all, he unleashed everything he could against Luffy without restraint
And he fought zoro simply because he beat up baroque works while Luffy slept, then the hencemen said zoro attacked him, so Luffy fought zoro for attacking them
@@jaysmyth7353 sanji fought luffy because he had to. he was trying to keep luffy from getting himself killed and wanted to sacrifice himself because of how much he cared about keeping his crew out of it, which still makes sense for his character. luffy fought zoro because he genuinely thought he was a jerk for attacking baroque works which is a completely different type of out-of-character
It’s not out of character for Luffy. Here’s the thing:
HE’S STUPID. HE IS SO DUMB.
Of course he wakes up, sees Zoro killed everyone who just fed him a ton of his favourite food and go apeshit on him. Of course these villagers managed to fool Luffy, he’s the dumbest person just period.
Pay more attention to usopp's dynamics with luffy and zoro, then put it together with his backstory of someone who wishes he was a pirate warrior but is too much of a coward to be one and is now thrown into a ship full of monster grade fighters that he can't compare to, unlike his father who's in one of the most famous crews with shanks because he deserves it. usopp's the real human in the fantasy world. and you'll like him a lot more a few arcs from now
This Greene guy is narrow-minded when it comes to Usopp. So annoying.
"WE GOT DINOSAURS!!"
He's gonna lose his mind when he gets to Wano lmao
shhhhhhhhhhh
Zou too hahaha
He loses it sooner. Cough... Sabaody Archipelago... Cough...
@@Simon-zn5so Shut up
@@WordoftheElderGods Why?
One of the best things about Oda’s writing is that the further you read, the more you’ll enjoy this early part of the story. Seeds were planted that you won’t see until hundreds of chapters later
Couldn’t have said it any better bro . Its just amazing
everything matters in one piece!!!!!!
I mean he skipped true Mr2. So it will be funny to see him realize how important he is...
@@aronnemcsik Same with the comment on Sanji’s past
I’m smiling at this,but I don’t have a body. Yohohohohoho
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the worldbuilding surrounding Crocodile’s title as one of the Seven Warlords. The government ranking system in this series is one of the coolest aspects imo and the fact that some nobody pirate like Luffy took down such a high ranking “government” official has so many implications in terms of where the story’s headed and the consequences to come. Definitely my favorite thing about this arc.
Plus it's a great example of how Oda takes inspiration from IRL history, as the Warlords are roughly equivalent to privateers
@@isopodshuffle yeah
Oda: So you don't like Usopp? Robin/Ms. Sunday's betrayal to Croc was a convenience to the story?
Also Oda: *evil smile then gets his magic pen*
oh come on just let him be fooled by the books like the rest of us lmao
The fact that Oda lulls people into thinking that the world isn't dark is amazing
I still don't like Usopp. His character gimmick holds him back and further holds back the entire crew.
@@cyryl3827 I understand not liking him and his gimmick, but this is One Piece where comedy gimmicks actually make important plot points and it would be really unfair to say it holds his crew back. Out of the top of my head, SPOILERS: he was the only one capable of facing Perona. We only see her as a minor nuissance and comedy relief because he was the one taking care of her. Anyone else would've been screwed in a haki-less period of the story. He was absolutely essential in three specific moments of Dressrosa of which two were because of his gimmicks. Like I said, I get it, it can get annoying sometimes, but he's not holding the crew back.
@@Triattt Oh, Usopp was fine back then still.
It's around the Fishman saga that I felt his existence began to hold the crew back.
Like... it just feels like a lot of character growth the crew went through in the first 300-400 chapters... just... went flying off the boat and sunk to the bottom of the sea.
I found Dressrosa to be one of the worst arcs in the story.
“It’s the best arc so far”
Ah, your new catchphrase
and everyone who read/watched one piece lol
*totally not mark has entered the chat*
@@woahdaddy.standbackman.902 I love how much the One Piece community loves seeing other people fall in love with One Piece.
@@shyguypro9876 ya the one piece community is at it's best when supporting new readers or watchers.
@@shyguypro9876 we're the guy who just poisoned you and enjoys watching you cough in pain
Did you notice that some of Usopp's lies become true ? He talked about a giant goldfish with poop as large as an island.
No spoilers plz... 🤐🤐
oh shit i missed that!
