A Beautiful Fan Letter - One Piece

[@Dxco31]

Let's pray for Franky's voice actor health, let's hope for his full recovery

[@QueenBlaze]

Oh no, I didn’t know that! Seriously I’m hoping for a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

[@Rutabega_NG]

​@@QueenBlazeyeah he's been sounding off for a while and apparently it's gotten bad enough that he's had to take some time to recover. And hopefully he does recover. No one else can be Franky.

[@camronk1356]

He's also bon clay and this voice actor is "protect at all costs". Bon Clay is precious to me. Please let him recover in case bon clay comes back. Please 🥺

[@Spaghettiyum]

I wish him a speeding recovery.

[@vc7415]

We wish him a SUUUPER recovery!

[@rakvcky]

Queen edited a 24-minute masterpiece into an 8-minute I wish she was the editor of Toei during Dressrosa.

[@cleanclouds]

The best part is that it's a great 8 minute edit of the reaction!

[@UltimateGamerCC]

they are remastering Fishman Island to be shorter to let Oda get the next arc get ahead and some suspect they'll do this for all the Post-Timeskip arcs.

[@rakvcky]

@@UltimateGamerCC i guess they secretly hired queen

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@rakvcky if that's the case then Mingo's veins wont splorch. lol

[@tk-tktk-tktk]

アニメが原作漫画に追いついてアニメ作れなくなっちゃうからな…

[@MistaCloudStrife]

She created a core memory hearing Luffy say "Set Sail!" and she replies with the rest of the crew.

[@TheChristXYz]

You have no idea how mnt times I listened to that one piece music video where at the end luffy says that and I always yelled just like her at the end like a crew member. Thank you Oda I can't put into words how much your work means to me and so many others truly a master of his craft and one of the greats of humankind to ever write a story

[@SmilingJack65]

Totally expected the crying. This episode is just so wholesome and heartfelt that it's impossible not to. Whether its the girl who Nami inspired to live freely or the marine who Luffy inspired to save his family. This plays so much into the overarching theme of One Piece regarding 'Inherited Will.' Thoughts and ideas can be passed on, even when we don't intend to and that's what happened here as we get a glimpse of the world through the eyes of these civilians. It also really makes you appreciate the nameless marines who are forced to contend with the superpowered monsters of the world like the Yonko, the Seven Warlords, the Admirals and the Strawhats. I also loved how the show kind of teased some groups of fans like the "power scalers" in the bar arguing about who the best swordsman was. Or the nami theory fan who came up with a crackpot theory about sea cucumber spawning cycles, but still managed to come to the correct conclusion using her incorrect method. This wasn't just a fan letter, it was a love letter to the fans and helped express the hope and wonder we feel every day following this epic journey with Luffy and his nakama!

[@robbiemedica2652]

They made a mistake not mentioning Shanks though 😂😂

[@SmilingJack65]

@@robbiemedica2652 If you look in the credits, he actually comes up being compared to Buggy lol.

[@TheChristXYz]

Yeah there's actually that one guy making a case for buggy to be the strongest very meta toei XD

[@guildmasterri5995]

Can't believe this is queens introduction to modern one piece animation. You're in for ride for that

[@GalekC]

same for alicia now

[@DeafCope]

i did not expect to get emotional over this one

[@_all_around_us]

I don't even watch one piece, I watched it for the animation/directing and even I got emotional 😂😂

[@TheMarch-jn3rz]

Went in thinking we would laugh came out realizing we all made it to witness a generational epic.

[@doronrosstuvia3489]

I get emotional every time I watch it lol. It captures the essence of One Piece fandom and represents how we all feel about One Piece.

[@Botzyol]

@@_all_around_usbruh u need to watch it ❤

[@jrbbbb2145]

@@_all_around_us And now you should watch it xixixi

[@Shaneo0oo]

This entire thing was beautiful . Really liked the story with the brothers but the ending when she tore up the letter and finally saw Nami made me emotional. I really hope we see her again some day.

[@hanswurst2923]

I didn't expect anything from this but god damn, it's one of the best episodes of One Piece, maybe even anime as a whole, ever. Megumi Ishitani is a gem. Her work so far has been nothing less than spectacular.

[@WatanukiProductions]

Seriously, I had no expectations going in, the little trailer they released did not do it justice, but as we're already seeing the word of mouth on this special is absolutely crazy. Seeing Marineford from the perspective of an average marine was just insane. I didn't expect to tear up but I did so more than once. It has been such a good year for One Piece.

[@hotpufff123]

And mori

[@kingj.4432]

One Piece never fails to make us cry. Great reaction Queen!👑

[@QueenBlaze]

Thank you!!

