The Real Reason Oda Separated The Straw Hats For Elbaf

[@MrMorj]

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[@pokestonks]

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[@Freedom_iwant]

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[@michaeljordan4571]

um Oda has been splitting up the crew since fishman island, and the problem is still there.

[@diegocalderon5190]

Paring the newer Straw Hats with Vivi would be a genius move

[@TheElectrikCow]

I really hope this happens, mostly because I desperately want to see how Vivi reacts to Robin being on the crew without the OG 6 who were with Vivi to explain. I mean I'm pretty sure she should know that Robin is on the crew because of bounty posters and such, but I feel like she has to have questions and maybe even some doubts.

[@diegocalderon5190]

@@TheElectrikCow She talked about this at the Enies Lobby, she knew already that Robin joined the Straw Hats and that she trusts Luffy's judgement

[@Miss_All_Sundays]

Yes! I've been thinking that would be a incredible choice, it's such an organic way to introduce Vivi back into the crew dynamic.

[@Aaaaaa-u2i1r]

@@TheElectrikCow imagine if robin does the same thing jinbe did when he met nami

[@AndElite]

It will give the opportunity to Bonney, the newer SH, to know and respect Vivi, so when Kuma inherits his fruit to her, she’s ok with it, since the fruit would stay with a member of her new family, a fellow Straw Hat (Vivi).

[@Unlawfulgang1]

Why Mr Morj needed to separate himself from the wano video

[@Growthstonks]

wano is bad there you go

[@BRUH-lk3cv]

Wano wasn’t bad

[@sudiptaday7875]

​@@Growthstonksit has the best fights and animation there you go it's enough for me to watch

[@MoriohAnime]

@@BRUH-lk3cvwano is one of the worst arcs in the entire story

[@PER578]

At this point I think whatever he has to say about wano is bad and he doesn’t want to make a video that make people unhappy so that’s why isn’t releasing the video

[@lugosss69]

separating the crew doesn't assure you Oda's not gonna add like a million other Elbaf characters and wirte stories around them, let's see how the Arc plays out

[@rinmartell2678]

We are at the end of the story. We have already so many characters established. Oda won’t be to handle more characters. Look at egghead. No new characters were introduced thereby vegapunk, while being on screen for the first time, was already mentioned years ago.

[@cz_PNK]

@@rinmartell2678vegapunk in the past was barely a character

[@rinmartell2678]

@@cz_PNK No, he was not but he was mentioned a lot

[@cz_PNK]

@@rinmartell2678 about 3 times. Even roger was shown or mentioned more

[@rinmartell2678]

@@cz_PNK 3 times? he was mentioned at alabaster arc, thriller bark arc, when franky was send to balsimore, he was mentioned at punk hazard, he was mentioned in wano arc, he was mentioned after wci arc in the newspaper etc. And even if he weren’t mentioned that often. Oda has to introduce characters that were mentioned before. From now on we will meet fewer new characters. We will see already established characters engage

[@fka_sophrosyne]

Brook is pretty much the only straw hat I can handle not having too much development or story. His coldness and MVP status from Whole Cake is carrying him for me

[@gregorius.dentang]

It would be hella nice if we get more of his backstory especially when he served a "certain kingdom". And i feel like his reveal about his backstory could be something very lore relevant.

[@bakayarokonoyaro8375]

Brook calling Big mom "young lady" all by himself is still one of the most ballsy moves done by a strawhat.

[@kenm4390]

Nah we still haven’t gotten his real backstory yet. Keep in mind Brooks was older than Shanks when he died and was sailing the grand line before Roger’s time

[@joelcoll4034]

​@@gregorius.dentangBrooks backstoey is a different era, I don't see how it could be relevant

[@malimaui2802]

@@joelcoll4034he is the son of joyboy😱

[@killermetal10]

“The wano analysis will drop September 17th” Morj, August 2024

[@Aaaaaa-u2i1r]

2027

[@justaway6901]

Its the year of Usopp

[@danielcampos4756]

We all need to admit, the strawhats that need more screentime now (to shine) are: FRANKY (!), USOPP, Robin and Chopper.

[@Felishamois]

Also where's Nami's map? Where's Chopper's research? What's Jimbei's deal?

[@danielcampos4756]

@@Felishamois I miss Nami being a professional thief, Usopp being a professional liar for stuff that matter, and franky USING TECH AND INTELLIGENCE, instead of just punching things.

[@rasenganmaster101]

@@danielcampos4756 they still are also nami was only a thief becuz of arlong, she's a navigator first and foremost

[@danielcampos4756]

@@rasenganmaster101 You have a good point, but Nami used to have a lot more personality and charisma back then. Right now she just cries and let Zeus do everything for her.