And there is the giant mole he claimed was in Kaya's mansion that he wanted to see.
@@redu8806 This isn't a spoiler.
@@DanielGreeneReviews That's the grace of our God Usopp!!
"then we went to an island that's not super important, there is two giants fighting...."
- famous last words
"except for sanji which it seems like he had a good stable life so far..."
Almost every thing he mentions as a cool throwaway is in fact not a throwaway at all. Oda too OP.
"They go to an Island that's not super important..." bouta age like milk.
Geography is Everything!
@@Ry9022 Shoutout to Tekking101...assuming he's the one who came up with that phrase idk
@@PhilDVG He DID come up with it
@@Ry9022 Earth-Chan approves...
I just wanted to add that Zoro only sleeps when he's 100% convinced it's safe to do so.
That's why he's almost always sleeping on the ship.
He's basically conserving his energy for instances like Whisky Peak.
I despised Ussop with a passion, then one day when I was like 300-400 chapters in, I realized he was one of my favorite characters. His character growth is unparalleled
Yeah I was definitely the same hated him till God Usopp showed me the ways
Literally still the same character. He's only had a handful of breakthrough moments, but no permanent growth
I kinda like that he was so hatable early on, it made his growth even better.
I always liked Usopp he was just so relatable
@@Dobbyisfr33 after enies lobby he became more humble. Before he kept Saying hes better than luffy cause he’s the captain.
Daniel’s hate of Usopp reminds me of the ProZD “Trying to convince your friend a character gets better” vid lol
Holy crap this is it to a tee.
That’s actually the reason he made that video, he’s a massive one piece fan
@@Drmcsmrst Oh cool! Had no idea. Love it. (about him being an usopp fan, not him being a One piece fan).
@@Drmcsmrst idk why but I always thought that video was done in reference to Zenitsu from Demon Slayer.
@@philbox3productions nah Zenitsu always annoying don’t call
i like it when you talk about what's actually happening in the story.
Ussop is the personification of us, the normals. Its how Oda believes we would act if we landed in One Piece.
Also never say an island is not that important. Just wait 200+ chapters
Nah. I don’t think that
Barto is us. He’s literally an Otaku plonked in one piece
Yo this I always say this to my girl when she first used to talk down about him like bruh this how most normal ppl would act
Ace allready has a spinoff series. called the Ace’s Story, but you should not read it yet
The Zoro/Luffy fight is fairly sloppy and mostly there for the excuse of having Luffy and Zoro fight for a bit, nothing like it ever happens again
Apparently this was an editor decision back at the time because they really wanted to Zoro to fight Luffy.
I agree that Zoro/Luffy fight's reasoning is kinda sloppy, and then again it isn't. In Japanese culture, people generally are thankful to the ones providing them with food and thank their provider before a meal (i.e I watched a lot of anime). Luffy being a foodie, after hearing that his crewmate is going around beating people who fed him, decided to fight Zoro cause in his mind, he had commited an atrocious crime. Now, I am done, making excuses. Peace!
It honestly never bothered me as much as it seems to bother people now. Maybe because back then I only watched it as an anime and hadn't read the manga so idk how serious the portrayal of the scene is in the original, but in the anime, it always just felt like a silly side bit where it's like...yea we KNOW Luffy is the worst food addict in the world (with maybe one exception, lol) and takes food VERY seriously. We see him fight over food in background panels all the time. So of course it's a grave offense in his eyes when he wakes up and sees Zoro beat up the people who just fed him. Of course he'd be enraged.
I think people give Luffy too much credit when they say "Why didn't he question Zoro calmly instead of starting a fight?"
Luffy can be VERY one-track-minded and is especially always ready to brawl when it comes to food.
Saying Luffy is loyal to his friends and would do everything for them as a counter argument for why he wouldn't have a silly scuffle over something dumb is like saying Zoro is loyal to and protective of the crew so he can't fight Sanji. Yet he does all the time, but when shit actually goes down, of course he's loyal and protective even towards Sanji.
So yea. To me, that scene was always more of a...sibiling fight amongst two people who generally do very much care for each other, and never an actual "I legit want to kill you" kind of scenario.
I think the Zoro/Luffy fight feels more natural once you get to Water Seven and see what Zoro really is for luffy.
