What Everyone Gets WRONG About Captain Kuro

[@hptk9909]

the man of the 100 plans, but nobody said that they must be good plans

[@catriamflockentanz]

It's Kuro's deceit again. He is the man of 100 plans. He omits that 90 of said plans are failures, 8 stand on shaky ground and only 2 are even worth considering.

[@lukerton5643]

The Dutch van der linde of one piece

[@Vortex-fj8so]

Ah yes, a mugiwara no goofy watcher

[@xxtortellini1016]

He never saw planktons plan Z

[@hirudinaria]

You need a 100 plans when you know 1 won't work 😂😂😂

[@frankcastlefan]

Kuro: plots endlessly Claws people, friends alike Has no real friends Destroys his furniture Throws a hissy fit He’s a cat.

[@derPandre]

really felt the furniture here Got a like.

[@jgillette98]

The claws alone didn’t give it away?

[@pegasusmeteorc2225]

Knowing One Piece part of the furnitures could also be homies rip.

[@Hiyo420]

his outfit is literally designed to look like a cat...

[@turpinjake]

thats why its called "the PUSSY foot maneuver"

[@bullwark_of_the_weak]

To this day I think the most obvious joke throughout the arc should've been to gradually demote Kuro from 100 plans, to Kuro of 50 plans, then Kuro of 10 plans and lastly, Kuro of the hastily drawn plan.

[@theabyssalguardian4521]

You forgot the final one caption Kuro of no plans

[@QueenMonoChrome]

Kuro of the plan to make a plan

[@eBuddy89]

You know Kuro is good at hiding when even your final spot on the tear-list has him hidden behind the thumbnail of other videos!

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

BRAVO LIAM

[@brandonsellers1076]

Big brained move Liam's part. Masterful! Planned! Had to be! 😂

[@sayonarakid]

Well Oda did a drawing requested by fans on chapter 1090 of Kuro reading a book with some black cats. So at least people didn't forget him

[@priyanshagrawal164]

I like how in Usopp's arc the antagonist is a man who lies not just to everyone else but most of all himself about his own stupidity. Nicely contrasting it with Usopp who is honest with himself and knows his shortcomings.

[@user-zq1eo2pp5s]

This is great in retrospect but I really do wonder if that's the way Oda really thought about it, cuz I sorta doubt it was.

[@priyanshagrawal164]

@@user-zq1eo2pp5s he always does something similar to this, contrasting the themes. Arlong was greedy and uses money for manipulation (Nami's Arc), crocodile would be a heinous king (Vivi's arc), Moria also lost his crew but gave up and decided to use zombies instead of accepting their death (Brook's Arc), Wapol deprived his citizen of healthcare by taking all doctors for himself (chopper's arc), Big mom goes berserk in hunger pangs (sanji's arc), and if we consider egghead to be Franky's arc, Saturn uses science for all the wrong reasons.

[@eViLPaCcc]

​@@priyanshagrawal164 One of Water 7's underlying themes is using science for the wrong reasons, too. Aside from hijacking all the Battle Frankys to frame Tom, there's also the Pluton blueprints. Imagine if WG actualy got a hold on those - GG WP, shake hands

[@Deathmare235]

⁠@@priyanshagrawal164let’s be honest egghead won’t be franky’s arc also does Saturn really use science for evil I mean he’s evil but all his tech were created by vegapunk

[@priyanshagrawal164]

@@Deathmare235 there's a possibility lilith could join the crew so it still works.. did you really forget what Saturn (on his own) did to ginny?

[@Joemon_09]

The only thing that actually sticks in my mind about kuro is his goofy glasses adjustment

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

You don't remember the Out of the Bag attack or his Pussy Foot maneuver?

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

Well, it makes sense if you remember the sword claws.

[@SmoothwanKenobi]

That’s my favorite part about him 🤣

[@Hexagonal_Orangus]

I remember how Luffy kept hitting him in the head the whole fight

[@Dgoc813]

Fucking awesome

[@theoverseer393]

Kuro poisoning Kaya in the live action is genuinely an improvement

[@thalianoname9721]

He did that in the anime/Manga, right? It's been a while

[@Predated2]

Im pretty sure its meant to be like that in the manga too. They make it a point to let Kuro look very ominious when serving food. I think in the anime he even makes a mention of her medicine.

[@AgeofJP]

@@Predated2 yes that's precisely it...which is why I don't think the anime made an improvement there. The manga/anime had a subtle realism and the live action had the most cartoonish pink goop imaginable with the characters all but dancing around the poison-kettle like a witch.

[@ryukishi8492]

I don't think so since I always thought it was implied in the manga that he had something to do with her illness (even if just mentally). I never saw a reason to spell it out for us or make it something as clichéd as poisoning her

[@DirectorOfTime]

then, why kaya got better?

[@christianschmid1440]

I always saw Clawhador as a gifted man who thought of himself as a genius. He is genuinly clever, but not as clever as he believes. This led to overcomplicated plans that overlooked obvious flaws, either because he was lost in planing the details, or because he believed in his ability to improvise if necessary.

