A Story About Stories | Reviewing One Piece: Wano Finale

[@Aleczandxr]

As stated, there is currently no early access to the next review, because there is currently no review. But if you want to support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/Aleczandxr To follow the readthroughs on stream, you can follow me on Twitch here: www.twitch.tv/Aleczandxr/ Link to AJ's Discord server: discord.gg/Ekhz7PNuJd CURRENT TWITCH SCHEDULE: Mondays @ 10am EST: A Blind Playthrough of Lost Judgment (Sometimes gaming streams are Tuesdays too, check Discord) Wednesdays @ 10am EST: Bleach Readthrough Fridays @ 10:30am EST: SOME FRIDAYS, I do full One Piece discussion streams as well. Check Discord for updates/details. Sundays @ 11am EST: One Piece Readthrough

[@Viraat_Purusha]

You outpaced Morj with Wano analysis.

[@micow9951]

😂😂

[@RaffyDGoat]

He said September 17th is the planned release date, let’s see lol

[@TheBlackburn1998]

It is announced for September!

[@momoz4427]

​@@RaffyDGoat2024 or 2025?

[@Zagref7937]

Nah, im sure gta vi would be released before morj wano analysis 😂

[@NamenloserX28]

Every OP KZbinr today: Egghead Arc is over!! Aleczandxr: What a great time to talk about the Wano finale

[@Shallabais100]

We are so back we've never been backer

[@ChaosLierLen]

Backer than back, the backest.

[@bigbone_99]

More back than back has ever been

[@LarsCaesar]

For Zoro development was putting Luffy over himself. For Sanji development was putting himself first for once in his life.

[@9LivesDeepDives]

I’m on my honeymoon listening to this!

[@Aleczandxr]

Congrats!

[@jimmyichigo7410]

Congratulations

[@-VForValhalla-]

Your wife is so lucky.

[@sanji_joestar]

Congratulations again for catching up Enjoyed joining this journey This story means so much for so many ppl, and is just a delight to observe others enjoy just as much if not more.❤🎉

[@ghosthand9109]

2 years... and finally we here, thank you for letting me part of your Journey.

[@Aleczandxr]

My pleasure, thanks for being a part of it!

[@GalekC]

fastest 2 years i have lived through, umm...i don't like that !! SLOW DOWN LIFE

[@Johury]

The issue I originally had with gear 5 was how it built up to be like the typical shonen endgame power up, were it turned out the main character was destined to be the saviour. But the moment I saw Luffys silhouette on the moon with the line “it’s the worlds most ridiculous power” I was sold.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

THE GOAT is back! Love these introspections! 🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@brianyaniro5086]

When you were saying G5 in the beginning of the video I thought you were talking about Smoker's Marine branch and I was confused. But I think one of the most unintentionally funny parts of OP is when Zunesha shows up and is like "Oh my god I've waited 800 years for your return. I've been walking so long and finally I can fulfill my purpose. I'm so overjoyed" Momo: "Not yet" Zunesha: "Okay byeee"

[@IceAokiji303]

To the people who think Gear 5 is an ass-pull: There's this one guy who goes by The Drawk Show online. He got his mom, who is a teacher, to read One Piece. Mama Drawk clocked Luffy's sun imagery as early as East Blue (want to say Arlong Park), and specifically called him being a sun god in Little Garden. She did think it'd manifest in some way _not_ related to his devil fruit, so not 100% on point, but still a frightening amount of foresight. Or perhaps a lot of foreshadowing and someone with good media analysis skills! Hard to take it as an asspull when someone can start predicting it that far in advance.

[@WaakikiTheGoat]

That’s insane observation haki

[@nathandanczak7822]

How did she get luffy being a sun god at little garden? Cause she read ahead?

