Since this is about a specific way on how Oda writes characters, would you be doing more on how he handles the main cast throughout the series? Maybe even other elements to his writing(I know you've covered a few in your other videos).
Also about Bellamy: he states to Luffy that he "will not be part of the Straw Hat Fleet" despite the fact that he sees Luffy as a friend. He takes a Vivre Card though, showing that loyalty is not the sacrifice of freedom. Great video btw.
@@lordofolimpia1 Definitly agree though with the videos talk of story planning will Bellamy's new job of a flag maker be used in the future? I'm picturing like the Usopp pirates introduction.
"Friendship is not determined by how much time you spent together." Oda proving this true by giving the Straw Hats 2 years of time spent apart which is greater than all of the time they spent together up to the current arc.
I've always wondered. Didn't they have to sail from island to island? Back then sailing takes a long time, in one piece the seas are unpredictable so it should take much longer, months perhaps from isle to isle? Theoretically they spent more than a year together, maybe.
@@gats9009 I get u bro but the thing is straw hats don't spend more than 2or 3 days on a single island...so all those times they spent were on sea.. think about it dressrosa was just above 1 day and WCI is only 2 or 3 days
so much more better than those useless predictions, so fkn what, ODA is giving us this perfectly built story with tons of setups and you are just going to destroy it with their predictions. Silly predictions just gives 2 points. 1. that Oda made a very deep story that it needed this wtf theories and how he made it all make sense. 2. It just shatters the emotion that Oda wants you to feel because you already knew from these predictions. then again so many theories that one bounds to be correct. So nothing impressive,
Yep, and i always realize howndumb i am to not grasp it in the first place. I like to blame it on my age when i first watched one piece, but even now or with some other stories, its hard to see beyond the surface
It's seems so easy when you explain like that those plot points, It's really hard to write a compelling story with all this detail in a long story keeping the interest of the reader all along, It's almost impossible, that's why Oda is so revered into the community, what he had done until now is almost unbelievable, that includes making us cry over a ship, a f... ship, a loyal ship T_T
One piece is a literal goldmine when it comes to analysis so I find it sad that most of the OP youtubers focus on theories or very surface level stuff.
Bogglemanify tbh its actually nice that one piece community is making a lot of stuff for just an anime imagine the variety someone making theories and someone making analysis , it make everyone engage , having to talked while waiting for another chapter or a manga break. I think because of the community or the fans itself it makes one piece one of the successful because the fans was a lot of content to talked about and it makes every fans active or else they gonna left behind. Kpop fandom are very successful because despite no comeback or album the fans are active because they create contents while their idols have no project. Aside from one piece , i love the community too (of course not the toxic fans) because how establish it is in all social media platform from wiki chat, reddit, youtube, facebook and twitter fans are active, the contributory effect of it is making one piece still relevant even after 2 decades. In the end its a win win situation for both oda and the the community. I think this is the only anime that you cannot just talked about stories and theories but also the characters.
Ms. Chuisin they usually have the IDEA for the ending but typically change it a shit ton of times. Which is normal. The story can take a life if it’s own. But oda is so good on the fly that when he realized that his story wasn’t going to end in just 5 years. He’s probably cooked all this up and somehow made it work along the way. He’s been talking about wano for yearsssss now
@@WtJah Well the problem with manga like shounen jump, is that there are thousands of writers who are just trying to get their start and published in the magazine. They're so focused on getting momentum and attracting attention that they don't have the luxury of thinking of an ending. The conclusion may be amazing, but if you get axed before it all comes together, it's basically all for nothing. Oda is such a legend that he can take weeks off at a time to make a great path to a conclusion, is because he's NEVER gonna be in danger of getting axed.
Dear Morj this one went much further and deeper into analysing narrative techniques. A bit more complicated than usual videos but of great, reaally great interest. Thank you very much
Oda's pacience is really impresive because you know he's had some of the most epic and cool scenes toughtout for a long time yet he doesn't rush to them, he properly builds them up so that when we get there those scenes hit the hardest
@@Andrea-mm8df In spite of the sheer length, the story arc of Wano is very rushed. There's a lot of plot threads that got left hanging and didn't get properly tied up. The first was Big Mom's rivalry with Luffy. There's also the Big Mom crew that was trying to climb up the waterfall. What happened to them? The Third Act of Wano is also somehow still continuing even though Kaido is already defeated. Normally in samurai stories, you defeat the big bad in Act 4. Zoro was not given enough focus in terms of his connection to the Shimotsuki Clan, the Shimotsuki Village, and Wano in general. There is no rhyme or reason for why arguably the strongest of the nine scabbards, Ashura Doji, would die of a small explosion. The fight against the Numbers could benefit if they were given more time to shine, particularly the fight between Jinbei and Who's Who.
@@pbtenchi I dont want to say it, but i hope OnePiece ends before Oda does and he makes that mech series. I'd like him to stay around and enjoy the sight of people exploring the forest that his labor sprouted over the years. Also, maybe there's a possibility of occassional returns to the crew, showing that the world is still alive past the end if you get what i mean.
Beautifully done. This also supports the idea of One Piece having a ‘living world’, where seemingly unimportant characters have their own moving storylines.
During Baratie arc Gin also followed the wrong man, namely Don Grieg. I think that was the first time Oda explored the concept, but it was expanded upon with Bellamy.
ye, I always wanted to see Gin again actually. I wonder if he's still loyal to Don Krieg. Should we assume they're both held in an EastBlue Navy Base somewhere? Maybe together with Arlong? Or were the Arlong pirates all directly sent to the Tenryuubito? I could see that too.
@@Broockle "...there's no such thing as dying off screen if you have name..." Well, a certain Moria's crew member with invincibility df would like to argues with that lmao
Because it's manga and not novel some people don't see it as top tier literature in our world That all changes once a person reads one piece of course But we need more and more western literature names to do so
@@xtensioncordtv1969 It's easier to get more flaws from One Piece since it has way more content that HxH and FMA combined. You say they don't have flaws that can't be debated on, which I disagree with mainly for HxH since Killua's sister felt way too convenient no matter how much you want to debate it. All of the sudden Killua's sister has the most OP ability we've seen in the series and is able to heal Gon.
XXXtensioncord TV Wasn’t Alluka’s abilities that revived Gon an asspull? Togashi is ass compared to Oda, he needs to use his hiatuses to even compete (Chimera Ant Arc was 3 years worth of content done in 8 years) lmao
Incredibly insightful and well thought out, much like the writing of Oda himself. Well done Morj, this is going to be my reference video to explain why Oda is such a great writer in future.
