Why One Piece Has The Best Arc Finales

[@MrMorj]

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[@no_soul647]

19 likes and no replies let me fix that

[@LionLostInTime]

another interesting part of Egghead is that it is a reverse doomsday clock, instead of trying to prevent it they are now fighting to make it happen

[@jimborat]

True. Represents the transition from defense to offense. So far SH have been mostly fighting to keep their freedom but now as they're becoming stronger they are starting to fight to achieve true freedom

[@orbboom6119]

Yup

[@adoniscreed4031]

Good point! They're running down the clock, not trying to stop the clock 😂

[@spofet]

I like that in Egghead it is now the Strawhats are the ones wielding the ticking time bomb and the villains the ones forced to act.

[@MonkeDLoopy]

Exactly! 👍

[@pelouch8474]

They aren't tho. Vegapunk posthumous actions are the ones wielding the clock

[@AJ-ic6ck]

@@pelouch8474 And Vegapunk is an ally of the strawhats and is against the WG. Statement still works even if its not literally the strawhats holding the clock.

[@zoovaado7759]

@@pelouch8474are you dense??

[@tutorialboss4090]

I would have felt that way and liked that if it was actually portrayed that way, instead we had them struggling the whole way through. Eventually they need to be portrayed by their actual strength levels and not fighting at the level of their opponents, mostly luffy. Otherwise it just feels drawn out.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Your analysis videos are the best one piece videos in the platform. Theories are cool, but when you just break down what’s been going on it just puts the story into such a nuanced perspective

[@a.razakabilagbo7409]

It's honestly surprising how he doesn't have more subscribers!

[@RaffDGoat]

It’s how I found Morj‘s channel years ago and why it’s always been my favourite One Piece channel by far.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

@@a.razakabilagbo7409 he doesn’t bullshit in his videos. He just gives good analysis and his theories tend to be fun, but even his theory videos are heavy on analysis. A lot of people want something more bombastic or someone who’s just gonna say anything lol

[@itsxtra252]

@@kefkapalazzo1 Watch mellontee, she does a fantastic job with one piece analysis

[@Sernival]

He knows a lot about literary themes and structure, esp One Piece's

[@rouelandrewpulma9799]

That recap of Alabasta just really goes to show how much of a pure genius mastermind Crocodile was. The man was 10 steps ahead of everyone.

[@wisdommanari6701]

As Frieza would say this planet is blowing up in five minutes... RIP Toriyama Hold up how is this the one that got so many likes?

[@jrdsm]

Rip toriyama 😢

[@scales8768]

Freeza always knew about the room of spirit and time.

[@riotaku820]

GOAT reference RIP

[@josiahbaumgartner7643]

That’s kind of similar but it would be better if defeating frieza would stop the planet from blowing up and all of Gokus friends and the civilians of namek were all on the planet and there was no way to revive them

[@flameroad123]

Longest (but best) five minutes of my life.

[@spotted9106]

Marineford saga also had the countdown troupe and that was Ace's execution.

[@JoyboySGLS]

I love an intense climax when I'm with my One piece

[@zxcvb3772]

🤨

[@bruhbruh4635]

Hmm 🤔

[@riotaku820]

pause

[@sugipulaboule]

Hol' up

[@zero1188]

Morj: raid will fail in 5 minutes Akira: not in my 5 minutes

[@derrickmiles5240]

The tension of an arc is more related to the narrative of the arc as a whole. Wano was a story of prophecy. Thus it is marked by Kaido's slow methodical disassembly by fate. WCI is a story of an underdog taking on someone he wasn't ready for. An upstart finally witnessing the full scope of the mountain he has to climb. What it means to face an Emperor. Egghead is a story of a new beginning, a new saga, and thus it's many twists and turns are meant to broaden our expectations for what that could mean, priming us for the Saga ahead. This was done at Whiskey Peak as well, but on a smaller scale. Our traveling companions turn out to be enemies, but then they turn out to be allies in a complete reversal. We learn of a secret that marks the crew for death, and we gain a nakama who's personal enemy is the subject of said secret.

[@split_head_776]

"They never thought they would lose". You could say the exact same for the beast pirates. Kaido's side were confident in victory up until the final clash. Not only that, it was ultimately a clash of wills and the ushering of a new Era. Luffy literally got smacked as soon as he met Kaido and subsequently smacked several more times on the roof. No steps back and no tension is just wrong. I think he's still salty about getting Wano wrong

[@derrickmiles5240]

@@split_head_776 I personally don't have any problem with the level of tension Wano had. It was adequate. Tension does not make a story good. Heaping on tension with no regards to the narrative is bad writing. There are moments of tension in any arc, but they will always serve the overall narrative. It's easier to heap on tension when your goal is to make the enemy look undefeatable. Adding in the element of prophecy, by itself, reduces tension, as the narrative then has to show the prophecy in action, by having the enemy suffer setbacks. The setbacks, do, on the whole, reduce tension. The narrative creates a tightening noose around the antagonist's neck, which is impossible for the reader to ignore. But that's fine. Tension alone doesn't make a good story. That's a fallacy. I've had a shake-up recently but Wano is still probably in my top 5 favorite arcs, while Marineford just isn't. Marineford is the height of tension, but I still prefer Wano. Marineford has great moments, but it feels like a football game. I'd rather watch the highlight reel than the whole thing. Whereas Wano is just a joy to read. Excellent character moments are spread throughout. It has action, comedy, tragedy, and even a bit of romance. It's nearly perfect.