[@rasenganmaster101]

@@danielcampos4756 brotha what are u talking about, her personality is still intact? nami back then was going through more character development becuz her story arc's weren't finished. Now the only thing to wrap up for her is her maps but she's had her moments even in wano especially when defending luffy and even back talking kaido in his dragon form becuz she refused to believe luffy would die to him. She hasn't lost ANY personality, she just isn't the very center of attention, but she always shines through on what she's best at, even bringing up zues is just a purely fighting thing. All he does for her is fight, that's not a personality trait of hers. The crying is purely a gag and she steps up when she needs to, same with ussop etc. We can say right now luffy goofs off and lets gear 5 solve everything, but that has nothing to do with his personality and charisma that he's clearly not loss, it's just a power up.

[@thkhoa8805]

I would love for Oda to take this split to really hammer down the fact that most of (if not all of the rest) of the Strawhats just as capable as other Commander level characters

[@rand12389]

We already got a bit of it in Egghead. The weak trio plus Brook managed to not die OR get ko'd by Saturn and Brook even cut off one of Saturns spider leggs. Heck gaurd point chopper was straight but tanking hits

[@pdas221]

That doesn't mean they are 3 rd or 2 nd commander level Robin and Franky is high executive level and is the most close to 3 rd commander level@@rand12389

[@pollen1253]

@@rand12389monster point chopper was throwing zoan form queen around, the straw hats are def stronger than we think

[@marcospina162]

Powerscaling aside, they need to take action for themselves. All Franky and Robin have done post timeskip is taking orders without changing any significant plotlines. They peaked at Dressrossa and that was 10 years ago. Robin protecting Rebecca and Franky vs Sr. Pink were great but since then they've been starving for serious screentime. Wano as big as it is didn't do anything for them.

[@cuillain5773]

You forget about robins new form lol, I wonder if vegapunk will help Franky get stronger

[@zero1188]

Well, he does this every arc. At this point, we know the deal. Luffy cant be around to defeat the big bad until its time

[@nukeboy4939]

Yep.😂

[@Not_obligated2care]

Annoying asf but of course ima still watch/read 💤 because I want to see what the one piece is….

[@sanumpatel2342]

I hate your fucking profile picture man. I keep thinking there is a piece of hair on my screen and trying to wipe it off.

[@sonymicronin]

Wano says otherwise dude. He legit fought Kaido as soon as he saw him and got whooped. Also this isn’t the case for every arc anyways post or pre timeskip.

[@fakerthedaker15]

@@sonymicronin You meant how Luffy couldn't defeat Kaido 'til the arc's very end? That's literally what OP said in his post

[@wordsandyou]

I just worry he’ll break them up further. Nothing worse than he has them into 5 groups of two to three with some side characters. Then we can get a panel of each group per chapter instead of any full scenes

[@Generalmituna8079]

Please no it was bad enough when Wano did it.

[@ewag8950]

Onigashima be like

[@olaoluwaakinyemi418]

That's definitely happening. I'm just picture the iconic animations that show where the different groups are😂

[@Northbirdy]

Egghead Traitor storyline be like 💤

[@BohdanKaiba]

I like that everyone is doing theory videos on why Oda split the crew like this, only for 4 chapters from now he gets them all back together.

[@zero1188]

Luffy: can i defeat the main villian now Zoro: No your too strong, run around and play for a a couple years Robin: you know we like alot of foreplay for the arcs, we can bust right away Sanji: NANI??????

[@royalfun1031]

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[@EmberThePlaya]

Ayo

[@sanumpatel2342]

I hate your fucking profile picture man. I keep thinking there is a piece of hair on my screen and trying to wipe it off.

[@Truck-kun11]

All of the Post-Alabasta Straw Hats remind me of those optional team members you unlock in a JRPG who barely appear in the Main Story and consequently always end up on the bench while the Main Squad gets all the spotlight.

[@ReiseLukas]

Well it makes sense cause Post Alabasta Strawhats are all older people than the first 6. There's already less room for growth. Robin was the main exception as we saw in Enis Lobby, plus she had a significant moment in Wano as well. Franky is the one Strawhat that's presently living his dream so there's no need for further development, and Jinbei had his character arc in Fishman island through the Fisher Tiger backstory and Nami not blaming him for Arlong.

[@royalfun1031]

​@@ReiseLukasBrook's story is simple

[@diargakande6740]

Yuffie and Vincent be like

[@ReiseLukas]

@@royalfun1031 Exactly, his story ends with his reunion with Laboon.

[@S113Productions]

Basically Vincent and Yuffie from FF7.

[@redragon88]

It's still unknown if Chopper is with the East Blue crew. For all we know he just wasn't show with the other group or Oda put him someplace else to have a mini adventure of his own. I personally want him to focus on just the East Blue crew for now and have them converge with Chopper and the rest after a good while.

