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[@Rika24]

The Red Haired Pirates are really a crew made up of fathers that met up on their way to the store. They just ended up losing track of time.

[@andrewparker563]

Still out there searching for the sacred gallon of milk and pack of cigarettes.

[@brandonwithnell612]

@@andrewparker563 thats what the one piece is

[@toe_sucker_4165]

@@brandonwithnell612 it's Gol D Deadbeat's treasure.

[@polidon1577]

The one piece is milk and cigarettes

[@padlowan]

Ben Beckman is luffy's momma

[@nemohegdehog8944]

Robin knows everything. The Poneglyphs gave her the full story, location of one piece, and more so she’s just waiting for the crew to find out on their own because Luffy hates spoilers.

[@pavelestrada7988]

This is not even a Bad take tbh

[@vojtechtesar5767]

I think this is true

[@theinventiveidiot]

Honestly believable, Robin knows Luffy well enough that she knows he wouldn’t want her to give him that info.

[@Poup_o7]

She fr knows so much but it's crazy how she only says something when the story needs her to

[@daisyfloweroriginal]

This could actually be true. Robin waits a lot of the times before sharing her knowledge with the crew and I could see her knowing everything already. She justs waits for the right time to tell everyone.

[@austinbeale2054]

The funniest part about the Zoro betrayal theory is imagining that after he finally kills Pirate King Luffy he goes to the government to collect the 5.6 billion berry bounty, only to learn that he's not eligible to receive it because he also has a bounty

[@user-rn2rb4te3r]

Zoros my fav character so I hope not for sure.

[@elisabethsun7059]

I like how you remembered that in Luffy’s devil fruit name the Gomu Gomu No Mi (yes, I know the real name, don’t kill me with your replies), Gomu means 5 and 6 in Japanese so his final bounty being 5.6 billion would fit incredibly well

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

​​​@@elisabethsun7059since when is "mu" Japanese for six

[@elisabethsun7059]

@@chingizzhylkybayev8575 idk, Japanese is weird. Search it up though the devil fruit users in their crew all have 2 numbers from 1-10 in their devil fruit names, with only 9 and 2 being missing.

[@shuirei]

@@chingizzhylkybayev8575 its a counter word for 6 (muttsu)

[@floreaciprian9742]

If Nami never joined the crew and they made Zoro the navigator, they would have reached Laugh Tale before entering the Grand Line

[@user-uh2rr8vu7n]

If Nami did not join the crew, they would look for another navigator who would be strong, not weak and cring lik her

[@user-uh2rr8vu7n]

And cring like her

[@Killroy007]

@@user-uh2rr8vu7n ohhh who's an edgy boy

[@coolskelleton95]

That, or they’ll die instantly.

[@DragonTrainer201]

@@user-uh2rr8vu7nOoh… is that your bad take? That’s a good one. ^_^

[@TheAbleacher]

Zoro has actually died multiple times during the story, it is just that whenever he attempted to go to the afterlife he got lost.

[@m4y013]

It's confirmed by oda

[@gavinbrown216]

Like how Okyasu was too dumb to pass on in JoJo

[@n0wheregrrl]

This isn't even a bad take. I think it's just actually true.

[@BirdsBestAnimal]

Oi Luffy, i died to Kuma but got lost in the afterlife so i just revived! AIN'T THAT WACKY??!?!?

[@n0wheregrrl]

@@BirdsBestAnimal Now I wonder how much of that expression when he said "nothing happened" was pain and how much was just him being pissed off that he got lost again.

[@groofay]

The utter nihilism of the "everybody achieved their goals during the time skip" take has me rolling 🤣

[@HSuper_Lee]

I have said for years that, while I know Oda would never do it, I would absolutely adore a reveal that Zoro beat Mihawk in a duel at the end of the time skip and he's been the best swordsman in the world ever since, but has never brought it up because he doesn't care whether or not other people know. We could still have a flashback to show the fight, I just think it would be hilarious (and it would troll the powerscalers who deserve to be trolled) for Zoro to just drop casually that he already beat Mihawk.

[@wilse1155]

If this really happen, One Piece will be the best manga while ongoing and the worst anime/manga ever whenever this twist is revealed 🤣

[@BillKapri7]

@@HSuper_Lee it just wouldn’t make sense considering zoro just unlocked conq, if he beat mihawk without that means mihawk was never the strongest

[@Mothuzad]

I am here to displease.

[@HSuper_Lee]

@@BillKapri7 Ah, you've discovered my motivation. How perceptive.

[@dangangalaxy9759]

With the Zoro bounty hunting idea, I like the thought that he let his own bounty get so high so that, after he turns in the crew, he lets Yosaku and Johnny turn himself for his own bounty in so that he can escape and the three of them can live the rest of their days in supreme wealth and notoriety

[@newt2120]

thats some Aizen level planning for our moss head boy

[@golbez1583]

I believe this is the scheme that Clint Eastwood's character used in The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Good scheme!

[@IAmMightyMike]

Honestly the most wholesome return to Yosaku and Johnny's story

[@kamson8172]

Honestly Zoro's brain won't work like this

[@gil2066]

zoro needs the bounty to pay the debt + massive amount of interest he owes nami. not for the name and prestige.

[@TakariSoratoMishiro]

Here's how Ace survived Marineford: the real Ace was actually never there. What we saw was actually just a manifestation of Roger's sword (also named Ace, easy to mix up the two). Real Ace just had amnesia and he needs Sabo declared dead in the newspaper to remember!

[@Killroy007]

So wait ace got the first fruit as opposed to ace whose stuck on a random island and never was loyal to whitebeard?

[@blackmage665]

Or, a fire clone ala borsalino's light clones.

[@TheAbleacher]

Zoro slaughters all of the Strawhats only Chopper left alive: Chopper: "Zoro, why'd you do this?" Zoro, revealing the power behind his left eye: "To test the limits of my abilities."