[@in-craig-ible6160]

Morj, you touch on a lot of quite techincal literature stuff, but you never fail to make it intersting, and have great examples pulled from the source material to back up your claims. I think I learned more from you about story structure than any class I ever took.

[@nomarnomad8405]

Morj's best vids are always when he analyzes Oda's writing skills and directly demonstrates why he's one of the best writers in the biz. Hyping up Alabasta, EL, and Egghead just makes it even sweeter.

[@JP-zb3yb]

Oda also raised Eggheads tension by upping what was at stake. First it was seemingly a battle over the Seraphim, the potential ultimate beings and Vegapunk. Then the gorosei changed their mind, they now want the Motherflames power source, an ancient weapon caliber threat. Then it became pure survival as they shifted to a buster call. And now, Vegapunk died, but they need to hold out 10 minutes for the message while the goverment becomes desperate and pulls out all the stops and chucks 4 more bosses at Luffy.

[@scottiecurrie7927]

Vegapunk isnt totally dead yet actually. He was bleeding out from getting stabbed by Saturn, but after getting shot by Kizaru, Sanji commented that Vegapunk was smiling for some reason. I think Kizaru secretly cauterized his wound, so Vegapunk might survive

[@honkworld9405]

@@scottiecurrie7927 His heart stopped.

[@aj0t022]

Morj can you now make a video on why MY climaxes are so intense?

[@bmoney3837]

💀

[@royalfun1031]

Cuz u keep rubbing for 30 mins

[@jofftiquez]

I need to know your secret

[@sudiptaday7875]

Cap

[@ShatteredGlass916]

"Remember when your climaxes so intense you gotta asked Morj himself? It was me Barry . . ."

[@diegotejada55]

As an intellectual, I can deduce that this video is an excuse for Morj to explain the lack of tension in Wano

[@Visual_Ghoul]

There was literally none. It went on so long I was just waiting for them to beat the Yonko

[@thkhoa8805]

The countdown trope in anime/manga world is a fcking common thing. Idk why ppl are putting the blame on One Piece LOL.

[@LoudWaffle]

Rukia's execution... has been moved forward a day!

[@Kor06.]

one piece uses it quite a lot not that big of a deal though it can be annoying when you're reading week to week however (especially when there's a break)

[@kidkouga92]

I think the thing with One Piece is that it's just very specific rather than abstract. Like Dressrosa is was Luffy needs exactly this amount of time to recharge his Haki, WCI it's this exact time, and now id Egghead is this exact minutes. Rather than something abstract, because Oda has done it this many times the reader knows now that it wont be solved until the last final minute. Whereas in Enies Lobby, we knew the Buster Call was coming but didn't know when. We feel just as tense because it can go bad at any moment.

[@thkhoa8805]

@@kidkouga92 I mean the fact that Oda stated 10 mins left until Vegapunk's messages gone live doesn't change the fact that this is still manga. Oda can pretty much draw like 101 chapters and say that here is what gonna happen in 10 mins LOL. If I am not mistaken, from the final fight between the Alliance and Madara until the final Naruto vs Sasuke was only for 1 night. So yeah, a bomb, a countdown or whatever in manga/anime does not change what the antagonists gonna eventually do should they preveil.

[@dariuslegacy3406]

​@@kidkouga92 Does that change without explicit timers?

[@kidkouga92]

Thank you for breaking this down. I'm currently in the phase of writing my RPG plot lines, and this was super good to watch and better understand to help add tension to my narrative

[@ultimasurge]

Good luck.

[@userusernomi]

People might meme over Morj but he's honestly the best at analysing what makes One Piece so good. I'm sure there are other analysis videos of his that could help you too. Good luck!

[@bullettime1116]

​@@userusernomimelontree is pretty good for character analysis videos

[@kidkouga92]

@@userusernomi Thank you!

[@levistewart8856]

I knew you’d weigh in on this “controversy” with the countdown.

[@ReiseLukas]

Yeah, don't really get why Rogersbase is having such a big stink about it. I get it's a tired trope, but without it One Piece would be worse off, not better

[@MarianaBello-fq3hx]

​@@ReiseLukas Rogerbase is a manchild. He insulted someone's mother over a simple question such as "why is the countdown thing so bad?"

[@onepiecefan8378]

Yeah and later he got trashed by others😂​@@MarianaBello-fq3hx

[@Kor06.]

@@MarianaBello-fq3hx he is dramatic to say the least

[@levistewart8856]

@@ReiseLukasI completely agree. It’s a regular part of most stories. Noticing a trope doesn’t make the trope bad. It’s like getting angry that Luffy fights the main antagonist of each arc just because it’s a pattern. Who cares that it’s a trope if it makes the story better?