[@franekkkkk]

Why… why the east blue crew? I won’t character development for the grand line crew and usopp. One piece is gonna lose a lot in my eyes otherwise

[@Potato98765]

And honestly I'm really looking forward to the Robin group. Jimbei and Robin, Franky and Robin, Franky and Brook, Robin and Brook are all great duos within the crew. And Jimbei will likely match well with both Frank and Brook since all 3 of them stood up to Big mom without fear. They are also the four oldest members of the crew so they can be more mature and serious. There are probably other upsides that I can't think of right but but my point is that this group has so much potential but have suffered from not getting enough screentime and being outshone by the other strawhats. So I can't wait to see what they do.

[@niii588]

Damn you... making BS headcanons that Luffy's SH A and Robin's SH B is like how MHA fandom made Dekusquad and Bakusquad, screw Robin, only Vivi is worthy Nami's soulmate, Robin should beg and give head to Luffy that he wouldn't sell her to Marines for many meats

[@WaakikiTheGoat]

Oda can’t help himself with the side characters. He keeps throwing in 50 each arc

[@katanano]

Morj you're killing it recently. Managing to put out a ton of consistent content without jumping to insane theories and keeping a level head about things. Great watching your stuff man.

[@santoshpaudel6054]

I think newer crew will meet Vivi so they get to know her and bond with her, and finally meet with old crew so everybody could cherish vivi together. Otherwise there is no friendship, no emotional stake for newer crew to actually feel something for Vivi. In conclusion, newer crew with Vivi will meet together with older crew.

[@niii588]

But Robin x Vivi would be lovers after all

[@Warkurus]

The real question is: Will Robin wear her cowboy hat again?

[@janeiy12]

yess i hope oda bring back her sassyness. and i think if someone hurt sual again I think she will awaken her df

[@artemisrayne]

​@@janeiy12she already awakened her DF tho? her demonio fleur is her DF awakening

[@janeiy12]

@@artemisrayne no it's not ... oda didn't confirmed

[@BerthuZ6]

@@artemisrayne Why would that be considered an awakening? Strong attack = awakening? For me it's something that trascends a devil fruit and elevates it to a whole different perception level, like being able to sprout limbs from other people, or transforming the scenery into a field of limbs It would be incredible if she sprouted more arms for Zoro so he could wield even more swords in a really strong attack, or sprout a lot of Luffy stretchy arms against the enemy She would be an incredible support for the team

[@Aaaaaa-u2i1r]

Oda: Watch me do nothing with it

[@thesenorpink]

If Vivi is going to meet up with the SHP group with Bonnie and Kuma, that could lead to the theory that Vivi gets the Paw Paw fruit at that time.

[@Tamaromarou]

I think the reason why the later half of the crew don't get as much story development is because they are already fully developed characters. Robin 's climax to her character development was "I want to live" Jinbe joined as a fully developed character. Same with Brook. And Frankie was never presented as a character that needed a lot of character development to begin with. Aside from him getting upgrades to his tech and his body character wise, he doesn't really need much development. That's why every conflict he's in he approaches it the same way and he comes out of it with the same attitude. The difference between the East Blue 5 plus chopper and the rest of the crew is that we are following their entire journey from beginning to end as opposed to just being the bookend of the other characters very long journeys.

[@karungnath7359]

I love jimbei the most among SHs. Outside Luffy ofc. He saved luffy mentally and physically when he was in literal hell. None of the SHs couldve brought luffy back from that mental he was in after Maruneford. I hipe he lives until the end of the story. He can bring SHs back from any hell.

[@Wachalpharoh]

I'm fully expecting Robin's team to run into Saul first where their team is able to uncover the darker secrets of the world, and maybe face against an unknown threat. Maybe Jinbei can also find Kid and killer in the ocean lol. While Usopp's side sets up the usual arc style of adventure - meeting side characters, and setting up his plot for his long awaited rise to his version of brave warrior of the sea status.

[@dorderre]

For me personally the Skypiea ensemble was the core game. Everyone after that felt like an addon to me.

[@Felishamois]

Yep, it's all Super, Panties and Laid Back Daddy after the first seven haha, which, you know, is fine, I like Brook and Franky

[@crosis2]

The biggest problem are the side characters. Strawhats cannot get spotlight if a cast triple the size of the crew is running around in the arc. Oda needs to bring those down to about the same size, 10 non strawhats at most including the villains

[@yami122]

I agree because the straw hats are supposed to be in the main character and the story loses quite a bit by having a solid half of the crew just kind of existing robin and Usop in particular have been totally screwed over in the New World half of the story with them having pre established goals and plot points that are set up for them one wanting to be a brave warrior of the sea by the time he reaches the island of Giants and because the story decided to just throw him away after he dealt with the girl who turned people into toys well she failed his objective he is not a brave warrior of the sea because he was never allowed to have an inch of character growth after dressRosa and Robin has done barely anything despite the fact that she's Supposed to be story wise one of the most important characters in the story

[@rendezvousonmemorylane]

If only people could die in One Piece...