[@bastion4975]

Got that reference. Lol.😂

[@VincentTornude]

yup.

[@crocoboi7936]

Lol naruto reference

[@SatoreyGojo]

bros gonna get a sharigan

[@gamingiltv8489]

Nice Naruto reference

[@TheMags53]

Tashigi actually IS Kuina with amnesia. She hit her head very hard falling the stairs.

[@minasthirith6314]

Dude, she fell on her sword and we saw her corpse. No.

[@toe_sucker_4165]

@@minasthirith6314 wait, is that really the case? Because if so, new theory is that she committed suicide and Zoro's sensei fed him the stairs line because he didn't want to have to talk to Zoro about that.

[@jaydeleon8094]

@@toe_sucker_4165 we never see anything like that. All we know is that on a rainy day, or just after she was said to have fell down the stone stairs and died. of course, that theory also holds some water, because in japan, "fell down the stairs" is a line adults feed to kids about people who committed suicide.

[@Rommy456]

@@toe_sucker_4165 yeah Oda confirmed that tashigi and kuina are two different people and it was just a coincidence that they were so alike

[@igormachado2194]

Counter hot take: Tashigi actually looks nothing like Kuina, Zoro is just really bad with faces.

[@bfc10200]

I have seen people make that "Zoro will betray the crew" take in serious conversations.... unbelievable.

[@talasonethomas2958]

Which is crazy because my man's Zoro is for sure the most down for his captain, like bro is willing to die any time for Luffy.

[@frenchynoob]

@@talasonethomas2958 okay, but he was also willing to leave the crew over _Usopp_ of all things... dude just has a supreme sense of honour, doesnt mean it couldnt lead to a betrayal if it's written well. In a story less optimistic than One Piece, I could _absolutely_ see it as a plausible way the author takes that story...

[@poemirtiza]

@@frenchynoob That's just because Zoro is a minority hunter

[@chromaticcaos]

Every time I hear it I think "did they read thriller bark?"

[@Joe.Elston-Gardner]

He did say he will never serve a captain weaker than him, maybe he will grow stronger.

[@gcst93]

My bad take is that Brook's DF awakening will be able to revive other people too, so yeah, we'll have lots of skeletonized dead characters who will help the crew, like Ace, Roger, Bellmere, Oden, etc

[@TyRendition]

I can see this happening for Roger I wonder how long he could keep them alive as kid awakening has a time limit.

[@omarsabir1210]

M A N

[@D20AttackRolls]

That WOULD fit in line with his lich characterization.

[@randomahnameisthename3147]

I think he could put other souls into them but if their soul is gone it’s useless. Like gecko Moira shadows which would be a nice tie back to the arc we first saw brook. I think being able to completely revive someone but their just a skeleton is a little cheap.

[@PowerSpirit50]

I don't think Oda would be able to help himself.

[@AnyMEmdq]

10:00 According to the 4Kids dub, that's true, she was locked in some dungeon and Nami left without freeing her

[@FranciscaPires]

WHAT? why would nami do that? also nami's sister could free her if that was canon

[@GohTheGreat]

@@FranciscaPires they just didn’t think of it

[@Zanador]

@@FranciscaPires They made up the "dungeon" part to censor her death, but then they couldn't add any scene of her being freed later (because they're just a translation team and can't animate new scenes that don't exist) and forgot to ever write any more lines addressing it at the end of the arc. They probably just hoped that the audience would forget about it.

[@Rika24]

I don’t remember how that ended in 4kids, did they somehow turn Bellemere’s “ghost” pushing Nami out the door as her being saved and telling Nami to leave?

[@AnyMEmdq]

@@Rika24 Honestly, I luckily don't remember neither that, not how they handled the grave scenes. They probably just deleted them, though. If they could delete the whole of Twin Capes and Little Garden (good thing they didn't make it to Enies Lobby and Thriller Bark) they surely skipped those episodes as well, or at least those scenes

[@sonicfan2486]

Tashigi and Kuina were twins separated at birth. Both of them are clumsy as shit, but Tashigi managed to avoid stairs until she grew stronger! Damn. Maybe Kuina needed glasses 🙃

[@thorodinson1064]

Laugh tale is actually a gateway to the afterlife. This is why Roger laughed because they got there too early, but Roger knew he would be going soon. 🥺

[@livelaughlovesanji]

This is one of the takes I actually love, it’s almost as if this is why some who have sacrificed themselves/turned themselves in to die so far have seemed not only fearless to do so, but seemed so eager to cross over to the other side. Especially Roger🥹 some didn’t even know where Laugh Tale was, but it was probably something “calling to them” once they’re near death that filled them with a sense of peace (sorry idk the right word or way to explain). It would also make sense why Laugh Tale so damn hard to find, cuz it’s literally not in this dimension 😨

[@thunderspark1536]

@@livelaughlovesanji Not a bad idea. But if that's the case would Brook have already traveled there and that's why it took so long for his soul to return?