[@menstilo9172]

The great thing about the Egghead doomsday clock imo is that even if the heroes manage to hold off the enemies for 10 minutes, they still wouldn't have won. Congratulations, everybody heard Vegapunk's message but you're still trapped on an island with the gorosei and have to escape somehow. If we assume that the strawhats, the giants, the pacifista etc will have to go above and beyond for those 10 minutes, how are they gonna have enough forces to escape afterwards

[@ChinnuSped]

Not to mention, 10 minutes is to start a broadcast. Who knows how much time it takes to actually broadcast whatever apple gramps wants to send.

[@userusernomi]

I did not think WCI overdid it at all, in fact I distinctly remember thinking that was the most desperate situation the strawhats had ever been in (which in turn made me dislike Wano even more for the lack of tension, in direct contrast) as I read it weekly, and it's why WCI is one of my favorite arcs. The only part that was bad in the whole chase with Big Mom was when the Sunny was apparently blown up, which felt like a stupid unnecessary bait to end a chapter.

[@Pc_OhKay]

In a time when people are literally slandering and doubting one of the greatest mangaka to ever do it about his pacing and what not, our savior come to save us just MORJIN TIME with this video!!

[@maxmustermann9058]

It's funny to me that by now we have come to a point where the anime has shown the ancient robot powering up, but it still has not done anything in the manga.

[@jordiriera1081]

r/agedlikemilk

[@kingo_clubs9097]

I love this about jojo too. The stakes are usually lower, like if the protagonist loses all thats really gonna happen is they die and nothing else (with some exceptions like dio, who would take over the world if jotaro didnt kill him) but they FEEL high stakes because araki always makes his villains feel impossible to defeat, and then the protagonist has to use a creative and unique way of defeating them instead of just punching them again but harder this time.

[@GODHAND42]

It's been tough to put my finger on why the Onigashima raid was disappointing for me, but you pretty much nailed it. The stakes never felt serious so the victory didn't feel rewarding

[@aceclover758]

Stakes: If Luffy lost, all his crewmmates would become slaves, same with his allies

[@GODHAND42]

@@aceclover758 We as the audience know that's what could happen, but the narrative never makes it a legitimate threat. We barely ever see any of the actual danger, we're only told about it. The high points of the arc are the ones when we can SEE the potential consequences

[@Kanemakii]

Please stop using words you don’t understand. To say a story, be it any story, doesn’t have stakes is absurd

[@Kanemakii]

@@GODHAND42if you know that’s what could happen, then that is the stakes you’re claiming don’t exist. Use vocab you understand please

[@GODHAND42]

@@Kanemakii I take it English is your second language. Or else you have a severe lack of reading comprehension if that’s what you took from my comment

[@rakshitkhullar2287]

It has been so long that your anaylisis of alabasta made me realize why it was so peak

[@dantecrottogini529]

During Onigashima i thought Momonosuke was going to have to hold up the island for an hour to give time for the citizens to evacuate, emulating what Oden had to endure. Instead he had to push it out of the way? Not that dramatic

[@Aether_GM]

And lands it, offscreen iirc

[@hiagustres]

I was expecting the exact same, it would tie everything together nicely, so Momonosuke would understand better and feel how heavy is the weight of responsability, before becoming shogun. I even imagined a hybrid form Momo covered by shadows holding Onigashima with his arms (and clouds of course). From far away, it would look like Oden had returned

[@Baamthe25th]

This video is also a Masterclass in why Alabasta is an amazing arc I always ranked it second after Ennies Lobby/Water 7, but I never explained it quite that well

[@justaway6901]

While its always the same with One Piece, its important that execution of the trope is also important. For the most part, it always make the story of each arc gripping. But its bad when its not done right. The Wano Island drop for example.

[@kadarislavizzo7261]

I just restarted my first rewatch and bro you literally just motivated even more to go crazy and respark my love for pretime skip

[@kaleomungin]

Maybe go with the manga? Rewatching the whole anime would take a while

[@kadarislavizzo7261]

@@kaleomungin I drive trucks bro i got nothing but time

[@cdbrw]

Wow. 10/10 video. Literally covers everything and ties it all together nicely at the end 👏

[@jppandizzle238]

This is peak Morj content … reason why I always come back

[@tvmmusic6554]

Love watching your videos man, in my opinion, you are the best analytical OP KZbinr. Keep up the good work!

[@eloquitodelaesquina]

Shoutout to Namek about to explode ✌️

[@wisdommanari6701]

5 mins

[@TehDalek]

When the stakes are so high in egghead you totally forget there is a BUSTER CALL with NINE VICE ADMIRALS

[@nickgates4259]

We’re all gonna be high for like the next 5 years cause this shit isn’t gonna stop building. Vegapunk’s reveal will be insane, Elbaf will be even crazier, Raftel better still, with Marie Geoise being an impossibly perfect ending

[@BiggieCrescent]

This video is such a relief. There's so much hate for this arc, especially the "stakes" and tension, on the Piratefolk subreddit, and they love to claim that "Gear 5 ruins tension". Great video Morj!!!!!