[@Mortarion-xt9wp]

True. He could literally have WAITED till the strawhats left.

[@christianschmid1440]

@@Mortarion-xt9wp exactly. especiall going after Merry did make no sense to me, even as a kid. He is like a child who can't hold back any longer and rips his present open 5 minutes too early. :D

[@gabrielgoes0]

Clawhador lmao

[@kyubi78]

This is why I like Kuro in the live action more. He works so much better as a serial killer chasing teenagers around a creepy mansion then as the dumbest master planner in East Blue.

[@BlazingLuffy]

The saddest part about Kuro is that he's supposed to have so many plans, yet NONE of them was to "just wait until the straw-hats leave" before attacking the village... I swear, He waited all those years as a fake butler but couldn't think about waiting a bit more? Imagine if he saw Luffy and the rest the first time, stopped, and thought "you know what? These kids might end up ruining my plan... better wait until they leave" and then he wouldn't have Luffy to beat him. Usopp would probably leave with the strawhats anyways, taking the boat just the same. Literally he could've won if he waited a week or something, it's just sad. that village had NO ONE to defend it otherwise, other than the 3 kids. lol

[@BigBroKuma]

Ikr he litterally saw Zoro the pirate hunter and thought "Now its time." 😭

[@Predated2]

I mean, to be fair, it was the ultimate way of deflecting blame. He was already slowly poisoning her, but with pirates in town he could have actually stabbed her to death and hide some of her valuables. He could have waited a bit longer and definitely have succeeded then, but its also easy to see that getting an oppertunity for a quick end against (to him) rookie pirates was such an easy out. If only Luffy wasnt a crackhead

[@jamesjoe1690]

Kuro didn't know of the strawhats power yet. He thought they were just pirates.

[@BlazingLuffy]

@@jamesjoe1690 "just pirates" is enough of a red flag for a formar pirate trying to quit the pirate life, imo. lol He supposed to be a genius, right? Shouldn't have underestimated complete strangers that he doesn't know the strength of. A smart move would be to gather intel on them before randomly assuming "oh, they can't stop me, i'm a genius of 1,000 plans"... He'd find out that before him, Luffy took Buggy down, who's about the same bounty as him (at the time) and be more careful.

[@BlazingLuffy]

@@BigBroKuma Trueee, Even Buggy had the decency to have at least HEARD of Zoro back then. Before the bounties even lol Kuro just doesn't have "common sense" as a plan, sadly.

[@inuku2629]

I heard a theory by The Crap Cafe on YT some time ago that I liked It was stating that Kuro is not only early version of CP9 like you said, he was a CP9 agent like who's who, he is the right age to be on a mission of guarding Gomu Gomu no Mi, he has shown one technique that is very similiar to rokushiki, and his motive would actually make sense Government wants you dead because you failed a very important mission, you become a pirate, being a pirate is too much of a chaotic life so then you make use of your secret agent skills to get yourself a comfortable life, because he never wanted to be a pirate in the first place, it was out of necessity and Kuro did just ran away, he is still somewhere out there on the loose I'm not saying that it's 100% truth, but a fun idea I do see as a possibility to expand this character one day

[@lawznwdsc]

I've seen his videos and I really like them and they make a lot of sense too.

[@thetruewisegamer]

I’m sorry but what? Oda just states in a sbs chapter 401 page 46 and that he using the move or something similar to it but he so undertrained for it that he can’t use it properly.

[@inuku2629]

@@thetruewisegamer that's fair, I'm just saying, this is one out of a bunch of options, I don't treat it as facts and neither should anyone But if he's undertrained maybe he never made it to be a full agent, like, they're training A LOT of kids and only few ends up in CP9, or maybe he went to other CP agencies, like Kalifa's sister Alpha, she wasn't as strong so she did "easier" tasks as CP8

[@CorleoBabar]

The live action really improved Kuro I feel. Not only did he actually succeed in killing Merry, but making it so that he was poisoning Kaya over time made it feel like he truly was enacting a bigger plan.

[@Deathmare235]

I just realised that the live action has no reason to hold back on deaths, one piece bouta get violent again

[@gtdc4685]

@Deathmare235 They’re going to kill Pele in season two, I’m calling it

[@goazer2]

@@gtdc4685 I wouldn't bet against it.

[@LeoWhat707]

I think Captain Kuro subconsciously hates himself, he hates pirates, he ended up becoming a pirate, and when he does anything pirate-like he subconsciously sabotage his own plans. Kuro is conflict of what he wants, survival, and to what he needs, peace. His want for survival is caused by his reputation as a pirate fearing for worst even if he was assumed captured that fear still persist as if something is after him. His need for peace is the goal of what he wants to achieve not to worry about that fear anymore but as soon as he implemented his 3 year plan he found peace unexpectedly as he fully committed to his role to actually liking the idea of being the unassuming Butler to the point that even the readers thought it was genuine.

