This is my FAVORITE One Piece Episode.... INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL STORYTELLING! While editing my reaction I was even tearing up. So many scenes in this episode hit so deep, and are impactful. ONE PIECE is very special to me and of course to all of the fans! I LOVE ONE PIECE SO MUCH!
@@lucidluhx6088 its honestly the best because it represents the fan base and the importance of the community. how one piece inspires its community to do better, to be better but u can only see the meaning behind it if u are a fan of the series. its the best episode cuz its the best show
Yeah, during marineford they focused on a couple marines that were indeed bloodthirsty but this episode shows how much it affected other parties aswell including the marines
I think the cherry on top was her not meeting nami. It's her being inspired and moved by Nami without ever knowing or meeting her. It mimics the viewers in a way. We can't meet the straw hats, but they still mean so much to us.
Low key saving her hero using her wits, cunning,and dexterity(Just like Nami) was her thanks to Nami She didnt even break any laws as she didn't steal the pass key to the weapon that would have dissolved the Sunny's coating causing a Implosion that would have killed the Strawhats......they just thought she did long enough to be to late to use the weapon on the Sunny's coating(girl Saved the Strawhats)
I'm a Japanese One Piece fan! I couldn't stop crying when I saw the stories of fans and admirers from many different perspectives. It's truly one of the best works! Sorry if the text is wrong
its meta as hell lol. there's that one guy flexing his stan, missing the point but still kinda related (that whitebeard stan) that fanboy who completely misses the point (akainu stan) and the one that tries to change the course of discussion and gets jumped (sanji himself) typical twitter and reddit scenarios lol
Something that I haven't seen anyone mention. Usopp told the little girl to say she's "waiting for someone" and what's interesting about that is that Usopp first metup with Nami after the timeskip. In the bar where Nami was waiting, she said she was "waiting for someone." Basically, Usopp told her to say the same phrase Nami ended up saying. Something small but pretty cool. Also yeah, he's still Sogeking on his poster.
I love it so much! It's so powerful, I like how Luffy wasn't the one to save him, but his words were. Even if he was scared or injured he still wanted to save his brother
yeah, Nami is the big sister of the group and has a soft spot for children. That said, I think is more impactful that she never got the letter, the girl was just content to watch Nami be free and set sail with her crew and the fact that she indirectly saved the Thousand sunny from the secret weapon is even more meaninful than just giving her a letter.
just small little things also like the girl doesnt recognize ussop because of sogeking poster - the bookshop woman doesnt recognize chopper and robin who entered her store because she is not a fan of strawhats, she is only a fan of soulking who at that time doesn't even known to a part of the crew. she even slanders franky - the guys drinking at the bar doesnt recognize sanji ( same because of the poster )
Hell, Franky’s friends and family slander Franky. Especially after seeing that picture. How is it that the only photo they could nab was the time he had his speedo stolen?
@coltonwilliams4153 If I had to guess, the Franky family hand picked that specific photo to show the reporters when they asked, just for the sake of it.
Only one piece is capable to make an episode about NPC, who give goosebump,Joy and sadness. The plot of this episode is better than some anime these day. ❤
As a Nami fan, this absolutely made me so happy, my heart is so full that I couldnt stop crying at the end. I was so happy for the little girl and I feel so seen by her, everything she said sums up why I love Nami so much😭
that's why representation matters, this was a love letter for fans but it has a special place for Nami fans, specially with that speech at the end, beautiful.
Nami, who spent the majority of her life in captivity, is now the source of freedom for this young girl. It’s not just incredible storytelling-it really drives home how much Nami has grown and how far she’s come in reclaiming her own freedom.
The moment the marine was planning to run away and completely switched to save his brother because Luffy just love his brother that much made me teared up. Beautiful and well done Megumi Ishitani Sensei! 🥲💥
Yes. While we say thank you to Megumi Ishitani and the animator team which very well deserves it, don't forget to also say thank you to the author of this One Piece Novel, Tomohito Ohsaki.
@@JamiUwU Loosely, it was a several unconnected stories that this episode connected into one so not an exact adaptation. For one the Nami admirer was a dude.
Masami Mori is behind soooo many iconic one piece episodes. The Law flashback, Luffy vs Katakuri, some of the gear 5 vs Kaido scenes, the first episode of egghead and the egghead opening. Him and his two students that have also worked on all of those episodes with him (whom I don't know the names of) they are pretty much inseperable from Megumi Ishitani, they go hand in hand. Masami Mori even did 8 minutes of episode 1015 entirely by himself. Very distinct style, this OVA's animation was directed by Mori as well, and the other two directors are his students
fr and many of the attacks they suffered were even from their on side... pacifista lasers shaking the ground, all the ice breaking and even oars jr.'s leg crushing the brother was cut off by a warlord
It’s easy to say that your Luffys, Sakazukis, Dragons, and Blackbeards are these larger than life figures, but seeing just how much they impact the lives of normal people is eye opening. Like, how many times have you seen marines go, “Yo! That’s Dark King Rayleigh over there! Fight him?! You crazy? Nah, I’m going around!” Usually we just see the marines who are giving their best Skyrim bandit impressions, not acting like rational individuals.
This special truly shows how much of an impact these type of shows, these stories, these characters can have in all of our lives. With shows like this, it really makes me feel like I’m here. Experiencing the same things that they are. How much one person can inspire someone is amazing, and every single time I see any animation as an artist, I just get inspired to one day hopefully strive to be just as good as them and I hope the one day makes something even half or even just as good as this short. This honestly deserves an Oscar man. In the final touch being the girl copying the straw hats as they set sail was just so powerful. Absolutely beautiful.