[@skullyfx4321]

You should note however the key difference between the Egghead arc's final battle and the other final battles. In this arc, the time bomb is actually set against the bad guys, not the good guys. The Gorosei has to cancel Vegapunk's speech in 10 minutes, they are under preassure. Saturn probably understood that he has no chance to pull it off alone so he had to play more cards, and even in that scenario - the Gorosei still has to face Luffy and maybe Zoro + Sanji, and maybe even Kizaru. The Strawhats really has the upper hand this time, or at least the stakes are really big for both sides of the conflict.

[@Chillaxorita]

The stakes are high, but the tension is low. The way it's written, the World Government side is the side that's sweating, not the Strawhats. It's Wano tension all over again. Instead of the Strawhats trying everything they can to stop the doomsday scenario only to fail and the situation goes from bad to worse, it's the World Government trying desperately to stop the Strawhats, and every time it seems like they have the upper hand, their situation goes from bad to worse. It's really telling that the only people on the Strawhat side who are actually worried about the constant increase in stakes are Usopp and maybe Sanji.

[@girosvaldodeskate2214]

@@Chillaxoritai would agree if the last chapter didn't finished with the 5 gorosei going to beat luffy ass

[@TuskyBaby]

​@@ChillaxoritaWhat are you talking about? Vegapunk died. The goal of the Strawhats was to safely get him off the island. THEY FAILED. Reading comprehension is tough I guess...

[@KyubiCloaks]

​@@TuskyBaby you stupid? Theres a reason nobody cares about him dying and it hardly raises the tension...you forget that hes literally in multiple bodies💀stella died but the rest are literally still vegepunk and very much alive. Reading comprehension is hard ig

[@MaikeruShinigami]

I’ve always loved how Oda is not afraid to have his villains get a W. It makes them so much more appealing than villains in other series. On a similar note, the same goes for his plots. Although he may take things a bit further than I find necessary at times, I still appreciate it. The worst example is really regarding Big Mom’s chase, but I understand what he was going for still. She’s a big time yonkou, and it makes sense that just getting away from her would be a massive challenge. I do think we have reached the big climax of Egghead. Hard to imagine it getting crazier than all 5 gorosei at once. But who knows, perhaps the Straw Hats successfully escape only to have Imu waiting on their ship and needing Shanks or Dragon to him just enough so they can escape. We will see.

[@bruhhmomentumm]

To answer the question: Because Oda edges us for months. Sometimes years. This man literally blueballed us from even seeing Rocks at god valley

[@ricogwapo5100]

That hair caught me off guard God dammit Morj

[@harbinger794]

You’re so right about Onigashima, even while reading weekly I thought everything was going too smoothly. Luffy laughing and smiling while fighting Kaido. The gifters AND pleasures turning against Kaido. Big Mom’s general incompetence Also throw in Big Mom just casually wreaking two of Kaido’s officers. I feel like Oda wanted to even the stakes against the Beast Pirates by giving the protagonists all the breaks in the world, but he went too far. I wonder if Gear 5 made him deviate from his usual ways.

[@TheVodkaHaze]

I think having timebombs during the climax of an arc is more common than you think. There were a few in Dragon Ball and Fairy Tail, and as you say, if they are done well, they add tension to the arc because you are wondering how the heroes are going to get out of this scenario. If done poorly, the way they resolve the issue can feel like it was pulled out of the author's ass or just drag out an arc.

[@barrow_3490]

The major flaw in this analysis and Oda's writing is the stakes no longer feel real. We don't believe anyone of value will die. And when they do we don't trust it, so we don't believe it. Actually follow through with death scenes or you'll lose credibility. I don't believe OP will ever regain that true sense of danger.

[@aeriselove]

The interesting title has been changed I see.

[@Lukeormaybenath]

Syrup Village. Stopping Kuro not only defeats the villain, it also interrupts his 3-year plan, which is, in all accounts, a doomsday scenario :) Good video!

[@RandomNoob1124]

Mr Morj knows dam well there is nothing intense about this, Saturn has been getting smacked and had to call reinforcements 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fy4072]

Yeah, but for 1 year now he has been hesistant about criticising the series in his vids. This is normal, after the fandom and many youtubers ganged up on him, clowned him for his takes about Wano. Despite him being right and Wano being very poorly written. He is effectively blackmailed, unless he risks losing thousands of subs and backlash.

[@RandomNoob1124]

@@fy4072 I did not know this, I actually really like Morj, and feel his videos are actually balanced takes but yeah….what you’re saying seems very clear, not really typical morj videos anymore….

[@fy4072]

@@RandomNoob1124 That is my take at least. Maybe I am wrong, but from the vids I have seen there seems to be a clear trend where he no longer criticises much and focuses on the positives, or at least stays neutral. To be honest, it makes sense. After Wano the fandom already sees him as a 'black sheep' that dared to criticise Wano. So it wouldn't make him any good to overtly criticise things anymore.

[@RandomNoob1124]

@@fy4072 I completely agree. But hey, at least we are 1000 chapters in, and still don’t know where zoro is from or his backstory 😂.