[@metroidfoosion73]

I heard this theory a while ago, and I’m actually CONVINCED this is how the show will end. The One Piece is actually a weapon that will destroy the red continent, making all the different seas into one big sea(this will become the All Blue that Sanji dreams of), and enable all pirates to sail the Great Sea freely with no division. This would also complete Luffy’s dream. It actually seems like the perfect ending to the series and would make perfect sense, as all the big baddies(the World Government and Celestial Dragons) are stationed there as well

[@livelaughlovesanji]

This is one of my absolute favorite theories. 🙌🏼 🥹 It’s also beautiful cuz it would also make the prophecy of Luffy destroying Fishman Island come true, since it’s under the Red Line. It’s why not only Laboon, but countless whales have scars on their heads-the Red Line is completely unnatural and was likely manmade by the world govt during the blank century-and has disturbed the whales’ natural migration patterns, so they bang their heads on it hoping to take it down, but to no avail. 😭Destroying the red line would also make the world “one piece” again, both literally in the sense that there is no longer a divide, and figuratively in that everyone can live together in harmony once more without the government’s tyrannical reign ❤️. The other pronunciation of One Piece’s kanji is “Hitotsunagi no Daihihou” which has multiple similar translations, but 2 of which are literally “The Treasure That Binds All People Together”, or “One Sea at Peace”. 😩🤌🏼🙌🏼 I too am convinced that this is how it will end 🥹 it sends chills down my spine every time I hear it. I love the idea of the straw Hats’ dreams being fulfilled in tandem with luffy finding the one piece like you mentioned: Sanji’s all blue, Nami mapping the whole world, Franky getting to sail the dream ship across all seas…❤️

[@metroidfoosion73]

@@livelaughlovesanji I know right? If this happens, everything that was foreshadowed will fall right into place. It all seems to right, I almost can’t fathom it NOT happening. It would just be too seamless

[@RoseKB22]

@@livelaughlovesanji Wow that's actually a really plausible theory, I like it

[@carljohnson7168]

I agree with most of it. But I always thought luffy will destroy the Red Line himself.

[@elliswebster7041]

Why would it be too early for Roger to destroy the red line?

[@TheAthens619]

King of Lightning has said so many times he wants to dropkick Oda 🤣

[@furorteutonicus9045]

And I want to dropkick King of Lightning. He has some of the worst OP takes i have ever heard!

[@Yoruharu]

the fact that people even liked his video kinda baffles me he ain't the king of lightning, he's the king of bad take

[@dubu8621]

@@Yoruharu some people are entertained by him. I don't see anything wrong with that. People can like what they want.

[@mattb6616]

@@dubu8621 hes a complete nutcase, i love the guy. i dont have to agree with his insane takes, I just smile and laugh when he dances to the katakuri song with a towel on his head and waves a toy sword around

[@pabloc.5186]

@@Yoruharu he's hilarious and his edits are funny as hell, come on, don't take things so seriously.

[@jayd.doubledubs]

5:10 I got Merphy to laugh with my writing, whoooo! To spoil the magic, I don't actually like fake out deaths, but I kinda respect Oda's hustle of "let's see how many emotions I can wring out of this character lol"

[@amuro9624]

I really like the idea of a writer minmaxing the emotional potential of all his characters lol

[@adonisecreed]

The Caribou hate really got me, I didn't know it was that deep.🤣🤣😂

[@Lumpyrox1412]

Just like his fruit! YOHOHOHOHO!

[@amuro9624]

Caribou be undulating

[@BladeWinters]

I recognize that "Drink some milk" reference. Merphy doing a deep cut

[@OEBlackman]

Buggy is secretly incredibly competent and his “upward failure” is the result of his machinations which he’s been plotting since the East Blue.

[@lordturtlemonk]

I would love another Davy Back Fight. Maybe not the final fight, but imagine if Shanks, not wanting to have a real deadly fight with Luffy and his crew, challenges them instead to Davy Back Fight.

[@DeclanVH]

I’ve always wanted this to happen, and if it does I’ll be so happy

[@Killroy007]

This would be very interesting especially as this is a great way to make ussop stay on elbaph and spend time with yassop and maybe even having lucky roux go on with the straw hats, having him fight with sanji a lot of times, making him fast enough to fight kizaru.

[@philiphockenbury6563]

I need that

[@Ampopoltech]

one armed boxer? lol

[@vojtechtesar5767]

Buggy is the One Piece and the reason the Roger Pirates laughed was that they literally had him on the ship the whole time.

[@felixowen2693]

Rocks D Xebec is actually just another buggy type who kept getting lucky and now everyone thinks he was one of the greatest pirates ever. He also probably got whitebeard and big mom to join his crew by winning them in a Davy back fight since it originated from the island he was from.

[@stormRed]

"Zoro is not lost" is not a bad take imo, that could actually be canon.

[@IceAokiji303]

The other version of that I've seen is Zoro is just perpetually honing in on the nearest alcohol. Wouldn't really make sense with how he wound up outside the city of Alubarna when the started inside, but it's _an_ idea.

[@Corredor1230]

@@IceAokiji303 Maybe alcohol is illegal in Alabasta, as it’s based on Middle Eastern countries? Did the people ever drink alcohol there?

[@IceAokiji303]

@@Corredor1230 Zoro at least _appears_ to be drinking in the victory banquet. He has the usual wooden barrel-like pint on him there which I'd say is usually associated with alcohol, though when he asks for more the phrasing doesn't make it clear what he's drinking. I'd also expect to get some grumbling from Zoro if he doesn't get to drink for a whole arc. So I wouldn't expect it to be illegal there. However, I _could_ certainly see them having a very minor drinking culture, and it's possible that when the capital was clearly going to become a warzone, they evacuated the civilians, who may have then taken what little alcohol they had with them. So it could still work, just a little less straightforward.

[@Raaxon]

The most interesting thing I find about Zoro always getting lost is it fully seems to be something he developed DURING the series. Its not something that seems to happen in the East Blue saga, theres zero comedy scenes of him getting lost, in fact, we only start to see him losing his sense of direction around the time of Little Garden (he completely misses the Giants' fighting until he's captured by Mr 3; he gets lost on Drum Island after swimming in the ice cold river which puts him directly in front of Docterine; he gets lost with Luffy and Chopper in Alabasta), and its literally only in the Sky Islands' arc that he gets any sort of "I've gotten lost and separated from the crew" gag. And the only thing that's changed from the start of the series to that point is the fact he picked up the cursed sword, the Sandai Kitetsu. Now we don't actually know the details of the curse, just that the sword is a "problem child" and seems to have a will of its own - not to the extent of a person, maybe closer to the will that Zoan fruits are said to have. I think the sword fully commited to being Zoro's sword without cursing him, but it IS a prankster and wants to cut things up, and so influences Zoro juuuust slightly enough to put him on paths that frustrate and baffle him, so that when he gets into combat, he's already annoyed and ready to fight.