It's stuff like this that makes me think there never be another show/story like OP again, it takes decades of dedication to have this balance of comedy/tragedy/mystery with hundreds of characters and consistency of themes and releases (week by week)
@@Bioshock6407 Hey, I would be happy to chat with you on something like discord. I've been working on my own works for years now and am always looking for someone to bounce ideas off of. You seem pretty confident so I'd love to get some insight into your mind. Of course I'll give the same back! Looking forward to hearing from you!
beautiful. As I have always said Oda is not writing a simple story. Years from now, like 50-100 years from today. People will look back and see Oda as one of the greatest writers of all time. Very few people in history can say they have written epics to the scale Oda has. Alexandre Dumas comes to mind when I think of Oda. Dumas was the writer of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Legendary titles nowadays but when they were first being released they came out in parts, serialized, almost like Manga are today. Alexandre Dumas is now considered one of the greatest writers in the world. I imagine in about 50 years someone will have collected all of One Piece into one big volume and then there will be abridged versions that kids in middle school have to read and do projects on. It all sounds so far fetched but I recognize the epic scale of this story and it matches the epic scale of all the other greats. Oda will go down in history.
I am surprised you mentioned Dumas but not Tolkien. Lotr is considered by many as the benchmark of fantasy epic and Middle earth has the scale and scope that rivals the world of One piece. Oda is my all time favourite writer and Tolkien is a very close second.
@@kevbeenballin9 you're very wrong my friend In Italy we had to study many stuff in latin just because some scholars had one of those books surviving throughout middle age! If something with such a low circulation within the roman empire with 60 or more % of citizens not capable of reading Survived 2 millenia basically Imagine how long the most sold comic book of all time will survive
@@tpsam Latin is Historically important and it's a foundation for allot of what we have in the west, One piece is not significant lol are you for real? Highest sold comic in Japan not all time
It's hard to believe theres people out there that actually think Oda is a shit writer. Just goes to show they don't actually know anything about writing.
they don't understand what makes good writing good. They just want flashy scenes and crazy reveals not understanding you have to have a lot of set up for that.
One of the dumbest shit I have ever heard on internet I don't want to quote him to you guys I'm worried you may lose brain cells only noticing such a dumb... ... Opinion i guess
No kidding he runs circles around even some of the self proclaimed legends of hollywood. Some of these directors half the time don’t even seem to have the basics of writing a story down. Like say Zack Snyder or James Cameron.
Another arc which is brilliant in foreshadowing and themes but underrated is fishman island arc. I mean not only Arlong, jimbei and Hachi were well established in east blue saga but even Fishman tiger was mentioned in a minor throwaway line by Boa hancock. Also Oda doesn't just reveal to us the suffering of fishmen but instead let us experience it first hand through the eyes of Camie and hachi in Shabody arc.
Great video. You make it seem so obvious, however it really isn't. This is a really complex level writing and detail that either required a lot of planning ahead or required Oda to make use of small characters and plot lines that most writers would have forgotten along the way.
To me Oda always read as the kind of writer who comes up with characters and writes the story around them, rather than having an idea and creating a character with Oda it always seemed like the character came first. Oda has always seemed like someone who jots a billion characters down and comes up with intricate stories for all of them and his eyes are bigger than his appetite. This however in no way negates how well he integrates all these characters but to me Oda adding characters to the story works similar as to how Luffy looks for crew members “Oooh it would be so cool to have a skeleton that plays music!” “And a cool cyborg guy!”
I can see where you are comming from especially since that is supposedly the "best" way to write but as the video shows and many other examples at least for non strawhats it seem to be the other way around. The latest and best example would be Oden whose hair catchfrace and name where made for that moment where he holds the scabards over the boiling oil.
@@kingmaul3038 I don't think Death Note is tiers above this, I don't even think death note is at the same level as this kinda of analysis in terms of big brain energy. Death note is great compared to simple works, but many things in Death Note are kinda out of nowhere, and even the "great logic" of some characters is flawed sometimes, but is cool the way it is represented, then people that are not used to analyzing stories, logic and analogies, in the way this video does for instance, will think it is awesome, when in fact it is just cool and kinda different.
@@kingmaul3038 death note's story is not even close to how complex/smart one piece's story is, death note is literally just a bunch of hype and suspence glued together.
Oda's way of story-writing reminds 2(3) people: Hirohiko Araki, and Matt Stone/Trey Parker. Matt and Trey talk about their "But and Therefore" rule, and I feel like Oda crank this thing up to near perfection. You can feel the connection to everything that happened. That one event is connected to another through a logical explanation based on what is happening in the world of One piece. Meanwhile, Araki talked about the fundamentals of manga writing in his book where he said that the cores are "Themes, Character, Story, and Setting" with Art holding it together, but with the highest priority given to character to the point that Araki made a character sheet for every character in his story. Oda has that feeling too that each character in One Piece feels like there's their own world just like reality, each having their own story. Oda's story takes a lot of time to pick up steam, but once it does, you feel rewarded for actually following and focusing on the stories as "no stones are left unturned".
It’s a great connection that the arcs Luffy was without his friends he failed, but did have a small success because of Bon Clay who did see himself as Luffy’s friend. Great analysis
The way you theorize how the author came up with his ideas by thinking of a touching ending and then working backward is actually a really good technique and, though I'm not nearly the writer Oda is, I use it all the time for my own stuff. It works surprisingly well to help get through stuck points.
Oceaniz had Araki in his Top 10 mangaka but not Oda He seems to have selective bias, ignoring when Araki forgets about things in Jojo whilst calling Oda a worse writer (even though Oda never forgets)
@@michaelkrasniq8832 I don't think Araki forgets I believe that he likes to change things and shift gears in the story. However I don't think it is a bad thing Oceaniz in a tweet said that he gave One Piece four tries and stopped at Syrup Village so I can see why he says One Piece isn't all that.
ashlinmario sequeira What’s the point of a spectacular start if the quality will eventually decline, as is the case with Naruto and Bleach? At least with One Piece, it starts from being average-quality to getting better and *better*
i have never seen Bellamy and Gear 4 being connected before. I have never thought about it and never someone else mentioning it. We don't know for sure if this connection is on purpose by Oda, but it's crazy how many things you can miss, even if you spend hours on end with One Piece besides watching or reading it. (like watching videos on youtube about it)
I want to be a writer one day. And I have learnt so much from what you share and say. Thank you for this and so much more, and I look forward to even more videos like this!
I think one important thing in writing an “epic” is really emphasize on certain “themes” you want to portray in your story. One Piece and Oda has his own vision on life that only he can expressed since it’s his story, I think it would important that you keep strong themes within your story and have those themes challenged in someway.
The most brilliant point about this whole cyclical nature of which oda writes is the fact that it could go all the way back and it will go all the way back to chapter one when the endgame the end goal was set when Gol D Roger spoke of the one piece. If that's not oda starting at the end and then working backwards incorporating all these themes characters world building and elements into one gigantic cohesive story I don't know what is other than pure genius
These videos are awesome. You helped me realize One Piece is way more dense then it appears to be. The fact that you go in detail with every aspect is insane. It's not just "theorys" or overthinking it's the most legitimate analysis of anime I've seen tbh.
@@Kurostyle21 It's called The Adventures of Marty and Jeff. I'm actually redrawing it because it wasn't well received the first time. The redrawn version will be on Webtoon hopefully by February but the older version is on Tapas.