[@TheRunoben]

@@yami122 not really you can do it. It’ll just be longer. I have no problem with that though.

[@johnleemcmulln2168]

skypiea was perfect ratio

[@tylerlopez1526]

I sorta disagree. This is a biblically long story, the Straw Hats can't be the focus of the story the whole time. Especially since the side characters are becoming increasingly more relevant to story with how determined & close they are to reaching the poneglyphs. The story isn't really about the Straw Hats anymore, it's about every participating party honing in on obtaining the OP.

[@akai3974]

It’s called ONE PIECE so it’s expected so the straw hats now getting more spotlight separated is a good call of Oda and that war arc we are supposed to get in guessing it’s going to be everyone who’s ever talked about getting the one piece will be there which is why it’s going to be bigger then marine ford

[@Lgd4033fourty]

Of course he split up Robin/Luffy, since they are siblings. Oda bout to pull a star wars.

[@HirokiFtF]

if u count lilith and bonney to the new strawhats they are split 6 / 6

[@Amstro515]

I always thought Robin was well liked even though she came in Post Alabasta, she just have that vibe to her that's the missing piece in any anime group, the smart, tough character that you just wouldn't push around but still has the personality that you'll miss her when she's not there.

[@josephs.4813]

Oda might separate the strawhats but Morj can’t separate us from the Wano Analysis

[@Aaaaaa-u2i1r]

8:14 4. The strawhats aren't interested in answers or plot points, Oda doesnt wants them to question and find the answers too fast because he wants to silhouette that and that man for that weapon, so he makes them not even care about what's going on.

[@dark_abel]

I'm just afraid we won't see Robin's group until they reunite to the other group at Elbaph

[@LeoLeo-ec9hl]

good

[@cynicalmandate]

I think it's a combination of him not really knowing what he wants to do with the characters and not wanting to reveal to much information.

[@nardopol0]

It always feels like Robin, Franky, and Brook are just sprinkled in with the original six to change up dynamics. But even then, the story just goes back to focus on the main 6 anyway with the later crew members being sidelined or given less important fights.

[@crimsonfire6932]

I agree that water 7 was peak in terms of strawhat focused character writing. The whole crew was embroiled in a drama over Usopps defection, and Robin finally got her arc to shine the way every other member did upon joining. Simultaneously, franky got his shining debut arc, coinciding with both the crew drama and heavy Robin focus. It’s only downhill from there general crew character writing wise. Thriller bark was good as it was brooks shining debut arc and showed the full 9 strawhats operating as a cohesive and effective unit. But it was quite a step down from Ernie’s lobby and water 7 from a crew dynamic character writing standpoint. It was showing what the crew was capable of fresh off their trial by fire and character development, rather than being the actual trial by fire and character development. And after that, they end an arc being defeated and separated, and the next 3 arcs only include luffy.

[@drcrun3288]

Potential story developments for the new straw hat group: Robin: Reunion with Saul and maybe descovering secrets about Ohara she didn't even know. Franky: History of adam wood and maybe upgrading the Sunny Jinbe: Maybe discovering history about the Eve tree and origins of Fishman oppression Bonney: More time with Kooma and lore on Nika (Because luffy wouldn't even care to know) Brook:......I dunno a new song or something

[@yami122]

honestly them getting split up again kind of pisses me off Because that's what the story has been doing for almost the entirety of the new world And considering a major thing is about The unity of the crew and how they're like family and all that the story completely fails to live up to that with it only using the same 4 or 5 characters which is led to character interactions getting very stale at this point sanji and Zorro interacting is become extremely repetitive and boring nami is used just as a sex object and is barely a person at this point and usop had one great moment against the girl that turned people into toys and then for the rest of the story he's done basically nothing he used to be a very critical part of the story and now makes me think on how if he hadn't rejoined the crew after fighting with the captain that not much would have changed and not must would be lost in the story there's supposed to be a crew and the story has just kind of given up on even trying

[@kjk607]

This has been Oda's main schtick for almost 2 decades now. Elbaf wasn't going to be any different.

[@100carlosfermin]

I think Morj is talking specifically about HOW the crew was split

[@kjk607]

​​@@100carlosferminI know. Oda does this with every arc. Where whichever character he thinks needs more attention or a certain TYPE of attention gets such in the next arc.