[@masterofyugioh1000]

Especially since at the end of East Blue wanting to go south instead of through the canal That would put them at the end of the new world if not for the calm belt

[@michaelhegwood9977]

I think one of my least favorite takes is “Sanji didn’t have a big fight at Whole Cake that’s stupid” like we didn’t just have a whole arc dedicated to Sanji's usefulness being his kindness. Edit: Oh, my heart was removed

[@jordancoleman3721]

I wish his cake he baked was so good, Big Mom passed out of ecstasy

[@pitdarkangel2961]

Media literacy is hard when you're a powerscaler

[@amuro9624]

@@pitdarkangel2961 sadly

[@pokeluis2002]

I mean, Sanji having a Big fight would be dope, but the man baked a cale so good that saved an entire nation from the wrath of a yonno

[@jrocks6969]

Sanji is rapist

[@theduelist92]

I do think Kuro's motivation as a villain is understated. He's never been a dreamer, he was a pirate for the money and after a while it's reasonable that he had enough of that stressful life and of his damn crew where the smartest and best guy was literally knocking himself out every other time he did the only thing he's good at. He just had enough of that shit and wanted to settle down with a lot of money in the equivalent of a small countryside. As far as his plan goes it's very excessive and half assed but keep in mind he didn't want to just take the money, he wanted the whole thing to look legit so the Marine would not suspect him and the village would keep a high consideration of him.

[@donkey1850]

Yes it's important that he has high consideration from the village of people he's planning on murdering.

[@theduelist92]

@@donkey1850 Yeah let's assume he wasn't planning on raiding the village :D It almost makes sense. Almost.

[@JoelBurger]

Kuro really doesn't get enough credit. As a pirate who gave up on pirating, he was a great antithesis to Luffy, and essentially the prototype for later villains like Crocodile and Moria who are defined by being incredibly jaded and/or broken by their dreams not panning out.

[@theduelist92]

@@JoelBurger Exactly, especially Moria. People hate on Moria (rightfully so, i hate him too xD) but he's such a fascinating example of what happens when dreams are crushed and you dont have the willpower to literally power through adversity. In retrospect i think the two main reasons people dont really like Moria are that Oda doesn't really explore him as the "failure of dreams" (since One Piece is just not that kind of story) and that most people are a lot closer to Moria than to Lufy in this. I definitely am more Moria than Lufy, and that makes me hate him even more :D

[@mobbs6426]

​@@theduelist92wasn't his plan there to kill his crew, thus saving the town, but "Oh how sad, Miss Kaya didn't make it. What? She changed her will. Truly a shame, but let us now free in peace"

[@animekingdommdm5951]

I think Kuro is completely wasted potential as he’s said to be the smartest person in East Blue behind Benn Beckman and before Nami and also created a bastardized version of Soru so just imagine what he could be with proper training

[@jingusflorpus4274]

Oda never said he was the smartest person in the East Blue, he said he was the smartest character INTRODUCED in the East Blue SAGA. Not the same thing lol

[@devadathans5506]

@@jingusflorpus4274 Technically, East Blue Saga had a yonko crew and if he is indeed the smartest in the saga, he should be smarter tha ln Shanks's crew.

[@jingusflorpus4274]

@@devadathans5506 technically the east blue saga had 2 yonko crews in it and Kuro is smarter than both of them, so clearly that isn’t a very high bar lol

[@Matt12347]

You know....I don't think we've seen Nami draw a single map since the time skip. That theory about them achieving their dreams during that time might be on to something =P

[@EstebanBrenesV]

oda actually mentioned that nami draws her maps at night when the crew sleeps there is even a cover of sanji asking nami something in a paper delivered by a cow butler where she is drawing a map XD

[@jackwalters3928]

12:00 - The hole in that theory is that if Caribu was on Roger's crew, he'd have known about haki and be better prepared. One thing the lion guy said was that logias tend to die quickly because they overestimate their devil fruit powers. Caribu is a classic example of a rookie logia. If he had that fruit for how many years now however, since Roger found the onepiece, he'd know better.

[@royalfun1031]

That's why admirals r pro Haki users

[@vojtechtesar5767]

Buggy also never mastered haki and maybe doesn't even know about it and he WAS a Roger Pirate

[@jackwalters3928]

@@vojtechtesar5767 Buggy is special...

[@vojtechtesar5767]

@@jackwalters3928 true

[@kuzan421]

well. hes a current gen supernova. meaning he hasnt been to the new world. since supernovas are rookies with 100m bounties prior to entering the new world. so that also just stops the theory there

[@462n]

One of my friends (who was at the time around Skypiea) came up with a theory of how Luffy is actually a villain and will steal his crew's dreams and keep them from being able to accomplish them. This whole time he's been training with swords in secret so he's actually the strongest swordsman and kills Mihawk before Zoro can fight him, he finds the All Blue and destroys it, etc. I then spent the next hour or so helping him expand on that theory. Honestly would love it if someone did a fanfic of that one.

[@frick_____you]

Problem is, if he became the strongest swordsman and killed Mihawk, then Zoro would just have a new strongest swordsman to beat. To truly destroy Zoro's dream, he'd have to kill Mihawk without using swords.

[@nikjovan4816]

I think the Strawhats are actually going to have a Davey back fight with the Red-haired pirates, but it will of course be on a completely different level. When Luffy and Shanks meet, Luffy will give his hat to Shanks, however since the Straw hat is so important Luffy will challenge Shanks to the Davey back to get his hat back. And not only that, but instead of the Straw Hats taking the Red-haired pirates flag or crewmates, they will join the Straw Hat Grand Fleet in an alliance(not subservient) and give up their own reasons for wanting the One Piece. This is how you have these two pirate groups meet and not actually fight for real. Assuming that Shanks isn't evil, which he probably isn't, in my opinion.