[@hellojilly]

I just watched this with my husband since I hadn’t seen it yet. One Piece has me crying again 😭 this was such a beautifully done episode. That shot of Ace and Luffy took me out as well as her seeing Nami sailing away. Ahh 😭🩵

[@TheFrostedfirefly]

Ayyyy! I was waiting for this one! It's absolutely stunning how something I didn't even anticipate, came out of nowhere and released to suddenly become one of THE best pieces of One Piece media for me out of the entire series, movies, and everything... Megumi Ishitani was already becoming a One Piece household name thanks to her efforts on 1015 (you'll see when you get there), but she established herself as a director LEGEND with this one, imo...

[@Datduuudeee]

Made me bawl. Especially the brother story, having an older one myself who I love dearly❤ The choice of soundtrack was perfect. OP goated.

[@olo819]

"Luffy, you don't even have to notice... if you are save, just go ahead!" - Usopp unlocking his haki

[@Cloveinti_Uno59232]

I can't wait until you get to the point where this director (Megumi Ishitani) started working on the weekly anime. She's a mastermind at this stuff

[@Altario10]

This was soo good omg I think my fav story def has to be the big bro marine guy and how Luffy inspires his life and Changes him ❤️

[@repghost9481]

7:38 “alright they got me” as a big ass tear falls😭

[@brandongalvan6603]

Legitimately one of the best episodes of One Piece and it didn't even need to revolve around the Straw Hats. Just ordinary people trying to live their lives to the fullest.

[@KristianHorlador]

I've watched this episode multiple times including the reactions and it wasnt until now that I realized, THEY DIDN'T HAVE NAMES. We didn't know their names. One Piece (and the Strawhat crew) inspires many unnamed people. No one knows them. The Strawhat crew doesn't know them. Oda doesn't know us. But they all have a special spot in our hearts. This is the best self-insert episode ever.

[@morde6261]

This short just made me want to see a spin off of One Piece, but with normal characters, slice of life type see the point of view of some citizen of Arabasta, of some carpenter of Water 7, someone who lost his shadow because moria of some person who was turned into a toy in dressrosa "other pieces" you could call it ,the success would be assured

[@Shiftarus]

yea! theres so many awesome locations and side characters

[@irfanharithzain3240]

We got something close to that with the 2 stationmasters from Water 7 who thought of an imaginary romance that included Nami & Paulie

[@whitesnake6946]

What’s really so amazing about this episode is that we are the characters, and this is like Oda’s letter to us, making us part of his story.

[@tomaszuta1055]

This special episode has been one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, it reflects many indescribable feelings, so avoiding shedding tears is impossible. Definitely, "the one piece is real." Postscript: I hope my comment can be understood since I don't know any English and I had to use Google.😅

[@bambabarry]

How ….. like hooooow in 1 episode they made me care for randoms out of nowhere , made me laugh because I connect with the scenes and made me emotional with that last scene …….

[@LokiCharm]

5:01 so true , every single ace reference hits like a truck

[@boonejbruce]

CRYYYYYYYY HAHA! But yeah, this single episode had NO business making me spill my tears, but here we are!

[@NaranjaNad]

Yeah i was squealin n giggling n crying. What a masterpiece.

[@officerwomack9833]

wish there was a uncut version we could watch love this episode so much

[@YouAreBeautiful8]

I love how Oda takes care of the side characters. I'm crying over random marine and kid.

[@Marzi29]

I don't think Oda wrote this though lol

[@GutsDLuffy]

Oda only superwise the fillers

[@YouAreBeautiful8]

Agree. I just appreciate the OP team as a whole because they gave importance to the side characters. Other stories just dispose of the other characters (even minor villains) if they are not necessary to the main story/characters. It could be because of its length, but it's well written.

[@nernerooo1462]

@@Marzi29 Oda did not write but he knows about the novels and also guiding them on the writing hence I consider this as canon material. this is also why it's an episode in the anime

[@thCapn]

My favorite react channel finally gets to react to one of the newest episodes. Can't wait for you to catch up with the rest of us!

[@DeadMan03]

This single episode clears 99% of the anime this year tbh

[@moodyblues2716]

Idk about that BUT this ep is really beautiful

[@Green_hammer]

this is probably my top 3 fav episodes of one piece & im caught up like 5 years ago

[@DeadMan03]

Yesssir this is the best episode of One piece episode ever

[@STRAWHAT-oc4ko]

This ep is the reason why OP will always hold a really really special place in my heart and ill forever be a hardcore op fan! 😭❤The beautiful Worldbuilding, even the background characters getting their shine, gorgeous visual storytelling, and emotions being invoked even in the simplest of things is simply a feeling and experience ill never ever forget with ONE PIECE

[@AlValentyn]

CRY! HAHA, Absolutely beautiful fan made animation. It hits as well as Oda’s writing.