[@DarkBlackGod14]

Thats... surprisingly deep for a youtube comment...

[@goazer2]

@@DarkBlackGod14 It's not that hard to pick up on GLR didn't really give Kuro his due Oda managed to make a really complex character with Kuro. Also the reason he believed the plan would succeed was because no matter how it played out all he needed to happen was to obtain a signed will and for everyone except him to die. The order those things happened in didn't mattter which is why it didn't mess up the plan to turn on his crew the second they questioned him, though it was definitely a mistake.

[@PlagueOfGripes]

You can view Kuro's silly plan as being a part of his own hubris. He creates this elaborate plan that could fall apart easily and could be achieved using more simple means, but its backbone was him living a more simple life. Basically, he was trying to incorporate both of his dreams in an incompatible way, so that he could live the way he wanted while still appealing to his own ego.

[@_Mirc_]

Kuro actually appeared again pretty recently (like sometime in the past year) on a cover page petting a page. Maybe indicating that he managed to retire cause he was kinda chilling there.

[@7thlittleleopard7]

In DnD terms - he's basically specced in INT, DEX and STR, but dumped WIS and CON. Glass canon with no impulse control who thinks he's right all the time and doesn't second-guess himself, even when he should. After all, his main attack suits him incredibly well - lashing out at everything but himself.

[@AfroX-StayLegendary]

Everyone reaches Laugh Tale and discovers that Kuro has actually gotten there first and been there the whole time.

[@DonKrieg-382]

(He planned it 10 years ago)

[@AfroX-StayLegendary]

@@DonKrieg-382 wouldn’t that be just hilarious?

[@Rubberman202]

Two things stand out about Kuro to me. 1.) For a character who is supposedly the second smartest character from the East Blue Saga (behind Benn Beckman) and who's whole schtick is that he's a master planner, his grand plan in the Syrup Village arc is rather nonsensical if you actually think about it... or rather, whenever we get more information about his plan, it contradicts previously established points about the plan and makes us wonder how Kuro thought things would play out in the first place. Like, it sounded like he wanted to build up a reputation of being a good man so that no one would suspect him of wrong-doing against Kaya, but his plan involves slaughtering everyone in town, plus having Kaya sign a deed that gives everything she and her family owned to Klahadore is incredibly suspicious to the point where you wonder why that's part of this plan and wasn't already taken care of before the pirate raid. Not to mention he keeps making dumb/idiotic decisions that actively hamper his plans, i.e. cutting down Merry because he suddenly got bloodthirsty yet didn't make sure he was actually dead to make sure he wouldn't tip off Kaya. I get the feeling that this was Oda's first time trying to write a smart character and hadn't fully worked out the kinks yet, preferring to write Kuro in such a way that he was cold, cruel and evil first, and *supposedly* intelligent second. I'd say he did a much better job writing smart, master planner villains like Crocodile and Doflamingo later on. That being said... 2.) What Kuro lacks in terms of not being as intelligent as he thinks he is, he more than makes up for in sheer intimidation. This was the first "serious" villain in One Piece; the villains we go before now, Buggy, Alvida, and even Morgan to an extent, had some comedic elements to them, Kuro has none. He's a pure, bloodthirsty monster, and Oda REALLY makes sure to emphasis that whenever possible. Even when his plans don't always make sense, Oda makes sure to have Kuro look as badass and scary as possible while either talking about them or making sure they play out, in particular when it comes to making sure his crew follow his orders. Really, while his plans are questionable, his fighting skills are still top notch, at least for that point in the series, to the point where Jango notes that Kuro hasn't lost his edge at all, despite being out of commission for three years, due to the fact that he still adjusts his glasses with the palms of his hands, as if he's still wearing his claw gloves. He's still not match for Luffy at the end of it all, but he's still quite imposing for an East Blue villain.

[@ryukishi8492]

Wasn't it implied or at least something we were supposed to take for granted that he caused her illness and would have killed her parents had it not happened by luck? Or at least I don't remember anything that speaks against it since her illness, for example, is purposefully cryptic. Though he is also a cat guy, so some luck probably makes sense

[@ikora1039]

This

[@Patrick-vq2he]

I think a faster, haki-using Kuro would be an excellent Black Beard Pirate grunt.

[@cxncxrtmxstxr]

He only searched for Devil Fruit users tho and if not, they searched for one and gave him, which begged the question, what Devil Fruit suited him... I just realized you meant a grunt, not one of his titanic captains...

[@Vyhox2000]

It'd be even better if he grew a beard, and become Kuro Beard

[@gen1136]

​@@cxncxrtmxstxr a cat zoan is the only correct answer

[@lil_bongo]

​@@Vyhox2000 cat beard

[@RoronoaZoro54918]

​​@@Vyhox2000 Kuro means black in Japanese Their would be two black Beards

[@Pyromaniac_Akeks]

Kuro: Lies to himself and his lies don't come true. Usopp: Lies to others and his lies come true. Kuros ego fuels his arrogance, while Usopps Ego fuels his fear. The cool thing about Usopp though is his character development is him realizing that he has been above his fear the whole time, because although he is afraid he does rise above and follow his dreams. It's also a bit funny that Usopp knows he is lying but they do come true, it's like his undeveloped haki is actually just seeing far into the future.