@@sbjoka56 This rumor keeps getting thrown around but there is never an actual source for it. Pretty sure people just like to blame the editor for any scene they don't like (even though we know from SBS and editor interviews that Oda, even as a total newbie, never actually just listened to his editors) so they can hold up Oda as this perfect being who never writes anything bad ever.
People new to one piece: Usopp sucks.
One piece veterans: Usopp is God.
ALL HAIL GOD USOPP
...Let Me..Lea..D'You....To...Sal....Vei....Tion
God usopp
We must covert the Pagans to the worship of God Usopp perper for a war
They dont even know LoL
Meh to me it's refreshing to hear someone dislikes Usopp. I'm not a fan myself ^^'
I think you are right, the scene for Luffy vs Zoro does contradict Luffy's personality. I also think it was only there to show Luffy vs Zoro so people know Zoro is pretty strong too and not too far behind Luffy
The problem that it doesn't have narrative sense
its prolly not true but I always tell myself it was because Luffy was a bit drunk. They were all getting blasted that night at a place called whiskey peak
@@GummiDropz Also those people gave him food and were super nice to him, the shock might've been enough.
Luffy is an impulsive idiot. He does what he emotionally feels like doing and it turns out okay for the most part because he has high EQ, but that's not always the case.
The whole thing was as simple as him waking up, seeing his hosts beaten up by Zoro and then feeling like needing answers as to why it happened (in this case by beating him up and asking questions later).
You rarely see Luffy actually ask questions, people either tell him what's up or he beats it out of them. Him asking questions from Zoro there would be what's out of character for him, not the other way around.
I'm even going to go on a leg here and say he assumed Zoro's the violent drunk type of guy who beats up people when he's drunk, which some Pirates are. To Luffy, him attacking Zoro doesn't mean their friendship would end, he just emotionally felt compelled to do it, therefore he did.
Man all this Usopp slander is painful to hear. He's the most courageous of anyone on the ship.
Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji are fearless badasses. Courage is meaningless if there's no fear to overcome. Usopp has negative self image and is terrified of everything, but in spite of that he shows up to fight for his friends. He has to overcome more internally to get to the same place. Who's truly courageous here? Also Usopp's fight with Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas where he was hit with baseball bombs and takes a bat to the face, and yet STILL says "Don't you dare laugh at my friend's dream. Luffy is the man who will become the Pirate King!"
Also Usopp invented a weather based weapon for Nami.
He did ALL of that this arc.
There's this thing about fiction where as readers we vicariously insert ourselves into the world and want to relate to the strong and powerful characters.
Usopp, on the other hand, functions as a mirror held up to the audience. We may not like what we see.
But then almost in response to that he shows courage, cleverness, inventiveness, and determination, and people seem to completely miss that because he's not a fearless badass like the monster trio.
Thank you. Even at first he’s my favorite character because there’s a lot more of an internal battle with his struggles that I think a lot of stories miss when making MCs. Like he genuinely has to overcome his fears and lack of self worth, which were the reasons he was such a liar in the first place. It’s so full circle and just is super 3 dimensional I love it.
God damn, that was great to read. 👍
Poor Usoop. “I’d push him off board and tell the others idk where he went” HAHAHAHA
Yeah Luffy would punch Daniel for that
@@cecirapalini RIP Daniel
I mean, let's not act as if he didn't take a while to grow on the majority of us too xD
@@sleepysera For me personally not really. I always love that he was the normal and relatable member who didn't have great figh skills or powers.
@@cecirapalini I don't find him relateable. He's full of rather despicable character traits (the constant lying, boasting and self-centered attitude) but unlike the other characters, he didn't have anything positive to offset that negative side like all the other characters did, and for quite a long time at that.
The issue I had with him was never that he's weak and afraid like a normal person would be amongst all those monsters, it's his unpleasant character.
Nami is pretty much just as weak and afraid as he is most of the time, and would serve as an audience proxy in the same way, but she isn't disliked as he is for the first third of One Piece, because she isn't a despicable human all the time.
Usopp grew on most people only once we saw SOME positive traits that could counterbalance the abundance of negative ones. If you liked him right away, that's great, but not exactly common :)
"One Piece worldbuilding thrives in the weird but somehow reasonable for this world." might be the best summary I've heard of how the One Piece world works.
