One Piece: Sabaody Archipelago Arc

[@PhantomGreyfire]

00:00:00 ⟾ [Trailer/Preview] 00:00:06 ⟾ Intro 00:01:10 ⟾ Cover Stories (CP-9 & Giants) 00:02:41 ⟾ So... not Ace 00:03:49 ⟾ Plot begins (Camie & Hatchan) 00:06:37 ⟾ Rescue Battle (Duval & the 'Flying Fish Riders') 00:08:59 ⟾ Sabaody Archipelago, Setting, World Nobles 00:11:54 ⟾ Tone/Nature of the Arc 00:13:13 ⟾ Intensity ~ investment in the arc 00:13:26 ⟾ 'Employment Office' & Parallels 00:15:08 ⟾ Crew's shining moments 00:15:15 ⟾ Zoro moment 00:16:18 ⟾ Nami moment (also Luffy) 00:17:08 ⟾ Rescue Battle #2 (Punch & Proceedings) 00:20:01 ⟾ 'New' characters (Ace, Whitebeard, Shanks, Buggy, Crocus) 00:21:36 ⟾ Rayleigh & Revelations 00:24:12 ⟾ Supernovas (Bonney, Law and Bepo, Hawkins, Drake, Killer) 00:28:08 ⟾ Borsalino/Kizaru 00:29:07 ⟾ Back to the 'Employment Office' (Luffy-Law-Kid trio) 00:30:50 ⟾ Pacifista & Panic (battle sequence) 00:34:15 ⟾ Zoro & Sanji dynamic 00:35:50 ⟾ Brook (versus Nami) 00:37:05 ⟾ Emotional Escalation 00:41:24 ⟾ {Merpy tears up} 00:42:40 ⟾ Things get desperate 00:45:29 ⟾ Fight Ends & Repercussions 00:47:47 ⟾ Future Theories - Kuma (and Pacifistas) 00:52:41 ⟾ Future Theories - Ace 00:52:50 ⟾ Future Theories - Rayleigh 00:54:03 ⟾ Foreshadowing - Creating Humans 00:55:07 ⟾ Wrap-up & Outro 00:55:54 ⟾ [Promo] & [Credits]

[@D__634]

Not all heroes wear cape wait..... Chopper and Luffy disagree

[@hinglemccringleberry9257]

Damn, props to you that's some serious effort.

[@emperorluffy6001]

You're a mad man and I love you for it.

[@PhantomGreyfire]

*Merphy Oops. My bad.

[@wideeyewanderer1785]

How did you do this!? It pretty cool! And thank you

[@TheCommanderFluffy]

"I know they're not dead..." I can say, without spoilers, Brook is dead.

[@leondiegodelpino]

Kkkkk

[@mayadargeon2172]

... Skull Joke ?

[@harshgandhi2030]

Yohohoho

[@TheCommanderFluffy]

@@mayadargeon2172 SKULL jOKE!

[@YetiCoolBrother]

Yohohoho

[@jaybowersii5689]

Merphy: "The stakes have been so high, I want them lowered again" Oda: "No"

[@shridharbiju7370]

Stakes*

[@franconicolas3995]

Steaks? I like 'em well done, pls

[@gatsu7742]

Oda after Sabody: Did I hear that stakes were too low?

[@bruhbruh4635]

@@shridharbiju7370 I feel bad for short people

[@leonkastilyo7463]

Oda gave a real taste of stakes to those that mocks his “low” stakes lol

[@Sam-wd2ye]

Merphy: "dangerous to say what you love online" Me: "uh oh" Merphy: "I love law" Me: "yeah you'll be fine"

[@shyguypro9876]

I thought of that Squidward meme: “Daring today, aren’t we?”

[@mounia8548]

True

[@christiancasaverdepertica1802]

That's what we think right now at least. If that stays true... Well, if the theories are right...

[@brodericksiz625]

Who doesn't love tra-guy?

[@alwaysapirateroninace443]

@@brodericksiz625 No one ever

[@isopodshuffle]

Chapter 1: Oh boy, a fun light-hearted pirate adventure cartoon! Chapter 502: That guy just bit off his own tongue because he'd rather die than be sold into slavery. Huh. 😐

[@imrjvzoldyk1694]

oh boy she will have so hard time on later arcs

[@iamdivan7368]

He survived though

[@xLAIOSx]

Thats why we are able to get so immersed at it i guess.

[@HyakuJuu01300]

@@iamdivan7368 Oda just cant kill characters except in flashbacks.

[@lelnel6242]

@@HyakuJuu01300 erm... I guess you are new or were just really traumatised

[@alexandrenadeau4416]

I’m so proud of One Piece community not spoiling anything to Merphy

[@natekigo3660]

Same

[@user-fj4sk4uj7c]

Yeah, but people are still hinting things, they can't be a mere spectator smh

[@coolvbk18]

Most One piece fans know the pain of getting spoiled. So I think we know never to spoil anyone.

[@16soccerball]

@@coolvbk18 you think that. But there always someone who will spoil

[@imanafandy6607]

I'm so glad that Merphy is not into anime. Otherwise her timeline will be full of spoilers

[@rickard7031]

One of my favorite small moments in this arc is when everybody is freaking out over Rayleigh being Roger's first mate there is a panel of Brook saying "Huh, I think I heard of a rookie called Gold Roger. Or maybe I didn't." and then he goes back to eating his boiled beans.

[@alwaysapirateroninace443]

I liked that too.

[@issa4767]

That was hilarious. We didn't put together Roger would have been a young upstart staring out while the Rumbar Pirates where doing there thing on the Grand Line

[@racerratt6685]

Thank you

[@belleville1805]

I like It too, Brook problably does not know that has a King of Pirate

[@ashpelt1]

that made me laugh out loud bro 😭

[@UnoriginallyChrisLPs]

Merphy: Calls all the pacifistas paw-guys, even though they don't have paws. Also Merphy: Calls the only paw-guy bible guy

[@BuggyDClown-yv6or]

Lmao🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bachyas8888]

Shes just like Luffy, I love her!

[@danielrazo450]

Ahhhh, I get it now, she was calling they "paw-paw guys" I thought she was saying papa's guys, and I was kinda weirded out by it.

[@Boxmediaphile]

Reminds me of Robin

[@tobiasurey1434]

Also bible paw guy is Number 0 I think that is no spoiler

[@D__634]

Merphy: This is a long video. I'm sorry One Piece fans: 56 minutes for the whole arc? Too short

[@audreym3908]

I have a feeling the one after and the one after that will be longer.

[@sbulanhagui019]

You should watch tekking101, he can do 56 mins for 1 chapter. Lol

[@CorazonLaw1]

We watch hours upon hours of content just for 1 chapter. An hour for an arc is like nothing for us addicts especially for break weeks of OP chapters. 😂

[@ratiuvictor9533]

@@sbulanhagui019 Tekking is great. I want so much to see a colab bethem Merph and Mat after she catch up with the story.

[@metalliopleurodon]

Best Guy Ever's "One Piece 101" is almost 5 hours long... and it's still too short.

[@kabiramalhar2189]

proof that merphy is secretly monkey d luffy: 1. she forgets name 2. she gives nickname to characters 3. she wants every cool character to join the strawhats crew Edit: the moment anyone starts to say "my crew" and enjoy the friendship of members, is the moment they have been lost in the sea of love made by oda.

[@maventry]

@@ChristmasLore shut up

[@mariacortiz1118]

More like descendant from him.

[@Absorr]

She even called Sentimaru "Ax guy" AND made comment of "shouldn't call him by his weapon" 😂😂

[@davidpeacock8276]

I had the same thought lol

[@munchkingod]

Pay attention to the way Robin addresses other people. Even if everyone on the crew is calling someone by name Robin will cheerfully refer to them by whatever silly nickname Luffy gives them.

