Egghead Island Foreshadows the WHOLESOME END of One Piece!

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Thank you to Gruns for sponsoring today's video: gruns.co/pages/first-order? I called Brook Brock and Jinbe Garp. Would it be me if I didn’t fuck up names? Feels good to talk about one piece again

[@jamesvillamin3332]

@@DanielGreeneReviews and Vegapunk lol

[@samlerf]

I wonder if you'd like Indra Nakari's One Piece Reviews on Quora. Personally I believe in an ending when I see it.

[@zimb3l]

Luffy-Syndrome

[@kodytiffany5686]

I do not agree with what I am about to say... But to play devils advocate here; I can think of a single valid point; assuming they have read it. Pacing. So Basically every classic novel you can name for famous epic fantasy; inevitably has better pacing and less drag and fluff. After all they are books not undefined lengths of media like anime or LN or Manga. That means an end is easier to work for because it ends when you want it. Not 50+ chapters later. I do disagree, but can give them a pass on that excuse. I mean some arcs are trash pacing in manga some others in anime. I really cannot think of another.

[@kodytiffany5686]

Egg head is the best set up arc but I doubt the next arc is any different. Yes I think that Elbaph will end up being more set up and until that last actual conflict there will only be set up arcs. concluding some stuff but being more about what happens next.

[@lixogram]

EPIC RETURN, EPIC INTRO RANT. Happy to see you

[@golinvox15]

5:54 Brock? Garp? Daniel's been so long from one piece he's turning into murph with name slipups or i'm forgetting his nicknames for everyone like luffers haha

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Bruv imma play the dumb dyslexia card and dip.

[@Skroopy]

​@@DanielGreeneReviewssaying names wrong is so very Luffy though lol

[@yotuel9064]

In Daniel defense those names undulate in his mind.

[@danielwilliams41]

I heard Brock and just imagined Brook with a Brock Sampson mullet

[@gibbs5720]

Don't forget the amazing doctor Vahgapunk

[@Skroopy]

Egghead was so refreshing after 4 years of Wano, I really enjoyed it (No shade on Wano, I really liked it as well)

[@pramodbhat2818]

Agreed , hoping elbaf is just as great or if not greater than egghead

[@ghuff4694]

@@Skroopy it was the perfect appetizer for the final saga, following wano’s weight

[@LinkSouls]

@Skroopy I'm sure u where one of the people who was rushing oda through reverie in order to get to wano. Just to complain about how long wano was instead of any of its character issues

[@mikeg5025]

Im hoping we can one day bully Brando Sando into reading One Piece as well

[@yotuel9064]

I can see Daniel gifting vol1 in the future.

[@peterepeatepete2845]

He watched the Live action and seemed to enjoy the first half. Had some fair criticisms about the simplicity of the conflicts, which is fair only 4 episodes in. Never saw a full review but would have liked to.

[@wiikoolaid9768]

No shot Mr.Morj gets a shout out, he's been dropping banger analysis for like 5 years now. Especially his larger story arc analysis.

[@Jugglelix]

@@wiikoolaid9768 idk man. He seems like he always has to throw out weird theories that are way to overcomplicated, just so he can swim against the stream. He was clinging to his "the raid will fail" waaay too long, almost until gear 5. Like, come on. Why would we continue wano after 4 years even tho the classic 3 act structure was laid out from the beginning.

[@XDEnd00]

​@@JugglelixHe did, but it was one thing. Ironically, seems like everybody else clings on this fact while ignoring that the dude got major predictions right on the money while no one was betting on it, such as that Wano was going to center around Conquerors Haki in the end, that Big Mom would go to Wano and Elbaf would be Shanks' arc and not hers, and others that weren't as opposed but still got precisely right such as Zoro getting Conquerors in Wano. Dude has the best literary analysis of OP on youtube by far (and when his theories are centered around themes is where he tends to hit the mark the most by far) but people just focus on one single theory he had. Where I do think he falls flat is when he goes too hard headed on power scaling though

[@Zeugnimodms]

@XDEnd00 Morj's video on Whole Cake is still gold standard analysis of the arc as a whole. I'm sure the only other guy that I would put on the same analysis level would be Craftsdwarf

[@hugomon3]

@@Jugglelix I was a big time believer about the raid failing since I agreed with all his points about why it probably would. The biggest one being about how there wasn't much tension to what was going on. Especially with the Kaido fight. Kaido throws Luffy into the ocean and then gets rescued by the heart pirates right after with Momo assuring everyone that Luffy's okay. Then the second time his heart literally stops beating but it's cool though because his DF awakened instantly after and then the fight just continues. Drag Luffy’s ‘death’ out even one chapter and it would’ve helped a lot and made it a lot more climactic when he made his comeback. But yeah besides that I agree that as time went on the likelihood of Oda starting everything all over again wasn't gonna happen. Morj admitted he was just gonna stick to his guns though and everyone just kept spreading it for the memes.