[@acetofresh1]

One of the main gripes I think with this trope is as a collective anime fans are very fastidious, and find the most minute things to pretend are major criticism. When Oda uses the timer trope, they’re usually not manifested in the same way at all. You know we have limited time to defeat the Big Bad, but they always vary. This Egghead variant is unlike anything we’ve seen before, but because it’s a timer fans will just kneejerk claim it’s bad. This video was great, but it definitely stunk with a lot of Morj’s biases for the post timeskip and saying “ these things are wrong because they are” and not explaining it mechanically.

[@MrBdog1021]

No countdown will ever put the fear of god more in my heart than the one from the narrator that leads up to palace invasion in Hunter x Hunter. 😂

[@daniellim4649]

Oda really fumbled the Wano arc.

[@reun1clus]

I know this is about One Piece but during the Pain arc in Naruto, the disaster has already happened in the climatic fight. I want to see a similar situation in One Piece one day. I consider Oda to be a much superior storyteller so I’m interested how he’ll do it

[@fifibombelek]

pain arc was peak naruto, staright downhill from there

[@reun1clus]

@@fifibombelek Madara was the only saving grace… the story became quite boring after that Pain arc

[@strawhatmonty22897]

I hope oda doesn't do anything like that cause everyone died in the pain arc and as good as that is to read or watch naruto's talk no jutsu that gets pain to restore everyone's lives and undo the damage left a real bad aftertaste and either oda kills characters or we get a monumentally worse case of bullshit blueballery then the talk no Justus at the end of the pain saga so honestly no thanks

[@reun1clus]

@@strawhatmonty22897 exactly… he is a better storyteller so he’d do something way better… my point isn’t about killing everyone… it’s along the lines of the context of the video that he says catastophe occurs at the same time as the boss fight, but my example is about the disaster already happened when the boss fight happens… it could be something like Fishman Island’s destruction which was already prophesied… i’m interested how Oda will write that style of situation that the disaster is done

[@strawhatmonty22897]

@@reun1clus I suppose oda could do something where the catastrophe has happened by the time luffy fights the big bad but I have no idea what that would look like or if oda could do that without killing off important places or people things I don't see him doing but it's definitely possible. Personally I'm content with luffy sanji Dorry and Brogy v 5 elders plus kizaru thing we got coming up as the stakes as is is luffy v five elders plus kizaru and I'm curious if the firepower of two legendary giant warriors is enough to contend with the greats but also luffy vs 6 admiral level combatants is pretty fuckin dire that I dunno how we get this ten minutes up unless vegapunk has the source and broadcast coming from somewhere hard to get to and hidden like in the waters below the island of eggheaf

[@kentekuzan]

nah that title is crazy 🤣🤣

[@riotaku820]

She Be Ridin' My Knock-Up-Stream Til' I Reach Skypiea 👀💦🔥💯

[@bluntslt8023]

🤦🏽🤣

[@smoothkirito]

Egghead is the illusion of consequence arc that begins the final saga. What we will learn at the end of Egghead is that it was all a dress rehearsal, and that the stakes were already decided, meaning that what the Strawhats are doing for the rest of the arc won't actually matter beyond simply surviving. The shadow in the sky that Mars has just seen is Imu with Uranos and the mother flame, about to destroy all of Egghead to stop the message. However, the sound Mars also heard was Vegapunk's triggered live action cameras, turning on to show the live feed from Egghead, at which point the message will show not only the Gorusei in their true forms, but also the Uranos using the mother flame to destroy the island, which now the Gorusei themselves will have to escape, as they did not realize their master was coming themself to blow up the island. The Strawhats and Giants will realize that they have to prioritize survival, and it will happen by Kuma sacrificing himself to paw paw our heroes directly to Elbaf. To the Gorusei and Imu's horror, the message will not stop with the destruction of Egghead, only the live feed, as Vegapunk's pre-recorded message will follow up the live feed reveal with an explanation of the void century, and how the World Government had been founded and run by demons all along. Finally, we as readers will find out that the real source of the pre-recorded message was revolutionary headquarters, and was being watched over by Dragon himself, after which he comments, "And so it begins." Finally, arriving at Elbaf, Bonney, having seen her father sacrifice himself one final time to save her and her rescuers, breaks down, comforted by the Straw hats, at which point our view pans to the tangerine trees on the Sunny, as one of the tangerines transforms into the Paw Paw fruit. End of arc.

[@DR.HUSNIZAIMBINABLATIFFHSNZ]

Somehow, this post reminded me why did I subscribe to your channel

[@RaffDGoat]

3:09 Morj including the GOAT in his ads, you love to see it.

[@chriscortez4729]

When I say I passed the video and 20 seconds stood up and yelled to finsh your sentence and it’s “nothing” this man morg gets it!!