[@igormachado2194]

I've read some people saying that the whole reason why Roger and the crew laughed when they arrived at Laugh Tale was because in order to open the gates to the island, you needed the straw hat. The same straw hat Roger had just given Shanks before sailing to the last islands. That would give the Red Hair Pirates a very good reason to want the hat back and risk it all in a Davy Back fight.

[@nikjovan4816]

@@igormachado2194 That's a really cool theory.

[@daverrinaybara9597]

Sabo has actually seen the One Piece and knows the Void Century but lost his memory when eating the Mera-Mera no mi. So when Luffy fails to save him during the 2nd Marineford War, on his deathbed, he’ll remember there’s fourth brother called Babo who is Imu in disguise.

[@stormRed]

Ok this is so funny and I definitely would love to see more, so here's my Bad Take™: Luffy has had so many years taken off his life by now that he's going to drop dead just mere seconds before being able to see the One Piece. God that's awful.

[@SomeTexan]

And that's the story of how Usopp became King Of The Pirates

[@francoisecanal4813]

Actually, This can be kind of cool. What if he drops down very sick and Chopper has to use all his medical knowledge to save him creating the best medicine in the world, completing his dream. You also contrast to Roger who chose to die via execution rather than his disease and Luffy also having an illness and then surviving. It makes him the true successor to Roger's legacy. He's gone beyond what Roger was.

[@ariellefirmanto8791]

A friend of mine have a theory that the One Piece is a type of plant. It was still a sprout when Roger’s crew found it hence why they are “too early”.

[@Bananahammock681]

That "Story from Brook" idea had me thinking... if it was a happy end, and he's telling the story from Twin Cape, taking Crocus' place and living with Laboon happily, to a new crew setting out on the Grand Line in their own fresh adventure, that would be an amazing final moment to end One Piece on.

[@jandex4838]

Oda doesn't actually have a single solitary idea where he is going with the story, but he has accidentally built such a hype that he is afraid of what the fandom will do to him, since nothing he could ever pull will result in a truly satisfactory ending, so he is inventing more and more things and tying them into what he has already written, just to prolong the time until the eventual crash and burn.

[@PowerSpirit50]

What if he uses people's theories for the ending for the actual ending

[@johanrob7972]

I'm convinced he just forgot

[@WiredLain_]

he said he knows how it ends for sure, and he has the final scene in his head, and throughout the years he’s never changed his mind on what it’s going to be. It was in an interview for film red or film gold i don’t rmbr which one.

[@blackmage665]

So, the George RR Martin route.

[@GrandLineReview]

Your hatred makes me want to make a Caribou video just for you.

[@royalfun1031]

Do it

[@merphynapier42]

Don't make me suffer

[@amna5506]

shout out to everyone that sent in a caribou take because we get to see angry merphy

[@kae0748]

Ussop made up the entire story of One Piece to Kaya when she was sick

[@espio33]

Well, Caribou did hear Luffy's dream along with the other strawhats. Pretty much already one of the crew right there.

[@FranciscaPires]

oh nooo please nooooo 😭

[@redfangpython2905]

I think the only flashback death that would make sense to not be a real death is kuina’s. She fell down the stairs got amnesia and instead of her father telling the truth lies to her, gives her a new name, and gives her to the marines so she can find a new home and not be a swordswoman but she ends up training under the marines to be one because even tho she lost her memories who she is will still be ingrained into her

[@SalahDAd]

Zoro and Nami turning on the crew once they've all got a high enough bounty is literally the plot of "One Piece : Shippuden"

[@Lumpyrox1412]

Whether we like it or not Caribou is a plot egg (barrel?) waiting to hatch. His fruit’s ability to contain something is going to be important as a result. Brook hiding the rubbings in his body is going to be foreshadowing that Caribou has a ponoglyph or even a road ponoglyph (The last road one IS missing) inside his body. It will earn him a place on the crew/fleet for it (in addition to feeding Luffy before). He has also overheard a certain STRAW HAT BONDING MOMENT in the manga (kept vague for spoilers). How can you ever introduce a new straw hat and they not be present for that moment, huh?! 😜

[@kilderok]

Welllll his chekov's gun just got shot! We don't know if he has a poneglyph yet but he DOES know where two ancient weapons are and just did a thing in the latest chapter!

[@brandonstickels5435]

Helmeppo is going to be the one to discover the One Piece, immediately elevating him to the rank of admiral

[@young_raymond47]

As funny as all the takes regarding fake-out deaths is, I'm legitimately afraid that we will see more dead characters in the current story. Not through fake-outs, but through Brook's awakening. I think there is a good chance that he will be able to temporarily call people's souls back from the dead (and possibly implant them into a body, similarly to Moria with the shadows). I hate the idea so much, but I can't help but feel like Oda would love the opportunity to shoehorn the likes of Ace back into the present story.

[@royalfun1031]

He hatea bringing back dear char

[@bennett4789]

@@royalfun1031???

[@Hexmonkey]

I think the awakening is more likely to just give infinite revives as long as most of his body is around and he isn’t in water/cuffed with seastone.

[@heos8388]

The thought of Caribou joining the Strawhats stresses me out a lot especially since he's been around for so so so so long!