[@joeysantoro4835]

I genuinely wish the raid had failed morj is the goat

[@Problemsolver434]

Yeah. Reading arcs as a whole instead of a chapter each week is a cool experience

[@joyboyreborn2043]

OH MY GOD ONE PIECE CONTENT

[@joyboyreborn2043]

You took the words out of my mouth, Daniel, when you said it feels like Memory of Light. Like all the pieces at play setting to divulge in one grandiose climax. Egghead surely gives off The Gathering Storm vibes. I don't know if you've seen my comment years ago, but I read The Wheel Of Time when you recommended it on one of your OP videos (that time when someone said OP is the WOT of manga or something). Anyways, long live epic fantasy!!!

[@chuchojuarez95]

11:43 morj mentioned let's go

[@jmarti1997jm]

YEEEEEES. DANIEL YOU'RE BACK😭😭 Legit your analysis and reviews of one piece are some of my absolute favorites on KZbin

[@alextihor1190]

Mr. Morj is my favourite story analyst I've ever heard talk about fiction, he's so perceptive, i'm so happy you mentioned him

[@gibbs5720]

I used to like him way more a few years ago. I feel he got trapped in the one piece KZbinrs dilemma, where they have to create a lot of content to feed the algorithm. I'm not a fan of the amount of theory videos being made and almost 90% of them are always wrong by miles. Currently, my favorite story analyst is Melontee. She really gets one piece and always provide very deep analysis, things that most content creators doesn't touch, and she also avoids theory crafting a lot, which is a plus for me.

[@lukaspecson6095]

Kuma/Bonney backstory had me SOBBING

[@scionicog]

I got into LotR looonnnngggg before I got into One Piece. When people ask why I like OP, I ask them about why they love LotR. And I just nod at most of their responses and say "That's the same as One Piece" The biggest is always "Living, breathing, world with deep and rich politics that impact the main party"

[@michaelhaumberger]

Do I have a fever dream, a daniel video about one piece? seems like my current sick days can get better

[@thekikai]

Ill FOREVER love your One Piece content and takes. I think you truly gave it the chance to take you on the ride! You met it where it was at, at every point it was amazing to watch

[@2gjones1]

You're on point with your rant at the beginning.

[@furorteutonicus9045]

People who hate One Piece always try their hardest to downplay the series even ignoring hard facts and its obvious strengths. There is nothing you can do to convince people like that, they just want to continue stroking their hate boner for whatever petty reason. Its really infantile.

[@PetarBladeStrok]

You might want to check out Aleczandxr's analysis on Wano and ESPECIALLY on Kaido. I'd argue he's the one who notices subtext and depth in One Piece the most. His Kaido video and Wano videos are straight up exceptional and it reinforced Wano being one of my favorite arcs in fiction. He's an incredible content creator!

[@Fro00ot0]

That video helped me realize the little pieces of characterization I missed with Kaido. I liked him a lot but couldnt exactly place why since he seems so simple. It helped surface my subconcious feelings about the character

[@dianaayt]

2:40 Hey Daniel. It has not been a while. One piece fans are not jJUST one piece fans, we are here always 😄

[@tariqulislamakash5749]

I love your rant. One Piece haters can't accept people saying any positive things about the series. Btw I LOVE seeing op content from you again. One of my dreams is seeing you collab (a lot) with other op creators in the future.

[@skelzorcody3434]

If you want to see Daniel play DND with tekking it's a series on the rustage2 channel

[@ratedr7845]

Pull it out when you're done

[@amesusu9700]

Dan you gotta tell Brando Sando to read all of one piece 😭😭😭 i know he’d LOVE it

[@DragonHeart613]

I can't believe that One Piece has been going on for 24 or 25 years now. Dam. It's going to be extremely bittersweet when the series finally reaches its epic conclusion, hugely excited to see how it all ends but will also be very sad when it does end. Either way I've absolutely loved the entire journey that I've been on with One Piece, one of the greatest Manga & Anime ever! Also excited for One Piece Netflix Season #2✌️ PS, just my personal opinion but I much prefer the original version of Daniel's music that plays at the end of each video. This new Electric Guitar version doesn't sound as good as the original.