[@mayarimarjorie5624]

True and that's what makes it adorable. she just follow her captain, and enjoy his childish personality.

[@cassie6146]

I think it's both because Luffy's childish absurdity is refreshing after the hellish life she lived before and because Robin is pretty quirky herself. Remember when she envisioned the Nikyu Nikyu no mi's abilities as a bunch of cats with big paws?

[@skylerfoxwell5107]

You know, I never noticed this, but it makes me so unbearably happy.

[@Matuterocks]

@@cassie6146 That is very true, however, I believe it's more because at this point she just adores luffy. She is so devoted to him that she wouldn't care about living without her captain.

[@Argent_Void]

And then you have a certain someone that all of the crew calls Tra-guy

[@leondiegodelpino]

When you were talking about how worry you were when our crew is in dangerous last video I just thought "damn, next arc is sabaody".

[@redracoon1322]

Spoiler alert And "damn, next arc is impel down and marineford"

[@LINKedup101]

@@redracoon1322 oi, no arc names in the comments, those count as spoilers

[@redracoon1322]

@@LINKedup101 oh damn i am sorry there you go

[@myssie-theanimedevourer5835]

😭

[@D__634]

@@redracoon1322 spoiler Ace and Whitebeard :(

[@francesshara]

why is nobody talking about how she called the takoyaki shop "cannibal shop" LMFAOOOOO it's true tho

[@sohailsadaqat6684]

It was fun titbit Oda fashion, but if you think more philosophically you come to the conclusion that it is symbolic. Fishmen are treated badly and face racism because Racist humans consider them Fish instead of people, so Hachi opening Takayoki shop literally telling them no Me(Hachi) & octopus are not the same.

[@kingoffury]

@@sohailsadaqat6684 I was going to say the same thing.

[@asap4bri]

@@sohailsadaqat6684 Merphy is racist??!? o.0

[@Grimbur]

Technically not, since cannibalism would imply eating someone or something of your own species. Hachan is a fishman, not an octopus, so it's not cannibalism. He's obviously related to them, so it's actually more similar to humans eating bush meat (which is still disturbing and kind of weird, but not cannibalism).

[@tikikeram850]

@@Grimbur and merphy doesn't know anything about Fishman culture yet at this point'.

[@shimoricha]

FUN FACT: Rayleigh first appearance was way back in chapter 19, he was the one getting angry at Buggy and Shanks

[@gbt2009]

Lots of people will say Oda just used a character's design again to retrofit Rayleigh into the story. But there's an SBS BEFORE Rayleigh was introduced in the manga, that Oda says he planned all of Roger stuff with Buggy and Shanks and told the anime team to not make "that person" be the Captain in the flashback and we'll see him in the future, which we did in Sabaody. That specific scene even reappeared in the recent Chapters.

[@shimoricha]

@@gbt2009 spoiler warning my man

[@hwaryun7042]

@@shimoricha it's not a spoiler bro

[@shimoricha]

@@hwaryun7042 considering where the video is "That specific scene even reappeared in the recent Chapters." is definitely a minor spoiler

[@amadaquanmodingle3315]

@@gbt2009 Spoilers, please delete.

[@snoo_96]

Merphy then: Give me higher stakes! Merphy now: Nooooo gobackgobackgoback-

[@lycarayuu7571]

Oda: tee~hee~ *#whoooossh**!*

[@mrfreakybutthurt5075]

This do be the One Piece cycle

[@azo8999]

She wanted higher stakes? She damn well will get them haha

[@Supermateo97]

"I want the answers now!" OP fans don't get answers Merph. You get more questions.

[@adoniscreed4031]

the latest 2 chapters summed up in one sentence 😂😂😂

[@yoshikagespeedwagon8025]

@@adoniscreed4031 who the fuck is Nika?

[@vaggs003]

@@yoshikagespeedwagon8025 Who's Who would like to know that

[@belld.s5276]

And some of us have lived with these questions for over 10 years 😂

[@AnyMEmdq]

I can see the moment when they find the One Piece, and 17 chapters of info dump just answering questions seeded throughout the story, at least half of them, as tons of them won't have an answer in Raftel

[@danielrazo450]

Merphy: "My favorite of the new pirates is Law" All the OP fanbase: "Well, of course it is"

[@skrishna3]

Only one pirate is above the Law and we all know who.

[@HayabusaRyuu]

Not me

[@theifzelnite1087]

@@skrishna3 Chopper

[@imarobot8204]

He has the most boring desing from the supernovas :/

[@ClarkKent-ec4dv]

@@skrishna3 buggy D. Clown

[@thomasgartner5236]

I've got chronic One Piece brain and I've been through the series several times now and I got to say I get a real kick out of watching people new to the series fall in love with it and become just as obsessed as me. :D

[@ash24118]

I feel the same. No matter how many times I've read one Piece.

[@diegoh.s.9762]

Same. Kinda forced first my roomate and now my girlfriend because their only argument against was the length. My roommate has catch up. With my girlfriend we stopped after Enies Lobby (my favorite) bacause she also didn't watch Game of Thrones and modern family. After my master tesis in 2 weeks we will continue with Thriller Bark. I showed her that an other book person enjoys One Piece a lot.

[@pockystick8557]

That condition is so contagious mygad incurable too. I've been watching One Piece since I was a kid and I'm still obsess with it.

[@marchong1]

Me too. There are so many people documenting their one piece experiences o. KZbin right now, and I am here for it.

[@timanzalone8742]

Haha chronic one piece brain is the perfect way to describe how I’ve been for the past week

[@vikkajackson929]

Brook is not just a crewmember, but a swordsman. He understands how important those are to Zoro. Probably better than anyone else on the crew!

[@amayyaduvanshi2706]

Yo damn right son!

[@rickard7031]

Absolutely, he even helped Zoro "bury" Yubashiri at the end of the Thriller Bark arc.

[@jordanstiltner9439]

Merphy wanting a character to be part of the crew every arc? Now, she has truly became one of us lol

[@edwin6206]

Fun Fact: The first time a reader sees Rayleigh is in chapter 19 in Buggy’s flashback. He still has his striped goatee then.

[@patrickholzer6415]

And if anyone didn't get the ramifications of that: yes, that means that Buggy was part of Gol D. Roger's Crew.

[@st-ft7dk]

@@patrickholzer6415 They already said that Buggy and Shanks were part of Roger's crew when Shanks and whitebeard meets.

[@patrickholzer6415]

@@st-ft7dk oh, okay. I thought that info was dropped as late as Impel Down

[@avatardm]

@@patrickholzer6415 if you thought they didn't, you very dropping a heavy spoiler on purpose...

[@patrickholzer6415]

@@avatardm it's not a spoiler if everything I tell her has already happened in the story. We saw the Flashback with Shanks, Buggy and Rayleigh, and we met Rayleigh, who told us he was Roger's first mate. I am just connecting the dots here.

[@jonathanjoestar1938]

I think one of the reasons that the One Piece community are so adamant about not spoiling anything for new readers is the scene in this arc where Rayleigh admits he knows all the answers and Luffy’s response is basically to scream “NO SPOILERS”. Like Luffy, One Piece fans want the answers that Roger’s crew found, but you can be sure we plan on enjoying the journey to get them as much as the answers themselves.

[@jasonbarelli7412]

Even more than Robin, Brook finally found a family after floating aimlessly on a ship filled with the corpses of his old crew FOR FIFTY YEARS, and like two weeks later he loses his new family I think about how strong Brook is a lot

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Indeed

[@dudeguy8686]

Even though he doesn't have muscles, yohohoho

[@Cr7-and-chill]

@@dudeguy8686 skull joke ! 90 degrees angle !