[@Fattamy13]

My immediate reaction when I heard that take was “Ugghh”

[@loupe500]

9:33 that’s why the story is so focused on Dreams and Blackbeard said that a man’s dreams will never die, because it’s all just a dream

[@mattb6616]

my bad take: Pell surviving is good. Thematically I've always felt that Pell dying would have killed the arc for me, and a big part of why I loved it was the whole thing of luffys conflict with vivi and the "People die." scene. I feel like it gets misinterpreted. The point was that Vivi can't prevent everyone's deaths alone, and she needs to accept that others will take on risk. Like if vivi only risks her own life, she's heading to doom and a lot of people are guaranteed to die anyway, she's holding her friends back from risk while her people stay in danger. But Luffy convinces her to let her friends risk their lives too, and if they all take on the risk, maybe they can save everyone. And they do! Even if they don't know at first, it felt good as a reader to see everyone actually make it and prove crocodile wrong. Like, gambling and beating the house against all odds. There are several scenes that make it clear Oda was planning on an ending like that. Crocodile says "just throw away one or two friends and you could stop all of this." Luffy tells Crocodile directly to his face "Vivi doesn't want a single person to die in this rebellion." Sometimes the house doesn't always win.

[@mattb6616]

for what its worth the only fakeout death in the entire series i actually think was bad and didn't help the story was Kinemon. I was glad he got to reunite with Tsuru but him surviving made literally no sense and seemed completely unnecessary in the overall scheme of things. Wano wouldn't have like, been thematically ruined if Kinemon died the way Alabasta would have been ruined if Pell died. It probably would have felt more appropriate considering he talked so much about being prepared to die.

[@sheltondaal6425]

Yeah I always thought it would have been more poignant if he reunited with Tsuru before the Raid, shared a night, and then died.

[@bastion4975]

Huh. I was always somewhat lukewarm with the fake-out deaths, and I do think that Oda uses them too much that at times it takes away all tension from characters possibly dying. However, reading this kind of makes me appreciate Pell coming back. I don't think it was necessary, but I like this interpretation of the events.

[@ReiseLukas]

I think It's highly possible that Pell survived because he Awakened during that explosion. Luffy escaped death through an Awakening so Pell could've as well

[@TyRendition]

@@sheltondaal6425 that prob the main reason I thought he wasnt gonna die

[@amna5506]

mentally preparing myself to hear some of these takes i love this fandom but god there are some WILD takes

[@andrewwall4250]

After escaping from Garp’s ship back in the East Blue, Captain “Axe Hand” Morgan joined forces with Kuro, Don Krieg and Arlong (they intercepted the Marine ship that was taking him to prison) and they will be the final villains of the series. Using Don Krieg’s stolen marine ship and weapons, Morgan’s marine knowledge, Arlong’s ocean knowledge and Kuro’s strategic mind they managed to conquer the Grand Line and find Laugh Tale. They are now waiting there for Luffy for an ultimate revenge showdown. They will also recruit Buggy and Alvida around that time to round out their ensemble of East Blue saga villains.

[@GonzaaL]

The real JoyBoy is the fat Luffy from the return to Sabaody arc, Zunesha’s memories are just blurred

[@corvusclones]

My bad take is that Wapol has the same potential to steal devil fruit powers as Blackbeard if he eats a devil fruit user. As far as completing dreams during the time skip, one of the biggest problems I've had with the story is that Brook went on a world tour and didn't visit Laboon.

[@kilderok]

Welll he WAS being controlled by his managers and had a plan relayed to him by Luffy, those were probably factors that kept him from going to Laboon.

[@ahmed61299]

My newest theory is that big mom remembered her childhood and overcome it and she was normal when she was with rox pirate and not that far recently she hit her head and become the big mom that we know we missed her most important time where she was smart beautiful and strong

[@TantariumX]

I totally had that idea before on Brook. Like he is telling the story as the narrator many, many years in the future because he can't die. He doesn't have any organs or flesh anymore, so nothing can degrade on him. He could be living hundreds of years in the future telling the story of the Straw Hat Pirates and how they changed the world.

[@rubberduckian2538]

This is what I remember fondly of OP. Pre-timeskip. Main cast are all original, cool, novel and incredibly synergetic with one another. And is not only that they are all well written, is that the scenarios they use to be put in were just as crazy and unique as them. Sanji first battle was literally under water. Zorro's most epic battle was with a giraffe. My favorite parts of this show are when the crew was on cruise. Just vibing and being themselves. Numerous arc stories separate the straw hats. But it's a fact that the fun iest shit happen when even two of them are together. That whole Condoriano bit, an ussop and zorro original. Luffy mocking crocodile in arabasta, ussop laughing like an idiot. Stuff like that was what I was looking forward to at the end of an arc when they all get on the ship. It used to be genuinely crazy original.

[@gavinbrown216]

The G-8 arc is an anime original

[@SomeTexan]

@@gavinbrown216 Con D Oriano will return, and he will be waiting at laughtale

[@Pickle6432]

The One Piece being the friends we made along the way is an amazing take. Because if it is true, my honest reaction would be laughing as loudly as Roger and his crew

[@Ce1estiaYT]

Fun fact: Oda confirmed that if Luffy asked Zoro to kill one of the Straw Hats, he’d do it.

[@mattb6616]

sanji didnt see a woman for 2 years and almost died and ended fishman island early. brook didnt see a woman for 50 years and all he does is politely ask to see panties

[@EstebanBrenesV]

in fairness brook cant bleed from the nose, because he has no nose yohohohohoh

[@austa10]

I would love to see Oda do his version of What IF comics of all the bad takes just to mess with us 😂

[@sssilky3317]

Gin was a member of the crew until Enies Lobby, he stowed away on the ship like Robin but he was too nervous to ever come out and ask to join so he burned to death when Merry died.