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“If I read 1000 chapters of this am I a weeb?” Well that depends do you considers someone a fantasy nerd if they’ve read all of WoT??
Good example
God tier explanation
He did AoT & FMA too, so it's more like WoT, HP & Neil Gaiman. Not a full weeb, but honorary guest at the table.
Edit: as in honorary member or honored guest (wrote quickly)
@@chriszorander9333 he gets a seat at the kids table to listen but not speak. but he's invited to the party and he gets a plate. he can get a place at the grown-ups table once he's read more of Berserk and at least one other seinen.
@@miguelangelthomas5154 Not what I meant. He's like the guy who can't make it to weekly D&D, but there's always a character for him when he can make it. The guy who'll happily go to cons with his friends, but doesn't have a cosplay outfit of his own. The friend who lives out of town, but is super welcome when he can make the drive.
If he's already giving 9/10 I wonder what will be his reaction to water seven and marineford btw I like better the spoilery version since I don't think of these videos from you as a "Should you read One Piece's Alabasta Arc" but instead "I read Alabasta and these are my thoughts on it"
My man’s gonna lose his mind when he gets to the post-timeskip.
@@AraAra6367 ehh no all PTS arcs are that amazing ejemp Fishman island or Punk Hazard but I agree that from then on he is going to lose his mind.
“Is Zoro a God?”
Nope, but one of the Straw Hats is.
God D Ussop
@@Mo-ir4lb
- You know what they've been calling me? God Usopp.
- Isn't that your name?
- No! It's Go D Usopp.
@@Triattt lol🤣🤣
@@Triattt legendary quote
@@Triattt The D stands for DOPE AF
"Sanji had a stable life"
Yeah...totally.
Whole cake island starts to laugh
*laughs in double 6.*
I laughed my ass off at that part XD
this is a spoiler
Yeah..... Totally
Oh, and small correction: this is a saga comprised of many arcs (Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, Drum Island, and Alabasta proper). There are nine sagas in One Piece atm and this is the second. All of the sagas except the first and last one get their name from the most important arc in them. Some sagas have a ton of arcs, and one only has one arc.
yeah i've never liked how Luffy fights Zoro either. One of the most out of character moments in the whole series, i think some editor or something just asked Oda to have them fight
It was something to sell copies im sure. So Im just going to ignore it after this review.
Yep, it was an editor decision.
@@RoadtoArkham how do you know?
Luffy is dumb enough to think that people who gave him food are his friends from now on. Remember Rebecca, lol
It was mostly just played for a gag. So eh whatever 🤷
The Zoro Luffy fight made sense to me because it was the first time the straw hats hurt people Luffy considered civilians. To me it was Luffy taking a stand to make sure his crew (and us) is aware that they are not that kind of pirates.
You have no idea how happy it makes me to listen to my fave youtubers talk about their gradual infatuation with One Piece. You and Merphy both, but i am keeping up with your Wheel of Time read-along and i still hold that One Piece is a world-building masterpiece.
"Maybe everyone except Sanji. He seemed like he had a pretty stable life and just said I´m out" Huh a stable life indeed..
He objectively had the worst childhood.
@@adarshsridhar6051 ahem... Robin
@@lipeeefl I acknowledge your comment and stand by my comment about Sanji having the most traumatic childhood. But if we're talking about anyone in the OP universe, Law is the clear winner. His backstory was DARK
@@adarshsridhar6051 Ehhhhh IDK I think Robins nudges it out. At least Law had people to support him. While it was absolutely sad to read Robin literally had no one and has been despised for existing. Pretty fucked up for a kid growing up.
@@EcopiuM Maybe I'm a monster for not sheding a single tear in Robin's backstory but maybe I'm not because I cry everytime I watches Sanji's backstory. So imo Sanji's was a sadder
What did you think of the moment in Choppers story: "When does a man truly die?"
I will die for Chopper.
@@DanielGreeneReviews Funny enough Merphy didnt care for Chopper till recently he was worse than Usopp for her
@@daasnahk5058 I think when she does a reread she’ll start liking chopper more. Just cause now she’ll be more invested
@@DanielGreeneReviews Chopper deserves only good things
What a coincidence I'm also at this arc since I'm watching again for nostalgia.
Thanks foe the ♥
Btw since you brought up the topic of luffy vs zorro.