[@madscientist14]

@@Cr7-and-chill he's standing straight?

[@zeldosan5138]

@@madscientist14 he's taking a nap

[@Totorosh27]

Merphy: PAIN One Piece Fans: JOY

[@DaAxiomatic]

Me: FACTS!

[@sabelotoda2]

Joy boy lol

[@RogersBase]

I know this one is gonna be good just from the first five seconds of the video. Can't wait to watch this one!

[@miguelangelthomas5154]

A wild Onepiecetuber has appeared!

[@podcastpirates3445]

For real, Roger is such a good guy. He's always bouncing around One Piece content spreading love

[@lonerboy4951]

I know right

[@hinglemccringleberry9257]

Can we get her in for a cameo at the Reverie?

[@saminsanity4766]

@@hinglemccringleberry9257 not yet, she's not even at halfway of the story

[@scribalma_h]

To this day this arc has one of the most satisfying punches in the history of storytelling.

[@julianuga]

😂 nice subtle spoiler

[@Gary4DLC]

100% Agree with this

[@slym2334]

Merphy is literally Luffy. Gives people random nicknames and wants everyone to join the crew lol

[@QuavoGotFame]

I’m new here but I already love her 2 seconds into the video lol hope nobody spoils her.

[@WhyFishTV]

You’re pointing out so many nuances in Sanji and Zoro’s relationship that no many people talk about I love it

[@LEVl.K9]

"hes aways always trying to be a gentleman " The head tilt lmao XD

[@kenji9232]

not to mention that edit lmao

[@RoninRoan89]

It vanished! The memory vanished!

[@thisguyducky]

I like that in the last arc moria, who got wrecked and lost everyone in his crew when he went to the new world, told Luffy he wasn't strong enough. He was 100% right and knew what he was talking about.

[@danielrazo450]

This is also a theme that shows what makes Luffy a different kind of player. Back in Alabasta, Sir Crocodile told him basically the same thing, and Luffy just brushed over. This is the payoff to all those years.

[@Teerapatkongrat]

@@danielrazo450 Yeah It a reality check for Luffy

[@robertopalmieri3803]

True. Luffy just steamrolled the grand line and thought he could make it to the end through guts alone. Then he met Aokiji and realized how monstrous some of those fighters are, so he came up with the Gears to power up. It's only when you get to Sabaody that you realize that the top guys are on a completely different level

[@mounia8548]

And to think he was just about entering the new world when he realized it

[@robertopalmieri3803]

@@mounia8548 yea exactly. Discussing this further would spoil stuff to Merphy but let's say the strawhats got about as far as they were going to get during the first half.

[@orangemania5095]

"You can't hear images" Me looking at the panels of everyone disappearing: "Then why is this manga so loud :']"

[@swindler9483]

lol

[@asap4bri]

As an anime watcher I still get ptsd hearing the Sabaody bubbles pop in the background during all this

[@AyebaOwl]

I love this arc because when the Straw Hats try to repurchase Camie, they fail. As a result, the only thing they can do is tear the auction hall down and fight back. The whole scenario gets at the idea that you can't solve slavery (or corruption in general) by playing by the system's rules. Rather you must obliterate it from the root.

[@leakypeach6250]

And unfortunately you can't necessarily brute force it either judging by the end of the arc. Luffy obliterates that shithead and, as a result, nearly cost him his crew.

[@shreyam1008]

And we yet to see how Oda decides to go through with this and resolve this in the end.

[@TheHermesLP]

@@leakypeach6250 Doing the right thing, and doing it by brute force would both lead into consecuencies. They did save Kamie. They did save Hachi. They did destroy the auction house, that was neverrebuilt again (maybe it was replaced by another ones, that may be true). But they had to pay a prize for doing the right thing. And doing it by force. In the end, they don't lament doing the right thing or how they did it. They lament not being strong enough to soften the aftershocks.

[@maven9504]

This arc was just Oda saying, "I can still hurt you without killing anyone" lol

[@skrishna3]

Oda in the next couple of arcs, "But wait, there'sh more!"

[@witchsorrowful1918]

No need to kill when he can literally tear my heart apart

[@CarbibourNeil]

@@witchsorrowful1918 you clever witch!

[@RabbitHol-e]

Going merry 🥺

[@fuckzot971]

THAT'S A FACT !!!!

[@theworksproject13]

Fun fact: Oda does plan most of his writing and story in advance by several arcs but the supernovas introduced in this arc we’re made last minute because Oda felt the arc would be more empty without adding other major pirates since the island is supposed to be a main hub for pirate crews

[@Ausholliday15]

I was considering this and I didn't know oda did that, it's great how he fleshed them out later. I love law

[@davidwilson6577]

@@Ausholliday15 He only had plans for Kidd, apparently. You'd think it would be Law, but he said that the only one of them he really cared about when designing them was Kidd.

[@christiancasaverdepertica1802]

Wasn't it even an editors recommendation?

[@amayyaduvanshi2706]

@@christiancasaverdepertica1802 yes it was, and damn Goda just came up with 11 unique designs that suit the characters.... I mean how-

[@mindriguniverse2429]

Small correction. It wasnt Oda who thought the arc was a little lacking. It was his editor at the time who asked Oda to make the arc more full.

[@runningtheduckaway9002]

I can’t imagine peoples pain when they were reading this weekly...

[@dohtje5029]

Thanks for the compassion.. It was ROUGH!

[@DaAxiomatic]

@@dohtje5029 Truth.

[@audreym3908]

It's STILL very rough.

[@SaKeD3LiK]

And we had a break. We waited 2 weeks to discover whats next

[@belld.s5276]

I’ve been wondering what One Piece is for more than 16 years now lmao

[@johnmoorehouse5963]

This is the arc that breaks everyone. No matter how tough people act, Sabaody destroys your emotions.

[@stefanocremonini2656]

Nah,W7/El is a lot more emotional. Sabaody was mitigated for the worst generation.

[@لاإلهإلاالله-ر8ع]

@@stefanocremonini2656 the straw hats separating will always be the most emotional scene on One Piece, (in my opinion)

[@fidelostorga4550]

@@لاإلهإلاالله-ر8ع so that scene doesn't exist.....

[@brocolissan]

We also got marineford coming

[@lastjohns9717]

It's even worse when you remember the two week break

[@TheGrandJeef]

Sadly, knowing zoro's sense of direction, that guy he carried probably died before getting to a hospital

[@derekricaurte3837]

it’s actually shown that he did make it to the hospital

[@thexenosaiyan]

@@derekricaurte3837 miracles aplenty

[@amandapessoa6931]

Luffy and Merphy are the same person confirmed. Every new character Merphy's like "join the crew when?"

[@zyerath]

also bad at remembering names. I mean have we ever seen both of them in the same room together?

[@MangeTsukiyomi]

I *could* be wrong, but I believe that at the beginning of this arc, Luffy doesn't know that Ace has been captured by the government, only that he's in trouble based on the vivre card. I feel like he kind of assumes that Ace is just having a challenging adventure that he wouldn't want Luffy to stick his nose into.

[@weadon44]

Perfect summation

[@chikinsami4230]

You’re half right

[@dohtje5029]

Spoiler: He won't know till next arc when he talks with granny Nyon.

[@rancorrage5646]

Ace being in danger isn't new, and he hates it when Luffy gets dragged into his problems. Of course Luffy would laugh off him being in danger and just trust him to get out of it on his own.

[@Jmmm19]

Yeah that's crucial to his decision made

[@legionkahn]

This arc was the first one to really show that the Marines when they are serious are no joke. The way Kizaru basically manhandled 4 of the supernovas on his own without any effort and how the Pacifistas were all so strong it took multiple people to even slow them down just shows that the Marines are a real threat. Before now the Marines were kind of just there, but this arc shows how truly dangerous they can be. It makes sense that the strongest marines would be closer to the Redline and in the New World since that is where the strongest threats are.