[@jacksonbrown396]

If I had a nickel for every cat themed shonen antagonist who was a surprise reveal halfway through the arc who only wanted a quiet life, I'd have two nickels which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

[@WheatDos]

Ku Ro Ki Ra

[@mmem4264]

Who's the other cat themed shounen antagonist? I'm so curious lol.

[@sluggerbat]

​@@mmem4264kira yoshikage

[@mohamedzoulali5755]

I don't think Diamond is Unbreakable was an arc, I would moreso call it a saga, and Kira may have said that he wanted a quiet life but he actually just wants an unpunished life, he wants to kill women and take their sweet, sweet hands for... reasons without being punished for it. Also I'm pretty sure JoJo is seinen.

[@daelix20]

i like the idea that kuro is a mia cp9 agent, thats why he gets mad seeing his bounty posters, cause thats like a becon to the marines if they see it and reconize him

[@tappi2871]

I am so confused. It seems that he is like one of the few characters that the name was changed for in the german release... Here he is know as "Captain Black" as well as "Beauregard" instead of "Klahadore"

[@t1m0p4hd3]

Yes, Klahadore (jap. Kurahadoru) is his name in the english version. I don't know why they changed his name in german to Beauregard. But it fits him better since he looks like a french butler. Btw, here in Germany, they called Laugh Tale for over 15 years Unicon in the anime. What a stupid name! 😅

[@mewtubeelias-noskillarts]

Yes, I was confused too when I first heard that he isn't called Beauregard/Captqin Black anywhere else. Funny thing is, Demaro Black is still called Demaro Black in the German dub.

[@gurururuwarararara8164]

Kuro literally means Black. But strange that they changed it to Black instead of Shwarze (?) (I'm not German)

[@DaveVaderify]

​@@gurururuwarararara8164 Black sounds cooler. More kids know english than Japanese in Germany. So the reference to the color doesn't get lost. Also this translation choice happened in the 90s.

[@t1m0p4hd3]

Yes, Klahadore (jap. Kurahadoru) is his name in the english version. I don't know why they changed his name to Beauregard in german. But it fits him better since he looks like a french butler. Btw, here in Germany, they called Laugh Tale for over 15 years Unicon in the anime. What a stupid name! 😅

[@DryBonz1]

Oda has a habit of doing test runs of motifs earlier on in the series, I think as a way of figuring out what something more important down the road is gonna be / how it has be to represented. For example, the nameless background members of the Donquixote pirates that had animal features, a few arcs before getting to The Gifters in Wano.

[@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247]

"How long have you been on the seas? A week? A month? ...Is THAT what you want? A lifetime of always looking over your shoulder?" *chuckles darkly* "You'll NEVER get a peaceful night's rest, because someone's always waiting to slit. Your. THROAT."

[@3slicessenpai]

Kuro's actor was killing it in the Live Action. "Klahadore, the soup's too hot! Give me my tea! Bring me my blanky! Klahadore...I miss my mama and papa... All I wanted to do was RIP. YOUR. TONGUE. OUT." (paraphrasing)

[@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247]

@@3slicessenpai He made "The Man Of A Thousand Plans" genuinely menacing. Ya know, 'til he got brained by a rubber-band headbutt.

[@Drg0rz]

Your editing and illustration team is top tier.

[@3rdDanAbboud]

I wish Captain Kuro would have come back to the story the same way Crocodile did..

[@HeyNaviHey]

I don't, even though I liked him as a villain. It would clash with his motivations to live a comfortable, quiet life.

[@flyingpig5418]

Yeah. This man was on a quest to retire.

[@Archontasil]

Maybe django could unretire his mind?

[@WyloKyser]

that would make no sense my guy his whole wish and desire was to retire and essentially disappear from the world which he seems to have accomplished. So lets congratulate him rather than hope for him being dragged back into the story. Remember what happened to Bellamy after his return.

[@3rdDanAbboud]

@@WyloKyser pretty much the reason I said "I wish"

[@7thlittleleopard7]

Honestly, I do think he's smart, but that he has TERRIBLE impulse control and is far too arrogant. He's seen _some_ of his plan come to fruition and gone all "Well, nothing can stop it now!" That's why he tries to kill Merry - it's impulsive bloodlust. He can't wait, he's been waiting too long, so he lets it take over. That's why he tries to kill his crew - he literally throws a temper tantrum because, oh no, it can't be HIS fault his plan is failing! It MUST be them (also, he could easily have covered up Kaya's death by saying he got to her too late after the pirates had already had a falling out over something and killed each other or fled. Or pin it on Usopp and his father or something. There's 1000 excuses he can use that don't require him attacking the town. He just has to sell the story, and with everyone else dead, well, who's going to say it isn't as he says?) He's smart, he's just much more arrogant and impulsive in contrast to his intelligence. Also, there's a reason why Wisdom and Intelligence stats are separate things~ Man went all in on the INT and dumped WIS.