When I cried watching the brothers story I thought I was just in a bad mood cuz I never cry at this stuff but there was so much emotion portrayed in the voice acting and animation. Glad to see you had the same reaction lol!
@@blackhippy47149 It's an adaptation from a novel that's not made by Oda so it's not technically canon. But if Oda approves it could be, like the movies 😊
@@anastasia.00 while the novel is not written by him, I think he has hand in it, because its his art, also apparently he greenlit these stories of the novel, in fact all three main ones, the tale of two brothers, the nami fan, and the brook lady fan are part of the novel, although there are changes, specially in the kid story, in this animation, still, sure, it may not be canon, and this might just be our wish since it was so good, but I think an argument can be made for both possibilities.
megumi ishitani also had an insane staff helping her. the animator she has collaborated with the most. MASAMI MORI. who was most likely involved in the art direction bc this whole style is his style. they also had help from other legendary animators, such as MISO (director of jjk s2 ep 16 and mob psycho s2 ep 11) YUKI HAYASHI AS ANIMATION DIRECTOR ( worked on mha, mob psycho, op movies) KOUDAI WATANABE (luffy vs katakuri, precure, hasn't been credited on work in a long time) TAKASHI KOJIMA (animated red roc in ishitani's last ep, main animator for look back movie, animated luffy red hawk to save tama in act 1) VINCENT CHANSARD (animated a lot of kaido's best moments and most of his flashback, dorry and brogy attack on kidd, garp venting to kuzan about luffy being a pirate) YENBM OR CHRIS (animated zoro and kings final clash, galaxy impact , g5 luffy spring boarding back up after kaido crushes him and ran around him in circles, part of starks fight against the dragon in frieren) FASTO (animated half of green bulls transformation, animated in the zoro vs king fight( zoro dodging an attack by jumping on rocks, zoro cutting the ball of water that bonny was trapped in. LONG STORY SHORT THE STAFF WAS STACKED WITH TALENT.
I think it was easy to figure out why even before this. Coby was having a sensory overload, hearing the suffering of every Marine and Pirate on that battlefield. That would drive a normal person mad. Coby had to beg for the War to stop.
@ReiseLukas frrr frr but I literally didn't care about the small fry marines during the war, but fan letter gave me a whole new perspective on the marines 🤣 I feel bad for them now lmao
oh yes, we are really lucky, and the most incredible thing is that in recent years, in addition to her, we are finally seeing more and more incredible young directors! And it's been years since we've seen a generation of this quality (I'm not talking about directors who only make anime films) In addition to Ishitani, we have Keiichirou Saitou (Bocchi the Rock and Frieren), Nakayama (Chainsaw Man), Hirotaka Mori (Heavenly Delusion), Fuuga Yamashiro (the recent Dan da dan), Goshozono (Jujutsu kaisen 2), in addition to the various crazy minds of the Trigger studio (especially Ikarashi), and the now more than experienced, namely Shingo Natsume (OPM, Space Dandy, Sonny Boy), Oshiyama (Look Back and Flip Flappers), Tachikawa (Mob 100, Blue Giant) and Yamada (A Silent Voice and K-ON) And most of those I mentioned are under 35, only the latest ones I mentioned they are about 40 years old or so
This episode is perfectly beautiful..a masterpiece from a fan for a fan..i've watched it couples times from different reactors and still crying..all the memories from good old days
it's crazy how One Piece changed our lifes, i never accepted my entire existence fully in some point, of course i was not depressed, but i had some regrets, and thanks to one piece (specially the D ones like Garp and Luffy) i now only focus on my present and not fear anything that life gives to you, good or bad and i never regret my life anymore, Oda is the WRITER of our generation
Been watching One piece since I was 8, now im 20 and nami’s story still to this day has been one of my favourite back stories… YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME😩
Megumi Ishitani has that kind of magic where she envisions the story and exponentially transform a sequence of events and make it more impactful to us as viewers. This is what I felt here and especially on the legendary episode 1015. She is truly the GOAT of all directors!
Ever since we got those slice of life noodles commercials, I've been wanting more of that. This was fantastically done, and I could definitely watch more of these. Happy 25th anniversary, One Piece.
im not even really a one piece fan and checked out this on a whim and it STILL hit. the premise of following the common folk of an insane shounen world is great. and showcasing how the shounen heroes actually inspire people within that world is beautiful. shouts out to all yall one piece fans for getting this magical tribute to a series ya love.
Man i love this episode the perspective of these normal average people in the One piece world This world is crazy full of incredible and strong individuals, animals and creatures And because we follow the strawhats journey we usually see the lives of pirates, kings, rulers of the world government, big and crazy strong marines, etc... But this world is full of these people Normal people like us Watching them react to all the craziness that happens around the world is something else man...
13:58 this is me whenever my friends are talking about Any other badass Anime protagonist and they are joking towards me "don't bother him he is just a OP fanboy who only likes Luffy" like at the back of my head they don't know how OP saved me and I don't need to explain myself to them . The Robin I want to live Brooks it is good to be alive Thank you Bon Chan Our journey is not yet over to Sanji those are my puzzle pieces.