[@grais4856]

The grüns packet having bear imagery in a OP arc woth everyone's favorite bear themed dad was timely

[@karloswald407]

I've realized that Malazan and One Piece have many parallels and scratch the same itch for me because they both have hundreds of deep and realistic characters that capture your heart, world-building that goes harder than a warthog in a lion den, epic storytelling that touches on multiple deep and important themes to explore the human condition, and an overall message of hope and compassion. One Piece is, and will be remembered as, one of the greatest achievements of human storytelling. anyone who wants to deny that IMO hasn't truly engaged with the material in an honest way. I used to think One Piece was a silly pirate show. That was four years ago. then I started watching, then reading, and now I'm here with everyone else, on the cruise.

[@jacobmagnotta3036]

I love how much nostalgia I feel for you getting into the series. you, Merphy, and TNM all getting into it at the same time was amazing for the community

[@korhankosar7233]

Don't worry about your take on One Piece being an epic fantasy with immense lore, history, characters and themes getting reactions by people who never tried it or read it. You are completely correct. I spent my last 10 year convincing my close friends getting into One Piece. Especially worked when covid was going on. Lastly I convinced a LOTR lover friend of mine and he finally gave in and caught up to it in a couple of months.

[@Kalsartz]

I know you lean into misreading names, but calling Jinbei "Garp" is actually hilarious 5:57

[@colibri224]

I also recommend the video“the greatest Akainu Theory Ever Made” by “the Hidden Island”. It’s an interesting take on what this antagonist might do when the One Piece will be reveal and you learn a lot on Oda inspiration for this character.

[@naanull]

It's been a while Daniel san. Glad to hear again your take on OP. Also enjoyer of other content of your channel. Have a nice [insert set of next days depending on when you read this]!

[@doronrosstuvia3489]

I love when you rant. I remember a live stream a while ago of you ranting about Grimdark Fantasy fans and it was really insightful lol. The Koby idea makes a lot of sense. The confrontation with Aokiji and Garp kind of spells this out. Aokiji is the former student of Garp that betrayed Garp and the Navy while Koby is the new student that Garp has all the hope in the world for. But when we look at Garp’s former students - Ace, Luffy, and Sabo, all of them ended up doing the opposite. It seems like Koby could be the final straw OR it could be that Koby makes a drastic flip based on “the truth of the world” and becomes the type of person he was afraid of, like Akainu. Luffy is the complicated truth while Koby is the grounded truth. Breaking order and being selfish is who Luffy is, but he is also a good person that does good things. We always assume Luffy is going to change in the final act, but he is for the most part a static character. He has always known what hes wanted and has a reactionary idealistic feel for what the world could be - where everyone is accepted, treated fairly, has access to basic rights, etc. His vision is the end of the story and we will see that world actualized at the end of the series. He can’t change. BUT the characters around him are changing and will still put up walls to block his path. A few characters can change to become the antithesis to Luffy by the end of the series and that would draw out the most tension or drama. It makes a lot of sense. In terms of the One Piece, Oden says at the end of his flashback that all of the answers will be found at Laugh Tale. That tells me there could be one thing that can answer everything. Could it be a song? A comic book? Booze? A button that changes everything? A highly advanced machine? A magical source? A bubble that contains memories? Pandaman? I don’t know.

[@doronrosstuvia3489]

By the way, I REALLY hope the snail phones become more relevant. I want a huge snail phone revelation. Maybe it’s something we’ll see in the void century flashback eventually.

[@madatz]

It's fun when you get into the longer term planning and reread Skypeia where people first started theorizing there'd be a great flood cause... You can see the sea level rose when you compare Cricket's bisected home in the flashback and now. It's the level of scope and planning that slowly drives you madder with how many details were clearly thought out in advance and how much the world is a living breathing thing with hundreds of these easy to miss connections that it definitely is up there with all the greats of fantasy world building.