[@IceAokiji303]

@@nathandanczak7822 You'd have to watch through to see her full reasoning, but: It's the excess of sun imagery associated with Luffy the whole way through, the way the Little Garden giants talk about their own god, and a bunch of other small details that got her thinking "gods are in some way literal in this world, Luffy's eventually going to be a god, and with all the sun imagery he's probably a sun god". Funny enough her original thought of "they talk about the god of Elbaf as if he's a living being on their island" that got her on this track is probably _not_ accurate and just reading too much into specific phrasing, so she likely made a wrong prediction that prompted her to make a correct one half on accident. She also in the same predicted "Devil Fruits can't make people gods" and "Usopp will never be a god", so there's a lot of misses in with the hits too. (Actually thinking more, I don't remember if she connected the "Luffy's a god of some kind" and "Luffy is the sun" theories yet at that point or whether they remained separate thoughts for a bit, but definitely soon after.)

[@alucard347]

I think the big issue isnt that it want foreshadowed or didnt make sense, but that the finals stretch was rushed. Oda gave us small hints throughout the story, ans then dropped a bonb by naming nika, stating in the same breath that Luffy's fruit is weird and wanted by the government, which immediately tossed to thw garbage bin all the nuance amd small bits of foreshadoing peppered throughout the story. If the name drop for nika was done with more tact, i think many of the issues would have been resolved. But to me, it feels like oda realized too late that he didn't make it obvious enough to the audience what is going on, so he tried to infodump us to make it coherent, and in the process made the reveal less impactful than it could have been.

[@MrAlexSan00]

#Ajpiece Congrats on getting to this point. I know how daunting One Piece can be, but I'm so happy to see how much you feel in love with and enjoyed this world with us. Thank you for diving in and giving this story the amazing love and detail that Oda and fans can get into with your deep reviews and discussions regarding this series. Thank you, AJ.

[@YesWeKhan]

BABE WAKE UP ALECZANDXR JUST DROPPED A NEW VIDEO!!!!!!!!

[@saturnoastro-prinz654]

I don't know if this comment will be read, but since you mention loving the "Story about Stories" aspect of Wano, I cannot stop myself from recommending "Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint" to you -- preferably the webnovel or e-book (there are some slight differences between both, but nothing that changes the story too dramatically), rather than the webtoon, but the webtoon does do its job of adapting it well enough, though some nuance is lost, especially since, in my opinion, it's a story that works best in the purely written form, as a novel. If you do come across this comment, even if there's no interest from people or you in covering your journey through it on this channel, I sincerely hope you read it, since I consider it an amazing love letter to AND deconstruction of stories and tropes. I've enjoyed watching your One Piece journey, since it is also one of my favorite stories, and I'm excitedly awaiting your Egghead review.

[@hillzy721]

Your previous videos brought me so much joy and now that you enjoy one piece you are one of my favorite KZbinrs nakama

[@Aleczandxr]

So glad you enjoyed!

[@DaKing540]

Agreed kaido one of my favorite villains anime wise of all time. He’s literally amazing for what oda was doing he’s perfect as a villain and I think kaidos backstory will come once Roger and rocks backstory are introduced

[@ramenpower8097]

IT’S HERE

[@neburtech]

Your analyses are the perfect audiobooks for my commutes, hehe Theyre so chill paced, and very wise! I like your analogy for usopp a lot in this one. Lets go egghead, the probably longest run of banger chapters oda has ever pulled. Chapeau!!!!

[@yutikoo]

this was truly an adventure so much and I have had an honor to watch it all from beginning to the end

[@jvmpet4422]

#Ajpiece I just wanted to say thank you for all these great videos I’ve been watching your one piece videos and some others but for over a year almost 2 My sister is the one that showed me these videos and she’s not here no more so I’m so glad I get to watch someone that reminds me of here and that takes another step into the themes of my favorite story. Thank you again aj you will forever be my favorite “reviewer” and bridge to my sister.

[@hawkins8945]

I cant wait to see your egghead analysis! its basically over too, just in time for you to read elbaf weekly with us! woo hoo!!

[@Aleczandxr]

Not sure if I’ll be doing one for Egghead like I said in the video - but there’s a decent chance! What’s for sure is that I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the Twitch streams, so follow those if you’d like!