This was from 6 months ago, but I can’t find it on tapas or webtoon at first. I read on the wiki that it’s in the process of being redrawn for 2021 webtoon Canvas, so good luck if that’s still ongoing. It’s really cool that you’re making a comic, so drop a link when it comes out! I’m looking forward to it :D
@@viviannguyen8656 I'll give a video update about it on my channel. I wanted to push it till next year, but I might still be able to release it this year.
Holy shit that analysis of Mr 2 and the theme of friendship !! My mind is actually blown once again. Seriously your analysis video lately are better than ever, between this video, the Blackbeard one and the themes of Wano one, that's pure greatness.
I've spent the last 2 days watching the "analysis" playlist and just as I finish the last video you've added a 20 min essay on my favorite non strawhat. What a treat. Thank you.
Mr. 2, in particular, feels like he was either a longtime intention or specifically a means of tieing together story beats. When you compare Mr. 1 and Mr. 3's involvement in Impel Down and the summit war to Mr. 2, their returns are much more single-note, and the other noteworthy's in the organisation (Mr. 4 & 5, Miss Doublefinger, Valentine, Golden-Week & Merry-Christmas) simply have a manga tie-up chapter before being forgotten about. I think Mr. 2 being where he be is a trend of Oda's where he puts an ensemble cast together for the arc, and picks out and accordingly deepens the character of a couple of them for involvement in future arcs as well. Hatchi and Arlong are good examples, as are Laboon and Crocus, Dorry and Broggy, Moriah, Perona and Ryuma, and even Sakazuki during the Ohara flashback.
The most outstanding thing about Oda imo isn't his overarching stories length, depth, planning, vast amount of characters. To me the most insane thing is he maintains ALL OF THAT QUALITY in all those aspects while at the same time he draws professional quality chapters weekly. Most other manga's stories simply do not have such depth behind their stories and the directions are much more simplified which makes sense for how much work it already is to draw. But that man Oda is crazy one, it's like he plans, researches, and writes like novelist on top of drawing constantly, pretty crazy.
I mean... I love all your videos, but this is one of my favourites. I was two minutes in and I already knew this was going to be an epic ride. Thank you for these videos explaining themes and other things that seem to fly over my head, they help me have a more profound grasp of the series as a whole. Keep your excellent work!
How does oda keep bringing back characters and still make them interesting. Crocodile story was over but in impel down he still seems to have room to be fleshed out. Was this panned or is there some technique to prepare for a situation like this?
Its one of the perks of not killing your characters off when youre done with them. In real life, people have more than one story to tell. A properly written character reflects this by having more than 1 ambition in their life.
I do want to say that the anime, especially post time skip, doesn’t do Odas writing justice sometimes. Toei completely screwed up the pacing of a lot of moments. I can’t forgive that episode of Luffy yelling Ball-de-boo!! Looking for holdem. And if Tama says Aniki one more time I’m going to scream. Ugh.
I'm so glad that TH-cam recommend me this video. I was crying the whole time! Your analysis, explanations and deep insights about Oda's storytelling is just impressive! Thank you for this amazing content 😭🔥
i love when you talk about themes.. it makes me appreciate one piece so much more, not only understanding its plot but understanding the message oda wanted to tell, which not many people talk about or acknowledge..
9:48 Funny thing I just realized, Wario’s line when slapping Vivi actually got referenced in Grand Adventure. The first hit in his full ground combo is called “My Hand Slipped”
This is so amazing. I enjoyed every second of your work. This is the way of reading of One Piece that show us how valuable is the whole story. Thanks for doing this, and keep it going. Greetings from Peru!
This kind of content is the reason why i never miss to watch ur channel every single weeks. Very deep insight and well elaborated analysis of the op storyline. Keep it up!
Mr Morj really lets me appreciate One Piece on a higher level. I love it whenever you talk about overarching themes and concepts in a more abstract way than most of us would be even able to notice. Keep up the good work!
Really good analysis. You made me appreciate One Piece in a new light, like with the extra layer of themes in his backstory. I like all your videos, but I look foward the most to these kind of videos. I still re-watch the one about fight-patterns every so often looking for inspiration in shonen-like fights. And this one seems like a go-to to any writer.
As an amateur artist and writer who looks up to Oda more than perhaps any other writer I must say, this analysis is nothing short of brilliant. Up until now, whenever I heard people say, “themes! Gotta have good themes for your story to work!” I didn’t really have a clue what they meant, but with the way you broke down the Alabasta Arc, I think I finally understand. Nobody I’ve come across can read between the lines of this series like you can, and I really learned something from this analysis. I Thank you very much, and I hope to see more content like this.
Its hard for me to read one piece on a weekly basis because it's hard for me to keep up with all the symbols and relationships over such a long period time. These weekly manga artists are all amazing, but it feels like Oda is on another level
How to be a better writer than Oda .Step 1 have your power system almost entirely thought out before starting . Step 2. Don’t have a villain get defeated then say oops sorry I had him appear too early he’s actually supposed to be much stronger . Step 3. Don’t forget about every member of your main cast minus the main character . Step 4. Have a plan for every character to get stronger that isn’t an ass pull or something out of character for example Sanji’s raid suit . Step 6. Don’t write Backwards . Step 7. Don’t skip things that the fans would want to see . As well as don’t skip things in general . Step 8. Don’t rush things .
@@BlackangelKatakuri 1) Not necessary. 2)He never said this. Stop falling for Big News Morgans' lies. 3)He hasn't, you're just not looking at the larger picture. 4)The only asspull so far is Asura. And even then, if it works thematically along with the nature of your story, go for it. 5)Proofread the stuff you write so you don't look like you can't count. 6)If you mean the standard technique where writers set a goal and backtrack their way into how they'll begin the story then yes, totally do that. 7)Never write for the fans. Write what you want to write. The fans change their opinion at the drop of a hat. 8)Even though the massive criticism being pinned on One Piece throughout the years was, "it's too slow"? This is proof of point 7. Most of your complaints are related to fights lmao. Says a lot about you.
Hey amazing video, this really helped me figure out how oda thinks and created an explosion of ideas for my own story, despite saying you werent trying to go super deep into this, the characters you picked and the presentation of your analysis i can tell was really thought out and you did an amazing job, thanks for the video and im amazed at the amount of things i was able to create for ExtraHuman based off such a short video
Awesome analysis!! There's one more detail on the Señor Pink part: The first time we see his “normal” form is in the Corazon Flashback, which by itself is emotional af! Even the tracks on a feels train are connected. Oda rules PS: in the wake of a possibly shocking manga chapter, the part of mr2 becomes even more foreshadowing....
Oda is one of very few mangaka I can describe and having a deep and beautiful soul. Along with Miura. I'm not even caught up but love learning more about the OP world.
Mr. Morj and his One Piece analysis makes me love this series so much more than I already do. As a weekly reader, it's easy to take each chapter at face value and look for the "wow" factor, but Mr. Morj reminded me that One Piece goes so much deeper and enlightens me to the subtle nuances that Oda puts in his story. I've never thought about One Piece in different ways until I started watching your videos. Declaring you to be my absolute favorite One Piece TH-cam channel. Thank you for your work!