[@Nasser851000]

Daniel beating Merphy to the One Piece Reviews this time 😆

[@alastorcorvus]

Tbf Daniel took a long break from OP content, whereas Merphy reviews all new chapters weekly and has additional analysis of different OP topics

[@Feferedon]

Love to see your One Piece content back. Hope it's not the last one before the Elbaf arc concludes

[@MrBenfranz]

I too expect Coby will be the final adversary. That should be something.

[@mk9beatz]

YAY a One Piece video from Daniel Greene !!

[@gaara_of_the_desert1118]

Honestly the name mistakes are refreshing. A lot of One Piece reviews recently have felt like they've been so heavily influenced by the fandom, that it's not really someone's personal review as much as their audience telling them how to properly experience the series.

[@DawnPirate]

I have waited so muchj for this video.

[@mgormley7530]

I've been thinking since the summit war the Colby and Luffy are being set up as a mirror to Garp and Gol D Roger. however things end for them, it's gonna be big for the world

[@Wordhopper1990]

Daniel, I love your den den mushi idea! It would harken back to Luffy always answering the phone by saying “This is Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will be the king of the pirates!” He could make it come true and announce it on the phone to the world :)

[@manuelcifuentesg.1572]

I meet you with the video "Daniel Greene getting bullied into reading One Piece live on stream" and and things have changed a bit since then hahaha greetings from Chile

[@666PlagueBlack]

If Luffy is the god of joy and liberation then Daniel Greene is also my personal god of joy and liberation

[@najeebhq]

1 Manga chapter = 17 pages. Each page has 4 to 8 pictures One picture is worth a thousand words, So if we convert One piece from "pictures" to word count, Onepiece can be said to be (conservatively) equivalent to 96.2 million words of a written story (1132*17*5*1000)

[@lobsterbisque333]

Thank you Daniel. Im having a great day, because you just uploaded a great video!

[@AlucardGoya]

Great video! I'll always love your One Piece videos, your insight into this story is always interesting :)

[@dtcharo]

14:03 I'm here for the One Piece but i stay for the Chuck Tingle reference.

[@furorteutonicus9045]

I am relieved that people with mature minds and the ability to read the themes and intentions of the author all love the moment when Bonney transforms into Nika.

[@mr.megikayu]

I forgot how good your review is because it's been so longggg. Thank you foe getting into One Piece man! ❤❤❤

[@CopperNickus]

Grest video Daniel. Glad youre caught up and enjoyed Egghead. I thought it was such a great arc.

[@jomertomale]

There's a Tiktok I've seen where he compared One Piece to mythos something like Journey to the West, and when you retell the story of One Piece, it makes so much sense

[@golbez1583]

Hey; love the One Piece coverage!! Just wanted to say; thanks for the video comparing Stormlight Suneater, as it got me to read the first book of the Suneater series and it’s great so far! Ambience-wise, it kinda reminds me of when I read Beserk’s Golden Age for the first time: with the main character going through a lot of suffering yet somehow obtaining a form of their goal by the end of the book; with me as the reader hoping that the characters are able to hold onto that happiness while dreading the ‘eclipse’ that will surely take it all away.

[@LatinDimpling]

my boi Daniel, When are you going to read Naoki Urasawas works?

[@kellanmenefee322]

Not sure if you've watched the anime at all, but id recommend episodes 1093, 1100, and 1114 from this arc, some of the best moments covered so far animated absolutely stunningly

[@chezmix64]

I think the issue is people don't know how to discuss media or how media discussion works. It's this cognitive dissonance where subconsciously they understand the difference between deep fleshed out more and actually quality storytelling but consciously they still conflate the two. So when you say one piece's world building can be more complex than storm light archive, they hear it as "one piece is better than stormlight archive"

[@john_frankford7450]

Daniel if you wanna see a sinister looking G5 luffy. Id watch the Luffy v Lucci fight on egghead in the anime. Actually terrifiying

[@lolthejoker]

One piece's Video, yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

[@bromero93]

People who say that OP isn’t on the same level as Epic fantasy are just being pretentious and disingenuous honestly. There’s no good case that it’s not on that level because it IS on their level.

[@alicepbg2042]

Egghead was honestly so damn good. still crying over the kuma flashback, "I'm so glad you were born!!" will never not destroy me.

[@slightlyhoopla4215]

Everytime he talks about a manga I’m reminded of the time he said comics aren’t real books.

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

To be young and dumb. Thankfully time has opened my eyes.