One of the best animated pieces of all time, it makes you feel like you’re injected into the story, I can’t say I’ve ever had that feeling before watching something.
The emotions this episode brought to the surface, a true "Fan Letter".. Thanks One Piece for being such a huge part of not just mine, but all of our lives..
This was such an emotional episode for me. This girl is literally me. I started watching One Piece a short time after it started in 1999. I was 13 at the time just like this girl was pre timeskip. I was somewhat lukewarm to it but as soon as Nami was properly introduced I instantly became more interested. Ever since then I have idolized Nami as a role model and feel like watching her during my teenage years had a major influence on my personality. And I am sure I am not alone in this feeling. She literally used almost the exact same words I have used in describing why I love Nami. That instead of crazy strength or an over powered devil fruit she relies on cunning and intelligence to survive. Hearing this girl voice my very same sentiments on my computer screen brought a tear to my eye. The finale where she finally sees her childhood idol in the flesh, had me crying so much I had to pause the video.
I have a little Sunday morning ritual of making a fancy cup of coffee and sitting down to watch the new one piece episode and I didn’t think we’d even get one today…. Boy did this make my day. I went to the gym, made amazing grilled food, and ended with a rewatch 😂 truly an amazing Sunday 🤌🏼
i know a lot of people have already said this but man it makes me emotional to think of these fans as a representation of us. Cause like them we'll never meet the straw hats but even then they inspire and mean a lot to us :( (also the fact that i'm also a nami fan made the last part 10x emotional omg)
10:12 she also couldnt tell cause she didn't have her glasses on. His face was still covered but had the long nose. Till he told her that magic phrase, but she's still blind lol
This fan letter is for the one piece fan that Wit Studio will show how much they can greater the animation of the one piece remake and Toei will come back in April 2025 to improve the animation of the final saga
Im going to tell u right now that wit will not reach these peaks they don’t have the raw talent that toei has when it comes to animators and of course Megumi Ishitani
@@serenityml1810 Not how it works man. Producers and connections are how u get top tier talent. As of now wit staff doesn’t have the pull to get deep amount talented animatiors toei has and frankly a lot of them aren’t interested and would rather work on the toei version with people they are familiar with and also toei has some of the best work conditions and scheduling
I knew this was supposed to be based on some stories of regular people but I didn't expect it to be so… perfect. All the discussions, the conversations, debates, everything over the years, the community that has formed, this is a thank you to all of us, those who've been following since the beginning and those who have recently begun their journey, this is for all of us. The VA cast singing We Go at the end is the icing on the cake.
So this is based on a series of short stories about people whose lives have been impacted by the Straw Hats. The only ones not shown are Sanji’s wherein he helps the son of his Impostor in the Fake Straw Hat Pirates and said Impostor has a newfound respect for the OG, and Usopp’s whom I forget offhand but you can probably guess that it’s Sogeking related. Obviously wouldn’t really fit with all that was going on in this plot. Either way, gives me hope that the Heroines short stories plus the Law and Ace novels get this same treatment because man, it’s so good. Also Mayumi Tanaka using her Obahan Luffy voice yet again for this special. And that ending, as if We Are couldn’t get any better. Maybe we’ll hear the full version in the Episode of Fishman Island.
These characters are all of us. We are the powerscalers, the theorizing bunch, the character stans, and the inspired and moved by the story and characters. When we hear luffy yell to set sail, we can't help but to yelll "AHHH!" back. The experience of one piece is not just consuming the story but interfacing with those who love it just as much and I think Megumi Ishitani shows it so beautifully by showing the various characters assembling the puzzle pieces together. And with the nami fan being the last one to put the last piece, its as if to say that the last piece was us all along and what we take from the show.
I've been following you for 4 years, I think. Since you started with One Piece. This episode is really what a lot of fans feel with this beautiful anime/manga. Your videos and reactions are the best!
i love youre breakdown , like ya as a one piece fan we love it , but i apprieciate( i cant spell) how you point out why and how the episode does that well great reaction and breakdown
I think it's pretty clear to everyone at this point that Megumi Ishitani is the right choice to direct the final episodes of One Piece. It'll probably be around 2030 when it happens, but I'm guessing Toei isn't gonna let her go anytime soon 😂
out of every piece of art and fiction I've ever experienced, one piece stands as the one that shaped my ideals since i stared watching many many years ago. thank you oda for your art.
Megumi ishitani will always be our treasure she was born with the greatest director of One piece so she will be protected at all cost and not let she died his work is truly unbelievable
One Piece truly got a special place in my heart. I started watching it everyday after school, right around the enies lobby arc, and I can say without lying that it changed my whole life. It helped me trough my toughest times, and it feels just amazing too strong One Piece going stronger than even, decades later. Its not only going strong, its the best One Piece we ever got. Thank you Oda, Thank you Megumi Ishitani, and all the other goated people
The last time OP made my eyes teary was when I watched Film Z at the theatre. I thought there would be no better episodes or films after that, but this work is etched in my core memory now. Your reaction is also very genuine and relatable. I am looking forward to your future reaction videos
I love how this episode not only shows how the strawhats inspire so many different people and affect their lives, you could look at this like us fans and how we behave. Do we have 1 character we deeply connect to? Does 1 character really speak to us and change our view? Do we like to compare and contrast them against each other? Do we really think Chopper is the most adorable? Do we quote their lines cause they are fun to say? Absolutely
imagine that marine guy (luffy's fan) accidently smile while looking at luffy's bounty poster,then get cought by koby,then they talk about luffy for hours. man,i wish i can draw a comic
I watched the episode knowing I would see great animation and direction. But DAMN this made ugly cry and laugh like it was some one piece peak backstory lol. Loved it!