[@osa7569]

Can you please do Hody next 🙏 wanna hear him get clowned on

[@GrandLineReview]

Thanks so much! Hody is the works ;D

[@MohammedImran-zg7kl]

Let’s go another vid from the goat

[@nihili4196]

3:15 no no, it would work even better if story made us as readers convinced that Ussop is a liar too. Or at least leave it as possibility

[@snoopystock6928]

This series has been amazing Liam!

[@jzom4498]

What if jango hypnotized kuro to think he was extremely smart and the captain of the black cats?

[@lichboi3402]

I’d say it’s not that he isn’t smart but it’s his true nature coming out like you can’t pretend to be something that you’re really not forever.

[@-TheRealAnimeFan-]

one of my favorite underrated characters that got me into One Piece with the 4kids era of the dub, I wish he got more love and returned in the story someway even as a cameo. He doesn't even have official figures or merch.. Kuro is my guy !!

[@andrewdiedrich3097]

That opening line was insane because I'm currently starting a list/plan of meals for the next week here.

[@swimmingmide]

Kuro is shown as having effective plans in the past with the whole faking his own execution plan, and others making him a fairly well known pirate in the East Blue. His retirement plan was pretty good and would have worked if the magical rubber moron, the boy who cried wolf, a kleptomaniac, and a drunk samurai had not teamed up last minuet to throw maximum chaos into the mix. He even isolated Kaya to the point only 3 adults and 3 kids had any meaningful contact with her for several years. No one trusts Usopp, no one will believe the 3 kids, and the pirates killed Merry and Kaya. There was never going to be anyone around to question his story.

[@megaton666]

The impression I got was that he thought himself a genius but really wasn't. He kept rejecting advice from the people who worked under him because "trust the plan", and all his plans were shit.

[@iXUZDAP]

The Bountys can probably be explained by the lower ones being older ones perhaps? It's not like these bounty posters are magical and their value changes live on the paper.

[@Brush421]

Kuro is Imu because who else plans so much. Also I've never seen Kuro and Imu in the same room together

[@YoungSmokeyvp_7]

Captain Kuro the comedy of a hundred shitty plans. Lol one piece early villians were weird and I loved it.😂

[@yahyamoudnib1179]

At least they're true and classic villains unlike the ones you see today

[@jessicajayes8326]

What sucks is if he wanted to stop being a pirate, he could just simply retire. It happened in our history and it happened in story too. Zeff retired and became a chef (and we love him), but it seems like Kuro wanted to keep being a villain, just not a pirate villain.

[@SilvrSavior]

I believe Oda stated in an SBS that Kuro's Pussy Foot technique is actually faster than Soru. It's just that he can't see where he's going that makes the technique hard to use. Give him some observation haki and he could become more deadly by being able to tell where he's going.

[@CitroChannel]

I really want to see a video on Magellan. Even if he is not really a _villain_ per se, he is certainly an antagonist who deserves a rating.

[@ChargeQM]

My headcanon is that he was a CP9 apprentice whose first and only mission was with Who's Who trying to capture the Nika fruit. He'd be the reason they escaped, and while WW went to Kaidou for protection, Kuro went to the weakest sea to hopefully blend in and disappear. Think about it: his moves could be bastardized versions of the rokushiki, specifically Shave/Soru mostly.

[@mk9beatz]

that kuro drawing by your artist’s might actually haunt my nightmares

[@mRboylls]

Giving the people who messed up his bounty posters the benefit of the doubt, maybe he was issued many back to back bounty posters. This would kind of make sense with the narrative he seems to give of being worried about being captured and needing to lay low. Maybe he did a lot of back to back bad things.

[@bloodveil4626]

3 week break hits different 😭

[@layniebear1237]

another fun video!~ i wanna see one done on Don Kreig!~ he was a fun villain for me because frankly he was the most piratey of the villains, he just purely believed in dirty tactics and frankly was monsterously strong

[@delibird1664]

I really hope he comes back in the manga, anime, and live action. My dad, who I have gotten into One Piece successfully because we're watching the live action together, really loved how evil Kuro was in it. Bring him back with haki, better moves, and a better evil plan. Another thing too, as much as Kuro wants to live a normal life, he never will let himself do it. He's too evil and petty to blend in.