[@rand12389]

Plus its hard af for a weekly or any mangaka to be handling 10 main characters at the same time plus the villains too. It takes way more time and panel space. Heck Oda's actually a mangaka that does include a lot of characters in panels. My personal headcanon on why Yamato joining despite having multiple instances where she says she's gonna join was cause for the same reason of having to deal with so many characters , so Oda dropped on it mid way. Which makes sense cause Jimbei just joined and since both Jimbei and Yamato are characters that would get their own fights in arcs the villain characters and fights that need to wrote will increase too.

[@kjk607]

@@rand12389 facts. Also, my personal headcanon for Yamato not joining is because she would have to be nerfed a good bit in order to not make Zoro, Jinbei and Sanji look weak by comparison.

[@themainman2796]

@@kjk607 I agree, if Yamato does in end up joining later( which I hope is the case) Zoro and Sanji would have cleared her in power by whatever that point in the story is. That way the monster Trio stays intact.

[@ca9735]

I don’t know, Sanji seems to get A LOT of focus outside of Luffy. Zou, sets up whole cake, wano he got more character develop than Zoro. And egghead when most Strawhats were ignored outside of Luffy, Sanji got any bit of personal moment with the side characters. No issue, just curious why Oda shifted his focus around him so much.

[@davethawng1585]

Cause ppl were saying Oda hates Sanji for years of making his character a gag and talking Ls

[@giobregu]

​@davethawng1585 and thats just illiteracy since sanji is clearly odas favourite lmao... just check out his signature or the fact he himself smokes and has an older sister

[@micahmcfadden8082]

Notice how the crew that left from dress rosa early was the crew that shined in whole cake island oda gave franky usopp zoro and robin fights and moments in dressrosa and chopper nami brook and sanji fights/moments in wholecake and jinbe also

[@nasirholmes5218]

ngl, robin didnt rly get anything in dressrosa ☠️

[@micahmcfadden8082]

@@nasirholmes5218 true she fought diamanté but she didnt beat him

[@micahmcfadden8082]

That was her first fight in forever too

[@hoorahforsnakes]

Rather than ignoring individual straw hats in the ensemble, ignore a bigger group of them instead!

[@cvox607]

Morj about the start the third great nami vs robin war with that thumbnail 😂

[@royalfun1031]

Eh

[@royalfun1031]

Robin riding Zoro's D is enough relevance for her

[@namshimaru]

Robin will win

[@KINGTOXICO-lh1ls]

​@@namshimaru she will not

[@Letsgo1234-iz1dy]

@@KINGTOXICO-lh1lsyes she will

[@eliasg6813]

Brook could become the strongest character. He has unlimited time to train. Imagine brook traning like Zorro for centurys💀

[@XiscoLozdob]

I really hope Vivi meets the newer Strawhats first. And that Robin gets some significant "screentime" with Saul. And Franky with Lilith. Tbh, I'm happy with more sidecharacter-centric storytelling because they're generally more interesting than the East Blue 5 (apart from Luffy), and more relevant to the story. It's just sad because the newer Strawhats should be more important and relevant to the story than those 4 and they rarely are. I would have loved to see more of Law and Robin investigating together in Wano. She should be an intellectual nemesis of Blackbeard.

[@CGearrr]

Sorry to say this but from my POV, Oda really did plan the East Blue Strawhats are the center of this story, because they are the only one that make a vow to each other before entering the grand line, the grand line strawhats are there just to help them reach their dream, for example without chopper they wouldn’t survive, without franky they won’t have strong ship to sail, without robin luffy can’t be pirate king, well for brook luffy want a musician, jimbei becuz he did make a promise to Ace to protect luffy and help him to reach his goal

[@dfile7598]

Good video. I guess separating the 1st 6 SH from the 4 latest members, could be a decent opportunity for each character to shine as possible. While the 1st 6 will be how Usopp's character arc will play out, then the remaining 4 could get the chance to run in with Saul, and learn about what the books of Ohara had to offer. As for Vivi, perhaps, she can 1st meet the remaining 4, which may lead to what became of her ancestor - Lily after the Void Century.