[@hrafnknutsson2859]

Why are you so against making one piece videos of any kind? ​@@Aleczandxr

[@Aleczandxr]

I have made MORE THAN THIRTY VIDEOS on the series, are you actually insane? ^

[@21forevergone]

About Yamato; people forget that to be a Straw Hat you have to n give your life to the sea. You can't sail with Luffy if you have things to take care of back home

[@brianyaniro5086]

What an amazing journey. Like you said some of this was set up in Skypiea but for me when it was really strongly set up was in Punk Hazard. I know Oda is great at adjusting the story on the fly but it is astounding the sheer amount of things he definitely set up many years in advance. Thanks for all the videos and so glad you gave One Piece a chance!

[@adairhorne244]

Man I love these videos! Can’t wait for egg heads analysis!

[@Aleczandxr]

Not sure if there will be one, like I said in the video, but it’s definitely a possibility! Glad you enjoy them.

[@hrafnknutsson2859]

​@@Aleczandxrwhy not?

[@Aleczandxr]

These videos require tons of work and energy and it’s just worth putting that into other work rather than this.

[@adairhorne244]

@@Aleczandxr thanks for doing these anyways mate! Hopefully one day you’ll feel up to continuing on!

[@Omegagrandmaster]

That hoodie is awesome I want one

[@Edelweiss1102]

Welcome to the caught up party, Alex, oh what an enjoyable ride it's been. Definitely looking forward to more op content

[@Aleczandxr]

Thanks! Follow on Twitch for that content that you’re looking for!

[@dex7891]

This just cured my attention span. Don’t think I’ve ever sit through a KZbin video thing long LOL. I’m glad I found someone else who appreciates King. His character and the overall fight between him and Zoro was one of my favorite parts of the arc. Really hope Oda brings my boy back!

[@Aleczandxr]

Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed!

[@jalapenoofjustice4682]

I think Egghead *just* finished, aside from some epilogue chapters we'll probably get

[@joell21]

This arc falls off right chat? RIGHT?! God this was such an experience with you AJ. It helped me experience new emotions and ideas towards this arc.

[@flawlezzgenocide]

Main gripe for wano Big Mom being wasted Chopper didnt even try to check on the smile infested citizens😢

[@DonKappa1]

Its pretty simple for me: Wano gave me a new perspective on One Piece and I love it. I hope you watch enough episodes for this because the anime did great this arc 🤩

[@Aleczandxr]

We’ve been watching tons of Wano episodes on Twitch for the past few months!

[@APRobertsVII]

I think we’ll get more of Kaido’s backstory when Oda delves into the Rocks’ pirates and God Valley. There are pieces which inform Kaido’s worldview which may have spoiled other elements of the story had they been revealed in Wano. As a result, I believe Oda made the choice to save that information for later. I imagine the choices which lead to the collapse of the Rocks’ Pirates at God Valley will help to recontextualize Big Mom, Kaido, and Whitebeard.

[@romulusnuma116]

I liked the "Then I'm jealous" Line from the CP0 guy he spends the entire arc annoyed at the orders he's given but does them anyway even when they order him to die he does so after complaining nothing but a tool of the world government unable to act on his own ideals because that's what the world government demands of it's best agents.

[@winterbeast6326]

Happy to see you put Luffy at his most deserved spot imo :D

[@giraffedragon6110]

With Buggy’s cosmic luck, I would not be surprised if unknowingly, he had the D initial. Sure we all meme about Buggy D. Clown, but his sheer charisma and reputation (along with what the Cross guild does and represents). He is 100% a political threat to the government.

[@samlerf]

Always glad to have you back. I wish movie/tv fans and comic/novel fans who spread their consumption and reviews more as both tend to overfocus on one of these categories. I would love to know what you'd think of Brandon Sanderson's mistborn series or T.J. Klune's Fantasy or the works of Joy Fielding's body of work. But that's not an order or complaint. You do what you love.

[@gokeekogamergaming4986]

Spent the last 48 or so hours watching all your one piece reviews

[@jimmyichigo7410]

Had to Patreon for this. For selfish reasons I hope you don’t make it public on YT in the next day or two, just so the money is worth it :D One question I have for you is this - with your journey to catching up now done and these video reviews done, do you think that sharing this journey on Twitch, KZbin and Twitter made you love the story more than you would have otherwise?