[@Mauro-sn2kt]

I mean there was aokiji before but it is certainly true that the stakes were risen in sabaody

[@god47398]

@@Mauro-sn2kt aokiji showed up and froze a few people and was clearly not serious, taking pity on robin. kizaru showed up, kicked everyones ass then kept walking towards the straw hats who wouldve almost certainly died if not for rayleigh. then right fucking after that, aokiji, kizaru and a brand new guy named akainu all stand between luffy and ace, and luffy never once was on the level of aokiji or kizari one-one-one, let alone fighting both at once, with the addition of the relentless akainu. the marines are spread out, but theyre yonko tier for sure.

[@OsSas3]

-Merphy: I want the answers NOW! -Oda: We don't do that here.

[@MarcoDToon]

-Fans: please Oda we've been waiting hundreds of chapters for this answer -Oda: Fine. **Gives a partial answer that raises 5 bigger questions**

[@Travelling_Heart15]

@@MarcoDToon more like, gives one word that birth 100 posibilities

[@jeffalver2047]

lol til this day non of the question have been answered yet..

[@furorteutonicus9045]

*reads todays new chapter* He only ADDS even more new mysteries! lol

[@leondiegodelpino]

@@MarcoDToon this week's chapter

[@Kgodden15]

Imagine for a moment reading One Piece a chapter a week plus Oda's breaks .... some people have been doing that for over a decade.

[@MrGniknoraa]

I started reading in 08 when I was in high school lol

[@estebanrubio7592]

Always strange to think that one piece is as old as or older than me.

[@daitiri]

14 years and counting

[@omarsabir1210]

Been following Berserk for more than 10 years :((

[@ralfsstuff]

I startet watching the anime in 2003 when I was 8 and reading the manga in 2006. I'm 26 now...

[@adoniscreed4031]

The reality check Luffy gets in this arc is insane... Merphy's voice breaking during the disappearance scene actually made me teae up, its such an insanely upsetting scene 😭

[@isopodshuffle]

One thing i really appreciate is how Oda called his shot here Babe Ruth-style. For all the fretting about spoilers, Oda will often outright *tell* you what's gonna happen, yet still make it come as a total shock Last arc Moria straight-up told Luffy to his face that _exactly this thing_ is going to happen. He's not strong enough, and he's going to lose his crew. No one believes him though - not Luffy, not the reader - because he's this sad washed-up joke of a pirate, what does he know? Besides, we've got plot armor on our side! it'll be fine! it'll be... fine... 😭

[@syneresis]

that and the part about the ship coater being 100x stronger than Luffy

[@mfbond13]

@@syneresis yeah the first time I heard the ship coater guy is 100x stronger then Luffy before even seeing him I was like "lol that's impossible" But yeah he is literally 100x stronger then Luffy it's not even close lol It amazes me and surprises me how he can tell us excatly everything but once we really get the whole view it really makes sense.

[@jukaa1012]

and people say thriller bark is not part of the saga. There is a thematic throughline, we get yonko setup before seeing a yonko in action and Kuma is a major player trough the whole saga. Yes it was a big arc with a climax of its own, but so is WCI and its still par of the vs4yonko saga

[@frankwest5388]

@@jukaa1012 “puts on pretentious art hat” Thriller Bark’s focus on Zombies and “living dead” is absolutely thematic on man levels. Firstly it’s dramatic irony for Moria himself. He is a beaten pirate. He lost everything. His drive to improve. His treasure. His crew. And his believe on dreams. Due to the way OnePiece is written, without those things, he might as well be dead. In other words, he could be seen as a dead man walking himself. Brook has died as well. Both thematically like Moria and literally. He is literally just a moving corpse. But, he regained a crew and the will to chase his dream. Which makes him both thematically and literally live/alive again. The focus around death is also a thematic warning for Luffy. Because this is the punishment for failure. This is what chasing to become pirate king gets you. A dead crew and eternal loneliness. WTF did I smoke to write this?

[@jukaa1012]

@@frankwest5388 we were talking about themes througout the saga tho xD

[@Merchantic]

Nami loves treasure and money, but not because she's greedy. She wants money because she associates it with literal freedom. She wanted to buy back her freedom from Arlong, and in Sabaody, she's okay using their money to buy Camie's freedom.

[@seriozha3254]

Sadly she couldn't buy freedom with money on both the occasions.

[@leondiegodelpino]

@@seriozha3254 maybe there is a message there 🧐

[@elessar6950]

Nah, she's definitely greedy lol. That's just how her money addiction got started.

[@seriozha3254]

@@elessar6950 I think she picked the habit from arlong.

[@Humble197]

@@elessar6950 considering she was quick to use it for Camie she isn't. Nami has the intense aspect of greed but she isnt selfish about it. I would put frugal for her maybe instead.

[@bobbytran3878]

The reason why Kid's bounty is higher than Luffy's is because he has a history of killing civilians and other pirate crews (even if it's for minor slights). Kid reveals in this arc that every time he was laughed at for being a pirate or for believing in the existence of the one piece, he violently retaliated. This is important for the comparison between Luffy and Kid bc Luffy was faced with a similar situation in Jaya against Bellamy. However, instead of violently beating Bellamy after insulting him, Luffy chooses to pull a Shanks and not retaliate. The moment Luffy learned Bellamy was a pirate without true conviction, he dismissed him from his mind (insults dont matter from people who have no dreams or drive). If Kid was insulted by Bellamy at Jaya, he wouldve murdered Bellamy and burned down the place. That's the big difference between Kid and Luffy. Luffy only fights if his friends are harmed (lesson from Shanks in chapter 1) and he doesnt care about other peoples' opinions of him, especially when it comes to his dreams. If others think his dream is a joke, then he'll just ignore them. Kid can't do that. He cant stand being ridiculed.

[@Arfurful]

He's a big kid

[@Chaosking707]

True but something always brothered me about why did Luffy allow Bellamy to put hands on Zoro, like I understand Bellamy wasn't worth you fighting but to tell your mate just take it doesn't sit right with me

[@alexandermue8241]

@@Chaosking707 i dont think Luffy would have given the same order to anyone else. Just maybe Sanji, but Luffy knows that Zoro can 1. take it as easily as Luffy, and 2. understands why Luffy does this since he has an equally ridiculus dream. Just maybe he would have given the order to Sanji, but definitely not any other of his friends. That doesn't necessarily makes it ok, but that keeps it in line with his character

[@adoniscreed4031]

@@Chaosking707 Zoro doesnt want nor need Luffy to stand up for him... Luffy gives Zoro total autonomy to choose how to deal with any situation because he respects him so much

[@lukeshef1713]

@@adoniscreed4031 I understand what you are saying, but in that specific scene he does tell zoro not to fight back.

[@Zeet1]

One thing that got me in this arc is when Nami got vanished she is looking at Luffy and says "Help" just like in her arc alllll the way in the beginning. This time though, Luffy wasn't able to help. :(

[@Kgodden15]

She says the exact same thing word for word :(

[@Cipher_Paul]

Yeah, it's like when he ran trying to save Robin and misses her by a hair due to the draw back of Gear 2nd, the very same technique he had used to save her in the past.

[@Sebster85]

And there's a panel in the next arc that clearly shows that Nami's disappearance may have hit Luffy the hardest given their history. Strong World -- which is written by Oda -- expands on that really well.

[@Snehu]

@@Sebster85 What's strong world?

[@clay1108]

@@Snehu OP movie 8/9(?)