[@takeshikujo2909]

The stakes could not be even higher unless one of the enemies has a Devil Fruit to resurrect the dead to fight for them, and out of all the deceased they’d resurrect Roger of all people to fight for the Government to take down Luffy! OG Pirate King vs. Future Pirate King! At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if that ends up being one of Oda’s cards in the future! The man can’t stopped! 😱

[@re_striker3431]

Respect imu sama, the strawhats are finished if he comes

[@pokestonks]

You know this can also apply to real life. You have a worse case scenario that actually happens, but you end up making through it and you end up dealing a huge blow to your limiting thoughts

[@alexrosario423]

Repeat after me- Not all tropes are bad. Its how they're implemented that matters. If you kill all tropes, you've got nothing compelling left. Certain things just inherently resonate or unteract in certain ways you can't change. It's SO easy to pick stuff apart, much harder to create, and it's way too common of a problem today that people love picking stuff apart. If you pick apart something without a working solution to replace it, you're doing far more harm than good.

[@darkrising8280]

I feel you could argue the same thing with Enies Lobby with tension numbing, yet the popular opnion is that they are the best arcs in each era ( pretime skip and post time skip)

[@Smkymcpott85]

If Oda plays the Imu card it is to set the stage for a final battle. Imu kidnaps Bonney, destroys egghead, and leaves with the middle finger in the air, saying come at me bro.

[@law9510]

To add to skypiea, the flashback and implication of noland and cricket are things we havent gotten in one piece ever. Still my favorite conclusion ot an arc and sad you didnt touch on it.

[@crammothy]

It’s insane how after leaving Wano, instead of having a more relaxed arc like we all thought, now the Straw Hats are facing a force even stronger than what they faced in Onigashima. From one crazy arc to another. Egghead is definitely the arc with the most insane events per chapter average as even Marineford didn’t have as many crazy events on the scale that egghead has.

[@ne0nZchr0me]

21 minutes until this video is over...

[@julianstone1192]

We even got to flip the script and got some reverse time bomb action in Egghead Island Odas not afraid to get freaky, multiple climaxes ow wow, just like my girls

[@selwyntan4014]

Your analysis has just confirmed for me what i had always believed about the Onigashima arc - that it is meant to be a stepping stone for the Straw Hats into the final arc. Oda couldnt let Onigashima go the way he's used to writing because the SHs losing now yakes away from the stakes of the final battle.

[@alexsere3061]

Its okay morj, this video explains your point and what we many raid failers identified with; you don't need to do a wano analysis if you don't want to

[@jimihendrix23456]

20:15 Imu's Pokémon party seems pretty stacked.

[@emperorluffy6001]

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[@felixp535]

Dawn & Dusk has a very interesting theory that Vegapunk is actually still alive... digitally. The Vegapunks we see in the recording are all dead in real life. Maybe it's not a recording but they just got transferred to a digital world. It is simply being streamed live worldwide.

[@strawhatmonty22897]

Everytime I see a dawn and dusk video of some one piece theory in my reccomended I grow more and more distain for my fellow one piece fans because by God are those theories almost always ridiculous. The only one piece content creator that does theories that don't feel like a giant wad of poo is artur library of ohara

[@felixp535]

@@strawhatmonty22897I tend to agree with you, most youtuber's theories make no sense, but in this one I believe. Almost as much as I believed the raid would fail

[@XangoFwet]

Theres also the countdown to get the Stronger Strawhats out of their respective conundrums to come back up Luffy since he’s getting jumped. Ghandi vs Zoro hype is ON

[@justins.6636]

The alliance in Wano: “Nah, I’d win”

[@sechmascm]

WCI was special because they were an incomplete crew, going in blind, into the enemy's base of operations, Sanji didn't want to go back until the last possible moment, and Luffy vs Katakuri was awesome, come on. In Wano, they were a complete crew, with a plan, with an army, at the peak of their power, and Luffy awakened his fruit.

[@k2geekd]

whole cake was top tier shuddup😭

[@DuharaNirwan-yz8pe]

Luffy was just playing with them after vegapunk death he took it serious 🗿👿🥶☠️🔥⚡💪👌

[@ScapeTheRS]

GOD DAMN MORJ THAT HAIR LOOKING CLEANNNNN

[@ragewinninethousand4140]

So in the final battle each straw hat will individually stay behind in the long run to the boss until it gets down to just Zoro and Nami and the OG trio all work together to end the final boss.

[@chicotedelaacera7937]

Morj you are wrong this time. Smoker is the one who really makes it rain. It is a really nice thing that it happens to be at the same time as crocodile being defeated

[@bruhbruh4635]

Morj's hair looks like he's cooking something big 😂

[@matiasaptgoren7959]

Morj is so delutional about wano lmao

[@drcider5255]

….how? He’s right?

[@bimraven]

This guy just called the gorosei "admiral level" 🤡 such an understatement...

[@tuklasawtdoors5141]

The old Mr Morj is back.