[@treboleekem499]

I think you won buddy it was 3 weeks lol

[@themangastand8475]

The kinemon death scenes as ive been told is something that the japnese audience would understand more. Because its popular in these japanese plays to have like an actor have a dramatic death scene sometimes multiple times as the same character. So i think that was the point of it.

[@tyriquesmith8850]

Ironically enough, the final chapter of Egg Head comes out tomorrow. I guess that Egghead video can be recorded at your leisure

[@GalekC]

the law/corazon & roger/oden backstory certainly reeled me back into the series after what had essentially been a decade-long break from OP for me at that point, but...i don't see one piece fully working out as well as it has up to now without the way WANO has concluded. Gear Fifth feels like it really may be "The Peak," as it were

[@bio1804]

Hi Aleczandxr. Im a french fan and suscriber for 4 years niw, i just want to say that for a reason that i ignore i was unsuscribed yo your channel, and just remark it, i was in a ''reflexion'' period so i taped your channel in the search bar. So i just want you to know this if this problem touch someone else. You'are for me the most interesting content creator than i see. I love your work so much, no kidding, i just ELEVATED my level in english. We have in Feance some channels who talks about the ''what does it tell under surface''. But the reflexions is rarely, you know ''overwhelming''. They gave their point of view, which is great but they dont have this reflex '' stop the video at the time when the listener will begin question himself'' if you see what i mean? We have Sources, we talk avout this sources. But we lack this ''personal struggle'', this ''what i think about it, me, the creator'', thing. When i see your video, i know that youre a guy that i can relate to. You have this sensibility to things that i found GREAT. Anyway, you're a reference for me and many people in my country. Thank you for you're works, sorry for this long text and fault that i can write.❤

[@bio1804]

Just to understand. This IS THE FIRST TIME than i see your face, i have so MUCH to catch on!

[@Aleczandxr]

My pleasure! Enjoy whatever you end up catching up on!

[@garretbell9915]

Recently found out that the Kinemon fake-out deaths are actually a joke about Kabuki theatre in which deaths are frequently hammed up and exaggerated with characters often “dying” multiple times. I disliked it a lot on first read but I do feel a bit better knowing it’s more of a cultural disconnect than anything else 🤷‍♂️

[@Aleczandxr]

That adds some cool context for sure! Doesn’t really solve my problem but hey, it’s a nice little addition to the overall feel and culture of Wano

[@boazemek226]

#AJpiece amazing video. ive been watching every single thing u publish hxh and one piece as one, but this was the peak. i was at episode 300~ in one piece and thought of it as just a meaningless fun not seeing how good it is. than i found your water seven video which i just finished and realize how much i missed about it. ever since ive been following these videos, and it was amazing, thank you so much. last thing, kaido is said to be the world strongest creature, which could have been true, but due to being mentaly weak he will never be able to beat characters such as shanks, luffy, blackbeard and akainu, due to each of their differing motivations.

[@KalleVilenius]

The hell of waiting for new chapters weekly awaits you... but as a HxH fan, I'm sure you can handle it.

[@Aleczandxr]

Yeah I’ve been doing it for a good number of weeks now and it’s a breeze lmao

[@mrsticky005]

HxH back October 7th!!

[@GalekC]

oh heyyo yet again

[@commonviewer2488]

We'll have to rebrand Momonosuke's retainers as the "Seven Red Scabbards"

[@Shinlu94]

Just a suggestion to "how to handle the weekly review problem". I think an appropriate way that would fit your channel (imo) could be that you upload a video here and there when you have the feeling there is/or there are chappter(s) that have content to talk about and dive into themes. that could be a weekly basis sometimes but also several weeks or months, depending on the chapters content. Anyway, i think we all respect how YOU decide to deal with that kind of content in the future, i would also like to see the VODs from twitch - since i'm from germany i don't have time to participate your livestreams. To listen to your jorney through One Pice was and still is really fun for me. Will you check out "The One Piece" (Remake) of the anime in the future or is that something you don't care about?