[@MrGalRoz]

He wasn't entirely wrong, because American cartoons while sometimes distrubing were in fact meant for kids as mindless entertainment, meanwhile American comics were also aimed either for kids or for niche nerdy adults with the purpose of them being cool in all the nerdy ways, rather than being actually good stories, which there were some, but very few, compared to the mass of comics that just dished out simple stories of heroes beating villains.

[@jesstolley7193]

I was super looking forward to your reaction to the Egghead arc, and this was so fun to watch

[@BlackHand531]

Great opening Danial

[@smileytlj23]

Daniel popping into my feed to remind us he's still one of us. And with a rant we've all ranted at one point or another. The pedestrian take is One Piece is a shonen first, the truly cultured take is that its a fantasy adventure above all else.

[@xReisk]

As for the starting clarification, dont mind it that much Daniel! The animanga fandom its one of the most protective ones when it comes to their beloved series which leads into toxicity from other serie fandoms that dont like the spotlight other series get, they always feel entitled into their series. People who know your work will always understand what you meant.

[@Weeze2107]

My theory is: Luffys hidden dream is free public transport across the globe, so everybody can freely travel the world like he did (without the throwing hands part)

[@Thomas20831]

Lets Goo One Piece ! Can't wait for the eventual sir spooky video too.

[@DuonDRaven]

Regarding your opening comments. There is a lot of Tribalism on social media when it comes to "The Big Three" that originally broke into the mainstream. (Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece) Where it's become basically impossible to not come across a hater if you say something positive about one of these series. Then these same haters turn around and push their favorite series to an annoying degree, making normal people think the fans are just crazy, and a series is overhyped. The dumbest part of it all is that The Big Three were made by friends, with nothing but the deepest admiration and respect for one another's work... SMH

[@hardboil4033]

I mean... Fans are Fanatics. Of course normal people call us crazy. But yes I do agree, theres lways a small number of fans who take it way too far.

[@789blablajaja]

Its Bleach, not DB, but you are totally correct about the tribalism.

[@mismatchedsocks2343]

…And Koby’s haki punch is called “Honesty Impact”

[@Whitewingdevil]

I always take a break from following the weekly chapters after each arc, give the story some time to cook before I dive back in, cheers for holding off on talking about the post-egghead chapters mate

[@colibri224]

I’m not surprised you like Morj video. You two have a similar analytical view on fictional stories.

[@Viraat_Purusha]

Wanna know more info about how One Piece might end? Watch Children of the Sun. A TV series that was released in Japan during Oda's formative childhood years. It has signs of being a VERY clear inspiration to One Piece. Shanks? Imu? Blackbeard? Dragon? Aliens? The Merry and Sunny Go ships (possibly Pluton as well)? Ancient Kingdom that was advanced and has treasure that was locked away? A lone girl who can read that kingdom's lost writing and clues? Snake motifs for an Amazonian episode? Four locations to draw an X from to locate the 'hidden island'? It even has a version of the One Piece revealed as the power of the sun itself. All there. Not one-to-onecopies, but clearly, inspirations for *several* tropes in One Piece. Do not be fooled by its real world setting. It's adventurous tone is basically the same as One Piece.

[@BladeWinters]

Oh man, the surprise One Piece drop. As a member of the choir, love the rant.

[@foilenjoyer8667]

during egghead, Oda has really been making sure to emphasize how the marines and the world government are two distinct and separate organizations. Myself and many others believe that he is setting up for the marines to split off from the world government sometime in the final war, because the world government themselves are the villains but the marines are for the most part good

[@TheJtj18]

Hope you also do a dive into the fan letter episode too!

[@lupolinar]

I implore you, to dig your teeth into "Blame!". Such a good manga.

[@ehsanrahee7411]

WE MISSED YOU!!!!

[@jaroslavmihok740]

Thank you for video! Great review! and just quick not about this arc for me personally Egghead is my favorite and best arc so far. Hopefully next ones will top that.

[@peterepeatepete2845]

I’ve noticed an unwelcome and unwanted sect of fantasy readers growing that I call the “it’s not Tolkien” faction. Their first target was Romantacy but they seem to be getting louder against anything that isn’t classic sprawling world building fantasy.

[@queenkamie8838]

Nancy from weeds refrence ?! Ugh I love you even more now Daniel 😂

[@yotuel9064]

I like the take that Luffy's dream it's just a world wide party with lots of meat.

[@ericwitney5086]

To extend the rant of comics not being recognized, i feel the same way about longer jrpgs or other narratively driven games.