[@KurokamiNajimi]

This video just reminds me of WHY I’m one of the few who doesn’t think the story has been anywhere near as good I’d say post Luffy vs Sanji. Recent events in Egghead have been entertaining but I need to see how it ends and truthfully even if it ends relatively good I’m still not putting it on the level of the older arcs

[@unnamedshadow1866]

I think what will make Egg Head different is not that Luffy will defeat the Gorosei. In fact Luffy will be defeated. But just as they prepare to finish him off, Vegapunk's Message is revealed. The Gorosei Lost. The Truth is Out. Luffy laughs even if he lost. But just as he is about to accept his death. The Giant Robot appears. But because its the Final Act of Egg Head, and due to having the most tragic backstory ever, we will see the Man that Always want to be a Hero to actually become a Hero. We will also see Adult S-Bear. The memories of Kuma are in the Seraphim Kuma. S-Snake show us they possess the memories of the originals. The moment Bonney meets with S-Bear, things will turn around. As they escape, they won't abandon the Seraphim. The Straw Hats never abandon kids. No matter how powerful and huge they are, the Seraphim are children, the Straw Hats will try and bring them with them. That's how Bonney will meet S-Bear. And the Programming affects every clone that looks like Kuma. So this will affect S-Bear. Kuma will die, but he will also be reborn as a Hero. Vegapunk may be dead now, but the Warrior of Peace he envisioned has arrived. Also i can't possibly imagine how powerful Adult Seraphim Kuma with Bucaneer and Lunarian DNA, with his memories back and access to the 3 Types of Haki and full control of his Devil Fruit, possibly even awakened is going to be. This is the man that single handendly defeated the Straw Hats. We will see why Kuma is Dragon's right hand man. Dragon didn't need to go to Egg Head. Kuma was enough to take care of everything. He is the only one that can stop the situation. There's a reason he climbed to Mariejois. Not only to reach Egg Head, but also to get the coordinates. He will push the Gorosei back to Mariejois. He will do it with so much power with the addons of all his augmentations and Haki that a big chunk of Mariejois is going to be destroyed. The Gorosei will still survive, but with the 5 of them back in Mariejois, its impossible to go back to Egg Head. And the most scary part, they are back in Mariejois. Imu is going to be fucking pissed. Heads may roll.

[@KyubiCloaks]

I dont think having the doomsday clock is bad, but the repetitiveness is. Theres countless ways to add tension you dont have to always go back to that. Plus the repetitiveness ontop of OP being such a chill manga doesnt let me actually FEAR the doomsday scenario. Theres no one of you that thought kaido might actually end up dropping the island on the capital. Theres not one of you who thought croc would actually nuke alabasta. Thats why sabaody and marineford are so special in terms of OP.

[@Go_D._Usopp_1997]

This makes me wonder how could an author make it believable that Croc would nuke Alabasta. What trick would convince or persuade us that the doomsday scenario will happen? Or is it too unreasonable for us to actually fear it?

[@walterholyfield3203]

No one thought Croc or Kaido would win because thats not how stories work. I dont care what manga it is it could ve hunter hunter or berserk. I NEVER believed guts and gon would die😂

[@KyubiCloaks]

​@@walterholyfield3203 thats absolutely how stories work.. if you think only the heroes can ever win then you only watch disney. Even in OP i literally already mentioned 2 times when the heroes lost at the climax...

[@walterholyfield3203]

@@KyubiCloaks but did they die? Luffy is the main character dont be naive. He already had his great defeat? Did you think naruto would lose in the 4th great shinobi war? Did you think ichigo would lose to aizen? Did you think Guts was actually gonna die in the eclipse? This is how stories work. They create drama but we know to a certain extent what HAS to happen. We’re too close to the end for a loss.

[@walterholyfield3203]

@@KyubiCloaks its funny you brought up disnwy to because look at infinity war…they “lost” right. But we all knew what was coming next.

[@VinnyRidgeMedia]

One Piece climaxes are better than most of the climaxes I've seen in adult film!

[@Catboysanji]

Idk I really disagree with the analysis of onigashima. The whole arc was set up for a straw hat sweep sure, but the moment that changed everything was the panel where kaido was pronounced the winner. It was an inversion of the classic countdown trope and I think it provided plenty of tension in that moment. The build back up from there was a cathartic adventure that I thoroughly enjoyed. I know morj in an infamous onigashima hater, but I really quite liked the arcs buildup and release.

[@MrMorj]

But the point you just made doesn't contradict anything I said. Like you, I also feel that the moment that Kaido was declared the winner was a great moment of tension, because finally, for half a chapter, the entire alliance stopped acting like victory was easy/guaranteed. That doesn't change the fact that the entirety of the raid before that moment, meaning the other 95% of the battle, completely undercut tension at every turn. From your comment it seems you're not disputing that, so I don't see where you're disagreeing with my analysis. Now, if you personally really enjoy the one brief moment of tension where Kaido was declared the winner, and you enjoy the the cathartic turnaround after Luffy goes Gear 5th, then that's great (I enjoy that section too!). But your personal enjoyment doesn't contradict my overall analysis which was that the majority of the battle overall lacked tension, and is clearly contrasted with how other major One Piece arcs aim to consistently build tension throughout from start to finish.

[@rudolfgernd8760]

Wano and Whole Cake Island are connected. In Whole Cake Island Oda showed the Power of Big Mom and her Family. The Straw Hats where on the run. But in Wano we suddenly had an alliance between Kaido (allready pictured as impossible to beat) AND Big Mom. The stakes where beyond impossible.