[@Thyme-Lord22]

#AJPiece The reason I’m more OK with the idea of Tama’s power is because it’s directly referencing the Momotaro story, where a boy feeds dango to some animals and they become his friends. Then he goes to challenge an Oni. I don’t know if mods will delete this as this is a bit of Post-Wano SBS but I think this is important to Wano’s future. (Mods delete if necessary) Regarding Tama, in a flashback regarding her near the end of Wano, we see her at her parents’ graves. On the graves people who knew Japanese said the graves looked like they said Kurozumi, which would mean Tama is a Kurozumi (which was already theorized as she has purple hair like Orochi). Someone asked this in an SBS and Oda indeed confirmed that Tama is a Kurozumi, which I think is meant to serve as breaking the Kurozumi hatred cycle. If the people of Wano know she’s just a kid who has nothing to do with Orochi and just genuinely wants to make people happy, and is only using her powers for good, then this in the future could mark a turn for the people of Wano when it comes to forgetting the grudges of the past. Even Oda said this at the end of that answer, “I hope the people of Wano can accept her when they find out.”

[@sanji_joestar]

Personally how i see the Carrot situation is an amalgam of bits and pieces regarding Pedro the Minks and their relationship to the Kozuki Yes she might not be a leader yet but she has something the others don't and she can grow into one in the future She started her journey to see the wonders of the world and in that short she spent with the crew, grew to learn and inherit Pedro's Will '' Everyone has their time to shine '' And Pedro being avenged by Neko while Carrot was powerless(tho due to unluckiness with the moon being shrouded). It's frustrating, and that frustration can be a jump forward to growth. Momo decided to postpone the opening of the borders and he is kinda similar to Carrot in the sense that they're still young and unsure of the position they're in Tho Momo is the one wanting to become Shogun he also doesn't have the option to waste what his parents wished for him and for Wano When smn like Carrot received it with reticence. Before being reminded of Pedro's will to help Luffy someday Both clans having a century years old bond as their goal aims towards opening Wano's borders and help the one who'll be the next Joyboy In that sense i feel like both sides 1re learning to grow and become reliable ppl in the near future.

[@romulusnuma116]

I choose to believe the only reason Mihawk stopped Crocodile from killing Buggy is because it would have made drinking with Shanks weird

[@rocker1296]

I'm so ready

[@GalekC]

i have yet to fully read the manga version of skypiea, but this & water 7/enies lobby are my favorite from one piece

[@SamTheGumMan117]

I really thought Wano ended on such a dope note with Gear 5 Luffy and how everything went post Wano even though Carrot didn't join, neither did Yamato 😂 which I figured wouldn't have happened but I can't wait for Egghead review/discussion

[@RyeBreadFF]

WEVE MADE IT AT LAST

[@MiKeDaBoMb321]

Morj is fuming rn

[@diogobahia3686]

In time for a review of the egg head arc

[@tuvillo]

One Piece: Free will and zero discrimination! Also One Piece: Brainwashing little girl and bigot princess (Hiyori might be a deliberate illustration that it's just hard to get rid of these ingrained ideas, though.)

[@lixogram]

The spirituality of Wano... Peak

[@Seloliva1015]

#AJPiece Shanks gave Luffy his hat, and also "gave him" (by accident) the gomu gomu no mi. But that fruit had not awakened in 800 years, and that hat, is just a hat. Luffy was not predestined to become a simbol of liberation, rather he was entrusted with that journey becouse of his ambition, and he had to reach this point with his own strength. Shank's sacrifices (and his grampa's trainning) only helped Luffy to get to the statting line of a race that so many others have lost, so we should not get hangged up on words like "destiny" when so many people have worked to give this kid an opportunity.

[@leo-g9u9j]

I love your videos, especially your haiku ones, I would love if you could do a video on blue lock, I don’t know if you read it but I highly recommend it since you enjoy haikuu

[@Aleczandxr]

Seen Blue Lock! No videos planned for it though. You can check my MAL to see what I’ve watched if you’re ever interested as well.