To my understanding luffy just thought those peeps were innocent and zorro just offed them since they were so hospitable but! not making luffy warrant punishment to the point of beating zorro to death. At least that was at the anime.
Keep getting deeper and weirder with the reviews. It’s fun to hear what scenes stand out or what choices irked you without too much concern for spoilers. You are a gem! Keep up the good work!
"I want a spin-off series with him NOW"
There actually is one!😁 It's called "One Piece - Ace's Story" but wait until you are caught up with One Piece in general because it does contain spoilers ;)
Having watched Merphy just bawl her eyes out last week, I can't wait for Daniel to reach Ennies Lobby.
It is going to change his world!
Please Note: Food tends to make Luffy VERY irrational. Moreso than usual. Thats why he fought Zoro. He shares this trait with a future character and it's actually pretty significant to their characterization.
Also served a purpose to show How his leadership was non-existent and that he wasn't fit to be a leader at that time due to no experience and it also shows in other moments when some criticize it like Vivi in Whiskey Peak or Iceberg in Water-7
Also I've heard the Zoro vs Luffy fight was a bit of editorial interference (and since OP wasn't yet the absolute juggernaut it grew to become, Oda didn't have the clout to push back on it)
@@adarshsridhar6051 this reasoning was highlighted in the manga yes
@@isopodshuffle Yeah it definitely felt like that ngl like I unironically would’ve liked contrived mind control bs more imo
Nononono this is the best kind of review. Talk about spoilers.
And luffy and zoro's fight is indeed stupid, but thats the first and last low point of the series. Glad you enjoy
Pell surviving is the lowest point of the series, but yeah that was also stupid.
I love seeing you and Merphy enjoying One Piece so much. Would be great if you would upload 1 arc review a week like Merphy does! :3
This kind of review is much more interesting to listen to. Glad you're enjoying the manga/show!
The time has come! I’ve been so hyped to see your next One Piece video! Let’s goooooo!
You can't do 1000 chapters of an anime, that's physically impossible.
Anime machine go brrrrrrr
At what chapter is he currently?
@@alexebogdan6075 the manga 1016 and counting. Still amazing, definitely different vibes and tones from 20 years ago but. Still. Incredible. The anime is usually always around 30/40 ch behind
@@ND-gm2vs the manga at the moment is so exiting
@Suhail Refaye. Lol, the jokes going over a few people's heads I see
"favorite world.... maybe ever" bro if you think that this early on you're in for a ride. Im a die hard One piece fan and I didn't fall in love with the world until later in the story so it's awesome you're already appreciating it
I definitely prefer this style of going into detail. Most of us watching those reviews watched/read those arcs years ago so it's nice to see your detailed opinion on them!
"Of course we get a reindeer on the boat.. im such a fool" made me giggle.
If you loved the Alabasta ark so much, I really can’t wait for you to read more. It’s only gonna get better from now on.
Especially since there are so many things that, knowing how they are gonna progress, I can’t help but think ‘if only you knew…’ a thousand times. Can’t wait to know your reaction when you read them.
I like this type of review, I’d actually like it to be a bit longer ❤️
(Minor spoilers ahead) When he said that Robin was a "small side character with a mini arc" I giggled so much, it's going to be so good seeing him actually discover her motivations for betraying Baroque Works like three arcs from now
Daniel: "Except Sanji, he seems like he had a very good stable life..."
Everyone in the fandom: 🙂
Mister Spoiler Prince, sir
@@iamdivan7368 I haven't spoiled anything 😉👉
That is why you are a royalty, royal pan
Also, 69 likes
Nice
@@iamdivan7368 noice 👀
I haven’t read One Piece in years and I am LIVING for this energy
Time to catch up, current arc super good!
I like how you go in depth in the reviews! I like the sort of deep dives over vagueness
I like this style of review where you walk through it and talk about what parts you like and didn't like. It's fun.
u said "ms all sunday betraying crocs was a convenient" but it was so clear hinted ever since her first introduction in the end of the arc where zoro vs luffy happened as she said that she let vivi know crocs' indentity on purpose
Also she faked Igarams death. And saved Luffy after his fight with Crocodile
Also she's kinda meant to be seen as a sort of untrustworthy character that joins the crew at that point as it serves as a sort of buildup to water 7 where we're unsure if she's loyal or not.
yeah robin's story is so hard to get on the first read and let be real here, daniel still underestimated one piece's storytelling, he still think its just all "fun" and nothing "smart"
I prefer that you get into detail about the story, even more than how you did today if possible - not necessarily have 40 min + videos like merphy- though you could do a spoiler free section for people who have not read the series and then get into spoilers.