Somebody ever said to me : Re-reading onepiece always rewardfull, all over again And yeah ... the more we see, the more we know how great this story is
Thank you so much for your video essays man. You really hit the point of people criticizing One Piece because it's long by illustrating that One Piece is great BECAUSE it's long.
Freaking- I- Ok wait! You can literally reuse this logic on any character! Like- Sabo was reintroduced during the arc that thematically is focused on forgetting and familial connection. His primary purpose was to retrieve something that connects himself and his younger brother to the past they both remembered in order to, later on, fight with that brother in retrieving other people's memories. Who better to fight a corrupt monarchal system that steals away your memories of another person's life than Sabo?! Someone who- in contrast to Doflamingo- pushes away from the corrupt controlling systems he was born into and now is in a position to assist others in regaining their pasts against someone too powerful to protect yourself from? WOW
Bon clay is legit one of my favorite side characters and legit felt sad when he sacrificed himself again at Impel Down. Bonclay has a heart of gold man, and I wouldn't have known better when i first saw him.
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Interested to see what people think, this topic is a little different than my usual analysis so let me know if you enjoy this as well =)
Loved it, man. It feels that your analysis comes directly from Oda because of how you connect everything
Since this is about a specific way on how Oda writes characters, would you be doing more on how he handles the main cast throughout the series? Maybe even other elements to his writing(I know you've covered a few in your other videos).
I like this type of content...
@@daemonspade8316 Oh 100%, that's such a big topic it would take a long time to get everything I wanna say together so better to start small haha
@@MrMorj That's great. Better if it is delivered in smaller amounts. You can be more thorough.
Keep up the great work.
Also about Bellamy: he states to Luffy that he "will not be part of the Straw Hat Fleet" despite the fact that he sees Luffy as a friend. He takes a Vivre Card though, showing that loyalty is not the sacrifice of freedom. Great video btw.
I am glad he didn't join. He blindly followed the wrong man. It wouldn't look like he learned his lesson if he just up and joined the Straw Hat Fleet.
@@chiita3786 him retiring is the best thing he did. It shows how he changed and accept everything.
@@lordofolimpia1 Definitly agree though with the videos talk of story planning will Bellamy's new job of a flag maker be used in the future? I'm picturing like the Usopp pirates introduction.
"Friendship is not determined by how much time you spent together."
Oda proving this true by giving the Straw Hats 2 years of time spent apart which is greater than all of the time they spent together up to the current arc.
I've always wondered. Didn't they have to sail from island to island? Back then sailing takes a long time, in one piece the seas are unpredictable so it should take much longer, months perhaps from isle to isle? Theoretically they spent more than a year together, maybe.
@@gats9009 I get u bro but the thing is straw hats don't spend more than 2or 3 days on a single island...so all those times they spent were on sea.. think about it dressrosa was just above 1 day and WCI is only 2 or 3 days
There's actually a year already.
Pre timeskip is 11 month long, and 1 and a half month has passed since the time jump.
@@Michael-jq8iq possibly.
exactly
One piece theorists : I predict...
Mr Morj : Story structures, themes, foreshadowing....
Me: 👍
One piece terrorists?
so much more better than those useless predictions, so fkn what, ODA is giving us this perfectly built story with tons of setups and you are just going to destroy it with their predictions. Silly predictions just gives 2 points. 1. that Oda made a very deep story that it needed this wtf theories and how he made it all make sense. 2. It just shatters the emotion that Oda wants you to feel because you already knew from these predictions.
then again so many theories that one bounds to be correct. So nothing impressive,
@@MJ-mi5sb english might not be your first language but are you perhaps illiterate?
Everytime i think i understand Odas story Morj drops a video and surprises me on how little i actually understand about Odas god tier story.
Monkey D Sparrow Same 😂
Same here!
Yep, and i always realize howndumb i am to not grasp it in the first place. I like to blame it on my age when i first watched one piece, but even now or with some other stories, its hard to see beyond the surface
"At the end of the day, the most manly thing you can do is to be a loving husband and a loving father"
I'm keeping that one in my heart dude
It's seems so easy when you explain like that those plot points, It's really hard to write a compelling story with all this detail in a long story keeping the interest of the reader all along, It's almost impossible, that's why Oda is so revered into the community, what he had done until now is almost unbelievable, that includes making us cry over a ship, a f... ship, a loyal ship T_T
When everyone else was discussing theories and which character was better or was stronger etc., Mr. Morj studies the literature of One Piece.
One piece is a literal goldmine when it comes to analysis so I find it sad that most of the OP youtubers focus on theories or very surface level stuff.
Bogglemanify tbh its actually nice that one piece community is making a lot of stuff for just an anime imagine the variety someone making theories and someone making analysis , it make everyone engage , having to talked while waiting for another chapter or a manga break. I think because of the community or the fans itself it makes one piece one of the successful because the fans was a lot of content to talked about and it makes every fans active or else they gonna left behind. Kpop fandom are very successful because despite no comeback or album the fans are active because they create contents while their idols have no project. Aside from one piece , i love the community too (of course not the toxic fans) because how establish it is in all social media platform from wiki chat, reddit, youtube, facebook and twitter fans are active, the contributory effect of it is making one piece still relevant even after 2 decades. In the end its a win win situation for both oda and the the community. I think this is the only anime that you cannot just talked about stories and theories but also the characters.
This was incredible and insightful. Something tells me that Oda writes backwards. He figures out the end goal and goes from there
Step 1: write cool shit
Step 2 : justify the cool shit
I think all writers try to do this but oda is great at it.
He did mentioned that he already know how it ends. Most writers do have the starting and ending ready.
Ms. Chuisin they usually have the IDEA for the ending but typically change it a shit ton of times. Which is normal. The story can take a life if it’s own. But oda is so good on the fly that when he realized that his story wasn’t going to end in just 5 years. He’s probably cooked all this up and somehow made it work along the way. He’s been talking about wano for yearsssss now
Yeah He Wrote Monsters and after a decade later on Thriller bark he re introduce Ryuma
@@WtJah Well the problem with manga like shounen jump, is that there are thousands of writers who are just trying to get their start and published in the magazine. They're so focused on getting momentum and attracting attention that they don't have the luxury of thinking of an ending. The conclusion may be amazing, but if you get axed before it all comes together, it's basically all for nothing.
Oda is such a legend that he can take weeks off at a time to make a great path to a conclusion, is because he's NEVER gonna be in danger of getting axed.
I really hope that everyone reads and appreciates this wonderful and vast series like you.
Well done Morj
The world of one piece is just mind blowing!
Maybe one day. When the story is complete people will look back on what a masterpiece it truly was.
Dear Morj this one went much further and deeper into analysing narrative techniques. A bit more complicated than usual videos but of great, reaally great interest. Thank you very much
@@kingkaidou2444 one piece will never die
Because there will always be people remembering it
I read the first 100 chapters and I wouldn't say it's not for me I wil go as far as to say I found it BAD
Mr. Morj reads One Piece at a 4th dimensional being level
No. he just rereads the entire series weekly so he could prepare for the next chapter release
Yikes 5d is better not 4d lol
Hes a great One Piece TH-camr
@@Mia_2512 Oda incarnation
5th dimension more like it, the ether. 3rd and 4th r intertwined. But yes 😁
Oda's pacience is really impresive because you know he's had some of the most epic and cool scenes toughtout for a long time yet he doesn't rush to them, he properly builds them up so that when we get there those scenes hit the hardest
@Daniel Veas Sánchez Hahahaha
@Daniel Veas Sánchez I think kishimoto just got tired of it tbh
Why did Oda change this with wano. Rushes, montages, off screens :/.