I loved this so much! I think my favorite was the older Marine brother. I loved that his love of Luffy was so personal. I loved the girl too. I loved that we never got a clear shot of the Straw Hats, except for that one fan of Brook’s but she’s a fan of Brook the singer, not Brook the pirate and she wouldn’t connect to who Chopper is.
This episode perfectly encapsulated how I felt about life transitioning to middle school in 2016. What the girl said about nami is exactly how I felt about one piece and gave a new meaning to my life. Made me cry fr
The best way I could describe the Fan Letter's impact on the viewer and what it means to be a One Piece fan overall is through a Neil Gaiman quote- "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
This is my FAVORITE One Piece Episode.... INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL STORYTELLING! While editing my reaction I was even tearing up. So many scenes in this episode hit so deep, and are impactful. ONE PIECE is very special to me and of course to all of the fans! I LOVE ONE PIECE SO MUCH!
wow, ur favorite out of all of them? i really enjoyed the episode too but that's surprising!
Luffy: Set sail!
Crew & OP Fans: Yeahh!
We will always follow his adventures
@@lucidluhx6088 its honestly the best because it represents the fan base and the importance of the community. how one piece inspires its community to do better, to be better but u can only see the meaning behind it if u are a fan of the series. its the best episode cuz its the best show
We all are part of the strawhats 😎♥️
Happy you love One Piece as much as we all do. Big hello from New Zealand. 🇳🇿❤
Seeing the perspective of normal marines in OP world makes Koby's speech more impactful.
Marineford speech?
@@swanaung8890 When he went up against Akainu and said to stop the war
I legit watched the speech today after the episode yesterday and ur so right
Yeah, during marineford they focused on a couple marines that were indeed bloodthirsty but this episode shows how much it affected other parties aswell including the marines
Yeah marine not just NPC but beautifull character like the brothers in this episode
"My brother's here thanks to Straw hat, but his brother died right before his eyes"
😭
Absolute cinema
The backstory of the marine of brown hair older brother is so peak. Peak Piece.
@@YzaekParkIt's actually based on a chapter from an official one piece novel.
I think the cherry on top was her not meeting nami. It's her being inspired and moved by Nami without ever knowing or meeting her. It mimics the viewers in a way. We can't meet the straw hats, but they still mean so much to us.
Low key saving her hero using her wits, cunning,and dexterity(Just like Nami) was her thanks to Nami
She didnt even break any laws as she didn't steal the pass key to the weapon that would have dissolved the Sunny's coating causing a Implosion that would have killed the Strawhats......they just thought she did long enough to be to late to use the weapon on the Sunny's coating(girl Saved the Strawhats)
comment made me cry
well said
Beautiful comment bro
Also when they change Usopp's bounty poster and the protagonist realizes that she really did meet a straw hat, she must get very excited 🥲
Megumi Ishitani deserves all the flowers, absolute masterpiece
This is anime episode of the year for me…. ❤
@@JamiUwU It might be mine too
Frrrrr
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@@Vinny-H it's "her"
I'm a Japanese One Piece fan!
I couldn't stop crying when I saw the stories of fans and admirers from many different perspectives.
It's truly one of the best works!
Sorry if the text is wrong
Nope it's perfect btw I am Indian and my favourite is also One Piece 😅
Nah it’s good
Here from Mexico, One Piece it’s also my favorite!
I love One Piece.
Greetings from germany!
greetings from france!
I never imagined there would be a powerscaling debate in an episode. That was funny as hell.
We need another episode like this with reactions of them being a Emperor Crew now!
The akainu bit killed me 😂😂
its meta as hell lol. there's that one guy flexing his stan, missing the point but still kinda related (that whitebeard stan) that fanboy who completely misses the point (akainu stan) and the one that tries to change the course of discussion and gets jumped (sanji himself)
typical twitter and reddit scenarios lol
Zoro and Sanji one shoting them for making fun of them was also funny as hell 😹
"The Agenda piece is real"😂
Something that I haven't seen anyone mention. Usopp told the little girl to say she's "waiting for someone" and what's interesting about that is that Usopp first metup with Nami after the timeskip. In the bar where Nami was waiting, she said she was "waiting for someone." Basically, Usopp told her to say the same phrase Nami ended up saying. Something small but pretty cool. Also yeah, he's still Sogeking on his poster.
oh my god that's such a nice detail.
best friends energy, waiting for each other
The girl will be very happy when they change Ussop's bounty poster and she realizes that she did meet a straw hat 😊
@@No-soy-un-bizcocho she unfortunately did not have her glasses on at the time so maybe she didn't see his face
The brother's scene got me🥲
I love it so much! It's so powerful, I like how Luffy wasn't the one to save him, but his words were. Even if he was scared or injured he still wanted to save his brother
The best or maybe the saddest part about this episode is that Nami would have 1000% accepted the letter from this little girl.
I could picture it that she would have it taped to her navigator map writing desk or on the wall in front of it
yeah, Nami is the big sister of the group and has a soft spot for children.