Give God Ussop time man
Facts
I wouldn't mind 40 min videos.
Oh we here bb! The first best arc.
It is equivalent of the first chapter after prologue in the book, so yeah
i like this style, hearing your thoughts about specific events is nice.
I like this kind better. You kept bringing up moments and making me smile when I remembered them.
The next major Arc/Saga is my favorite. Epically how the big bad is defeated. I'm so glad that you love One Piece. Wherever I tell my friends (Which we've all been watching/reading One Piece since we were like 10) that you describe Luffy as a force of nature they all look serious for a second, thinking, and then say "well is he wrong?"
seeing your and merphy's reviews has motivated me to start rereading one piece, it's really fun to read along and experience it again!
I promise you're gonna love Ussop. Merphy Napier was adamant about hating him just like you and now she likes him. Just wait
i dont believe you but okay
@@DanielGreeneReviews NGL but he will become a God tier character.
@@DanielGreeneReviews trust in SwaggyQuaggy, 1000% true.
@@Haxerous that's a god tier comment❤
@@Haxerous Go. D. Ussop
"It feels forced to have royalty on the ship"
Mr Prince: Am I a joke to you
Alabasta's definitly the arc that sold One Piece to most people. Some already loved the serie before but this arc is the one that seals the deal. When you finish it, either you love OP or you don't.
Also it's the arc that first made me cry... three times (Hiluluk's death, Bon-chan sacrifice and Vivi's farewell)
I prefer this style of review going forward. So happy to see you're having fun with it
All spoilers. One piece is so detailed and so much of the plot comes to involve the deeper mysteries of the world that a non spoiler review will eventually be a huge challenge.
Spoiler reviews. Talk your thoughts out. I personally don't like reviews that are vague.
Especially since there are so many themes to talk about.
As long as its more than 10 mins, I don't really mind which way you do it. I'm just happy people like you are giving this a try and that's honestly all I ask for as a fan.
Loving this new style of review. Seeing you getting excited over OP is such a highlight to any day. I would say get more into the meat of the story in the reviews because we all just wanna see you excited about it.
There is an Ace spin off it's called One piece: aces story it's 2 books and goes through ace's life while luffy was still training to go out to sea but it might spoil some stuff like characters and plot that's explained later in one piece
Yeah, the Ace Novels are best read after the current point in the story since they reveal details about certain characters.
I didn't even know that exists.
@@Noeton yeah there's kinda a reason for that lol
Interesting will we have an anime adaptation of this?
There is also a spin off story regarding Ace, but I would wait before reading it 🤙
"I don't want them to fight. I want them to be wholesome friends, cause I love their friendship."
... oh boy 😬😬😬
I’ve been a One Piece fan for years and love watching your fresh enjoyment of the series. This review style was perfect, One Piece has far too many characters and general things going on to be overly vague.
Please talk about events even more! I find myself getting incredibly excited to know your thoughts on specific things, twists, events, characters etc. So happy you’re enjoying the series!!
"I like big things" - Daniel Green 2021
Who doesn't?
@@Kobi_89 I don't know, a fly probably, Big things kill them a lot
He's gonna flip when he gets to Shirahoshi
@@Breadcutter yeah but what about a big pile of sugar?
Ever heard of diabetes
There is a short spinoff series of ace but I would avoid it for a while
There is? Do you mean the light novels?
@@connorthornberg yeah I think thats the material boichi adapted into the ace manga. There's 2 chapters out rn
@@shika1718 how much chapters there will be? On one site I have read that Ace's novel will continue to his ....(thank you for loving me) but it onlt how he became one of WB pirates. So I don't understand will we have a continue of his novel? And have you know about whether this novel will be animated in anime?
A lot of people don’t like the Luffy/Zoro fight (including me), because, as you said, it’s inconsistent with Luffy’s character. I’ve heard that Oda was pushed by his editor(s) to include this, but that’s probably just a rumor.