[@ShadowKingRecks]

Oda not going deeper into Zoro's family tree while in Wano was the absolute worst he has done such a lost opportunity

[@JoiBoi_D_Fish]

What would that do for zoro? He's already set on his ambition for life, he accepted his fate when he awakened his coc, and took on a more challenging sword to master. Him knowing his lineage wouldn't change any of that. Not to mention anyone who could confirm it in story is long gone. So what if he's related to ryuma? He already respects him and intends to surpass/equal him

[@yami122]

@@JoiBoi_D_Fish Think of plenty of ways he would find out about his lineage and As for what his lineage would add well there's a lot it could add depending on who that lineage is if he has an ancestor that was once the strongest swordsman in the world that gives him more of a narrative to himself become the greatest swordsman as he would then be surpassing or becoming equal to his ancestor or even better what if one of his ancestors failed to become the strongest swordsman after dueling the strongest swordsman his ancestor died this would be perfect and would add both an element of danger in his pursuit of that title as well adding more narrative in him wanting to attain the title his ancestor could not Perhaps his family name is a very tarnished one perhaps one of his ancestors was a traitor which would give more narrative to his fight against the Beast Pirates where he would help liberate the country his family once betrayed

[@yami122]

Honestly that story arc wasted so much of its time it was the longest arc and it really didn't need to be it drag its feet and plotted along particularly in the first half of the arc before the actual raid and what baffles me is the story constantly had characters engage in brief skirmishes where it appears that two characters are about to fight only for one or both of those characters to just not fight and they separate and this kept tapping over and over again only for when the story got to the actual fights the story had wasted so much of its time that the actual fight stopped rushed when if only they had actually moved the story along instead of wasting time on the non fights we could have had some actual satisfying fights because only three of the fights we got in one or were actually satisfying those being luffy Zorro And Kid With law the Sanji fight sucked so hard Because it was just him running away being a pansy the entire fight and being a little brat about his invisibility suit and the thing with Sanji is that his character hasn't done anything for so long he was in a whole cake but he didn't get a major fight there only making a cake and he didn't do anything for dress Rosa or zoe so considering he's one of what's supposed to be the Big Three I guess now the big 4 his character hasn't had a big brawl in a long time

[@davethawng1585]

@@yami122nah to be honest it’s better zoro didn’t find out. I think it fits his character to not care anyways so revealing it to him in the story is pointless😊

[@JoiBoi_D_Fish]

@@yami122 zoro was doing that anyway kuina's death did that already that could be interesting as zoro is a very prideful person. however one of the key themes of wano was about how lineage doesn't define who you are. tama, momo, yamato. these characters made their own choices given their circumstances. they didn't care about their names for the most part. they just wanted to make wano a better place, same as everyone. zoro's growth in wano was more about becoming a conqueror. king was stronger than zoro yet didn't have coc. why? because he lacked ambition. king hid himself from the world and chose to dedicate himself completely to kaido. zoro on the other hand has dedicated his life to his ambition. not just for himself but for his promise to his friend and captain. zoro comes to understand he needs to accept his role as a king in order to achieve his dream. zoro has no desire to rule over anyone but he awakens coc because he wants to be strong enough to fulfil his dream and promise. when he says he'll be the king of hell, he means he'll be strong enough to fully control enma, his new challenger.

[@Addy63]

Robin has been in my top 3 since Enies Lobby.

[@mangochampagnelasssi9028]

I think the newer strawhats will be given the main focus with us getting smaller side panels of the main group getting into whatever shenanigans they do. They will progress but mostly off screen except the main stuff like nika info, nami getting stronger, ussop will get the most like luffy does. And the second group will get stronger but also have character growth and development

[@akashpanda1729]

Watch the other group (Franky, Brook, Robin, Jinbe) still get nothing. They will just be off-screened till they reunite with the East-Blue 5 and things will just go back to what they were...

[@kingshukdutta2064]

till 8:15 you are repeating the same thing again and again as if we viewers are dumb and don't understand when you said that side characters are getting more focus. Are you using chatgpt?

[@user-xs7hk1jj4b]

ngl Oda ignoring vivi THE OG ONE is a big disappointment to me

[@captainripley4086]

Has morj talked about the theory that Loki is posing as Luffy since Luffy didn't want to eat more in this chapter, isn't wearing his strawhat, and said "gear 4" while using a gear 3rd move?

[@MarianaBello-fq3hx]

Why Morj needs to delay the Wano arc analysis as much as possible

[@thomaszimmer371]

Its pretty obvious Brook is going to explore the aspect of Niflheim in yggdrasil aka the frozen underworld of the dead..

[@darkrising8280]

i hope oda stops doing the massive side character cast. It’s the only way for this to work

[@Ethanol.]

Can’t wait for a new strawhat training arc

[@khaledtayan7523]

4:29 skipping the ad

[@veldrensavoth7119]

Its literally LONG AF

[@iNEED_COFFEE-12]

Yamato will probably also be added to the crew as well

[@kringhetto]

I constantly forget about Brook being a Strawhat. And I like Brook!

[@mirrorreflectionchange7076]

Whould,t robin have made more sense to be in elbaf

[@berserk____1878]

Just hope Oda doesnt add too many side characters for Elbaf. That was Wano's downfall tbh...