Luffys biggest step feels so meh
@Aether bro what wano is the longest arc in the series
@@Andrea-mm8df In spite of the sheer length, the story arc of Wano is very rushed. There's a lot of plot threads that got left hanging and didn't get properly tied up. The first was Big Mom's rivalry with Luffy. There's also the Big Mom crew that was trying to climb up the waterfall. What happened to them? The Third Act of Wano is also somehow still continuing even though Kaido is already defeated. Normally in samurai stories, you defeat the big bad in Act 4. Zoro was not given enough focus in terms of his connection to the Shimotsuki Clan, the Shimotsuki Village, and Wano in general. There is no rhyme or reason for why arguably the strongest of the nine scabbards, Ashura Doji, would die of a small explosion. The fight against the Numbers could benefit if they were given more time to shine, particularly the fight between Jinbei and Who's Who.
When One Piece finally ends Oda wiill ascend back into the heavens.
u mean GODA!!!
Although I wouldn't doubt he could do that, he said afterwards he'd make a laidback comedy mech series.
Oda is Gol D Roger and he will be waiting for another writer to wake the people up just like Roger's waiting for luffy to save the world
@@pbtenchi I dont want to say it, but i hope OnePiece ends before Oda does and he makes that mech series. I'd like him to stay around and enjoy the sight of people exploring the forest that his labor sprouted over the years.
Also, maybe there's a possibility of occassional returns to the crew, showing that the world is still alive past the end if you get what i mean.
G.oda
Beautifully done.
This also supports the idea of One Piece having a ‘living world’, where seemingly unimportant characters have their own moving storylines.
The more you talk about and analyze Dressrosa in your videos the more I love this arc.
Just rewatch the arc via One Pace. Easily the best arc of post timeskip but then again I haven’t reread WCI
It’s alabasta on drugs
Definitely Dressrosa is one of the best arcs besides MarineFord, Alabasta and Ennis Lobby.
@@michaelkrasniq8832 Wci was great as well imo.
During Baratie arc Gin also followed the wrong man, namely Don Grieg. I think that was the first time Oda explored the concept, but it was expanded upon with Bellamy.
ye, I always wanted to see Gin again actually.
I wonder if he's still loyal to Don Krieg. Should we assume they're both held in an EastBlue Navy Base somewhere?
Maybe together with Arlong? Or were the Arlong pirates all directly sent to the Tenryuubito? I could see that too.
@Manuel Sacha
Nah, this is One Piece.
There's no such thing as dieing off screen.
If they have a name that is....
@Manuel Sacha Hmmm... but Gin does not have the Will of P protecting him.
@@Broockle "...there's no such thing as dying off screen if you have name..."
Well, a certain Moria's crew member with invincibility df would like to argues with that lmao
@@ShatteredGlass916 I think you mean Invisibility. Invincibility means you can't be defeated
Oda is up there with the top writers in the world and more people need to realise that.
up there? he IS the top writer.
even 2nd best is lightyears away from him!
@@xtensioncordtv1969 surely youre joking? oda's story is so detailed and deep. so many themes and so much amazing foreshadowing. a clear margin? cmon
Because it's manga and not novel some people don't see it as top tier literature in our world
That all changes once a person reads one piece of course
But we need more and more western literature names to do so
@@xtensioncordtv1969 It's easier to get more flaws from One Piece since it has way more content that HxH and FMA combined. You say they don't have flaws that can't be debated on, which I disagree with mainly for HxH since Killua's sister felt way too convenient no matter how much you want to debate it. All of the sudden Killua's sister has the most OP ability we've seen in the series and is able to heal Gon.
XXXtensioncord TV Wasn’t Alluka’s abilities that revived Gon an asspull?
Togashi is ass compared to Oda, he needs to use his hiatuses to even compete (Chimera Ant Arc was 3 years worth of content done in 8 years) lmao
Incredibly insightful and well thought out, much like the writing of Oda himself. Well done Morj, this is going to be my reference video to explain why Oda is such a great writer in future.
It's stuff like this that makes me think there never be another show/story like OP again, it takes decades of dedication to have this balance of comedy/tragedy/mystery with hundreds of characters and consistency of themes and releases (week by week)
Give it another 10 yrs. Some people said the same about DB, or Elvis, or Dune, etc
@@Bioshock6407 how long do you think your comic will be?
@@Bioshock6407 Hey, I would be happy to chat with you on something like discord. I've been working on my own works for years now and am always looking for someone to bounce ideas off of. You seem pretty confident so I'd love to get some insight into your mind. Of course I'll give the same back! Looking forward to hearing from you!
@@Bioshock6407 i will gladly be there when you publish your 1st manga
@@Bioshock6407 So, you're basically saying you want to become the "Manga King"? Sounds like a great goal to me! Good look on your way!
Now THIS is the video I’ve been waiting for!
I feel like if Oda didn’t write manga and made written stories, we would be reading his books in school
Naaahh dont expect to read such good storys in school.
If I was reading One Piece in school I'd actually like to do annotations
You never know he still might someday.
Mal 123 and use this video for help lmao
if he were american.
because outside of japan, nobody reads books of japanese authors in school, no matter how good they might be.
Masterpiece!
38 likes and 0 replies? Let me fix that.
Ohara here 😅 54 likes
Oda must have some advance observation haki to see so far ahead into his story.
Spoilers: he hasnt, but somehow he makes it look like it
He’s probably just disguising it by calling it mantra
That doesn’t really work to call it observation because it’s his story
he just writes backwards
@@ohword620 hmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmm hmmmmm hmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmm
beautiful. As I have always said Oda is not writing a simple story. Years from now, like 50-100 years from today. People will look back and see Oda as one of the greatest writers of all time. Very few people in history can say they have written epics to the scale Oda has.
Alexandre Dumas comes to mind when I think of Oda. Dumas was the writer of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Legendary titles nowadays but when they were first being released they came out in parts, serialized, almost like Manga are today. Alexandre Dumas is now considered one of the greatest writers in the world. I imagine in about 50 years someone will have collected all of One Piece into one big volume and then there will be abridged versions that kids in middle school have to read and do projects on.
It all sounds so far fetched but I recognize the epic scale of this story and it matches the epic scale of all the other greats. Oda will go down in history.
I am surprised you mentioned Dumas but not Tolkien. Lotr is considered by many as the benchmark of fantasy epic and Middle earth has the scale and scope that rivals the world of One piece. Oda is my all time favourite writer and Tolkien is a very close second.
One Piece will be a mythology like thing thousands of years from now...