[@bsatb]

Chopper was in his monster form when he was sent away. So wherever he ends up if he’s okay he would have no idea at all what happened

[@RPK_96]

Last thing he knows He was fighting "Kuma" probely

[@L4C3-L4]

no wonder he was stressed. i didn't consider this

[@sarafontanini7051]

but now he's all alone, no idea where is and where all his friends are and likely very badly injured :c

[@L4C3-L4]

luffy was a g, to want to send a msg to everyone asap

[@DarthMorius]

It is a weird relief to know I am not the only one who is brought to tears consistently by this story.

[@sumanthvs_]

Some points: 1. Kizaru is literally made of light, the same way Ace is made of fire, and Enel made of electricity 2. Bible guy tells something to Rayleigh before making the crew disappear, and Kizaru is pissed about it. 3. Kizaru tells Bible guy that he will have to explain himself for his actions, not to luffy, but to the navy 4. Bible guy is a warlord but he has been going against direct orders of the navy since thriller bark 5. The axe guy just controls the paw paws, he didn't make them

[@juntalks313]

👍

[@chrisanderson2056]

You know you can just call him Kuma and say Kizaru has a logia DF

[@ryvnhaust5250]

An easier explanation for new readers, noice

[@_Azurael_]

And the warlord is PX-0 She was confused he wasn't PX-1, that's why

[@weadon44]

@@_Azurael_ I was gonna mention that but I think it’s a spoiler because it’s a small reveal from Doflamingo in Marineford

[@yon1643]

can't believe merphy just says "he's pretty powerful" to one of the admirals of the marines HAHAHAHAHA

[@kkd.reaper4674]

Powerscalers beware

[@newageswordsman]

Okay so can we PLEASE talk about Nami when she says “We’ll get her back using their rules! We’ll buy her back!” Ive been going back to this scene for it’s pure emotion wrecking capabilities for what-10 years? And I never ONCE put together that that sentence is not just Strawhat Law-doing anything and everything possible to get back your friend-but it is so important about Nami’s heart too. Because she can’t let Camie be SOLD. Because Nami-NAMI-out of all people. Knows what it is to be owned and she will never let someone she knows be owned by someone else again. So yes. She will buy Camie’s freedom. Because she had to buy her own. I know I’m late to this video so she probably won’t see this comment-but you best believe I’ll probably bring it up when we see Nami again lol.

[@mcosmos-h2w]

YES. THANK YOU

[@Grimbur]

Also it's very telling she doesn't hesitate at all, even though she values money extremely highly. This makes it so much more impactful and telling how much MORE she values freedom - which is oh so suiting for a pirate in Luffy's crew.

[@username-ql8ox]

@@Grimbur she values money so highly precisely because she knows it can buy freedom. She needed a million berries for her village before, this is no different.

[@DPedroBoh]

Oh man, tell me about it. My brain eas working so hard for the absolute madness that would be the bidding wars between nami and freaking celestial dragons. So many episodes until the clash gave me time to speculate and create so many expectations just to be instantly crushed. My jaw was on the floor... "of course..., its so obvious, they have all the money in the world..." A masterful CRUSHING of expectations and it makes absolute sense. Just amazing.

[@pivad1388]

oh wow

[@colburn0004]

One note about bounties: the bounty doesn’t always necessarily reflect what someone does so much as the level of threat they are to the world government. Think like Robin with a bounty as a child. She was a threat because of knowledge not necessarily what she had done.

[@gazelkaxd]

Plus Straw Hats latest deeds were covered up at this point, they didnt get new bouties after defeating Moria

[@weadon44]

It’s honestly kinda amazing that Kidd Slaughter entire island communities almost everywhere he went, actively going out his way to kill civilians and marines alike. And yet his bounty was still just barley higher then Luffy’s, a happy go lucky rubber boy who just wanted to see the world with his friends. Their world is so fucked up.

[@chantalegli8130]

@@weadon44 To be fair, the whole Enies lobby flag burning and saving Nico Robin thing happened. So for the world government, he's a threat.

[@eVill420]

@@weadon44 Kidd is murdering people who laughed at his dream, not necessarily everyone

[@Iqnacio.]

@@eVill420 and/or... that certain quality of a certain character that we find out on a certain arc (pretty sure Mer won't read answers so it's safe, but hey, no need to risk it right?)

[@jalapenoofjustice4682]

The celestial dragons are some of the most hateable characters I've ever experienced. Their introductory scene alone makes me hate them more than many major fictional vilains.

[@OsnofAhcor]

I am not catch up with the manga, but imagine oda suddenly makes a totally U turn and we all start understanding and caring about them 😶

[@hbsavage0387]

@@OsnofAhcor that ain’t happening and technically he kinda has already done that with Doflimingo and his family

[@dohtje5029]

@@hbsavage0387 spoiler Mjosgard though...

[@hbsavage0387]

@@dohtje5029 yea yea but in terms of the detestables I don’t think Oda will do that but the few that actually have a heart and semi care for people I could understand him doing that but as was shown with the whole Doflimingo family thing it won’t matter to regular people

[@dohtje5029]

@@hbsavage0387 spoiler.. yeah I don't think Charlos and his whole family would have a change of heart, and Otohime's actions would not have mattered for them, but there are 2 that went against the status quo of the CD, but yah overall the normal people would lynch them. Its like Hitler going to Jurusalem and saying Jews are nice now. He would defenetely not survive....

[@Ian-ou8jq]

For some reason the reaveal of Sabaody Park hit me hard. I had thought “Arlong Park” was a stupid name and it had bothered me way to much but I also kinda thought “Going Merry” and “1000 Sunny” we dumb names so I just chalked it up to translation issues / cultural differences. Learning that Arlington was actually still just a kid at heart who just wanted to ride the Ferris Wheel was transcendent. Oda had no need to plant that seed but he did, and kept it secret for almost a decade.

[@HyakuJuu01300]

Arlong becomes a much more interesting character after Fishman Island arc.

[@jeremysmith7176]

@@HyakuJuu01300 I don't think his story is over yet. I can see his story coming full circle as he became a slave of the celestial dragons

[@noremac7216]

I think you just don't like cool names

[@colibri224]

Eustass Kid : I have a higher bounty than Luffy ! Everyone : Nobody care ! We love Law !

[@popkhorne5372]

Hey, i like Kidd. But Law is way better, sorry angry BOI.

[@RedsliverN]

Oda said that his third favorite moment in One Piece is when the strawhats first debark onto Sabaody and Robin feels the bubbles coming off of the mangrove roots and then wipes her hand clean on Usopp's shorts.

[@pockystick8557]

"Oh. It's sticky." 😆😆😆

[@nekfard]

Sabaody is a turning point for both readers and the straw hats. When luffy face Moria in the last arc, he (Moria) said to luffy that you are not ready for the New World and he will loose all of his crewmates once he enters the new world, the same way as he lost his whole crew to Kaido (another pirate). that is how dangerous the New World is, he was right though.

[@theexception1222]

Fun fact: Oda's editors thought the arc was a little boring, so Oda created all the supernovas in the span of a few weeks.

[@Aust51989]

Half true. He came up with them the week of their intro chapter.

[@cesarquint256]

He have eustas already planned iirc and probably others backbone storylines/sketches around but yeah

[@mihawkrico891]

I always thought he came with the supernovas in a day

[@Xanderqwerty123]

@@cesarquint256 I'm fairly sure Kidd and Law were both planned, the other ones were added last minute. Oda adding all those characters and the warlords into the story as well as he does is why hes the GOAT.

[@heyarnold7256]

I don't think that was it. He always had them planned but didn't know where or when he would include them.

[@MrVinceT1]

12:22 , pretty much the whole story of One Piece. Deceivingly light story full of fun and adventure until you realize that it's actually a story about the tragedies taking place in a dystopian world.