[@browserjunior4707]

It feels so weird seeing this fan letter when 2 years ago I said its too long to get into one piece. But then slowly I started and stopped at Syrup Village before getting back into it. I kept going until now where I’ve caught up since January and seeing this fan letter remind me why I fell in love with the series made me emotional. Just the heart and soul the straw hats have and the impact they have in the world they live in and ours too.

[@gravidust.2]

The comedy for this one was on point

[@ADHDDistracts]

I remember occasionally checking up on where you were at when you just started. Glad to see you kept with the series.

[@AstorThalis]

With that little Special you got a glimpse of the talent of Megumi Ishitani - her work is absolutely flabbergasting! Can't wait to see your reactions to Episodes 957, 982 & 1015! 😊

[@Rutabega_NG]

Tojla you'd cry! I definitely did not expect to get emotional over this, but it's very clearly a love letter to fans. Since you're trying not to get spoiled, You don't get the same level of fan interaction that those of us who are caught up do, but there was a lot of representation in there of fans. I could watch a whole mini series of this. Most of what I watched yesterday was reactions to this specific episode. How I was not completely dehydrated before I went to bed, I do not know.

[@burningman04]

NGL i want Kuma's story to be in this level of art direction

[@TheMarch-jn3rz]

It’s crazy how relevant Coby speech was relevant to this short and Kuma is to Sabaody.

[@Matty80822]

And we might get that with the break. Gonna be good times!

[@awanen]

Ive been waiting for this reaction.

[@SagieSmalls]

Chill, it came out yesterday 🤣

[@awanen]

@@SagieSmalls I didn't mean it in any negative way at all.

[@SagieSmalls]

@@awanen easy, me neither ^^

[@HoryBP1]

Yeeeaaaahhhh... that thing was breaking me time after time after time and again... this is why you just can't not love One Piece. This episode shows how big, full and alive this world is and it was all just a short day on Sabaody. Seeing lives of Straw Hats fans' make you a fan even more.

[@MrBolioman]

Megumi Ishitani is a genius!! I really need her to direct more stuff!! Like, there were no tragic backstories, the characters have no names, they are all NPC that just hapenned to cross the strawhats either by glance or news and became fans! ... And they got me emotional. I´m crying for nameless people. Man I love being a One Piece fan.

[@Ichirukibetter]

Crying for a random marine and a random little girl?!?! Only in one piece 😂

[@_alpacaa]

Even a special like this can make us cry! I can confidently say that I haven't watched half of one piece cause my eyes were blurry for crying most of the show.

[@pockystyx4087]

that kid's gonna be a great pirate one day

[@marzh5278]

Love this episode

[@derayw]

Loving the reactions. The overwhelming emotions gets me every time.

[@Xenaximus]

Goes to show just how amazing and immersive this world Oda has created really is that people are asking for a side series just about these ordinary characters. 😆

[@Qoatl]

as soon as i heard megumi was in this i knew the waterworks were coming

[@eduardopatraca3272]

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.

[@abpondokun]

that brother flashback sequence is one of the most beautiful sequences I've ever seen

[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

This was an interesting project to animate for the anime’s 25th anniversary which is based on One Piece novel Straw Hat Stories written by Tomohito Ohsaki where it focuses on a person in the world as they learn about 1 of the Straw Hats, but this takes a few of them (Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Chopper, & Franky) & merge them together taking place at the Return to Sabaody - Luffy was with the 2 brother Marines (older brother voiced by Yasuyuki Kase the voice of Big News Morgans while younger is voiced by Hiroki Takahashi Queen & Bill), but there is a bit of a change with them now stationed in Sabaody - Zoro was the drunk men in the bar talking about who is the strongest swordsman, but this took place in Dressrosa & the 3 are voiced by Yasuhiro Takato (voices Bepo, Zepo, Buffalo, Butchie, Mr.9, Peterman, Satori, Hotori & Kotori), Ryouta Takeuchi (voices Bavarois), & Takuya Kirimoto (voices Cracker) - Nami was with the little girl who is fan of cool female pirates (in the novel it was a 20 year old man), & she is voiced by Kokoro Kikuchi who is the voice for Toko & Reina from One Piece - Chopper was with the Marine who can’t help find Chopper cute (voiced by Jiro Saito who also voices Orlumbus, Snack, & Rampo) & known as the Benevolent King of the Waves, but they changes this with instead of being a simple warship to a toxic substance to destroy ship’s coating & that instead of the little girl delaying them it was the Kuja Pirates - Franky was the woman in the bookstore (voiced by Yuka Komatsu who also voices Sally Isntoinette & Momousagi / Gion), but in the novel she is place in Water 7 where she hears word about Franky from many citizens like the 2 boys we see in this replaces Michael & Hoichael - Now they could have done Brooks but they did not focus on a boy who went to Brook’s last concert

[@MonochromeShade]

Such a beautiful special.