[@taimohamed4447]

Based Mr Morj shout out

[@Yo0264]

Regarding the ending, here is my logic. Luffy wants to be Pirate King to fulfill his dream -> Luffys dream is to inspire the whole world to go on an adventure to chase there own dreams -> Luffy will acomplish this by making himself a martyr -> Once the dust settles, he will turn himself over to Colby the new face of the Government -> He will then be excuted probablly cruxification with a final call to action and a smile on his face.

[@YetiCoolBrother]

Nah you actually have a point about the Den-Den Mushi, they work telepathically so there could definitely be a power that like synchronizes them.

[@earlmason1954]

I think there are two things at Laugh Tale, one that was there before Roger got there but wasn't yet usable for some reason, and then the 'One Piece' which is what Roger left. I assume what Roger left is his Haki the same way it was established joy boy could leave his behind. No idea what the other important thing at Laugh Tale is going to be though.

[@stupafly06]

I almost think the One Piece with be some super advanced tech device from the past

[@Wordhopper1990]

Perfect time to catch up indeed!

[@Omegateck16]

Egghead is the best Transition arc ever

[@KnifeOfK]

Always interesting to hear your thoughts on One Piece! Not sure if you watch the anime at all, but if you don’t I HIGHLY recommend watching the special episode “One Piece Fan Letter”! Honestly one of the best episodes in the entire series imo

[@davidbowen9596]

I agree that Colby will play a big role at the end or close to it. I'm not sure how he can stand up to Luffy realistically but I think his main purpose is to redeem the Marines as a force of justice.

[@WatanukiProductions]

From the outside looking it's impossible to comprehend how big the world of One Piece is. They will say things like "1100 chapters and they still haven't found the One Piece." as if that is bad in and of itself because they are used to stories like Dragon Ball where the title is largely vestigial because they find the Dragon Balls in the first major story arc and then the story just keeps going. Having to repeatedly expand the world because every major threat needs to be greater than the last. The world, the galaxy, the universe, the timeline, the multiverse. They assume, I think understandably, that One Piece must simply be spinning its wheels if they haven't circumnavigated the globe and found the legendary treasure yet. It's incomprehensible particularly if you've got memories of the 4Kids dub or instead of reading just gave the 2 episode test or 3 episode test to the anime (which doesn't cover chapter 1 until episode 4.) and conclude that it hasn't hooked you yet, hasn't made you cry yet, and hasn't shown off the supposedly legendary worldbuilding yet so fans must be exaggerating. It just looks silly and the first few episodes align with that impression. Before I got into One Piece I thought it looked stupid and the things fans told me lacked the context for me to appreciate them. I didn't appreciate the world building at all until Baratie, didn't realize Oda would keep old characters consistently and realistically moving in the background until Loguetown, didn't realize how creative the world was until the Grand Line, didn't comprehend how deep the story arcs could get until Alabasta, wasn't blown away by the scale of the politics across the wider world until Jaya, didn't grasp how important the history of the world was until Skypiea, and even then I only began to understand the scope of what is arguably the actual main plot with Robin's backstory which is chapter 391-398! Longer than the entirety of every other manga I've read that didn't overstay its welcome. The depth of everything in the story requires extensive setup, Oda's greatest strength as a writer, long term setup and payoff cannot be experienced in a short span of time, there is no quick and easy introduction to One Piece. The commitment it asks for from the reader is actually insane, so of course people who haven't even read the first 100 chapters are going to think it's a shallow story compared to what fans describe. That and as Daniel experienced first hand, One Piece fans are loud, tons of us only gave the series a chance because someone in our life 'bullied' us into reading/watching it despite it not seeming like the kind of story we'd like from the outside and we are so grateful that now we will bully everyone else into reading/watching it, which is, I think understandably, annoying. I'm sure there is some prejudice from fantasy novel readers against One Piece simply because it is a manga but I also think that is not the main issue as we've seen so much of One Piece's growth be from that community because they are the audience most likely to be patient enough to read the full first 100 chapters in order to begin to understand the appeal. tldr; One Piece is long and a slow burn and fans of the series are loud. The prejudice against it has more to do with those factors than simply not respecting manga as a medium.

[@Ringoroadagain6]

0:54 it's usually people who never watched One piece or watched a few dozen episodes and found it boring. I think One Piece is great from the beginning, but you don't really get the scope of how massive and lore heavy that world is until you watch past Enis lobby and Summit War Saga.