That might actually be true
Humans thousands of years from now won't know what One Piece is
actually humanity will not make this long
@@kevbeenballin9 you're very wrong my friend
In Italy we had to study many stuff in latin just because some scholars had one of those books surviving throughout middle age!
If something with such a low circulation within the roman empire with 60 or more % of citizens not capable of reading
Survived 2 millenia basically
Imagine how long the most sold comic book of all time will survive
@@tpsam Latin is Historically important and it's a foundation for allot of what we have in the west, One piece is not significant lol are you for real? Highest sold comic in Japan not all time
Don't forget that Franky used Senior Pink's attack in Wano.
Which ones please?
It's hard to believe theres people out there that actually think Oda is a shit writer. Just goes to show they don't actually know anything about writing.
they don't understand what makes good writing good. They just want flashy scenes and crazy reveals not understanding you have to have a lot of set up for that.
Cuz their favourite manga isn't considered the best one ever, the most selling ever and so on.
One of the dumbest shit I have ever heard on internet
I don't want to quote him to you guys I'm worried you may lose brain cells only noticing such a dumb...
... Opinion i guess
No kidding he runs circles around even some of the self proclaimed legends of hollywood. Some of these directors half the time don’t even seem to have the basics of writing a story down. Like say Zack Snyder or James Cameron.
00:00:00 ⟾ Intro, Format - little things
00:00:35 ⟾ Case Study: 3 Minor Characters, micro-level narrative
00:01:32 ⟾ Alabasta - Friendship, arm 🗙 marking/symbol
00:03:14 ⟾ 1) Bentham/Mr. 2/ Bon Clay
00:03:45 ⟾ Bentham - Plot purpose
00:04:15 ⟾ Bentham - multiple uses in story, Characters/Themes
00:04:41 ⟾ Bentham - Personal Character Arc
00:06:22 ⟾ Bentham - Establishing bigger ideas: Length of time and friendship, Vivi
00:10:00 ⟾ Bentham - Macro-level complex thread
00:11:50 ⟾ Bentham - Flow of interconnected ideas, idea trains/cycles
00:12:55 ⟾ Bentham - minor character
00:13:17 ⟾ Bentham - Impel Down: Luffy without friends, organic inclusion, Okama introduction and Revolutionary Army
00:15:05 ⟾ Bentham - Impel Down: emotional weight, character arc, sacrifice/redemption, impact of friendship
00:16:11 ⟾ Bentham - Impel Down: seamless reincorporation, thematic and story reasons
00:16:48 ⟾ Bentham - Impel Down: Cycles of Reasoning
00:18:54 ⟾ Bentham - other similar characters
00:19:12 ⟾ 2) Bellamy: Jaya, dreams, quick story/idea
00:19:44 ⟾ Bellamy: Loyalty, Dressrosa, learned lessons
00:21:13 ⟾ Bellamy: Dressrosa, tragic dream
00:22:08 ⟾ Bellamy: Loyalty (misguided), Bartolomeo
00:22:52 ⟾ Bellamy: Dressrosa, Luffy realizing Doflamingo manipulation
00:24:44 ⟾ Bellamy: thinking ahead, Gear 4 and springy-ness
00:25:57 ⟾ Oda bringing back minor characters, idea trains
00:26:37 ⟾ Bellamy: Overall
00:27:08 ⟾ 3) Senor Pink
00:27:27 ⟾ Dressrosa; love and heart, relationship
00:28:13 ⟾ Senor Pink: manliness, hard-boiled, backstory, being a loving father/husband
00:31:43 ⟾ Senor Pink: Gag, Tragic Storyline, Thematic Statement, Overarching Themes + Dressrosa Themes
00:32:38 ⟾ Overall - big stories, small pieces
00:33:16 ⟾ [Promo] [Credits]
As a storyteller who looks up to One Piece, I would like more content like this.
Another arc which is brilliant in foreshadowing and themes but underrated is fishman island arc. I mean not only Arlong, jimbei and Hachi were well established in east blue saga but even Fishman tiger was mentioned in a minor throwaway line by Boa hancock. Also Oda doesn't just reveal to us the suffering of fishmen but instead let us experience it first hand through the eyes of Camie and hachi in Shabody arc.
Great video. You make it seem so obvious, however it really isn't. This is a really complex level writing and detail that either required a lot of planning ahead or required Oda to make use of small characters and plot lines that most writers would have forgotten along the way.
To me Oda always read as the kind of writer who comes up with characters and writes the story around them, rather than having an idea and creating a character with Oda it always seemed like the character came first. Oda has always seemed like someone who jots a billion characters down and comes up with intricate stories for all of them and his eyes are bigger than his appetite. This however in no way negates how well he integrates all these characters but to me Oda adding characters to the story works similar as to how Luffy looks for crew members “Oooh it would be so cool to have a skeleton that plays music!” “And a cool cyborg guy!”
I can see where you are comming from especially since that is supposedly the "best" way to write but as the video shows and many other examples at least for non strawhats it seem to be the other way around. The latest and best example would be Oden whose hair catchfrace and name where made for that moment where he holds the scabards over the boiling oil.
The amount of B I G B R A I N energy Mr Morj radiates is overwhelming, how do you even analyze at this level?? I feel so stupid lmao
3nu! I know how you feel
Watch death note, the B I G B R A I N energy is a few tiers above this
And i think Morj took some good story telling classes
@@kingmaul3038 facts but why you got bring up another anime
@@kingmaul3038 I don't think Death Note is tiers above this, I don't even think death note is at the same level as this kinda of analysis in terms of big brain energy. Death note is great compared to simple works, but many things in Death Note are kinda out of nowhere, and even the "great logic" of some characters is flawed sometimes, but is cool the way it is represented, then people that are not used to analyzing stories, logic and analogies, in the way this video does for instance, will think it is awesome, when in fact it is just cool and kinda different.
@@kingmaul3038 death note's story is not even close to how complex/smart one piece's story is, death note is literally just a bunch of hype and suspence glued together.
Oda's way of story-writing reminds 2(3) people: Hirohiko Araki, and Matt Stone/Trey Parker.
Matt and Trey talk about their "But and Therefore" rule, and I feel like Oda crank this thing up to near perfection. You can feel the connection to everything that happened. That one event is connected to another through a logical explanation based on what is happening in the world of One piece.
Meanwhile, Araki talked about the fundamentals of manga writing in his book where he said that the cores are "Themes, Character, Story, and Setting" with Art holding it together, but with the highest priority given to character to the point that Araki made a character sheet for every character in his story. Oda has that feeling too that each character in One Piece feels like there's their own world just like reality, each having their own story.
Oda's story takes a lot of time to pick up steam, but once it does, you feel rewarded for actually following and focusing on the stories as "no stones are left unturned".
Love this idea, gives me more ideas to be a better writer. Thank you :)
Love all 3 of them
It’s a great connection that the arcs Luffy was without his friends he failed, but did have a small success because of Bon Clay who did see himself as Luffy’s friend. Great analysis
What an amazing analysis😭❤
The way you theorize how the author came up with his ideas by thinking of a touching ending and then working backward is actually a really good technique and, though I'm not nearly the writer Oda is, I use it all the time for my own stuff. It works surprisingly well to help get through stuck points.