That said, I think is more impactful that she never got the letter, the girl was just content to watch Nami be free and set sail with her crew and the fact that she indirectly saved the Thousand sunny from the secret weapon is even more meaninful than just giving her a letter.
just small little things also like the girl doesnt recognize ussop because of sogeking poster
- the bookshop woman doesnt recognize chopper and robin who entered her store because she is not a fan of strawhats, she is only a fan of soulking who at that time doesn't even known to a part of the crew. she even slanders franky
- the guys drinking at the bar doesnt recognize sanji ( same because of the poster )
Hell, Franky’s friends and family slander Franky. Especially after seeing that picture. How is it that the only photo they could nab was the time he had his speedo stolen?
@coltonwilliams4153 If I had to guess, the Franky family hand picked that specific photo to show the reporters when they asked, just for the sake of it.
Only one piece is capable to make an episode about NPC, who give goosebump,Joy and sadness. The plot of this episode is better than some anime these day. ❤
Ermmm no?
One Piece is wolrd, i like they make story for NPC tooo
Another day goes by I’m thankful that I am a One Piece fan 🙏
As a Nami fan, this absolutely made me so happy, my heart is so full that I couldnt stop crying at the end. I was so happy for the little girl and I feel so seen by her, everything she said sums up why I love Nami so much😭
I know what you mean. When she said almost word for word why I love Nami I was like “this girl is literally me”
that's why representation matters, this was a love letter for fans but it has a special place for Nami fans, specially with that speech at the end, beautiful.
THIS IS A LOVE LETTER TO THE FANS ❤
Exactly this
Nami, who spent the majority of her life in captivity, is now the source of freedom for this young girl. It’s not just incredible storytelling-it really drives home how much Nami has grown and how far she’s come in reclaiming her own freedom.
Amazing how this crew made us care about these nameless characters in a simple 24 minute episode. Definitely a true love letter to the fans.
He may not like his brother. But he definitely loves him
Luffy lost his brother but he saved another man’s brother 😭
😢😭
The moment the marine was planning to run away and completely switched to save his brother because Luffy just love his brother that much made me teared up. Beautiful and well done Megumi Ishitani Sensei! 🥲💥
The younger brother has flaws but he loves his big bro very much, I’m glad the older brother saved his brother
Me too. I love that part every time.
that was when i started bawling. and it didn't stop until i finished the whole thing. what an episode.
Yes. While we say thank you to Megumi Ishitani and the animator team which very well deserves it, don't forget to also say thank you to the author of this One Piece Novel, Tomohito Ohsaki.
Oh I didn't even know it was based on a Novel that is really cool
@@JamiUwU Loosely, it was a several unconnected stories that this episode connected into one so not an exact adaptation. For one the Nami admirer was a dude.
Masami Mori is behind soooo many iconic one piece episodes. The Law flashback, Luffy vs Katakuri, some of the gear 5 vs Kaido scenes, the first episode of egghead and the egghead opening. Him and his two students that have also worked on all of those episodes with him (whom I don't know the names of) they are pretty much inseperable from Megumi Ishitani, they go hand in hand. Masami Mori even did 8 minutes of episode 1015 entirely by himself. Very distinct style, this OVA's animation was directed by Mori as well, and the other two directors are his students
@@JamiUwU the story is based on collection short story adaptation ,and ace have own story too in novel so waiting toei adapt that novel
Just classic One Piece having better backstory for their NPCs than most other shows.
No shots were fired👀
The scene of the brothers trapped underneath the ice was absolutely beautiful!
Megumi Ishitani did it again!
I cried, the music, the lines, the animation, the studio ghibli vibes, I fucking love one piece
Marineford war from regular marine POV is so insane, imagine being in the middle of those monsters fight 💀
fr and many of the attacks they suffered were even from their on side... pacifista lasers shaking the ground, all the ice breaking and even oars jr.'s leg crushing the brother was cut off by a warlord
@@MrDrackus Add to that, that world goverment doesnt give to fs about them
It’s easy to say that your Luffys, Sakazukis, Dragons, and Blackbeards are these larger than life figures, but seeing just how much they impact the lives of normal people is eye opening. Like, how many times have you seen marines go, “Yo! That’s Dark King Rayleigh over there! Fight him?! You crazy? Nah, I’m going around!” Usually we just see the marines who are giving their best Skyrim bandit impressions, not acting like rational individuals.
This special truly shows how much of an impact these type of shows, these stories, these characters can have in all of our lives. With shows like this, it really makes me feel like I’m here. Experiencing the same things that they are. How much one person can inspire someone is amazing, and every single time I see any animation as an artist, I just get inspired to one day hopefully strive to be just as good as them and I hope the one day makes something even half or even just as good as this short. This honestly deserves an Oscar man. In the final touch being the girl copying the straw hats as they set sail was just so powerful. Absolutely beautiful.
When I cried watching the brothers story I thought I was just in a bad mood cuz I never cry at this stuff but there was so much emotion portrayed in the voice acting and animation. Glad to see you had the same reaction lol!
I love how they called out the fans with the power scaling Bounty argument and the insane theory about cucumbers
Genuinely one of the best One Piece episodes I've ever watched. They need to make this canon.
It is canon lmao what
@@blackhippy47149 It's an adaptation from a novel that's not made by Oda so it's not technically canon. But if Oda approves it could be, like the movies 😊
@@anastasia.00 I don't see why he wouldn't they did a really really good job with keeping things in line with the plot of the original.