[@Fire.Fist21]

Kuro should fight usopp ngl

[@ffswege9244]

2:00 Maybe he is some failed version of CP9 trainee, sentenced to death by likes of lucci for his incompetence, having to take role of pirate just to survive on a seas. Maybe he despises pirates becouse he was from the birth teached to hate, and his pirate career reminds him of a reject that he is. He used his pirate crew to escape to east blue, to conquer some unsuspecting island and having a peaceful life. He wasn't a genious or physicly skilled indyvidual. He was taught it, basic espionage in same camp lucci did it. He only managed to master soru and planning, but he was lacking in every other area

[@IKishou]

I’m loving this little mini series of videos that you’re doing. It’s a great refresher from what’s going on in One Piece at the moment. I look forward to the Lucci vid very much. Ty you making all these videos for us and letting us having a great platform and community to share our own One Piece ideas and theories.

[@tmr3volver]

One interesting twist they could give the Syrup Village arc is if Kuro had Jango hypnotize him into actually believing he is someone else until 3 years later when Jango returned and let him revert back to his original personality.

[@archdiangelo7930]

I think it's telling that his ultimate move, the Out Of The Bag Attack (as it's called in the 4Kids dub, I dunno if it has a different name elsewhere) just consists of this dumbass turning off his brain and flailing around like a maniac without even looking where he's going, slicing up everything around him without distinction

[@basicallybilly9137]

Why have i heard nobody talk about this until now?! It never occurred to me that Kuro was a baby disguised as a Genius. 11/10 vid Liam

[@Truffball]

Captain cold said it best 'make the plan,execute the plan, expect the plan to go off the rails, throw away the plan'

[@samch.8351]

You know its a break week when you see a video about Captain Kuro pop up in your feed, havent watched yet but im sure ill enjoy

[@MaamuuTCG]

Imagine when we get the Imu fave reveal and it was Kuro all along.

[@kaimax3880]

I always said that kuro kind of like fought himself because he had a conflicting emotions since he was emotionally invested in the plan so it's like a man of 50 plans each but they contradict each other. And I thought that he execute his evil part of plan when the straw hats were there because he was hoping to be defeated before he did anything, too bad to kaya. The reason I sought this was because of the projecting on usa. he really does hate his pirate self but yet his pirate self is uncontrollable since that was his persona which he adopted first which makes his butler persona a persona within a persona making it weaker yet he still wanted to do good.

[@stuffyworld10]

I think of Kuro as a precursor to Crocodile. A super intelligent man tricking the people around him to take control. He just did it way worse

[@MWhaleK]

Captain Kuro, the ultimate example of "the Butler did it".

[@who-ny5oe]

In this case it was the butler.

[@randomthoughtinstantiator]

But if Kuro actually planned for things to happen this way, then he IS a genius. The townspeople will think he was defeated and probably dead, telling that to the marines if they ever come. His crew would have felt betrayed by his violence and disillusioned by his incompetence, wanting nothing more to do with him. And the Straw Hats would have determined his plan was thwarted, patted themselves on the back, and not have given it a second thought. All loose ends left after his faked death and escape from the marines are now tied up, he has everything he ever wanted, and even the AUDIENCE has no interest in him so Oda will never need to give him a post arc chapter that ruins his victory. He’s either an idiot, or the only villain with a perfect, permanent victory.

[@codyxvasco592]

When Cavendish falls asleep, he transforms into a violent demon named hakuba that's extremely fast and attacks indiscriminately. Captain kuro does this stupid stance where he rocks back and forth before he zips off and starts slashing. Kuro is rocking himself to sleep mid battle to bring out a demon attack he doesn't fully understand.

[@Soitisisit]

I don't think that's the case for Kuro, but it is an interesting idea.

[@catandrobbyflores]

That's the most plausible explanation I've seen.

[@codyxvasco592]

:] i'm full of thoughts that feel canon to me but not commonly talked about. Maybe i should make a one piece channel haha.@@catandrobbyflores

[@HonestGhost21]

Wait, wasn't Kulahadores plan to 1. Get Kaya to write the will. 2. Kill kaya 3. His pirates attack. 4. He kills his pirates and blames Kayas death on them and he's the hero who stopped them. 5. He becomes the new leader of the island (or at least the new rich person on the island). He truly wanted to have a peaceful life. Maybe I'm completely misremembering.

[@DC1_]

Liam you’re my favorite KZbinr, I come for the fictional pirate content but stay for your personality and humor every time. Each morning while I eat breakfast it’s a damn ritual to learn some more one piece lore through your videos. love ya !

[@GrandLineReview]

I appreciate the kind words! :D

[@Vendavalez]

One impression that I got with him is that the main reason that his plan was so dumb and convoluted and he kept going along with it even though it was clearly going to fail is because he was conflicted. He wanted to do it, but he also didn’t want to do it. And his biggest problem is that he wouldn’t be honest with himself about those feelings. In my mind there is no other way to explain how he didn’t finish Merry or Ussop off when he had the chance. That is just head-canon to be sure. And if that is what he was going for, it should have been better expressed. I think it is hinted at, just not enough.

[@MirbyStudios]

Kuro's secretly gonna be the final villain at the end of the story. He's retired to Laugh Tale and Luffy will have to stop him there. Totally.