[@juanmarodriguez6010]

And thats why the raid on onigashima should've failed

[@jaker721]

I think we're gonna see the mother flame before this arc is finished

[@username-ql8ox]

Same. My CLIMAXES are SO INTENSE too 😊

[@emperorluffy6001]

That Wano section was peak.

[@sniperdemon1]

I think wano's let's call it winstreak at the climax was well earned do to the extensive pile on for injustices

[@jennydeath6844]

I think oda is finally showing what it means to be yonko level since the world government hasn't delt with them before due to the resources to do so.

[@tommasoquartani620]

Although I agree that Wano felt less "desperate" than other arcs, you are leaving out a lot of moments where the raid felt unwinnable (btw you were the main proponent of the raid will fail theory). Even before the raid, Luffy was defeated and imprisoned, Yasue was killed, Orochi found out about the conspiracy etc. And during the raid Kaido defeated all the scabbards and then Luffy multiple times to the point to the point that Luffy actually died! Not to mention Queen releasing the frozen zombie virus, Onigashima falling on the flower capital, Orochi nearly killing Hyiori and the fire that was about to kill everyone. I mean Luffy needed to master advanced armament, advanced conquerors and awaken his fruit to win. Plus nearly having to face an admiral after that. So I think the stakes were constantly upped in Wano as well, I just feel like you're choosing to ignore that because it fits your analysis better

[@fifibombelek]

I have to agree with you. There were so many things going on, starting zoro getting into trouble, kaido blasting an entire mountain, giving the idea that staw hats have been obliterated, then luffy getting imprisoned, law exchanging his freedom for his boys, the port location getting exposed. momo getting captured, queen showing up to udon, the suspense was intense, especially when we saw what a yanko officer could do in the previous arc. supernovas not being able to feat the yonko initially, the hawkins and killer fight. every episode had me on the edge of my seat.

[@jan-willemvandijk3850]

The port location thing was so convoluted I lost track and therefore tension.

[@josephapsey9965]

I feel the big difference between most of these examples and what we’ve previously seen is that these don’t stack on to one another to create tension, instead one problem arises and then it’s solved rinse and repeat, for example their plans are leaked but instead of that leading to a disadvantage for the alliance they just changed the plans and it stills goes off fine, onigahsima falling on the capital doesn’t lead to some situation where the people of the flower capital just evacuate or anything Momo just stops it without anyone knowing it’s a threat to begin with, Yasues death is undercut by the strawhats have a literal welcome party for Jinbe before the raid, the ice oni stuff is solved in a few chapters before the danger of the fire, even with Luffy losing nobody saw it so it doesn’t effect the tension, a good tension build up has different issues building up simultaneously and merging together to make a greater tension but in Wano all these events don’t interact they either happen simultaneously without people knowing they are or happen one after another,

[@MrMorj]

This will be a section in the Wano video, but tension isn't about what actually happens in the plot, it is about how the characters are affected. Tension is, by definition, uncertainty. When the characters feel less certain about their victory, when they are worried, stressed, desperate, etc, that is what tension means in the context of storytelling. You listed a lot of plot moments that would hypothetically have been great sources of tension, the problem is that they weren't actually used as such. Pretty much any time anything negative ever happened, it simply rolled off the straw hats and they would laugh it off, talk about how obvious it is they are going to win, or generally have no reaction. You say they were a lot of moments that the raid felt unwinnable, but that is flat out not true for the characters in the story, the characters kept repeating how obvious it is that they are going to win, which means that no tension is ever being established. In the entirety of Onigashima, the longest battle in One Piece history, there was very literally only one moment of genuine, actual tension, and that was chapter 1043. That's not me ignoring things to push an analysis, I'm looking through the entire arc and that is very literally the only moment of established tension that I can find in the entire battle, as it is very literally the only moment that characters ever feel that the raid might be unwinnable.

[@fifibombelek]

@@MrMorj Now that you've explained it like I'm 5. It all makes sense. Keep up the good work, GOAT!

[@RicardoT213]

i just realized that gomu gomu no cymbal is giant luffy with even gianter hands omg

[@berndarndt9924]

Increasing the stakes past the 5 gorosai + escaping would create similar problems to wholecake story arc. The arc is at a point where it feels good for the crew to finally escape and move on. Hopefully franky gets a powerup and maybe the strawhats get a new law type ally who sails with them. Maybe imu destroyes the island but only to finish the arc. Not to create a new challenge.

[@squeakinjoe]

Edging an intense climax with 5 gorosei (gone wrong) 😳😳👀

[@Tae-Kwon-Dovahkiin]

I fear for Odas safety if the the 10 minutes is up and everyone but the audience hears it.

[@Anubis-t1i]

I don't think we've raised the stakes the the limit just yet my guess is Oda's about to pull a power rangers on us and the Gorosei will transform into a singular person.

[@Vroomvroom09804]

Love how you break down this formula, do you think it will end up applying to the true final ending of one piece? And if so, what do you think those stake rising events will look like

[@Abu.H.]

You just made me understand exactly why WCI lost me as the arc was ending.