@@PhishFighters i think he will consider this canon too, they did an amazing job
@@anastasia.00 while the novel is not written by him, I think he has hand in it, because its his art, also apparently he greenlit these stories of the novel, in fact all three main ones, the tale of two brothers, the nami fan, and the brook lady fan are part of the novel, although there are changes, specially in the kid story, in this animation, still, sure, it may not be canon, and this might just be our wish since it was so good, but I think an argument can be made for both possibilities.
People acknowledging what luffy went through in the war still hurts so long after. I loved seeing how the strawhats affected others it was beautiful
I LOVE ONE PIECE 😭😭
megumi ishitani also had an insane staff helping her. the animator she has collaborated with the most.
MASAMI MORI. who was most likely involved in the art direction bc this whole style is his style. they also had help from other legendary animators, such as
MISO (director of jjk s2 ep 16 and mob psycho s2 ep 11)
YUKI HAYASHI AS ANIMATION DIRECTOR ( worked on mha, mob psycho, op movies)
KOUDAI WATANABE (luffy vs katakuri, precure, hasn't been credited on work in a long time)
TAKASHI KOJIMA (animated red roc in ishitani's last ep, main animator for look back movie, animated luffy red hawk to save tama in act 1)
VINCENT CHANSARD (animated a lot of kaido's best moments and most of his flashback, dorry and brogy attack on kidd, garp venting to kuzan about luffy being a pirate)
YENBM OR CHRIS (animated zoro and kings final clash, galaxy impact , g5 luffy spring boarding back up after kaido crushes him and ran around him in circles, part of starks fight against the dragon in frieren)
FASTO (animated half of green bulls transformation, animated in the zoro vs king fight( zoro dodging an attack by jumping on rocks, zoro cutting the ball of water that bonny was trapped in. LONG STORY SHORT THE STAFF WAS STACKED WITH TALENT.
From here we know why Coby stopped the Marenford war
frrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I think it was easy to figure out why even before this. Coby was having a sensory overload, hearing the suffering of every Marine and Pirate on that battlefield. That would drive a normal person mad. Coby had to beg for the War to stop.
@ReiseLukas frrr frr but I literally didn't care about the small fry marines during the war, but fan letter gave me a whole new perspective on the marines 🤣 I feel bad for them now lmao
@@freemun95 fr
@@freemun95 Why didn't you feel bad for them before? They were people too
11:05 actual one piece powerscalers and it's so funny how accurate the writing team was for this conversation 😭
I always loved the bounty reveals because of this vibe, you get an outside perspective of how people view the events and see what old faces are up to.
Megumi Ishitani is a generational director. She is just built different
oh yes, we are really lucky, and the most incredible thing is that in recent years, in addition to her, we are finally seeing more and more incredible young directors! And it's been years since we've seen a generation of this quality (I'm not talking about directors who only make anime films)
In addition to Ishitani, we have Keiichirou Saitou (Bocchi the Rock and Frieren), Nakayama (Chainsaw Man), Hirotaka Mori (Heavenly Delusion), Fuuga Yamashiro (the recent Dan da dan), Goshozono (Jujutsu kaisen 2), in addition to the various crazy minds of the Trigger studio (especially Ikarashi), and the now more than experienced, namely Shingo Natsume (OPM, Space Dandy, Sonny Boy), Oshiyama (Look Back and Flip Flappers), Tachikawa (Mob 100, Blue Giant) and Yamada (A Silent Voice and K-ON)
And most of those I mentioned are under 35, only the latest ones I mentioned they are about 40 years old or so
Jaimi u are the most precious and wholesome reactor on the platform, thankyou for letting us watch along with u!
This episode is perfectly beautiful..a masterpiece from a fan for a fan..i've watched it couples times from different reactors and still crying..all the memories from good old days
Toei describes us powerscalers pretty accurately. Whether the Zoro vs Sanji beef, Mihawk, Whitebeard, Akainu, all quite spot on.
There are new yonko now, the strongest in One Piece
Vista solos all of them.
The akainu dude is me but with Aokiji 😂
it's crazy how One Piece changed our lifes, i never accepted my entire existence fully in some point, of course i was not depressed, but i had some regrets, and thanks to one piece (specially the D ones like Garp and Luffy) i now only focus on my present and not fear anything that life gives to you, good or bad and i never regret my life anymore, Oda is the WRITER of our generation
I'm literally obsessed😫💕
Been watching One piece since I was 8, now im 20 and nami’s story still to this day has been one of my favourite back stories… YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME😩
Megumi Ishitani has that kind of magic where she envisions the story and exponentially transform a sequence of events and make it more impactful to us as viewers. This is what I felt here and especially on the legendary episode 1015. She is truly the GOAT of all directors!
Ever since we got those slice of life noodles commercials, I've been wanting more of that. This was fantastically done, and I could definitely watch more of these. Happy 25th anniversary, One Piece.
im not even really a one piece fan and checked out this on a whim and it STILL hit. the premise of following the common folk of an insane shounen world is great. and showcasing how the shounen heroes actually inspire people within that world is beautiful.
shouts out to all yall one piece fans for getting this magical tribute to a series ya love.
The Animation is so crisp and clear. Legit made me tear up from just pure happiness. I’m so grateful to be a One Piece fan. ❤️
マリンフォードにおいて、コビーの命を賭けたあの叫びがなければ、またあの時シャンクスが現れなければ、今回の兄弟は２人とも命を落としていたかもしれない。
これも巡り合わせなんだろうと思うと胸が熱くなる。
Man i love this episode the perspective of these normal average people in the One piece world
This world is crazy full of incredible and strong individuals, animals and creatures
And because we follow the strawhats journey we usually see the lives of pirates, kings, rulers of the world government, big and crazy strong marines, etc...