[@emir1696]

You have to watch Hidden Island’s theory about Kuro being a former CP9 agent, plays a lot into his deceit and split personalities. I’d love you to make a video about this theory

[@nihili4196]

9:12 the problem here is that Kuro really failed because he didn't accounted for the possibility of things happening that wouldn't make sense. He didn't predicted that anyone strong would stumble onto the island around the time of his master plan coming into fruition, he didn't plan any contingency in case someone believes Ussop. Because let's be honest, everyone in the village knew that Ussop didn't liked Klahador, and that he was a notorious liar. Killing him would raise more suspicions than letting him live. What could he possibly do anyways, warn Kaya who was going to die in few hours regardless? Everyone in the village was adoring the Klahador. Kuro just didn't accounted that he would be foiled by Main Character. Also, everything regarding how Luffy learned about his plans and betrayal was extremely forced and convenient for plot. Everything regarding Jango was conveniently working for strawhats. Problem here was that Oda clearly had no idea how to foil smart villain so soon in the story, and just went "F this, strawhats will somehow conveniently stumble into every single important piece of information out of random happen chance" Kuro was badly written, but not in the way everyone thinks. In my opinion at least.

[@leisharout6155]

Kuro didn’t take into plan that he is so irrelevant that Jango became a way more popular/interesting character than himself. Truly worthy of three years to think about.

[@nathancaballero828]

The theory that Kuro was a failed CP9 agent who is constantly on the run is one of my favorites

[@FNCSBossBaby]

Bro that was such a goated arc

[@ELMolliez]

Uhmmm i thought it was always implied, that Kuro was behind kaya's parents "accident" and it was also implied that he was feeding kaya poison in small doses. But yeah if Jango could hypnotize the entire village why wouldn't he do it ?

[@tomralfe5428]

It's mentioned in an SBS that Kuro's pussyfoot manoeuvre (my brain has already deleted its non-hilarious name from my memory) is inferior to Soru because Kuro cannot perceive the world around him when he moves that fast, hence him attacking friend and foe alike, whilst CP9 can see still and react to the world around them as they dash.

[@Alejandrodemontana]

I think something you touch upon but danced around, is that who Kuro became as the butler directly clashed with who he was as a pirate. He let the butler life sink in and change him. Because if you lay all the things out he did during the actual arc, it almost sounds like he is protecting the village from himself.

[@11thDC]

Kuro's Bounty could be argued as "different" as they could be from different periods Given each Bounty Poster has a different depiction of Kuro. Not to mention Kuro's Bounty was stagnant after his alleged death. So he was 16,000,000 before he was assumed dead. So his bounty threat likely doesn't actually align with Buggy's as Had Kuro been active the whole time, odds are he would have been a fair amount higher. Also, this is a bit of a headcanon, I want to believe that Kuro took some Inspiration from Yoshikage Kira from Jojo's pt 4. There are a fair number of parallels between the two of them, most notably them both wanting a quiet life while being murderous villains.

[@noahrobbins2095]

“Kuro beat Kuro…his unearned belief in himself was his undoing” could be used to describe how Saturn handled everything on Egghead up until now lol

[@JohnBombadil-uu9jd]

Hmm character with an unknown number of past identities has a Hypnotist for a first mate? One who could literally change his personality and identity for him? Very interesting…

[@gappergob6169]

Dude make video about the biggest problem with Luffy gear 4 and 5. I am tired seeing how enemies always let him away whenever he's tired because they somehow busy doing other stuff.

[@cass6082]

Wasn’t it implied that Kuro killed Kaya’s mother and was probably poisoning her (Or was at least contributing to her depression/illness in some way). The only death he had nothing to do with was her father’s death

[@jaidenross9562]

What if Kuro was onto something. Just like stormtroopers supposedly shoot randomly so the jedi can't predict it with the force, attacking with your mind off makes it so advanced observation haki becomes useless as the user attacking you isn't putting out a threatening glare similar to kid when he attempted to blast shanks or when katakuri killed the assassin when first introduced.

[@sankai91]

About the bounty: Imho the drop in the anime can be explained by having an older santed poster. I mean he was believed to be dead by execution, therefore all the wanted poster must have been quite old - and someone got rid of the most current one during the execution, but then missed the old one. As for stampede; I haven't watched the movie ^^*, but can it be that his bounty got reset after the marine found out he's still alive? The official register might have dismissed his bounty (and it might have been paid out to Captain Morgan) and they had to create a new file, rather than admitting having made an error. Note that Robins 20 year old poster or Dorry's and Brogy's 100 year poster, the marine never "confirmed" their deaths, so it makes sense they continue where the bounty used to be.

[@idrinkpaint247]

My theory is that zoro was ment to be on Naruto but he got lost so now hes in one piece

[@adrianchorolez5013]

A video that would never happen without a large break. Nicely done

[@Bobsyagod]

I feel like they could've easily made him seem smarter if they had him mention that he'd monitored the island and it never gets visited by marines or pirates, so across his 3 years the plan had built and he was more assured that no random pirates were going to get in the way. Therefore Luffy would be a complete outlier and more understandable that it hadn't been accounted for.