[@naluzoniro]

That's stupid I love it

[@royalfun1031]

That last one tho Caught myself off guard💀

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Tbf it was on the thumbnail; I was waiting for her reaction to it, and it did not disappoint. At the end, I was beginning to wonder if she was going to bring it up at all lol Edit: The thumbnail has changed lol

[@royalfun1031]

@@jayd.doubledubs It was?I didn't notice Lmao Im dumb

[@minitium885]

W take imo

[@royalfun1031]

@@minitium885 As always I have based takes

[@minitium885]

@@royalfun1031 based but facts

[@dominicrouse2623]

They’re finally gonna find the onepiece but as luffy is trying to open the chest it’s gonna slip out of his hands and the entire crew will have an amazingly animated scene of each of them madly grasping for the chest in a way the displays the personality. The chest will bounce of all of their heads and hands and fall in the oceans where it sinks to depths unimaginable. Oda will add insult to injury by confirming that he actually does know what one piece is a year and a half later he will admit in an interview he does in fact kno what the one piece is, and it’s super important to the story b ur thematically he thought it was better for us not to know. 30 years later he’s an old man and has had a change of heart so he sets up an e event to announce what the one piece is but at that moment realizes he has forgotten. He wrote it down, but all those notes got washed away in one of the first in a series of floods that became almost like a season in Japan over the 40s and fifties, prompting most people to move off the island. He dies the year after with every single person he had ever told dying in the 30 year period before he decided he wanted to reveal what the one piece is. His lost word launch the great pirate era, as tons of people eager to make a name for themselves and chase down this ledge d. Amount them, a rubber man known as straw hat luffy. Along with his faithful crew they will embark on adventures in search of the great one piece! 🎶 climb aboard and bring along all your hopes and dreams!😮🎶

[@SomeTexan]

True

[@randomlitchi8320]

for those who are confused at 13:27 with the "caribou was with the strawhats since fishman island" he wasn't. He was freed on fishman island and then got caught kidnapping mermaids by jinbe who ko'd him and brought him to a marine base, stuff happened there wich i don't care enough to explain but he ended up going back on the sea and getting caught by X-Drake on the next island and got sent to Udon afterwards. It's all in a chapter cover short story, look it up.

[@thestatusjoe9949]

The final battle will be Caribou leading the revolutionary army (he said free the proletariat) against the world government led by Cavendish (he’s from the bourgeois kingdom)

[@GL_099]

That one at the end with Roger waiting on Laugh Tale reminded me of an inside joke some friends of mine have where we say that Gin will be waiting there. You remember Gin? From Baratie? He promised he'd meet the straw hats again but he never comes up ever again, so we always just say oh he will be on Laugh Tale.

[@sarafontanini7051]

GIn actually went to the moon and is currently battling eneru. we jsut don't see it at all.

[@adamrivers3250]

Luffy is the real child of Roger. Luffy and Ace are actually closer to the same age and they were secretly switched at birth. The story about Ace’s mom delaying his birth was a ruse to make Ace more plausibly Roger’s kid timeline wise. Luffy just wasn’t that smart so got held back a few grades and they told him he was younger than reality to further hide is his identity. Ace was really no one special, but just a scapegoat Garp decided to sacrifice if anyone discovered he hid Roger’s real kid.

[@sigma723]

Okay so you mentioned the Davy back fight and wanting it to come back I will say I didn't like long ring long land but I have always legitimately believed that luffys encounter with shanks will be a Davy back fight since they both have notoriously small crews despite their status with each member having a bounty

[@Ultima1134]

10:00 I thought of a horrible take. Gold Roger never died, nor was he sick. He just wanted to prank everyone. he had a crewmate who was in on it and was so dedicated to the bit that he found the copy-copy fruit, became Roger, and died in public so nobody would know (Bon Clay found it afterward) and he's just been waiting on Laugh Tale to surprise whoever gets there first.

[@ab0mlnati0n74]

My guy Captain Kuro probably isn't the most complex villain, but he deserves a little more credit. He couldn't've poisoned Ms. Kaya cause he needed her will. The only way to do that is Jango's hypnosis. And he needed Ms. Kaya's death to look accidental otherwise he could be suspected, especially in such a small village. Hence why he needed his crew to come back. If he can blame them he'll never be suspected. More than anything else, he just wanted his own sublime piece of mind. His downfall was he couldn't sedate his own bloodlust. He cuts down Merry early for no reason, which leads to Kaya knowing about him ahead of time. In the anime only, right after he "kills" Merry he debates killing Kaya right then and there.. with no inheritance will. Just cause he's thirsting for blood..

[@imextremlyhandsome]

Caribou is a well written, nicely done character.

[@Dilly_Dork]

Here’s my hot take for the ending: The One Piece is the straw hat. Roger never explicitly said it was on Laughtale. Everyone just assumes it is because Laughtale is so elusive. Shanks not knowing it was the “crown” for the king of the pirates, just gives him the hat as a kid for motivation to fulfill his dream

[@sharathnarayan2715]

That Zoro betrayal reminded me of a One piece Mafia video!!!

[@markuswelander8551]

I guess I just thought it was odd that Ace didn't get anything from his very significant father, at least Dragon saved Luffy at Loguetown. And the idea ties into the 'inherited will' theme, much like how Sabo got the flame-flame fruit, then later we remember him through Yamato. Legends never die!

[@aruhik]

11:07 I think if any straw hat is to be the narrator, it has to be Usopp as he is the storyteler of the group... Not to mention he is the only normal fellow who already has a gf and kids back in the Syrup village, so it would make sense when he grows old and narrates the story about his captain who died years ago, having lost 10 years of his life in Ivankov's hormonal ability, all the straw hats splitting up to do their own thing, perhaps occasionally returning to meet

[@thepanda4416]

If you want an endless supply of bad takes just listen to Zoro fans. They thought he was going to kill Kaido and they still think he would’ve killed Sanji in Whole cake 😂

[@levistewart8856]

You’re not lying.

[@darknesswave100]

Don't lump in some of us with that moron that still believes in that Zoro killing kaido bs

[@stevetheblobman]

Reasonably, I think this could fly for anyone that dick rides a single character too hard. Zoro fans are just way too loud about it.