But this world is full of these people
Normal people like us
Watching them react to all the craziness that happens around the world is something else man...
13:58 this is me whenever my friends are talking about Any other badass Anime protagonist and they are joking towards me "don't bother him he is just a OP fanboy who only likes Luffy" like at the back of my head they don't know how OP saved me and I don't need to explain myself to them .
The Robin I want to live
Brooks it is good to be alive
Thank you Bon Chan
Our journey is not yet over to Sanji
those are my puzzle pieces.
One Piece Fan Letter Staff:
Director: Megumi Ishitani
Unit Director: Megumi Ishitani & Nanami Michibata
Character Design: Masami Mori
AD: Masami Mori & Yuki Hayashi
Ass. AD: Fasto & Zhiguang Liu
Main Animator: Shin Kashiwaguma & Hiroto Saito.
Key Animators:
Yuki Hayashi
Toei Animation Animators:
Shin Kashiwaguma,Masami Mori (SOTY), Hiroto Saito,Zhiguang Liu,Yukiya Ataka,Noriyuki Hirota,Masaya Hasegawa,Jouji Yamada,Shinnosuke Tanaka,Takahiro Kojima,Takeru Shinnozuka,Hanao Iida
Itsuki Tsuchigami,Shoutaro Ban,Fasto,Takashi Kojima,Koudai Watanabe,Shun Miyakawa,Arinko,Kouta Mori,Odashi,Fuuma Tashiro,Osumin,Vincent Chansard of course,Chris YenBM, Eemi,Tamerlan Bekmurzayev,Jack-Amin Ibrahim,Jayu ,Daniel Kim,BUMSOO KIM
Simply,THAT'S AVANGERS TEAM IN ONE PIECE MAN!!!
MeguMoriAnimation hahahaha
¿puede un anime hacerte llorar tanto de emociones? Si, One Piece lo hace, Gracias Oda. Saludos desde Argentina !
DAMN i havent cried in a while what a genuine masterpiece I LOVE ONE PIECE I LOVE ALL MY ONE PIECE FANS WE GO!
Yeah this is really beautiful they outdid themselves with this seriously😭
One of the best animated pieces of all time, it makes you feel like you’re injected into the story, I can’t say I’ve ever had that feeling before watching something.
The emotions this episode brought to the surface, a true "Fan Letter"..
Thanks One Piece for being such a huge part of not just mine, but all of our lives..
This was such an emotional episode for me. This girl is literally me. I started watching One Piece a short time after it started in 1999. I was 13 at the time just like this girl was pre timeskip. I was somewhat lukewarm to it but as soon as Nami was properly introduced I instantly became more interested. Ever since then I have idolized Nami as a role model and feel like watching her during my teenage years had a major influence on my personality. And I am sure I am not alone in this feeling.
She literally used almost the exact same words I have used in describing why I love Nami. That instead of crazy strength or an over powered devil fruit she relies on cunning and intelligence to survive. Hearing this girl voice my very same sentiments on my computer screen brought a tear to my eye.
The finale where she finally sees her childhood idol in the flesh, had me crying so much I had to pause the video.
I have a little Sunday morning ritual of making a fancy cup of coffee and sitting down to watch the new one piece episode and I didn’t think we’d even get one today…. Boy did this make my day. I went to the gym, made amazing grilled food, and ended with a rewatch 😂 truly an amazing Sunday 🤌🏼
i know a lot of people have already said this but man it makes me emotional to think of these fans as a representation of us. Cause like them we'll never meet the straw hats but even then they inspire and mean a lot to us :(
(also the fact that i'm also a nami fan made the last part 10x emotional omg)
10:12 she also couldnt tell cause she didn't have her glasses on. His face was still covered but had the long nose. Till he told her that magic phrase, but she's still blind lol
Story presented in such a beautiful way…
Hats off to director
Every story is peak in One piece.❤
25:14 SAY IT LOUDER FOR THOSE IN THE BACK!
This fan letter is for the one piece fan that Wit Studio will show how much they can greater the animation of the one piece remake and Toei will come back in April 2025 to improve the animation of the final saga
I can't for Wit Studio remaking one piece 🔥
Im going to tell u right now that wit will not reach these peaks they don’t have the raw talent that toei has when it comes to animators and of course Megumi Ishitani
@@KurinKato1 Frr
@@KurinKato1don’t be so sure of that. People learn,people improve. There will be always someone better in a given time.
@@serenityml1810 Not how it works man. Producers and connections are how u get top tier talent. As of now wit staff doesn’t have the pull to get deep amount talented animatiors toei has and frankly a lot of them aren’t interested and would rather work on the toei version with people they are familiar with and also toei has some of the best work conditions and scheduling
As a long time OP fan since day one, man I'm old af.
This EP is making me cry so HARD! Thank you One Piece for 25+ years!
0:14 You can see the future, right? lol
I´m not crying......We are all crying!
YES WE ARE!!!
😢😢😢
I knew this was supposed to be based on some stories of regular people but I didn't expect it to be so… perfect.
All the discussions, the conversations, debates, everything over the years, the community that has formed, this is a thank you to all of us, those who've been following since the beginning and those who have recently begun their journey, this is for all of us.