[@Creamy_W]

Hey ! Love your content, i just watched your video on berserk and was wondering if their would be any update/thoughts on the series, keep up the good work ! :]

[@Aleczandxr]

No further Berserk videos planned! Just the most recent ones about Guts, Griffith and Miura :)

[@Aleczandxr]

I have plenty of videos on Berserk though so make sure you check them all out if you’re interested!

[@hehefuni1356]

Hell yeah man

[@AleczandxrVODs]

Nice IMO

[@Gintoki1725]

One piece such a masterpiece man My second fav in big 3 for a reason ❤

[@makito106]

#Ajpiece Egghead just finished up. You got good timing. I'm not up to date to your streams or videos, but it's nice seeing your tweets and clips every once in a while. I'm still surprised you're the biggest Kaido fan. I appreciate how you respect the meat head and thematic sides of Shonen ps I love your Yakuza streams

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Oh, you almost caught up🎉🎉🎉

[@michaelhowell2809]

Oh rebirth. Good luck on that

[@isaiasrach7503]

Egghead anime is really good to watch bro!

[@Aleczandxr]

I’ve heard! I’ll watch them on stream someday.

[@KurinKato1]

Funny how egghead just ended

[@smt9839]

Pure peak

[@745cc]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

[@ConfusedGoblinn]

Im watching this now Quak

[@isaacle5609]

Sorry if I just missed this during the stream but does the inclusion of wano mean your final arc ranking as of rn is wano, dressrosa, whole cake island, skypiea, water 7/enies lobby?

[@Aleczandxr]

No, that isn’t my top 5. Marineford is number 2, sometimes 1 depending on the day. For the full list (with the Egghead ranking a little outdated) just type in !opdocs2 into my Twitch chat and you can see the full arc ranking!

[@brianyaniro5086]

#AJPIECE 1:00:39 Spoilers for AOT Season 3 Just a though but I think Usopp's line of reasoning is the exact opposite of Erwin. He gives the speech where he says that their lives, the lives of the fallen are given meaning by those that rise up and after them and remember them.

[@Aleczandxr]

That’s a cool parallel!

[@dantecrottogini529]

To me Wano is the first arc that doesn't live up to its full potential. There was a lot of set up for things that ultimately didn't amount to much. The Big Mom pirates, Marco's role (specially how he kinda just shows up, same with Jinbei), the dinamic of the flying six going after the all stars, Drake, the numbers, the shape shifting fox, etc. Also to this day I find it odd the way Oda killed off Kaido and Big Mom (Luffy never even really landed a hit on her)

[@Mario-ll7lf]

Because they are not dead. I do think Wano was the first big arc where side characters did not hit but Big Mom and Kaido are clearly not dead.

[@Mooglatan]

​@@Mario-ll7lf Enel's priests in Skypiea were awful.

[@nathandanczak7822]

I mean alabasta, skypiea, enies lobby, fishman island, dressrosa and whole cake didn't live up to hype too.

[@zenone9698]

You should analyze Valkyria chronicles series.

[@Aleczandxr]

Not interested

[@mattmcgill1993]

How convenient , egghead just ended. So now you can do a whole video on that

[@Aleczandxr]

I don’t know if I will, but it’s convenient timing for sure!

[@LarsCaesar]

Luffy is everything.

[@billyboygod]

I LOVE ONE PIECE

[@shamaanmohamed3862]

Bloodborne & One Piece??? I’d subscribe to you again if I could.

[@Shadow-fb2ec]

I was here

[@kevin4680]

What's that painting to your left?

[@Aleczandxr]

It’s not a painting exactly, it’s a tapestry of some Pokémon region art!

[@hrafnknutsson2859]

Why does he keep calling gear 5 g5?

[@Aleczandxr]

Because he wants to

[@klogaraa]

You look like an exact copy of my brother

[@PhantomGreyfire]

☕

[@hollowichigo1023]

I think Oda tosses in the half hearted sun god nika reveal with who’s who to make fun of the people that think Luffys G5 is an Asspull. Literal decades of foreshadowing and some people still didn’t realize what they were reading until it got shoved in their face

[@keyblade303]

My god the Prophet has returned!!!