Damn, I have to take a break to digest all of the Mr. 2 section. Great analysis!
Oceaniz: One Piece is not the greatest thing ever made
Mr Morj: Hold my okama
Oceaniz had Araki in his Top 10 mangaka but not Oda
He seems to have selective bias, ignoring when Araki forgets about things in Jojo whilst calling Oda a worse writer (even though Oda never forgets)
@@michaelkrasniq8832 I don't think Araki forgets I believe that he likes to change things and shift gears in the story. However I don't think it is a bad thing Oceaniz in a tweet said that he gave One Piece four tries and stopped at Syrup Village so I can see why he says One Piece isn't all that.
@@michaelkrasniq8832 I suppose he is one of those people who like spectacular starts to every series.
ashlinmario sequeira What’s the point of a spectacular start if the quality will eventually decline, as is the case with Naruto and Bleach?
At least with One Piece, it starts from being average-quality to getting better and *better*
Who's Oceaniz??
Also, Mr Morj has an Okama??? 😂
As an aprentice writer this video sure will help me !!! Thanks for your fantastic analysis Mr.Morj :))
i have never seen Bellamy and Gear 4 being connected before. I have never thought about it and never someone else mentioning it.
We don't know for sure if this connection is on purpose by Oda, but it's crazy how many things you can miss, even if you spend hours on end with One Piece besides watching or reading it. (like watching videos on youtube about it)
22:18 actually we saw extreme loyalty to the wrong person during sanjis intro ark. with gin and don krieg.
Oh yeah, he couldn't fight Sanji because he was so kind to him, he didnt care even if his Captain ordered him too. Now that's conviction
I want to be a writer one day. And I have learnt so much from what you share and say. Thank you for this and so much more, and I look forward to even more videos like this!
Come on, we’ll look forward to see your work ;)
Man, you are amazing. I don't know what else to comment, my mind was blown.
I think one important thing in writing an “epic” is really emphasize on certain “themes” you want to portray in your story.
One Piece and Oda has his own vision on life that only he can expressed since it’s his story, I think it would important that you keep strong themes within your story and have those themes challenged in someway.
The most brilliant point about this whole cyclical nature of which oda writes is the fact that it could go all the way back and it will go all the way back to chapter one when the endgame the end goal was set when Gol D Roger spoke of the one piece. If that's not oda starting at the end and then working backwards incorporating all these themes characters world building and elements into one gigantic cohesive story I don't know what is other than pure genius
These videos are awesome. You helped me realize One Piece is way more dense then it appears to be. The fact that you go in detail with every aspect is insane. It's not just "theorys" or overthinking it's the most legitimate analysis of anime I've seen tbh.
Shame he’s not as popular as Aleczandxr
Well, I'm working on a webtoon, and it's heavily inspired by One Piece. Thanks for this video.
What's it called? Where can we read/watch it?
@@Kurostyle21 It's called The Adventures of Marty and Jeff. I'm actually redrawing it because it wasn't well received the first time. The redrawn version will be on Webtoon hopefully by February but the older version is on Tapas.
This was from 6 months ago, but I can’t find it on tapas or webtoon at first. I read on the wiki that it’s in the process of being redrawn for 2021 webtoon Canvas, so good luck if that’s still ongoing. It’s really cool that you’re making a comic, so drop a link when it comes out! I’m looking forward to it :D
@@viviannguyen8656 I'll give a video update about it on my channel. I wanted to push it till next year, but I might still be able to release it this year.
Olafemi96 well good luck on it 👍
Holy shit that analysis of Mr 2 and the theme of friendship !! My mind is actually blown once again.
Seriously your analysis video lately are better than ever, between this video, the Blackbeard one and the themes of Wano one, that's pure greatness.
These videos seriously motivate me to write
This is great. There's probably endless things Oda has carefully planned that we haven't noticed. Made me appreciate the series even more.
I respect Mr. Morj, too for pointing all these out, it's easy to not notice this stuff
Oda is #1
In a magazine where his rivals break down over time, how does he have the to think about all this
I've spent the last 2 days watching the "analysis" playlist and just as I finish the last video you've added a 20 min essay on my favorite non strawhat. What a treat. Thank you.
Gosh, I love One Piece, I love Oda, and of course, I love Morj video essays. You’re amazing
Mr. 2, in particular, feels like he was either a longtime intention or specifically a means of tieing together story beats. When you compare Mr. 1 and Mr. 3's involvement in Impel Down and the summit war to Mr. 2, their returns are much more single-note, and the other noteworthy's in the organisation (Mr. 4 & 5, Miss Doublefinger, Valentine, Golden-Week & Merry-Christmas) simply have a manga tie-up chapter before being forgotten about. I think Mr. 2 being where he be is a trend of Oda's where he puts an ensemble cast together for the arc, and picks out and accordingly deepens the character of a couple of them for involvement in future arcs as well. Hatchi and Arlong are good examples, as are Laboon and Crocus, Dorry and Broggy, Moriah, Perona and Ryuma, and even Sakazuki during the Ohara flashback.
The most outstanding thing about Oda imo isn't his overarching stories length, depth, planning, vast amount of characters. To me the most insane thing is he maintains ALL OF THAT QUALITY in all those aspects while at the same time he draws professional quality chapters weekly. Most other manga's stories simply do not have such depth behind their stories and the directions are much more simplified which makes sense for how much work it already is to draw. But that man Oda is crazy one, it's like he plans, researches, and writes like novelist on top of drawing constantly, pretty crazy.
I mean... I love all your videos, but this is one of my favourites. I was two minutes in and I already knew this was going to be an epic ride. Thank you for these videos explaining themes and other things that seem to fly over my head, they help me have a more profound grasp of the series as a whole. Keep your excellent work!
Thank you for reminding me why One Piece is worth loving.
How does oda keep bringing back characters and still make them interesting. Crocodile story was over but in impel down he still seems to have room to be fleshed out. Was this panned or is there some technique to prepare for a situation like this?
Its one of the perks of not killing your characters off when youre done with them. In real life, people have more than one story to tell. A properly written character reflects this by having more than 1 ambition in their life.
@@machine1685 Wonderfully said
Bon chan made up for the strawhats in impel down I love that guy man, I miss him
This really is helpful Mr. Morj
I do want to say that the anime, especially post time skip, doesn’t do Odas writing justice sometimes. Toei completely screwed up the pacing of a lot of moments. I can’t forgive that episode of Luffy yelling Ball-de-boo!! Looking for holdem. And if Tama says Aniki one more time I’m going to scream. Ugh.
Not to mention that they ruined the joke of Karasu's speaker being off, and no one hearing what he was saying
And remember when Luffy struggle against Bat Man... seriously? 😂
I'm so glad that TH-cam recommend me this video. I was crying the whole time! Your analysis, explanations and deep insights about Oda's storytelling is just impressive! Thank you for this amazing content 😭🔥
Normally I skip ads but for you Morj, I loved how much you grew from the early subs. Take my money
i love when you talk about themes.. it makes me appreciate one piece so much more, not only understanding its plot but understanding the message oda wanted to tell, which not many people talk about or acknowledge..