The VA cast singing We Go at the end is the icing on the cake.
So this is based on a series of short stories about people whose lives have been impacted by the Straw Hats. The only ones not shown are Sanji’s wherein he helps the son of his Impostor in the Fake Straw Hat Pirates and said Impostor has a newfound respect for the OG, and Usopp’s whom I forget offhand but you can probably guess that it’s Sogeking related. Obviously wouldn’t really fit with all that was going on in this plot. Either way, gives me hope that the Heroines short stories plus the Law and Ace novels get this same treatment because man, it’s so good.
Also Mayumi Tanaka using her Obahan Luffy voice yet again for this special. And that ending, as if We Are couldn’t get any better. Maybe we’ll hear the full version in the Episode of Fishman Island.
These characters are all of us. We are the powerscalers, the theorizing bunch, the character stans, and the inspired and moved by the story and characters. When we hear luffy yell to set sail, we can't help but to yelll "AHHH!" back. The experience of one piece is not just consuming the story but interfacing with those who love it just as much and I think Megumi Ishitani shows it so beautifully by showing the various characters assembling the puzzle pieces together. And with the nami fan being the last one to put the last piece, its as if to say that the last piece was us all along and what we take from the show.
I loved your reaction on this episode I felt the same way it is the most beautiful amazing thing I have ever seen 23:42 ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I've been following you for 4 years, I think. Since you started with One Piece. This episode is really what a lot of fans feel with this beautiful anime/manga. Your videos and reactions are the best!
A really amazing episode. Keep up the great work on the channel!
i love youre breakdown , like ya as a one piece fan we love it , but i apprieciate( i cant spell) how you point out why and how the episode does that well great reaction and breakdown
Min 3 Jamie already feeling it! I knew it 😂😢😅😊🎉 what a heartwarming eps
I think we're witnessing the early transition from current One Piece to the next generation.
I think it's pretty clear to everyone at this point that Megumi Ishitani is the right choice to direct the final episodes of One Piece.
It'll probably be around 2030 when it happens, but I'm guessing Toei isn't gonna let her go anytime soon 😂
out of every piece of art and fiction I've ever experienced, one piece stands as the one that shaped my ideals since i stared watching many many years ago.
thank you oda for your art.
This is like the 10th time I’ve watched this episode/reactions to it, and it hasn’t lost its impact. A truly magnificent work of art.
Megumi ishitani will always be our treasure she was born with the greatest director of One piece so she will be protected at all cost and not let she died his work is truly unbelievable
One Piece truly got a special place in my heart. I started watching it everyday after school, right around the enies lobby arc, and I can say without lying that it changed my whole life. It helped me trough my toughest times, and it feels just amazing too strong One Piece going stronger than even, decades later. Its not only going strong, its the best One Piece we ever got. Thank you Oda, Thank you Megumi Ishitani, and all the other goated people
YOU SEE HOW WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES AND WE ALREADY GOT ATTACHED TO THEM. I loved this episode.
The last time OP made my eyes teary was when I watched Film Z at the theatre. I thought there would be no better episodes or films after that, but this work is etched in my core memory now. Your reaction is also very genuine and relatable. I am looking forward to your future reaction videos
10:12 omg i didn't realized that when i watched it myself
She’s gonna flip out once the strawhats finish dressrosa
I love how this episode not only shows how the strawhats inspire so many different people and affect their lives, you could look at this like us fans and how we behave. Do we have 1 character we deeply connect to? Does 1 character really speak to us and change our view? Do we like to compare and contrast them against each other? Do we really think Chopper is the most adorable? Do we quote their lines cause they are fun to say? Absolutely
this episode is basically a love letter to all the fans.
imagine that marine guy (luffy's fan) accidently smile while looking at luffy's bounty poster,then get cought by koby,then they talk about luffy for hours.
man,i wish i can draw a comic
What if he become part of sword later down the line and he become friend with coby
the art style for this episode has got to be the best rendition of Oda's art style that works so well. This is the best episode of One Piece by far
I like how Jamie’s favorite episode isn’t even one of the official ones. 😅 This was a great special though.
Finally! I feel like most other reactions don't laugh or cry as hard. This is the best reaction so far ❤
I watched the episode knowing I would see great animation and direction. But DAMN this made ugly cry and laugh like it was some one piece peak backstory lol. Loved it!
I loved this so much! I think my favorite was the older Marine brother. I loved that his love of Luffy was so personal. I loved the girl too. I loved that we never got a clear shot of the Straw Hats, except for that one fan of Brook’s but she’s a fan of Brook the singer, not Brook the pirate and she wouldn’t connect to who Chopper is.
We need more episodes like this: everyday people's perspective around the Strawhats. Loved this episode
I‘m a 24 year old guy and I proudly admit that I had tears in my eyes the whole EP
It was so beautiful
Solid crying at the end from me
The little girl got the best moment out of everyone. She saw Nami from a distance alive, well, and happy.
This episode perfectly encapsulated how I felt about life transitioning to middle school in 2016. What the girl said about nami is exactly how I felt about one piece and gave a new meaning to my life. Made me cry fr
Really a masterpiece of an episode. So happy right now
The characters in this special episode made me realize we are them in a way ❤
The best way I could describe the Fan Letter's impact on the viewer and what it means to be a One Piece fan overall is through a Neil Gaiman quote- "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
This was magical frrrr the feeeeels❤
G8 Arc: Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!