[@Naija_Ninja]

Wtf? How'd you comment "1 day ago" Also: Yes! I feel this. One piece is a dystopia setting that never tell you directly that it is and like the people actually living in it, you only find out you're in a dystopia when you take a moment to consider

[@123Z-q4i]

@@Naija_Ninjai comment this because im in her patreon

[@ferzos1]

Imagine a teenage boy filled with anxiety waiting for volume 53 to be released, that's what happened to me almost 10 years ago. Blessed you who can read the next chapters immediately after. A great review as always, I really enjoyed it! You've made my Friday. Keep it up Merphy, and I hope you enjoy the ride.

[@novachris5047]

Man, do I envy those people more than anyone else. If I had a time machine, I'd buy all the volumes and convince my kid self to read One Piece 😅

[@autumndjinn9622]

If Aokiji is the lazy admiral, Kizaru is the stoned one.

[@choppergamer]

Stoned justice

[@marocat4749]

Stoned troll that is probably the strongest admiral, if he wanted.

[@redu8806]

"Unclear justice"

[@pedroi.s2093]

@@marocat4749 If Oda had better understanding of physics, kizaru would be be strongest being in the story

[@dudeguy8686]

Kizaru's lit, for sure

[@sleepykrw6030]

Merphy is the IRL version of luffy, random nicknames and wants every cool person to join the crew

[@DaAxiomatic]

Potential spoiler: Which makes knowing what's coming next is gonna break her even more painful...

[@DesnesCitrus]

and she is getting the names wrong too xD

[@jaumeblanco5632]

Clarification on Kizaru's powers: he has, indeed, a light based fruit, but it is of the same type as Smoker, Crocodile, Enel and Aokigi (a logia type fruit). This allows not only to harness the power and project an element (in this case light) but also to become the element, turning intangible and beeing able to reform himself when brocken.

[@Areinajiya]

Who else is crying with her when she was talking about them disappearing? Cause I got tissues real quick 😢

[@blues4509]

Oh yeah I'm not strong enough

[@dohtje5029]

There were some wet eyes, but it's easyer to cry along when someone else us crying. Also most reviewers say they cried when they read it wich offcourse makes alot of sense, but seeing Merphy actually break down while just talking about the scene hit differently, was the same with Robins backstory.

[@YetiCoolBrother]

Goosebumps

[@Ytinasniiable]

Three weeks from now is gonna be hard to watch

[@BrisleyPLUS]

she was explaining it so vividly that it broke me a little

[@nyagasoa3311]

Ayyy yoo protect Merphy at all costs lol. People's reactions like hers makes me fall in love with the series all over again. Be careful reading the comments from now on. There are some sick people who love to spoil people who love the series.

[@Moloxer]

You would think, they do that on purpouse, but mostly they just want to talk about something they remembered. I know because I spoil not even wanting to.

[@nyagasoa3311]

@@Moloxer lmao I've seen both scenarios and for both again protect Merphy at all costs.

[@Moloxer]

@@nyagasoa3311 Yeah I know, but It's mostly just people being passionate about One Piece

[@maddu8437]

Merphy: *immediately loves Law * One Piece fans: OmYgOd wE diD Not sEe ThAT CoMinG!

[@maddu8437]

@@ChristmasLore ever heard of sarcasm?

[@rerouting]

Another fun fact to add to the hundreds in the comment section - Oda came up with the Supernovas on the fly. He and his editor wanted to make Saboody more exciting so in the middle of the arc (right before the chapter where they're introduced) Oda came up with these 9 other pirates to integrate into the story. And to this day, it all fits seamlessly.

[@CorazonLaw1]

And I could never in the life of me could imagine how the story would be without those characters. And that's the greatest thing about Oda, he's a master at planning things and also coming up with something on the fly at the same time.

[@shika1718]

I think you've read content that took about 10 years to come out at this point 😳

[@SirJimmaras]

She's read more than what i read when i caught up to the manga.

[@TubemastaC]

She’s 12-13 years into the publication

[@mcfarlane819]

One of my favourite Brook moments was in seabody. When him and Chopper are waiting to be picked up and usopp finds them relaxing. On the surface it’s just hilarious seeing them relaxing like they don’t have a care in the world. But if you think about why Brook is able to do that it’s kinda sad. He spent fifty years alone with only the bodies of his crew mates as company, he had a lot of time to kill.

[@divyanshsharma1999]

We can never forgive Arlong and his crew for what they did to Nami, but what I loved about Sabody was giving us a perspective of discrimination from the fishmen point of view. Cruelty breeds more cruelty,as captain Kidd put it "When scum rules the world,only more scum is born." It is so important to understand perspectives and once we knew Hatchin's perspective we couldn't forgive him but at least understood him and sympathised with his character. I love such form of writing.

[@jessicalee9224]

(spoiler at bottom) What also makes it easier to accept is that Hachi was portrayed as dumb and (kind of) harmless in Arlong Park, and he's the one who gets a redemption arc. He was the one who gives Zoro a ride and tells him "come again!", so he was shown to not be as devoted to racial supremacy as Arlong. It also helps that he completely accepts that he did wrong and shows shame/apologizes without (much) prodding. I know some people feel weird about how the Nami and Hachi interaction was handled, but I think it worked (especially with the context that you mentioned). SPOILER WARNING Now for when we inevitably revisit the whole Luffy/Crocodile/Vivi situation.... hopefully Oda handles that well too edit: clarity

[@CozyRogers]

I forgive Octo-boi \o/

[@websta3924]

@@jessicalee9224 When would they reunite?

[@bayekofsiwa5847]

@@jessicalee9224 Huh? No... Nami and Hachi's relationship is soooo different from Vivi and Crocodile. Hachi was in with Arlong's bad deeds but he was harmless and was really just following orders from his captain. Meanwhile Crocodile was a merciless asshole throughout Vivi's arc. It makes no sense for Vivi to forgive a person that took pleasure in letting millions die in a civil war he orchestrated himself. Crocodile's sinful deeds are leagues apart from Hachi's.

[@joaofarias9986]

Arlong Park is called that and Shaped like it is for a reason

[@jendoubighassen612]

+ Zoro has badass moments, but nothing beats the sheer disrespect of him asking the celestial dragon “Do you need directions or something ?” 😂😂 @ Merphy, thanks for doing this series. It’s almost like reliving the series for the first time, and it’s extremely satisfying to see someone else impacted the same way many of us were when we first read one piece.

[@aNervousFlower]

She's about to do a reread after this saga, we should leave tidbits like the one you mentioned for her to discover on her own :)

[@jendoubighassen612]

@@aNervousFlower Thank you for warning me, I removed that part

[@nazifdanesi9623]

Hafta thank merph for this one

[@am3703]

I still remember reading the chapter where Kuma teleported everyone across paradise, it was rough going, wasn't expecting to feel that much emotion, and then stuff happened, and I felt even more

[@am3703]

@@nicknacks9309 Probably patreon early access, unless youtube is out here playing tricks

[@Illjwamh]

I'll never get tired of watching you experience One Piece for the first time. Aside from just sharing in the joy of it, it's bringing back memories to when I first read these stories years and years ago. Make your videos as long as you want. If there's one thing One Piece fans know how to do, it's sticking around for the long haul.

[@Fearless3773]

I too was shocked when Luffy didn’t instantly go after Ace, but it’s almost like Luffy could not possibly believe that his big bad brother could be in serious trouble. Almost like it was impossible.

[@sia5926]

Of course. Ace is much stronger than Ace and the one who always protect Luffy so for Luffy even when he saw Ace's vivre card he though that if he tried to do smth Ace would be very angry and he would solve his problems on his own. Because it's Ace. It's so sad. Luffy had no idea...