[@AzureKyle]

My theory on Kuro is that he was actually extremely lucky, similar to Jack Sparrow, where things would just fall in place for him. I think that people mistook these coincidences as 'all apart of the plan' and that when things went wrong, but it all works out, then that's just another thing he planned for, until he was given the name Kuro of the 100 plans. Where people believed he had intense intricate plans, with backup plans that accounted for every contingency, when he was just getting lucky. I believe that it went on for so long, that even he started believing it, and started thinking himself smarter than he actually is (especially since most of his crew were morons anyways.)

[@AnaxErik4ever]

Correction, his epithet is Kuro of the Thousand Plans, although in rare times I too use 100. I was just going over Alexander Maniatis' portrayal of this despicable "black cat" with my mother, the last person I would expect to ask me about One Piece. I chose not to show her "Iron Mace" Alvida, "Axe Hand" Morgan or Buggy the Clown first since the Syrup Village arc had the most familiar elements of Western storytelling that my fellow English major could pick up on. One of the key things I, the resident One Piece otaku of my family, mentioned was how Kuro disappeared from the (manga reading) public's eye after this story and was not seen since, despite much speculation from fans about where/how he could return. She thought, seeing the spiritually broken black cat row away from the Gecko Islands, that he would resurface at some point. Not even my assurance that those whose dreams Luffy has broken, the plots he has foiled, never dare to assume their older ways of thinking could assuage her.

[@CiabanItReal]

Someone else put forward a great theory that Kuro was actually in the CP program, and was in the process of learning the techniques, then he was sent on a mission with other various CP agents and the red hair pirates attacked and stole the Gum-Gum Fruit. leading not just Who's-Who to get fired but everyone, Kuro already being in the east blue escaped and started a life of piracy.

[@4wingedowl]

I still think Nukiashi should have been called 'Catwalk' in the English version. I mean come on the pun is RIGHT THERE

[@Matandfun]

I want to see Kuro comeback with snow snow or calm calm fruit in some manner. 🖤

[@uroboloss]

Kuro is just like me fr all the man wants is to not work anymore

[@doubledamn2599]

Now to head canon some justification! Kuro had 'Klahadore' implanted by Jango's hypnotism as a separate personality, not separate identity there's a difference, when Jango showed up and he had to use 'Kuro' again, the lines started to blur, exacerbated by his cresent moon trigger, until 'Kuro' and 'Klahadore' both come out at once at the cliff side, 'Kuro' with bloodlust and rage 'Klahadore' wanting to protect his quiet life they end up slaughtering the pirates as a compromise between the personalities.

[@jeffersonrodriguez8081]

I like to think of Kuro’s plans as “lies” which works well in that arc. Usopp comes up with baseless lies that turn out to be true, Kuro carefully orchestrates these complicated plans (“lies”) that never come to fruition

[@Bradman1978]

As a retrospect, it sounds like he could have just been crazy and self-sabotage himself or his second personality that may still wanted to be a blood thirst pirate.

[@frankenbou]

Projection, deflecting responsibility, thinking of himself in the highest regard...Kuro would fit right into a large portion of modern day society.

[@TerrisH20]

@10:00 counter point: Jango's hypnosis can easily be broken given enough time, and people remember what they did while under jangos Hypnosis. So that plan would only be suitable for a short-term takeover.

[@CiabanItReal]

One of the things I liked about the Live Action depiction of Syrup Village is they had Kuro poisoning Kaya, and maybe being responsible for her parents death too.

[@FirstLast-wk3kc]

11:40 That's actually a metaphor He's too obsessed with his vision of hiimself and the world. The same vision that slips away from it's place, not fitting the world just as much as his glasses slip from his head. His obsession is what makes him violently reject new glasses, new vision. Despite it made specifically to fit his head.

[@Soitisisit]

I think that's a really good detail to point out! I really like the idea of that being a visual metaphor. If it is though, I don't think it was consciously intended by Oda.

[@FirstLast-wk3kc]

@@Soitisisit but he likes metaphors and references to mythology, so i wouldn't be surprised. For example the dragon carp exists not only in the story of Kaido, but the Fishman island queen's story. When the "gods" of the world government literally allow her to join them and etc... Or literally in the same arc, => the pils. When the cycle of hatred and atc is literally eating away your next generations, quickly leaving them as old men with nothing by their side. The impel down is literally both underworld with Japanese mythology and an homage to kabare/etc and about locking away "abnormality" in the nazi germany and etc... (Yes, Ivankov is mix of literally and figuratively - a queen of underworld from Japanese mythology in that case.) There are numerous examples! You might want to look up "Drawk show" mom one piece on KZbin, they found much more consistent picture of the overall metaphors and references, and found at least twice as much as i did when i've read one piece. Anyway, thanks for your attention and have a great day! Everyone deserves such.