[@Dontdoit_]

I like how people take a small percentage and put them all under the umbrella

[@tyrkun1624]

They still talk about that on Twitter to this day...

[@gerelinwar0567]

Ace has actually survived but the experience was so traumatic to him that he got an identity crisis and now he's living the life by the name of his dead brother Sabo

[@SysterYster]

I loved the Davy Back fight. XD I hated the long long dummies on the actual island, but I liked the funny game-fights. I even liked the fillers in that arc. XD

[@monica-lk1zj]

Same 😎

[@asmallworld4159]

Chopper also has amnesia. He forgot all about brainpoint. Used it once and got rid of it

[@DanPurcell]

The story should’ve continued Post-Timeskip with Chopper joining the Fake Straw Hats instead of meeting up with the real ones and the story from that point on would be called Two Piece and be about Chopper slowly realizing he’s gone off with the wrong crew 😂

[@car5522]

Ace is still alive because he's actually an arrancar

[@royalfun1031]

💀

[@royalfun1031]

Im on that Saga

[@marocat4749]

His fruit, really is the dounut dounut no fruit

[@DevillForce]

This is one that made more sense back in WCI/Dressrosa but Caesar Clown was going to be a Straw Hat simply because the marines and world government kept seeing him together with the Straw Hats not knowing that Caesar is only just taken as a hostage/prisoner. (This one I genuinely believed in) Monet was alive. In the manga the stab on the heart was shown from below and in the next panel the iron rod he used to stab her with was a good distance away from the heart which could've implied that it grazed the heart and slipped away on the ice. Also the added information that you can actually survive a stab to the heart if you get medical attention and the idea was that Chopper found it and kept it/healed it up. It also tied to the theory that Dressrosa will end by Sugar turning Doflamingo in to a toy so that he could avoid getting captured, which would give Monet a reason to stay with the Straw Hats (if she starts looking for them to get her heart back) cause she'd forget about Doflamingo and if Doffy ever gets turned back to human it wouldve been an interesting plot point for Monet cause she suddenly remembered her loyalties. It goes a bit deeper than that but yeah basically Monet4Nakama.

[@kokos1209]

Go D. Usopp already knows where One Piece is, he just decided to let the crew find it on their own in order to develop their abilities and realise the power of friendship.

[@20023665]

I think all of them achieving their dream already would be awesome. Lol. It would make sense for Brook. His dream was to see Laboon again He could have visited him during the timeskip. Now, he's gone further away from where he is. I'm hoping Laboon will just appear from nowhere some time and save the crew

[@kenny228s]

The last few comments are a comedic gold, mine😂. But nothing tops the one you picked for the thumbnail. Thanks for making this video.

[@tongster789]

That Franky becoming the new ship is scarier because when Oda drew the various SH's at an older age in their good / bad timelines Franky was a battleship.

[@rishabhjain2842]

Brook will leave the crew to form another pirate crew with queen after watching his zoom zoom performance 😆

[@nirman423]

Bonnie isn't Big Mom's clone. She is Big Mom who once again lost her memories post Wano. The Memories in the paw-paw is actually all of the previous times she had amnesia

[@taloutezero]

That take about Brook being the narrator makes sense because as a skeleton that can leaves his body and become a ghost whenever he wants, his lifespan should no longer be tied to any bodily functions. He has no organs that will breakdown so he is immortal to all natural ways of dying. Unless he is destroyed, he will be around long after his crew dies. Long after Lagoon dies. Long after the people who knew the people who knew the people he knew are dead.

[@bfkc111]

Pirate Hunter Zoro is such an extremely cool title, on its own but especially in context (and I think for Kaido etc. to say it), that I never understood the whining about it near the end of Wano and wish for a replacement by the way more straightforward King of Hell (pretty worthy though) based on petty powerscaling (implying that it's only tied to the beginning). It elevates Luffy and the whole crew by extension, like Urouge's statement about him. While not losing viciousness. And it automatically implies a kind of respect by an enemy to use it.

[@royalfun1031]

King of Hell🤡

[@ladyorlean3550]

I have Long Ring Long Land in my top 5 favorite arcs actually. I loved the games, so much silly fun. So yeah..... sue me. XXD

[@michaeld-21]

My bad take : Laugh Tale rejects devil fruit users, that's why Buggy and Toki became ill, so the Straw Hats will never reach it

[@saljoy_]

"Zoro will betray the crew" bold of you to think he has enough braincells to plan ahead

[@JoshDoingLinux]

Gonna be real, I would LOVE to have law as a best friend.

[@leonglitch]

I like how you mixed up the merry and sunny because I doubt you actually think the merry should be the final ship.

[@tashkashka]

Good morning Merphy love your vids.

[@tauanwerneck3197]

Davy back fight is actually a significant thing and Blackbeard's third devil fruit is the Davy Jones fruit.

[@drjunpab4855]

"Oda would never do that to us"- Me looking at Yamoto and how Oda executed her story.

[@royalfun1031]

He's free from the shackles of Lano

[@MidnightEkaki]

*his

[@drjunpab4855]

@@MidnightEkaki her

[@Dragmiredraws]

That one about Ace made me cry because he was my fav! But, his death hit twice as hard because I knew he wouldn’t come back from it…..people in One Piece are pretty resilient….but they aren’t that resilient

[@golbez1583]

My personal bad take: At one point in the story the Red Hair & Straw Hat pirates will clash; however, because they'll be on such good terms their dispute will be resolved through a Davy Back Fight, with the Poneglyphs at stake (for example).

[@Moody.Smiruai]

Homie she asked for bad takes. Not based takes.

[@SeveredLinkofHyrule]

At 8:30 Merphy just straight turned into the Kronk meme from The Emperor's New Groove. I even heard Patrick Warburton say "oh yeah, it's all coming together"