I Always thought it made sense for Luffy. They gave him food they are good people. Zoro beating them up is bad has to stop him. Anyway it was Nami win so all good
It makes sense when luffy sees rebecca as a good person because she gave him food
It makes sense as Luffy gets that way with food. Also at this point, his leadership skills weren't that good and moments like these were leading up to that moment in Water-7.
It was a miss understanding, he just woke up, and he kinda was tricked by the enemy. Luffy even laughs at the mistake.
I Love the fight
My son and I just finished this arc last night! Perfect timing. 🤘
I absolutely can't wait for you to get up to date. This series just continuously gets better and draws you in deeper with every arch.
One Piece is gonna single handly make Daniel recalibrate his rating scale
Yeah, looking forward to seeing some 20 out of 10's later down the road.
Yeah he is giving a 9 to alabasta now imagine what he will give to the others
Yo. I'm looking forward to water 7 and Enies Lobby
I am making a prediction. Daniel will absolutely love the worldbuilding of the arc after Jaya(not saying the name to avoid spoiling him) and speaking of spoilers, consider having a moderator to keep the comment sections spoiler free.
Apparently Zoro vs Luffy was because Oda's editors wanted an edgy infighting
boooooooooo
@@DanielGreeneReviews no well, actually it is only when Luffy is fighting Zoro or Sanji that he can go ballista in fighting and still call it friendly spar. You can't believe that he will fight somebody like Usopp to settle matters.😙😙😙😅🤐🤐
Are you sure? Or is this a case of fans making shit up? Like "Oh, Araki thought he was too powerful so he wrote him out." type of nonsense.
@@WordoftheElderGods Hard to tell, probably half and half. Editors do have a long history of demanding changes and story arcs, theres the story of a lot of late dragon ball almost being entirely dictated by editorial. This was also before One piece was One Piece, so its easier to believe. I personally think it's unlikely because it kinda becomes a recurring theme of Luffy mistakenly getting mad at people for seeming to be mean to regular people.
Thats just a popular rumor.
Really hope the next one comes soon. This One Piece reviews give me life.
Take your time please! One Piece is best experienced at your leisure. If you ever feel like taking a break, take the break! You'll come back again, because it's 0:46 still just *so much ffffffun!*
6:53 One piece most definitely has layers to it's narrative with a lot of themes and philosophy for people to ponder over. Could definitely be taught in an english class given the level of detail the manga has. I'd go so far to say it's a modern day epic. If anything the tragedies in one piece definitely rivals that of a shakespearean tragedy haha Heck, there are whole youtube channels dedicated to analysing the story of one piece, which I highly recommend you check out. Once you're all caught up of course haha you might change your mind on whether it could be considered as one of the great pieces of literature.
I think a lot of people don't realize just how important One Piece truly is. As you pointed out it has a lot of themes, perhaps not really shown that much in the first arcs, but once it gets to Enies Lobby the story really gets deeper with themes such as freedom, distopia, dreams, etc. And yeah, I agree it's a modern day epic that one day may be taught in english class. (IIRC there are already courses in Universities in Japan teaching it, and even has kabuki plays in Japan, so at least there it is in that level).
I also consider One Piece one of the greatest pieces of literature ever created, just because old stuff was created 400 or so years ago doesn't mean stuff like One Piece which (IMO) is indefinetly better and can make you feel a wide range of emotions. In fact that's one of the main topics in One Piece, that the new can generation eventually surpasses the old.
Not that it still fits but you underestimate Luffy's love of food. His new best friends that gave him a feast were beaten by a supposed friend and he went insane for a second.
"Im just going to call him crocodillian in my head I dont know why"
*overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer*
Naw croco boy is the way too goo
Fukin FINALLY mate I been waiting YEARS for this video bro. YEARS!! (a few weeks but its felt like years). Really dig your video style and enthusiasm. Lets goo!
Detailed reviews for sure are the best for One Piece
Miss Sunday, my favorite "side character" :D:D
Daniel: Luffy's a force of nature
Me remembering Luffy after the timeskip:
Luffy at all times, really.
There's no better way to describe him.
daniel: I've read the manga and watch the anime for this arc
we all: how many hugs do you need?
Get it man. Enjoy the ride!
Thanks for the video , now i am going back to merphy's video to watch it again while i do my work .