[@Supernovice942]

Absolutely such a beautiful special ❤ every single detail and moment ❤

[@supleted]

One piece powerscalers be like.

[@Dublin.655]

Dangit! Time to cry all over again. Just a one off little episode, but so good!

[@da12n3]

Loved how every type of fan was portaid through the charecters. Every scene and gesture had meaning and detail. I was hoping the Ace scene would heal you, but instead we add to the cry poll😅

[@QueenBlaze]

I don’t know if I could ever get past that 😭

[@igodreamer7096]

Great OVA episode. 10/10 Will cry again! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@sanji_joestar]

My favorite thing about is how these characters don't even have names Greengrocer's son, Random navy They aren't individualized They don't need to They could be anybody Each of them are a piece, one piece And with each one impacting each other they become a bigger One Piece. This masterpiece was directed by Megumi Ishitani Her work on the more recents episodes are otherworldly and I can't wait to see you reach that

[@voizcrack]

That powerful ost during the brother's monologue is about to hit her again soon in the anime

[@skits_3d824]

I just got done watching it for myself. ❤😭 Thank you Oda.

[@iamrayvell3052]

And the lil girl looks like Megumi Ishitani when she dons her big glasses

[@UltimateGamerCC]

"Cry! Ha Ha!" (we all do in this community!) Fan Letter is basically the Prologue to the revamped Fishman Island arc, which i personally look forward to checking out. People are theorizing that Fishman Island is only the first getting revamped, because Toei has padded the hell out of arcs since the end of Marineford, these remasters will give time for Oda to complete arcs in the Manga rather than stretch chapter by chapter into multiple episodes. i hope to god that IS what they are doing, because that's a win for current watchers and new ones alike. also means that Wit Studio will only need to cover Pre-Timeskip.

[@YSRGAMES]

I can say I cried to this. Proudly.

[@furorteutonicus9045]

Episode of the year!

[@Solqueen86]

Fun fact the little fan girl is voiced by Chopper's voice actress and her mother at the start was Luffy's voice actress

[@Bavdingo]

Yes I cried too!

[@upskill9024]

Surprised she made no comments on the animation

[@RantGG]

Beautiful ode to fans of One Piece.

[@camronk1356]

The director megumi ishitani is a legend. And spoiler kinda episode 1015 is directed by her and most have hailed it as the great episode ever made in anime history. It shut down Crunchyroll and crashed out several streaming websites. Prepare to cry more my queen. Buy more tissues

[@zcraft4]

4:50 awww you gonna cry or something????

[@DirewolfMemento]

I did. Shits emotional

[@jannecapelle_art]

LETS GO CRY SOME MOOOORE

[@rafaeljoseification]

It was beautiful, queen!

[@CharTurner6928]

At the end, she wore jeans just like the pair Nami was wearing. I wonder if we will see any of these characters in the anime series? I hope so.

[@MaelZack]

Fun fact Luffy voicing the grandma looks like Dragon ball voice actress of goku.

[@Claudiquant]

megumi ishitani is amazing!

[@MFBosshunting]

Damn, that as really good.

[@Indiana1337]

Peak Masterpiece 10/9

[@MrRourk]

She is WATCHING IT!

[@YTJRBC2]

If by some miracle the live action makes it to return to sabaody...they better make fan letter canon lol.

[@skyuru]

Like these good old filler episodes of OP but need more like this UwU

[@nolanohrt1296]

Seeing Marineford from the point of view of a random marine is honestly terrifying

[@caerbunnog]

It was so good 😭🥳

[@Grandalf86]

We back, baby! Easily one of the best filler episodes!

[@zeenukcheolakee5203]

We told ya you'd cry lol! Such an amazing episode

[@Wrath05]

Chopper Fan boy and Garps distant distant distant relative 😂

[@unclelink]

You got until April next year to catch up! Plenty of time! I wager you'll get there by February, March for the latest!

[@epnlvr9790]

cryyyyyy haha, I was crying too

[@Miss_All_Sundays]

I cried watching it and I cried again wathing your reaction 😂

[@StrawHatDottie]

This was worth more than the high I experienced when I first heard it was coming out. Better filler ever!

[@alixsprallix]

great video!

[@QueenBlaze]

Thanks!

[@lightningjadejavier]

That nami fan girl was soo cute and funny!

[@CC-nt4zi]

A little side story that’s just as impactful as any top tier episode of OP. If we’re making “fillers,” this is how you make fillers!

[@rklow2023]

goddamn i also cried

[@MT-yd4ht]

Me too 😭

[@bigtwistt]

YESSS

[@taetaeluvuwu]

i am raccoonig with you

[@carlosernestogutierrezvazq9584]

😭😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@bitlucky1587]

I love this shorts ep

[@GalekC]

jojo fan letter where i am that girl & jolyne is nami