[@mesan4641]

Like Luffy said he believed that Ace was just living his own adventures, Luffy risks his life and gets heavily injured in basically every arc and so he expects that Ace’s adventure has similar dangers, but he believes in Ace and that he would overcome all obstacles just like him and his crew

[@sia5926]

@@mesan4641 Yea of course that's it. I also think that a huge role play that Luffy know that Ace was much stronger than him and he was the one who always protect him. It's cute how he didn't doubt that Ace is so strong and would be okay. He respect his older brother so much. And it's cute that it was Ace who saw Luffy's vivrecard in such bad condition he will immediately go. I don't mean that Ace is like better. No they just have this amazing younger/older brother chemistry. And I love it

[@onetootsie5460]

they didnt know he was captured. the albatross delivered the newspaper only to moria after the fight. if luffy knew, he would immediately go and save ace. and i dont want to spoil what happens next. but if you know, you know. if not, you'll see.

[@sia5926]

@@onetootsie5460 I know. I agree with all you said. And yes Luffy think that it just a casual battle or smth he just didn't know

[@gaara_of_the_desert1118]

Ha she thinks liking Law is an unpopular opinion. Lol.

[@fidelostorga4550]

Lol

[@fidelostorga4550]

He drippy

[@HyakuJuu01300]

Well, having Drake and Hawkins as favorites is definitely unpopular. A lotta people have Law&Kid and thats it.

[@leondiegodelpino]

Lol

[@dollin971]

@@HyakuJuu01300 my favs are: Law (obviously), Bonney and Hawkins

[@twTheivid]

As a Stormlight mega-fan, Luffy's not wanting to get his journey spoiled hit so hard. Journey before destination!!

[@brian0057]

Life before Death.

[@nicolasthompson4087]

Strength before weakness

[@A-No.1]

Cereal before milk.

[@Mauro-sn2kt]

@@A-No.1 underrated comment

[@Isaiah_McIntosh]

@@A-No.1 oh hell no

[@franconicolas3995]

Clarification: - This is Law's first ever appearance, as well as all the other Supernovas (except Luffy and Zoro, of course). - Be sure to reread X Drake's comment about the "Kumas", he mentions Kizaru and the very mysterious Vegapunk. PS: HEAVILY suggest you watch episodes 404 and 405 in subbed. The emotion of Luffy's voice actor is so heartbreaking, the whole crew disappearing is even more heartbreaking in the anime.

[@franconicolas3995]

@@denislelouch9989 is it? I'm pretty sure Sentomaru calls him out. I'll delete it just in case

[@mikebearthegamer1365]

Ik I'm gonna get hate for this but the dub also did great with that moment.

[@D__634]

@@denislelouch9989 remove that comment. that's actually a spoiler

[@franconicolas3995]

@@mikebearthegamer1365 I can't stand Luffy's dub voice, so I can't really say cause I haven't watched it.

[@georgejecu3693]

The Japanese VO for One Piece is god tier. Worth watching just for the emotions they bring to the story.

[@isopodshuffle]

You know... one thing that gets overshadowed in all the chaos is that Luffy *isn't even the only Strawhat* who wrecks a Celestial Dragon in one hit My boy Usopp... the man, the myth, the legend... took one out in *the best way* (ch. 503, page 12)

[@marocat4749]

Yes he is the secont to wreck a celestial dragon 🤩

[@leonkastilyo7463]

that’s why he’s Go D. Usopp lol

[@isopodshuffle]

@@jaysonlem5914 nope, definitely 12 - the chapter only has 19 pages

[@iamdivan7368]

You don't try to call yourself a God in presence of one

[@ratiuvictor9533]

It was quite strange how Usopp did not receive a bigger bounty after that incident. I mean Rosward was the father of Charlos so an attack on him would be more atrocious in the Word Guverment's perspective.

[@ChibiMalzahar]

Sabaody to me really shows Odas actual understanding of writing on a micro and macro scale. Like the scene of the crew losing would normally be sad, but would always be underlined by "well they're the MCs they're obviously not dead it's no big deal" but it's STILL so crushing because Oda built Luffy so well. More so than a defeat, we are watching the protagonist live out his absolute worst fear right in front of his eyes as he's powerless to stop it. It's impressive enough that Luffy acts like a leader and advises the crew to run away and to go all out against a single pacifista. But all the development he went through just means *nothing*. All those villains he faced who said he wasn't ready for the new world were absolutely correct and it's frankly a miracle he didn't lose everyone to Kizaru

[@dbzbourgheim]

The way that Oda handles the theme of slavery and racism is incredible, and very ballsy for a shonen as popular as One Piece. There is absolutely NO debate of whether it is right or wrong, NO debate on how we should view the situation: slavery is horrible, racism is a thing that should NOT be happening, and the nobles who use slaves are pieces of trash. Simple, effective, and very visually compelling. It's just amazing. And it hits not only the international public, with the Occidental history with slavery, but also the Japanese public, with the country's methods during WWII against China and Korea (including mass torture, taking sex slaves, imperialism disguised as liberation...). Again, very ballsy of Oda to tackle the subject in such a way. And as you said, the auction house reaaaaally hits hard, and makes the situation very realistic.

[@ankitagrawal2379]

in one piece racism is not tackled in as simple a way as you think. chars like arlong serve the purpose to make the situation more complicated and oda's take is very nuanced which i like. ofc overall racism is horrible and oda gets that across but he does it in a subtle and nuanced way showing both sides of the coin

[@krishnanandpremanand3581]

@@ankitagrawal2379 spoilers also with how Dolfy's family is treated in the flashback

[@noehahanji]

@@krishnanandpremanand3581 ((spoilers)) Sorry but it's "Doffy"

[@dbzbourgheim]

@@ankitagrawal2379 I'm not saying the contrary, I'm just saying there is no ambiguity about how we're supposed to think of the situation ;) we understand where Arlong came from with this arc.

[@D__634]

This is when a mangaka knows how to incorporate real-life issues in a shounen manga. FMA has that but how Oda does it is on another level.

[@3nu570]

Last week when Merphy said that the crew members disappearing one by one stressed her out I literally screeched, because if she only knew what arc was coming next 😭😭😭

[@Prop]

BOY!! 🤣🤣

[@krishnanandpremanand3581]

Amazon lily yeah

[@pip5188]

15:36 Zoro offering someone else directions is one of the most ironic things ever

[@treyatkinson7564]

"Zoro, which way do we go?" "Left." "Alright, let's go right."

[@masamune1812]

Fun fact about the Supernovas: Oda admitted that they were a late minute addition to the series, born out of a feeling that the arc lacked interesting characters. Not only did he added 10 interesting characters, their influence on the story further on makes one wonder what would have happened if Oda didn't had that sudden idea. Pressure makes diamonds (?

[@stolfiemirajane7977]

he added 9 supernovas

[@mai4717]

Especially Law, idk what would happen if he didn't added the supernova. We would lost one of the most popular character in the series, he got like no 5 in worldwide popularity poll

[@popkhorne5372]

@@mai4717 he got to number 2 once didnt he ?

[@fadocharryp1]

@@popkhorne5372 Yup, he was the only one to ever take Zoro out of the No. 2 spot

[@Teerapatkongrat]

Supernova is one of the most enjoyable thing in One Piece to these day for me, Everytime they appear I am lock to the pages and I love that Oda didn't just brush all of them off

[@smilehaver]

I had a fear in the back of my mind that people who read traditional literature would brush off manga or look down on it. Seeing you and Daniel enjoy One Piece makes me so happy. I don't know if it's a validation thing but I'm just so glad other people get to enjoy the beloved characters and series like us manga readers do.