9:48
Funny thing I just realized, Wario’s line when slapping Vivi actually got referenced in Grand Adventure.
The first hit in his full ground combo is called “My Hand Slipped”
Senor Pink really is the best example of Oda's minor character writing
Yeah, one of the best side characters
Ah, I cried. Thanks again, Mr Morj. Your videos really are special.
This is so amazing. I enjoyed every second of your work. This is the way of reading of One Piece that show us how valuable is the whole story. Thanks for doing this, and keep it going. Greetings from Peru!
This kind of content is the reason why i never miss to watch ur channel every single weeks. Very deep insight and well elaborated analysis of the op storyline. Keep it up!
The community is very blessed to have u sir!
Seriously there is no limit to Oda's creativity. I just hope he gets as much time as he needs to finish this phenomenal masterpiece.
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@@mrarash9472 I serioulsy hope you do not think the troll who made this video makes even a single convincing argument.
You've really helped me love and appreciate One Piece with each video youve dropped youre my fav OP youtuber, keep up the amazing work !
Mr Morj really lets me appreciate One Piece on a higher level. I love it whenever you talk about overarching themes and concepts in a more abstract way than most of us would be even able to notice. Keep up the good work!
one piece really is the greatest story of our time yeah?
lol it's people like you who turn off potential newcomers
Not really, but it's pretty good story
@AnimeSev3en Not sure if sarcastic or a troll.
@AnimeSev3en Troll it is.
Yep, it really is 🙌
Really good analysis. You made me appreciate One Piece in a new light, like with the extra layer of themes in his backstory. I like all your videos, but I look foward the most to these kind of videos. I still re-watch the one about fight-patterns every so often looking for inspiration in shonen-like fights. And this one seems like a go-to to any writer.
As an amateur artist and writer who looks up to Oda more than perhaps any other writer I must say, this analysis is nothing short of brilliant. Up until now, whenever I heard people say, “themes! Gotta have good themes for your story to work!” I didn’t really have a clue what they meant, but with the way you broke down the Alabasta Arc, I think I finally understand. Nobody I’ve come across can read between the lines of this series like you can, and I really learned something from this analysis. I Thank you very much, and I hope to see more content like this.
Such a good video 👍 a Mr. Morj classic
Its hard for me to read one piece on a weekly basis because it's hard for me to keep up with all the symbols and relationships over such a long period time. These weekly manga artists are all amazing, but it feels like Oda is on another level
this is peak morj , you gotta get back like this
How to write like Oda.
Step 1) Be God
How to be a better writer than Oda .Step 1 have your power system almost entirely thought out before starting .
Step 2. Don’t have a villain get defeated then say oops sorry I had him appear too early he’s actually supposed to be much stronger .
Step 3. Don’t forget about every member of your main cast minus the main character .
Step 4. Have a plan for every character to get stronger that isn’t an ass pull or something out of character for example Sanji’s raid suit .
Step 6. Don’t write Backwards .
Step 7. Don’t skip things that the fans would want to see . As well as don’t skip things in general .
Step 8. Don’t rush things .
@@BlackangelKatakuri Step 9. Don't have a Step 5.
Don´t forget the breast size's evolution
@@BlackangelKatakuri
1) Not necessary.
2)He never said this. Stop falling for Big News Morgans' lies.
3)He hasn't, you're just not looking at the larger picture.
4)The only asspull so far is Asura. And even then, if it works thematically along with the nature of your story, go for it.
5)Proofread the stuff you write so you don't look like you can't count.
6)If you mean the standard technique where writers set a goal and backtrack their way into how they'll begin the story then yes, totally do that.
7)Never write for the fans. Write what you want to write. The fans change their opinion at the drop of a hat.
8)Even though the massive criticism being pinned on One Piece throughout the years was, "it's too slow"? This is proof of point 7.
Most of your complaints are related to fights lmao. Says a lot about you.
@@daemonspade8316 i think six might be a jab at being a manga as they go from right to left might be wrong though
Hey amazing video, this really helped me figure out how oda thinks and created an explosion of ideas for my own story, despite saying you werent trying to go super deep into this, the characters you picked and the presentation of your analysis i can tell was really thought out and you did an amazing job, thanks for the video and im amazed at the amount of things i was able to create for ExtraHuman based off such a short video
This was an amazing video man. It hit me right in the feels.
This video was thought provoking and very well made. It made me rethink how grand of a story One Piece really is. Incredible job!
Dude, with all the chapters released in the last month... YOU NEED TO COME BACK!!
Awesome analysis!! There's one more detail on the Señor Pink part:
The first time we see his “normal” form is in the Corazon Flashback, which by itself is emotional af! Even the tracks on a feels train are connected. Oda rules
PS: in the wake of a possibly shocking manga chapter, the part of mr2 becomes even more foreshadowing....
Really enjoyed this morj. Very helpful . Thanks alot
I never even realize Bellamy Spring fruit and Luffy G4 parallel
Oda is one of very few mangaka I can describe and having a deep and beautiful soul. Along with Miura. I'm not even caught up but love learning more about the OP world.
Mr. Morj and his One Piece analysis makes me love this series so much more than I already do. As a weekly reader, it's easy to take each chapter at face value and look for the "wow" factor, but Mr. Morj reminded me that One Piece goes so much deeper and enlightens me to the subtle nuances that Oda puts in his story. I've never thought about One Piece in different ways until I started watching your videos.
Declaring you to be my absolute favorite One Piece TH-cam channel. Thank you for your work!
Somebody ever said to me :
Re-reading onepiece always rewardfull, all over again
And yeah ... the more we see, the more we know how great this story is
We need a character analysis on Foxy because if what you’re saying is true something crazy is coming up.
Thank you so much for your video essays man. You really hit the point of people criticizing One Piece because it's long by illustrating that One Piece is great BECAUSE it's long.
Amazing, as always. This is why I like your videos, it wide my thinking about OP
Freaking- I- Ok wait! You can literally reuse this logic on any character! Like- Sabo was reintroduced during the arc that thematically is focused on forgetting and familial connection. His primary purpose was to retrieve something that connects himself and his younger brother to the past they both remembered in order to, later on, fight with that brother in retrieving other people's memories. Who better to fight a corrupt monarchal system that steals away your memories of another person's life than Sabo?! Someone who- in contrast to Doflamingo- pushes away from the corrupt controlling systems he was born into and now is in a position to assist others in regaining their pasts against someone too powerful to protect yourself from? WOW
Bon clay is legit one of my favorite side characters and legit felt sad when he sacrificed himself again at Impel Down. Bonclay has a heart of gold man, and I wouldn't have known better when i first saw him.
Leaving a like, will come back to watch later 😁
+Mr Morj , your content means the world to me and lifts my soul. One Piece is beautiful. Thank you for doing what you do.
”If you Do the thing and Do it right, it works! It just works!”
-Jontron in a glorified flex tape commercial
Why do I feel like I've read this comment for an eternity?