[@robymisterdrums]

The older and experienced crew members are together

[@mangochampagnelasssi9028]

I think the tree will have 9 realms like the Norse stories and each realm will be a part of the gaints islands and war land or Elbaf is the country or whatever. While there are different types of gaints. Loki is the prince of them all that’s why big mom wanted that marriage so she had the backing of the entire country. Shanks has the backing of one of the islands. Luffy and shanks will meet during the part of the arc called ragnorok as a rep of different islands of giants from elbafs country. That’s how they will be on opposing sides. Luffy will unite all the giants as Nika. While ussop will get Loki to do good and be a brave giant bc Loki will be like ussop but a giant child who doesn’t want to fight but uses trickery and his devil fruit of legos forever being a giant baby to other warrior giants.

[@97Shadow14]

I think it would be cool of Oda kept them split for a while would be interesting having 2 groups in completely different places.

[@Potato98765]

I'm hoping Elbaf will be a more isolated arc because it really felt like Egghead was 50% side characters and outside world events. But if Egghead is more like Wano with less side characters it gives Oda more screentime to focus on the strawhats and they adventures.

[@pravndayma]

After watching dusk and dawn's videos nothing makes sense anymore. The way she looks at one piece theories is completely different from all other creators.

[@mrphan09]

Also interesting is how it's worked to be the weakest three with the strongest three. It could present an opportunity or need for the weaker trio to step up and grow in combat.

[@Ayush-cq5ds]

I want to watch jinbe doing badass things

[@mannytprimeministerofthemanate]

It would be amazing and extremely funny if the newer strawhats all but resolve whatever conflict is waiting in eldbaf. Like imagine if robin group solved everything mystery in elbaf and found the poneglif only leaving the main antagonist for the monster trio to defeat.

[@marqusmedina5983]

7:55 *Truer criticism of post timeskip has ever been spoken*

[@jinkun2629]

It really shows the limits of storytelling when a group of 10 characters is considered too much. And there is no real solution here because we already have the smallest crew in the entire series.

[@AvatarMarvel-i3t]

I mostly like how the side characters finally get their own story told in the egghead arc.

[@CrimsonKel]

In Elbaf I Need Parallel of Zoro and Sanji like Doryy and Brogy😂😂Some Elbaf childs ask them who great a hunting 😂

[@deliciousdishes4531]

Just cause the split could allow for the newer straw hats to get a nice story, doesn't mean they will. It'll just be east blue 5, then some side characters, then maybe some minor problem the newer straw hats have to deal with at some point. Like always.

[@anointilisque7768]

Not exactly "newer" strawhats, robin, brook and franky have been in the crew since 2010, only jimbe is the new member.

[@nasirholmes5218]

yeah people forget robin literally joined in like 2002-2003 ☠️

[@rasen90]

I agree that there’s little to none character development regarding the SH, but I think this is just because Egghead was the prologue to the last saga. It focused on worldbuilding and establishing where they are as a Yonko crew, showing the results of their development, kind of like the Return to Sabaody arc but with way higher stakes. Also I’ve aldo noticed that Oda mixed the worldbuilding and the current events around the world in between the main action, while he usually puts them in between arcs, which might have cut some of the SH screentime. Anyway, I’m sure the final character development and protagonism will come. They are, after all, the main characrers of this story. Edit: grammar

[@nopenotsaying]

When you said the straw hat crew met their cap of character writing at 8 characters I strongly agree, and thats kind of just because I think brook and Jimbei aren't the best characters. With Brook, he literally just feels like a gag. His entire personality is just making dead jokes and asking to see people's panties. With Jimbei, he just feels too normal to be a straw hat. Robin used to be the only normal character, and i think it really worked that way, since when she joined the crew she was an outlier in MULTIPLE ways, and enies lobby was there to establish that she truly was a member.

[@toomanyinterests2271]

I can see Robin(Saul) and Usopp(warrior) getting quite a bit of focus with maybe Franky to a lesser degree. I doubt Lilith or Bonney will join because Bonney comes with Kuma attached and Lilith would be needed to fix Kuma. The only possible new crew members would be either Vivi or Yamato because Luffy actively wants them to join the crew.