[@PrestonVance-k9v]

yo

[@titoleon3101]

The problem with G5 and the Nika fruit is they undermine a lot of Luffys journey because of how he was always fated to become the reincarnation of a literal god, at complete odds with the pirate ideal of carving your destiny with your own hands like Roger, Whitebeard, Ace and Kaidou did for example. Not to mention its like suddenly Haki, training and abilities dont matter in fights because he can also just bend reality to his whims in every single one now.

[@Aleczandxr]

It doesn’t undermine a thing about Luffy. I’m not sure why in shonen people all of a sudden think that some sort of destiny completely undercuts the value and agency of all of the characters actions. Compatibilism exists.

[@mayurmadiwalar2157]

are we reading the same manga???

[@TehZergRush]

Is it fun to intentionally misread the material? He’s not a god, he’s not a reincarnation, he’s not invincible, he can’t bend reality. Also, if we agree that Luffy and Joyboy shared an awakened Nika fruit then why do you think there’s no tension anymore? Joyboy failed, he left an apology for failing, Luffy can fail too.

[@titoleon3101]

@@Aleczandxr Because its lazy, cheap and tired by this point, the old faithful a shonen author pulls when they dont know how to justify giving his mc more powers to beat the big bad. Thats why its so baffling from Oda, who until that development had totally avoided the trope to, in a rush of chapters, introduce the Nika thing and make it central to the story.

[@titoleon3101]

@@TehZergRush The Joyboy parallels were fine until they became linked to the Nika thing, because now its like Luffy was always fated to succeed him by mere coincidence instead of earning that inheritance through who he is and what he does. He didnt need it. It goes against his character itself.

[@rastez6961]

The worst arc in Shonen and OP history.

[@Aleczandxr]

So true king

[@happyyt5811]

Bro please fo the same with Bleach Reviewing Bleach's Soul society arc Turn back the Pendulum And the Arrancar arc/saga when you finish it It will help people get to know more about bleach+ your thoughts on it for those who can watch the streams:)

[@Aleczandxr]

Sorry but no, I’m not interested in doing that. This review structure is unsustainable for me and after One Piece I’m not doing it for any other series in a consistent manner in this way. If you want my thoughts and reviews on the Bleach arcs you can follow me on Twitch where I read and give them every week, and you can check out my previous VODs on Patreon if you’re interested in previous thoughts. We’re currently still only just past halfway through the series so nows a great time to jump in!

[@furorteutonicus9045]

You are absolutely right. Wano is PEAK.

[@bustapunk101]

Just gonna ask, are they still looking for onepiece?

[@Kanemakii]

Yes, and the story is in its final stages

[@commonviewer2488]

We've got our Top 12 contenders for the One Piece. The race is on.

[@PhantomGreyfire]

I didn't like Wano, and think it has many major and minor issues that casual fans generally ignore because they want to like One Piece, and give Oda too much credit. But I'm glad you enjoyed it. ☕

[@Kanemakii]

Such a backhanded comment lmao. “The reason people don’t share my opinion is because they’re dishonest” like alright bro your input is not as important as u think it is 😭

[@PhantomGreyfire]

@@Kanemakii I worded that a bit poorly, I didn't mean to imply that all people who like Wano are being dishonest about their opinions, I don't think most are. And certainly not AJ. That said, my comment wasn't a complement at all, backhanded or otherwise. It was more of a lamentation of the fact that I didn't like Wano even though I wanted to, that was sad for me, so I was happy to see that there are at least people like AJ who genuinely enjoy Wano as a whole. It was a more general comment about how different people value different elements of a story to different degrees, and how a predisposition to wanting to like a story (perhaps because one has liked it for a long time) can sometimes make it easier not to notice flaws in that story.

[@Kanemakii]

@@PhantomGreyfire ah i get it, glooks for clearing that up. i still disagree but i understand where u coming from

[@Aleczandxr]

I was about to comment that this comes off extremely backhanded and borderline condescending but thanks for explaining further in the replies LOL

[@orbiter6511]

oh what a glorious feast of a video