[@Darshe0]

You mean western literature? Merphy had already read bunch of manga btw, OP ain’t her first

[@123Z-q4i]

@@Darshe0 what manga does she read before one piece?

[@GD-oe5ws]

@@Darshe0 I thought she said that this was the first manga she's read.

[@kamarassakka9922]

@@GD-oe5ws No, she has reviews for FMA, Death Note, Silent Voice and Avatar too,

[@thornray1025]

@@kamarassakka9922 So she read the manga for all of those?

[@riss0is]

Random tidbit of the day: Sabaody comes from the Portuguese word "sabão", which means "soap" (hence the bubbles), which is roughly (not quite, but roughly) pronounced as "sabon". That's why your little note probably said to pronounce it as "Sabondy". Also, I just love how you break down while talking about these painful moments... you're sooooo one of us now, and I love it!

[@lucasbernardo5844]

Interesting kkkk. But if it is really comes from potuguese it would be sabaOdy, with a strong o.

[@riss0is]

@@lucasbernardo5844 they pronounce it as "shabondy". And it's not "if", it's a fact. 😅

[@lucasbernardo5844]

Here in Brasil it sounds more like spanish than potuguese form Portugal

[@sebastianbharat4537]

This saga is EASILY the biggest emotional rollercoaster in One Piece so far. Reading the series, you think the worst is over with the Water 7 saga and then it sucker-punches you in the gut with Sabaody.

[@Lazyguy143]

Craziest part is this still isn't rock bottom.

[@JoshTheValiant]

It's truly remarkable how many sucker punches Oda gets away with. At this point in the story you have probably cried over a dog, a whale, and *a boat*, you would think that would be enough to signal that this man is paid by the tear but nope! He just gets ya again!

[@D__634]

Chopper flashback hits hard

[@Corredor1230]

And that’s without mentioning some future emotional moments within the same saga and post-TS that are just insane!! Dressrosa and Whole Cake send their regards.

[@mikeg3326]

Honestly the water 7 saga was more of an emotional roller coaster for me but I completely understand if someone feels like this saga is more emotional

[@trikan8398]

In reference to the Rayleigh conversation with the straw hats: you NEED to watch Usopp asking his question in the anime. That’s all I’ll say.

[@skrishna3]

Merphy likes X-Drake's character design? . . . . . . . . . Spoilers: She's gonna love so many characters going ahead. Especially: "In the name of the mama, the second son and the holy doooooooughnuts"

[@davidwilson6577]

You're seeing quite far into the future.

[@RunawayWarlords]

I think the best way of putting this feeling watching this review is nostalgia and a bit of jealousy. I wish I had known in 2009 that this would continue but I actually thought the story was done and that was a tough month. Thank you for sharing your emotions senpai...not that I cried too.

[@kamarassakka9922]

Tsun

[@gergabbin933]

This is what people get when they ask for higher stakes.

[@dariusradu2369]

Yes, he literally crucified people who laughed at him on his way to Sabaody. Just imagine what would have happened if Kid would have arrived at Jaya instead of Luffy back then. Bellamy would have been erased from existence😂

[@xDanKaix]

It’s ok, Law is everyone’s favorite Plus Bepo is too cute.

[@korshaiz]

The Supernovas were all made up in a week by oda because he thought the arc needed more. I find that interesting. Kid has the higher bounty and I think it was explained why. I wont spoiler it here.

[@isopodshuffle]

On a similar note, the Warlords weren't in his original plan at all (back when he intended OP to only last 5 years or so) Basically, OP's massive scale and intricate worldbuilding surprised even the author, lol

[@AlexT7916]

1 day ago ?! WHAT IS THIS SORCERY ?!

[@KongFuzii]

@@AlexT7916 patreon supporter

[@Haxerous]

Well it was the editor/publishers who gave the suggestion about the supernovas from what I remember. He certainly didn't plan on having so many of them at the time.

[@Ry9022]

Really makes you wonder what the plan was before them, epically a certain long threaded arc.

[@aginggergown6303]

Usopp being one of the weak, the most logical, the most scaredy cat actually manned up to save Zoro, one of the strongest trio, the trio monster. He actually face to face with PX, trying to save Zoro

[@ethanpacheco4371]

Ok Merphy there’s 3 types of devil fruits Logia: think of crocodile, Engel, and kizaru. Therese let you turn into an element and they can morph they’re body and are immune to *almost* all damage Zoan: think dalton, Rob Licci, Kaku. These let you turn into an anime Paramecia: think everything else because it’s just whatever wacky power Oda wanted to put in the story

[@dweblinveltz5035]

Roger and his crew know the true history, but Rayleigh is referring to the conclusion that comes from that knowledge. As he says, they were just basically a dumb pirate crew. Robin, who understand so much more, may come to a different conclusion from the same knowledge.

[@mysteryman9488]

MANGA SPOILERS, Roger says that they were "Too early" because they didn't have Poseidon with them, at this point in the story Rayleigh knows Poiseidon has been born now so Luffy and the others might find something even beyond what the Roger pirates saw, this could be what he is refearing to.

[@SolitaryLark]

@@mysteryman9488 I’d put some space between the spoiler and the warning.

[@mysteryman9488]

@@SolitaryLark My bad

[@Zoom03352]

@@mysteryman9488 more like they cant do anything about what they learnt aka fight imu sama and the world government without poseidon and all the ancient weapons. also this is spoilers in general not manga spoilers since the anime is also past this

[@danielrazo450]

@@mysteryman9488 We kinda don´t know that yet. It's a pretty popular theory in the fanbase, but it has not been explicitly stated that's the reason the Roger Pirates were "too early"

[@anwarparvez6480]

Merphy is becoming like Luffy... anyone cool and interesting should join the crew :3

[@erwindavid2859]

Also with remembering/naming characters. 😂

[@dohtje5029]

Spoiler She is gonna break at MF.... Especially how Oda makes you realy feel happy in a few chapters and dickslaps you right in the face a couple of chapters later. Same with Merry, yes she's back and she saved the crew im soo happy, 2 chapters later balling my eyes out couse of a burning boat...

[@michaelhooks8591]

Honestly the fact that Chopper went into monster form again, and in front of everyone shows how desperate that situation was. In Enies Lobby (i forgot who he told) but he told someone to “make sure no one comes in here” meaning he didn’t want anyone to see what it is he could turn into, but here he voluntarily eats the three rumble balls because everyone’s losing

[@Mohamed-uf9bz]

This arc is one of my favorites but it was a hard arc to read indeed

[@Errupt]

Kid is the only one that had a higher bounty than luffy, and they said it’s because he killed innocent people

[@popkhorne5372]

Isnt it said that "his actions caused the deaths of innocents" ? If i am not tripping, that leaves a bit of mystery... did he kill innocents on purpose or did something he did kill many innocents as collateral damage....

[@kamarassakka9922]

@@popkhorne5372 He killed them intentionally and one of those reasons was stated by Kidd himself, ie, whenever anyone laughed at his dream, he killed them

[@autumndjinn9622]

The thing is Kidd admitted to slaughtering 'innocent civilians' because they laughed at his dream. Tell me which braindead dumbass 'innocent' civilians will laugh at a pirate. And unlike shanks and luffy, kidd actually looks scary asf and acts tough. So i honestly think kidd is a pirate with morals like luffy but is just violent with those who oppose him,

[@PablitaOrtega77]

i like how even kidd is kind of shocked by luffy

[@popkhorne5372]

@@kamarassakka9922 fair enough.

[@reunionxsos7545]

One Piece is so emotional. It's an interesting contrast to the art style. I personally think they work together really well since the style allows the characters to be so expressive (similar to TLOZ Windwaker). It can be super sad, dark, violent and still fun and wholesome.