[@cozyboyroy]

Honestly if Egghead in running for bad character writing for the main crew, I’ll raise you Drum Kingdom. We didn’t get anything besides Chopper and his backstory, just like we did with Bonnie but at least in Egghead we got something for Robin

[@sageofsixpaths8392]

Bro... he does this every arc, even when it was just the og 5🤦🏾‍♂️

[@evintheking9945]

Now that I remember by seeing your thumbnail luffy sanji zoro nami and ussap are the first strawhats who met dorry and brogy in little garden

[@hakkbak]

$250 for three posters seems a bit out of touch with your target sudience , just saying

[@droprelease4820]

Love this! Agree wholeheartedly and was thinking these same thoughts as I read these chapters! Cheers Morj

[@Qmontun]

Sometimes I wonder what kind of depth we'll get if the only crew sticking all the way to Elbaph is just the main five

[@bluntbangs]

I think it's really likely that Vivi will run into the newer group. The first and most obvious reason being that Oda tends to like to hold off reunions as long as he possibly can, so her running into the six she knew would be too convenient. Another reason why Vivi probably wont first run into the older Straw Hats at first is because Wapol would likely be with her. Since nobody past Chopper knows about him, it wouldn't cause a conflict for him to show up with her. On the other hand, her running into the new crew would be really interesting in a lot of ways. The first one that of course comes to mind is what her dynamic with Robin will be, and I have a feeling this might actually be what starts Robin's next character arc, reflecting on her past actions and possibly relating to Vivi since they're both being pursued by the WG. Bonney would fit into that dynamic nicely as well, and a lot of people have already speculated about Vivi and her possible connection to Kuma and/or his power. As royalty from a human nation, meeting a former Fishman warlord could also bring up some interesting discussions between her and Jinbei, not to mention she met Shirahoshi at Mariejois. Brook is obviously just gonna ask to see her panties but what's even more interesting is that Vivi actually met Laboon as well, although she was hunting him, which might make for a funny gag between them. Franky is the only one I'm not really sure about when it comes to his dynamic with Vivi, but I think his character focus would have more to do with Lilith anyway. Vivi did also meet Dorry and Broggy who are with the newer group, so she would still be welcomed onto the Giants ship or on Elbaf.

[@jhonathanzaldivar4691]

I NEED TO SEE ROBIN IN MORE FIGHTS!

[@sef3134]

Super accurate depiction man, great vid!

[@thedstorm8922]

It happens almost every arc it's not a new thing

[@playMadn]

yea makes sense didnt think of that. the one part consists only of members that know vivi vs the others that dont. The Chance is really hight that vivi will indeed meet part of the straw hats. For me it would be more interesting if shes joing robins side. Because well she does know her from Alabasta but also knows that she is on luffys crew. To tell a story where they learn to know her and after that finally getting to see luffy nami and co again is perfect. On the other side yes this will be the usopp arc. Im expecting him to meet his dad, competing with him for a shot to prove his skill to him and beat him on this shot. Also I expect luffy to meet shanks this arc. but since usopp should get the spotlight. I mean its the island that comes to your mind if you ever think of his character he probably unlocks more haki and beats a big thread in Elbaf to prove his worth to the giants and to get acknowleged by the giants in the end of the arc. I think that this is very fittung for the character arc for usopp.

[@rouelandrewpulma9799]

You know I completely agree with you, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised if by the very next chapter Oda puts all the SH back together again... he's that unpredictable.

[@robertosantibanez]

Jinbe may not have the AP to combat top tiers, but he is strong enough to defend from most of their attacks. Mind you he showed us against Akainu and against Big Mom, they guy is a bull and he wouldn't go down easily. Than there's Dorry and Broggy that realistically could be retconned to be quasi top tiers. The guys faced The Elders alongside Luffy and were not shaken or distraught by what they were facing.

[@chubbyalonso3687]

Strawhats will find the One Piece before Morj releases the Wano Analysis

[@MaestroMagnifico21]

Robin deserves more love in the series and in the fandom imo

[@nasirholmes5218]

ngl, she has a bunch of love in the fandom, ive barely seen anyone actually dislike her and she gets alot of love, she definitely needs more attention in the series tho

[@LuisD.Guitar]

and it turns out it was just to prevent the old straw hats from reading the newspaper

[@naradohylton5061]

As correct as Morj is, this isn't a "problem" as much as it is a consequence of the story. We already know what each crew member's motivations are. Some will be more apparent in some arcs while others won't base Don where they are and what the conflicts are at each time. Yes it's good to split the crew but not necessarily to focus on old it new but to focus on who is moving the story forward with getting a resolution to move on. Simple stuff. Great video!!

[@Wusaruful]

yes nami really cares about drawing maps, oh she never does ok. So zoro atleast had his big backstory and character development in the land of the samurai as a swordsman, oh that didnt happen, but surely ussopps arc will be elbaf, keep coping

[@SunGod_Usopp]

Miss Wednesday and Miss All-Sunday being first to meet would be amazing now Cross Guild should find a reason to make a cameo in this arc they were the only ones no making moves during egghead

[@YokedDrunkard]

More Morj is a Must

[@javelinmaster2]

Yh Oda seems to deal with such a large cast very well. at least better than a certain Children's card game that had a habit of Benching most of its characters.

[@mrsasori8]

They're already back together again. I'm a bit sad that it didn't end up leading to anything, unless we get flashbacks at this point