[@MrAccount123461]

Malcom in the Middle is an epic fantasy confirmed

[@priyamshome7005]

Day 54 of asking the Goblin to give Made in Abyss a try.

[@RottenBen]

Yeah, while the 5 Elders aren't outright called gods by the in universe characters, being named after the planets in our solar system (and being called the Elder Planets), pretty clearly aligns them to be thematically considered gods, given the names of the planets in our solar system are based on Roman gods. I agree with everything you said in the video, I just wanted to add that detail since it wasn't one of the reasons you outlined for them being thematically positioned as gods.

[@areeshaj2585]

WE MISSED YOU TOO Your rant was fun haha I will say there are also some haters or other anime fans who downplay one piece Also i recommend you to watch one piece fan letter. It's directed by the same director who did 1015 ep (chap 1000)

[@Ledpooplin55]

People who have never read any One Piece say it's overhyped. Idk if they realize they all say the same thing. They don't have anything else to say because they dont know anything about it other than the art style. Its just anime/manga people who see everyone excited about One Piece and feel left out and have this weird lashing out. There are probably lit people who never read OP who take issue with the statement too, but "overhyped" is the call of the 'guy who watches anime all the time but not One Piece because it's too long, and feels the need to publicly rationalize that decision, even though nobody cares'

[@Archontasil]

I'm both tolkien and one piece fan. And I think the worldbuilding of one piece is bigger than tolkien, except for invented language. That's it.

[@Thehenta1menace]

I believe that because we've been told that gear 2 lowers Luffy's lifespan which means he like Roger is going to die early and I think like Luffy mirrors Roger I think he's going to turn himself in and give the credit to Coby and Smoker the marines who most mirror Garp and Garp's relationship with Roger and if the final war arc happens at the end where everyone Luffy loves and everyone who loves him back or respects him (aside from Coby and Smoker) are going to go try to save him aside from the Strawhats and I think this'll tie in with Luffy's true dream I think while all these people are fighting the new marines under people like Coby, Smoker, Tashigi, and the war criminal Fujitora who I'd consider to be the good main marines that aren't just another face in the crowd but still have a good sense of justice (if Garp survives him too and you can debate about Helmeppo I think he will but I think he's less likely than the others) but wh I think will basically just be another face in the crowd during Luffy's execution the Strawhats of course they don't want Luffy to die but I think they'll understand why he did it mirroring Roger's crew and I think that they will be watching the execution with them crying for an emotional very hard hitting moment before Luffy sets off a new great pirate era and then we see they're heartbreaking frowns turn into goofy grins with tears still in they're eyes they'll laugh and as Coby sees the Strawhats these people he cares about and respects laughing with tears in theyre eyesas him, Smoker and Tashigi know them on a more personal level than most people and will see them and as he sees them laugh and sees Luffy laughing he'll start to tear up but will suck it up so the people who don't truly know either Coby or the Strawhats won't think he's crying over a pirate now there in windmill village where Luffy was born and will be executed and once it's done Coby will call for a salute and the people who have some respect for the Strawhats will do it no problem saluting Luffy who liberates everyone they salute Luffy whereas the rest will salute because the piratk is desdas the Strawhats disperse to help the next future pirate King or alternatively we could get this epic panel like the famous Enies Lobby panel where they're technically part of the war but they just stand there and don't fight

[@brunorocha1328]

Lies upon lies "One Piece Never Ending" is the one true One Piece. Tinfoil hat off: It was a beautiful journey so far when my grankids leave college we'll read the end together.

[@n1hondude]

Let me tell you and everybody else something about Japanese humor. They LOVE potty humor. Throughout the series there has always been poop imagery, the "Poop island" that Usopp lied about it that turned out to be true, Luffy is always asking people if they poop, and so on. Let's go to other media: - Japan has a CHILDREN's anime called "Oshiri Tantei" (lit. Butt Detective) and his attack is to spit a huge wave of diarrhea - Breath of the Wild has the Korok Seeds you can collect and after you get all 999 you get a GOLDEN POOP that does absolutely nothing. - Tokyo has a giant golden poop ornament. - Japan has a poop museum. Obviously the "One Piece" won't be something like a giant flush to drain that water since that makes no sense, but it's something so stupid and make the entirity of Roger's crew laugh.

[@wahilabdulmalik4681]

Man Egghead was something else